Come and connect

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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Movie Outing, Winter Retreat, Lent Devotions,

I hope that IAP has given you the opportunity to break out of your mold, learning something completely different, and connect with old friends and new. One way to accomplish the last item is to join us on Wednesday for worship at 5:15 and for dinner at 6:30. Both will likely be in the Main Dining Room of W11. At worship, we will hear the latest readings from the lesser known Kari Jo-Thea lectionary and examine the parallels between the life of Moses and Mark’s account of the life of Jesus.

I also hope that you have enjoyed seeing the LEM advertisements up around campus. I just found one of the “Hipster Jesus” posters at an assistant’s desk in my department! If you need to catch up up on the latest advertisements, you can see them if you are a member of our Facebook group.

In the realm of fun IAP things Isaac is helping to plan, LEM is going to see Selma on Friday at the AMC Loews Boston Common. Look for a Facebook event with more details.

Looking ahead:

· LEM is going on retreat to Camp Calumet Jan. 30 through Feb. 1. Enjoy one last fling with nature before P-sets shackle you to your computer.

· The Lenten blog will start on Ash Wednesday (Feb. 18). Talk to the chaplains about contributing. It would be great to utilize the full functionality of this new-fangled internet thing. Apparently it is more than just a quicker way to deliver letters. Contributions beyond a textual reflection are especially welcome. (Isaac would like to enlist someone to write a section of code as a reflection.) Text reflections are welcome, of course, just not especially so.

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.