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The Rev. Dr. Richard Perry Jr., professor of church and society and urban ministry, preached and presided on February 21. His text was Matthew 4:1-11.

MDiv senior Bridget Jones preached on Mark 1:9-15 during the February 19 Service of the Word in Augustana Chapel.

Pastor to the Community Erik Christensen invited the LSTC community to Lent during Ash Wednesday worship on February 14. He preached on Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21.

Second-year MDiv students Adam and Elle Dowd gave their testimony on February 8 in chapel. They shared the story of Adam’s near-death by malaria and the love that was as strong as death.

Barbara Rossing, professor of New Testament, preached and presided at worship in February 7. Her text was Mark 3:7-12 and the stories of Jesus’s ministry of healing in Mark’s gospel.

Dr. Karriem Watson was the preacher for the first worship service of LSTC’s spring semester on Feb. 5. He preached on Mark 1:29-39 and Jeremiah 29:1-14. Dr. Watson is Director of Community Engagement in Clinical Research at the University of Illinois at Chicago where he is a faculty member at the UIC School of Public Health in the Division of Community Health Services. He is an adjunct faculty member at DePaul and Northwestern Universities in Chicago. His work in public health has resulted in the creation of community-based cancer screening, prevention and navigation programs for breast, lung, colorectal, cervical and prostate cancer. In addition to engaging in cancer disparities research, he is part of the administrative leadership of the new Center for Health Equity Research (CHER Chicago), to address structural violence.

Minister Jene Ashley Colvin preached at the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration in the Augustana Chapel at LSTC. Her text was Amos 5:18-24. Minister Jene Colvin is the administrative coordinator for Community Engagement and Transformation at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago.

On December 6, 2017, Lea Schweitz, associate professor of systematic theology/religion and science and director of the Zygon Center for Religion and Science, preached on Luke 21:34-38 during the final Eucharist service of the fall semester at LSTC.

On December 4, 2017, MDiv senior Sharayah Robin preached on Mark 13:24-37 during worship in the Augustana Chapel at LSTC.

On November 27, Antje Jackelen, Archbishop of Uppsala and Primate of the Church of Sweden, delivered the lecture, “Reformation and Responsibility in the World” as part of the Zygon Center’s Advanced Seminar. LSTC Professor of Systematic Theology Vitor Westhelle introduced Dr. Jackelen.