Strange Place Serves a Strange God
You are going to our seminary for a visit, and before you get there you start to formulate what you’ll experience. When you step onto the campus you are struck by its beauty and nostalgia. ...
Mission and Ministry 2024
Do you think you could do that?” From kindergarten on we are asked some flavor of that question. “Do you think you could be a doctor? An astronaut? How about President?” As students preparing for ...
Serving Our Community
Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary offers a wide range of opportunities for its students to apply their ministry skills in real-life situations. During their early field training (EFT), each student gets to preach and preside at their ...
“A Small Thing” Shows Generous Hearts
It's a small thing I can do.” This is how Ralph Schwark, a retired WELS member living in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, describes the Schwark Family Fund. This fund supports the work of the library of Wisconsin ...
Annual Christmas appeal sent
A Christmas card from President Treptow, reminding us that God picked the perfect name for his son; and that son, Jesus, is YOUR Savior, was mailed this month to friends and supporters of Wisconsin Lutheran ...
Christmas at the Seminary 2024
Join the seminary chorus for Christmas at the Seminary, a service of lessons and carols, at 3:00pm and 7:00pm on Sunday, December 8, 2024. The annual Christmas concert includes anthems by the choir and hymns for the ...
A Different Path
If you were to survey Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary students as to the route they took to the seminary, most would have similar, traditional paths. However, a few, including me, took a different path. God made ...
An Unexpected Call
It was an unexpected call...an unexpected nudge in the right direction. Many people serving in the public ministry will reference a moment when they began to consider serving God as a pastor, teacher, or staff ...
When a Seminary Graduate Comes to Town
My assignment was to write an article answering, “What is it like for a group of Christians to welcome one of the seminary’s new graduates?” Members of this southern congregation, however, saw the word “welcome” ...
Practicing What You Preach
It all began in the spring of 2009. My older son asked me if I wanted to attend the Citizens’ Police Academy conducted by the Mequon Police Department. These are programs that many police departments ...