2026-27 Lay School of Ministry Continuing Education

Transformations: Prophets, Mystics, Healers

September 11 & 12
Michael J. Chan, Vice President for Mission and Inclusion at Concordia College
Hopeful in the Ruins: The Prophets and the Work of Hope

October 9 & 10
Shauna Hannan, President of Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
Prophetic Engagement

November 13 & 14
Emilia Seay Allen, Theatre- and Ritual-maker, teaching artist, storytelling coach
Word Made Flesh: Embodied Storytelling

December 11 & 12 (Zoom only)
Carolyn Schneider, ELCA Missionary in Guyana
Medieval Mystics Envision the Transformation of the Self

January 8 & 9 (Zoom only)
Ingrid Rasmussen, Lead Pastor at Holy Trinity Church, South Minneapolis
Beauty in an Age of Brutality

February 12 & 13 (Zoom only)
Amanda Avila Kaminski, Director of the Institute for Constructive Peace and Innovation
Mystics, Witches, Reformers: Encounter with the Divine as Catalyst for Moral Imagination and Innovation

March 12 & 13
Cody J. Sanders, Associate Prof of Congregational and Community Care Leadership at Luther Seminary
Cultivating Communities of Care and Healing

April 9 & 10
Toni Mattson, Trinity Equestrian Center Co-founder, Eau Claire; Author,
How God Uses Passion, Experience, and Even Pain to Reveal Purpose;
The Ministry of Staying

May 7 & 8. TBA