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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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Josh’s farewell and Cemetery Party

As part of my farewell tour at LEM, I have agreed to preach this Wednesday. It will be an odd experience at this point speaking without slides and also not talking about my thesis. This Wednesday will also be our celebration of Pentecost. I have not ruled out repeating one paragraph in several languages I may or may not speak as my homily. Also, I’ll be wearing red, so I encourage you to as well. To watch it all go down (with or without flames), join us for our service at 5:15 in the Chapel. As always, we will also have dinner around 6:30 in W11.

To celebrate the end of the semester, LEM is planning to amble around Mount Auburn cemetery to enjoy the nature we’ve been missing while writing papers and finishing p-sets. There may also be a contest to find the most ironic epitaph. If you want. Not that you have to think about it being an actual cemetery if that gives you the willies. Anyway, we’ll be meeting at 4:00 on Friday in front of W11 to head over to Mount Auburn cemetery. Feel free to join us at any point in the evening. We should be at the entrance to Mount Auburn around 4:45 and out to dinner around 6:30. If you are not meeting us at W11, feel free to call Thea’s cell (617-453-1253) for figure out where everyone else is.

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.