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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: 8/11
God of hope, You help me when life is stormy. Sometimes I am battered and weary. Sometimes I am afraid losing hope. You come to me, just where I am struggling. You remind me that I belong to you, that I am precious. You catch me when I am sinking and keep me safe. You calm the storm and bring
Volunteer to help feed local families!
Can you make some time on Thursday afternoons? Come and help feed local families! Volunteers are needed two Thursday afternoons each month to help the Central PA Food Bank and Grace Lutheran’s Anti-Hunger team help provide food to local families in the parking lot at Grace Lutheran Church. Only have a little time? That’s ok! You can come volunteer all
Matthew 14:22-33
Immediately [Jesus] made the disciples get into a boat and go on ahead to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. 23 And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, 24 but by this time the boat, battered by the waves, was far from the land,[a] for the wind
abundance
Jesus hears some very bad news. He tries to go away from everyone to a “deserted place.” But the crowds learn where he has gone and they go after him. I feel for Jesus. His healing and preaching is drawing huge crowds and he is constantly sought out by people in need of healing or something else. He is trying
weekly prayer: 8/4
God of abundance, When I struggle, you are with me. You draw close to me, in compassion. You fill my life and the world to overflowing. You comfort me and bring out more than I thought I had. You show me abundance where I could only see a shortage. You transform me and the world with plenty. Amen. abundance |
Matthew 14:13-21
13 Now when Jesus heard [about the beheading of John the Baptist,] he withdrew from there in a boat to a deserted place by himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns. 14 When he went ashore, he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion for them and cured their sick. 15 When it was evening, the disciples came