Summer 2010

Lutheran Campus Ministry student activities slow greatly during the summer, but there is frequently someone around the Lutheran Center, so drop by if you are here. Our main summer activity centers in student cooked, Wednesday 6pm dinners. Join our Facebook group “LCM Summer 2010!!” for invitations to those events. We sometimes also worship together in an area congregation on Sunday mornings.

We almost always have a student representative at the UT Summer Orientation tables at the Alumni Center, so look for a table if you go to Orientation. Below is what you might find on this page during the semester, showing our weekly activities:




We will do many things this year, like:

Sola Gratia Rec sports IM team (football, basketball, volleyball, softball)
Covenant Group
Man Group
Lutherans Concerned for Austin and Central Texas
Sophia Women's Bible Study
Habitat for Humanity Projects
Dodgeball and Kickball events
MOSS trip to Mexico
Wednesday Dinners
Coffee and Conversation with Pastor Paul
Trips to Midnight Rodeo
Friday Film Frolic
Student Volunteer Teams

Drop by the Center: TV, pool, wireless available

In the strength of God’s power

Some of us have been reading Ephesians these weeks. Near the end in Ephesians 6:10 the writer advises the readers to “Be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his power. Put on the whole armor of God……”

Those words from Ephesians make sense for us also as we finish the semester. Some of you have a whole bunch of work to do yet, while others are closer to finishing. “Be strong” is good advice when you have to study. Even more important and grace filled is the assurance of the “strength of his power.” God’s energy and strength are promised to us in Christ and the Spirit! We can trust and rely on that!

As does the writer to the Ephesians, it is good to share words of farewell as we prepare to go our separate ways in the next weeks. Seven students who have been very active in LCM over the past 4 years or so are graduating. We will miss you a lot Andrew, Corinna, Jenny, Karen, Molly, Sarah W, and Sissel! We’ll also deeply miss our Spiritual Director and companion Barbara Schutz who is retiring from her work with us at the end of this semester.

Please join us for some of the last opportunities to have conversation this semester! We’ve got fajitas and a visit from Crosstrails this Wednesday, Cinco de Mayo; a Tuesday evening 7:30pm discussion of the Lutheran Confessions; a great boat trip Friday night; and worship with Holden Evening Prayer Sunday at 7pm. We will honor our graduates at each of our next two Sunday evening services. Join us, in Christ,

Pastor Paul