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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: 1/7
God of light, Show me your light in the long nights.Help me to see your love in the midst of sorrow and hate.Reveal your forgiveness and justice in the face of blame and retribution.Help me to see where compassion and healing are most needed. Make me your light in the world.Empower me to reach out with love and compassion to the stranger,
Matthew 2:1-12
1 In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, 2 asking, “Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its rising, and have come to pay him homage.” 3 When King Herod heard this, he was frightened, and all Jerusalem with
singing with Mary
On Thursday evenings when we gather for worship on campus, we use the evening prayer liturgy, singing the ancient story of an angel announcing to Mary that she will give birth to the messiah. We sing together Mary’s response accepting the responsibility, naming God’s commitment to the vulnerable and powerless while humbling the powerful and privileged. This story is at
advent prayer: 12/22
O God, Empower me to sing with Mary of your faithfulness and love. Help me to see your commitment to the vulnerable and powerless. Use me to work for justice and love in the world. Show me how you continue working through unlikely people and unlilkely circumstances. Remind me that you are here. Amen. singing with Mary | Mary and
Luke 1:39-55
39In those days Mary set out and went with haste to a Judean town in the hill country, 40where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. 41When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the child leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit 42and exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit
grain and chaff
John the Baptist figures prominently in the readings during Advent as we prepare for Christmas. He points to Jesus and invites the people to see that Jesus is more than a teacher and more than a prophet. John makes clear that Jesus is the one they have been waiting for: the messiah who is going to change everything. I am