jill schumann & mark oldenburg, november 15-19, 2005
Jill Schumann, CEO of Lutheran Services in America (LSA), and Mark Oldenburg,
professor of liturgics at the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Gettysburg
will visit campus November 15-19, 2005. The visit aims first to give students
and faculty an opportunity to learn from the expertise Ms Schumann brings
in non-profit entrepreneurship and in church-based social services, and
that Rev. Oldenburg brings from his experience as seminary professor,
pastor, and church historian. Second, the visit aims to provide opportunities
for them to engage students in conversations about the wide range of professional
venues in which one can live out a vocation to the church. They will reflect
together on how they have approached the particular choices and compromises
that have arisen as they have sought to balance their marriage and their
professional callings.
Ms Schumann is head of LSA, the umbrella organization
coordinating all the Lutheran Social Service bodies in the country.
Its services include foster care and adoption services, disaster
response services, care for the elderly and other aging services,
affordable housing, counseling, care for the disabled, refugee
resettlement, day care, employment services, prison ministry,
home health and hospice care, and many others. LSA tops The
NonProfit Times' list of the United States' 100 largest nonprofit
organizations (ahead of the National Council of YMCAs and the
American Red Cross), with a budget of over $7.5 billion.
As CEO of LSA, Ms. Schumann has been named one
of the top 50 most powerful people in the non-profit sector
for two years in a row. Her special gifts for restructuring
and creating new initiatives have spurred the striking growth
of LSA since her appointment in 2001. Before joining LSA, Ms.
Schumann helped found Kairos Health Systems, an organization
that brought together senior care facilities to allow them to
act collectively in negotiating shared business interests. Ms.
Schumann has also worked in counselling services, including
a brief tenure at Gettysburg College early in her career after
leaving Rutgers University, ABD in history.
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Mark Oldenburg received his M.Div from the Lutheran
Seminary in Philadelphia, and his PhD from Drew University.
He spent several years in parish ministry, and has served as
a synod staff member concentrating on evangelism and as an interim
hospital chaplain. He joined the Lutheran Theological Seminary
at Gettysburg in 1986 as chaplain and professor of liturgics.
Mark has also studied the history of American Lutheranism, especially
on the east coast. He is a gifted musician who appears as a
baritone soloist in the central Pennsylvania area, and he is
the director of Music, Gettysburg, a concert series now in its
25th season.
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Tentative Schedule
Tuesday, November 15
11:00 a.m. Politics and Religion Seminar-Ms. Schumann
2:45 p.m. Women's Studies 130-Ms. Schumann
5:30 p.m. Meet with organ students-Rev. Oldenburg
6:30 p.m. Meet with Social Justice group-Ms. Schumann
Wednesday November 16
9:15 a.m. Introduction to Social Work-Ms. Schumann
1:30 p.m. Political Science Social Policy-Ms. Schumann
2:45 p.m. Introduction to Social Work-Ms. Schumann
8:00 p.m. Fireside chat with sophomores-both
Thursday, November 17
10:30 a.m. Speak in Daily Chapel-Rev. Oldenburg
11:30-12:30 Women's Studies Brown Bag Lunch-Farwell Lounge-Ms. Schumann
4:00 p.m. Estrem Endowment lecture, Olin 102-Ms. Schumann
6:00 p.m. Meet with Diakonos students-Rev. Oldenburg
Friday, November 18
10:30 a.m. Speak in Daily Chapel-Ms. Schumann
12:15 p.m. American History 123-Rev. Oldenburg
4:00 p.m. Public lecture, CRH "Life in Community: Extending the Boundaries of Vocational Thought" Ms. Schumann
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