Events

Calendar of Events & Important Upcoming Dates

All events are held at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, 1100 East 55th Street, Chicago, unless otherwise noted. ($) indicates fee – all other events are free.

Jan. 9 - Feb. 6
Exegesis for the Pulpit: What Are Scholars Saying about the Gospels? Online conversation ($)
Part of the 2012 Leadership Series - Read more

Jan. 8, 4:00 p.m.
Chapel Music Series - Bach for the Sem (Grace Lutheran Church, River Forest, Ill.) ($)

Jan. 16
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Worship and Luncheon: Slave Routes: Crossing Oceans.
More info will be posted to the Multicultural Center website as details are finalized.

Jan. 30
Spring semester online courses begin ($)

Jan. 30
Screening of From Montgomery to Memphis.
More info will be posted to the Multicultural Center website as details are finalized.

Mondays, Jan. 30 – Apr. 30, 6:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Advanced Seminar in Religion and Science. For more information see the Zygon Center website.

Tuesdays, Jan. 31 – May 1, 6:30 – 9:30 p.m.
The Future of Creation: Foundations for a Just and Sustainable World. For more information see the Zygon Center website.

February
African Descent Heritage Month: Slave Routes: Crossing Oceans.
More info will be posted to the Multicultural Center website as details are finalized.

Feb. 10, 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Interfaith Skill-Building Training Session. For more info see the CCME website.

Feb. 12, 3:00 p.m.
Salaam-Shalom Project (Celebration! Center of Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, Naperville, Ill.). For more info see the CCME website.

Feb. 13, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
“World of the Bible” presentation

Feb. 19, 7:00 p.m.
Chapel Music Series - Jazz at the Sem with Bobby Schiff Trio

Feb. 19-21
Seminary Sampler

Feb. 21, 4:00 p.m. The 2012 Scherer Lecture. Dr. Heather J. Sharkey: "Egypt and the Two Sudans: Christian and Muslim Neighbors in a New Era of Nation-Building." Room 350. Read more

March
Asian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month: A Region of Islands and Rivers.
More info will be posted to the Multicultural Center website as details are finalized.

Mar. 11, 3:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Interfaith Visual Art Event. For more info see the CCME website.

Mar. 19, 9:00 a.m.
Leadership Lectures: Identity and Context ($)

Mar. 20, 9:00 a.m. – Noon
The Role of Business in a Faith-Based Organization

Mar. 26, 11:30 a.m.
The Lutheran Heritage Lecture by Dr. Oswald Bayer

April European-American Heritage Month: The Water Is Wide.
More info will be posted to the Multicultural Center website as details are finalized.

Apr. 15, 2:30 – 5:30 p.m.
Sacred Texts Conference (Faith United Methodist Church, Orland Park, Ill.).
For more info see the CCME website.

Apr. 15, 4:00 p.m. - Chapel Music Series - LSTC Gospel Choir Concert

Apr. 19, 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Yom Ha Shoah Interfaith Commemoration. For more info see the CCME website.

Apr. 21, 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
“Stewardship as Restoration: A Biblical Perspective” (First Lutheran Church, 324 North Street, DeKalb, Ill.)
More info will be posted to the Tithing and Stewardship Foundation website as details are available.

Apr. 28, 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Metro Chicago Synod Stewardship Conference at LSTC. More info will be posted to the Tithing and Stewardship Foundation website as details are available.

Jun. 16 – 30
Serving Christ in the World ($)

Summer Beyond Belief. Read more at LSTC's Youth in Mission website.