The Day of Pentecost
2023-05-28 | MO
The Day of Pentecost

FIRST READING
Num. 11:24-30

PSALM
Psalm 25:1-15

EPISTLE
Acts 2:1–21

GOSPEL
John 7:37-39

Color

SMP and ODS Spring Semester grade deadline
2023-05-30 | MO

Deadline for Greek and Hebrew ELCEs for Fall 2023 matriculation
2023-05-31 | MO

Spring Semester grade deadline
2023-06-01 | MO

Prof Insights: Faculty-Led Workshop – Professor Sánchez in Monterey, CA
2023-06-01 - 2023-06-03 | Bethlehem Lutheran Church (Monterey, CA), 800 Cass St., Monterey, CA, 93940, United States
Sculptor Spirit
Dr. Leopoldo A. Sánchez M.’s recent work Sculptor Spirit: Models of Sanctification from Spirit Christology (IVP Academic, 2019) offers a constructive narrative approach to the theology of sanctification through a wide-ranging biblical, historical, systematic and practical account of life in the Spirit. By reading and discussing the book with the author and reflecting on Christian ministry and mission in light of the book’s themes, participants will have an opportunity to pursue deep, imaginative ways of thinking about the sanctified life, particularly in a North American context. Special attention will be given to how Scripture, early church fathers, Martin Luther and selected contemporary theologians use compelling images to help us learn, discern and communicate what the sanctified life looks like.

Dr. Leopoldo A. Sánchez M.
Professor of Systematic Theology; Director of the Center for Hispanic Studies; and the Werner R.H. Krause and Elizabeth Ringger Krause Professor of Hispanic Ministries at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
Dr. Leopoldo A. Sánchez M. is one of the few scholars in The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod who has devoted his teaching and writing career to studying and expounding on the doctrine of the Holy Spirit — important work in a time when Pentecostalism or Neo-Pentecostalism is growing rapidly. In good Lutheran fashion, he focuses on the relationship of the Holy Spirit to Jesus Christ, both in terms of the Spirit’s work in the ministry of Jesus and the way in which Jesus now carries out his work through the Holy Spirit. In bringing attention to the person and work of the Holy Spirit, Sánchez shows how the church can recover a lively doctrine of sanctification without infringing or diminishing the doctrine of Justification.

Schedule

DAY
TIME

Thursday, June 1
1-4 p.m.

Friday, June 2
9-11:30 a.m.

1-4 p.m.

Saturday, June 3
9 a.m.-noon

Registration cost: $140
Registration deadline: May 18, 2023
Location contact: Josh Schmidt

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The Holy Trinity
2023-06-04 | MO
The Holy Trinity

FIRST READING
Gen. 1:1-2:4a

PSALM
Psalm 8

EPISTLE
Acts 2:14a, 22-36

GOSPEL
Matt. 28:16-20

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Summer Term begins for SMP Program
2023-06-05 | MO

Summer Term begins for ODS Program
2023-06-06 | MO

Summer Carillon Concert
2023-06-06 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, 801 Seminary Place, St. Louis, MO, 63105, United States
Linda Dzuris

Linda Dzuris became the first carillonneur for Clemson University (1999), S.C., where she also serves as the chair of the Department of Performing Arts. She is a North American Carillon School performance instructor and American representative of the Royal Carillon School “Jef Denyn’”’ in Mechelen, Belgium. She received her Bachelor of Music, Master of Music and Doctor of Music Arts degrees in organ performance and church music, studying with James Kibbie at the University of Michigan. She also has studied at The Netherlands Carillon School in Amersfoort, Netherlands. Dzuris is the vice president of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (GCNA) and has been a featured guest artist in carillon concert series throughout the United States and Europe. Her original carillon compositions have been published by American Carillon Music Editions and the Yale Guild of Carillonneurs.

Program

TITLE
COMPOSER

1
Times of Day a. Day b. Evening
Vladyslav Nazarchuk (1998−)

2
Rhapsody in Red
Geoffrey L. Cook (1948−)

3
Music for Twilight a. Frolic b. Stargazing
Frank DellaPenna (1951−)

4
North Star
Charles Zettek Jr. (1951−)

5
Theme from “Jupiter”
Gustav Holst (1874−1934)

6
Passacaglia
Eddy Mariën (1962−)

7
Mountain Pastorale
Laura Hewitt Whipple (1920−2005)

8
The Rhythm of Mother Earth
Joke Brandsma (1959−2017)

9
Summer Song
Terry Vaughan (1915−96)

10
And I Dance
Mathieu Daniël Polak (1972−)

Arrangement:
5. Paul Stelben

Second Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 5)
2023-06-11 | MO
Second Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 5)

FIRST READING
Hosea 5:15-6:6

PSALM
Psalm 119:65-72

EPISTLE
Rom. 4:13-25

GOSPEL
Matt. 9:9-13

Color

Reduced Residency Advanced Studies (S.T.M./Ph.D.) courses begin
2023-06-12 | MO

Summer Hebrew begins
2023-06-12 | MO

Library hours
2023-06-12 08:00 - 21:00, 2023-06-16 08:00 - 17:00, 2023-06-17 13:00 - 17:00, 2023-06-19 08:00 - 21:00, 2023-06-23 08:00 - 17:00 | Kristine Kay Hasse Memorial Library, 801 Seminary Place, St. Louis, MO, 63105, United States

Summer Carillon Concert
2023-06-13 19:00 - 20:00 | Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, 801 Seminary Place, St. Louis, MO, 63105, United States
Joseph Min

Joseph Min began studying the carillon in 2018 with Joey Brink. Before playing the carillon, he played piano for 15 years, and has performed on both instruments for a variety of events including as Singing Bronze, the inauguration of the University of Chicago President (2021), multiple world premieres in Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (GCNA) (2022) and Beiaarddag in Mechelen (2023). Min is a recent graduate from the Royal Carillon School “Jef Denyn’s” in Mechelen, Belgium, and will continue to pursue his interests in architecture and carillon in New York City.

Program

TITLE
COMPOSER

1
Centennial Chimes
Joey Brink (1988−)

2
Nimrod
Edward Elgar (1857−1934)

3
Chant and Jubilation for Carillon
Robert Byrnes (1949−2004)

4
And I Dance
Mathieu Daniël Polak (1972−)

5
Lied Zonder Woorden
Staf Nees (1901−65)

6
Constellations
II. Leo et Scorpius

Father’s Day
2023-06-18 | MO

Third Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 6)
2023-06-18 | MO
Third Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 6)

FIRST READING
Ex. 19:2-8

PSALM
Psalm 100

EPISTLE
Rom. 5:6-15

GOSPEL
Matt. 9:35-10:8

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Summer Greek begins
2023-06-19 | MO

Prof Insights: Faculty-Led Workshop – Professor Thompson in York, NE
2023-06-19 - 2023-06-21 | Emmanuel Lutheran Church (York, NE), 806 N Beaver Ave., York, NE, 68467, United States
NEW! Family Discipleship: Exploring an Effective Partnership of the Congregation and Home
This workshop will explore helping ministries become family-centered and church-supported in raising children in the faith. Biblical mandates give this vocation to household leaders. The Small Catechism supports and equips families for this work. Vital today is the incorporation into church and day school ministry effective ways to serve families in raising up disciples of Jesus Christ.

Dr. W. Mart Thompson
Associate Professor of Practical Theology and the Director of the Specific Ministry Pastor Program at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
Before joining the Concordia Seminary faculty, Dr. W. Mart Thompson served 28 years as a campus pastor, sole pastor and senior pastor. His areas of experience and expertise include pastoral theology, catechesis, member assimilation, small group ministry, and youth and family ministry.

Schedule

DAY
TIME

Monday, June 19
1-4 p.m.

Tuesday, June 20
9-11:30 a.m.

1-4 p.m.

Wednesday, June 21
9 a.m.-noon

Registration cost: $140
Registration deadline: June 5, 2023
Location contact: Mike Neidow

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Prof Insights: Faculty-Led Workshop – Professor Adams in Bourbonnais, IL
2023-06-19 - 2023-06-21 | St. Paul’s Lutheran Church (Bourbonnais, IL), 1780 Career Center Road, Bourbonnais, IL, 60914, United States
The Present God: Exploring a Major Biblical Theme
For many Christians, the theological value of the Old Testament is limited to messianic prophecies and the comforting assurances of the Psalms. Such a perspective runs the risk of impoverishing our teaching and preaching by failing to recognize the foundational role of the Old Testament for the Christian faith and the rich variety of ways in which its theology is communicated. In this presentation, Dr. David Adams will explore one major theological motif, the presence of God, and show how it shapes the faith in the Old Testament and the fulfillment of that faith in the person and ministry of Jesus Christ in the New Testament.

Dr. David Adams
Professor of Exegetical Theology and the W.G. Ray and Louis J. Rechtzigel Professor of Biblical Studies at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
Dr. David Adams joined the faculty of Concordia Seminary in 2000. During the past 23 years, he has brought to the classroom wide-ranging interests from philosophy to archaeology. He wrote the study notes for the Psalms and Old Testament wisdom literature in the ESV Archaeology Study Bible (Crossway, 2018) and was centrally involved in the 2007 archaeological dig at Khirbet Qeiyafa from which an inscription was unearthed that provides historical evidence for the existence of King David and the united monarchy. He is best known for his work on the Old Testament and has been devoting much of his time to thinking through a Lutheran theology of the Old Testament with a special focus on the presence of God. Adams loves to talk theology at the drop of a hat and does so in a way that his conversation partner always leaves enriched in ways that start one thinking in new ways.

Schedule

DAY
TIME

Monday, June 19
1-4 p.m.

Tuesday, June 20
9-11:30 a.m.

1-4 p.m.

Wednesday, June 21
9 a.m.-noon

Registration cost: $140
Registration deadline: June 5, 2023
Location contact: Roger Drinnon

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Prof Insights: Faculty-Led Workshop – Professor Scholz in Mentor, OH
2023-06-19 - 2023-06-21 | Faith Lutheran Church (Mentor, OH), 8125 Mentor Ave., Mentor, OH, 44060, United States
NEW! The Bible We Read in Church
Christian denominations using a lectionary tend to read the Bible more extensively in church than most denominations that do not use a lectionary. As we use the Three-Year Lectionary Series, what exactly are we reading in church each year? What will never be read? What specifically are we reading this year? How do the lessons for each Sunday “talk to each other” or illustrate the principle of “Scripture interpreting Scripture?” The focus of this lectionary in 2023 will be the post-Pentecost season of Series A. This workshop is meant for lay leaders and pastors.

Dr. Vilson Scholz
Visiting Professor of Exegetical Theology at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
Dr. Vilson Scholz is a visiting professor in Exegetical Theology from São Leopoldo, RS, Brazil. Scholz has served for 20 years as a translation consultant for United Bible Societies as well as a professor in Brazil for 36 years. He also helped revise the Portuguese translation of the Book of Concord and the Portuguese Bible.

Schedule

DAY
TIME

Monday, June 19
1-4 p.m.

Tuesday, June 20
9-11:30 a.m.

1-4 p.m.

Wednesday, June 21
9 a.m.-noon

Registration cost: $140
Registration deadline: June 5, 2023
Location contact: Kevin Guynn

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Prof Insights: Faculty-Led Workshop – Professor Nafzger in Dublin, OH
2023-06-20 - 2023-06-22 | St. John Lutheran Church (Dublin, OH), 6135 Rings Rd, Dublin, OH, 43016, United States
Meeting the Crisis of Scripture as “People of the Word”: How to Avoid Liberal Criticism and Biblical Fundamentalism
Conservative Lutherans have never felt at home in the modern “Battle for the Bible.” We reject liberal critics, for they have abandoned the foundational Christian belief that the Scriptures are the written Word of God. But we don’t feel at home with “Bible-believing” fundamentalists either, because they have neglected the Gospel of Christ crucified and the centrality of the forgiveness of sins. What shall we do? How shall we think and speak about the Scriptures in an increasingly skeptical post-modern world? Rather than defining ourselves by what we are NOT, this workshop approaches the theology of Scripture by taking a close look at the theology of the Word of God. This theology of the Word begins with the eternal Word made flesh; it continues through the proclaimed Word of Law and Gospel; and it is normed and guided by the written Word of the prophets and apostles. With a firm grounding in the theology of the Word of God, we will consider WHY we believe these particular writings are the Word of God and HOW they function in our life together. This will help us address pressing questions about the canon, authority and interpretation of the Scriptures, as well as our use of the Scriptures in preaching and teaching.

Dr. Peter Nafzger
Associate Professor of Practical Theology and Director of Student Life at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
Dr. Peter Nafzger is a gifted theologian and speaker who manifests what is best about the The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS). He joined the faculty at Concordia Seminary in 2016 after serving as a pastor for nine years in Minnesota. While in Minnesota, he served as a leader (and continues to do so) in the planning of the LCMS Youth Gatherings. His dissertation (and hence his expertise) centers on a Lutheran approach and use of Scripture over and against the fundamentalist approaches that often dominate American Christianity.

Schedule

DAY
TIME

Tuesday, June 20
1-4 p.m.

Wednesday, June 21
9-11:30 a.m.

1-4 p.m.

Thursday, June 22
9 a.m.-noon

Registration cost: $140
Registration deadline: June 6, 2023
Location contact: Adam Steinbrenner

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Summer Carillon Concert
2023-06-20 19:00 - 20:00 | Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, 801 Seminary Place, St. Louis, MO, 63105, United States
Christine Cao

Christine Cao studied carillon under Joey Brink when she was a student at the University of Chicago. Now a recent graduate with a degree in biology and a minor in music, she has moved with her cat to St. Louis, where she is a researcher in developmental biology. She plays the Luther Tower carillon when possible and is still coming to terms with the low D. In her free time, she enjoys video games, birds and cajoling her friends into playing duets with her.

Program

TITLE
COMPOSER

1
Minuet No. 2
Anton Diabelli (1781−1858)

2
Preludio 4
Matthias vanden Gheyn (1721−85)

3
Melody for Kinyaa’aanii 1
Connor Chee (1987−)

4
Irish Air
Geert D’hollander (1965−)

5
On the San Antonio River
Robert Byrnes (1949−2004)

6
Poor Wayfaring Stranger
American Folk Song

7
Vincent (Starry Starry Night)
Don McLean (1945−

8
The Moon Represents My Heart
Weng Ching-hsi (1936−2012)

9
City of Stars
Justin Hurwitz (1985−)

10
Duetsa. Arabian waltz with Cao Linh Phamb. Moonlight Serenade with Cao Linh Phamc. Shang Hai Tan (The Bund) with Kevin Changd. Pavane with John Mori
Rabih Abou Khalil (1985−)Glenn Miller (1904−44)Jiahui Gu (1931-2023)Gabriel Fauré (1845−1924)

Arrangements:
1. Ronald Barnes6. Wendell Westcott7. Joey Brink8. Annie Gao9. Joey Brink10a. Richard de Waardt10b. Joey Brink10c. Christine Cao10d. Richard de Waardt

Summer begins
2023-06-21 | MO

Reduced Residency Advanced Studies (S.T.M./Ph.D.) courses end
2023-06-23 | MO

Nativity of St. John the Baptist
2023-06-24 | MO

Vocatio
2023-06-24 - 2023-07-01 | Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, 801 Seminary Place, St. Louis, MO, 63105, 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!
Open to high school men and women entering grades nine through 12, the event is free.
Registration deadline: May 27, 2023

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