STH Community Center
12:00 Noon - Community Lunch
(Hosted by Black Seminarians)
1:00-4:00 p.m.-Open House
(Hosted by Spiritual Life, Community Life, Writing Works, TAs/RAs, and Religion & Conflict Transformation)
ALL ARE WELCOME HOME!
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STH Weekly Worship
October 23 Worship with
Rev. Daniel Velez Rivera STH Advisory Board & alum, and vicar at
St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church, Leesburg, VA
October 30
One Week All Saints Worship Calissa Dauterman
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Office of Spiritual Life
Daily Morning Prayer
8:30 - 8:50 am
Muelder Chapel 343
Start your day with a centered pause in the heart of community, at Morning Prayer in Muelder Chapel.
All traditions, prayer styles, and personalities are most welcomed! In fact, would you like to lead from your own tradition? Just contact Lindsay Popper lpopper@bu.edu or
Debbie O'Driscoll
dodrisco@bu.edu
to volunteer, and to receive more information.
Spiritual Life Office Open House
Wednesday, October 23
1-4pm
We're getting our KEYS!!!
When our offices in the Community Center will be open next Wednesday to welcome you home, stop by to party.
Enjoy refreshments, music, a special "key" party favor, and wonderful community.
Upcoming Dates: Saturday, November 2 All Saints Weekend Reading Retreat, focusing on St. John of the Cross Monday November 4 Guided Intoning 1pm Wednesday, November 6 Information Meetings for Vocation Vacation at 12:45 and 5:15pm.
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Vocation Vacation is an alternative Spring Break sponsored by the Spiritual Life Office for STH seminarians to explore various vocations and strengthen community.
The dates for Vocation Vacation will be March 8-15th. The group will be no larger than 10 people, traveling in a van, with a modest cost. We plan to visit a variety of ministry sites from Boston to D.C. along the East Coast, and we would love your input in our planning process. What types of ministry are you interested in learning more about? What experiences will guide your vocational discernment?
We are shaping the Vocation Vacation around our community's spirit of inquiry - so, let your interests be known, whether or not you plan to attend, by filling out our short (5 question) survey!
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New Travel Seminar TF 808-R1
"Issues in Mission and Ministry: Rural Maine" Spring 2014
This new travel seminar will use Maine as a case study to explore how churches and faith-based organizations in smaller towns and rural areas understand their missions and ministries in our unpredictable, rapidly changing era.
Led by Wanda Stahl and Elizabeth Parsons, the on location portion of the seminar will run from 19 - 26 May. Two mandatory pre-meetings and one post-meeting in Boston are also part of this course.
The seminar is only open to students who are not graduating in May 2014. This course is being generously subsidized by Springboard funding and by the Center for Global Christianity and Mission. All participants must pay a $350 fee; their transportation to-from Portland, Maine where the travel begins; and a few meals along the way. So, total out of pocket costs per student should be approximately $450-$500. Contact Dr. Stahl at ( wsthal@bu.edu) or Dr. Parsons ( parsonse@bu.edu) for more information.
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School of Theology Lowell Lecture Featuring Bishop Gene Robinson
Thursday, October 24, 2013 7pm - 8:30pm Tsai Performing Arts Center 685 Commonwealth Ave.

Boston University School of Theology presents a two-part Public Lecture Series entitled "A Closer Look: Spirituality and Politics, Polity and Paternalism in the debate on inclusion of LGBTQ folk in organized religion."
The Fall Term Lowell Lecture features Bishop V. Gene Robinson. The Right Reverend Robinson, retired Episcopal Bishop of New Hampshire, presents a lecture on his personal faith journey and his spirituality in the light of the controversy surrounding his election and service as the first Bishop to be "openly gay and married to a person of the same gender in the Anglican Communion."
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STH Back to Class Session
Friday, October 25, 2013 1:30pm - 4:30pm STH B-19

School of Theology Back to Class Session: "The Church as Incubator/Oppressor - Motive Magazine, Methodism in the Midst of Cultural Upheaval"
This "back to class" session features the Reverend B. J. Stiles, editor of Motive Magazine from 1962-1969, and a panel of writers and decision-makers including Gil Caldwell, Don Messer and Charlotte Bunch.
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Upcoming Webinar: "Mass Incarceration, Retributive Justice and Retributive Theology: The Response of Restorative Justice"
Thursday, October 31, 2013
11:30am - 12:30pm

Thomas W. Porter, Jr., Lecturer
Mass incarceration, a civil rights and human rights nightmare, is driven in part by a retributive jurisprudence and a retributive theology. This webinar will explore this reality and discuss how restorative justice creates a jurisprudence and theology that is faithful to the Gospels and leads us towards alternatives to incarceration.
If you would like to attend this webinar, please
RSVP no later than October 29 to Ms. Valentina Pride at vp@bu.edu or 617-353-3051
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Lifelong Learning Talks,
Lectures and Webinars
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Theological Libraries Month Wednesday, October 23, 2013 1pm - 4pm STH Library, 2nd Floor
 It's Theological Libraries Month!!! Please stop by the Theology Library's Conference Room between 1:00pm and 4:00pm on Wednesday, October 23rd to pick up some mid-semester "goodie bags". The bags will contain some treats, some office supplies, and more to help you recover from (or prepare for) mid-term exams and papers. The supplies will be limited so stop by early to be sure you get your bag. We look forward to seeing you! James R Skypeck, MA, MLIS Head of Public Services Boston University School of Theology Library jrsky@bu.edu 617-353-5357 Back to Top^ |
Beyond Conflict: How to Think about the Relationship between Religion and Science
Monday, October 21, 2013 7:30pm - 9pm First UM Church of Melrose
Dr. Kirk Wegter-McNelly, Lecturer
Kirk Wegter-McNelly is a constructive theologian whose primary interest lies in the rethinking various aspects of the Western Christian intellectual heritage Read more...Back to Top^
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Parish Life - Ministry Fair Sunday, October 20, 2013 Saint Cecilia Parish 18 Belvidere St. Back Bay, Boston
You are invited to the Saint Cecilia ParishLife - Ministry Fair, being held this Sunday, October 20, following the 9:30am, 11:15am, and 6:00pm masses, in the Parish Hall. This will be the perfect event at which you may learn more about parish activities and ministries, and get involved! All parish ministries and activities will be featured at festive table, each with representative available to discuss the groups, receive your questions, and help you sign-up. Visit many tables, gather information on various groups, share ideas, and chat with fellow parishioners. We are all called, through baptism, to ministry and discipleship, and we pray that this fair will help to discern the activity or ministry which best fulfills each parishioner's call to use one's gifts in service and joy. Special refreshments will be served. We look forward to seeing you at the fair! Back to Top^ |
Contextual Education Orientation Wednesday, November 14, 2013 5:30pm - 7pm STH Oxnam (B-24) & Hartman (B-23) rooms

For first year M.Div. and MTS students to learn about the contextual education expectations, process and forms. Supper will be provided and RSVPs are required. Please send an email to sthope@bu.edu to let us know whether or not you'll be attending by Friday, November 8, 25th.
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Visiting Scholar Position Announcement - Boston University
2014 - 2015
The Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Program at Boston University announces an opening for a post-doctoral Visiting Scholar, the appointment to run from September 1, 2014 through August 31, 2015. Scholars of all disciplines who would enjoy working in an interdisciplinary environment are encouraged to apply.
No stipend is provided, but the Visiting Scholar will have access to the Boston University Libraries and will have an office in the Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Program office suite on Commonwealth Avenue, Boston. Read more...
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