Events for March 8, 2021 – Concordia Seminary

Have you seen the gold fish pond in our Academic Q

Have you seen the gold fish pond in our Academic Quad? The fish spend the winter in our power house, and this week they were released back into their summer home. Campus is really livening up as the spring season continues! Our grounds crew does a great job transforming our campus with every change of season!

The campus is in bloom for spring!

The campus is in bloom for spring!

Don't miss today's episode of Word and Work: An In

Don't miss today's episode of Word and Work: An Intersection! President Emeritus Dr. Dale A. Meyer talks with Rev. Osmar Lehenbauer, a retired pastor and former president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod New England District. Lehenbauer served as pastor of Meyer’s home congregation, Saint Paul’s Lutheran Church in Chicago Heights. The two men talk in great depth about the importance of families in the great mission of the church. “In passing down the faith from generation to generation, a lot of times, the way to do it is right in front of us,” Meyer says. “At the dining room table. Watching TV. It’s the family.” Watch the episode now and anytime on the Concordia Theology blog and on our Facebook page, @ConcordiaSem!

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#MeyerMinute for April 14 Our turbulent times are

#MeyerMinute for April 14

Our turbulent times are shaking basic institutions of American life, including the church. Gallup’s report that 47% of U.S. adults belong to a church or synagogue or mosque, down 20 points from the year 2000, has church people talking, maybe even panicked.

This morning I saw a post on “Buzz Feed” quoting why people left church. “The church we went to was a really boisterous, hallelujah type place … So I went to the bathroom to try and avoid a full blown panic attack. When I was in there a few ladies crowded me and were saying I should take the panic as a sign that the Lord was flowing through me.” Another, “I think church is mostly a social group for people with similar cultural beliefs, more than an exercise in spirituality.” Another, “I started to realize that the teachings of the church weren’t Biblical. Every Sunday the pastor would talk about righteousness that was really nationalism.” “Raw Story” quoted well-known Christian blogger, Paul Maxwell, “I think it’s important to say that I’m just not a Christian anymore, and it feels really good.”

Looking at American society, we see substitute saviors, like politics (my kind, of course, not yours), economy (getting what I deserve) and the like. When we look at the church, do we see a substitute for the Savior? When the dominant culture put Christians on the defensive, St. Peter wrote, “It is time for judgment to begin at the household of God” (1 Peter 4:17). As I observe and read, I wonder if we have unwittingly substituted the life and activity of our congregations for Jesus. Have we put so many filters on the Jesus revealed to us in the Gospels, that He might say, “I never knew you”? (Matt. 7:23). I’m not accusing, just wondering.

Dr. Dale A. Meyer
President Emeritus
Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

The Seminary Women's Association (SWA) exists to s

The Seminary Women's Association (SWA) exists to serve, support and encourage the women of the Concordia Seminary community. Throughout the year, SWA provides events and opportunities for connection, study of God's Word, learning from our amazing professors and so much more. As a woman on our campus, this caring community is here for you! Learn more on our website (link in bio) or our Facebook page, @ConcordiaSem!

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📷 1: Wives of concluding students ('20) safely gathered for "After the Call," a women's event held after Call Day to answer questions and begin the transition process to their new placements.

📷 2: Activities on campus, like Springfest (picture from 2019), provide fun opportunities to connect with other women on campus including faculty wives and staff!

📷 3: Husbands and wives attend a panel during orientation where they learn about the community for women and families on campus.

📷 4: A fourth year wife leads music at the 2020 Fall Women's Retreat.

Registration closes next week! Join us for this ye

Registration closes next week! Join us for this year's multiethnic symposium May 4-5, “The Rest and the West: What the West Can Learn from Global South Christianity," and explore what it means and what it will take to become a truly multiethnic church. Register by April 19: https://concordiasem.regfox.com/multiethnic-symposium-2021

Be a part of the excitement of Call Day! Join us A

Be a part of the excitement of Call Day! Join us April 28, at csl.edu/callday:

Assignment of Vicarages & Internships 3 p.m. (CDT)

Assignment of Calls 7 p.m. (CDT)

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Now streaming, "Under the Fig Tree" Episode 6! In

Now streaming, "Under the Fig Tree" Episode 6! In this episode, Ben and Micah sit down with Concordia Seminary alumna Deaconess Kristina Paul to talk about "What's a Deaconess?" Listen in to hear about the training deaconesses go through and the vital work they provide the church, as well as Kristina's own journey to becoming a deaconess. Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts. Subscribe today!

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Second Sunday of Easter: Acts 4:32–35, Psalm 148

Second Sunday of Easter:
Acts 4:32–35, Psalm 148, 1 John 1:1—2:2, John 20:19–31

Episode 5 of "Under the Fig Tree" is streaming now

Episode 5 of "Under the Fig Tree" is streaming now!

If you see yourself as marginal, an outsider, a sinner, or an unlikely candidate to come to seminary and study to become a pastor or deaconess, this episode is for you.

In "Unlikely Candidates to Follow Jesus with Leo Sánchez," Dr. Benjamin Haupt and Rev. Micah Glenn are joined by Dr. Leopoldo Sánchez, Director of Concordia Seminary's Center for Hispanic Studies and the Werner R.H. Krause and Elizabeth Ringger Krause Professor of Hispanic Ministries and Systematic Theology. They discuss Matt. 9:9-13 and Jesus' calling of Matthew, an unlikely candidate to be a disciple. Born in Chile and raised in Panama, Dr. Sánchez tells his own story of how he grew up among Roman Catholics and Pentecostals and ended up being confirmed as a Lutheran and then went on to study to become a pastor.

"Under the Fig Tree" posts new episodes every Friday. Stream anytime on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts!

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