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The Lutheran Student Community of Penn State is an intentionally safe place – open to all students – regardless of faith background, church denominational history, economic status, political affiliation, ancestry, color, national origin, race, sexual orientation or gender identity, disability or handicap, political persuasion, age, or academic standing.

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Worship with us

There are plenty of opportunities with our community. Weekly worship is offered Thursdays on campus at the Pasquerilla Spiritual Center, as well as Sunday services in the morning and evening at Grace Lutheran Church on South Garner Street.

Need someone to talk to?

Don’t know what you believe? Struggling with relationships? Need a listening ear? If you are feeling distressed or troubled, if you can’t quite sort things out, if you just want to talk, you are welcome to contact our Campus Minister, Alicia Anderson. Part of why our staff is here is so that we can provide emotional, spiritual, and other support to students when they most need it!

Alicia is available by email at ara2@psu.edu or by text or phone at (814) 360-0601.

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weekly prayer: 11/5

O God, When I struggle with loss or sorrow, you are there with compassion. When I face pain or sadness, you are touched by my pain. When I grieve, your care and compassion surround me. Help me to feel your presence when I am hurting. Help me to know your love in my struggle and sorrows. Help me to feel

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Election Day Prayer

At long last, we’ve made it to election day.  Whew. God of peace, Be with our nation today. Comfort people who are uneasy and nervous. Sustain voters in long lines. Give strength to election officials working at polling places. Guide candidates and partisans to be honest, patient and respectful. Soothe fears and bring us together in care and compassion. Remind

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Hurrican Relief at Spring Break

We are looking at working with our United Methodist (Abba Java) friends and Lutheran Disaster Response to help with hurricane relief this March for spring break. Details are still being sorted out, but we’d travel via van March 8 – 15, 2025 most likely to North Carolina or western Tennessee. There would be a small cost for each participant which

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John 11:32-44

When Mary came where Jesus was and saw him, she knelt at his feet and said to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” 33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, he was greatly disturbed in spirit and deeply moved. 34 He said, “Where have you laid him?” They said

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Meditation Stations at Pasquerilla

November 6 from 7 – 9 pm in Pasquerilla 101, 102, 103C, and 212 Happy Valley Golden Wheel will be guiding us through many types of meditation as part of the Center for Spiritual and Eithical Development’s Spiritual Wellness Series. Gather in the Eisenhower Chapel, the meditation chapel, the meditation room, and Pasquerilla 212 for stations about meditation. Check out

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healing & wholeness

Bartimaeus is blind.  He sits alongside the road Jesus is traveling and when he hears that Jesus is passing by, he cries out “Son of David, have mercy on me!”  People in the crowd tell him to shut up, but he yells louder. When Jesus calls him over, Bartimaeus throws off his cloak and springs up, somehow making his way

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