This Week In Common

Julia Pantoga, assisted by Pat Thomas and Steve Angell, will be bringing the message on the topic of "Taking Goofing Off Very Seriously."

Enter God's gates with thanksgiving!
Come into God's courts with praise!

You are invited to join the Bethany community for worship and prayers of thanksgiving this Wednesday (November 18) at 11:20am in Nicarry Chapel.

This service will include time for celebration and quiet reflection, focusing on the much beloved 100th Psalm, as we worship in a spirit of gratitude. Kelly Burk, Director of Campus Ministries at Earlham College, will bring the message, and Carrie Fry-Miller will lead worship.

Come, let us make a joyful noise to God, and worship with gladness!

All are invited to Joint Worship in the spirit of the Taize Community this Friday at 11:20am in Bethany's Nicarry Chapel. The theme of the worship is "Praise of God in the Multiplicity of Creation." Worship will include readings, as well as music from the Taize Community in France.

"The Syro-Phoenician Woman Speaks"

Come join Patty Willis and Pat Thomas for storytelling and meditation. What will the Syro-Phoenician woman speak to your heart?

This Wednesday, November 11, David Radcliff, director of New Community Project (http://newcommunityproject.org/), will preach in Bethany Chapel at 11:20am. The title of David's sermon is "It's the End of the World as We Know It (and we feel fine...?)" on Revelation 12:1-6, 13-17. Chris Fretz will lead worship.

This semester is a time of newness for our seminary communities, with students and faculty joining us for the first time, and especially as Bethany Theological Seminary welcomes a new Academic Dean.

Tomorrow, Friday, October 30, at 11:20 during joint chapel, Dr. Steven Schweitzer will be anointed and installed as the Academic Dean of Bethany Theological Seminary.

Today's worship will be unprogrammed. All are invited!

Peterson Toscano will attend ESR worship and, if led by the Spirit, share a message out of the silence.

Peterson Toscano is a Friend who lives in Washington, D.C. He is visiting the Earlham campus Tuesday and Wednesday. He is a theatrical performance artist and will be performing in Goddard on Wednesday night.

From http://www.petersontoscano.com/bio:

Join the Bethany community for worship Wednesday, October 28, as Ruthann Knechel Johansen, President of Bethany Theological Seminary, completes the Fall Faculty Preaching Series, "Fertile Ground," as she preaches on the theme "It Shall Not Return To Me Empty (Isaiah 55:10-13)." Parker Thompson will lead worship.

"If you believe and I believe
and we together pray,
the Holy Spirit must come down
and set God's people free."
(from an Iona Community song)

You are invited to experience Testimonies of Transformation--four poetic/dramatic readings from the gospels of people whose lives have been deeply touched and changed by Jesus.

Joint Worship for Friday October 16, will contain songs, readings and prayers from the Iona Community, a dispersed Christian ecumenical community working for peace and social justice, rebuilding of community and the renewal of worship. (Visit http://iona.org.uk/ for more info on the community.)

We will gather in Bethany's Nicarry Chapel at 11:20 am to sing and pray for the coming of the Spirit to set all God's people free.

Join us for ESR programmed worship this week to meet a little known saint of the Church.

The joint seminary worship service is in Quigg, and it will focus on prayer for the people in Iran. Patty Willis will read some selections from Rumi. Steve Angell will reflect on his experiences as "A Quaker in Iran."

Thursday's Programmed Worship will be the sharing of people's favorite poems or poems that really speak to them.

If you are interested in sharing a poem (or reading someone's poem), contact Kim Hampton at hamptki@earlham.edu by Tuesday, October 6th.

next student worship with attention to business in Quigg Wed 8:00 join us for pizza at 7:30 in Dining room
pizza will take place directly after the Study Break Event described
elsewhere in these announcements.

Reminder to all: Each morning during the school week from 8-8:25 there is silent worship in the Quigg Worship Room.
All welcome.