{"id":315,"date":"2021-06-25T17:35:22","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T17:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thenals.org\/?page_id=315"},"modified":"2024-02-22T19:18:47","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T19:18:47","slug":"community-life","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thenals.org\/learn-about-us\/community-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover Banner-Header\" id=\"banner-864211445\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n            <div class=\"bg fill bg-fill \"><\/div>\n                                    \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n   <div id=\"text-box-1820956257\" class=\"text-box banner-layer x50 md-x50 lg-x0 y50 md-y85 lg-y80 res-text\">\n                                <div class=\"text-box-content text \">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-inner text-left\">\n                  \n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_688992880\">\n\t\t<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenals.org\/\" >\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 25px 0px;\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenals.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/NALS-New-Logo-horizontal-FULL-COLOR-1024x376.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenals.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/NALS-New-Logo-horizontal-FULL-COLOR-1024x376.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.thenals.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/NALS-New-Logo-horizontal-FULL-COLOR-300x110.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thenals.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/NALS-New-Logo-horizontal-FULL-COLOR-768x282.png 768w, https:\/\/www.thenals.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/NALS-New-Logo-horizontal-FULL-COLOR-600x220.png 600w, https:\/\/www.thenals.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/NALS-New-Logo-horizontal-FULL-COLOR.png 1311w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\n<style>\n#image_688992880 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #image_688992880 {\n    width: 100%;\n  }\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #image_688992880 {\n    width: 100%;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<h1><strong>Community Life<\/strong><\/h1>\n              <\/div>\n           <\/div>\n                            \n<style>\n#text-box-1820956257 .text-box-content {\n  background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n  border-radius: 10px;\n  font-size: 100%;\n}\n#text-box-1820956257 .text-inner {\n  padding: 30px 20px 30px 20px;\n}\n#text-box-1820956257 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #text-box-1820956257 {\n    width: 82%;\n  }\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #text-box-1820956257 {\n    width: 43%;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n    <\/div>\n \n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-864211445 {\n  padding-top: 720px;\n}\n#banner-864211445 .bg.bg-loaded {\n  background-image: url(https:\/\/www.thenals.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/compline-lbw-scaled.jpg);\n}\n#banner-864211445 .bg {\n  background-position: 57% 31%;\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_796843547\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row align-middle\"  id=\"row-464149684\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1766415812\" class=\"col medium-12 small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p class=\"Blue-Title\"><strong>Find yourself here. A local, yet continental community shared in faith. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Each campus within the NALS Network prioritizes life together. It is the \u201cin-between\u201d time after classes, chapel, or during meals where much of the learning and growing truly is accomplished. Even if you are a distance learner, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenals.org\/view-academics\/interterms\/\">the yearly residential InterTerm<\/a> held throughout the network provides the connectedness necessary for formation as a ministerium.\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_796843547 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n  padding-bottom: 30px;\n  background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_419734324\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row align-middle\"  id=\"row-944824001\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-553378043\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h2><strong>Spiritual Formation<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h4><strong>We\u2019re often asked how our students can possibly prepare for ministry in our rapidly changing and fractured society.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Our answer? Through a biblical, theological, and confessional education that is supplemented by daily spiritual formation.<\/p>\n<p>At the North American Lutheran Seminary, we strive to prepare our students for whatever future they\u2019ll face by helping them to build a foundation\u2014a way of thinking\u2014that will allow them to make decisions with integrity and compassion in any situation they encounter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"notranslate\" style=\"all: initial;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-553378043 > .col-inner {\n  margin: 0px 0px -43px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-794536468\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1444888121\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner image-cover dark\" style=\"padding-top:74%;\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"679\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenals.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Graduation-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenals.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Graduation-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thenals.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Graduation-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thenals.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Graduation-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thenals.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Graduation-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thenals.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Graduation-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thenals.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Graduation.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1444888121 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-794536468 > .col-inner {\n  margin: 0px 0px -46px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_419734324 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n  padding-bottom: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1743586323\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1228171612\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"section-bg-overlay absolute fill\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\r\n\r\n<div class=\"row row-large align-middle\"  id=\"row-199796387\">\r\n\r\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1942656970\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-left\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"Blue-Title\"><strong>Start Your Journey<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<p>Discover how the NALS network can help you pursue your calling to ministry. 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