ANTS Student E-News - Monday, February 12, 2007 - EVENTS THIS WEEK

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EVENTS THIS WEEK
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Monday:
- Men's Fellowship - Mondays

Tuesday:
- Faith, Health, AND Spirituality Center - Office Hours Tuesdays
- Art as Spiritual Practice - Tuesdays
- Public Lecture by Dr. Nimi Wariboko - Tuesday, February 13
- Stuart Chair Candidate Interview - Tues., Feb 13
- Healing Our Borders: A Faithful Response to Immigration - February 13, 2007

Wednesday:
- Yoga Wednesday Mornings
- The ANTS Community Choir - Wednesdays
- Community Chapel - Wednesdays
- Weekly Peace Vigil on the Quad - Wednesdays
- Labyrinth Walk - Wednesdays
- Announcement from Field Ed Office - Feb. 14 and Feb. 20

Thursday:
- UU Worship - Thursdays
- Thursday Art Night
- Peace Fellowship Meeting - Thurs., Feb. 15
- The Spirit Among Us: Group Spiritual Direction at ANTS

Friday - Saturday:
- From Ashes to Easter: Preaching and Music through the Season of Lent - Feb. 16
- Revive Us Again!

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Men's Fellowship - Mondays
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Men's Fellowship gatherings will be on Mondays from 1-1:50pm in the Berkeley Lounge (NOTE: Location changes are TBA). Our first meeting will be on Monday, February 5th. All are invited for times of prayer and open discussion. Interested? Come and see what we're all about!

Questions? Contact Jason Alspaugh at JAlspaugh@ants.edu or Amanda Ladegard at ALadegard@ants.edu

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Faith, Health, and Spirituality Center - Office Hours Tuesdays
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Office Hours at the FHS Center in STurtevant
Tuesdays, 2-4pm.
Come up and visit!

Contact Joy Honen (Steward of the FHS Center) at DHonen@ants.edu for more information
Brita Gill-Austern, faculty director of the FHS program and ministries, bgillaus@ants.edu

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Art as Spiritual Practice - Tuesdays
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Tuesdays 6:30-8:30
in the Studio of the Faith, Health, and Spirituality Center (third Floor Sturtevant)

Come join a small group of creative people exploring art as spiritual practice and meditation. Previous experience with mandalas, illuminating pages, or art as journaling is helpful, but not essential. Time to create and dialogue. Most materials supplied or bring your own. Free will donation. Drop in once in a while or come every week.

Questions? Email Joy at joyful_i_am@yahoo.com

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Public Lecture by Dr. Nimi Wariboko - Tuesday, February 13
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Tuesday, February 13, 2007
10:45 a.m.
The Berkeley Room

"Ethics of United States' Monetary Policy"

Public Lecture by Dr. Nimi Wariboko

African Studies Scholar, Former Investment Banker
and
Founding Senior Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (Brooklyn, New York)

and Candidate for the
KATHERINE B. STUART CHAIR IN ETHICS

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Stuart Chair Candidate Interview - Tues., Feb 13
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Tuesday, February 13th
12:00-1:00 PM
Upper Noyes

The student members of the Stuart Ethics Chair search committee, Jason Alpsaugh and Stephanie Haskins, extend a special invitation to all students to attend a candidate forum with students on February 7th and February 13th. Get your lunch and go upstairs to Upper Noyes to meet and interact with each fine candidate. This is your opportunity to shape ethical conversation at ANTS both for your benefit and for the benefit of the next generation of ANTS students. Questions? Contact Stephanie at SHaskins@ants.edu or Jason at JAlspaugh@ants.edu. We look forward to seeing you there!

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Healing Our Borders: A Faithful Response to Immigration - February 13, 2007
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February 13, 2007
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Peck Conference Room

Rev. Delle McCormick Executive Director of BorderLinks in Tucson, Arizona will explore the issues and root causes of immigration and introduce a holistic practice of engaging these issues and living in solidarity with our Latin American neighbors.

Rev. Delle McCormick, is a UCC minister, formerly pastor in Rhode Island and now Executive Director of the nonprofit organization, BorderLinks in Tucson, Arizona. BorderLinks is a bi-national non-profit organization that offers experiential educational seminars along the border focusing on the issues of global economics, militarization, immigration, and popular resistance to oppression and violence. Rev.
McCormick has spent many years living and working in Chipas, Mexico and Curnevaca, Mexico. This evening will be a very informative and helpful presentation on how we can deal with immigration issues faithfully within the context of our congregations.

Professors Matthew Boulton and Brita Gill-Austern are taking a group of students on a Borderlinks trip to the border of Nogales Mexico and Arizona at the end of January.

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Yoga Wednesday Mornings
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8:00 a.m. in the Peck Room

YOGA with Dana Moore, Kripalu Certified Instructor
MTS from Yale Divinity School
Every Wednesday 8 am in Peck Conference Room
FREE to all students, spouses, staff and faculty (mats available)
Sponsored by Faith Health and Spirituality

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The ANTS Community Choir - Wednesdays
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Wednesdays, 11:50 - 12:15
In the Meetinghouse
Join us for rehearsal from 11:50am to 12:15pm every Wednesday in the Meetinghouse. All welcome! No singing experience necessary! Most Wednesdays, the song we learn and rehearse will also be the anthem in that day's Community Chapel (1pm in Colby). So come out and support community singing, and let a joyful noise resound from the Hill!
Questions? Contact Professor Matthew Myer Boulton: mboulton@ants.edu.

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Community Chapel - Wednesdays
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Wednesdays at 1:00 p.m.
Colby Chapel

Feb. 14 - Prof. Greg Mobley

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Weekly Peace Vigil on the Quad - Wednesdays
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Join the weekly Peace Vigil on the quad every Wednesday at noon. This vigil will take place every Wednesday throughout the year as we take an hour of our time to stand in unity against various forms of injustice and violence in our world today. It's a great opportunity to commune with each other and get a chance to hear what the Peace Fellowship is up to if you're not able to make it to the meetings. Please feel free to bring scripture, poetry or a topic to discuss. Bring signs, songs and smiles.

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Open Labyrinth Walks - WEDS
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Wednesdays
>From 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Meetinghouse

Martha Bays and Theresa Stirling
MBays@ants.edu or TStirling@ants.edu

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Announcement from Field Ed Office - Feb. 14 and Feb. 20
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Short Information Session For:

1. Students considering an advanced year of field education

AND

2. Students entering field education who already attended an Information Session in the fall:

Choose ONE-
February 14
12-12:30 OR 2:30-3

February 20 from
1:00-1:30

Peck Conference Room

Sarah B. Drummond, M.Div., Ph.D.

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UU Worship - Thursdays
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Thursdays at 1:00 p.m.
in the Meetinghouse

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Thursday Art Night
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Open studio every Thursday in the Lower Studio of the
Meetinghouse, 7-10 pm.
Drop in for as long as you can stay.
Contact Joy, Resident Teaching Artist at ANTS, with questions. (joyful_i_am@yahoo.com)

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Peace Fellowship Meeting - Thurs., Feb. 15
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Please attend, as you are able, the first Peace Fellowship meeting of the spring semester.

Next Thursday 2/15, 5:00-6:00 pm, small dining room off the cafeteria

Grab some supper and come.

We will talk about planning for Peace Week planning (only a month away) and consider where to go next in the discussion around military recruiting. If you are interested in being involved but cannot attend the meeting, send Cynthia an email to be added to the Peace Fellowship email distribution list for minutes and updates. Cynthia Knowles, cynthia@iecc.com.

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The Spirit Among Us: Group Spiritual Direction at ANTS
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Two groups, Thursdays, Feb. 8 - May 3

"Spiritual Direction is a way of leading us to see and follow the real Director - the Holy Spirit - hidden in the depths of our soul."
Thomas Merton

This is a unique opportunity to explore our own relationships with The Holy and to learn more about accompanying others on their spiritual journeys. Spiritual Direction helps participants enhance their awareness of God or the Sacred in every day experiences and make life affirming responses to the gifts of Grace. Following the tradition of the Desert Mothers and Fathers, these group experiences will focus on self-discovery and reality as paths to choosing "Life."

Two groups will begin in February, 2007 Meeting in Sturtevant Hall: Center for FHS, 3rd Floor, Room 32 Each group is limited to 8 participants. Cost for 6 sessions: Sliding Scale: $40-$80

Group for all denominations: Thursdays: 10AM - Noon 2/15, 3/01, 3/15, 3/29, 4/19, 5/3

Group for Unitarian Universalists: Thursdays: 10AM - Noon 2/8, 2/22, 3/8, 3/22, 4/12, 4/26

Directed by The Rev. Jade Angelica, certified spiritual director, Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation. Rev. Angelica received her MDIv from HDS in 1992, is a UU Community Minister, and is currently enrolled in the DMin program for Faith, Health and Spirituality at ANTS.

To register for the group, please contact Rev. Angelica (781-648-1525 or jangelica@uuma.org).
Financial Assistance is available. So all may attend in good health, groups will be fragrance free.
Sponsored by Faith, Health and Spirituality, Andover Newton Theological School

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>From Ashes to Easter: Preaching and Music through the Season of Lent - Feb. 16
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Friday, February 16, 2007
9:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
The Meeting House
Prof. Matthew Myer Boulton

In this hands on workshop, we will examine the great scriptural passages, hymns, and spiritual songs of Lent, all with an eye toward renewing Lenten worship life in the church today. Participants will deepen their theological understanding of the Lenten season, explore new worship and musical ideas and resources, and leave the workshop with a personalized preaching and music schedule from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday. Perfect for clergy, music directors, and lay leaders of all ages. Come ready to sing (or just to listen), and to clarify how this year's season of Lent can renew our life together.

For more information, please contact Ms. Jennifer Shaw, at: (617) 964-1100, ext. 228.
More info: http://www.ants.edu/community/events/2007/020907boulton.htm

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Revive Us Again!
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Revival of our Spirit, Revival of our Baptist Principles
February 16-17, 2007
Andover Newton Theological School, Newton, Mass.

This is a gathering of progressive Baptists from around the country, ready to share the Good News of Jesus Christ. We are gathering to say that we are Christian, we are Baptist, and we believe our Baptist Principles are foundational to our understanding and sharing of the Gospel. We are gathering to say that we can be both progressive and evangelical!

More information: http://www.ants.edu/community/events/2007/021607revive.htm

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