The ELM Seminarian Outreach Team (formerly Proclaim Seminarian Team) was created in celebration of the growing number of LGBTQIA+ Lutheran seminarians and divinity school students pursuing rostered ministry.
Goals of this team include:
- To strengthen ELM’s relationship with LGBTQIA+ seminarians through designated student representatives at each ELCA seminary and many divinity schools.
- To provide more opportunities for LGBTQIA+ seminarians to get involved in Proclaim and ELM and to be supported by the Accompaniment program.
- To make Proclaim and ELM more visible in ELCA seminaries and divinity schools both for LGBTQIA+ students and others.
In addition to student reps at each seminary, we also have ELM Seminary Advocates, faculty and staff members at each ELCA seminary and some divinity schools who serve as a liaison between ELM and the school and as an advocate for LGBTQIA+ students.
2019-2020 ELM Seminarian Outreach Team Reps
You can reach the whole team at: semteam@elm.org
CONVENER – Miranda Joebgen, Luther Seminary, mjoebgen001@luthersem.edu
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago – Reed Fowler, reednoel3@gmail.com
Luther Seminary – Drew Stever, drewstever92@gmail.com
Trinity Lutheran Seminary – TBD
Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary – TBD
Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary – Stefan Swanson, stefanswanson@live.com
United Lutheran Seminary, Philadelphia – Kayla Sadowy, kayla.sadowy@gmail.com
United Lutheran Seminary, Gettysburg – TBD
Wartburg Theological Seminary – Emma Grinde, egrinde@wartburgseminary.edu and Sara Funkhouser, sfunkhouser@wartburgseminary.edu
Harvard Divinity School – Samm Melton, samantha_melton16@mymail.eku.edu
