Call for Campus Ministry Stories

The Lutheran takes a look at higher education in its November issue each year to give readers a glimpse of ministry on campus at ELCA schools and other colleges and universities.

This fall, our denominational magazine wants to help lay the foundation for the 2007 Centennial of Lutheran Campus Ministry by reporting stories from LCM alums. Please let us know if you have stories to share. Your reflections may focus on responses to one or more of the following questions (or any topic you wish to address):

How did you get involved with ELCA ministry on your campus?

How did your participation relate to your academic or social life as well as your faith and commitment to church? Career decisions?

How do those campus ministry experiences continue to shape you?

Your stories of 250 words or fewer are invited for consideration as a selection will be printed in the November issue of The Lutheran.

Please send your email responses (by August 31st) to: pastorsprowls@comcast.net and I'll forward them to The Lutheran. (And please be sure to remind us of the years that you were active!)

We look forward to hearing your stories!

Peace, Shalom, Salaam,
Pastor Sue

We Will Go Fishing

Philip Melancthon, the great Reformation theologian, once said to his friend Martin Luther, "This day you and I will discuss the governance of theuniverse."

What Luther said in response was unexpected: "This day you and I will go fishing and leave the governance of the universe to God."

Source: Our Daily Bread, March-May, 1996

Campus Pastors Gathering

Well, I have finally achieved yet another milestone in faith: my very first trip to Minnesota! While I had been planning to wait until the 10th anniversary of my ordination to make the pilgrimmage to the Lutheran Holy Land of the Upper Midwest, duty called and I went to Minneapolis for the Episcopal - Lutheran Campus Pastors' National Gathering.

The event was held at Augsburg College, which is a lovely little campus. The dorms were comfortable and the weather was quite pleasant for late June.

As is typical of these events, the most enriching aspect of the gathering was the opportunity to interact with colleagues from around the country. Events like this remind me what a blessing it is to have had an ecumenical theological education, as the ability to "speak Episcopal" and to know people from divinity school makes it a rich time.

I did glean some good ideas - particularly regarding the use of Facebook to promote campus ministry. We'll see how they go forward from here!

Planning for the fall is underway even as we continue to work on administrative matters like insurance, constitutions, etc.

Sue