Seminary Guild luncheon
2024-05-03 11:30 - 13:30 (America/Chicago) | Koburg Dining Hall, 801 Seminary Place, St. Louis, MO, 63105
The Concordia Seminary Guild is an organization of individuals, women’s organizations and congregations dedicated to providing support to the Concordia Seminary community, its students and their families, and staff.
Friday, May 3, 2024

Program:
Home Schooling Update
Lisa Mudge
What’s Happening at the Seminary
Dr. Thomas J. Egger, President, Concordia Seminary

11:30 a.m.
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Noon
Luncheon

Installation of officers

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Sixth Sunday of Easter
2024-05-05 | MO
Sixth Sunday of Easter

FIRST READING
Acts 10:34–48

PSALM
Ps. 98

EPISTLE
1 John 5:1–8

GOSPEL
John 15:9–17

Color

After Chapel Concert
2024-05-07 09:55 - 10:20 | Chapel of St. Timothy & St. Titus, 801 Seminary Place, St. Louis, MO, 63105, United States
Kammerchor from Concordia University Wisconsin
After Chapel Concerts feature musicians from on and off campus sharing their musical talents on a variety of instruments at 9:55 a.m. Recitals are held directly following morning chapel, which begins at 9:35 a.m., and are typically held in the chapel balcony.

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Artificial Intelligence and Real Ministry
2024-05-07 16:00 - 17:00, 2024-05-14 16:00 - 17:00 | Online
Six-week online course begins Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Understanding the significance and implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming increasingly crucial for today’s pastors. A new six-week online continuing education course, “Artificial Intelligence and Real Ministry,” aims to provide a comprehensive overview, highlighting key facets of AI and its potential implications in ministry. The course is offered in partnership by Concordia Seminary, St. Louis (CSL) and Concordia University Wisconsin and Ann Arbor (CUWAA).
Six sessions will be taught weekly from 4-5 p.m. (CT) Tuesday, April 9, through May 14, 2024, via Zoom. The course instructors include Dr. David Adams, the W.G. Ray and Louis J. Rechzigel Professor of Biblical Studies at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Mo.; Christopher Brandt, director of business intelligence at CUWAA; Joshua Locklair, assistant professor of Computer Science at CUWAA; and Brett Seider, director of administrative computing at CUWAA.

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GiveSTL Day
2024-05-09 | MO
Together with supporters both local and nationwide, create an impact larger than any one of us can make for the Seminary’s vital mission on Give STL Day, May 9, 2024. This special day of giving is one of three of the Seminary’s annual giving days. Give STL Day is an online giving event organized by the St. Louis Community Foundation for the benefit of nonprofits headquartered in the metropolitan area.
With your support, our graduates go out from here to the four corners of the world to shine the light of the Gospel. To help meet the needs of our students, our goal this year is $50,000. We thank you in advance for your partnership in this special campaign and for making the Seminary’s mission possible!
Early giving for Give STL Day opens April 24. Thanks to a special matching opportunity, gifts will be doubled dollar for dollar up to the first $25,000 raised. Your gift will make twice the impact in support of the Seminary’s mission to prepare our church’s future ministry leaders. Thank you!

The Ascension of Our Lord
2024-05-09 | MO
The Ascension of Our Lord

FIRST READING
Acts 1:1–11

PSALM
Ps. 47

EPISTLE
Eph. 1:15–23

GOSPEL
Luke 24:44–53

Color

Prof 'n Stein
2024-05-10 16:00 - 18:00 | Wartburg Commons, 801 Seminary Place, St. Louis, MO, 63105

Mother's Day
2024-05-12 | MO

Seventh Sunday of Easter
2024-05-12 | MO
Seventh Sunday of Easter

FIRST READING
Acts 1:12–26

PSALM
Ps. 1

EPISTLE
1 John 5:9–15

GOSPEL
John 17:11b–19

Color

Spring Semester classes end for SMP Program
2024-05-13 | MO

Spring Semester classes end for ODS Program
2024-05-14 | MO

Concordia Seminary Author Reception
2024-05-14 16:00 - 18:00 | Kristine Kay Hasse Memorial Library, 801 Seminary Place, St. Louis, MO, 63105, United States

Spring Semester of 2023-24 academic year ends after classes
2024-05-16 | MO

Commencement
2024-05-17 | Chapel of St. Timothy & St. Titus, 801 Seminary Place, St. Louis, MO, 63105, United States
Concordia Seminary’s Commencement exercises for the 2024 graduating class will take place Friday, May 17, 2024. Events will be available via livestream at csl.edu/live.
Theological Diploma Service
10 a.m. CDT in the Chapel of St. Timothy and St. Titus
All graduates who have been certified by the Concordia Seminary faculty as eligible to receive calls to serve as pastors or deaconesses in The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) will receive theological diplomas. Rev. W. Max Mons, pastor of St. Paul’s Lutheran Chapel and University Center in Iowa City, Iowa, and chairman of the Concordia Seminary Board of Regents, will preach.
Commencement
7 p.m. CDT in the Main Quadrangle
Certificates, academic degrees and honors will be conferred. An address will be given by Dr. Joel Lehenbauer, executive director of the LCMS Commission on Theology and Church Relations.
Join in the celebration virtually by sharing comments and photos and using #CSLGrad2024 and #WeBelongToChrist on social media! Watch live at csl.edu/live.

Armed Forces Day
2024-05-18 | MO

The Day of Pentecost
2024-05-19 | MO
The Day of Pentecost

FIRST READING
Ezek. 37:1–146

PSALM
Ps. 139:1–12 (13–16)

EPISTLE
Acts 2:1–21

GOSPEL
John 15:26–27; 16:4b–15

Color

Deadline for Greek and Hebrew ELCEs for Fall 2024 matriculation
2024-05-20 | MO

Summer Term begins for all programs
2024-05-20 | MO

The Holy Trinity
2024-05-26 | MO
The Holy Trinity

FIRST READING
Is. 6:1–8

PSALM
Ps. 29

EPISTLE
Acts 2:14a, 22–36

GOSPEL
John 3:1–17

Color

Memorial Day (no classes)
2024-05-27 | MO

SMP and ODS Spring Semester grade deadline
2024-05-28 | MO

Spring Semester grade deadline
2024-05-30 | MO

The Visitation
2024-05-31 | MO

W.B. Small Trust application deadline
2024-06-01 | MO

Second Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 4)
2024-06-02 | MO
Second Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 4)

FIRST READING
Deut. 5:12–15

PSALM
Ps. 81:1–10

EPISTLE
2 Cor. 4:5–12

GOSPEL
Mark 2:23–28 (3:1–6)

Color

Summer Term begins for SMP Program
2024-06-03 | MO

Prof Insights: Faculty-Led Workshop – Professor Saleska in Valparaiso, IN
2024-06-03 - 2024-06-05 | Immanuel Lutheran Church (Valparaiso, IN), 1700 Monticello Park Drive, Valparaiso, IN, 46383, United States
Poetry, Prophecy, Songs, Prayers: Exploring the Mystery and Beauty of the Psalms
The book Psalms is filled with some of the most beautiful and powerful poetry ever written. The psalms are complex on many different levels. For us to appreciate them, we must read each one slowly and carefully. In this workshop, we take the time to do just that. We read. And while we read we talk, and we reflect together on the truths that the psalms offer, the challenges that they raise and the experiences that they bring. This workshop will offer delightful conversations that center around this central book of the Scriptures.

Dr. Timothy Saleska
Professor of Exegetical Theology; Dean of Ministerial Formation; and the Gustav and Sophie Butterbach Professor of Exegetical Theology at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
Dr. Timothy Saleska is professor of Exegetical Theology and dean of Ministerial Formation at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. He is writing the Concordia Publishing House (CPH) commentary on Psalms. His devotional reading of the psalms, and drawing upon them for spiritual strength, have been incredibly well-received. Saleska is an engaging speaker who takes a sincere interest in all with whom he comes into contact.

Schedule

DAY
TIME

Monday, June 3
1-4 p.m.

Tuesday, June 4
9-11:30 a.m.

1-4 p.m.

Wednesday, June 5
9 a.m.-noon

Registration cost: $150
Registration deadline: May 20, 2024
Location contact: Rev. Casey Kegley

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Prof Insights: Faculty-Led Workshop – Professor Landgraf in Salina, KS
2024-06-03 - 2024-06-05 | Trinity Lutheran Church (Salina, KS), 702 S. 9th Street, Salina, KS, 67401, United States
The Beginnings of Genesis and the Genesis of Beginnings
The book of Genesis is, quite literally, foundational for the rest of the Scriptures. Although the text is incredibly ancient, through the words of the text, our Lord still speaks to us today. The not-as-ancient division of the text into chapters and verses may cause the reader or listener to overlook a part of the larger-scale significance and message. A part of the beginning of the biblical book sometimes lays out or, more figuratively, “begets” the upcoming structure of the rest of the book in an attempt to prepare the reader or listener as to what lies ahead. Often, the layout of the tabernacle/temple serves as a memorable progression. During this workshop, examples of this structure of an initial layout will be given from both Testaments and various types of writing. Participants in this workshop may have the opportunity to look at possible literary beginnings in any biblical books they would like to study.

Rev. Paul Landgraf
Pastor, Pilgrim Lutheran Church/Saint John Lutheran Church, Chamois/Drake, Mo.
Rev. Paul Landgraf has served the church in a variety of contexts, from Queens, N.Y., on a 1988-89 vicarage under Dr. Larry Vogel, to rural Missouri, since 2012, at two congregations in the small towns of Drake and Freedom, where the speed limit in both is 50 mph. He received a Master of Sacred Theology (S.T.M., 1998), and his thesis included an analysis of Martin Luther’s translation of his favorite Psalm 118. He received a Bachelor of Sacred Theology (S.T.B., 2012) by the exam route with an exegetical major. He currently lives in Eureka, Mo., close enough to frequent the Seminary’s Hasse Library to work on a book that focuses on a Gospel-based structure of the Scriptures.

Schedule

DAY
TIME

Monday, June 3
1-4 p.m.

Tuesday, June 4
9-11:30 a.m.

1-4 p.m.

Wednesday, June 5
9 a.m.-noon

Registration cost: $150
Registration deadline: May 20, 2024
Location contact: Rev. Dennis Kootz

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Summer Term begins for ODS Program
2024-06-04 | MO
