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Come as you are!
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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diverse abundance
It took a while for summer-like warmth to truly take hold here in central PA this spring. We had a bit of nice weather that got our hopes up, but then a week or two of unusually chilly temperatures and rain made many of us despair a little that summer would never come. Of course, weather patterns changed, temperatures rose,
weekly prayer
God of diverse abundance, Help me to notice the joys of each day. Show me the blessings in moments that seem too much or too little. Help me to embrace each moment and its gifts. Teach me to find delight in the blessings that fill my hours. Remind me that my life is filled with rich and diverse blessings. Amen.
spirit
The Holy Spirit is all about movement and transformation. Jesus’ disciples were all together in Jerusalem on the festival of Pentecost. Because of the festival, the city was filled with people who had come from many countries to celebrate. Suddenly, the house was filled with sound “like the rush of a violent wind” and tongues like fire rested on each
weekly prayer: 6/10
God of wind and fire, Your spirit moves in ways that surprise and transform. You empower me to do amazing things. You use me in ways I could never have imagined. Continue to pour out your spirit on me and the world. Help me to see how you are moving in my life and in the world. Use me to
Acts 2:1-21
When the day of Pentecost had come, [the apostles] were all together in one place. 2And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. 3Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. 4All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit
unity?
Unity is difficult for humans. Once Jesus ascended and was no longer physically there to provide direct guidance, we followers began to struggle with differences on all sorts of beliefs and practices. The Acts of the Apostles provides accounts of lots of early conflicts, and there are countless histories and theology writings detailing a wide array of disagreements and divisions