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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: 10/29
O God, You are with me in my sorrows, my struggles, my pain. When my options seem limited and I am hopeless, you are there. Help me to see your healing and the hope you bring. Show me how you can bring wholeness and new life. Remind me that you stand with me when I am vulnerable and in need.
Basics on Belief
Basics on Belief: Agnosticism, Ignosticism, and Atheism October 31 from 10AM to 11AM in 104 Pasquerilla Spiritual Center Dr. Marcelius Braxton, Director of the Center for Social Change and Belonging and Affiliate Associate Teaching Professor of African Studies and Philosophy will explore questioning and non-belief. He will explain these positions and philosophies, and share how people practice these ideas. Join
Mark 10:46-52
As [Jesus] and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the roadside. 47When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” 48Many sternly ordered him to be quiet, but he cried out even more loudly, “Son of
Volunteers Needed
The Central PA Food Bank and Grace Lutheran’s Anti-Hunger Team distribute food in the parking lot at Grace Lutheran (205 South Garner Street, State College) on the second and fourth Thursdays each month. There are a variety of tasks and you and join other volunteers there between 1:30 pm when the food arrives and and 6 pm when the distribution
servant leaders
James and John ask Jesus if they can have the highest positions when Jesus comes into power. Jesus tells them, “You do not know what you are asking” and reminds them that just a few moments before, he had described the suffering and death he will face. Are they ready to join him in that kind of leadership? Maybe not.
November 2nd Tailgate – 10am – 12 noon
Love Anyway Feasts is an intentional campaign around and after election day to remind us of the power of community and offer an alternative to “us and them” politics. Their mission is to help people walk away from this political season and still love their families, friends and neighbors: especially ones who voted differently than them. In addition to dinners