Concordia Seminary Life Team

03/29/2024

March on the Arch 2024.

02/01/2022

03/14/2020

Friends,
If you have not already received an email... out of respect for the decisions of our officials and especially out of our great value for life, today’s Life Team meeting is CANCELLED.

Please be safe, smart, and wash your hands.

03/09/2020

Members from the Seminary Life Team took part in the "March on the Arch" this past weekend. While our work as a Life Team is prioritized around serving and loving our neighbors in whatever stage of life they are in, we can still take time to visibly support the cause of Life.

02/24/2020

Concordia Seminary Life Team invites you to "Stand Once and Pray for Life" at Planned Parenthood.

While this may sound intimidating, it is truly a simple, calm, quiet opportunity to provide a ministry of presence on behalf of life.

To participate, meet Saturday, February 29, 8:00 am at Sieck 201. We'll carpool to Planned Parenthood (10 mins), pray in peace, return to Seminary, debrief, & be done by 10:30 am.

Bagels, coffee, childcare provided; teens welcome. In peace, join us & pray for the lives of others.

02/03/2020

Concordia Seminary held its annual Miscarriage Memorial Service last week Friday.

This link contains documents that may be of service to your own congregation, should it see fit to hold a similar event.

01/29/2020

The on the upcoming Miscarriage Memorial Service sponsored by the Concordia Seminary Life Team this Friday @9:30AM. If you are in the area please come and join us.

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Daily chapel is a most important time in the life of Concordia Seminary. This Friday’s chapel will be one of the most poignant of the year. It’s titled, “Observing the Loss of Children through Miscarriage, Stillbirth or Other Tragedy.” You’ll see tears on the faces of parents who have lost children, as the service speaks God’s peace and encourages trust in His divine ways. For those of us who have not lost a child, it’s a time to become more sensitive. I wish such a service had been offered when I came to the Seminary 50 years ago; it would have helped my ministry. Here are some parts from this service in past years.

“Sing praises to the Lord, O you his saints, and give thanks to his holy name. For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning. Hear, O Lord, and be merciful to me! O Lord, be my helper!” (Ps. 30:4-5, 10).

“When darkness veils His lovely face, / I rest on His unchanging grace;
In every high and story gale / My anchor holds within the veil.
On Christ, the solid rock, I stand; All other ground is sinking sand.”

For parents and families whose children have died, and whose grief may seem more than they are able to bear, let us pray to the Lord: Lord, have mercy.

For all those who minister in love to the grieving, that they may have wisdom to listen well and to speak carefully in loving understanding, let us pray to the Lord: Lord, have mercy.
For hearts that need God’s truth, that the promise of Christ’s return and the hope of the resurrection of all flesh may bring a strong foundation and a place to stand, let us pray to the Lord: Lord, have mercy.

“Who so happy as I am, / Even now the Shepherd’s lamb?
And when my short life is ended, / By His angel host attended,
He shall fold me to His breast, / There within His arms to rest.”

If you’re in the area, you’re welcome to join us for chapel at 9:30.

Dr. Dale A. Meyer
President
Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

01/27/2020

This Friday, Jan. 31, daily chapel at Concordia Seminary will follow a special, simple liturgy to remember and grieve all children lost through miscarriage or other early childhood death.

Everyone is welcome. God's Word will comfort us. Childcare is provided, if desired.

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At Noon in Koburg Hall, a Q&A will be offered with several couples who have experienced the grief of miscarriage.

This is a special opportunity for future pastors, deaconesses, and Christians of all vocations to ask questions and equip themselves to support others in such times.

Light refreshments and childcare will be provided. You are invited to bring your lunch.

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01/23/2020

Today, the student leadership of our team, Jake Rhodes and Don Stein, were privileged to meet with the team leaders from our sister seminary in Ft. Wayne.
Both teams learned from each other and were encouraged to continue affirming life at our respective seminaries.

11/18/2019

Yesterday the Concordia Seminary Life Team met to learn how to care for people “after the choice.”

The seminary community gathered to watch a short and profound video of first hand accounts of women who are post-aborted. After that, Renee Gibbs and Cheryl Thompson presented and led discussion on the issue. The night ended with Pastors presenting on how to give pastoral care centered in the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Thanks be to God for this message. Prayers for all men and women who are post-abortion and need the peace that only Jesus’ gospel can give.

11/15/2019

Please come and join the Concordia Seminary Life Team from 5-7 p.m. tomorrow (Saturday, Nov. 16) in Sieck Hall 201 for important learning. Millions of women (and men) in the U.S. are post-abortive; our concern for them matters! A moving video and panel discussion with Rev. Jonas (Glendale Lutheran Church), Dr. Thompson and Dr. Marrs will equip you.

Dinner and child care are provided.

Come and join us!

07/11/2019

Make sure that Friday at 5:30 finds you grooving at the All-Seminary BBQ sponsored by the CSL Life Team. Come to the Woods to get Hot Dogs, Ice Cream, Beverages, Beans, Slaw, and all (or most) of the fixin's. Learn why YOU should come to the Life Team monthly meeting on Saturday from 5:00-6:30 (Hint: fantastic food, fellowship, affirmation of life, fun for kids).