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St. Paul
Lutheran Church
(Evansdale)

Confessional ♦ Orthodox ♦ Liturgical

και μη συσχηματζεσθε τω αιωνι τουτω, αλλα μεταμορφουσθε τη ανακαινωσει του νοος
εις το δοκιμαζειν υμας τι το θελημα τομ θεου, το αγαθον και ευαρεστον και τελειον.
( translation )

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.

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.

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!

Social Media & Networking

Have You Become a Fan of our fbPage?

Yes, we are on fb. Click the badge and 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.

Jesse the MailChimp® Delivers The LutheranMountaineer

LutheranMountaineer eNews -- Campus Edition: Click to subscribe (or just to learn more) -- primarily for students, faculty, and staff: this list will have the most frequent news about events and last minute changes.

LutheranMountaineer eNewsletter: Click to subscribe (or just to learn more) -- for anyone who loves the campus ministry and wants to know what's going on. This list will publish less frequently and not focus on day-to-day operations.

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 or speak with Chap. Riegel.

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.

WVU Bus

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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