ANTS Student E-News Tuesday February 20, 2007
NEW
- SACRED CHOICES, SACRED TIME, SACRED SPACE
- Peace Fellowship Meetings/Peace Week Planning
- PREPARE/ENRICH Counseling Programs
- The 79th Annual Academy Awards LIVE
- Reminder from the Registrar's Office
- Amplify Their Call!
- T Passes Have Arrived
- Welcoming Transgender People within the Communities of Faith
- Sacred Circle Dance - Spring Schedule
- Spiritual Journeys - Tuesday, February 27
- Mandala Meditation Group - Begins February 27
- Compassionate Visit II - Saturday, March 3
- A Path Beyond Faith and Despair: Religion, Environmental Crisis, and Spiritual Life - March 22, 2007
- Purim Celebration
- Opening Church Doors and Hearts to People of All Abilities
- Promotion Committee Seeks Mobley Feedback
REVIEW
- New Pass/Fail Deadline
- Changes in Institutional Advancement
- Costas Consultation on Feb. 23-24, 2007
- UCC Fellowship Shrove Tuesday Announcement
- A Welcome from the UCC Fellowship
- Missing Package
- Student Association Elections - Call for Candidates
- Ash Wednesday Service - February 21
- Field Ed Office Short Info Sessions CHANGE OF DATES
- Evening Compline Worship Service
- Ecology and Justice Matters Symposium
- Welcoming Transgender People within the Communities of Faith - Thurs., Feb 22
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SACRED CHOICES, SACRED TIME, SACRED SPACE
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April 19, 2007
9am-6pm
Peck Room
A retreat for ministerial and rabbinical seminarians, to explore our lived experiences of reproductive choices through worship, ritual, journaling and shared creativity.
More details to be posted soon. Space is limited. To begin the registration process, please submit a short paragraph outlining your interest in attending to cemerson@ants.edu.
Sponsored by the Seminarians for Choice Fellowship at ANTS.
Contact: Carmen Emerson
Email: CEmerson@ants.edu
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Peace Fellowship Meetings/Peace Week Planning
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As we head into Peace Week (March 12-16) we are going to meet each Thursday from 5-6:00 in the cafeteria (or small dining room if available). That is:
Feb. 22
March 1
March 8
The next meeting 2/22 is when we have to finalize the offerings for the week so we can create the publicity and make final arrangements. We have some great events planned already, so mark your calendars.
Cynthia Knowles
cynthia@iecc.com
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PREPARE/ENRICH Counseling Programs
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Saturday, March 24, 2007, 9:30am-4:30pm
Peck Conference Room (in lower level of Worcester Hall),
Sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Community of Andover Newton Students (UUCANS)
Come join the Reverend Robin Zucker as she teaches seminarians, clergy and counselors to use a series of respected, religion-neutral counseling programs when working with couples. This workshop will enrich ministry options for clergy and laypeople and expand therapeutic options for counselors.
You will receive:
- Comprehensive Counselor Manual*€"step -by -step instructions for administration and feedback of the Program.
- 5 Inventories for premarital and married couples at all stages of life.
- Building a Strong Marriage Workbook*€"exercises for couples to complete.
- Complimentary Scoring of one set on our new Online System*€"use it for yourself or a couple you are working with, a $29.95 value.
The cost is $170 per person. Please bring brown bag lunch. Coffee and pastries provided.
Additional Information and registration: http://www.flowingforce.com/prepare_training.htm
Rev. Robin Zucker: flowingforce@comcast.net
Leslie Becknell
Leslie@LeslieBecknell.com
www.ConversationthatMatters.com
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The 79th Annual Academy Awards LIVE
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It's the time of year you've all been waiting for! The 79th Annual Academy Awards, LIVE on Sunday, February 25th at 8pm. Come join us for a viewing on the projection screen in Sturtevant. "Little Miss Sunshine" is up for four Oscars. "The Departed" is up for five. "Babel," with seven nominations, is nominated twice in the same category. Which movie will take home the most Oscars? Is Will Smith going to receive his first Oscar, or will Peter O'Toole finally take the award after his eighth nomination? Find out, LIVE, this Sunday! There will be refreshments provided, but please bring your own favorite Oscar snacks, and please bring a non-perishable food item for the food pantry. For those of you who don't want to watch the entire show, there will be games going on throughout the night as well. Join us for a wonderful time starting at 7:30 this Sunday!
Evn Tomeny
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Reminder from the Registrar's Office
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To all M.Div. students -
Once you reach 45 credit-hours, you must schedule your mid-program review. Failure to do so will result in your not being allowed to register for the next semester.
Information packets regarding the mid-program review are available from the bin on the wall outside the Dean's Office, Worcester 106.
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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).
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T Passes Have Arrived
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T Passes are in. Please pick yours up at the Housing Office before March 1.
Amelia O'Dowd
Housing Coordinator
voice: 617-964-1100 x261
fax: 617-965-3528
email: AODowd@ants.edu
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Welcoming Transgender People within the Communities of Faith - Thurs., Feb 22
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Thursday, February 22, 2007
>From 2:30-5pm
Stoddard Hall
with
Leanne McCall Tigert & expert panel
Refreshments will be served
Please join our discussion.
We are hoping to create an informative and caring conversation regarding welcoming Transgender people in the communities of Faith. Our forum will consist of expert panel dialogue as well as an open discussion. We invite all to come, listen and share.
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Sacred Circle Dance - Spring Schedule
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February 25, March 25, April 29, and May 27
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
In the Meetinghouse
SUGGESTED DONATION:
$8.00 per person
$4.00 for ANTS students
Sacred Dance and the Labyrinth are both meditative tools for encountering the holy. Simple repetitive steps and beautiful music create a sense of inner peace, much like a mantra quiets the mind by offering a focus. Sacred dance on the labyrinth offers another way to engage the whole body while inviting the mind and spirit to go deeper. Simple steps, patiently taught, no dance experience necessary.
Led by Eileen Chodos. For more information call Eileen at 617-527-0168.
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Spiritual Journeys - Tuesday, February 27
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4:30-5:45 p.m.
at the President's Home
Guest: Sarah Drummond, Director of Field Education & Assistant Professor of Ministerial Leadership
Six times during the academic year President Carter invites a member of the Andover Newton faculty to come to his home to share his or her personal spiritual journey with students. This popular informal gathering has given our students a chance to sit around the president's living room and hear about the formative moments in the lives of those gifted scholars who make up the Andover Newton faculty.
The President opens his home at about 4:30PM and at 4:45 or so the guest faculty member begins to share. At the end of about 20-30 minutes students and other guests are free to ask questions. The program usually ends about 5:45 PM. All Andover Newton students are welcome to attend.
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Mandala Meditation Group - Begins February 27
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Tuesdays, 6-8pm, February 27, March 6, 13, 20, 27
FHS Center: Third Floor Sturtevant, Room 31
Presented by the FHS Visual Arts Ministry
Facilitated by Joy Honen (Resident Teaching Artist)
Come explore the healing and integrative nature of mandala creation. Mandala, which means "circle" or "sacred wholeness" in the Sanskrit language, is a circular creation that can be drawn, painted, collaged or even danced. Mandala art has been used in nearly every place and time in the history of the world as a means of personal growth, spiritual transformation, healing and as a way to connect to earth's energy and the wisdom of nature. Both in their creation and as a focus for meditation, mandalas point us to a center within each of us by which everything is ordered. Mandala creation within this small group will strive to be safe, centering and creative.
No previous artistic experience is necessary.
We are all made in the image of a creating god.
$10 fee to cover the cost of materials.
Limited to 5 participants who can commit to being at all five sessions
Advance sign-up requested with Joy at joyful_i_am@yahoo.com.
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Compassionate Visit II - Saturday, March 3
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March 3, 2007
9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Peck Room
ANTS and the BTI are sponsoring a session, the Compassionate Visit II, on Saturday, March 3, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Peck Room on the campus of Andover Newton Theological School in Newton Centre, MA.
This session is free and open to the public.
There are two goals for this session:
1) to initiate visits to the sick, dying or shut-ins and their families or to make existing visits more productive
2) to initiate dialogue between health care professionals and the spiritual leaders of our communities.
To that end, the Rev. Dr. Ronald J. Hindelang, Clinical Pastoral Education Supervisor and Staff Chaplain at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, and Dr. John R. Siberski S.J., M.D., board certified in internal medicine, psychiatry and geriatric psychiatry with primary interest in dementias, particularly Alzheimer's Disease, and end-of-life issues, will be presenting information drawn from their years of education and experience with the hope of making each of us better informed, better visitors.
For more information and if you have specific questions/issues you would like to have addressed by either Dr. Hindelang or Dr. Siberski, or if you need additional information,
please contact
Iris Brough
781-837-3612
brough@trysb.net
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A Path Beyond Faith and Despair: Religion, Environmental Crisis, and Spiritual Life - March 22, 2007
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7:30 - 9:30 p.m.
March 22, 2007
Stoddard Hall
Roger S. Gottlieb is Professor of Philosophy at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He is the author or editor of fourteen books and more than 100 articles on political philosophy, environmentalism, religious life, the Holocaust and disability.
He is editor of six academic book series, contributing editor to Tikkun Magazine, and is on the editorial board of Capitalism, Nature, Socialism: A Journal of Socialist Ecology and Worldviews: Religion, Nature, Culture.
His two most recent books are A Greener Faith: Religious Environmentalism and our Planet's Future and The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Ecology.
More info: http://www.ants.edu/community/events/2007/032207earthwitness.htm
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Purim Celebration
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Open to HC students and faculty
March 4, 2007
1:00 - 4:00
Meetinghouse
Celebration of the Jewish holiday of Purim.
Contact: Van Lanckton
Email: vlanckton@comcast.net
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Opening Church Doors and Hearts to People of All Abilities
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Monday, February 26 and Tuesday, February 27
Noon to 2 pm
Small dining room
Do the people sitting in the pews of your church reflect the full spectrum of ability and disability found in the general population? Accessibility is not just a "bricks and mortar" issue, but includes overcoming invisible barriers to full participation by people of all abilities.
All members of the ANTS community are invited to stop by and learn more. A short, heartwarming film on the inclusion of people with developmental disabilities in four faith communities will be followed by a brief discussion facilitated by members of the Justice Matters class. You will leave with information and resources that will enable you to open this discussion in your own church or field ed site.
This is an informal, drop-in program that will be continuously running during lunch time on both days – bring your lunch or a cup of coffee and join us!
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Promotion Committee Seeks Mobley Feedback
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To the ANTS student body:
On behalf of the Promotion Committee charged with overviewing the possible promotion of Associate Professor Gregory Mobley, I want to invite and strongly encourage you to send letters of feedback detailing your experience with Professor Mobley's teaching and presence at ANTS. Letters should be mailed or delivered to Jennifer Shaw in the Office of the Faculty (Worcester Hall 101). Please send your letter before Wednesday, March 7. If you prefer to email your letter, you may email it to me: mboulton@ants.edu .
This is an invaluable part of an important process: please take part!
Sincerely,
Matthew Myer Boulton
Member, Mobley Promotion Committee
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New Pass/Fail Deadline
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The new Pass/Fail deadline is Friday, February 23.
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Changes in Institutional Advancement
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Good people:
In order to maximize talent and effectiveness in the face of the significant challenges we face in building a new financial future for Andover Newton, we are instituting some changes in the organization of our Institutional Advancement team.
Effective Tuesday February 20th Priscilla Deck will assume the responsibility of Vice President for Institutional Advancement. At the same time Desne Crossley will assume the position of Senior Advancement Officer - Major Gifts.
This is an important application of skills, as it will enable us to gain maximum benefit from these two gifted leaders at Andover Newton. Desne has served as the leader of the IA team for more than two years and in that time brought an enthusiasm for the school coupled with a contagious faith-oriented professionalism that has inspired us all. Her ability to leverage her interpersonal gifts to secure significant financial commitments for the school is significant, but it has been underutilized. In turn, Priscilla Deck has demonstrated a level of leadership and insight that has blossomed with each new level of responsibility she has been given.
I have been impressed with Priscilla and Desne's dedication and professionalism in working with me to design this new approach. I invite your support and prayers for both of them as they begin this new chapter in the life of their service to Andover Newton.
N.
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Costas Consultation on Feb. 23-24, 2007
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The 2006-2007 Costas Consultation on Global Mission, "Mission and Reconciliation in the Korean Church," will be held on Feb. 23-24, 2007.
More information available: http://www.bostontheological.org/
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UCC Fellowship Shrove Tuesday Announcement
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The longstanding tradition of celebrating Shrove Tuesday with pancakes continues this year – with some modifications!
Liz Bostwick, Director of Food Services has graciously agreed to include pancakes and toppings in Tuesday evening's dinner menu! Thank you, Liz!
Mindful of the suffering that still continues in New Orleans and throughout the areas ravaged by Hurricane Katrina, many of us have ambivalent feelings about celebrating anything so closely associated with this region. So, there will be two strands of Mardi Gras beads on each table. One will be broken, representing broken lives, broken promises and broken systems while the other will remain intact symbolizing our dreams for peace, wholeness and healing for our sisters and brothers.
All students are invited to share pancakes and to take a bead from a broken strand with you to be a reminder or focus in your times of reflection and prayer during the season of Lent.
If you have any questions, please e-mail Cindy Stasko at cstasko@ants.edu.
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A Welcome from the UCC Fellowship
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The UCC Fellowship extends a warm welcome to all new students! Please join us by signing up through Connect for information about the fellowship as well as news and announcements of upcoming activities and events.
If you have any questions, please e-mail Cindy Stasko, Co-moderator at cstasko@ants.edu.
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Missing Package
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Folks,
Does anyone know anything about a packaged delivered by USPS last Friday 2/9/07 at 9:01AM for Wing Yee Lee? There is an expensive text book in the package that Wing Yee needs for an exam in two weeks. Please let me know if you remember seeing it or if you know where it is.
The return address would have been
University Readers
3970 Sorrento Valley Blvd.
Suite G
San Diego, CA 92121
Thanks,
Amelia O'Dowd
Housing Coordinator
voice: 617-964-1100 x261
fax: 617-965-3528
email: AODowd@ants.edu
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Student Association Elections - Call for Candidates
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Filing Deadline: Monday, February 26th
Your Student Association will be holding elections to fill open offices for the remainder of the 2006-2007 academic year. The elections will be held from March 5th - 8th. We are in need of candidates to fill the following offices:
Executive Officers:
-Vice President
-Secretary
Elected Representatives:
-Student Life Chairperson
Think you might be interested in running? Check out the elections procedures and office descriptions in the Handouts section of the Student Association Group in ANTS Connect: Election Procedures 2006-07 Spring.pdf
Letters of intent to run should be emailed to the SA President, Len Hayward, at LHayward@ants.edu. These letters should include a brief paragraph about your involvement on campus and your goals should you be elected.
Letters of intent to run are due Monday, February 26th. Any questions? Email Len Hayward (LHayward@ants.edu).
Len Hayward
SA President and Chair of the Elections
Contact: Len Hayward
Email: LHayward@ants.edu
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Ash Wednesday Service - February 21
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Chapel on Wed. Feb. 21, is IN THE MEETINGHOUSE at 1 p.m. Service for Ash Wednesday, led by Mark Burrows with Willie Sordillo (jazz sax), Dana Mann, et al.
Please join us!
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Field Ed Office Short Info Sessions CHANGE OF DATES
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Sarah B. Drummond, M.Div., Ph.D.
The advanced field education information sessions that were scheduled for Feb. 14, have been changed as a result of the weather. There will be two sessions, therefore, on Feb. 21 for students who (1) are considering an advanced year of field education, or (2) have already attended the information session for incoming field ed students but need information about the field ed course next year:
Feb. 21
12:00-12:30 p.m. and 2:30-3:00 p.m. (choose one) in the Peck Room
Sarah B. Drummond, M.Div., Ph.D.
Asst. Prof. of Ministerial Leadership & Director of Field Education
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Evening Compline Worship Service
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Tuesday, Feb 27th
9-9:30 PM
Meetinghouse
Please join Professor Burrows and friends for Compline.
We will close the day as the monks at Glastonbury Abbey do, praying the psalms in contemplative service.
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Ecology and Justice Matters Symposium
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Friday, February 23rd, 2007
1:00-4:30pm
Worcester Hall - Peck Conference Room
Tickets $10
Presented by Dr. Barry Taylor, Luke Taylor and Elsa Powel
A Message From ANTS Ecology Minister:
Hello dear ANTS community. It's been a while since we last communicated with you via enews. I hope you had a terrific first semester. We have been working hard to continue developing a new structure for the Ecology Ministry, a structure that will allow the school to better express its commitment to a green and sustainable campus. During this second semester we will be able to bring more campus activities for you and we hope you'll enjoy them.
The first one is a great symposium which is coming up in just a couple of weeks. It is being sponsored by ANTS Ecology Ministry and The Pachamama Alliance. The Symposium is titled: "Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream." I truly recommend this one. You will be able to clearly see the connections between the current state of western consumption, environmental sustainability, world poverty & ecomonics, social justice and spiritual fulfillment. And, if you are like me, you will come out from this symposium shaken but with a renewed sense of community and purpose. We already have 50 people enrolled. Please don't wait till the last minute to make up your mind! Tickets are $10 per person. If you need financial aid, please call me on my cell phone at 617-872-8275 or email me at ccabrera@jackconway.com We hope to see you at the Symposium! (Please see attached flyer).
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Welcoming Transgender People within the Communities of Faith - Thurs., Feb 22
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Thursday, February 22, 2007
>From 2:30-5pm
Stoddard Hall
with
Leanne McCall Tigert & expert panel
Refreshments will be served
Please join our discussion.
We are hoping to create an informative and caring conversation regarding welcoming Transgender people in the communities of Faith. Our forum will consist of expert panel dialogue as well as an open discussion. We invite all to come, listen and share.
ANTS E-news
Karen Brockney and Jason Bachand
enews@ants.edu
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