2011 Summer

"Leap-In" and 

Quilt the Campus

On August 26, 2011, help transform our historic campus, the site of the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, into 52 acres of aid, care, prayer and hope for people living in disaster ravaged corners of the world.

At the annual FrOGS Leap-In we gather on the campus for a relaxing day of intergenerational fun, food, live music, learning, worship and service. We welcome new and returning seminarians and their families, and this year we join with Lutheran World Relief to "quilt" our campus. Quilt the Campus has two goals:

1. gather at least 1,892 quilts (60” x 80” made to LWR specifications)—enough to cover 52 acres of the campus of Gettysburg Seminary

2. raise donations $ 4,257 in donations for the LWR Quilt and Kit Shipping fund (delivery cost = $2.25 per quilt)


For the invitation and registration form (PDF), click here.


Check out this head start... Bring your quilts in August.

All the quilts delivered to the Gettysburg Seminary campus on August 26 will be sent to areas of urgent need around the world. Groups already working on quilts for another LWR quilt in-gathering later in the fall may participate by notifying the seminary, QuiltTheCampus@Ltsg.edu, regarding the number of  LWR quilts to be finished by August 26. You need not bring quilts to campus. Just send a delegation (the more the merrier) with a quilt to represent your group’s efforts!

Friday, August 26

Tentative Leap-In & Quilt the Campus Schedule:

9:00 am	Opening registration (delivery of quilts from 9:00 am - 3:00 pm)
10:00 am	Blessing of the day
10:30-5:00 pm	Activities: games, videos, tours, lectures, crafts, displays
5:30 pm	Picnic
6:30 pm	Outdoor Evening Prayer

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What FrOGS is...
Friends of Gettysburg Seminarians, or FrOGS, is a faith-leaping movement engaging people of all ages in fun, creative, educational and inspired partnerships with students at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg. As FrOGS, true to our name, we become friends who will jump at opportunities to support Gettysburg Seminarians and keep the pool of church leaders growing so that faith abounds from one generation to the next.

About the name
Friends of Gettysburg Seminarians, or for short—FrOGS. This acronym may make some feel…well, a little jumpy. As acronyms go it is a bit unorthodox, but it does two helpful things. First, with the inclusion of an extra letter, “Friends” gets extra emphasis. Secondly, “ F.O.G.S.” got ruled out precisely because it is the fog that’s come to veil the importance of theological education and its funding that today’s Friends of Gettysburg Seminarians are called to dispel.