2024 Quarter 4 Newsletter

October 22, 2024 Quarter 4 Newsletter, 2024 Dear friends of LCC, Greetings in Christ! We hope this letter finds you well and settling into a delightful fall season. God continues to bless the college as we approach the end of the year. It has been quite a busy season for us. At the beginning of […]
Rev. Dr. Harold Ristau Installed as First President of LCC

President Harold Ristau’s inauguration ceremony took place Sunday, October 6, 2024, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Casper, WY, where he was officially installed as President of Luther Classical College. We are grateful for the members of Trinity and all volunteers, staff, and supporters who made this event so successful. In addition to the nearly 200 […]
Decisions for Building

Luther Classical College has been blessed with encouraging progress on its building activities this year. And thanks to the work accomplished by its building and grounds committee, contracted building partner, Sampson Construction, and extraordinary volunteer commitment, most of LCC’s 13-acre campus is now mapped out for ten student houses, classroom buildings, and a world-class library. […]
LCC Library Making Progress

The LCC Library strives to be a premier classical and theological library in the Mountain West region of the United States, promoting the historical, biblical, confessional heritage of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, and fostering classical education by providing access to the great works of Western Civilization. The library collection at LCC is growing by leaps […]
Luther Classical College Pursues Accreditation

As it prepares to welcome students to its Casper, Wyoming campus in the Fall of 2025, Luther Classical College is working towards accreditation for its A.A. and B.A degrees. LCC’s administrative faculty has over fifty years of combined accreditation experience among President Rev. Dr. Harold Ristau, Admissions Director Dr. William Lipke, and Academic Dean Dr. […]
Luther Classical College Secures Pledges for First Student House

Ahead of its grand opening in the Fall of 2025, Luther Classical College has secured the funds sought for its very first on-campus student house. This comes in the wake of the successful campus groundbreaking that took place in June of this year at the Casper, Wyoming site. “We are grateful to God for His […]
2024 Quarter 3 Newsletter

July 22, 2024 Quarter 3 Newsletter, 2024 Dear friends of the college, Greetings in our Lord Jesus Christ! Luther Classical College has been blessed through another action-packed quarter. The closer we get to our Fall 2025 grand opening, the more impactful becomes each decision, each development, and each gift. Some of you have been supporting […]
Historic Conference and Groundbreaking

What an outstanding time we had at the second annual Christian Culture Conference last week. With over 260 guests in attendance, not counting over 50 children attending the conference “VBS” at Mount Hope, we were grateful to welcome the vibrancy of our rich Christian culture to Casper. The conference began on the 16-acre campus of […]
Seven Students Enroll Early for August 2025 Opening

Luther Classical College, poised to open in Casper, Wyoming, in August 2025, has registered seven students who applied early as “gap-year” students. To be eligible for this special admissions round, applicants had to achieve exceptionally high scores on standardized tests and be on target to graduate from high school no later than June 2024—a year […]
Dr. Ristau Installation Sermon as Assisting Pastor at Mount Hope Lutheran Church

April 28, 2024Mount Hope Lutheran ChurchRev. Dr. Christian A. Preus Text: John 21:15-19, especially Jesus’ words to Peter, “Feed my sheep.” Dear friends in Christ, especially you Pastor Ristau and members of Mount Hope Lutheran Church, visitors and fellow pastors from our sister congregations, grace to you and peace from God our Father and from […]