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Weekly Prayer

This week, we pray for PTS's Board of Trustees, and the whole community, as we await their recommendations regarding the Historical Audit on Slavery.

"Our little lives, our big problems—these we place upon Your altar!
Pour out upon us whatever our spirits need of shock, of life, of release
That we may find strength for these days—
Courage and hope for tomorrow.
In confidence we rest in Your sustaining grace
Which makes possible triumph in defeat, gain in loss, and love in hate.
We rejoice this day to say:
Our little lives, our big problems—these we place upon Your altar!"

    - Excerpt from "Little Lives", a prayer from Howard Thurman

WEEKLY SCHEDULE

Monday, 10/14 (2 Kings 5:15-19a)

  • Holden Evening Prayer, 5:45pm, Miller Chapel

Tuesday, 10/15 (Ephesians 6:10-20)

  • "Peace Not Walls" planning meeting in Mackay, 12:00pm

Wednesday, 10/16 (Psalm 124)
Thursday, 10/17 (Acts 17:22-34)

  • Faculty and Trustee Instillation: 11:30am at Chapel. Dr. Heath Carter, a new Lutheran faculty member, will be installed.

Friday, 10/18 (Genesis 31:43-32:2)

Saturday, 10/19 (Psalm 121)
Sunday, 10/20   
19th Sunday after Pentecost 

(Genesis 32:22-31; Psalm 121; 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5; Luke 18:1-8)

UPCOMING EVENTS

Holden Evening Prayer - Leaders Needed!

Mondays
5:45–6:15 p.m.

Miller Chapel

We have had great turnouts thus far for Holden! However, we are need of some folks who like to lead in song and accompaniment. If that it you, fill out the document below. Have questions? Talk with Lindsay Bates!

This month's services:

Date Lead Singer Accompaniment
October 14 leader needed leader needed
October 21 leader needed leader needed
October 28 No Holden No Holden

See this document for the full semester's schedule, for changes, and to sign up to lead.

 

A Loaded Issue: Gun Violence

Friday, November 1
7:00–9:30 p.m. at St. Bartholomew's Lutheran Church (1746 S Clinton Ave, Trenton, NJ)


A night of dialogue featuring Christian activist and author, Shane Claiborne, and Reba Holley of Moms Demand Action. Both will offer us stories of hope and ideas of action to change the climate and rhetoric surrounding weaponry in the U.S.

Dear Church - An Evening with Rev. Lenny Duncan

Friday, November 8
7:00–9:30 p.m. at St. Bartholomew's Lutheran Church (1746 S Clinton Ave, Trenton, NJ)


Lenny Duncan is the unlikeliest of pastors. Formerly incarcerated and homeless, he is now a black preacher in the whitest denomination in the United States: The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Shifting demographics and shrinking congregations make the all headlines, but Duncan sees something else at work—drawing a direct line between the church’s lack of diversity and the church’s lack of vitality. The problems the ELCA faces are theological, not sociological. But so are the answers.

Part manifesto, part confession, and all love letter, Dear Church offers a bold new vision for the future of his denomination and the broader mainline Christian community of faith. Dear Church rejects the narrative of ‘church decline’ and calls everyone—leaders and laity alike—to the front lines of the church’s renewal through racial equality and justice. Join the Lutheran Group for a night of thought provoking conversation and challenge.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Peace Not Walls Campaign

The goal of this initiative is to: "Develop a project for use in ministry contexts that support the foci of the Peace Not Walls initiative: accompaniment, advocacy and awareness raising." Seminary students are being asked to submit projects for review. If accepted, a cash honorarium will be given to implement the project. We have discussed the idea of a podcast that engages different members of the community. If you have interest in helping out email zachary.wright@ptsem.edu. There will be a meeting tomorrow, October 15th, at 12:00pm in Mackay.

Reformation Day Activities

Each year we celebrate Reformation Day with a number of activities put on for the campus community. This year, TLG will have trivia handouts during a German themed meal put on by Sage. At 5:00p.m. we will hold the annual posting of the 95 Theses with a small address from members of our community on the global state of Lutheranism. If you would like to be involved in planning or lending a hand for these events, please email zachary.wright@ptsem.edu. 

President: Zachary Wright
Vice President: Ella Myer
Secretary: Cogan Blackmon
Treasurer: Becca Laabs
Chaplain: Lindsay Bates
Faculty Advisor: Rev. Dr. Dennis Olson

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The Lutheran Group
Princeton Theological Seminary
64 Mercer Street
Princeton, New Jersey 08540

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