Liturgical Studies
The Institute of Liturgical Studies offers endowments and scholarships to support conference participation and administrative costs. These generous gifts help make registration more accessible for first-time and full-time attendees, continuing the legacy of liturgical renewal and honoring figures like the Rev. Herbert F. Lindemann.
Scholarships For Liturgical Studies Students
The Institute’s endowments and scholarship offerings—both of which help support the Institute’s administrative costs as well as reduced or free registrations for first-time attendees and full-time students—are named in memory of the following.
The David G. Truemper Endowment Fund was established in 2005 in honor of David’s twenty-year tenure as director of the Institute of Liturgical Studies.
David joined the Valparaiso University faculty as professor of theology in 1967 and served from 1993–2004 as chair of the theology department. David attended Concordia College, Milwaukee, and earned degrees from Concordia Senior College, Ft. Wayne, Indiana (B.A., 1961); Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri (M.Div., 1965, and S.T.M., 1969); and Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago/Christ Seminary—Seminex (Ph.D., 1974). He was ordained into the holy ministry in 1968. He served Lutheran congregations in northern Indiana and as a member of the pastoral staff of the Chapel of the Resurrection at Valparaiso University.
In addition to his teaching at Valparaiso University, he served as visiting Professor of Systematic Theology at Concordia Seminary and Concordia Seminary in Exile, St. Louis, and Notre Dame University. He was a member of the American Academy of Religion, the Council on the Study of Religion, the North American Academy of Liturgy, and Societas Liturgica.
David co-authored Keeping the Faith: An Introduction to Christian Doctrine with colleague and friend Frederick Niedner, Jr. In addition, he contributed a vast number of articles to a variety of professional journals and University publications. A frequent lecturer, David addressed areas of liturgical study and practice, Christology, Martin Luther’s theological thought, the Lutheran Confessions, and ecumenism.
In 2014, the Institute’s student scholarship fund was named in honor, and later, in memory of the Rev. Peter J. L. Perella. Peter contributed to the Institute as a member of its advisory council and served the wider church as director of worship formation and liturgical resources of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
This scholarship supports students, seminarians, and others who are preparing for worship-related vocations and wish to attend the Institute—either as first-time attendees or while enrolled as full-time students. Peter first attended the Institute as a recipient of this scholarship. As registration fees for these students are waived, gifts to this fund allow the Institute to continue its support of future church leaders.
You are invited to make a tax-deductible contribution to the Institute of Liturgical Studies Endowment Fund. Please send a check payable to Valparaiso University (indicating ILS Endowment in the memo line) and mail directly to:
Valparaiso University
Institute of Liturgical Studies
Helge Center
1600 Chapel Drive
Valparaiso, IN 46383
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