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OUR VISION
OUR VISION
The Morris LuMin exists to create a space where students can experience and share in God's love with one another. It is a place to question, doubt, and struggle. It is a place to celebrate, find peace, and support each other. At the end of the day, it's not a place at all, it is wherever we are and part of who each of us are.
The Morris LuMin exists to create a space where students can experience and share in God's love with one another. It is a place to question, doubt, and struggle. It is a place to celebrate, find peace, and support each other. At the end of the day, it's not a place at all, it is wherever we are and part of who each of us are.
We desire for LuMin to support the holistic wellbeing of all students, following in the acts of a God named Love. We aim to create an environment of love, where support and community can be found by anyone who seeks it. We hope to be people who understand the complexities of being human, both within our own identities, and within our individual and communal search for meaning and purpose. We wish that all would find this to be a place of enrichment for their body, spirit, soul, and mind.
We desire for LuMin to support the holistic wellbeing of all students, following in the acts of a God named Love. We aim to create an environment of love, where support and community can be found by anyone who seeks it. We hope to be people who understand the complexities of being human, both within our own identities, and within our individual and communal search for meaning and purpose. We wish that all would find this to be a place of enrichment for their body, spirit, soul, and mind.
OUR HISTORY: MORRIS'S FIRST STUDENT ORGANIZATION
OUR HISTORY: MORRIS'S FIRST STUDENT ORGANIZATION
Lutheran Campus Ministries (LCM), arguably, was the first student organization at the University of Minnesota, Morris. It began as an idea even before the University opened its doors in fall 1960. Originating in a community energized yet apprehensive about the “new college on the prairie horizon,” LCM is celebrating its 66th birthday along with UMM.
Lutheran Campus Ministries (LCM), arguably, was the first student organization at the University of Minnesota, Morris. It began as an idea even before the University opened its doors in fall 1960. Originating in a community energized yet apprehensive about the “new college on the prairie horizon,” LCM is celebrating its 66th birthday along with UMM.
James “Jim” Olson, professor emeritus of chemistry, one of Morris’s 13 original faculty members, and Rollen “Rollie” Halvorson, Morris’s first Lutheran campus pastor, were there on UMM’s opening day. They recently returned to campus to share recollections of the origins and evolution of LCM as well their memories of UMM’s first years. Both stressed the newness of the experience and the possibilities realized by motivated individuals who embraced the freedom to “make it up as you go along.” Both men agreed that there was “a lot of excitement and enthusiasm for this whole project” locally and statewide, even as they understood that at the time Morris was only “a two-year experiment.”
James “Jim” Olson, professor emeritus of chemistry, one of Morris’s 13 original faculty members, and Rollen “Rollie” Halvorson, Morris’s first Lutheran campus pastor, were there on UMM’s opening day. They recently returned to campus to share recollections of the origins and evolution of LCM as well their memories of UMM’s first years. Both stressed the newness of the experience and the possibilities realized by motivated individuals who embraced the freedom to “make it up as you go along.” Both men agreed that there was “a lot of excitement and enthusiasm for this whole project” locally and statewide, even as they understood that at the time Morris was only “a two-year experiment.”
Rodney A. Briggs, Morris’s first dean and provost, was adamant that students have an informal meeting place. This is how Louie’s Lower Level, still located in the lower level of the Student Center, became the first unofficial home of LCM. But it didn’t take long to realize that LCM needed a “home base.” A steering committee of wonderfully interested pastors and lay people was formed to determine the best course of action. Since there was no central source of funds to draw from, raising money became a priority. It fell to the LCM intern to make the rounds of area churches and any other group that would have him to convince them of the value of faith and learning and try and gain their backing.
Rodney A. Briggs, Morris’s first dean and provost, was adamant that students have an informal meeting place. This is how Louie’s Lower Level, still located in the lower level of the Student Center, became the first unofficial home of LCM. But it didn’t take long to realize that LCM needed a “home base.” A steering committee of wonderfully interested pastors and lay people was formed to determine the best course of action. Since there was no central source of funds to draw from, raising money became a priority. It fell to the LCM intern to make the rounds of area churches and any other group that would have him to convince them of the value of faith and learning and try and gain their backing.
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