Admissions Online Open House
2021-11-16 18:45 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | IA, United States
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?
You may be meant for something different, something more. Join us for an Online Open House and imagine how your daily routine could be reshaped to include seminary too. You will:

Learn about our Distributed Learning and Collaborative Learning Master of Divinity degree programs and how Wartburg Seminary is making seminary education possible from your current location.
Participate in a text study with a faculty member to get a feel for education on Wartburg Seminary digital learning platforms.
Hear from a current distance learning student and ask questions about their experience.
Ask questions about financial aid and next steps for the admissions process.

Questions? Contact admissions@wartburgseminary.edu. Register below and you will receive information on how to access the Open House. All you need is a computer (with or without a camera) and a good internet connection to join!

Register

The Spirituality of Exegesis
2022-02-15 17:00 - 19:00 | Wartburg Seminary, 333 Wartburg Place, Dubuque, IA, 52003, United States
Please join the Wartburg community as Prof. Troy Troftgruben presents his inaugural lecture upon installation into the Wagner Chair in Biblical Theology. Prof. Troftgruben’s lecture is titled “The Spirituality of Exegesis.”

41st Annual Rural Ministry Conference
2022-03-06 - 2022-03-08 | Wartburg Seminary, 333 Wartburg Place, Dubuque, IA, 52003, United States
(Updates as of 2/15/22)
Changes to the 2022 Rural Ministry Conference

The 2022 Rural Ministry Conference is now being held at Wartburg Theological Seminary, 333 Wartburg Place, Dubuque, IA 52003. It will NOT be held at the Best Western Plus Hotel in Dubuque. All meetings will be on the Wartburg Seminary campus. There is NOT a Zoom option this year.
Registration for the entire conference is now limited to 70 people. If you have already registered, you need do nothing else. If you have not yet registered, please consider doing so quickly. Registration for the Monday only workshops is NOT limited. Registration closes March 2nd or when 70 people have registered.
There is on campus housing available for up to 30 people. Housing includes linens, a private bathroom and either one or two twin beds. Links for local hotels are below. The Best Western Plus Hotel will NOT offer a conference rate.
Conference meals are limited to lunches, dinners, and breakout snacks. Breakfast will not be served at Wartburg so even those with on campus housing will have to find breakfast elsewhere. Please list dietary requirements on your registration form.
Registration is now reduced to $150.00 per person. The $50 scholarship for those new to rural ministry still applies.
If you have any question, please contact Ann Fritschel at 563-589-0308 or afritschel@wartburgseminary.edu.

Some area hotels

Best Western Plus 3100 Dodge Street, Conference rates no longer apply.
Hampton Inn Dubuque 3434 Dodge Street
Fairfield Inn Dubuque 3400 Dodge Street
Days Inn Dubuque 1111 Dodge Street

Creation Stewardship and Ministry in a time of Climate Change
Climate Change is impacting our world, especially rural areas, in many different ways. This conference will explore climate change’s impacts in rural America as well as well as how often rural areas become victims to injustice in how climate and creation stewardship are addressed in the United States. Grounded in biblical and theological understandings, emphasis will be on practical ways for rural congregations, leaders, and communities to think about creation stewardship in a time of climate change. Register for the 2022 Rural Ministry Conference
COVID-19
We at Wartburg strongly encourage all those who are able to receive the COVID-19 vaccine and the booster. Masks are to be worn indoors with the exception of eating. We vaccinate, boost, and mask because we care! Learn more about our response to COVID-19 here.
Conference Speakers
Melanie Mullen – Rev. Melanie Mullen serves as Episcopal Church’s Director of Reconciliation, Justice & Creation Care – charged with bringing the Jesus Movement to the concerns of the world. Prior to joining the Presiding Bishop’s staff she was the Downtown Missioner at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Richmond, leading a historic southern congregation’s missional, civic, and reconciliation ministries.
Before the ministry, Melanie worked in campaign fundraising and development, raising more than $10 million for leadership PACs, the Congressional Black Caucus, and US Congressional and gubernatorial races from Louisiana to Connecticut; and she served as Development Associate for the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, with a focus on poverty advocacy.
She is a graduate of Virginia Theological Seminary with a Masters of Divinity; and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, with a Bachelors in History.
Matt Russell – Matt Russell was appointed by the Biden Administration to serve as the State Executive Director of the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) in Iowa in November 2021.
Russell is a fifth-generation Iowa farmer who grew up on a livestock farm in Cass County. He now co-owns and operates Coyote Run Farm, a family farm near Lacona, Iowa.
In 2018, Russell served as the Executive Director of Iowa Interfaith Power and Light, a statewide faith-based climate action organization. His previous work experience includes Drake University’s Agricultural Law Center, Iowa Citizen Action Network, Catholic Rural Life, and Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, Nevada. Russell was previously appointed to the Iowa FSA State Committee under the Obama Administration and served in that role for eight years.
Russell earned a master’s degree in rural sociology from Iowa State University and a bachelor’s degree from Loras College. He has a passion for Iowa agriculture and rural America and has extensively written on the subject for local, statewide, and national publications.

Craig Nessan – Dr. Craig L. Nessan is William D. Streng Professor for the Education and Renewal of the Church, Academic Dean, and Professor of Contextual Theology and Ethics at Wartburg Theological Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa. Dr. Nessan has served eleven years as a parish pastor in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He holds degrees from Michigan State University, Wartburg Theological Seminary, and the University of Munich. He serves as Co-Editor of the online journal, Currents in Theology and Mission (www.currentsjournal.org). In addition to other articles, reviews, and books, Dr. Nessan is the author of Free in Deed: The Heart of Lutheran Ethics (2022), Wilhelm Loehe and North America: Historical Perspective and Living Legacy (2020), The Integrity of the Body of Christ: Boundary Keeping as Shared Responsibility (2016—with Arden Mahlberg), Shalom Church: The Body of Christ as Ministering Community (2010), Beyond Maintenance to Mission: A Theology of the Congregation (2010, Revised Edition. Dr. Nessan has been active in generating a Life of Faith Initiative in the ELCA (www.lifeoffaith.info).
Workshop Leaders
Jeff Schlesinger – Reverend Schlesinger has served as a pastor in the ELCA for 24 years serving in small town and rural settings in Wisconsin and Illinois. He currently serves Heart of Illinois Lutheran Parish which is made up of Immanuel Lutheran that sits in the midst of the cornfields and windmills south of Compton, IL and what he lovingly refers to as his “urban” church, First Lutheran, which lies in the center of Lee, IL (population 200 – the town, not the church). Schlesinger earned an MDiv from Luther Seminary, St. Paul, MN in 1998 and a ThM from Lutheran School of Theology Chicago in 2012. As he enters his final decade of active ministry, he has established two mission goals for himself: to help the Church integrate the well being of Creation in its life and mission, and to help the Church envision and create new shared ministry models that will serve the changing church into the future.
Irene Demaris – Irene has spent her career working in faith-based non-profits. She has a passion for working with people as they take their faith and act on social justice issues. As Iowa Interfaith Power & Light’s acting executive direct, Irene facilitates their Faith Farms & Climate program where they bring together groups of farmers and rural clergy to talk about how their vocation leads them to take climate action.
Before moving to Iowa in 2018, she was the Associate Director for the Center for Public Theology at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, DC. She also spent time as an Organizing Fellow with Faith in Public Life.
She is a United Methodist Deaconess called to live a lifetime of love, justice, and service and appointed by Bishop Haller to her position at Iowa IPL. Within The United Methodist Church, Irene is known for her advocacy in justice issues and laity inclusion.
Irene holds a B.S. in Mathematics from Washington State University and a Master of Divinity from Seattle University.

The Rev. Dr. Mark Yackel-Juleen – Rev. Mark Yackel-Juleen is a 1989 graduate of Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary in St. Paul, MN and was ordained in October of that year. In 1992, he and his spouse Margaret founded Shalom Hill Farm, a rural ministry education and retreat center in southwestern Minnesota where he served as executive director until 2017. In 2004, he received a Doctor of Ministry degree from Luther Seminary, St. Paul, MN—his research focused on factors that impact satisfaction and effectiveness for pastors serving in small town and rural settings. Mark came to Wartburg in 2015 as Director for Small Town and Rural Ministry with the Center for Theology and Land. He has served the church in various capacities over the years—missionary to Hong Kong, synodical rural ministry coordinator, internship supervisor for 15 interns, adjunct instructor to several seminaries—but his deepest roots are in small town and rural congregations which he served for 17 years. Mark has a passion for travel, especially international travel, and has been involved in rural development projects in Kwazulu-Natal in South Africa working with the ELCSA. Mark and Margaret (also an ELCA pastor serving a small town and rural parish) have been married for 36 years and live in Elkader, Iowa. They have three children, one of whom is an ELCA pastor serving in rural southeastern Minnesota.
Schedule
All events take place at Wartburg Theological Seminary, 333 Wartburg Place, Dubuque, IA 52003
Sunday, March 6, 2022
4:00 pm – Registration, Refreshments and Resource Tables
5:45 pm – Introductions and Prayer
6:00 pm – Dinner – Mississippi
7:00 pm – Presentation – Rev. Melanie Mullen
Monday, March 7, 2022
9:00 am –Bible Study with Craig Nessan
10:00 – 11:15 am – Keynote – Rev. Melanie Mullen
11:15 – 12:15 – Lunch
12:30-4:00 Workshops
4:00 – Group meetings as needed, see registration desk
6:00 – 7:00 pm– Dinner
7:10 – Worship, For the Healing of Creation
Tuesday, March 8, 2022
9:00 am–Bible Study with Craig Nessan
10:00 – General Session – Matt Russell
11:00 am – Eucharist Service
12:00 – Boxed Lunches
Breakout Sessions
Workshop: Empowering Rural Pastors to Lead Climate Action Community Dialogues – Irene Demaris
This workshop will take participants through our successful dialogue process of inviting diverse rural Iowans into dialogue about solutions to the climate crisis. These faith-based community conversations draw on our shared identities rather than educating about the need to change or the threats of the climate crisis.
Adding Season of Creation to your Liturgical Calendar – Jeff Schlesinger
Join Pastor Jeff Schlesinger from Heart of Illinois Lutheran Parish as he describes Season of Creation and how his congregations have been edified by celebrating it. He will also share a unique method that he led to encourage and empower the congregations of his synod to celebrate this liturgical season.
Going Deeper with the Speaker – Melanie Mullin
This breakout will allow participants to go more fully into the topics raised in the plenary session as well as explore more deeply themes of creation justice.
Cultivating Hope Amidst a Groaning Creation – Mark Yackel-Juleen
In the final chapter of his recently published book, Everyone Must Eat: Food, Sustainability, and Ministry, Rev. Dr. Mark Yackel-Juleen, Director for Small Town and Rural Ministry at WTS, addresses the need for active hope in the face of the seemingly overwhelming challenge of global climate change. Building on the insights of Wendell Berry, “To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope,” and professor of environmental studies Dr. David Orr, “Hope is a verb with its sleeves rolled up…Authentic hope comes with an imperative to act. There is no such thing as passive hope,” Yackel-Juleen will engage participants in conversation about where they find legitimate hope and how they are seeking to cultivate active hope in their personal lives and ministry regarding the challenges highlighted in this conference.
Registration Details
Registration is $150.00 per person. Online registrations require payment by credit card. If you would prefer to pay by check, mail your check with “Rural Ministry Conference” in the memo line to: Wartburg Theological Seminary, Attn: Ann Fritschel, 333 Wartburg Pl, Dubuque, IA 52003. Please include a note with your contact information including an email address and phone number so we can contact you if necessary.
Questions? Contact Ann Fritschel at afritschel@wartburgseminary.edu or 563-589-0308. Register for the 2022 Rural Ministry Conference

Spring Visit Weekend: Considering Your Call
2022-03-18 17:00 - 2022-03-20 12:00 | Wartburg Seminary, 333 Wartburg Place, Dubuque, IA, 52003, United States
Offers You The Opportunity To:

Explore vocation and discernment
Learn about degree programs and the various models to earn your degree
Get a feel for what classes are like
Worship with the Wartburg Seminary Community
Meet Faculty, Staff, and Students
Share in meals and fellowship
Experience Wartburg Seminary through the convenience of a weekend visit!

You Are Our Guest:
Need overnight accommodations on Friday or Saturday? We are happy to provide housing for you and your spouse, friend, partner, pastor or supporter while you’re here. We will also provide meals and snacks while you are on campus. Need help with travel costs? Let us know how we can assist you with those, too.

Questions? Contact admissions@wartburgseminary.edu. Register below.

Register

Reformation and Reunion Spring 2022
2022-04-18 - 2022-04-20 | Wartburg Seminary, 333 Wartburg Place, Dubuque, IA, 52003, United States
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
Take time to worship
Presentations from some of your former professors … with no tests or papers:
Professor Winston Persaud—
in yet another semester of Systematics and cricket
Professor Craig Nessan—
in his last semester as Academic Dean
Professor Ann Fritschel—
in her last semester teaching at Wartburg
Professor Troy Troftgruben—
in his new role as holder of the Wagner Chair in Biblical Theology
… and from some newer (yet familiar to many) faces:
President Kristin Largen
Rev. Dr. John Largen
Break-Out Sessions with other alumni
Come home … to be reFormed and renewed!

Schedule
Event begins on Monday, April 18, 2022 at 4pm with registration and ends on Wednesday, April 20, 2022 with a lunch. Click here to view the complete schedule.
Celebrating 2021 and 2022 Milestone Years:
50 Years (1971, 1972), 40 Years (1981, 1982), 25 Years (1996, 1997), 10 Years (2011, 2012), 3 Years (2018, 2019)

Accommodations:
Wartburg Seminary Guest Rooms – 333 Wartburg Place, Dubuque A limited number of guest rooms are available to rent on the campus of Wartburg Theological Seminary. On campus housing can be requested as part of the registration form.
A block of rooms has been set up at the Best Western PLUS Dubuque Hotel & Conference Center. See the registration form for more details.
Locations of the speakers and breakout sessions will be determined based upon attendance and communicated in your packet at registration.

Registration:
Click here to register.

Rev. Dr. Ann Fritschel Retirement Celebration
2022-05-05 16:30 - 19:00 | Wartburg Seminary, 333 Wartburg Place, Dubuque, IA, 52003, United States
Our beloved professor, colleague, and friend the Rev. Dr. Ann Fritschel will be retiring from full time service at the end of this 2021-2022 academic year. She has served at Wartburg Seminary as Professor of Hebrew Bible since 1997, as Director of the Center for Theology and Land since 2010, and as holder of the Rev. Dr. Frank L. & Joyce S. Benz Chair in Scripture since 2014. As Dr. Fritschel concludes this chapter, she anticipates enjoying a new chapter of life that includes part-time parish ministry and tutoring in the public school system, among other things.

In honor of Dr. Fritschel’s retirement. The letters will be collated and bound in a volume, which will be presented at the end of the semester. You are invited to contribute a letter to this collection. We ask only that you compose the letter on one 8.5 x 11″ page, which is the expected form for all submissions due to the collation process. You may either email your letter as an attachment to the Office of the President (officeofthepresident@wartburgseminary.edu) or mail it to Wartburg Seminary, c/o the President’s Office (333 Wartburg Pl, Dubuque, IA 52003). We wish to receive all letters no later than Monday, April 25th, so that they can be presented to Dr. Fritschel as close to the end of the semester as possible.
Please reserve Thursday, May 5th, 4:30-7:00pm (Central Daylight Time) for an event at Wartburg Seminary to honor and celebrate Dr. Fritschel upon her retirement. The event entails a brief service of evening prayer in Loehe Chapel, followed by dinner and a program which will include greetings from various faculty, alums, students, and friends. Please RSVP by April 25 to: officeofthepresident@wartburgseminary.edu. If you are unable to attend in person the service and program will be accessible by Zoom at: https://wartburgseminary.zoom.us/j/7709719135?pwd=[REDACTED]

Please direct questions either to the President’s Office (officeofthepresident@wartburgseminary.edu) or to Troy Troftgruben (ttroftgruben@wartburgseminary.edu).

Wartburg Theological Seminary Class of 2022 Commencement
2022-05-15 09:30 - 16:00 | St. Joseph The Worker Catholic Church, 60 South Algona Street, Dubuque, IA, 52001, United States
May 15 Commencement Exercises

11 a.m. CT Baccalaureate
Loehe Chapel, Wartburg Seminary
3 p.m. CT Commencement
St. Joseph The Worker Catholic Church
2001 St. Joseph St., Dubuque, IA

In addition to celebrating the graduation of the Class of 2022, Wartburg Theological Seminary will also recognize Living Loehe Award and Honorary Doctor of Divinity recipients.

Admissions Online Open House
2022-06-21 18:30 - 20:00 | IA, United States
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 Online Open House to learn about Wartburg Seminary and all it has to offer. You will:
· Learn about our Master of Divinity and Master of Arts in Diaconal Ministry degree programs and the variety of ways Wartburg provides theological education.
· Participate in a Scripture study with a faculty member to get a feel for what education at Wartburg Seminary is like.
· Hear from current students learning both residentially and at a distance about their experiences as part of the Wartburg community.
· Be introduced to the ELCA candidacy process and where to begin.
· Ask questions about financial aid and next steps for the admissions process.
· Join other discerning students in asking questions and discovering where God is calling you. Questions? Contact admissions@wartburgseminary.edu. Register below and you will receive information on how to access the Open House. All you need is a computer (with or without a camera) and a good internet connection to join!
Register

International Loehe Society Conference
2022-07-24 - 2022-07-27 | Wartburg Seminary, 333 Wartburg Place, Dubuque, IA, 52003, United States
Christian Identity in Crisis: The Legacy of Wilhelm Loehe as Inspiration for the Church Today

Is Christian identity in crisis? What does Christian faith mean in a time of crises? Why do we need the church in the world today?
These are the questions that many people in the 19th century asked themselves as they were unsettled by enormous upheavals. Seventy million people, mostly younger men and women, saw no future in Europe, and so left their homes and moved into a new, unknown world. Wilhelm Loehe and his companions developed visions and practical models for the church of the future.
The 5th Conference of the International Loehe Society 2022 discusses the current relevance of these new approaches in the fields of theology, liturgy, mission and diaconia.
The conference is made possible with support from: German American National Congress (DANK), Diakoneo (Diakonie Neuendettelsau), Gesellschaft für Innere und Äußere Mission and Wartburg Theological Seminary.
Conference Details Register
The International Loehe Society
The International Loehe Society (ILoeS) was founded in 2005 in Dubuque, Iowa, to promote study of the life, theology, and work of Wilhelm Loehe (1808-72) in historical context and to explore Loehe’s continuing significance for the church in its life and mission today. The scope of Loehe’s work extends through the institutions he founded in Neuendettelsau/ Germany and their outreach throughout the world. Regular conferences serve for research and international exchange.

CTLM: Beginners class for lay Latinx leaders. Spanish / Clase de Introducción de Teologia para líderes laicos.
2022-10-01 10:00 - 12:00 | IA, United States
Instructor: Consuelo Reid
Mission and Discipleship
Days and Times: Saturdays 10am-12pm
When: October 1st.- October 29 (No class October 22)
Cost: $25
Click here to register

Español. Instructora: Consuelo Reid
Tema: Misión y Discipulado
Horario: Sábados de 10am-12pm
Duración: Octubre 1ero. – Octubre 29 (Octubre 22 no habrá clase)
Costo: $25
Click here to register

Blessing of the Animals
2022-10-04 17:30 - 18:00 | Wartburg Seminary, 333 Wartburg Place, Dubuque, IA, 52003, United States

Community Organizing Workshop
2022-10-04 18:45 - 20:45 | Wartburg Seminary, 333 Wartburg Place, Dubuque, IA, 52003, United States
Kelly Marciela, ELCA Program Coordinator for Community Organizing, will lead a workshop for people interested in the basics of community organizing. This event is for students, staff, faculty, alums, area residents, and all others who are interested. Available via Zoom.

Click here to register.

CTLM: Advance classes for lay Latinx leaders. Spanish. / Clase avanzada de Teologia para líderes laicos.
2022-10-15 10:00 - 12:00 | IA, United States
Advance classes for lay Latinx leaders. Spanish.
Instructor: Professor José Avendaño
History of Christian Thought I
Days and Times: Saturdays 10am-12pm
When: October 15-December 10 (No class November 26)
Cost: $50

Clase avanzada de Teologia para líderes laicos.
Español. Instructor: Profesor José Avendaño
Tema: Historia del Pensamiento Cristiano I:
Horario: Sábados de 10am a 12pm
Duración: Octubre 15-Diciembre 10
(Noviembre 26 no habrá clase)
Costo: $50

Considering Your Call Saturday, October 22nd
2022-10-22 09:00 - 16:00 | Wartburg Seminary, 333 Wartburg Place, Dubuque, IA, 52003, United States
Offers You The Opportunity To:

Explore vocation and discernment
Learn about degree programs and the various models to earn your degree
Get a feel for what classes are like
Worship with the Wartburg Seminary Community
Meet Faculty, Staff, and Students
Share in meals and fellowship
Experience Wartburg Seminary through the convenience of a Saturday visit!

Interested in experiencing what life as a Residential student is like? Register for the “Residential Experience” and spend your Saturday evening and Sunday morning with us! You will:

Take a tour of Wartburg’s on-campus housing options
Share in an evening meal, worship, and a community event with other residential students
Spend the night in our Residence Hall
Attend a local ELCA church on Sunday morning

You Are Our Guest:
Need overnight accommodations on Friday or Saturday? We are happy to provide housing for you and your spouse, friend, partner, pastor or supporter while you’re here. We will also provide meals and snacks while you are on campus. Need help with travel costs? Let us know how we can assist you with those, too.

Click here to register!

Service of Thanksgiving and Celebration
2022-10-22 13:00 - 14:00 | IA, United States
You are invited to a
Service of Thanksgiving and Celebration
for the
Lutheran Seminary Program in the Southwest (LSPS)
and celebration for the launch of
Centro Teológico Luterano Multicultural (CTLM).
This will be a celebration of Holy Communion with
Southwestern Texas Synod Bishop Sue Briner presiding
and Pastor Violeta Sigüenza preaching.
Saturday, October 22, 2022
1:00 pm, at the Christ Chapel at the
Seminary of the Southwest
501 E. 32nd St., Austin, TX 78705
There will be a reception following the service at Howell Dining Hall.
We hope you can join us as we give thanks to God for
all those formed and shaped by the ministry of LSPS.

Te invitamos
Misa de Agradecimiento
Y Celebración
para el
Programa de Seminario Luterano en el Sur Oeste (LSPS)
Y celebración de el lanzamiento del
Centro Teólogico Luterano Multicultural (CTLM)
Esta será una celebración con Santa Comunión
presidirá la Obispa Sue Briner del Sinodo del Sur Oeste de Texas
y predicará la Pastora Violeta Sigüenza.
Sábado 22 de Octubre, 2022
1:00 pm, en la Capilla de Cristo en el
Seminario del Sur Oeste
501 E. 32nd St., Austin TX 78705
Después de la misa habrá una recepción en el Comedor Howell.
Esperamos que nos puedas acompañar a dar gracias a Dios por todes
aquelles que fueron formades y transformades por el ministerio de LSPS

ELCA Arab and Middle Eastern Ministries
2022-10-26 17:30 - 19:00 | Wartburg Seminary, 333 Wartburg Place, Dubuque, IA, 52003, United States
All are welcome to join Pastor Khader Khalilia, Program Director for ELCA Arab and Middle Eastern Ministries, for a presentation about the ELCA’s work. Available both on-campus and via Zoom. On-campus participants will enjoy a soup supper before Pastor Khalilia’s presentation.
Click here to register.

CTLM: Beginners class for lay Latinx leaders. Spanish / Clase introductoria de Teologia para lideres laicos.
2022-11-05 10:00 - 12:00 | IA, United States
Instructor: Rev. Violeta Sigüenza
Stewardship
Days and Times: Saturdays 10am-12pm
When: November 5th-November 26
Cost: $25

Español. Instructora: Reverenda Violeta Sigüenza
Tema: Mayordomia
Horario: Sábados de 10am-12pm
Duración: Noviembre 5 – Noviembre 26
Costo: $25

Communion Bread-Baking Workshop
2022-11-13 17:30 - 19:30 | Wartburg Seminary, 333 Wartburg Place, Dubuque, IA, 52003, United States
Listen to Professor Martin Lohrmann and Kellie Lisi, Director of Candidacy and Community Life, talk about theology as they lead a hands-on workshop for baking Communion bread. Intended for intergenerational participation, all are welcome either on-campus and via Zoom. An ingredient list will be provided for online participants.
Click here to register.

Admissions Online Open House - 11/15/22
2022-11-15 18:30 - 20:00 | Wartburg Seminary, 333 Wartburg Place, Dubuque, IA, 52003, United States
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 Online Open House to learn about Wartburg Seminary and all it has to offer. You will:

Learn about our Master of Divinity, Master of Arts in Diaconal Ministry, and Master of Arts degree programs and the variety of ways Wartburg provides theological education.
Participate in a Scripture study with a faculty member to get a feel for what education at Wartburg Seminary is like.
Hear from current students learning both residentially and at a distance about their experiences as part of the Wartburg community.
Be introduced to the ELCA candidacy process and where to begin.
Ask questions about financial aid and next steps for the admissions process.
Join other discerning students in asking questions and discovering where God is calling you. Questions? Contact admissions@wartburgseminary.edu. Register below and you will receive information on how to access the Open House. All you need is a computer (with or without a camera) and a good internet connection to join!

Register Today!

Christmas Traditions in the Latine Community / Tradiciones Navideñas en la comunidad Latina
2022-11-19 09:00 - 14:00 | ZOOM, IA, United States
Date: November 19, 2022
Times: 9am-12pm (Lunch) 1pm -2pm
Instructor: Rev. Mateo Chávez
Cost: $50 per individual or $250 per congregation.

Let’s celebrate Christmas with our siblings in Christ in the Latine Community!
Do you know about “las posadas”? About “la Candelaria”?
Register and find out!

Tradiciones Navideñas en la comunidad Latina
Seminario
Fecha: Noviembre 19, 2022
Hora: 9am-12pm (almuerzo) 1pm-2pm
Instructor: Rev. Mateo Chavez
Costo: $50 por individuo o $250 por congregacíon.
Celebremos Navidad con nuestros hermanes en Cristo in la comunidad Latina!
Conoces acerca de “las posadas”? que me dices de “la Candelaria”?
Registrate y entérate!

CTLM: Beginners class for lay Latinx leaders. Spanish / Clase introductoria de Teologia para lideres laicos.
2022-12-03 10:00 - 12:00 | IA, United States
Instructor: Rev. Edy Santos
Lutheran Identity
Days and Times: Saturdays 10am-12pm
When: December 3rd-December 17th
Cost: $25

Instructor: Reverendo Edy Santos
Tema: Identidad Luterana
Horario: Sabados de 10am-12pm
Duración: Diciembre 3. – Diciembre 17
Costo: $25

Advent Lessons and Carols
2022-12-04 18:30 - 19:30 | Wartburg Seminary, 333 Wartburg Place, Dubuque, IA, 52003, United States
More information coming soon!

W.H. Auden’s For the Time Being: A Christmas Oratorio
2022-12-11 16:00 - 17:00 | Wartburg Seminary, 333 Wartburg Place, Dubuque, IA, 52003, United States

CTLM: Latine Ministry Competence
2023-01-26 08:00 - 2023-01-28 17:00 | IA, United States
Thursday January 26 – 5pm-8pm
Friday January 27 – 5pm-8pm
Saturday January 28 –9am-12pm

Latine Ministry Competence
Presented by: Rev. Rubén Durán-Main
Is there a growing Latine community in your area? How is your church preparing itself to be involved in cross-cultural ministry among Latine people? What are we learning from the Latine communities about ways to accompany and support them on their journey of life and faith?
Join a group of learners and practitioners desiring to enhance their cultural competence to help start or strengthen their ministry with and among the Latine communities.
Through this workshop you will explore socio-cultural and historical foundations that undergird the uniqueness and diversity within the Latine communities. The workshop will also resource you with biblical, theological tools, as well as tested models and current best practices in the development of Latine ministries in the ELCA and among ecumenical partners.
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to create and equip a team of leaders in their context to explore ways to build relationships, learn from, serve, accompany, and engage in mutual witness among the growing Latine people in their community. You will also be connected with resources and networks to support you in your strategies.
This initiative is part of an ELCA church-wide effort to “activate ourselves so that more people may know the way of Jesus and experience community, justice and love.”
Individual $250
Congregation $600

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Jueves Enero 26 – 5pm-8pm
Viernes Enero 27 – 5pm-8pm
Sabado Enero 28 –9am-12pm

Desarrolle su Competencia en Ministerio Latine
Rev. Rubén Durán-Presentador. Horario pendiente.
Existe alguna comunidad Latine en su area? Cómo esta su iglesia preparándose para estar más aptos para hacer ministerio entre el pueblo Latine? Qué estamos aprendiendo de las comunidades Latine acerca de cómo acompañarlos y apoyarlos en su camino de vida y fe?
Partcipa con un grupo de aprendices y practicantes deseosos de mejorar su competencia cultural para ayudar a comenzar o fortalecer su ministerio con y entre las comunidades Latine.
A través de este taller de trabajo exploraremos las bases socio-culturales e históricas en las cuales se apoyan la singularidad y diversidad entre las comunidades Latine. Este taller de trabajo también te dará recursos bíblicos, herramientas teológicas, así como modelos ya probados y las mejores prácticas en el desarrollo de ministerios Latine en la ELCA y entre nuestros compañer ecuménicos.
Al final de este taller de trabajo, los partcipantes estarán aptos para crear y equipar un grupo de líderes en su contexto para explorar formas para construir relaciones, aprender de, servir, acompañar, y como envolverse en testimonio mutuo entre el creciente pueblo Latine en su comunidad. También se les conectará con recursos y redes de apoyo en sus estrategias.
Esta iniciativa es parte de un esfuerzo de la iglesia nacional ELCA para “activarnos para que más personas puedan conocer el camino de Jesús y experimentar comunidad, justicia y amor.”
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ELCA African National Ministries
2023-02-15 17:30 - 19:00 | Wartburg Seminary, 333 Wartburg Place, Dubuque, IA, 52003, United States
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 [Weiblen] and via Zoom.

Dr. Bocko has a bachelor’s degree in theological studies from Tumaini University Makumira in Tanzania (1975) and a Master of Sacred Theology from the Wartburg Theological Seminary (1984), and a doctorate in educational studies from Trinity International University (1997). He is the author of “Effective Lay Leadership Training,” and he has served as a pastor in the Metro Chicago Synod, and the North Western Diocese, United Republic of Tanzania.

On-campus participants will enjoy a soup supper before Dr. Bocko’s presentation. All are welcome.
Please register here

Admissions Online Open House - 2/21/23
2023-02-21 18:30 - 20:30 | Wartburg Seminary, 333 Wartburg Place, Dubuque, IA, 52003, United States

American Indian Alaska Native Tribal Nations
2023-02-23 17:30 - 19:00 | Wartburg Seminary, 333 Wartburg Place, Dubuque, IA, 52003, United States
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 [Weiblen] and via Zoom. On-campus participants will enjoy a soup supper before Mr. Blackfox’s presentation. All are welcome. Please register here.

Blackfox is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, serves the churchwide organization of the ELCA and previously served the ELCA in multiple capacities including as National President of the Lutheran Youth Organization, working as a diversity and cultural education professional for the Women of the ELCA, Augsburg Fortress Publishers, California Lutheran University, ELCA Youth Gathering, and LSTC’s Youth in Mission. He is at present the Indigenous Theologian and Coordinating Team Member for the ELCA’s Theological Round Table, as well as creator and producer of the Vine Deloria Jr. Theological Symposium hosted at LSTC. He is also the founder and director of Other+Wise, a multi-site cultural education and cultural immersion program for youth and student groups from across the country. He has also served as the Director of Communications at the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition

Challenges and Opportunities of Online Worship—Worship Webinar
2023-03-09 18:00 - 20:00, 2023-03-23 18:00 - 20:00 | Wartburg Seminary, 333 Wartburg Place, Dubuque, IA, 52003, United States
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 reading one another’s articles. Available both on-campus [Weiblen] and via Zoom, we hope this will be the first of several webinars on these topics. Watch for a list of which authors will participate in which forum coming soon. You may access the journal here. Please register here.

ELCA Global Missions
2023-03-14 17:30 - 19:00 | Wartburg Seminary, 333 Wartburg Place, Dubuque, IA, 52003, United States
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 [Weiblen] and via Zoom, the public forum is both for members of the Wartburg community and for all others interested in the ELCA’s work. On-campus participants will enjoy a soup supper before Ms. Mwitula-Williams’ presentation. All are welcome. Please register here.

In addition to her work for the ELCA, Rahel Mwitula Williams is a nonprofit development executive who works with major donors within the United States and internationally. Rahel’s philosophy is that giving has no socioeconomic barriers and she works with individuals, teams, and organizations to develop a culture and lifestyle of philanthropy. Rahel is the founder of ILAVA, a socially responsible lifestyle brand that helps grassroots women social entrepreneurs in Kenya and Tanzania to gain economic security. In April 2018, she presented at Northwestern University as a TEDx Speaker on the topic of “Redefining Philanthropy: Faces of Change Makers”.
