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2022-07-30 - 2022-07-31, 2022-08-06 - 2022-08-07, 2022-08-13 - 2022-08-14 | MO, United States

Eighth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 13)
2022-07-31 | MO
Eighth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 13)

FIRST READING
Eccl. 1:2, 12-14; 2:18-26

PSALM
Psalm 100

EPISTLE
Col. 3:1-11

GOSPEL
Luke 12:13-21

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Prof Insights: Faculty-Led Workshop – Professor Arand in Seymour, IN
2022-08-01 - 2022-08-03 | MO, United States
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Confident and Curious: A Wittenberg Guide to Living in a Scientific Age

This workshop builds upon and expands the “Great Evangelical Debate” offered in the past couple years by Dr. Charles Arand. This workshop will pick up on some of those themes by first asking, “What are the theological questions/problems raised by the scientific findings and developments of our day?” We will do this by not only considering what is being reported in scientific journals, but by also considering the theological/existential questions raised by movies such as Ad Astra. Second, we will ask “What is a good Lutheran approach for navigating the scientific findings and developments of our day and addressing the theological questions they raise?” This will be done in part by considering the distinction of faith and reason as a framework for theology and science and in part by considering the Wittenberg theologians and astronomers as a case study in their response to Copernicus.

Dr. Charles Arand
Professor of Systematic Theology; Director of the Center for the Care of Creation; and Eugene E. and Nell S. Fincke Graduate Professor of Theology, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
Dr. Charles Arand has published several books and more than 50 articles on topics related to the Lutheran Confessions (with an emphasis on the catechisms) and the theology of creation. Arand served as the primary drafter for The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod Commission on Theology and Church Relations document Together with All Creatures: Caring for God’s Living Earth (Concordia Publishing House). Since then, he has written numerous articles, given public lectures at several Concordia University System schools, made presentations to numerous pastors’ conferences and conducted many congregational workshops on the topic. He is currently exploring how the theology of creation informs our care of creation, and how creation and redemption are intimately united.

Schedule

DAY
TIME

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

Tuesday, Aug. 2
9-11:30 a.m.

1-4 p.m.

Wednesday, Aug. 3
9 a.m.-noon

Registration cost: $140
Registration deadline: July 25, 2022
Location contact: Ralph Blomenberg

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Prof Insights: Faculty-Led Workshop – Professor Lessing in Dublin, OH
2022-08-01 - 2022-08-03 | MO, United States
Job: Blessed be the Name of the Lord
Martin Luther asserted that “Job is magnificent and sublime as no book of Scripture.” Others have called Job “the Shakespeare of the Bible.” Yet the early Christian scholar Jerome perhaps put it best when he called the book of Job an “eel,” since the more one tries to contain it, the slipperier it becomes! The purpose of this workshop is to learn how to apply Job to our lives, so that the book becomes less like an eel and more like a loving companion through life’s dark valleys. Bible study and sermonic insights will abound.

Dr. Reed Lessing
Professor of Theology and Ministry; and Director of the Center for Biblical Studies, Concordia University, Saint Paul, Minn.
Dr. Reed Lessing has served as a seminary professor and parish pastor, combining both vocations in his presentations and writings. Lessing has authored five commentaries for Concordia Publishing House — all on Old Testament prophets. He is currently working on his sixth book on Jeremiah titled How to Survive Disasters.

Schedule

DAY
TIME

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

Tuesday, Aug. 2
9-11:30 a.m.

1-4 p.m.

Wednesday, Aug. 3
9 a.m.-noon

Registration cost: $140
Registration deadline: July 25, 2022
Location contact: Adam Steinbrenner

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Library hours
2022-08-01 08:00 - 17:00, 2022-08-02 08:00 - 17:00, 2022-08-03 08:00 - 17:00, 2022-08-04 08:00 - 17:00, 2022-08-05 08:00 - 17:00, 2022-08-08 08:00 - 17:00, 2022-08-09 08:00 - 17:00, 2022-08-10 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) and 7 more dates | MO, United States

Lay Bible Institute
2022-08-06 10:00 - 15:00 | MO, United States
Prophet, Prostitute and Prodigals: Hosea’s and the LORD’s Relentless Pursuit
Dr. Kevin Golden
During this one-day workshop, Dr. Kevin Golden, associate professor of Exegetical Theology, will help participants learn from the prophet Hosea, his faithfulness to his wife, and in him, show how Yahweh, the Lord Himself, is faithful to us through our Savior Jesus Christ.
Lay Bible Institute is open to lay people, students, pastors and others interested in the proclamation of the Gospel.
Registration deadline: July 22, 2022
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Ninth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 14)
2022-08-07 | MO
Ninth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 14)

FIRST READING
Gen. 15:1-6

PSALM
Psalm 33:12-22

EPISTLE
Heb. 11:1-16

GOSPEL
Luke 12:22-34 (35-40)

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Board of Regents meeting
2022-08-11 - 2022-08-12 | MO

Tenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 15)
2022-08-14 | MO
Tenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 15)

FIRST READING
Jer. 23:16-29

PSALM
Psalm 119:81-88

EPISTLE
Heb. 11:17-31 (32-40) 12:1-3

GOSPEL
Luke 12:49-53 (54-56)

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Prof Insights: Faculty-Led Workshop – Professor Lessing in Mentor, OH
2022-08-15 - 2022-08-17 | MO, United States
The Book of Jeremiah: Overcoming Life’s Sorrows
Based upon Dr. Reed Lessing’s book Overcoming Life’s Sorrows: Learning from Jeremiah (Concordia Publishing House, 2021), this course will be a combination of in-depth study and practical application — all based upon one of the prophet’s major themes, surviving life’s sorrows.

Dr. Reed Lessing
Professor of Theology and Ministry; and Director of the Center for Biblical Studies, Concordia University, Saint Paul, Minn.
Dr. Reed Lessing has served as a seminary professor and parish pastor, combining both vocations in his presentations and writings. Lessing has authored five commentaries for Concordia Publishing House — all on Old Testament prophets. He is currently working on his sixth book on Jeremiah titled How to Survive Disasters.

Schedule

DAY
TIME

Monday, Aug. 15
1-4 p.m.

Tuesday, Aug. 16
9-11:30 a.m.

1-4 p.m.

Wednesday, Aug. 17
9 a.m.-noon

Registration cost: $140
Registration deadline: Aug. 1, 2022
Location contact: Kevin Guynn

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Prof Insights: Faculty-Led Workshop – Professor Marrs in Claremont, NC
2022-08-15 - 2022-08-17 | MO, United States
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Luther’s Soul Care Theology for the 21st Century

Many Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod pastors and other church leaders realize that much of what passes for Christian counseling is based in the Law and not the Gospel of Christ. C.F.W. Walther said that properly dividing Law and Gospel in “private ministrations” is more difficult than in preaching and teaching. How can Lutheran pastors and other counselors better learn to properly distinguish Law and Gospel in counseling situations — and apply the Gospel as antidote where needed? How can Lutheran pastors better equip the non-Lutheran Christian counselors they refer parishioners to with these critically important concepts? When should a Lutheran pastor refer a parishioner to a mental health specialist, perhaps even a non-Christian one, when the expertise needed falls into the “left hand kingdom”? These and other complicated pastoral care questions will be addressed in hopes that the learners will become more confident and effective in their care of the souls entrusted to them.

Dr. Richard “Rick” Marrs
Professor of Practical Theology, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
Dr. Richard “Rick” Marrs has been in the forefront of his field when it comes to confronting the assumptions of and approaches of secular counselors. He has worked to bring a Christocentric, Law-Gospel approach to counseling among evangelicals.

Schedule

DAY
TIME

Monday, Aug. 15
1-4 p.m.

Tuesday, Aug. 16
9-11:30 a.m.

1-4 p.m.

Wednesday, Aug. 17
9 a.m.-noon

Registration cost: $140
Registration deadline: Aug. 1, 2022
Location contact: Morgan Lane

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Summer language courses end
2022-08-19 | MO

Summer Term ends (excluding SMP & ODS Programs)
2022-08-19 | MO

Summer term grade deadline (excluding SMP & ODS)
2022-08-19 | MO
