ANTS Student E- News - Friday, February 16 - SPECIAL - Amplify Their Call

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Amplify Their Call!
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More than forty prospective students are packing their bags, saying their prayers, and heading to the Hill for this year's Conference on Ministries, Friday and Saturday March 2-3, 2007. We need your help to make their time at Andover Newton a success.

By volunteering for the Conference on Ministries, you not only get the satisfaction of meeting incoming students before they ever appear in the Funny Book, but you are also welcome to join us for breakfast, lunch, and dinner on Friday and breakfast and lunch on Saturday. We'll even reimburse you for mileage and tolls. And it's fun, too!

There are many ways to help, so choose one, two, or ten of the options below and e-mail Peg Carroll or call (mcarroll@ants.edu or 617-964-1100 ext. 294) to let us know what you'd like to do.

- Help make beds and set up rooms in Appleton Chase and Farwell on Thursday, March 1 in the afternoon or evening.
- Blow up balloons and put up signs on Thursday, March 1 in the afternoon.
- Pick up participants from the airport or train station on Thursday, March 1.
- Take a shift staffing a table in Sturtevant on Thursday, March 1 between 6-11 p.m., greeting prospective students as they arrive, passing out keys, and helping them settle into campus.
- Hang up balloons on Friday morning, March 2.
- Lead a campus tour from 10:30-11 a.m. on Friday, March 2
- Lead a housing tour from 2:30-3 p.m. on Friday, March 2
- Offer to have your on-campus room or apartment shown during the housing tour (2:30-3 p.m., Friday, March 2)
- Speak on a panel about self-care in seminary on Friday, March 2 from 4:15-5:00
- Ask your spouse, partner, child, or other close friend or family member if he or she would be willing to speak on a panel titled "Companions on the Seminary Journey," designed especially for the families and friends of prospective students on Friday, March 2 from 4:15-5:00
- Join the fun on Friday, March 2 at 7 p.m. playing games in Sturtevant Hall or watching a movie in Stoddard Hall

But that's not all! As the Conference on Ministries ends on Saturday, another group of prospective students will be arriving. About 15 young men from Morehouse College will be visiting ANTS as their first stop in a tour of seminaries in the East. They will be spending Sunday afternoon exploring Boston, and hope to bring current ANTS students with them to show off the city's best places. If you're interested in joining them, e-mail Darrick Jackson (djackson@ants.edu).

ANTS E-news
Karen Brockney and Jason Bachand
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