When the Story Blesses the Kingdom- Number 13 #becauseofconcordia

Parents and guardians are working hard 

to makes sense of the past two weeks 

with the news of possible change at Concordia Ann Arbor. 

Something doesn't makes sense, 

and information just doesn't add up.

Their struggle to help students decipher the drama 

is complicated because they, as parents,

 are in the very same boat.

Whole families have been sideswiped and left off kilter.

This post shares the joy of watching a child 

make a college choice and the great disappointment 

with that very career on the line this week.

When the Story Blesses the Kingdom

Ellen (Schlueter) Landskroener

 I grew up in Michigan and had my eyes set on Concordia Ann Arbor

from an early age. My parents sent all three of their children to Concordia. 

 My brother Paul (91-95) and I both graduated with degrees in church work.  

Concordia was the perfect setting for us.  

We had professors who loved and nurtured us. 

 Fellow students became like instant family and still are close friends today.  

Our oldest daughter, Abigail, visited Concordia 

many times as a student in Lutheran elementary school. 

 She participated in tool time (a youth event).  

She ran on the track on campus for state track meets.  

She attended music festival.  

Abigail fell in love with Concordia Ann Arbor.  

Abigail felt God’s call into the teaching ministry and knew that this campus

 was where she wanted to go. She started Concordia in the fall of 2021. 

We are absolutely crushed at the proposition to reimagine the campus.  

This is not an option for her.  She wants to attend chapel.  

She wants to walk the campus, live in the dorm, 

and eat with her friends in the cafeteria. 

 Abigail is a CMRA (Christian Ministry Resident Assistant) on campus.  

She wants to lead devotions and attend Night of Worship.  

This is just a few of the amazing things that are happening on campus.

  The Lord is working here on this campus 

and eyes are being opened to the light of the Gospel!  

Abigail has also grown so much in her own Christian walk 

while at Concordia Ann Arbor. 

 We, as parents, don’t want her time there to end abruptly.  

We pray that President Ankerberg and the Board of Regents will allow her

 and her fellow classmates to continue what they’ve started.  

Please, don’t change the Concordia we know and love

 into something unrecognizable to the students. 

Please remember CUAA is a HEARTS TOGETHER campus with CUW.

Ellen is a 1992 CUAA Alumni.

She serves as the art teacher at 

Trinity Lutheran School in Toledo, Ohio.