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We gather for worship and conversation every Wednesday @5:15pm in the MIT Chapel. After worship we eat dinner together, usually a home cooked meal served in the dining room in W11. For more information, contact the Rev. Andrew Heisen. (See contact information below.)

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Bowling! Legally Blonde!

Our worship space feels a little different now that it’s starting to get dark before we begin, but it’s still cozy. And W11 is generally extra warm. Be in the main dining room of W11 at 5:15 on Wednesday to soak up the coziness. We’ll have dinner in the community room next door around 6:30. You may just want to curl up and go to sleep right there.

Looking ahead, we would love to have musically inclined people to join in making a joyful sound during this year’s Lessons and Carols service. The service will be on December 10th, which is the last day of classes. Since the Chapel is under repair, we will have the service in Lobby 10. You will want to perform since the acoustics will be aMAZing. Rachel, our pianiste extraordinaire, is coordinating the musical offerings. If you would like to sing in a group (or solo?), play an instrument, or add a cow bell to the service, Rachel would like to know. I don’t know how she would handle death metal guitar shredding, but feel free to ask!

Next week: The Young Adult group at University Lutheran has invited us to go bowling with them at Socco’s Bowl-Haven in Davis Square. Socco’s is a Somerville institution where you can play candle-pin bowling while you eat flatbread pizza. New England’s candle-pin bowling is totally different from the ten-pin bowling the rest of the country enjoys. It’s a lot of fun because the tiny ball seems to go everywhere except where I thought it would. Be there at 8 PM on Friday, November 14th.

The following week: Legally Blond on campus. On Saturday, November 21st, we are going to learn how to be both brilliant and beautiful as we support Christina. You can reserve tickets on-line. Bring flowers to throw during the curtain calls, because there WILL be curtain calls. Lots of them.

Support Our Ministry

We are grateful for the support of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts and the New England Synod of the ELCA. We also rely on alumni and friends for a great deal of our funding. Do you want to help provide spiritual formation, a strong community, and healthy meals to students at MIT?

Yes! I want to make a contribution to the Lutheran Chaplaincy at MIT.

Yes! I want to make a contribution to the Episcopal Chaplaincy at MIT.

Lutheran Chaplin

Rev. Andrew C. Heisen
617-999-9796
heisen@mit.edu

Pastor Andrew Heisen (he/him) has been serving as the Lutheran (ELCA) chaplain at MIT since 2019. He grew up in New York and New England, spending six summers working on staff at Calumet Lutheran Camp in Ossippee, NH. He attended Dartmouth College, graduating with degrees in music composition and computer sciennce. This led to four years of working in Johnson & Johnson’s IT “Advanced Technology Research” division and two years as a bartender before attending the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia and then Andover Newton Theological School, from which he received a Master’s Degree in Divinity. Before becoming a chaplain at MIT, Pastor Heisen served for seven years as pastor in Shrewsbury, MA, where he now lives with his wife and two children. His interests include ecumenical and interfaith cooperation, creativity in fostering communities of faith, teaching, spiritual discernment, music, and social justice.

Episcopal Chaplain

Rev. Kevin Vetiac
kvet246@mit.edu

Kevin Vetiac (he/they) is a Boston native with years of ministerial and higher education experience. Kevin graduated from the Boston University School of Theology with a Master of Divinity degree. Recently ordained a transitional deacon in the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, Kevin has a big heart for ecumenical ministry and college chaplaincy. Kevin also has a deep love for music and served as the Music Director of The Crossing at St. Paul’s Cathedral in Downtown Boston for six years. Kevin also served as the Cathedral Administrator for three years. Kevin is thrilled to join the Lutheran Episcopal Ministry at MIT and looks forward to continuing the work of creating inclusive and liberating Christian spaces for college students.