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Headline News
(5/19/2012)
Summer Worship Schedule
As in the past several years, the Lutheran Campus
Ministry has suspend Chapel worship for the summer.
St. Paul Lutheran Church (Evansdale), which does
have air conditioning, holds Sunday morning mass at
10:00 AM throughout the summer with Chaplain Riegel
preaching and presiding most Sundays.
The Chapel will reopen with 7:00 PM mass on Sunday,
August 19.
New Student Orientation:
Help Wanted
Throughout the month of June, the campus will be
swarming with new faces. Incoming students, parents,
and others will sit through presentations, take
placement tests, talk to advisers, and tour campus.
An activities fair offers those about to begin their
college experience a chance to explore the
smorgasbord the is collegiate life. The Lutheran
Student Movement has applied for a table at the
fair. Would you like to help out? We'll take current
students, recent alumni/ae, faculty, staff,
parishioners (anyone who supports what we do and
would like to help out). The activities fair is held
each weekday from 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM. It's not
necessary to be there the entire time. We can work
in shifts, and it is not necessary to volunteer for
everyday. In fact, just one day out of the month
could be helpful (especially if it is the right
day). Contact Chap. Riegel
or LSM Prez Trish to get more information
and/or volunteer.
Luther House Repairs
The Luther House is about to undergo a major
structural repairs. Walls and ceilings will be
demoed and rebuilt, floors will be jacked back up,
windows will be replaced, exterior drainage will be
installed. This will be a major undertaking. If you
would like to volunteer some time as a painter,
drywaller, framer, floorer, or roustabout, please let us know. We
need to get this done by August 15!
As a little background, we discovered, in the
process of a minor wall repair (we think in the '40s
or '50s), that load bearing elements had been
damaged in an earlier renovation of the bathrooms.
Experienced workers are always a great help in such
a situation, but even the unexperienced can help.
There is plenty of hailing, holding, lifting, etc.,
and you might just learn some new skills in the
process.
Project Connect Intern: Gregg Hoffman
Gregg Hoffman, a '12 grad of West Liberty, has
joined us for the summer as the Project Connect
Intern assigned to St. Paul Lutheran Church. Hoffman
plans to enter LTSS in the fall. During his
internship, Gregg will work with Chap. Riegel,
exploring aspects of Lutheran parish life and
pastoral service.
Who's Here for the Summer?
Are you staying in Morgantown over the summer? If
so, let us know.
Depending upon interest, we may look into some
summer programming. In the past, we've been able to
gather at a local tap and discuss theology, enjoy
cookouts and picnics, head into the mountains, etc..
Tuesday Bible Study to Look at Primeval History
A Tuesday morning Bible study is held at St. Paul at
10:00 AM. The Bible study, at this time, focuses
upon Genesis 1-11, a section known as the "Primeval
History." Students, faculty, staff...everyone...is
welcome. Feel free to join in. St. Paul is located
on the Evansdale Campus next to the Arby's. The
Bible study will not meet May 22 but will reconvene
May 29.
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Who's Going to College...any College?
We're offering an easy on-line way to let us know
who's going to college. This takes less than five
minutes. If you are a collegian (coming to WVU) or
someone who cares about a collegian (regardless of
college), please click the appropriate link. If the
collegian is attending WVU, we'll make contact. If
not, we will refer the collegian to the appropriate
chapel, campus ministry, or congregation associated
with the college attended.
If you are a student
coming to WVU, click
here.
If you are referring a student (regardless of
college), click
here.
We're using SurveyMonkey because it is easy to use.
Should you have problems with it, feel free to
contact us directly. Click
here for our contact information. We will be
designing a on-line form for collegians attending a
school other than WVU) to enter their own
information. Check back or contact
us in the meantime.
Summer Visitors
The Lutheran Campus Ministry at WVU shifts gears
over the summer. We're still here, but we're
indulging in building repairs, administrative
catch-up, new student orientation, and planning for
the upcoming year. If you know that you will be
visiting campus, please contact
us. We relish any excuse to take a break, meet
folks, tour people around campus, and cool down.
Where Are
You Living Next?
One block from the PRT, two from the Mountainlair,
and less than one from the downtown library--that's
Luther House! The Lutheran Campus Ministry owns the
red brick house located behind the Chapel. Rent is
$450 with utilities included. We have three bedrooms
available for fall 2012, and another coming
available in spring 2013. If you haven't decided yet
about housing in the future, consider Luther House.
Talk with Chap. Riegel.
Sorry, we don't have any rooms available for summer
2012.
Twitter
Do you want
to receive our tweets by text message?
You don't even need a twitter account. Just
send, as a text message, "follow LCMWVU" to
40404. You'll get our tweets, which are few,
far between, and always about activities and
other chapel news.
No more
event specific tweets. We've also
set up a separate twitter account just to
help communicate for specific events.
LCMWVU2 is something that participants of
specific events can follow to get last
minute updates and reminders. That way,
followers of the regular twitter feed don't
have to be annoyed by event tweets which
they are not attending. This should really
help with road trips and the like.
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Give a Gift to the LCM@WVU
... On-Line!
We accept donations on-line. All you need is a
credit card. We're using PayPal, but you don't
need a PayPal account to make an on-line
donation. Click on the donate button (above)
and support the work. Yes, we take four major credit
cards!
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Social Media & Networking
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visit. Start a discussion, leave a wall post,
become a fan.
Follow Us on Twitter
We resisted for a long time, then, after a
demonstration of the ease with which this instrument
can be used, we decided to give it a shot. We
will not be incessantly tweeting. Our purpose
will be to use Twitter for breaking news and
announcements. So, you won't be getting
updates on what we had for dinner or how great the
movie was. It's as easy as texting "FOLLOW LCMWVU"
to 40404.
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Lutheran Monastery Reaches Out to Collegians
&Seminarians
St. Augustine's House has issued a special invitation to
collegians and seminarians to visit.
Spend a day, a week, a month at the only Lutheran monastery
in America. The Congregation of the Servants of
Christ, living at St. Augustine's House in Oxford, Michigan,
invites you for a time (whether long or short) of formation
in the life of prayer. Please make arrangements for
dates and accommodations at StAugHouse@aol.com or
248-628-5155.
For more information about St. Augustine's House, visit http://www.StAugustinesHouse.org
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There and Back Again: How Do I Get to the Chapel? How Do
I Get Home?
Monday through Saturday,
the PRT and several buses serve the campus and surrounding
community. One concern, however, is getting home as
these services shut down. If you can get to the Chapel
for a planned worship service or other activity, we can see
that you get home.
Sunday mass transit is limited to the
Sunday
Shopping
Shuttle (click for map & schedule). This
shuttle runs right past the Chapel with a 6:41 p.m. stop at
the Mountainlair (only 1½ blocks from the
Chapel)...perfect for making 7:00 p.m. mass.
Unfortunately, West Run, The District, etc., are not on the
route. Let us know that you would like a ride,
and we'll try to arrange a carpool in your area--try to give
us a little lead time to work on this. Again, if you
make it to the Chapel, we'll get you home.
Chapel Parking is
used by the Luther House residents, and they need unfettered
access. Please don't block the entrance (or park in
the upper end of the driveway) or use the chapel as a place
to leave your car while you go to the library or
class. Remember that, in the evenings, the university
lots (#1 across from the chapel and those flanking
Stansbury) are not patrolled. Also, street parking is
free on Sundays.
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