First Meeting – Fall ’11

This past Monday (August 29) was LCM’s first meeting of the 2011 – 2012 school year! On our first meeting, Dee Dee Bishop (one of our advisers) made a fabulous spaghetti dinner and we celebrated Pastor Rosemary’s birthday. Everyone went around the room sharing a funny story or something interesting that happened over the summer.

The Fall 2011 calendar is updated and we have lots of things planned for this year including a new community service project. Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church is hosting an Oktoberfest for the community of Cullowhee and Sylva. The LCM students have been asked to help with the Oktoberfest which will be a great way to reach out to the community.

LCM will not meet on Labor Day – the following Monday, September 12, we will meet at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church for a Bible Study. We hope to see you there!

Need a ride or have any questions? Contact the church @ (828) 586-2084 or email at shepherdofthehills@dnet.net or Alyssa Ammon (LCM President) @ (980) 322-2748 or email at avammon1@catamount.wcu.edu.

Welcome Back Sunday and First Meeting

This Sunday, August 28th is our anual Welcome Back Student Sunday! There will be cake and goodies after our 11am worship service, so plan to attend. Directions to get to the church are here.

Need a ride to worship? Call the church before 3pm on Saturday 828.586.2084 and leave a message or send us a message.

Then it’s time for our first meeting of the semester on Monday, August 29th at 6pm. We’ll be in the fellowship hall at Shepherd of the Hills. This is a new time and location for us for this year! See the link for directions above and, just like Sunday, if you need a ride let us know before noon on Monday. Come join us for dinner and planning the upcoming semester’s activities!

The Students Return

After a long summer, it is time to go back to school!

Tomorrow is the official start of “move in” for WCU! Classes begin next week for the 2011-2012 school year and our campus ministry students will start coming in a bit at a time. Classes have already begun this week for Southwestern Community College!

Next Sunday, August 28th is our official Welcome Back Student Sunday, so we’re hoping to see quite a few that day! Worship is at 11am and there will be cake and goodies for all!

LCM this year will be on Monday nights at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church at 6pm. More on that to come but plan to join us for food and fun each week.

We also have two LCM Alumni who will begin their studies at Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary as they pursue Masters of Divinity and discern God’s call for them into ordained ministry. Lucas Ladnier (whose blog is here if you’re interested) and Josh Johnson go with our prayers and hearts. Josh is not only an alumnus of LCM, he is also a member of our church and we are joyful for the opportunity to sponsor him as he follows this path.

We pray God’s peace to all students, professors and educators of all types as the new school year begins.

So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Goodbye!

The LCM 2010-2011 academic year has come to a close. Classes have ended, exams have begun and graduation will culminate the four or more years of really hard work that several of the campus ministry students have completed. Yesterday, we had a service of Farewell and Godspeed for the students at Shepherd of the Hills as we formally bid farewell to everyone. Six graduate this year! But many will return in the fall and quite a few will be here over the Summer!

Prayer from the F & G: “God of all Hope and Peace, we give you thanks for all you have given us in the gift of these students. We turn them to your care as they depart from us, some for a season and some for longer. Guide their ways, fill them with you love and peace and return them, in the right time and as you see fit to do so, to our congregation. In Jesus name, we pray Amen”

To the students themselves: Shepherd of the Hills is proud to be a part of your lives for the time you are with us and you are forever part of our hearts.

Western Fun!

Fun was had by all at our Western Themed Forma last weekend!

The students are out for Easter break this week but return next for the last few classes and finals in May.

Last LCM meeting of the 2010-2011 year will be Thursday, 4/28 and it will be a cook out at Bill and Dee Dee’s house! Check back for more info soon!

Western Themed Formal 2011

LCM – Western Themed Formal

 

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 up your boots and grab your partner ’cause the theme for this year’s formal is Old West! Lutheran Campus Ministries will be hosting its annual prom/formal for the congregation of Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church on Saturday, April 16 at 7:00 pm. There will be food, games, and of course dancing!

Members of Lutheran Campus Ministries will begin putting this together on Thursday, April 14. We will meet at the church for a Bible Study and we’ll begin the decorating! Depending on how much we get done on Thursday, we might also be decorating on Friday and Saturday afternoon. And remember, LCM students will eat dinner at Bogart’s at 6 pm before the prom!

 

Service Project at Lewis-Rathbun

Nine members of Lutheran Campus Ministry visited the Lewis-Rathbun Center on Saturday and prepared a meal for the families at the facility. This annual project has always been one of our favorites.

“The Rathbun Center is a non-profit corporation that provides lodging and other supportive services in a “home like” environment, free of charge, for patients and or their caregivers coming into Asheville, North Carolina for medical treatment.”

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Lewis-Rathbun Center

We meet for our trip to the Lewis-Rathbun Center at 10am on Saturday, April 2 at SHLC. Hope to see you there!

New Website for Lutheran Campus Ministry at WCU

Welcome to the new website for Lutheran Campus Ministry at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church!

LCM is an organizationcomprised of students from Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, NC and Southwestern Community College in Sylva, NC. We are a congregationally based ministry which means that LCM is supported by a whole congregation of people who believe it is their call to share worship, study, service and growth in our faith together with persons from the college community.

This website will provide access to up to date information on the activites and events and other items related to LCM.

Please come back often!