Regent Awards application deadline
2026-10-31 | MO
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.

Florida-Georgia District LWML Scholarship application deadline
2026-11-01

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

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

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

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

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

St. Andrew, Apostle
2026-11-30

St. Thomas, Apostle
2026-12-21

St. Stephen, Martyr
2026-12-26

St. John, Apostle and Evangelist
2026-12-27

The Holy Innocents, Martyrs
2026-12-28

The Confession of St. Peter
2027-01-18

St. Timothy, Pastor and Confessor
2027-01-24

The Conversion of St. Paul
2027-01-25

St. Titus, Pastor and Confessor
2027-01-26

Presidents Day
2027-02-15

Martin Luther, Doctor and Confessor
2027-02-18

St. Matthias, Apostle
2027-02-24

St. Philip and St. James, Apostles
2027-03-01

Daylight Savings time begins
2027-03-14

The Donald F. Hinchey Scholarship application deadline
2027-03-15

St. Joseph, Guardian of Jesus
2027-03-19

The Annunciation of Our Lord
2027-03-25

Wyoming District LWML Scholarship application deadline
2027-03-31

The Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church of North Minneapolis Scholarship application deadline
2027-04-01

St. Mark, Evangelist
2027-04-25

The Visitation
2027-05-31

Memorial Day (no classes)
2027-05-31
