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Tuesday, March 23rd at 7 – 8 pm We will use Cendice Benbow’s Red Lip Theology on Monday, March 22nd for our starting place for our conversation this month! Check out the info on the Gender Equity Center Event! If you can’t make Monday’s talk, that’s ok. We’ll be sure to make a conversation that will include everyone! Check our

A year ago this week, I was in Alabama with a group on a service-learning trip.  We were there to help repair homes that had been damaged by a tornado over a year before, and to learn from local people and sites about the Civil Rights struggle.  We worked on homes and explored history during the day, then talked about

Today, Tuesday, March 9th from 3 – 4 pm you will find Aspen and Lola on campus with Alicia for Pop Up/ Walking Office Hours! The weather is perfect for a little break this afternoon, so just text Alicia and she will fill you in on their location! Not free today? No worries! They’ll be back as the weather gets

Candice Benbow: Red Lip TheologyMonday, March 227:00 p.m. ESTWPSU (see registration link below) Sponsored by Penn State’s Gender Equity Center. Explore the intersections of beauty, faith, feminism and culture in the lives of black women, Candice Benbow discusses the millennial woman’s journey towards progressive theology, wholeness, and freedom. Benbow has consistently provided commentary and initiated dialogue that speaks specifically to

O God, you have called your servants to ventures of which we cannot see the ending, by paths as yet untrodden, through perils unknown. Give us faith to go out with good courage, not knowing where we go, but only that your hand is leading us and your love supporting us; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.  -Evangelical Lutheran Worship

Lent 2021 Introduction READ We all read a variety of things every week, but for this moment, read so you can connect with God.  Choose something and read it with an openness to God’s presence.  You can try just about anything; a psalm, a gospel story, a novel, a book you loved as a child, a news article, poetry, or

Peter gets himself in trouble in this week’s gospel reading.  He’s just saying what they are all thinking as Jesus begins to talk about rejection, suffering, and death when Jesus shuts him down.  In the verses immediately before this, Peter tells Jesus that he believes Jesus to be the Messiah.  Peter makes a dramatic and dangerous statement that puts him

What role does wealth play in our faith? Is money a sign of God’s blessing? Is it possible to be a faithful Christian if you have lots of wealth? What are we called to as followers of Jesus? Come join the conversation! QNA – Questions, not Answers is a monthly inter-generational discussion for students and community members and has moved

O God, There are times my mind is so very filled with human things. Open up my limited view and help me to see as you see. Show me the needs around me. Move me to serve my neighbor, welcome the stranger, and forgive those who wrong me. Empower me to help the broken, notice the forgotten, and love the