I love that I get to have the opportunity to help emerging adults as they navigate life and their own leadership by equipping them with the skills and tools they need to thrive in those transformative years.” “She was always a calming, sacred presence for me. She was super encouraging, but she also let me fail at things I needed to fail at,” Falenschek said. “She was the first person to help me see myself in this kind of role. They also need to thrive and have ways in which they are connecting to something that is larger than themselves.”Īs someone who credits a campus pastor with helping her find her calling, Falenschek is excited to have the opportunity to be that person for students at Wartburg.
“I’m very interested in developing a holistic approach to spiritual wellness so that we are able to engage students who may come to campus who don’t have the same religious background or any religious background. I think about my ministry as a chaplain as being about spiritual wellness, and there are different faiths and traditions that are part of that,” she said. These are the things that make my heart soar.”įalenschek understands the importance of engaging students from all faith and no faith backgrounds as the pastor on a college campus.“ I look forward to being able to focus on traditional campus ministry while also being very intentional about multifaith and interfaith work on campus. “I’m already dreaming about what campus ministry or spiritual life looks like for our students today and moving forward. What the college put forward for this position matches my skills and what I really value in this work, which is being radically student facing,” Falenschek said. “I’m excited to be a part of what is happening at Wartburg. 7.įalenschek comes to Wartburg from Gustavus Adolphus College, where she served as chaplain, director of campus ministries, and director of the Gustavus Academy for Faith, Science, and Ethics.
Maggie Falenschek will become dean of spiritual life and fill the Herbert and Cora Moehlmann Chaplaincy Chair at Wartburg College effective Aug.
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