ANTS Student E-News: ANTS Student E-News Friday, March 2, 2007

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- Creating Healing Connections in Faith Communities - March 21, 2007
- Unique Opportunity
- Abrahamic Interfaith Forum
- Search and Call in the United Church of Christ - Next Event - March 15

REVIEW

- Staff Transitions
- Financial Aid Office Announces Fall 2007 Scholarships
- Financial Aid Fall 2007
- Holy Play: A New Book By Kirk Byron Jones
- V for Vendetta: Screening and Discussion
- SA Officer Candidate Forum
- Conference on Ministries and Northeast Seminary Swing- this Friday, Saturday and Sunday!
- A Reminder to Our Part-time Residents
- Community Art Exhibit
- International Women's Day Chapel - March 7, 2007
- Jonathan Edwards Lecture: Dr. Gilbert Irvin Bond - March 26, 2007
- 2007 Jonathan Edwards Lecture
- Compassionate Visit II - Saturday, March 3
- Purim Celebration
- Promotion Committee Seeks Mobley Feedback

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Creating Healing Connections in Faith Communities - March 21, 2007
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A Day on the Hill
Wednesday March 21, 2007
9:00 -3:15
Peck Conference Room
Worcester Hall

A health and healing ministry was an integral part of the early Christian church. Wholistic care was a prevalent practice. Over the centuries with the explosion of medical and scientific knowledge, faith communities deferred to the medical profession as being the more qualified to address issues related to physical and mental health. Faith communities reserved spiritual care as their domain. Within recent decades, both medicine and faith communities have come to realize the benefits of a mutual partnership with integrated care. This alliance yields better results in healing and in the prevention of disease.

Come and join us to find out how your faith community can strengthen the healing connections in your health ministry.

Cost for the day, including lunch is $35. Fee for students is $25. Register with Jennifer Shaw at jshaw@ants.edu or call 617 964 1100 ext. 228. Mail checks payable to ANTS to Jennifer Shaw, Andover Newton Theological School, 210 Herrick Rd, Newton Centre, MA 02459

Presenters:
Dr. Sophia Harrell, Acting Director Congregational Health Ministry Program
Professor Brita Gill-Austern, Austin Philip Guiles Professor of Psychology and Pastoral Care, Director of Program in Faith, Health and Spirituality
Kathleen Zagata, RN, MS Health Minister, First Congregational Church of Winchester
Julianna Donofrio, Heather Lucas, Nalysnyk Yaroslav, Jan Whitten, Panelist. all students enrolled in program

More info: http://www.ants.edu/community/events/2007/032107healing.pdf

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Unique Opportunity!!
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"The Nature of Being Human: Coming to Terms with Biomedical Advances in Human Well-being" - April 26-27, a Conference and symposium sponsored by Andover Newton Tehological School, the Boston Theological Institute, and the Templeton Foundation. Day One: Public mini-conference. Students and faculty of the BTI schools along with interested members of the community are invited to learn about what is on the horizonb in terms of biological repair, enhancement for humans, and the kinds of interface this may involve between humans and other biological systems or technology.

April 26 PUBLIC DAY
3-5 pm. Sessions based on the top submissions to the Human Nature Project.
5-6 pm - Lecture by Dr. David Page - title tbd. -Topic: a view from the biological frontier. Information important to people asked to develop educational and theological responses that will better prepare churches to play a positive role in this new environment.
6-7:15 - Supper - complimentary but sign up required (pdeck@ants.edu)
7:30 Public lecture by Dr. Ron Cole-Turner - "Genetic Eschatology" - a view from the theological/ethical frontier to interpret the biotech advances.

April 27 - Colloquium by invitation only.

More information will be available soon.

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Abrahamic Interfaith Forum
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March 6, 13 and 20
6:30-9pm
other
Temple Beth El, 2 Concord Ave., Belmont
More info: http://www.firstchurchcambridge.org

Description:

An Interfaith Forum on Repentance and Reconcilation sponsored by First Church in Cambridge. Professors Greg Mobley, Or Rose and Farid Esack are featured speakers. Refreshments, conversation, music of DUNYA.

Contact: Edie Howe
Email: edithowe@aol.com

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Search and Call in the United Church of Christ - Next Event - March 15
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"Search and Call in the United Church of Christ - A Series of Events for Seminarians" begins on November 9.

All events take place in the Meetinghouse at Andover Newton Theological School.

Are you graduating from seminary this year? Have you already graduated and are beginning the search process? Come to these upcoming events to find out how to enter the search process, meet with search committees, start your benefits, and enter a congregation!

Though everyone is welcome, these events are designed particularly for graduating seminarians who plan to search for a call as a pastor in a United Church of Christ congregation.

Starting Your Benefits * Establishing Your Future: UCC Benefits and the Pastoral Call Agreement
March 15, 2007
9 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
- Elements of a Pastoral Call Agreement
- UCC Health and Pension Benefits
- Continuing Education and Ongoing Pastoral Formation
Leaders: representative from The Pension Boards, UCC

Entering a Congregation: Thriving as a New Pastor
April 12, 2007
9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
- Forming a Pastoral Identity
- Entrance Strategies for Pastors New to a Congregation
- Developing Healthy Habits and Practices of Ministry
Leaders: New Clergy Group Facilitators and Christina Braudaway-Bauman
Associate for New Clergy Development, MACUCC

Registration to attend all four events is $60. Registration for a single event is $20. (Fees cover the cost of materials and refreshments). Registration is due AT LEAST 1 WEEK before each workshop is scheduled.

Please send a check for the amount due ($60 for all 4 programs or $20 per session), made payable to MACUCC to:

Kris LoFrumento

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Staff Transitions
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Good people:

It is with regret that I announce two of our staff members are readying to leave Andover Newton.

Effective March 9, Desne Crossley will be leaving ANTS to become the Associate Director of Major Gifts at Simmons College. Desne has worked here leading our Institutional Advancement Team for more than two years and brought a faith-filled enthusiasm to her work every day. She is excited about the new position at Simmons and what it offers at this moment in her life. We are all grateful for the time she shared with us. A farewell party will be held for Desne on Wednesday March 7 at 3PM in the Peck Room.

Effective May 31, Karen Brockney will be retiring from her position as Director of E Communications at ANTS. Karen has made a significant mark here in both her innovative leadership of our website and in her tireless work with the school's comprehensive database. We have learned to depend on Karen and her gentle style of enabling us to enter the worlds of technology. She will not be easy to replace. As much as she loves ANTS, Karen and her husband are looking forward eagerly to a time of extended travel and relaxation as they move into the long-anticipated retirement chapter of their lives. We will share more plans about saying farewell to Karen in about 6 weeks.

Andover Newton has been blessed with a remarkable level of stability in its faculty and staff through the years. This says a great deal about the level of dedication and hard work we enjoy here. It also makes it hard for us when natural life transitions occur. Jealously, we want to hang on to our colleagues for as long as we can. Yet, while we cannot know who or when, we know that some changes are inevitable. Thus, our challenge in the face of change is to model our deeply held values of gratitude for what each of these people have brought us, offer them our prayers and good wishes, and say good bye in a spirit of joy for what lies ahead for them.

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Financial Aid Office Announces Fall 2007 Scholarships
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William R. Johnson Scholarship for Openly Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual &Transgender

* Members of United Church of Christ
* In care with an Association or Conference of the UCC
* Enrolled in MDIV program
* Openly gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender
* Enrolled full or part time Fall 2007
* Deadline April 1, 2007

CANNON SCHOLARSHIP

* Members of the United Church of Christ, Christian Church, Presbyterian Church, or United Methodist Church
* In care with an Association or Conference of the UCC
* Enrolled in MDIV Program
* Enrolled full time in the 2007 Fall semester
* Plan to serve as a United States military chaplain (active duty, reserve, or National Guard
* Deadline April 1, 2007

Make a Difference Doctoral

* Members of the United Church of Christ
* Enrolled in A Doctoral Program
* Enrolled in the 2007 Fall semester
* Deadline March 20, 2007

Bellevue Heights Church - American Baptist Foundation

* Enrolled in a degree program (no DMIN)
* Enrolled full time (12 credits per semester)
* 2.5 GPA
* Member of American Baptist Church
* Be involved in ministry
* Deadline April 15, 2007

Sara Owen Etheridge Scholarship

* Baptist woman who has been or is a resident of Georgia
* Completed at least 30 hours of seminary education (master or doctoral level)
* Deadline March 15, 2007

Hale Donation Scholarship Fund

* Must show financial need
* Preferential treatment to applicants from Tolland County, CT, but will accept applications from other parts of the country
* Preparing for the Christian ministry in the United Church of Christ
* Deadline May 1, 2007

John J Ingalls Memorial Scholarship

* Resident of Massachusetts
* Student diagnosed with a physical disability
* Deadline April 13, 2007

APPLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE FINANCIAL AID OFFICE

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Financial Aid Fall 2007
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Students who will be attending Andover Newton in the Fall must reapply for financial aid. You must complete a new FAFSA either on line at www.FAFSA.ed.gov or a paper application that is available in the Financial Aid Office. You must also complete the Andover Newton Financial Aid Application which is available on our website or a paper application, available in the Financial Aid Office. In order for your application to be complete you must also submit a copy of you 2006 Federal Tax Return. The priority date for Andover Newton aid is April 15, 2007. Applications received after April 15th will not receive Andover Newton aid unless additional aid becomes available.

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Holy Play: A New Book By Kirk Byron Jones
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Jossey-Bass, an imprint of Wiley, has recently published Holy Play: The Joyful Adventure of Unleashing Your Divine Purpose by Kirk Byron Jones.

The book, Jones' seventh in as many years, has been hailed by Publishers Weekly as "an engaging counterweight to the popular idea that God has predetermined a unique, singular purpose for each human life."

At the heart of Holy Play is Jones' contention that "purpose is not something we passively receive from God, but something we actively co-create with God." Jones offers the following 5 steps for joyfully playing your purpose:

1. Believe that God is your divine partner, not your domineering parent.
2. Believe that vocation is an open possibility, not a closed proposition.
3. Accept that you are not just creature but creator as well.
4. Dream your way to purpose.
5. Joyfully play your dreams.

To read a book excerpt and learn about a special free gift for purchasing Holy Play by May 31, 2007, visit www.holyplay.com.

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V for Vendetta: Screening and Discussion
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March 8, 2007
5:30pm
Sturtevant

Come watch V for Vendetta with your fellow students! Please join us afterwards for a discussion about the issues of institutional authority and oppression this film raises, as well as learning how this film engages issues that are prevalent in our own society. Please note that this is an "R" rated film and not suitable for children.

Contact: Tempest Brevard, Kate Johansen, Liz Miller, and Kerstin Palm
Email: tbrevard@ants.edu, soxgirl_09@yahoo.com, emiller@ants.edu, kpalm1@comcast.net

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SA Officer Candidate Forum
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March 6th
6:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Small dining room

We have two candidates for the open SA Officer positions.

SA Vice President: Jason Boyd
SA Secretary: Chris Findlay

Chris and Jason's "Letters of Intent" are posted on the SA Connect page. These letters include a brief statement about their involvement on campus and their goals should they be elected.

The SA is holding a Candidate Forum Tuesday evening to give you the opportunity to ask our candidates any questions you may have for them.

Contact: Len Hayward
Email: LHayward@ants.edu

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Conference on Ministries and Northeast Seminary Swing- this Friday, Saturday and Sunday!
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Greetings from the Admissions/Recruitment Office!

We have included below the full Schedule of Events for our two-day Conference on Ministries Friday and Saturday, March 2 and 3.

You are especially invited to come to our reception in Upper Noyes Hall from 5-5:30 and please let us know if you would like to stay for dinner immediately following.

But that's not all! This year, we will be hosting a group of about 10 men from Morehouse College, the only all male historically black institution of higher learning in the United States. They are on their bi-annual Seminary swing of the Northeast. We will be giving them a campus tour from 5-5:30, dinner from 5:30-6:30, and then a session called "All About ANTS" from 6:30-7:30 in Sturtevant Hall. Please let us know if you would like to participate in any part of this Part 2 of our Conference on Ministries!
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

FRIDAY, March 2, 2007

8:30-9:00 Registration/Coffee/Continental Breakfast Meetinghouse
9:00-9:15 Welcome & Opening Prayer Meetinghouse
Priscilla Deck, Vice President for Institutional Advancement
Len Hayward, MDIV student, Student Association President
Announcements
Peg Carroll, Director of Enrollment
9:20-10:30 Student Led Reflection Groups Davis Hall Classrooms
10:30-12:00 Financial Aid (sign up for individual appts.) Worcester Hall-Rm.101A
10:30-11:00 Campus Tours/Break Stoddard Lobby
(Gather in Stoddard Lobby to meet your tour guide)
11:00-11:50 Sample Classes Davis Hall Classrooms
Dr. Matthew Myer Boulton D301
"Introduction to Christian Worship"
Dr. Gregory Mobley Stoddard Hall
"The River: Introduction to the Hebrew Bible II"
(Note: you will be joining the second half of an actual class)
12:00-1:00 Lunch Upper Noyes Hall
1:00-1:30 Financial Aid Presentation and Q&A Meetinghouse
Rosemary Turano, Financial Aid Coordinator
1:30-2:20 Sample Classes Davis Hall Classrooms
Dr. Matthew Myer Boulton D301
"Introduction to Christian Worship"

Dr. Sarah Drummond D101
"Ministerial Leadership in Changing Times"
2:30-3:00 Campus Housing Tours/ Free Time Stoddard Lobby
(Gather in Stoddard Lobby for housing tours)
3:00-4:00 Student Life Panel Meetinghouse
Andover Newton students
4:00-4:15 Break
4:15-5:00 Round Table: Seminary Survival Strategies Meetinghouse
Andover Newton students and families
5:00-5:30 Reception Upper Noyes Hall
5:30-7:00 Dinner Upper Noyes Hall
7:00 Informal Movie & Game Night Stoddard Hall, Sturtevant Hall
SATURDAY, March 3, 2007

8:00-9:00 Continental Breakfast available Meetinghouse
8:10-8:30 Opening Meditation/Prayer Meetinghouse
Welcome and Announcements
Peg Carroll, Director of Enrollment
8:30-10:15 Program Fair/Information Tables Berkeley, Sturtevant
Labyrinth Upper Noyes
9:30-12:30 Financial Aid individual appointments Worcester 101A
8:30-11:30 Bookstore
10:15-11:15 Alumni Round Table Meetinghouse
Moderator: Rev. Charley Eastman, MDiv '04
Kevin Goldenbogen, MA '99, {MDiv '07}
Laura Lapointe, MDiv '05
Rev. Eunice Wilson, MDiv '92
11:15-11:30 Break Meetinghouse
11:30-12:30 Faculty Panel Meetinghouse
Moderator: Priscilla Deck, Vice President for Institutional Advancement
Dr. Daniel Jeyaraj, Judson-DeFreitas Professor of World Christianity
Dr. Valerie Elverton Dixon, Assistant Professor of Christian Ethics
Dr. Carole R. Fontaine, John Taylor Professor of Biblical Theology & History
12:30-1:30 Lunch Cafeteria
1:30-2:00 Admissions Q & A Meetinghouse
Peg Carroll, Director of Enrollment
Darrick Jackson, Assistant Director of Admissions
2:00 -3:00 Workshop on Discernment Meetinghouse
Rev. Jade Angelica, DMin candidate
3:15 - 4:00 Worship Meetinghouse
Dr. Matthew Myer Boulton, Assistant Professor of Worship and Preaching

· The Bookstore will be open Friday from 10:00-5:30 and Saturday from 8:30-11:30.
· The Library will be open Friday from 8:30-4:30 and Saturday from 1:00-5:00.
· Starting Saturday, the exhibit in the Meetinghouse is "WomenWatch: A Passage to Hope," sponsored by "Art Without Borders," a non-profit association dedicated to sponsoring artists from around the world whose work helps interpret the challenges and struggles of peoples and their creative responses to the circumstances of their lives. There is also a small exhibit on the third floor of Sturtevant Hall by Joy Honen, titled "Art Night of the Soul: Cycles of Depression and Hope."

Margaret L. Carroll
Director of Enrollment
Andover Newton Theological School

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A Reminder to Our Part-time Residents
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Conference on Ministries
March 2-4, 2007

As part of preparation for the Conference on Ministries, we are asking for your assistance in welcoming guests who may become your fellow students and friends. We will be using every dorm room that is not normally occupied by a part-time resident (PTR) on the nights of Thursday March 1, Friday March 2, Saturday March 3, and possibly Sunday, March 4 to house visitors.

We ask that each of you take a moment to ensure that your room is clean/picked up/swept and all of your belongings are stored in the closet or a dresser drawer no later than noon on the day you normally leave. Please remember, you are solely responsible for the safety of your belongings. If there are things you would rather not leave in the room, please be sure to bring them home with you when you leave.

We realize that leaving by noon may be an inconvenience to students with morning classes, but the extra time will allow us to prepare the rooms for those who will be attending the conference. If you would be willing to pitch in and make up the bed for a guest before you leave, please let one of us know and linens will be delivered to the room earlier in the week. In past years, current students have left notes of welcome for the guests. We encourage you, if you feel so inclined, to do so, as this has always been well received and leaves a warm impression on our guests.

If you are a Monday PTR, please be aware that there may be a bag of linens in the room when you come in. Please leave the bag in the room. Someone will be by on Monday March 5 to pick up and clean the linens before 4:30 PM.

If you have any questions, please call Peg Carroll at 617-964-1100 x 294 or Amelia O'Dowd at x 261.

We appreciate your cooperation, and are most grateful for your help as we prepare for the prospective students who are scheduled to stay overnight.

A BIG thanks from the Admissions and Housing Offices!!!!

Peg, Darrick and Amelia

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Community Art Exhibit
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You(students, faculty, staff, friends and relatives)
are invited to submit art for The Annual Andover
Newton Community Art Exhibit (April 9- Commencement)to
be held in the Meetinghouse. Each person may submit up
to four pieces of any art form. Please submit art
before Friday, March 30 by giving it to Joy, OR
bringing it to the Meetinghouse and following
directions posted in the front lobby, OR by emailing
Joy (joyful_i_am@yahoo.com)to set up a time to deliver
it. For each piece you submit, please write an
"artist's statement" including your name, the name of
the piece, the medium, and a short(3-4 sentences)
explanation of your process, intent or anything
interesting you have to say about yourself or the art.
Support the ARTS at ANTS by participating in this opportunity!

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International Women's Day Chapel - March 7, 2007
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March 7, 2007
1:00 p.m.
Colby Chapel
Nepal Handicrafts Sale in Stoddard Entry, 4:45-5:45

With Bishnu Pariyar, Founder of EDWON, Rev. Ute Molitor and Sheela Jeyaraj

Come and join in the worldwide celebration at our Chapel Service led by international women. Bishnu Pariyar, founder of Empower Dalit Women of Nepal, will speak about her work with the world's most disadvantaged women, the Untouchables of poverty stricken Nepal.

Sponsored by Boston Women's United Nations Report Network

Flyer: http://www.ants.edu/community/events/2007/030707chapel.pdf

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Jonathan Edwards Lecture: Dr. Gilbert Irvin Bond - March 26, 2007
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Monday, March 26, 2007
5:00 p.m.
Stoddard Hall

The 2007 Jonathan Edwards Lecture will take place on Monday, March 26, 2007. This year's lecturer is Dr. Gilbert Irvin Bond, founder and President of The Leadership Center for Christian Reconciliation, Inc., of New Haven, CT. Dr. Bond received his Ph.D. in Religion and Literature from the Graduate Institute of Liberal Arts at Emory University, where he served as Assistant Professor before joining the Faculty of The Divinity School of Yale University in 1996. His impressive Curriculum Vitae includes a broad range of teaching experiences, fellowships, awards, publications, presentations and addresses, filmed commentaries, professional associations, workshops, and research projects.

The Leadership Center for Christian Reconciliation trains and prepares leaders to dismantle the walls of alienation between men and women, Blacks and Whites, Jews and Gentiles, Muslims and Christians, rich and poor, and other antagonistic divisions that tear our church and wound our world. The Center is establishing Christian Reconciliation Centers worldwide, and working cooperatively with organizations from different faith traditions.

This year's lecture, entitled "Trauma and Reconciliation: The Praxis of Christian Suffering and Transformation", is free and open to the public. It will be held in Stoddard Hall at 5 p.m. All are heartily encouraged to attend.

More information: http://www.ants.edu/community/events/2007/032607jeslecture.htm

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2007 Jonathan Edwards Lecture
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The 2007 Jonathan Edwards Lecture will take place on Monday, March 26, 2007. This year's lecturer is Dr. Gilbert Irvin Bond, founder and President of The Leadership Center for Christian Reconciliation, Inc., of New Haven, CT. Dr. Bond received his Ph.D. in Religion and Literature from the Graduate Institute of Liberal Arts at Emory University, where he served as Assistant Professor before joining the Faculty of The Divinity School of Yale University in 1996. His impressive Curriculum Vitae includes a broad range of teaching experiences, fellowships, awards, publications, presentations and addresses, filmed commentaries, professional associations, workshops, and research projects.

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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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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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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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