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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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You are welcome in choir!
Would you like to sing in a low-stress and fun choir this spring? Join Penn State students and older locals in the Adult Choir at Grace! Choir rehearses each Wednesday from 7-8:30 pm in the worship space at Grace. Nate Glocke is the choir’s talented and fun musician and leader. He teachers music and 7th grade choir at Mount Nittany
Thursday Worship and Dinner!
Gather for a relaxed and community-built time of worship on Thursdays at 6 pm in the Worship Hall at Pasquerilla Spiritual Center. You’ll find an informal and welcoming community; a place to step away from the demands of the week for a bit. There is music, prayer, reflection together, and lots of opportunity to connect with other students. It is
Spring Break 2025 Hurricane Relief Service Trip
Spring Break 2025 – Hurricane Relief Service Trip: Caring for our Neighbors in Western North Carolina March 8 – 15, 2025 Cost: $200 Includes transportation, lodging, and food. -Scholarships available Plans are coming together! We’d love to have you join a group from Lutheran Student Community and Abba Java/Wesley Student Fellowship in a week of service and hurricane relief
Luke 3:15-17, 21-22
15As the people were filled with expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John, whether he might be the Messiah, 16John answered all of them by saying, “I baptize you with water; but one who is more powerful than I is coming; I am not worthy to untie the thong of his sandals. He will baptize you with the
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The season of Christmas includes the 12 days from December 25 through January 5. On January 6th, we begin the season of Epiphany and mark the arrival of the magi who followed a star to find Jesus. The magi were strangers, foreigners from another land and another religion who saw this sign from God in the heavens and were drawn by its
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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,