The Ascension of Our Lord
2024-05-09 | MO
The Ascension of Our Lord

FIRST READING
Acts 1:1–11

PSALM
Ps. 47

EPISTLE
Eph. 1:15–23

GOSPEL
Luke 24:44–53

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Prof 'n Stein
2024-05-10 16:00 - 18:00 (America/Chicago) | Wartburg Commons, 801 Seminary Place, St. Louis, MO, 63105

Mother's Day
2024-05-12 | MO

Seventh Sunday of Easter
2024-05-12 | MO
Seventh Sunday of Easter

FIRST READING
Acts 1:12–26

PSALM
Ps. 1

EPISTLE
1 John 5:9–15

GOSPEL
John 17:11b–19

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Spring Semester classes end for SMP Program
2024-05-13 | MO

Spring Semester classes end for ODS Program
2024-05-14 | MO

Artificial Intelligence and Real Ministry
2024-05-14 16:00 - 17:00 | Online
Six-week online course begins Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Understanding the significance and implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming increasingly crucial for today’s pastors. A new six-week online continuing education course, “Artificial Intelligence and Real Ministry,” aims to provide a comprehensive overview, highlighting key facets of AI and its potential implications in ministry. The course is offered in partnership by Concordia Seminary, St. Louis (CSL) and Concordia University Wisconsin and Ann Arbor (CUWAA).
Six sessions will be taught weekly from 4-5 p.m. (CT) Tuesday, April 9, through May 14, 2024, via Zoom. The course instructors include Dr. David Adams, the W.G. Ray and Louis J. Rechzigel Professor of Biblical Studies at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Mo.; Christopher Brandt, director of business intelligence at CUWAA; Joshua Locklair, assistant professor of Computer Science at CUWAA; and Brett Seider, director of administrative computing at CUWAA.

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Concordia Seminary Author Reception
2024-05-14 16:00 - 18:00 | Kristine Kay Hasse Memorial Library, 801 Seminary Place, St. Louis, MO, 63105, United States

Spring Semester of 2023-24 academic year ends after classes
2024-05-16 | MO

Commencement
2024-05-17 | Chapel of St. Timothy & St. Titus, 801 Seminary Place, St. Louis, MO, 63105, United States
Concordia Seminary’s Commencement exercises for the 2024 graduating class will take place Friday, May 17, 2024. Events will be available via livestream at csl.edu/live.
Theological Diploma Service
10 a.m. CDT in the Chapel of St. Timothy and St. Titus
All graduates who have been certified by the Concordia Seminary faculty as eligible to receive calls to serve as pastors or deaconesses in The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) will receive theological diplomas. Rev. W. Max Mons, pastor of St. Paul’s Lutheran Chapel and University Center in Iowa City, Iowa, and chairman of the Concordia Seminary Board of Regents, will preach.
Commencement
7 p.m. CDT in the Main Quadrangle
Certificates, academic degrees and honors will be conferred. An address will be given by Dr. Joel Lehenbauer, executive director of the LCMS Commission on Theology and Church Relations.
Join in the celebration virtually by sharing comments and photos and using #CSLGrad2024 and #WeBelongToChrist on social media! Watch live at csl.edu/live.

Armed Forces Day
2024-05-18 | MO

The Day of Pentecost
2024-05-19 | MO
The Day of Pentecost

FIRST READING
Ezek. 37:1–146

PSALM
Ps. 139:1–12 (13–16)

EPISTLE
Acts 2:1–21

GOSPEL
John 15:26–27; 16:4b–15

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Deadline for Greek and Hebrew ELCEs for Fall 2024 matriculation
2024-05-20 | MO

Summer Term begins for all programs
2024-05-20 | MO

The Holy Trinity
2024-05-26 | MO
The Holy Trinity

FIRST READING
Is. 6:1–8

PSALM
Ps. 29

EPISTLE
Acts 2:14a, 22–36

GOSPEL
John 3:1–17

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Memorial Day (no classes)
2024-05-27 | MO

SMP and ODS Spring Semester grade deadline
2024-05-28 | MO

Spring Semester grade deadline
2024-05-30 | MO

The Visitation
2024-05-31 | MO

W.B. Small Trust application deadline
2024-06-01 | MO

Second Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 4)
2024-06-02 | MO
Second Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 4)

FIRST READING
Deut. 5:12–15

PSALM
Ps. 81:1–10

EPISTLE
2 Cor. 4:5–12

GOSPEL
Mark 2:23–28 (3:1–6)

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Summer Term begins for SMP Program
2024-06-03 | MO

Prof Insights: Faculty-Led Workshop – Professor Saleska in Valparaiso, IN
2024-06-03 - 2024-06-05 | Immanuel Lutheran Church (Valparaiso, IN), 1700 Monticello Park Drive, Valparaiso, IN, 46383, United States
Poetry, Prophecy, Songs, Prayers: Exploring the Mystery and Beauty of the Psalms
The book Psalms is filled with some of the most beautiful and powerful poetry ever written. The psalms are complex on many different levels. For us to appreciate them, we must read each one slowly and carefully. In this workshop, we take the time to do just that. We read. And while we read we talk, and we reflect together on the truths that the psalms offer, the challenges that they raise and the experiences that they bring. This workshop will offer delightful conversations that center around this central book of the Scriptures.

Dr. Timothy Saleska
Professor of Exegetical Theology; Dean of Ministerial Formation; and the Gustav and Sophie Butterbach Professor of Exegetical Theology at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
Dr. Timothy Saleska is professor of Exegetical Theology and dean of Ministerial Formation at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. He is writing the Concordia Publishing House (CPH) commentary on Psalms. His devotional reading of the psalms, and drawing upon them for spiritual strength, have been incredibly well-received. Saleska is an engaging speaker who takes a sincere interest in all with whom he comes into contact.

Schedule

DAY
TIME

Monday, June 3
1-4 p.m.

Tuesday, June 4
9-11:30 a.m.

1-4 p.m.

Wednesday, June 5
9 a.m.-noon

Registration cost: $150
Registration deadline: May 20, 2024
Location contact: Rev. Casey Kegley

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Prof Insights: Faculty-Led Workshop – Professor Landgraf in Salina, KS
2024-06-03 - 2024-06-05 | Trinity Lutheran Church (Salina, KS), 702 S. 9th Street, Salina, KS, 67401, United States
The Beginnings of Genesis and the Genesis of Beginnings
The book of Genesis is, quite literally, foundational for the rest of the Scriptures. Although the text is incredibly ancient, through the words of the text, our Lord still speaks to us today. The not-as-ancient division of the text into chapters and verses may cause the reader or listener to overlook a part of the larger-scale significance and message. A part of the beginning of the biblical book sometimes lays out or, more figuratively, “begets” the upcoming structure of the rest of the book in an attempt to prepare the reader or listener as to what lies ahead. Often, the layout of the tabernacle/temple serves as a memorable progression. During this workshop, examples of this structure of an initial layout will be given from both Testaments and various types of writing. Participants in this workshop may have the opportunity to look at possible literary beginnings in any biblical books they would like to study.

Rev. Paul Landgraf
Pastor, Pilgrim Lutheran Church/Saint John Lutheran Church, Chamois/Drake, Mo.
Rev. Paul Landgraf has served the church in a variety of contexts, from Queens, N.Y., on a 1988-89 vicarage under Dr. Larry Vogel, to rural Missouri, since 2012, at two congregations in the small towns of Drake and Freedom, where the speed limit in both is 50 mph. He received a Master of Sacred Theology (S.T.M., 1998), and his thesis included an analysis of Martin Luther’s translation of his favorite Psalm 118. He received a Bachelor of Sacred Theology (S.T.B., 2012) by the exam route with an exegetical major. He currently lives in Eureka, Mo., close enough to frequent the Seminary’s Hasse Library to work on a book that focuses on a Gospel-based structure of the Scriptures.

Schedule

DAY
TIME

Monday, June 3
1-4 p.m.

Tuesday, June 4
9-11:30 a.m.

1-4 p.m.

Wednesday, June 5
9 a.m.-noon

Registration cost: $150
Registration deadline: May 20, 2024
Location contact: Rev. Dennis Kootz

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Summer Term begins for ODS Program
2024-06-04 | MO

Summer Carillon Concert
2024-06-04 19:00 - 20:00 | Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, 801 Seminary Place, St. Louis, MO, 63105, United States
Carillonneur
Wim Ruitenbeek – Nijkerk, Netherlands
Program

TITLE
COMPOSER

1
“Fantasy ‘Ein Feste Burg’” about the hymn “A Mighty Fortress”
Kristiaan van Ingelgem (1944-2024

2
Air from orchestral suite No. 3 BWV 1068
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

3
“Sonata per il Cembalo Solo” Wq. 65/26AllegroAndanteAllegretto
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-88)

4
“Rivers of Babylon”
“Bridge Over Troubled Water”

Brent Dowe (1946-2006)
Paul Simon (1941-)

5
“Pealing Fire” based on the pentacostal chant “Veni Creator”
Libby Larsen (1950-)

6
“You Raise Me Up”
“Hallelujah”

Rolf Lovland (1955-)
Leonard Cohen (1934-2016)

7
“Rondo ‘La Campanella’” from violin concerto No. 2 in A
N. Paganini (1782-1840)

8
“Lieder Ohne Worte”Opus 38 No. 2, allegro non troppoOpus 53 No. 4, adagioOpus 62 No. 6, allegretto grazioso “Springsong”
F. Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

9
“Passacaglia Antiqua per Campanae”
Geert D’hollander (1965-)

Arrangements for carillon

Jef Rottiers (2,7)
Henry Groen (3)
Wim Ruitenbeek (4,6)
Bernard Winsemius (8)

Original compositions for carillon (1,5, 9)
About the Carillonneur
Wim Ruitenbeek (the Netherlands, 1978) learned to play the carillon from Freek Bakker, city carillonneur, in Nijkerk, the Netherlands. In 2005, he obtained a master’s degree at the Netherlands Carillon School in Amersfoort where he studied with Arie Abbenes and Bernard Winsemius. He then took master classes in interpretation from Geert D’hollander and inspirational lessons in improvisation from Roel Smit. He also studied music education at the Utrecht Conservatory and had organ lessons from Nico Poorter and Wout van Andel. Ruitenbeek worked for many years as a music teacher and choral conductor. He is regular player of the unique glass carillon in Leidsche Rijn in Utrecht, the Netherlands, and also plays the carillonneur in the cities of Harderwijk, Hilversum, Nijkerk, Tiel and Velsen, the Netherlands.

Prof Insights: Faculty-Led Workshop – Professor Meyer in Monterey, CA
2024-06-06 - 2024-06-08 | Bethlehem Lutheran Church (Monterey, CA), 800 Cass St., Monterey, CA, 93940, United States
That’ll Preach
During this workshop, countercultural topics from 1 Peter will be discussed and studied. These topics can contribute to thoughtful sermons, Bible class studies and a presence in the community that is noticeably different.

President Emeritus Dr. Dale A. Meyer
President Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Practical Theology at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
Dr. Dale Meyer is perhaps best known as the former speaker of The Lutheran Hour and also president emeritus of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. During those times, he acquired a reputation as one of the best preachers and teachers within The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS). Meyer may be less known for his work as a researcher and scholar of the New Testament. However, he is eminently qualified, having received a Ph.D. in classics from Washington University and through his research over the past decade in preparation for writing the commentary on 1 Peter as part of the Concordia Commentary Series from Concordia Publishing House (CPH). This workshop will bring together his research and his engagement with the political culture as a result of the various positions in which he has served.

Schedule

DAY
TIME

Thursday, June 6
1-5:30 p.m.

Friday, June 7
9-4 p.m.

Saturday, June 8
9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Registration cost: $150
Registration deadline: May 23, 2024
Location contact: Rev. Josh Schmidt

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Third Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 5)
2024-06-09 | MO
Third Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 5)

FIRST READING
Gen. 3:8–15

PSALM
Ps. 130

EPISTLE
2 Cor. 4:13—5:1

GOSPEL
Mark 3:20–35

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Reduced Residency Advanced Studies (S.T.M./Ph.D.) courses begin
2024-06-10 | MO

Summer Hebrew begins
2024-06-10 | MO
