Lay School of Ministry Continuing Education Theme: 2025-26

September 12 & 13, 2025 Evangelism as Oasis & Refuge

Francisco Herrera, Executive Director of Prism Initiatives, Auxillary Faculty Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago

October 10 & 11, 2025 Living Word: Law/Gospel for the 21st Century

Samantha Gilmore, Assistant Professor of Homiletics, Wartburg Seminary

November 7 & 8, 2025 The Sabbath Way

Travis West, Professor of Hebrew & Old Testament, Western Theological Seminary, author The Sabbath Way

December 12 & 13, 2025 (ZOOM Only) A Wilderness like Eden: Stories of Food & Faith

Derrick Weston, Director of Theological Education and Formation at Creation Justice Ministries

Jason Chesnut, Founder of ANKOSfilms, freelance filmmaker, itinerant pastor, digital preacher

January 9 & 10, 2026 (ZOOM Only) When Africans Read the Bible

Shola Adegbite, Assistant Dean of Spiritual and Religious Life, Lawrence University

February 13 & 14, 2026 (ZOOM Only) God Gave Us Big Imaginations: Remembering Sacred Stories with Children & Their Grown-Ups

Andrea Roske-Metcalfe, Pastor at Diamond Lake Lutheran Church, MOTH Grand Slam Winner

March 13 & 14, 2026 The Message of John’s Gospel

Karoline Lewis, Marbury E. Anderson Chair in Biblical Preaching, Luther Seminary

April 10 & 11, 2026 Clouds of the Cross: Darkness & Revelation

Carl Hughes, Professor of Theology, Texas Lutheran University, author Clouds of the Cross

May 8 & 9, 2026 Romans: Together by Grace

Philip Ruge-Jones

Pastor at Grace Lutheran Church, Director Lay School of Ministry

Please return and join with us in learning in another great year in Lay School.