End of Summer 2016
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Each month, we share news of CDSP's students, faculty, alumni and campus life. We welcome your news, ideas and suggestions via email. Thank you, as always, for your support of CDSP.
This Fragile Earth: Church Responds to Climate Change
Join Jefferts Schori, Andrus, Richardson and Moe-Lobeda on October 22



On October 22, laypeople and clergy are invited to CDSP for a day of theological reflection, discussion and worship exploring the church's response to the crisis of climate change. Speakers will include former Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, who is the current St. Margaret's Visiting Professor of Women in Ministry; Bishop Marc Andrus of California, CDSP President and Dean W. Mark Richardson, and Dr. Cynthia Moe-Lobeda, professor of theological and social ethics at CDSP and Pacific Lutheran Seminary of California Lutheran University.

Jefferts Schori will deliver the keynote address, titled "Creation and the Effective Word:  Holy Storytelling, Creation, and God's Mission," and Moe-Lobeda will give an address titled "Truthtelling, Inequity, and Christian Action."

The day will culminate with a liturgy to bless CDSP's new installation of solar panels led by Bishops Jefferts Schori and Andrus. The panels, installed on Easton, Parsons, and Shires Halls earlier in 2016, make up the largest solar installation of any seminary in the United States.

Learn more and register online for $35, which includes lunch.
Randal Gardner '84 Named Dean of All Saints Chapel
Former trustee takes up new post on campus

On August 4, Dean Mark Richardson announced that 
 the Rev. Canon Randal Gardner '84 will join CDSP as dean of All Saints Chapel.

"For nearly nine years, Randal has been an active and invaluable member of the CDSP board of trustees," said Richardson. "When his term ended this spring, I was delighted to learn that we had the opportunity to share his lifetime of rich liturgical experience and gift for leadership with our students."

"I am truly happy to be able to contribute to the seminary and its worship life, where my own faith was so enriched and blessed years ago," said Gardner.

"Having been enriched by the liturgical education CDSP has been offering for decades, I have been a student of worship and prayer throughout my years as a priest. I hope that grounding will help us make the chapel of the school a place of blessing for many."

Read more.
Phil Hooper Named Bishop's Scholar
Postulant from Diocese of Nevada is experienced fundraiser 

Among the new MDiv students who began orientation on Monday is Phil Hooper, a Bishop's Scholar from the Diocese of Nevada. 

His call to ordained ministry began in high school when he moved to Michigan and friends invited him to church. "I was raised in a family of spiritual seekers, but not in a church community," Hooper says. "But when I was invited to a Lutheran [ELCA] church, I became aware in a conscious way of God's presence in the world. Church became not just this place that people go to on Sunday morning, but Christian community that I wanted to understand and embrace."

Read a profile of Hooper on the website, check out our May story about new Excellence in Ministry Scholars Mia Benjamin and Kathleen Moore, and watch for profiles of new Bishop's Scholars Claire Atkins from the Diocese of Nebraska, Isaiah Brokenleg from the Diocese of Fond du Lac, and Allison Fischer from the Diocese of San Joaquin coming soon.
Praying Shapes Believing Revised Edition Now Available
Professor Meyers updates standard work on Book of Common Prayer

Thirty years after the publication of Lee Mitchell's great standard work on the 1979 Book of Common Prayer, Professor Ruth Meyers, his student and colleague, has updated it for today's church.

"Aside from the introduction to the first edition, which is solely the work of Lee Mitchell, the chapters of this revised edition weave together his original text with my reflections on newer liturgical resources and current liturgical scholarship," writes Meyers. "In preparing such a thorough revi­sion of the original work, my hope is to honor the spirit of Lee's contributions as a priest and scholar who under­stood the deep connections between liturgical prayer and Christian faith and life." 

The revised edition, says Meyers, explores the renewed understanding of baptism as foundational for Christian faith and life, reviews developments in liturgical scholarship over the past 30 years, and includes commentary on supplemental resources developed since the original publication.

Order the new volume and read the first chapter, "The Service of the Church," online.
Learn Online with CDSP this Fall
CALL classes run September 19 - November 7. Registration now open.

The Center for Anglican Learning and Leadership (CALL) will offer the following online continuing education classes this fall. Register online now.

Food/Faith/Justice with Dr. Christopher Carter
What does it mean to think theologically about our food choices? This question will ground students' exploration of food access, food production, cooking, the role of animals, and farming with the goal of discerning appropriate Christian actions to respond to one of the most pressing social justice issues of today. Learn more.

SciFi Faith with Dr. Michelle Murrain
This course will look at science fiction with a theological lens, investigating the relationship of science to faith and religion in science fiction. Students will consider how faith is portrayed in science fiction and the rich theological landscape that it can portray. Learn more.

The Anglican Approach to the Bible with Dr. Donn Morgan
This course explores the central role of the Bible within the Anglican tradition. Students will consider the distinctive ways Anglicans have used and interpreted scripture, the ways scripture has shaped and formed Anglicanism, and the dialogue between scripture and community in Anglicanism. Learn more.

Introduction to the Book of Common Prayer with the Rev. Dr. Walter Knowles
This course will explore the 1979 Book of Common Prayer as a model for spiritual life, as a theological source, as a container for corporate memory, and as a liturgical source for personal and parish life. Learn more.

Church History: Reformation Roots, Episcopal Church with Dr. Bradley Peterson
Students will explore the history of the Reformation, the emergence of the Episcopal Church in North America, and the Episcopal Church among other immigrant churches and among reform movements in other countries. Learn more.

Introduction to the Old Testament with Dr. Dale Loepp
This course will consider the Old Testament in the church's historical and liturgical life and explore some of the interpretive modes Christians and Jews have applied to the Old Testament over the past millennia. Students will examine the range of literary genres in the Old Testament and gain skill in interpreting these texts today. Learn more.

Anglicanismo:  Historia e Indentidad en Clave Latinoamericana
with the Rev. Dr. John Kater
This course, taught in Spanish, will provide perspectives on Anglicanism in the Latin American context against the backdrop of the events, movements, ideas and debates that have affected the Anglican Communion during the 20th and 21st centuries. Learn more.

The Diaconate with Dr. Rod Dugliss
This course is for deacons, deacons in formation, and those wishing to be better grounded in a sound understanding of the diaconate, and is specifically designed to meet the formation goals implicit in the Title III canons. Students will consider the history, experience, and ministry of deacons. Learn more.
Upcoming Events on Campus
e-formation on November 12, Youth Ministry on March 18

Save the dates and join us on campus for two upcoming day-long continuing education events:

e-Formation Bootcamp on November 12
Leaders from the e-Formation Learning Community at the Center for the Ministry of Teaching at Virginia Theological Seminary will visit CDSP for a day-long workshop with lay leaders, parish administrators and communicators, clergy, and seminarians interested in using social media and digital technology in ministry. In addition to plenary and consultation time, the day will include workshops and more.Learn more and register online.

These are Our Bodies: Talking about Faith and Sexuality in Youth and Family Ministry on March 18
The fifth annual CDSP Youth Ministry Symposium will welcome keynote speaker Leslie A. Choplin, D.Ed.Min., co-author of "These Are Our Bodies: Talking Faith and Sexuality at Church and at Home," a new curriculum from Church Publishing. The event is co-sponsored by the Diocese of California, Diocese of Northern California, and Province VIII. Learn more and watch for registration opening soon.
Welcome Martha Oestreich
New advancement director joins CDSP

Early in August, President and Dean Mark Richardson announced that Martha Oestreich, a non-profit executive with more than two decades of experience, has joined CDSP as director of advancement. Oestreich replaces Patrick Delahunt, who retired in March.

Oestreich was the founding director of development at several nonprofit organizations, including the University of Texas at Austin's Division of Diversity, a school for Deaf children in San Antonio, Sul Ross State University and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. In the Bay Area, she has consulted with Lava Mae, an organization that repurposes retired transportation buses into showers and toilets on wheels to deliver hygiene and restore dignity to homeless people. She has also served as chair of the board at Equality Texas and as vice chair of the board at The Academy of Creative Education.

Before beginning her nonprofit career, Oestreich worked for IBM in sales for 16 years working with corporations, universities and government agencies.

She lives in the Bay Area and holds a BA in sociology from Texas Lutheran University, an MA in communication studies from St. Mary's University in San Antonio, and an executive MBA from the University of Texas at San Antonio.

Oestreich can be reached at 510-204-0707 and via email.
Community News

CDSP's faculty held a retreat at Bishop's Ranch to prepare for the new academic year.

Faculty News
In July, Professor Julián González gave a presentation on post-colonial theology in the "Summer Scholar Series" at Shell Ridge Church in Walnut Creek, California, and also participated in the first session of the 2016-17 Teaching and Learning Workshop for Early Career Theological School Faculty at the Wabash Center.

Professor John Kater's article "Through a Glass Darkly: The Episcopal Church's Responses to the Mexican Iglesia De Jesús, 1864-1904" appears in the current issue of Anglican and Episcopal History (vol 85, no 2, pp. 194-227).

Professors Susanna Singer and Jennifer Snow spent the summer in London and Geneva, respectively, doing research funded by the Conant Grants they were awarded in March.

Job Postings
St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Marinette, Wisconsin is seeking a new rector. Learn more.

In Memoriam
The Rev. Charles W. Taylor, who served two decades as a professor of pastoral theology at CDSP, died on July 3. He retired in 1998 after two decades of teaching and a decade of pastoral ministry. Read the announcement on Episcopal News Service.
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