Third Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 8)
2022-06-26
Third Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 8)

FIRST READING
1 Kings 19:9b-21

PSALM
Psalm 16

EPISTLE
Gal. 5:1, 13-25

GOSPEL
Luke 9:51-62

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Prof Insights: Faculty-Led Workshop – Professor Herrmann in Ottawa, KS
2022-06-27 - 2022-06-29 | United States
NEW

Listening to C.S. Lewis

C.S. Lewis continues to be one of the most important modern authors among English-speaking Christians. His fiction has delighted children and adults alike, and his nonfiction has encouraged and challenged the Christian as well as the skeptic. This workshop will look at the thought and writings of C.S. Lewis especially as it intersects with themes important for Lutherans — e.g. theology of the cross, faith, science and reason, and the role of beauty for belief and ethics. There is no pre-requisite reading for this workshop, but if one wishes, recommended readings include The Weight of Glory, The Problem of Pain, The Four Loves and Till We Have Faces.

Dr. Erik Herrmann
Professor of Historical Theology; Dean of Theological Research and Publication; Director of the Center for Reformation Research; and Director of Concordia Theology, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
Dr. Erik Herrmann is emerging as one of the leading Luther scholars in the world as evidenced by an invitation extended to him to give a plenary paper at the International Luther Congress. His academic interests in Luther studies are complemented by an equally strong interest in questions related to Lutheran piety and the devotional writings of the late Middle Ages and Reformation especially as they pertain to pastoral care.

Schedule

DAY
TIME

Monday, June 27
1-4 p.m.

Tuesday, June 28
9-11:30 a.m.

1-4 p.m.

Wednesday, June 29
9 a.m.-noon

Registration cost: $140
Registration deadline: June 13, 2022
Location contact: Timothy Roth

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Vocatio
2022-06-27 - 2022-07-02 | United States
Vocatio is a retreat that encourages high schoolers to find God’s calling for their lives through experiencing many aspects of the Seminary including worship and devotions, sessions with professors, and even some fun and recreation! This event is free and will be held on campus.

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Library hours
2022-06-27 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | United States

Summer Carillon Concert
2022-06-28 19:00 - 20:00 | United States
About the carillonneur
Roy Kroezen, who was born in Enschede, the Netherlands, was appointed carillonneur of the Centralia Carillon in Centralia, Ill., in 2016. Since 2020, he has served as the organist at St. Mary Catholic Church in Centralia and the Fox Theatre in St. Louis. He studied organ at the Music Conservatory in Arnhem, and he studied carillon at the Netherlands Carillon School in Amersfoort, the Netherlands, and at the Royal Carillon School Jef Denijn and the Lemmens Institute, both in Belgium. He holds a master’s degree in carillon and in organ and choir conducting. In the Netherlands, he served as a municipal carillonneur in Zwolle, Hoogeveen, Arnhem and Huissen. For 22 years he served as organist in Hilversum at the Apostolic Society and Catholic churches in Hoogland, Amersfoort and Beesd. He was chairman of the Music Committee of the Netherlands Carillon Association (NKV). He teaches carillon and organ and arranges music for the carillon. He has played numerous organ and carillon recitals in the United States, Europe and the island of Curaçao. In 2002 he held six concerts a day for nine weeks on the island of Kyushu in Japan in Huis ten Bosch, a Dutch-style family park. Kroezen has won prizes at several international carillon contests. Together with the Zwolse Beiaard Stichting (Zwolle Carillon Foundation), he organized two contests for carillon duet and a carillon composition contest, held in Zwolle, the Netherlands.
Featuring national and international carillonneurs, the annual Summer Carillon Concerts are held at 7 p.m. Tuesdays in June. Guests are invited to bring lawn chairs, blankets and picnics and enjoy the music from the Main Quadrangle or on the Seminary grounds near Luther Statue. In the event of rain, guests may gather under the archways and tower on campus.
The carillon at Concordia Seminary is one of only 170 such instruments in North America. The 49 bells have been played atop the 120-foot Luther Tower since 1971, and are dedicated to all pastors who have served The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod.
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Library closed
2022-07-02 - 2022-07-03, 2022-07-04 | United States

Fourth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 9)
2022-07-03
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 9)

FIRST READING
Is. 66:10-14

PSALM
Psalm 66:1-7

EPISTLE
Gal. 6:1-10, 14-18

GOSPEL
Luke 10:1-20

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No SMP or ODS courses
2022-07-04 - 2022-07-05
No courses due to the July 4th holiday.

Fifth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 10)
2022-07-10
Fifth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 10)

FIRST READING
Lev. (18:1-5), 19:9-18

PSALM
Psalm 41

EPISTLE
Col. 1:1-14

GOSPEL
Luke 10:25-37

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Sixth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 11)
2022-07-17
Sixth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 11)

FIRST READING
Gen. 18:1-10a, (10b-14)

PSALM
Psalm 27:(1-6), 7-14

EPISTLE
Col. 1:21-29

GOSPEL
Luke 10:38-42

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Deaconess Studies Program 20th Anniversary Celebration
2022-07-18 11:30 - 13:30 | United States
The residential Deaconess Studies Program at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a special luncheon for deaconess alums and current deaconess students.
RSVP by July 8 to Melodie Bostic in Alumni Relations at alumni@csl.edu or 314-505-7626.
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Canceled: Faith and Writing Workshop
2022-07-19 - 2022-07-21 | United States
Concordia Seminary’s Faith and Writing Workshop explores various forms of creative writing — starting a blog, creating a sermon or devotion, “traditional” forms of creative writing (story, nonfiction, drama, poetry) — and everything in between. Attention will be given to social media and new forms of expression, with ample time provided for creative exercises.

Seventh Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 12)
2022-07-24
Seventh Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 12)

FIRST READING
Gen. 18:(17-19), 20-33

PSALM
Psalm 138

EPISTLE
Col. 2:6-15, (16-19)

GOSPEL
Luke 11:1-13

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Eighth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 13)
2022-07-31
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 | United States
NEW

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 | 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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Lay Bible Institute
2022-08-06 10:00 - 15:00 | 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
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

Tenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 15)
2022-08-14
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 | 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 | United States
NEW

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

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

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

Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 16)
2022-08-21
Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 16)

FIRST READING
Is. 66:18-23

PSALM
Psalm 50:1-15

EPISTLE
Heb. 12:4-24 (25-29)

GOSPEL
Luke 13:22-30

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SMP Summer Session ends
2022-08-22

Orientation for all new students
2022-08-22 - 2022-08-25 | United States
New students are familiarized with their programs during Orientation.

Pederson Field House closed
2022-08-22 - 2022-08-27 | United States
The Field House will be closed this week due to orientation activities.
