This Week In Common

ESR Fall 2009 Common Meal Schedule

All Common Meals are in the ESR dining room, from 11:20 - 1:00
Tuesday Oct 27 - Michael Birkel and Trish Eckert - Newlin center
Tuesday Nov 3 - Chris Buice, pastor of Tennessee Valley UU Church in Knoxville, on their recovery from the shooting tragedy
Tuesday Nov 10 - ESR only, no program scheduled yet

On each Sunday of Advent and the Monday of the Winter Solstice there will be a labyrinth walk. Each walk will have a different focus: love, peace, joy, hope, and light.

Progressive members of the Church of the Brethren have found ourselves at a threshold. Whether we will continue standing in the doorway, go through it, or slam the door shut, the time has come to explore our place, and decide next steps.

The second annual Progressive Brethren Summit will take place November 13-15, 2009 (Friday-Sunday) at Elizabethtown Church of the Brethren in Pennsylvania.

Keynote speaker: Gordon Kaufman, Professor of Divinity Emeritus at Harvard Divinity School.

Dont miss engaging workshops, empowering worship, and wonderful fellowship.

The summit is cosponsored by the Church of the Brethren Womaen's Caucus, Voices for an Open Spirit, and Brethren-Mennonite Council for LGBT Interests.

More info, with registrations info and tentative schedule here.

Jay Marshall will reflect upon the ways international travel has broadened his perspective and influenced his thinking about the value of cross cultural education in the preparation of ministry.

Take a 1 hour break from studying.
Every other Wednesday, beginning October 7, 2009, at 6:30 p.m. in the ESR Dining Room, 2 old episodes of The French Chef featuring Julia Child will be shown. This is a simple and short event. No food; no moving furniture; over in less than an hour -- an opportunity for you to take a short break from the books and watch something unrelated to seminary (although we know Julia Pantoga could talk to you all day about the intersections of food and theology).
The dates are: October 7, October 21, November 4, November 18 and December 2.

The FWCC Regional Fall Gathering will meet at Ann Arbor Meetinghouse in Ann Arbor, Michigan Oct. 30-Nov. 1. Program theme is "In the Manner of Friends: Living My Faith Today." Keynote speaker is ESR alumna Patricia Thomas. Registration fee is $45. Home stay hospitality available. For more information visit www.fwccamericas.org/events/index.shtml

Meeting for Worship with Attention to Spiritual Healing will be held in the Moriuchi Room. from noon to 12:45 on Wednesday. November 18. Participants are encouraged to attend 11:20 Worship in Quigg or Nicarry and then
worshipfully move to the Moriuchi room. However, the room is available at 11:30 so you can center in the room if you wish.

Discover "Fertile Ground" in Bethany Chapel's 2009 Faculty Preaching Series, in Nicarry Chapel, Wednesdays in September and October, 11:20am-12 noon.

In this dawning of new beginnings, we bring our vision of individual lives into the collective community together for a period of time. We can let God's momentum plant the way into fertility, new birth, and new life. Perhaps it is a time to explore the point of drought or saturation as the seasons of our lives change. We may even ask ourselves how we can create fertile ground to allow growth.

The Fall 2009 Bethany Preaching Series will focus on the ways in which our lives are brought into the seminary community in ways that grow, mature, die and continue on toward harvest through scripture, faith and theology.

This theme is especially appropriate as the word "seminary" is defined in the Oxford English Dictionary as "A piece of ground in which plants are sown to be afterwards transplanted." Join us as we explore what it means for Bethany to be a fertile ground for growth and transformation.

Here are the dates, preachers and themes for each chapel service in this series.

September 16, Scott Holland: Beauty & Abundance Without Worry (Matthew 6:25-34)

September 23, Elizabeth Keller: Fallow or Fertile Future (Genesis 38:1-30)

September 30, Amy Gall Ritchie: Trust Beyond Ourselves (Exodus 16:1-36)

October 7, Tara Hornbacker: Theotokos (Luke 1:39-56)

October 14, Russell Haitch: Theme & Scripture TBA

October 28, Ruthann Knechel Johansen: It Shall Not Return To Me Empty (Isaiah 55:10-13)

Want to sing?

Bethany Common Meal

Bethany Common Meal

All are invited to join the Bethany community for worship in Nicarry Chapel on Wednesdays, 11:20am-12 noon, with one exception:

One Wednesday a month, Bethany either has a program common meal or hosts joint common meal 11:20am-1pm, in which case there is no Wednesday worship.

Bethany worship will take place on the following dates.

September 2, 16, 23, 30
October 7, 14, 28
November 11, 18
December 2

Don't miss the faculty preaching series on the theme "Fertile Ground" during Bethany chapel through October 28,

Did you know.....

that Academic Services has not sent paper "grade" reports to each student since before the 2004-05 school year?

that students can see their "grades" (credit/no credit notations) on Web DB the day after Academic Services enters them into Banner?

that Academic Services no longer accepts or sends narrative evaluations on paper?

Reminder: "Spring forward" this Sunday, March 8, at 2:00 a.m. Set your clocks up one hour before going to bed Saturday evening so you don't miss church on Sunday morning.

Students and advisors can always view "grades" as they are posted.
Students and advisors can always print an unofficial transcript.

Here's how: