Wartburg & Luther Colleges
October 11, 2006 (Happy Birthday to my brother Mark)
Our morning began by meeting the religion faculty of Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa for breakfast on campus. It was a great opportunity for us to meet them, to thank them for the partnership the college and seminaries share in raising up leaders for the church, to talk to them about current spiritual trends they see in students and to ask them what things they think the seminaries should hear. Their answers were thoughtful, honest and meaningful. My colleagues and I have great and helpful information to take back to our seminaries.
This was such a great bunch of faculty and a wonderful testimony to the type of top-notch teaching that is going at our ELCA colleges. In the short time we were with them we could tell that they care very deeply about the spiritual life of their students, that they are committed to grounding them in the Lutheran faith, and that their students experience and understand a whole myriad of ways their lives and faith can impact the world for the good. Thanks be to God for the calling of this faculty to the ministry they do at Wartburg College.
See picture - (from left to right, back row): Fred Strickert, Chip Bouzard, Brian Jones, Krista (Wartburg Seminary), Larry Trachte, Louise Johnson (Philadelphia Seminary); (from left to right, front row) Ramona Bouzard, Rebecca Thurman, Kit Kleinhaus, Melissa James, Shelley Allen (Southern Seminary), Stacey Anderson (Trinity Seminary)
We were supposed to attend the "Introduction to the Parish" class that afternoon, but it was called off due to something called "Out Fly." "Out Fly" comes from the German words Oust Fluk/Flug (something like that) which means "excursion." It has a long tradition at the school, it happens once a year in the fall, no one knows when it will happen, but basically school gets called off for the day. Today was the day. "Happy Out Fly!"
In the evening we visited the campus of Luther College, Decorah Iowa, another of our fine ELCA colleges in Iowa. We met over pizza with Pastor Amy Larson and 16 perspective students. Once again we experienced a great question and answer time, and once again I forgot to take a picture, so I am going to give you the first names of the students who attended; and I have a request: will you pray this prayer for them?
Gracious God, send your Holy Spirit to John, Ben, Dana, Nathan, Daniel, Laura, Gretchen, Nathaniel, Adam, Niki, Tom, Kayla, Derek, Malory, Edwin, and Adam, to guide them and lead them during this time of discernment in their lives. Continue to strengthen their faith, deepen their beliefs and make them bold in their witness of you in their lives. Make their time at college a productive and joyous one as they are stretched in mind and body. Watch over their families wherever they may be and hold all for whom we pray in your care. Amen.
Our morning began by meeting the religion faculty of Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa for breakfast on campus. It was a great opportunity for us to meet them, to thank them for the partnership the college and seminaries share in raising up leaders for the church, to talk to them about current spiritual trends they see in students and to ask them what things they think the seminaries should hear. Their answers were thoughtful, honest and meaningful. My colleagues and I have great and helpful information to take back to our seminaries.
This was such a great bunch of faculty and a wonderful testimony to the type of top-notch teaching that is going at our ELCA colleges. In the short time we were with them we could tell that they care very deeply about the spiritual life of their students, that they are committed to grounding them in the Lutheran faith, and that their students experience and understand a whole myriad of ways their lives and faith can impact the world for the good. Thanks be to God for the calling of this faculty to the ministry they do at Wartburg College.
See picture - (from left to right, back row): Fred Strickert, Chip Bouzard, Brian Jones, Krista (Wartburg Seminary), Larry Trachte, Louise Johnson (Philadelphia Seminary); (from left to right, front row) Ramona Bouzard, Rebecca Thurman, Kit Kleinhaus, Melissa James, Shelley Allen (Southern Seminary), Stacey Anderson (Trinity Seminary)
We were supposed to attend the "Introduction to the Parish" class that afternoon, but it was called off due to something called "Out Fly." "Out Fly" comes from the German words Oust Fluk/Flug (something like that) which means "excursion." It has a long tradition at the school, it happens once a year in the fall, no one knows when it will happen, but basically school gets called off for the day. Today was the day. "Happy Out Fly!"
In the evening we visited the campus of Luther College, Decorah Iowa, another of our fine ELCA colleges in Iowa. We met over pizza with Pastor Amy Larson and 16 perspective students. Once again we experienced a great question and answer time, and once again I forgot to take a picture, so I am going to give you the first names of the students who attended; and I have a request: will you pray this prayer for them?
Gracious God, send your Holy Spirit to John, Ben, Dana, Nathan, Daniel, Laura, Gretchen, Nathaniel, Adam, Niki, Tom, Kayla, Derek, Malory, Edwin, and Adam, to guide them and lead them during this time of discernment in their lives. Continue to strengthen their faith, deepen their beliefs and make them bold in their witness of you in their lives. Make their time at college a productive and joyous one as they are stretched in mind and body. Watch over their families wherever they may be and hold all for whom we pray in your care. Amen.
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