This year, the Vocatio Chapel Series will focus on “Faith and the Imagination: The Call to the Arts.” Throughout this year, artists and art commentators will share stories of their call to work as painters, potters, singers, actors, critics, and promoters.

With the vibrant arts scene in the Twin Cities, it seems appropriate to hear how faith has influenced their art — and how their art has influenced their faith. Campus Ministry and Exploring Our Gifts together with the Art, Music, Theater, and English departments bring a line-up of local artists and art supporters who talk about what the arts mean to them and their personal faith journey.

Each speaker will share his or her story during the regularly scheduled daily chapel service. A luncheon will follow the service, allowing interested students, faculty, and staff the opportunity to delve deeper into conversation with the guest. To attend a luncheon, contact Ross Murray at murray@augsburg.edu.

Fall 2008

September 17 — Dominic Papatola

Dominic Papatola is the critic-at-large for The State of the Stage and theater critic for the Pioneer Press. He also is a candidate for a Masters in Theology and the Arts degree at United Theological Seminary.

October 15 — David Greenlund

David Greenlund is the pastor for Peace Lutheran Church, Lauderdale, Minn. His congregation hosts the Artists Way, a ministry of the arts. David is himself an accomplished potter.

November 12 — Aimee Bryant

Often lauded as one of the Twin Cities’ finest musical theater performers, Aimee K. Bryant was steeped in gospel harmonies and black consciousness. The influence of the city and its music resonate in the poetry and delivery of Aimee’s compositions.

December 10 — Mark Sedio

Mark Sedio is Director of Music at Central Lutheran Church, Minneapolis. He has presented hymn festivals and recitals around the United States and Europe.

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Quie is a professor of pediatric infectious diseases at the University of Minnesota. He will speak to the Augsburg community about “The Call to Science & Medicine.”

“Dr. Quie was recommended to me as a researcher who has had a tremendous impact on the lives of patients and of children,” says Ross Murray, campus ministry associate and coordinator of the chapel series. “He is highly respected within the medical community.”

In addition to his teaching, Quie has also advised the founding of the Physicians Assistant Program at Augsburg and continues to work with summer research students.

People interested in having lunch with Quie following chapel are encouraged to email murray@augsburg.edu.

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Agre received his B.A. from Augsburg College and his M.D. from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. In 2003, Agre received the Nobel Prize in chemistry for his discovery of the long-sought “channels” that regulate and facilitate water molecule transport through cell membranes, a process essential to all living organisms.

He currently serves as the vice chancellor for science and technology at Duke University Medical Center.  He was elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences in 2000 and to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2003. He is also a founding member of Scientists and Engineers for America and serves on its board of advisors.

The Vocatio Chapel series is supported by Exploring Our Gifts: The Lilly Grant at Augsburg.

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