Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 24)
2026-10-18
Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 24)

FIRST READING
Is. 45:1–7

PSALM
Ps. 96:1–9 (10–13)

EPISTLE
1 Thess. 1:1–10

GOSPEL
Matt. 22:15–22

Color

Session I and midterm grades deadline
2026-10-19

St. James of Jerusalem, Brother of Jesus and Martyr
2026-10-23

Reformation Day (observed)
2026-10-25
Reformation Day (observed)

FIRST READING
Rev. 14:6–7

PSALM
Ps. 46

EPISTLE
Rom. 3:19–28

GOSPEL
Matt. 11:12–19 or John 8:31–36

Color

St. Simon and St. Jude, Apostles
2026-10-28

Reformation Day (actual)
2026-10-31

Regent Awards application deadline
2026-10-31
Regent Awards
Concordia Seminary, St. Louis’ Regent Awards consist of four separate grants available to students who demonstrate great potential. These grants cover 100% of tuition, including two grants with a stipend for living expenses.
Regent grants will be awarded by the Seminary’s scholarship committee and will be automatically renewed for consecutive years until program completion. Members of each incoming class in the Master of Divinity and Residential Alternate Route programs may be eligible for the following awards.
The Martin Scharlemann and Robert Kolb Grants
Two grants will be awarded that include full tuition along with a cash stipend of $4,500, paid monthly throughout the academic year. Stipends are limited to 3 residential years and will not be paid during vicarage. Recipients of this aid will not be eligible for other Seminary-based financial aid; however, external awards, grants, and aid, including support from a home congregation and district, are permitted and will be credited to the student’s account without reducing the grant.
The Timothy and Titus and Barnabas Grants
Two grants will be awarded that include full tuition. Recipients of this aid will not be eligible for other Seminary-based financial aid; however, external awards, grants and aid, including support from a home congregation or district, are permitted and will be credited to the student’s account without reducing the grant.

Concordia University System (CUS) Award application deadline
2026-10-31
Concordia University System (CUS) Award
Concordia Seminary, St. Louis’ CUS Awards provide financial aid opportunity for incoming students who graduate from the colleges and universities of The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod (CUS) and who have applied to a program in Ministerial Formation at Concordia Seminary. This includes students enrolling in the Master of Divinity, Residential Alternate Route, or Master of Arts in Deaconess Studies programs.
Awards are granted for the student’s first year at Concordia Seminary and are nonrenewable.

Applicant must be a CUS student who has applied to a program in Ministerial Formation.
Applicant must have graduated with a bachelor’s degree from a CUS school.
The applicant will have studied at a CUS school for a minimum of four semesters before graduating.
Applicant must receive his or her bachelor’s degree from a CUS school, but not necessarily in the pre-seminary program.

Once the student applies to the Seminary, he or she will automatically be considered for the awards; all information for award consideration will come from the student’s applicant file. There is no separate application to complete. Students must submit their application to Concordia Seminary before Nov. I of the year prior to enrollment.

Deadline for SMP ELCEs for Spring 2027 matriculation
2026-10-31

All Saints Day (observed)
2026-11-01
All Saints Day (observed)

FIRST READING
Rev. 7:(2–8) 9–17

PSALM
Ps. 149

EPISTLE
1 John 3:1–3

GOSPEL
Matt. 5:1–12

Color

Beta Sigma Psi Alumni Seminarian Scholarship application available
2026-11-01

Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 27)
2026-11-08
Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 27)

FIRST READING
Amos 5:18–24

PSALM
Ps. 70

EPISTLE
1 Thess. 4:13–18

GOSPEL
Matt. 25:1–13

Color

Prof Insights: Faculty-Led Workshop: Professors Peter and Schave in St. Louis, MO
2026-11-09 - 2026-11-10 | Hasse Library – Library 112, 801 Seminary Place, St. Louis, MO, 63105, United States
From Vision to Ministry: Strategic Leadership for Congregations
Pastors will learn how to move from vision to execution by developing and managing strategic ministry initiatives. This session focuses on aligning people, processes and resources to support sustainable ministry.

Dr. David Peter
Dean of Faculty, Professor of Practical Theology, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
Dr. David J. Peter is professor of Practical Theology and dean of faculty at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. A faculty member since 1998, his areas of interest include the dynamics of pastoral leadership in different sizes of congregations and in organizing leaders in congregational contexts. He also specializes in the art of expository preaching. Peter has written three books: “Organizing for Ministry and Mission: Options for Church Structure” (Concordia Publishing House, 2023); “Opening the Scriptures: Expository Preaching in the Lutheran Tradition” (Concordia Seminary Press, 2022); and “Maximizing the Midsize Church: Effective Leadership for Fruitful Mission and Ministry” (Kregel Publishing, 2018). He also has published Bible study resources for congregations through The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, as well as devotional resources and articles through Concordia Publishing House, Concordia Seminary Press and more.

Dr. Steven Schave
Adjunct Professor, Batterman School of Business, Concordia University Wisconsin, Mequon, Wi.
The Rev. Steve Schave is currently serving as the Executive Director of LAMP Ministry, a cross cultural ministry serving the indigenous communities in remote areas of Northern Canada. Prior to this, he was named the director of LCMS Urban & Inner-City Mission in January 2014, as well as director of LCMS Church Planting in January 2015. Schave is a second-career pastor, a former business executive, with a decade of experience in entrepreneurship, business systems and executive leadership. His church work began in church planting with a focus on outreach through human care and then church revitalization with a focus on neighborhood renewal in the inner city. Previously, he served as the regional vice-president in the Southwest region of the LCMS Ohio District, and was third vice-president of the presidium. He also served on the board of directors for Lutheran Housing Support for several years. Schave has years of experience in connecting Word and Sacrament ministry with engaging communities. He founded the MissionField: USA initiative, that was adopted in the LCMS national convention, in an effort to plant new cross-cultural ministries, working through districts to send national missionaries that he supervised. He also developed the national Save Our Cities Fund, Big City Mission School Program, The Hero Academy, Urban & Inner-City Webinar series and Denarius Social Enterprise learning modules. He received his D.Min. at Concordia Theological Seminary, Ft. Wayne, with a dissertation that focused on church planting resources for the synod based on a witness, mercy, life together framework for doing missions.

Schedule

DAY
TIME

Monday, Nov. 9
8-9:25 a.m.10:25-11:50 a.m.1-4 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 10
8-9:25 a.m.10:25-11:50 a.m.1-2:30 p.m.

Registration fee: $100
Registration deadline: Oct. 26, 2026
Location contact: Erika Petsch

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Prof Insights: Faculty-Led Workshop: Professor Prieto in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
2026-11-09 - 2026-11-11 | Trinity Lutheran Church (Ft. Lauderdale, FL), 11 SW 11th St., Ft. Lauderdale, MO, 33315, United States
Reaching Out to Our Neighbors with the Gospel of Hope: Engaging and Learning from Our Global South Partners
Christ commissioned His apostles to be His witnesses “to the ends of the earth,” calling them to make disciples of all nations by baptizing and teaching (Acts 1:8; Matt. 28:19–20). For centuries, going abroad has been a central mission endeavor of the Christian church — and The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) continues to faithfully participate in that global mission. However, shifting immigration patterns have opened new doors for outreach. The U.S. itself has become a mission field, as many immigrants arrive not only to receive the Gospel, but also to proclaim it. These brothers and sisters from the Global South bring with them vibrant faith and a passion for sharing Christ. How, then, can our LCMS congregations engage in meaningful outreach alongside these mission-minded partners — reaching into the diverse neighborhoods of our own nation with the love and truth of Jesus?

Dr. Ely Prieto
Associate Professor of Practical Theology, Associate Dean of Urban and Cross-Cultural Ministry, Director of the Center for Hispanic Studies, and Lutheran Foundation Professor of Urban and Cross-Cultural Ministry
Dr. Ely Prieto is associate professor of Practical Theology, the Lutheran Foundation Professor of Urban and Cross-Cultural Ministry, associate dean for Urban and Cross-Cultural Ministry, and director of the Center for Hispanic Studies at Concordia, Seminary, St. Louis. A faculty member since 2021, Dr. Prieto has an extensive academic background teaching in the areas of homilitics, pastoral theology, church planning and administration. He was one of the editors of “O Povo de Deus (A Festschrift in Honor of Rev. Dr. Acir Raymann)” and has contributed chapters for a variety of published books, articles, book reviews, homiletical and sermonic studies and sermons.

Schedule

DAY
TIME

Monday, Nov. 9
1-4 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 10
9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 11
9 a.m.-noon

Registration fee: $160
Registration deadline: Oct. 26, 2026
Location contact: Pastor Jeff Wilhelm

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Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 28)
2026-11-15
Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 28)

FIRST READING
Zeph. 1:7–16

PSALM
Ps. 90:1–12

EPISTLE
1 Thess. 5:1–11

GOSPEL
Matt. 25:14–30

Color

International Student Application deadline (Graduate School)
2026-11-15

Last Sunday of the Church Year (Proper 29)
2026-11-22
Last Sunday of the Church Year (Proper 29)

FIRST READING
Ezek. 34:11–16, 20–24

PSALM
Ps. 95:1–7a

EPISTLE
1 Cor. 15:20–28

GOSPEL
Matt. 25:31–46

Color

Fall Semester SMP Term ends
2026-11-23

Fall Semester ODS Term ends
2026-11-24

Thanksgiving recess begins after classes
2026-11-24

Thanksgiving Day
2026-11-26
Thanksgiving Day

FIRST READING
Deut. 8:1–10

PSALM
Ps. 67

EPISTLE
Phil. 4:6–20 or 1 Tim. 2:1–4

GOSPEL
Luke 17:11–19

Color

First Sunday in Advent
2026-11-29
First Sunday in Advent

FIRST READING
Is. 64:1–9

PSALM
Ps. 80:1–7

EPISTLE
1 Cor. 1:3–9

GOSPEL
Mark 11:1–10 orMark 13:24–37

Color

St. Andrew, Apostle
2026-11-30

Wampner-Hoffmyer Scholarship application deadline
2026-11-30

Classes resume
2026-11-30

Second Sunday in Advent
2026-12-06
Second Sunday in Advent

FIRST READING
Is. 40:1–11

PSALM
Ps. 85

EPISTLE
2 Peter 3:8–14

GOSPEL
Mark 1:1–8

Color

Fall Semester ends after classes
2026-12-11

Third Sunday in Advent
2026-12-13
Third Sunday in Advent

FIRST READING
Is. 61:1–4, 8–11

PSALM
Ps. 126

EPISTLE
1 Thess. 5:16–24

GOSPEL
John 1:6–8, 19–28

Color

Fourth Sunday in Advent
2026-12-20
Fourth Sunday in Advent

FIRST READING
2 Sam. 7:1–11, 16

PSALM
Ps. 89:1–5 (19–29)

EPISTLE
Rom. 16:25–27

GOSPEL
Luke 1:26–38

Color

St. Thomas, Apostle
2026-12-21
