Hamma Library, Trinity Lutheran Seminary at Capital University

AND IT'S MONDAY AGAIN!

Who doesn't like free coffee?

Come on over for coffee and conversation.

September 16 - 23 is Bisexual Awareness Week! ReconcilingWorks will be celebrating our bisexual siblings this week and we hope you will join. Help us create space and visibility this Bi Awareness Week.

If you didn't know, ELCA Region 6 Archives is housed at Trinity Lutheran Seminary. The archivist keeps his office in Hamma, and we have high hopes for some joint projects in the future.

We're very excited to be putting on a Come and See! Come and Learn! event in April. Save the date! April 17, 2024. If you have questions, drop the librarian an email at [email protected], or message us here. Hope to see you there!

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Happy Theological Libraries Month! This morning we worshipped in the library!

I wrote a thing for the Atla DEI blog.

I Was Wrong: A Personal Reflection

Sharing with the Atla community...

I Was Wrong: A Personal Reflection Read a personal essay on DEI by Elli Cucksey, Head Librarian at Trinity Lutheran Seminary at Capital University.

One of the many signs of abundant life in our Synod? Ordinations!

Today we thank God for Rev. Sarah Fryman, Rev. Andrew Thompson, and Rev. Jamie Ulrich. Ordained this year, we are celebrating their new ministries and give thanks for their faithfulness!

What is happening in Hamma!?
Midweek Movement for Mental Health!
A short, fun, yoga or dance video with friends. Sometimes we forget to move our bodies when we're stressed. This will get you moving a little, and laughing a lot, and then you're back to work. Wednesdays when you hear the tornado sirens! (Start at 12:15, and be done in plenty of time to grab lunch before 1:30 classes!)

On August 22, 2023 we will gather as a community for a time of fellowship and worship before the semester starts. There will be food at 6:30 pm and night prayer at 8:00 pm. There will be more details forthcoming. We are looking forward to seeing everyone there.

Hi, friends! Ever think about brushing up on your Hebrew, or maybe just dipping your toe in to see if you'd like to study more? You can AUDIT Dr. Wrenn's Hebrew for Ministry class. Think about it. We'd love to see you!

Time to brush up your Hebrew!

Dr. Rachel Wrenn's Hebrew for Ministry course is available as a continuing education opportunity this fall. Class meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1:30 - 2:45 Eastern, beginning on August 24. You may attend in person or via Zoom. Cost for auditors is $315 (50% discount for those 65 and older). Register at https://apply.capital.edu/register/nondegreeform

More publishing by some of our own to share. This issue of Caring Connections (inter-Lutheran online journal for practitioners and teachers of pastoral care and counseling) has entries by our retired professor of Pastoral Theology Dr. Brad Binau, and third year MDiv student (and Hamma Library worker) Albie Nicol. Check it out!

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Hey, look! Trinity's own third-year MDiv student, Jaren Summers was published in the Lutheran Alliance for Faith, Science and Technology publication, Covalence Magazine. Check out what he has to say about the science of life after death.

https://www.luthscitech.org/science-theology-death-what.../

Without much time to spare. Like none. Here are our hours for the summer...

May 1 - June 4 and June 25 - August 20
Monday - Friday
11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

June 5-25
Monday - Friday
3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

We'll be sad to see it go today, but grateful for Win's scholarship and stewardship of this treasure.

Belcher Identifies 10th Century Fragment of Psalms Commentary by a Missing Sermon on Psalm 144 from St. John Chrysostom On a rare day off from his seminary internship at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Perrysville, Pennsylvania, Winfred Belcher, M.Div ’85, decided to explore the area and ended up discovering a document that would greatly impact his life and eventually contribute to ongoing scholarly resea...

Hey! Spring Break is next week. Our hours are a little altered.
We will be closed all weekend and on Monday (3/4-3/6)!
Tuesday through Friday we will be open from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (3/7-3/10)
We will be closed all of the following weekend. (3/11-3/12)
We will resume regular semester hours on Monday, March 13, 2023.

We are so proud of our own Naomi Morgan !

Trinity MTS student Naomi Morgan (right) presents a paper at the annual gathering of Lutheran Women in Theological and Religious Studies, accompanied by faculty mentor the Rev. Dr. Rachel Wrenn (left)

Fanni Balázs and Bence Dani make Trinity better and we're so glad they're here!

On this, International Students Day, we give thanks to God for the presence of Fanni and Bence among us here. For many years Trinity has been blessed by a partnership, through the Pittsburgh Foundation, with, Evangélikus Hittudományi Egyetem, a Lutheran seminary in Budapest Hungary. We are grateful for our international partners who open our eyes to the world!

Some 600 new stickers to share with folks in the library next week. Come visit!

Come work with us in Capital's Library Services!
Reg 6 ELCA Archivist (Part-time)
https://capital.applicantpro.com/jobs/2422827.html
Electronic and Open Educational Resources Librarian
https://capital.applicantpro.com/jobs/2422747.html
Head of Tech Services
https://capital.applicantpro.com/jobs/2422271.html

Haven't been to seminary? Why not? Register for this upcoming virtual discernment event at ELCASeminaries.org.

We teach students to do a basic scripture search, but Atla has this video that does an EXCELLENT job of further explaining three ways to do it and why you'd use each one. It's only a little over four minutes. Check it out, it's SUPER helpful!

Three Methods To Search For Biblical Scripture Citations This video covers three different ways to search for scripture citations in the Bible, using Atla’s Scripture Search function, Bible Citation Index, and the…

Dr. Joy Schroeder talking about her newest book, Voices Long Silenced.

Congratulations, Dr. Joy A. Schroeder on your latest book! Happy Publication Day!

Voices Long Silenced Paper - Marion Ann Taylor, Joy A. Schroeder : Westminster John Knox Press Voices Long Silenced Paper - Marion Ann Taylor, Joy A. Schroeder : Westminster John Knox Press Hundreds of women studied and interpreted the Bible between the years 100–2000 CE, but their stories have remained largely untold. In this book, Schroeder and Taylor introduce readers to the notable cont...

When a student's parents send treats directly to the library...
Thanks so much Tom Nicol ad Linnea!

When you wear your shades all day hanging out in the library and none of your student friends even notice...
Or, maybe they just think Marty deserves to have shaded eyes, too?

Dr. Wrenn Exegeting Advent!
And THAT'S how you celebrate Theological Libraries Month! ;)

Exegeting Advent - Dr. Rachel Wrenn Dr. Rachel Wrenn's Exegeting Advent Lecture at Trinity Days on September 24th, 2021.