This Week In Common

Lilly Library hours
Wed.-Thurs., Oct. 18-19 8 am - 8 pm
Fri., Oct. 20 8 am - 5 pm
Sat., Oct. 21 10 am - 5 pm
Sun., Oct. 22 noon - 1 am

Lilly Library hours
Wed.-Thurs., Oct. 18-19 8 am - 8 pm
Fri., Oct. 20 8 am - 5 pm
Sat., Oct. 21 10 am - 5 pm
Sun., Oct. 22 noon - 1 am

Bethany Seminary is currently in the student initiated process of creating a policy statement on classroom etiquette. Having begun last semester by soliciting email input, the committee responsible for this work is ready to present a draft proposal for discussion and feedback from students. All those who are interested should join us in the Bethany Gathering area on October 24th from noon to 1:15 (another time will be scheduled in early November).

Bethany will enjoy their Wednesday common meal at the rise of worship on the 25th. We'll come together for sharing and prayer in the ESR gathering room prior to the meal that will take place in the ESR dining room. Clear Creek Food Cooperative will be catering this meal. Don't forget to sign up for clean up.

Many people have 5 minutes to give toward clean up. The things that can be done in those 5 minutes are: washing tables, clearing off beverage table, clearing off dessert table, wiping down buffet line. See, how simple!

How does one's Anabaptist cultural and religious context either give rise to or discourage the crafting of poetry, fiction and nonfiction? Can one hold their heritage and the wider world in balance through creative literary endeavors?

If you're curious, come explore these questions with contemporary Anabaptist writers and critics at Bluffton College in Ohio.

More info: http://www.bluffton.edu/eng/conference/

Contact Travis Poling at polintr@bethanyseminary.edu

Some financial aid and transportation are available.

How does one's Anabaptist cultural and religious context either give rise to or discourage the crafting of poetry, fiction and nonfiction? Can one hold their heritage and the wider world in balance through creative literary endeavors?

If you're curious, come explore these questions with contemporary Anabaptist writers and critics at Bluffton College in Ohio.

More info: http://www.bluffton.edu/eng/conference/

Contact Travis Poling at polintr@bethanyseminary.edu

Some financial aid and transportation are available.

The Bethany Board of Trustees will be meeting October 27-29 at the Bethany Center. Please join us in welcoming them to campus.

The opening session of the Board begins at 5 p.m. on Friday in Room 40; the general session on Saturday begins at 1:30 p.m. These meetings are open. Bethany students are invited to lunch with Board members on Friday. There is a sign-up sheet on the bulletin board in the Gathering Area if you are available to join them. There will also be opportunities to talk with them at the various breaks. The Board schedule is posted on the bulletin board.

Join in the fun as we gather together for some fall-time snacks and head to the giant corn maze just over the state line in New Paris, Ohio at Today's Harvest Farm (http://todaysharvestfarm.com). We'll meet at 7 for snacks and then carpool over to the farm.

Questions? Email Matt McKimmy - mckimma@earlham.edu

How does one's Anabaptist cultural and religious context either give rise to or discourage the crafting of poetry, fiction and nonfiction? Can one hold their heritage and the wider world in balance through creative literary endeavors?

If you're curious, come explore these questions with contemporary Anabaptist writers and critics at Bluffton College in Ohio.

More info: http://www.bluffton.edu/eng/conference/

Contact Travis Poling at polintr@bethanyseminary.edu

Some financial aid and transportation are available.

The Bethany Board of Trustees will be meeting October 27-29 at the Bethany Center. Please join us in welcoming them to campus.

The opening session of the Board begins at 5 p.m. on Friday in Room 40; the general session on Saturday begins at 1:30 p.m. These meetings are open. Bethany students are invited to lunch with Board members on Friday. There is a sign-up sheet on the bulletin board in the Gathering Area if you are available to join them. There will also be opportunities to talk with them at the various breaks. The Board schedule is posted on the bulletin board.

How does one's Anabaptist cultural and religious context either give rise to or discourage the crafting of poetry, fiction and nonfiction? Can one hold their heritage and the wider world in balance through creative literary endeavors?

If you're curious, come explore these questions with contemporary Anabaptist writers and critics at Bluffton College in Ohio.

More info: http://www.bluffton.edu/eng/conference/

Contact Travis Poling at polintr@bethanyseminary.edu

Some financial aid and transportation are available.

The Bethany Board of Trustees will be meeting October 27-29 at the Bethany Center. Please join us in welcoming them to campus.

The opening session of the Board begins at 5 p.m. on Friday in Room 40; the general session on Saturday begins at 1:30 p.m. These meetings are open. Bethany students are invited to lunch with Board members on Friday. There is a sign-up sheet on the bulletin board in the Gathering Area if you are available to join them. There will also be opportunities to talk with them at the various breaks. The Board schedule is posted on the bulletin board.

Join the others from the Bethany community in the Bethany gathering area as part of the first of a series of conversations titled "WTOTAG", Where Two Or Three Are Gathered. This first discussion will be an opportunity to share our stories with one another. A light meal will be provided.

In order to help us to discuss some of the "big issues" we are facing today in the church and in the world, we must first know where it is we are coming from. Sharing our stories of ourselves in a loving and accepting manner is the best place to start. Come to speak, come to listen, or come to do both! We look forward to having a diverse group with varied stories to tell. All who are able are encouraged to attend.

Thursday, November 2

Come join the SECOND ANNUAL CLOTHES SWAP AND MOVIE NIGHT in the Bethany Gathering Area and Congregational Life Room!

8:00pm - Clothes Swap Begins! What is a clothes swap? Bring any clothes that you don't want anymore and see if anyone else wants to pick them up to add to their wardrobe! Need some winter stuff? Come see if anyone is giving something away that you would like pick up. It's like a big communal "free box." You don't have to bring anything to take things away,and you don't have to take anything to unload your stuff.

Monday November 6 8:00pm

Bethany Student Development is starting the first of many documentaries to be shown on either Sunday or Monday evenings in the Bethany Gathering Room in the coming months. We'll start the run with "SuperSize Me", a documentary about physcial effects of eating fast food.

8:00pm Bethany Gathering Room. Everyone welcome. Snacks from McDonal's will be provided. You'll never look at fast food the same.

This is the second and final chance for students from both seminaries to join the discussion on Bethany's classroom etiquette policy. As noted previously, this is a policy that has grown from student frustration with the classroom environment that we all share. As the policy will effect all students taking a Bethany class, the discussion is open to all. Please come and help us develop a policy that will help create an environment in which we can all learn well together.

Is CPE for me???
If you are considering, might consider, or never even dreamed about doing CPE - This common meal is for you! On November 15th, Joint Common Meal will host a conversation with Clinical Pastoral Education supervisors from the surrounding area and those students who recently completed a unit in CPE. See you then!
Tara Hornbacker for BTS and Jim Higginbotham for ESR

Come eat at Joe's Pizza Thursday evening! West River Friends Meeting will be working and benefiting from the pizza that you purchase. (carry-outs included) Get a group together and enjoy good food and good fellowship.

The City of Richmond Human Rights Commission will be hosting the Indiana Civil Rights Commission meeting this Friday, November 17, from 1:30 - 5 p.m. The session will be in the Council Chambers in the City Building, located at 50 North Fifth Street. The session is open to the public.

Information session on travel seminar to Brazil.

Wednesday, November 29 at 5:15 in Bethany's Gathering Area.

You've seen it listed on the course schedule. Now join me to learn more about the prospective itinerary dates, cost, and experiences of this May 2007 cross cultural trip. A light supper will be provided.

If you have questions about or interest in this travel seminar but are unable to attend the info session, please contact me directly.

Bethany Community: You are invited to a Common Meal on Friday, December 1 at 6:00 p.m. Connections students will be on campus for their Exegeting the Call & Culture of Ministry class, and we will be welcoming a group of about 50 Pennsylvania Brethren who will be here for dinner and a tour. Two of our "resident student chefs", Anna Lisa Gross and Travis Poling, will be preparing a yummy meal for us all, and we will meet in the ESR Dining Room.

As a seminary community we often don't get to share much of Christmas with each other. This will be a time for us to share our stories of Christmas past, present, and future with one another. We will also have a white elephant exchange. Please bring a small gift (potentially humorous) that you have not spent any money on. The entire Bethany community is invited to attend: students, faculty, staff, and family.

With all the other questions you will be answering while studying for your finals, here is an opportunity to shift gears and take a break. You can spend all day cooking or just come for a free meal & judging at 5 pm, but either way ...

The time has come to once again answer life's most savory question: Whose Cuisine Reigns Supreme?

Whether you're a seasoned chef or a budding foodie; whether your culinary abilities are borderline-gourmet or microwave-from-a-box, all are welcome to participate. We will need at least 2 teams of 2-4 people each. Each team will receive a list of possible vegetarian-friendly secret ingredients a week before the competition. Competitors will meet at 10 am at Bethany and the Chairperson will reveal the secret ingredient to all. Teams will then have all afternoon to create at least one dish per team member using the theme ingredient. All cooking must be complete and all dishes delivered to the gathering area by 5:00 pm.

The Church of the Brethren Christmas Eve service that was taped at Bethany Seminary and originally aired on CBS television on Christmas Eve 2004 will be shown on the Hallmark Channel on December 24, 2006, at 7:00 a.m. For more information, visit www.brethren.org/genbd/Christmas/christmasservice.html.

There will a Bethany Common Meal in the Bethany gathering room on January 3, 2007 12:45 (following worship at noon) for all Bethany employees and students. We will be making an order on Tuesday January 2 at 3:00pm, from Taste of Love. You must make an order before that time if you'd like a meal.

Sign up sheets for those taking classes will be in each Bethany classroom on January 2. For those of us not involved with an intensive, you may sign up at the bulletin board at the front desk by Tuesday January 2, 3:00pm. This cannot be done via email (sorry).

Student Development will be providing a simple lunch on Wednesday January 10 at 12:45 (following worship) in our gathering room. This is for Bethany students and faculty who are involved with an intensive.

If there are dietary needs to be met, please contact Amy at ritcham@bethanyseminary.edu so accommodations can be made.

Monday, January 15, is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and a paid holiday for Bethany employees. Therefore, the Bethany Center will be closed on Monday.

The Bethany/ESR choir will resume on Wednesday, January 31. Rehearsals are held weekly from 4:15 - 5:15 p.m. in Nicarry Chapel at Bethany. A variety of styles and range of difficulty are included in musical selections. All voice parts are welcome and needed, and if you don't know what voice part you are, that's OK, too! The choir sings approximately 6 times during the semester during Friday joint chapel and for Bethany's graduation service. If you have questions, feel free to contact the director, Jonathan Shively (shivejo@bethanyseminary.edu or 983-1820 or stop by the lower level of Bethany center).

The Comprehensive Calendar Task Force will be holding their first meeting this Friday, February 2, at 10:00 a.m. in the Bethany Congregational Life Room. Our agenda will be to identify attributes and capabilities for our calendaring solution (defining what we are looking for!). Anyone with interest is invited to attend, and we will wrap up by 11:00 a.m.or so--in time for joint chapel. For more information, please contact Enten Eller at elleren@bethanyseminary.edu.