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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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Baptism celebration

I hope that the first week of semester has treated you well. Perhaps you are even getting used to the ubiquitous numbering system and exotic acronyms used around MIT. If not, you can kvetch about it and maybe gain some helpful insights at dinner tonight.

We will begin our evening with a celebration of the sacrament of baptism for one of our own. The service will begin at 5:15 MIT time, which is n minutes after 5:15 for some integer n ≥ 5. This will be the last service in the Chapel (W15) for a while as it is being restored to the splendor envisioned by Eero Saarinen, so soak up the moatiness of the moat while you can. After the service (around 6:30), we will move to the main dining room in W11 for a festive dinner.

An alumna is having a blast doing science policy consulting Simon-Kutcher & Partners. She would love to talk to you about her work tonight in 1-135 if you would like to know more.

A couple of tickets to the consecration of the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts on Saturday are still floating around. If you would like to go or help greet those arriving for the service, let Thea know as soon as possible.

– Josh Anderson

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.