Financial Workshop for Clergy
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Class of 2010 - Three Year Reunion
April 17-19, 2013 |
Tri-State Forum
Dr. Craig Satterlee
April 18, 2013
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WTS Commencement
May 19, 2013
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Women of the ELCA Bible Study Seminar
May 22 - 23, 2013
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Luther Academy of the Rockies
June 17 - 27, 2013
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WTS Toolkit
The WTS Toolkit is a resource for individuals and congregations to use in conversation about vocation and for sharing information and stories about Wartburg Theological Seminary.
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Our Mission
Wartburg Theological Seminary serves Christ's church through the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America by being a worship-centered community of critical theological reflection where learning leads to mission and mission informs learning.
The community embodies God's mission by stewarding resources for engaging, equipping, and sending collaborative leaders who interpret, proclaim and live the gospel of Jesus Christ for a world created for communion with God and in need of personal and social healing.
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WTS Announces New Curriculum
Wartburg Seminary will implement a revised curriculum beginning with the Fall 2013 semester. The change comes as a response to the Association of Theological Schools (ATS) change in credit-hour standards for theological education degree programs. Dr. Craig Nessan, Academic Dean said, "Our previous curriculum has worked very well and we have received tremendous assessment about the effectiveness of our curriculum in relationship to our mission. Wartburg Seminary is trying to refine the curriculum that has served us well but also seek to navigate the changes in the theological education landscape in North America." Click here to learn more about this announcement.
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Rally Orange!
Twenty-five rostered leader candidates from Wartburg Seminary participated in the February 2013 ELCA Assignment Consultation. The candidates were assigned to Regions 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. This group represents future leadership on three of the four ELCA rosters: associates in ministry, diaconal ministers, and ordained pastors. Students, faculty, and staff wore orange on February 20th to show solidarity with those students awaiting their regional assignments that day.
The Wartburg campus "rallied orange" again on March 13 for Middlers receiving their internship assignments for next year.
Wartburg Seminary's interns for 2013-2014 will be serving in 6 of the ELCA's 9 regions and in 16 of the ELCA's 65 synods; one WTS intern received an Horizon International Internship and will be serving in Montevideo, Uruguay. Of the 24 internship supervisors, 10 are WTS alums!!
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Do You Know Someone Who is Considering a Call To Ministry?
The recent spring "Conference on Ministry" was a chance for those discerning a call to ministry to explore their call while connecting with others in the discernment process, visiting with students, faculty and staff, and experiencing Wartburg's campus life. One individual who attended the Conference on Ministry shared this message with the Wartburg community, "Thank you everyone who helped make the Considering Your Call weekend so wonderful. Wartburg reminds me of the Cheers song, 'Everybody knows your name, and they're always glad you came'...I want to be a Wartburger in the future."
If you know of anyone on the discernment journey, please invite them to
be in touch with the Department for Vocation at Wartburg Seminary, schedule a campus visit, or to join Wartburg's next conference on November 9-11, 2013.
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 Tri-State Forum
April 18, 2013 Dr. Craig Satterlee Preaching and Stewardship Putting the "M" word back into stewardship, this seminar celebrates giving money in response to an explicit proclamation of the Gospel as worship, participation in God's own mission of reconciliation and resurrection, and active resistance to the powers of death at work in the world. Practical in nature, leaders will be encouraged and equipped to preach both the annual stewardship sermon and on the topic of money as it is found in Scripture. Participants may wish to use money as a case study and substitute another stewardship topic-volunteerism, for example-if that better addresses the needs of their ministry context. Learn more
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Women of the ELCA Bible Study Seminar
In Good Company: Stories of Biblical Women
May 22-23, 2013
Wartburg Seminary's annual seminar is designed to provide an in-depth introduction to the September through May study for the Women of the ELCA. This year's speaker is Kay Ward. The seminar will look at nine women from the Old Testament and several from the New Testament. Their stories will draw participants into Bible study, worship with Psalms, and opportunities to tell their own stories. Learn more.
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Renewing Worship in the Missional Congregation
Renewing Worship in the Missional Congregation is a course offered at Wartburg Seminary that aims to critically survey the landscape of Christian worship in North America today and to develop principles and practices that will assist congregations to be vital, faithful, and missional worshiping communities. The course is taught by Dr. Thomas Schattauer and Dr. Nathan Frambach and includes a weekend of field work as participants observe at the worship of several congregations.
Students taking the course this spring spent much of a recent weekend worshiping with four diverse congregations in the greater Twin Cities area. Dr. Schattauer said of the weekend, "Our aim in visiting these four congregations in Minneapolis (Wooddale Church, St. Joan of Arc Roman Catholic Church, Mount Olive Lutheran Church, and Solomon's Porch) is to explore something of the variety that's out there in worshiping congregations. We are asking about the connection between each community's understanding of mission and their worship life and the relation of worship to the contemporary cultural environment. And ultimately--where is God in all of this? The experience certainly stimulates our conversation in class about the character of worship in contemporary congregations." Click here to learn more and read students' reflections.
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Save the Date! Re-formation and Renewal
October 27-29, 2013
All alumni are encouraged to come back to Wartburg Seminary and be a part of Re-formation and Renewal this October. The following class years will celebrate class reunions at this year's Re-formation and Renewal: 2008, 2003, 1998, 1993, 1988 (25 Year Reunion), 1983, 1978, 1973 (40 Year Reunion), 1968, 1963 (50 Year Reunion), 1958, 1953, 1948.
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Thrivent Choice Dollars
Thank you to those of you who direct Thrivent Choice Dollars to Wartburg Theological Seminary! If you haven't already directed your 2012 dollars, please note that they must be directed by March 31, 2013.
Also, beginning in 2013 you are no longer able to make a recurring direction. If you had an automatic designation set up, it will no longer be in effect, and you will need to direct your dollars before they expire.
To learn more and/or direct Choice Dollars, go to
thrivent.com/choice or call (800) THRIVENT ((800) 847-4836) and state "Thrivent Choice." Thank you for your ongoing support of the mission of Wartburg Theological Seminary through the Thrivent Choice program!
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 LSPS Summer Intensive Spanish Language and Hispanic Ministry
LSPS will offer a Spanish Language and Hispanic Ministry Intensive on its campus in Austin, Texas from May 26-31, 2013. The intensive will include a trip to the U.S. - Mexico border to visit San Lucas Lutheran Church from May 31 to June 2, for an additional cost. Click here for details and here to register.
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 The Persistent Voice
Wartburg Theological Seminary which addresses issues of gender and justice across the globe and works towards the full partnership of women and men in ministry.
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Here are some recent articles from the Persistent Voice blog:
Sorting Through Hunger Myths - Christa Fisher (MDiv Middler)
Book Review: All Gods Lead To Rome - Rev. Burton Everist
Belonging and Community - Tami Groth (MA Diaconal Ministry, Yr 2)
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Register Today for Luther Academy of the RockiesJune 17-27, 2013
We invite you to join us in the beautiful Colorado mountains for Luther Academy of the Rockies, Wartburg's premier LifeLong Learning educational program for rostered leaders and their families. The daily rhythm of worship, mornings filled with insightful scholarly lectures and forums, afternoon free time to explore the incredible scenery, and evening fellowship opportunities will structure our time together. Home to the Academy for the past 44 years, Meeker Park Lodge is an old time, rustic, mountain lodge surrounded by housekeeping cabins. Its natural setting lends itself well to outdoor recreation and relaxation, as well as spiritual and intellectual renewal. Click here to learn more and to register.
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 WYLS June 23 - 29, 2013
Wartburg Youth Leadership School (WYLS) continues for its 14th year this upcoming summer! High school students from across the country will gather on Wartburg's Campus to worship, study, lead, and partake in adventure. Led and guided by Wartburg's students and faculty, this event will help high school students look at their gifts for leadership and explore who God has created them to be. Learn more. |
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