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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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News and Events
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IAP social events
It’s amazing how balmy the past couple of days have seemed after walking home on Wednesday night. Make plans to warm up with some of your besties at worship and over dinner tomorrow. Worship begins around 5:15 in the Main Dining Room of W11, and fellowship over dinner…
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We’re back in W11! (and retreat info)
Happy eleventh day of Christmas! I hope that you have a restful and relaxing Christmastide. If you are still away, I hope that you find activities to make you energized about returning. If you are back and experiencing withdrawal from not joining LEM for two weeks, you are in luck!…
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Gingerbread houses!
Thanks to everyone who joined us for some part of our evening of Lessons and Carols. It was a new and interesting experience having it in Lobby 10, with bicyclists and sprinters in addition to the normal traffic in the Infinite. This week we will have our service…
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Black Lives Matter: A community-based, solutions-oriented dialogue on race at MIT
Black Lives Matter: A community-based, solutions-oriented dialogue on race at MIT December 10 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm, Wong Auditorium (E51) The Institute Equity and Community Office (ICEO), along with the Black Students Union (BSU), Black Women’s Alliance (BWA) and Black Graduate Student Association (BGSA), invite you to attend…
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Lessons and Carols **NEW TIME: 7:15 pm**
Please note: The time of this event has been moved to 7:15 pm to allow us to attend the Black Lives Matter community conversation on race at MIT at 5:00 pm in Wang Auditorium (E51). The Lutheran Episcopal Ministry at MIT and Robert M. Randolph, Chaplain to the Institute…
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Thanksgiving Eve Worship Cancelled
We will not hold worship or dinner this Wednesday, given the predicted storm coming our way. We want to do all we can to keep people safe and warm, including the MIT facilities' employees who lock up after us. Stay warm and safe wherever you are. A very…
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THREE events this week!
The semester is continuing apace. And LEM continues to mark the time with worship and fellowship. We will have our Eucharist service at 5:15 on Wednesday in the Main Dining Room of W11. Following that, we’ll share a delicious meal in the Community Room across the hall from the Main Dining Room.…
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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…
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choosing our roots
Come to worship where we'll observe All Saints Day, with time to remember those who have helped make us who we are today. Afterwards at dinner, Isaac Everett will lead us in "Choosing Our Roots: a Conversation About Community, Identity, and Tradition." He'll explore his meandering journey into…
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Martin Luther: Reformer, Visionary, Comment Troll
I hope that you have more or less recovered from all of the mid-semester work and gotten some time to enjoy the lovely weather this weekend. Isn’t it amazing that we have already covered half of the new things we’ll learn this term? We will have our service…
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?
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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.
Life Together Intern
Hazel-Grace Strong
hazel580@mit.edu
Hazel-Grace Strong (they/them/theirs) hails from the Great Plains of southwest Kansas. They received their BA in Theology and Catechesis at Franciscan University of Steubenville. A member of the Life Together Community, Hazel-Grace is honored to be an intern at their placement site, the Office of Religious, Spiritual and Ethical Life (ORSEL) at MIT and to be a part of Lutheran and Episcopal Ministry.