Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 14)
2026-08-09
Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 14)

FIRST READING
Job 38:4–18

PSALM
Ps. 18:1–6 (7–16)

EPISTLE
Rom. 10:5–17

GOSPEL
Matt. 14:22–33

Color

SMP Summer Session ends
2026-08-10

Prof Insights: Faculty-Led Workshop: Professor Lewis in Hays, KS
2026-08-10 - 2026-08-12 | Messiah Lutheran Church (Hays, KS), 2000 Main Street, Hays, KS, 67601, United States
Reading and Preaching the Gospel of Mark
This workshop will provide an overview of the narrative and Christology of Mark’s Gospel, with insights into how to preach the Markan pericopes in Series B of the three-year lectionary.

Dr. David Lewis
Associate Professor of Exegetical Theology, Director of the Master of Divinity and Residential Alternate Route Programs, Student Association Adviser, and Dr. Jack Dean Kingsbury Professor of New Testament Theology
Dr. David Lewis is an associate professor of Exegetical Theology, director of the Master of Divinity and Residential Alternate Route Programs, Student Association adviser and the Dr. Jack Dean Kingsbury Professor of New Testament Theology at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. His areas of interest and expertise include biblical Greek, hermeneutics and the Synoptic Gospels—particularly the Gospel of Mark.

Schedule

DAY
TIME

Monday, Aug. 10
1-4 p.m.

Tuesday, Aug. 11
9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Wednesday, Aug. 12
9 a.m.-noon

Registration fee: $160
Registration deadline: July 27, 2026
Location contact: Pastor Michael Schmidt

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Prof Insights: Faculty-Led Workshop: Professor Elowsky in Macungie, PA
2026-08-10 - 2026-08-12 | Concordia Lutheran Church (Macungie, PA), 2623 Brookside, Macungie, PA, 18062, United States
The Apostolic Fathers
A study of the primary literature of the Apostolic Fathers with application to the life of the church today. The study will primarily focus on the texts themselves, with attention given to issues of authorship, dating, the integrity of the text and the occasion for the writing, as well as major theological, ecclesiological and social issues that the writings address, such as martyrdom, church order, orthodoxy and heresy, and early Christian rituals.

Dr. Joel Elowsky
Professor of Historical Theology, Dean of Advanced Studies, Director of the Center for the Study of Early Christian Texts, and Frank and Valerie Fuerst Professor of Historical Theology
Dr. Joel Elowsky is professor of Historical Theology at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. He also is the director of the Seminary’s Center for the Study of Early Christian Texts and is a researcher for the Center for Early African Christianity at the Oden House in New Haven, Conn. He has been a faculty member at Concordia Seminary since 2014. His interests and areas of expertise include early church studies, the history of exegesis, mission work and African Christianity.

Schedule

DAY
TIME

Monday, Aug. 10
1-4 p.m.

Tuesday, Aug. 11
9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Wednesday, Aug. 12
9 a.m.-noon

Registration fee: $160
Registration deadline: July 27, 2026
Location contact: District President W.R. Vinovskis

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Prof Insights: Faculty-Led Workshop: Professor Maxwell in St. Louis, MO
2026-08-10 - 2026-08-12 | Presidents Room, 801 Seminary Place, St. Louis, MO, 63105, United States
It’s Greek to Me! A Greek Immersion Workshop
This workshop is designed to increase fluency in reading the New Testament in Greek by giving students experience listening to and speaking Koine Greek. It is similar to an “immersion experience” in modern languages. The course assumes that the students have learned Koine Greek at some point, but their Greek may be rusty. The workshop also is appropriate for those whose Greek is in good shape but who want to get even better at it.

Dr. David Maxwell
Professor of Systematic Theology, Chairman of the Department of Systematic Theology, and Louis A. Fincke and Anna B. Shine Professor of Systematic Theology
Dr. David R. Maxwell is the Louis A. Fincke and Anna B. Shine Professor of Systematic Theology at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. His primary research interest is the early church, particularly the Christological controversies of the fourth through sixth centuries. He also works in the field of patristic exegesis and recently produced a translation of “Cyril of Alexandria’s Commentary on John” (InterVarsity Press), as well as “Cyril of Alexandria’s Commentaries on Romans, 1-2 Corinthians and Hebrews” (InterVarsity Press). He has delivered a number of presentations on Lutheran identity, both in the United States and in Indonesia. Additionally, he has written on the theological symbolism in the organ music of J.S. Bach and has produced organ videos on the topic.

Schedule

DAY
TIME

Monday, Aug. 10
1-4 p.m.

Tuesday, Aug. 11
9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Wednesday, Aug. 12
9 a.m.-noon

Registration fee: $160
Student fee: $75
Registration deadline: July 27, 2026
Location contact: Erika Petsch

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ODS Summer Session ends
2026-08-11

Summer Greek ends
2026-08-14

Summer Term ends
2026-08-14

St. Mary, Mother of Our Lord
2026-08-15

Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 15)
2026-08-16
Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 15)

FIRST READING
Is. 56:1, 6–8

PSALM
Ps. 67

EPISTLE
Rom. 11:1–2a, 13–15, 28–32

GOSPEL
Matt. 15:21–28

Color

Orientation
2026-08-17 - 2026-08-20 | Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, 801 Seminary Place, St. Louis, MO, 63105, United States
New students are familiarized with their programs during Orientation.

Opening Service
2026-08-21 10:30 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | Chapel of St. Timothy & St. Titus, 801 Seminary Place, St. Louis, MO, 63105, United States
Opening Service for the 188th academic year will be held at 10:30 a.m. CT Friday, Aug. 21, in the Chapel of St. Timothy and St. Titus. The public is invited to attend. The service also will be livestreamed on Facebook, You Tube and csl.edu/live.

Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 16)
2026-08-23
Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 16)

FIRST READING
Is. 51:1–6

PSALM
Ps. 138

EPISTLE
Rom. 11:33–12:8

GOSPEL
Matt. 16:13–20

Color

St. Bartholomew, Apostle
2026-08-24

Fall Semester of 2026-27 academic year begins (excluding SMP & ODS programs)
2026-08-24

The Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist
2026-08-29

Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 17)
2026-08-30
Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 17)

FIRST READING
Jer. 15:15–21

PSALM
Ps. 26

EPISTLE
Rom. 12:9–21

GOSPEL
Matt. 16:21–28

Color

Deadline for complete SMP applications for Spring 2027 matriculation
2026-08-31

Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 18)
2026-09-06
Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 18)

FIRST READING
Ezek. 33:7–9

PSALM
Ps. 32:1–7

EPISTLE
Rom. 13:1–10

GOSPEL
Matt. 18:1–20

Color

Labor Day – no classes
2026-09-07

Patriot Day
2026-09-11

Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 19)
2026-09-13
Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 19)

FIRST READING
Gen. 50:15–21

PSALM
Ps. 103:1–12

EPISTLE
Rom. 14:1–12

GOSPEL
Matt. 18:21–35

Color

Holy Cross Day
2026-09-14

Fall Semester classes begin for SMP program
2026-09-14

Ludwig and Lizette Fincke Endowment Fund application deadline
2026-09-15

Fall Semester classes begin for ODS program
2026-09-15

Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 20)
2026-09-20
Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 20)

FIRST READING
Is. 55:6–9

PSALM
Ps. 27:1–9

EPISTLE
Phil. 1:12–14, 19–30

GOSPEL
Matt. 20:1–16

Color

St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist
2026-09-21

Fall begins
2026-09-22

Theological Symposium
2026-09-22 - 2026-09-23 | Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, 801 Seminary Place, St. Louis, MO, 63105, United States
