 President Bottoms on Leadership
Interim Dean and President Robert Bottoms talked about Seabury's emerging leadership programs at the Diocese of Chicago's recent convention:
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Register Now for January Courses Deadline is December 15
Thursday is the last day to register for our January courses: Praying Shapes Believing, with Bishop Frank Griswold
co-taught by Donna Ialongo Register online here. Anglican Liturgy and Music: The Ways We Worship with Therese DeLiso and Milner Seifert Register online here. What Would You Have Done: Leadership During Pivotal Moments in Episcopal History
with Bill Sachs Register online here. Read more about Sachs and the course here. Making Mission Possible in Tough Times: Nonprofit Management and Community Developmentwith Bob Bottoms, Susan Harlow, and John Kretzmann Register online here. All Seabury courses are open for lifelong learning students at substantially reduced rates. Questions? Contact Registrar Peggy Pearson via email or at 847-328-9300. |
The Great Awakening Epiphany 2012: Save on Registration Now
 If you have ever heard people talk about "the church of the future" and wondered what this church would look like, sound like, feel like, join us for an inspiring event grounded in rousing worship, and highlighted by presentations by some of the brightest lights in the contemporary church.
 Come celebrate with Chicago Bishop Jeffrey Lee and eminent authors Brian McLaren and Diana Butler Bass as they light fires, issue permission slips and dismiss fears about the church's future.
This is not a spectator sport! With worship planned by renowned liturgist Dent Davidson, the program will include energetic present ations, a special Eucharist and time to think, pray, discuss, and get on with the business of shouting our joy. Download a flyer here and register here.
When: Friday, January 6, 7 to 9:30 pm. The party continues the morning of January, 7 from 9 am to 12:30 pm.
Where: Crowne Plaza Hotel OHare, 5440 North River Road, Rosemont, Illinois. The conference rate is $89/night; book by December 30.
Cost: $25 per person or $100 for a group of 5 people until December 30; $35 per person after that date. Register online here.
Questions? Please call us at 800-232-6028. |
Sharon Daloz Parks in March
Cleveland on March 14; Chicago on March 16 and 17
 Today's church and world require leaders who can facilitate adaptive change and inspire people to cultivate new consciousness, conscience and competence.
This workshop, led by prominent leadership author and consultant Sharon Daloz Parks, will draw on the insights of adaptive leadership guru Ronald Heifetz and others to consider how we form the inner lives of leaders, what it means to practice authority, and how we cultivate the arts of leadership on the edge.
Whether you are an emerging or established leader, lay or ordained, working in the institutional church or beyond--this workshop will inspire you to reassess and re-imagine the good that can come from your leadership and the change you want to create.
This event is sponsored by Bexley Hall and Seabury. Learn more and register for the Cleveland event and the Chicago event.
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Spring Courses Now Open
Understanding the Atheist Critique of the Church
Of all the religious and cultural minorities in the United States, poll after poll shows that atheists are met with the most distrust and the least comprehension. Faith traditions with a history of non-cooperation find common cause in looking down on those who claim not to believe in anything supernatural. What is it about atheism that makes people of faith so uncomfortable? What is it that atheists see in us that we have not seen in ourselves? Believers and nonbelievers alike are invited to join Professor John Dally in "The Atheist Critique of the Church," which will consider why Christianity has been rejected by thinkers as diverse as the Emperor Julian, Mark Twain and Christopher Hitchens. In a time when secularism is thought to be the fastest growing "religious" demographic in the United States, this course also will explore the growing public face of atheism and its implications for the church. Read more and register. Anglican Theology and EthicsWith some 85 million members in more than 160 countries, the Anglican Communion covers a lot of ground. Join the Rev. Dr. Ralph McMichael in this exploration of its variety of theologies and ethics. By examining Anglican theologians from the 16th century through today, this intensive, hybrid course will discern how classic theologians continue to influence contemporary Anglican thought and its emphasis on authority, the use of Scripture, the conscience, and the Incarnation. Read more and register.
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Moving Day: December 20
Next week, we're moving to the Lutheran Center, the headquarters of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) in Chicago. After December 20, find us here:
8765 W. Higgins Rd
Chicago, IL 60631
direct: 773-380-6783
office: 773-380-6780
toll-free: 800-275-8235
Learn more about our move in this letter from Vice President and COO Elizabeth Jameson, and read the press release here.
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Say Goodbye, Then Hello
Leavetaking, Open House on January 6
On January 6, please join us both to say goodbye to our old campus and to bless our new space: Friday, January 6, 3 pm Holy Eucharist in the Charles Palmerston Anderson Chapel of St. John the Divine on the Seabury Evanston Campus The Rev. Elizabeth Butler Jameson '97, preaching The Rev. Gywnne Wright '04, presiding Friday, January 6, 4:30-6:30 pm Open House at the new Seabury 5:30 pm Blessing of the Chapel and Offices 8765 W. Higgins Road, Suite 650, Chicago, IL 60631 After the Open House, join us for The Great Awakening. |
Apply Now for DMin in Preaching
2012 class forming now
Seabury's Doctor of Ministry in Preaching is offered through the ecumenical preaching program of the seven seminaries in the Association of Chicago Theological Schools. The program involves a three-week residency each summer for three years and independent parish projects conducted after each residency.
The deadline for 2012 applications is January 31. Visit the program's website to learn more, and read about its graduates. Questions? Talk with Susan Harlow via email or at 800-275-8235.
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Alum News The Very Rev. Joyce Beaulieu ('06) has been elected to the board of directors of National Episcopal Health Ministries and was just installed as dean of the Rockford Deanery of the Diocese of Chicago. She is the rector of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Belvidere. Check out the latest alum news updates on our website, and please send alum news to Ron Fox. |
