Keep warm knitting or crocheting for others!

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Finding winter a bit chilly? Imagine you don’t have the money to buy a scarf or hat.   Imagine you are working on a container ship in the cold sea.  Imagine you are without a home and can’t get out of the cold. Seems even colder, doesn’t it? Well, you can help folks who are in need of warm items for …

Games and dinner after Thursday worship this week!

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Come for worship this week and stay for Multi Faith Game Night! We’ll have worship at 6 pm in Pasquerilla Spiritual Center’s Worship Hall this Thursday (as we do each week during the semester).  After we have prayer, music, readings and reflection, we’ll join with others from faith groups at the Center for Ethical and Spiritual Development for a Multi-faith …

Join the Choir!

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Grace Lutheran Church’s Sunday morning choir has resumed and there is room for you! If you sing, or would like to sing, make some time to come for rehearsal in the worship space on Wednesdays from 7:30 pm – 9 pm.  Director Jayne Glocke teaches voice and choir on campus, and her way of working with the choir at Grace …

Training for Straight Talks or Ally Workshops

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There are so many opportunities for you on campus.  Here is an opportunity for training to serve as a peer educator through the LGBTQA Center’s Straight Talks.  Follow the links if you want more information! My name is Sarah McDonald and I am the graduate assistant at the LGBTQA Student Resource Center. I manage the Center’s Peer Education Program and …

Light to the whole world

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After the wonder and the rush of Christmas, we move into the season of Epiphany.  On January 6th, we mark the arrival of the magi from the east, come from distant lands to pay homage to the baby Jesus.  Outsiders who learn from the very stars in the heavens about the birth of the messiah.  Strangers who help us see that …

Prayer for this week – 1/9/2018

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God of life and light, You used a start to guide the magi to Jesus in Bethlehem. Use your light to guide me to see your presence in the world. Even when the night is dark and sorrow-filled, Even when it seems dawn will never arrive, Remind me that your light has come for all creation. Remind me that your …

Volunteer at Abba Java Coffeehouse with LSC

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Want to help make the world a more welcoming place? Interested in a unique volunteer opportunity? Sign up to help at Abba Java Coffeehouse with LutheranPennState!  We’ll help staff this free-for-students coffee shop and help support students in the midst of all the semester brings! Want to help?  Email Alicia (ara2@psu.edu) and we’ll find a time to help out once …

Romans – Bible study/Discussion

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We are looking at the book of Romans for January and February, and by March we’ll see what the book When in Romans has to say, too. Wednesday from 12:15 – 1 pm Pasquerilla Room 211. Come and bring your lunch (there is a microwave)! Come join the fun and learn a bit along the way!

Snowdog visits!

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Need some puppy love? Well, there are currently three very friendly snow dogs living with Alicia (our campus minister) and they will be making visits to campus while the weather is cool (or downright frigid!). Aspen and Lola are Alicia’s dogs, and Iris a friend’s dog who is visiting this winter.  Check the Lutheran Penn State facebook page for upcoming …

Advent Surprise

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Where have you been surprised to find God?   Through Advent, this season of preparing for the coming of God into the world, we hear over and over about the surprising places where God shows up, and the surprising ways God is active and the surprising people chooses to use.   The stories of Advent are filled with surprises.  God …