Finals Week Study Breaks!

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You are getting ready to work very hard (and goof off a bit) finals week!! Well, working hard at the end of the semestser is wise, and we fully support you in your academic life, but we’ve scheduled some study breaks so you can take some time away from the work, clear your mind, and have a little fun! Sunday, April …

End of the Year Picnic Tomorrow!

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Bring your friends and come to Sunset Park!  You’ll find directions on the facebook event page Friday, April 27th – after your last classes of the semester and the year! Come celebrate the end of the year with LSC!  Great burgers, ‘dogs, veggie options and other eats, excellent company plus kickball!  We are praying for decent weather this year, but …

End of the Year Picnic!

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Friday, April 27th – after your last classes of the semester and the year! Come celebrate the end of the year with LSC!  Great burgers, ‘dogs, veggie options and other eats, excellent company plus kickball!  We are praying for decent weather this year, but bring your hat and scarf just in case.  We’ll honor our graduates as we send them off …

HUB Bible Study – April 16

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With Jesus and the disciples, pretty much every time they were together, they ate. . . that’s what we do, too.  Jesus explains everything to them, finally.  As he’s preaching, Peter is forgetting he ever said he didn’t know Jesus – hard on his audience. Luke 24 36b“Peace be with you.” 37They were startled and terrified, and thought that they were seeing …

HUB Bible Study – April 9

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Some of the stories in the Bible are really bizarre – could be right out of a horror film, really.  Living together in actual community sounds wonderful, but how long did it last?  Not easy for us to pull off for long, is it?  We live in the contradiction of trying not to sin, but knowing that we will.  The only …

The Resurrection Stories

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Faculty and Staff A small group of PSU faculty and staff gather over lunch twice each month and explore some of the stories of women in scripture and how their stories illumine our own stories.  If you would like more information about these lunch conversations, contact Alicia Anderson, campus minister. April 2012 – Resurrection Stories Matthew 28 After the sabbath, …

HUB Bible Study – April 2

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The angel tells Mary and Mary to go tell the disciples and especially mentions Peter, who denied Jesus.  Jesus still wants to see him and talk with him.  God’s welcome doesn’t depend on our faithfulness, but God’s faithfulness.  Seems like fear and respect are all bound together when it comes to our relationship with God.  Like those Jesus appeared to …

HUB Bible Study – Monday, March 26

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There certainly are times we live through where those in authority use the cover of darkness to hide actions and try to keep the peace among the public today.  Like Peter, we intend to be faithful, but then panic or loose heart and don’t.  On our life’s journey, we move toward and away from God over and over again.  Those …

Vigil of Easter Saturday, April 7th 7:30 pm

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Spending Easter in State College? You are invited to the Vigil of Easter Saturday, April 7th at 7:30 pm Trinity Lutheran Church 2221 North Oak Lane  Come to celebrate our release from sin and death into the light of Christ, our resurrected and risen Lord! What is the Vigil of Easter? To answer this question, we might first ask what …