Students move into their cabins this weekend! Yay!

There’s a lot to learn about TAP, Mount Carmel, Quakes, how to live in community, spiritual formation…all sorts of good things. This is a “drinking from a firehose” week for students, but we make sure to have some fun this week too :)

We are thrilled to welcome Kendra Diehl back to teach for TAP! Kendra will be teaching on both Colossians as well as giving an introduction on basic biblical exegesis.

Kendra has been married to her husband Rob for 40 years, is blessed to have three adult children with wonderful life partners, and two kind, crazy, and creative grandsons. Kendra has recently served on staff with the Master’s Institute Seminary and teaches regularly at the Canadian Lutheran Bible Institute.

Class sessions begin at 9:30am and 1:00pm, with each session running 90 minutes total. Anyone is welcome to attend! Looking to attend class for a few days/the whole week and need a place to stay locally? Mount Carmel has a great variety of cabin rental options, please contact Shae Smith at registrar@mountcarmelministries.com or by calling (320) 846-2744.

All of our teachers our fan favorites, but Paul is the only one with bowling and Homer trophies…so you know, he’s that fan favorite :) Paul will be back teaching on the Inductive Bible Study method.

Paul resides in Fargo, North Dakota with his wife Rhonda. They have four grown children and four grandchildren. Paul tried retiring from pastoral ministry in 2022, but has recently been called to serve various congregations in an interim capacity. Paul has been a family camp speaker for Mount Carmel, taught at the Master’s Institute Seminary, and been a parish pastor for over thirty years.

Class sessions begin at 9:30am and 1:00pm, with each session running 90 minutes total. Anyone is welcome to attend! Looking to attend class for a few days/the whole week and need a place to stay locally? Mount Carmel has a great variety of cabin rental options, please contact Shae Smith at registrar@mountcarmelministries.com or by calling (320) 846-2744.

Information for this class will be posted once our teacher for the week has been chosen and has committed to this week.

TAP students will be traveling to Lakeville, Minnesota to attend the Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ (LCMC) annual gathering. This is a great opportunity for students to expand their ministry network, meet future TAP teachers, learn about the Greenhouse Collective, and explore their own ministry vocational aspirations.

Join us as Ken Nelson returns to teach on the Prophets! Ken takes a section of the Bible that can be intimidating and confusing and teaches the prophets in a way that illuminates Jesus within these writings and helps the message of the Prophets be heard as a message of hope above all else.

Ken has long attended Mount Carmel family camps with his wife, Marcella, and their three daughters. Ken and Marcella served in Tanzania as missionaries for a number of years and currently reside in Brookfield, Wisconsin. Ken is a retired parish pastor, having recently served in the North American Lutheran Church, and Marcella has served as the board chair for Mount Carmel Ministries.

Class sessions begin at 9:30am and 1:00pm, with each session running 90 minutes total. Anyone is welcome to attend! Looking to attend class for a few days/the whole week and need a place to stay locally? Mount Carmel has a great variety of cabin rental options, please contact Shae Smith at registrar@mountcarmelministries.com or by calling (320) 846-2744.

Ken Nelson will continue with his Old Testament teachings as he and TAP students will be looking at the wisdom literature (Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes) during this week.

Ken has long attended Mount Carmel family camps with his wife, Marcella, and their three daughters. Ken and Marcella served in Tanzania as missionaries for a number of years and currently reside in Brookfield, Wisconsin. Ken is a retired parish pastor, having recently served in the North American Lutheran Church, and Marcella serves as the board chair for Mount Carmel Ministries.

Class sessions begin at 9:30am and 1:00pm, with each session running 90 minutes total. Anyone is welcome to attend! Looking to attend class for a few days/the whole week and need a place to stay locally? Mount Carmel has a great variety of cabin rental options, please contact Shae Smith at registrar@mountcarmelministries.com or by calling (320) 846-2744.

For the first time in TAP’s history, we are thrilled to bring in Brian Spahr as a teacher! Brian will be drawing upon his experiences as a hospital chaplain and will be teaching students how to navigate grief within themselves, others, and the world around them.

Brian has a long standing history with TAP. He was on the original board of directors, his family donated our first ever van (affectionately named Richard), and most importantly, Brian has been a wonderful source of wise counsel and friendship, long before TAP even became an organization. Brian resides in Fort Wayne, Indiana with his wife Michelle and their two teenage kids.

Class sessions begin at 9:30am and 1:00pm, with each session running 90 minutes total. Anyone is welcome to attend! Looking to attend class for a few days/the whole week and need a place to stay locally? Mount Carmel has a great variety of cabin rental options, please contact Shae Smith at registrar@mountcarmelministries.com or by calling (320) 846-2744.

The dynamic duo from Hutchinson, Minnesota return for a fourth year together of teaching the gospels! Dave and Steve, self described “the best of frenemies,” are back to teach one of the funnest classes of the year.

Both Dave and Steve serve as parish pastors in Hutchinson. Dave’s church, Faith Lutheran Church, is a part of the Greenhouse Collective. Dave and Steve like to think that they’re good at the video game War Zone, and they enjoy ribbing each other whenever Minnesota (Dave) and Philadelphia (Steve) sports teams are competing against each other.

Class sessions begin at 9:30am and 1:00pm, with each session running 90 minutes total. Anyone is welcome to attend! Looking to attend class for a few days/the whole week and need a place to stay locally? Mount Carmel has a great variety of cabin rental options, please contact Shae Smith at registrar@mountcarmelministries.com or by calling (320) 846-2744.

We are very excited to welcome back Kyle Fever to the TAP rotation! Kyle will be teaching on the Trinity and where the Trinity is revealed to us in Paul’s letters and theology.

Kyle currently serves as the lead pastor at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Adair, Iowa. Kyle has a Doctorate in New Testament studies from Loyola University, Chicago, has taught at the Master’s Institute, and leads LeaderCare retreat weekends for Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ.

Class sessions begin at 9:30am and 1:00pm, with each session running 90 minutes total. Anyone is welcome to attend! Looking to attend class for a few days/the whole week and need a place to stay locally? Mount Carmel has a great variety of cabin rental options, please contact Shae Smith at registrar@mountcarmelministries.com or by calling (320) 846-2744.

Each year, TAP students and staff take a trip out to Washington state to take in a week of classes with some west coast teachers, enjoy the beauty of the Pacific Northwest, and learn what ministry is like in a different and unique part of the United States.

Students begin Thanksgiving break upon returning from the Washington trip.

To close our fall semester, we welcome back Julie Smith to teach on witnessing and preaching. This class serves our students exceptionally well as they gear up for Quake events in the spring and prepare to witness to thousands of students at Quake events.

Julie serves as the Service Coordinator on the national staff for Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ (LCMC). Julie also helped found and currently teaches at St. Paul’s Seminary. Julie is a die-hard Golden State Warriors fan and loves teaching the art of preaching.

Class sessions begin at 9:30am and 1:00pm, with each session running 90 minutes total. Anyone is welcome to attend! Looking to attend class for a few days/the whole week and need a place to stay locally? Mount Carmel has a great variety of cabin rental options, please contact Shae Smith at registrar@mountcarmelministries.com or by calling (320) 846-2744.

We love Quakes! For more specific event information, visit Quake’s website: www.quakeevent.com.

We love Quakes! For more specific event information, visit Quake’s website: www.quakeevent.com.

We love Quakes! For more specific event information, visit Quake’s website: www.quakeevent.com.

We love Quakes! For more specific event information, visit Quake’s website: www.quakeevent.com.

We love Quakes! For more specific event information, visit Quake’s website: www.quakeevent.com.

We love Quakes! For more specific event information, visit Quake’s website: www.quakeevent.com.