In cooperation with the Center for Global Theologies, Wartburg Learning for Life invites you to join Rev. Dr. Joseph M Bocko, Program Director for ELCA African National Ministries, for a presentation about the ELCA’s work. This event will be available both on-campus and via Zoom. Dr. Bocko has a bachelor's degree in theological studies…
With work, school, home, family, and church, our routines are set and drive us from one day to the next. Do you have a gnawing feeling in your gut that you may be ready for your routine to shift a bit, or that you are being called to do something different? Join us for an…
Wartburg Learning for Life invites you to join Vance Blackfox, the ELCA Desk Director for American Indian Alaska Native Tribal Nations, for a presentation about the ELCA’s work. This event will be available both on-campus and via Zoom. On-campus participants will enjoy a soup supper before Mr. Blackfox’s presentation. All are welcome. Please register here.…
The January 2023 issue of Currents in Theology and Mission will focus on the challenges and opportunities of online worship, including the meaning of assembling as online or digital communities, digital communion, and more. Several authors of those articles will reflect on the lenses through which they consider these issues and what they learned from…
The Center for Global Theologies, in cooperation with Wartburg Learning for Life, hosts Rahel Mwitula-Williams, ELCA Director for Global Mission Funding for a public forum on global missions. Available both on-campus and via Zoom, the public forum is both for members of the Wartburg community and for all others interested in the ELCA’s work. Watch…
Offers You The Opportunity To: Explore vocation and discernment with others Learn about Wartburg’s degree programs and the various pathways to earn your degree Worship with the Wartburg Seminary community Meet current faculty, staff, and students, hearing their stories and experiences Share in meals and fellowship, including social events with the community Experience Wartburg Seminary…
Join Pastor Lamont Wells, Wartburg’s Strategic Advisor for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, for a session that will explore biblical narrative(s) and cultural experiences of demands for justice that will help inform our collective call to respond to local and global inequities. The participant will learn history, faithful methods and strategies to bring healing to divided…
You are cordially invited to... come home … to the place of your formation … for ReFormation and Reunion! Take time for reunions and celebrations! Take time to learn, relax, and care for yourself! REGISTER HERE Tentative Schedule Pre-Event Presentation Tuesday, April 11, 12:00-1:15 PM Rev. Lisa Heffernan (2013), ELCA Coordinator of Disabilities Ministries Tuesday, April…
Wartburg Learning for Life invites you to join Pastor Lisa Heffernan, coordinator for ELCA Disability Ministries for a presentation about her work. A 2013 WTS graduate, Pastor Heffernan works remotely out of South Dakota, where she is also serving in a congregation as their part-time interim pastor. In beginning her work, Pastor Heffernan wrote, “As…
Thursday, April 20, 7:00-9:00 pm, Friday, April 21, 5:00-7:00 pm, Saturday, April 22, 9:00-11:00 am Pastor Violeta Siguenza, director of Centro Teologica Luterano Multicultural (CTLM), leads three sessions on ministry with Latine people. • Session 1, on Thursday evening, will focus on (a) Spanish language basics and cultural variations and (b) hospitality within Latine cultures. •…
Dr. Kelly Sherman-Conroy will give a presentation about Native American and Lutheran theology. She describes herself in these (among many other) ways: I am a beautiful mosaic of lived-experience and culture. My Lakota name is Mato Waste Winyan (Good Bear Woman). I am a proud member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe. Currently based in Minnesota,…
In cooperation with CTLM, Wartburg presents the Rev. Dr. Daisy Machado, former director of the Hispanic Summer Program, now retired, speaking on "The Challenges of Latinx Theological Education: A View from the South." Dr. Machado is Professor Emerita of American Religious History at Union Theological Seminary. Her scholarship focused specifically on United States Christianities. She…