Six Weeks and Counting
That's right...only six weeks until the start of the new academic
year. We are currently working on plans for the start of fall
'08. If you are an incoming student, faculty or staff member,
parent, pastor, or friend, explore our website. Be sure to
click here as well.
Worship: The first mass of the year will be Sunday evening,
August 17, 7:00 p.m.. Compline will be prayed at 9:00 p.m..
The matriculation mass, a festive celebration of the start of the new
academic year, will be the following Sunday. As usual, we hold
midweek prayer services on Wednesdays at 12:30 p.m. and Thursdays at
9:45 p.m.. If you prefer a Sunday morning service, St. Paul
Lutheran Church (Evansdale Campus) holds mass at 10:00 a.m..
Service: The Lutheran Disaster Response Collegiate Corps (LDRCC)
will be recruiting new members at Welcome Weekend. Recent
flooding in West Virginia will probably not be cleaned up by the start
of school. So, we'll be looking at deployment for recovery
operations in the early part of the semester.
Fellowship & Fun: A white water rafting trip is being planned in conjunction with our
sister campus ministries in Pittsburgh and at IUP. We're looking at
the possibility of paint ball
against with the Newman Club (WVU Roman Catholics).
Schola: The
Schola is planning its fall
"Pilgrimage to Pitt" for compline at Heinz Chapel. More info to
come. If you are interested in Gregorian chant and early sacred
music in general,
click here.
Education: LSM (Lutheran Student Movement) will be investigating
educational possibilities in the near future. There have been
questions recently about restarting "Theology on Tap" and interest in
catechesis. Working closely with Project Connect, we'll also be
exploring directions for the Pre-Seminarian Group.
Summer Hiatus
Except as otherwise mentioned, the Chapel is on summer hiatus.
Regular worship will resume the Sunday evening before classes begin
with mass at 7:00 p.m..
Synod Assembly Celebrates Campus Ministry
The 21
st Assembly of the WV-WMD Synod celebrated
campus ministry as it met in Morgantown, WV. You can read the
after action report written by the bishop by
clicking here.
For us at the LCM@WVU, the highlight of the event was the SA's visit to
the Chapel for groundbreaking. With the SA attendees gathered
prayers were offered on the Hough St. lawn which will be the site of
the Chapel's expansion.
Chapel Renovations & Expansion Receives Two Big Pledges
In the last month, the Lutheran Campus Ministry has received two
big pledges for the "Building on Strength" capital campaign to renovate
and expand the Lutheran Campus Chapel. St. Paul Lutheran Church,
Morgantown, WV, and First English Lutheran Church, Wheeling, WV, have
each pledged $62,500! That's a total pledge amount of
$125,000! With these two pledges, the LCM@WVU is half way to
reaching its synodical campaign goal of $250,000. Thanks, St.
Paul! Thanks, First! If you would like to learn more about
"Building on Strength," click here.
HSC Luncheon Update
HSC Luncheon is an
opportunity to gather informally for lunch in the HSC Cafeteria.
We will meet Thursday, June 12, at 12:00 noon in the HSC Cafeteria.
Look for us at a table in the far corner from the
entrance. These luncheons are open to faculty, staff, and
students.
eMail List
In the never ending quest to improve communications, we're switching
our e-mail announcements to Yahoo! Groups. With this "list-serve"
system, we hope to provide a convenient way for you to receive up to
date information about the Lutheran Campus Ministry at WVU. This
is an annoucements-only service. Only posts sent from the LCM@WVU
office will be sent. We promise that there will be no chain
letters, inspirational spams, or jokes sent via this service.
Signing up is easy (and so is unsubscribing). Just fill in the
box and hit [return]. If you would like more information about
service,
click here. Oh, you don't have to be a Yahoo! member to take advantage of this service.
Meet the Chaplain
If you are on FaceBook, click here to meet Chap. Riegel.
FaceBook Fan Page
We've added a FaceBook "fan page." links.
We're not sure how well it will do, but we're giving it a shot.
By clicking here,
you can visit the site and decide if you would like to "become a
fan." If this develops the way we hope it does, this "fan page"
will become an important place to get information and share ideas about
the LCM@WVU.
This addition augments are previous developments on FaceBook. FaceBook Groups have been started for
LSM@WVU (our university recognized student group),
Lutheran Campus Ministry Alumni/ae,
Schola Cantorum (our early sacred music ensemble), and the
Lutheran Disaster Response Collegiate Corps. A full list of all our associated FaceBook groups can be found at the
fan page. If you are on FaceBook, feel free to join up.
Remember, whenever you see
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"Support" Pages On-Line
In an effort to make easier for you to
support the LCM@WVU, we've now upgraded to allow supporters to make
donations using any one of four major credit cards. There is much more
to supporting the LCM@WVU. The thematic design of our support webpages
provides a way for your to navigate through the options and perhaps
discover things you had not even considered. Although the redesign is
not
complete,
you can check out the substantial progress at...
Supporting LCM@WVU
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There's more to tell than fits on this page! If you would like to
get a feel for the life of the Lutheran Campus Ministry at WVU, one way
to do it is visit our "
News & Olds" pages. Find out about past worship offerings, fellowship
and
service events, educational programming, and other matters related to
the
campus ministry.
General Information
If you would like to read more about the Lutheran Campus Ministry at
WVU,
please visit our "general information" page where you will find "At a
Glance"
and "FAQs."
Click here.
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