Over 100 people gathered to celebrate LVC’s 30th Anniversary during a weekend celebration in Washington, DC in early June. Volunteers, LVC alums, Local Support Committee members, the LVC Board of Directors and other friends and supporters attended an anniversary dinner on Friday night. The Rev. Dr. Lisa Dahill, Assistant Professor of Worship and Christian Spirituality at Trinity Lutheran Seminary, presented the keynote address, “St. Barnabus, St. Dorothy, St. Dietrich, St. You.” She was a volunteer in the first LVC house in Milwaukee, which her community named after Dorothy Day. After reflecting on the saints’ stories, she invited those gathered to share their own stories and reflect on questions like, “What is your best LVC story? What gives you spiritual breath (Lebensluft)? What saints are you consciously trying to live with now?”
On Sunday, a special celebration worship service was held at Luther Place Memorial Church. The Rev. Dr. Lisa Dahill preached on the story of the woman who anointed Jesus’ feet (Luke 7:36–8:3) She shared the story of her own pilgrimage, walking 65 miles through the White Mountains of New Hampshire, and of the people who cared for her feet as they grew stronger along the way.
“Today we too – with our tired feet, our blistered hearts, our bleeding world – are invited with Jesus to be anointed anew for the journey. Just as the woman in today’s Gospel overflowed with gratitude for the love that freed her from a toxic life, and forgave her and released her to be a whole new person in community, we too are invited into an anointed, anointing life. …We speak of being Jesus’ hands and feet in the world; and his feet – that’s us – are anointed today for healing, bathed in extravagant love, strengthened for the journey.”
After the service, the congregation of Luther Place Memorial Church and the LVC community gathered on the lawn to share lunch and fellowship.
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