Kari Henkelmann Keyl is the Pastor for LuMin at Yale. Feel free to contact Pastor Kari at karihenkelmann.keyl@yale.edu or call/text 603-533-5274. Our Student Leaders are Patrick Chappel YC’24 and Brook Smith YC’25 . Gabrielle Brown is our Pastoral Intern, serving both LuMin and Bethesda Lutheran Church this year.
LuMin at Yale is a spiritual home for students on Yale’s campus, providing supportive community for college students and graduate students alike. While grounded in Lutheran understandings of God’s grace, the LuMin community is made up of people of many faith backgrounds or none at all. Celebrating diversity, we welcome people of all gender identities and sexual orientations, and are recognized as a Reconciling in Christ community of the ELCA (Ev. Lutheran Church in America). We gather for soul-nourishing worship, we have fun and build friendships, and we support one another as we grow in faith, self-understanding, and love for the world.
All are welcome to our weekly Taizé Evening Prayer (followed by snacks and conversation) at Battell Chapel, starting Aug. 31, on Wednesdays at 9:00pm. This half-hour time of centering prayer combines music, reading, candlelight and silence, opening our hearts to the presence and love of God. It’s the perfect midweek remedy for the too-busy-ness of our lives. You also may join us via Zoom. Email Pastor Kari the Zoom link or for more information.
Serving in New Haven - We schedule times to volunteer together at the Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen serving meals and having conversations with guests who are experiencing housing insecurity and need. We also help out once a year with an innovative program called Abraham’s Tent and are open to other ways students will decide to serve together in the New Haven community. Email Patrick Chappel to sign up to serve.
Pastoral care and connection for extra support, vocational searching, faith questions, or just for a chat over coffee or a walk around campus: Contact Pastor Kari or Vicar Gabrielle to set up a time.
Fun and faith with our ministry partners: We cherish our collaborative times of fun (like apple picking or going out for ice cream) and learning (like Study-and-Snack days or topical workshops/presentations), and celebrating our faith (Advent Lessons & Carols and Holy Week gatherings) with our partner ministries: Episcopal Church at Yale, University Church in Yale, Bethesda Lutheran Church, and Yale Progressive Christian Students.