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Gifts to the church
It is very predictable. Like clockwork each year, the July issue of Forward in Christ features the names and photos of graduates of Martin Luther College (MLC) and Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary.
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Some graduates hail from called worker families. Others are blazing a trail in their families as first-generation students training for public ministry service.
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Regardless of their family backgrounds, all graduates have this in common: By their preparation for service in the public ministry, they embraced a huge commitment of time, effort, and expense.
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The graduates from the seminary and the graduates from MLC who were assigned as teachers and staff ministers also enjoy a common title: gifts to the church. MLC pre-seminary graduates who complete their training at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary and then receive assignments as pastors will have that same title.
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Why call those men and women gifts to the church? Because that is the language of Scripture.
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Explore more graduation coverage from the July issue:
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At the end of each school year, the call day worship services at Martin Luther College (MLC), New Ulm, Minn., and Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary (WLS), Mequon, Wis., are a very public forum showing the culmination of years of preparation for the full-time . . .
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