Special Events

A Service of Thanksgiving and Sending with LCM

Friday, May 11
5:30 pm - 6:15 pm
Noble Room

At the end of Spring semester, Lutheran Campus Ministry is hosting a special service for graduates, their families and friends. Come and enjoy a good time with us before taking off on your new journey! All are welcome!

Blessing of the Tree of 40 Fruit

TBA
On the Quad

Join the Hendricks Chapel Chaplains Council in an interfaith blessing of the Tree of 40 Fruit. This tree was planted in 2011 as part of the commemoration of the 10

^th anniversary of the events of September 11^th. It comes from the living garden of current work by Sam Van Aken, associate professor in the College of Visual and Performing Arts. Professor Van Aken’s trees begin singularly with one identity and are developed through a process of budding and grafting to accept, nurture and produce branches yielding different fruit. Each branch feeds from the same source yet produces its unique bounty—symbolizing and commemorating the success of acceptance, a sign of hope and renewal.

As the tree matures, it will produce over 40 different types of fruit from the family of stone fruits, including peach, plum, apricot, nectarine and cherry. Blossoming in variegated tones of white and pink in early spring and yielding an abundance of fruit throughout the summer, the tree becomes a metaphor for themes reflecting acceptance, globalism and multiculturalism.The tree serves as a remembrance of the victims of September 11, 2001, and as a continuing sign of hope and renewal to the Syracuse University community.