ANTS Student E-News - Monday, March 12, 2007 - Events This Week
EVENTS THIS WEEK
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Peace Week - March 12-16
Art Exhibit: "WomenWatch: A Celebration of Hope."
Community Art Exhibit - Submissions Welcome
SPECIAL BOOKSTORE HOURS
Student Association Elections Online - through March 14
Monday:
- Men's Fellowship - Mondays
- "Torture: It is the Ticking Time-bomb" - Monday, March 12, 2007
- Peace Week Activities - Monday, March 12
Tuesday:
- Faith, Health, AND Spirituality Center - Office Hours Tuesdays
- Episcopal Worship Service - Tuesday, March 13
- Art as Spiritual Practice - Tuesdays
- Evening Compline Worship Service - Alternate Tuesdays During Lent
- Mandala Meditation Group
- Peace Week Activities - Tuesday, March 13
- Abrahamic Interfaith Forum - Tuesday, March 13
Wednesday:
- Yoga Wednesday Mornings
- The ANTS Community Choir - Wednesdays
- Community Chapel - Wednesdays
- Weekly Peace Vigil on the Quad - Wednesdays
- Labyrinth Walk - Wednesdays
- Peace Week Activities - Wednesday, March 14
Thursday:
- UU Worship - Thursdays
- Thursday Art Night
- The Spirit Among Us: Group Spiritual Direction at ANTS
- Field Ed Information Sessions - Next Session, March 15
- Search and Call in the United Church of Christ - Next Session, March 15
- Peace Week Activities - Thursday, March 15
- Journeys on the Hill: "Let the Spirit Move You" - Thursday, March 15
Friday:
- Peace Week Activities - Friday, March 16
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Art Exhibit: "WomenWatch: A Celebration of Hope."
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March 5 - April 5
Reception: March 29
This week also marks the opening of a new exhibit in the Meetinghouse, a gathering of art celebrating women from around the world: "WomenWatch: A Celebration of Hope." The exhibit has a range of media, and represents ten international artists living and working in the Boston area. It will be up until April 5; a public reception (5 p.m.), with poetry reading (7 p.m.) and international music performance (8 p.m.), will be held in the Meetinghouse on Thursday, March 29. The public is warmly invited.
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Community Art Exhibit - Submissions Welcome
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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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SPECIAL BOOKSTORE HOURS
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Mon., March 12 10 am - 5 pm
Tues., March 13 1 pm - 6 pm
On Wednesday, March 14, regular hours will resume.
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Student Association Elections Online - through March 14
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March 7th through March 14th
The Student Association elections for Vice President and Secretary is being conducted online at:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=151163440101
Please have your Student ID number handy when voting, as it is required for identification purposes. The elections are being held from March 7th through March 14th, midnight EDT.
This is to fulfill the terms of office for the remainder of the 2006-07 academic year. Elections for the 2007-08 academic year will be held at the end of April.
Any questions? Email Len Hayward (LHayward@ants.edu).
Len Hayward
SA President and Chair of the Elections
Email: LHayward@ants.edu
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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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"Torture: It is the Ticking Time-bomb" - Monday, March 12, 2007
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March 12, 2007
7:00 - 9:00 p.m. in the Peck Room
Dr. George Hunsinger, the McCord professor of systematic theology at Princeton Theological Seminary and founder of the National Religious Campaign Against Torture, will join us to discuss torture in our midst, Monday March 12th in the Peck Room 7-9:00. Dr. Hunsinger asks whether torture, when practiced on a systematic basis is really about interrogation or social and political intimidation. Please join the Peace Fellowship for this discussion as we kick off Peace Week on campus.
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Peace Week Activities - Monday, March 12
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11:00am - Come to the The Wailing Wall exhibit in front of Davis\Worcester Hall. The Wailing Wall will be available all week for your prayers around issues of peace and justice, or any concerns close to your heart. - Davis\Worcester Hall
12-1:00 pm - "Beyond Retribution" - Come watch the compelling documentary produced by the September 11th Families For Peaceful Tomorrows. Followed by a time of discussion. - Small Dining Room
5-6:00 pm - "Prayer Beads" with Judy Brandon - Come learn about the rich tradition of Prayer Beads and suggestions on how they might be of some use in your spiritual life. - Small Dining Room
7-9:00 pm - "Torture: It is The Ticking Time-bomb" - Dr. George Hunsinger, the McCord professor of systematic theology at Princeton Theological Seminary and founder of the National Religious Campaign Against Torture, will join us to discuss torture in our midst. Is torture, when practiced on a systematic basis, really about interrogation or not in fact primarily a form of social and political intimidation? - Peck Room
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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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Episcopal Worship Service - Tuesday, March 13
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Please join us for a service of Holy Eucharist in the Episcopal tradition on
Tuesday, March 13th at 1:00 pm in the Chapel. Our presider will be The Rev.
Dr. Sze-kar Wan. Our preacher will be Janice Ford. All are welcome!
"Shelter me, O God, beyond my wants, beyond my needs, from death into life."
Janice C. Ford
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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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Evening Compline Worship Service - Alternate Tuesdays During Lent
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March 13, March 27
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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Mandala Meditation Group
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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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Peace Week Activities - Tuesday, March 13
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12-1:00pm - "Angels Hovering Round: Witness to the Faces of the Border"-- The border-crossing trip this year traveled to the US-Mexico border to study immigration issues. We offer a witness to the faces and stories of immigration and some perspectives for theological dialogue. - Upper Noyes
3-4:00pm - "Decade to Overcome Violence" with Kurt Walker - Come listen to the World Council of Churches' initiative to tackle violence together as a Christian community. - Small Dining Room
4:15-5:15pm - "Peace Pilgrim" with Kathleen Abel - Learn about the life and journey of the Peace Pilgrim as she strives, one step at a time, for peace for all mankind. - Peck Room
5-9:00pm - "Walking the Labyrinth" and "World Map" - Take some time to explore your spirituality as you explore the Labyrinth. Light a candle and place it on the map in an area of the world you feel needs prayers and peace. - Upper Noyes
6-8:00pm - Preaching Peace: Allie Perry - Proclaiming One's Faith Without Losing One's Job". How to preach Jesus' message of Love while still being pastorally sensitive to our congregations. - Peck Room
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Abrahamic Interfaith Forum - Tuesday, March 13
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March 6, 13 and 20
6:30-9pm
Temple Beth El, 2 Concord Ave., Belmont
More info: http://www.firstchurchcambridge.org
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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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 Chapel - Wednesdays
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1:00 p.m.
Colby Chapel
March 14: Prof. Mark Heim
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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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Peace Week Activities - Wednesday, March 14
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12-12:50pm - Weekly Peace Vigil - Share your concerns regarding acts of violence you may have witnessed during the week and celebrations regarding any acts of peace you've witnessed throughout the week and lift them up in prayer. - Quad (Peace Pole)
1-2:00pm - Chapel - Mark Heim and the Peace Fellowship - Chapel
4-6:00pm - "An Inconvenient Truth" - Come see the movie that has transformed a movement and will transform you too. - Peck Room
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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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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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Field Ed Information Sessions - Next Session, March 15
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To all students considering Field Education for 2007:
INFORMATION SESSIONS
Please attend a one-hour information session with the Field Education Program Staff.
All sessions will be held in the Peck Room at 1PM
March 15
April 12
Debbie Craig
Field Education and DMin Program Administrator
(617) 964-1100 ext 316
dcraig@ants.edu
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Search and Call in the United Church of Christ - Next Session, 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
MACUCC
One Badger Road
Framingham. MA 01702
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Peace Week Activities - Thursday, March 15
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12-2:00pm - "Dialogue regarding Military Chaplains coming to ANTS" - Give yourselves the opportunity to talk about this issue that has generated so much discussion on campus. - Upper Noyes
2:30-3:45pm - President Nick Carter-"A Walk Toward Peace" - Come listen to Nick Carter discuss his own spiritual journey on the road to Peace.-President's House
5-6:00pm - "Veterans For Peace" - Eric Wasileski - President of the Wally Nelson Chapter of Veterans For Peace, talks about what it means to be a veteran of a foreign war, a war protestor and a propagator of peace. - Small Dining Room
6-8:00pm - JOTH - "Let The Spirit Move For Peace" - We will gather to move and groove. No experience necessary. Just an open heart and willing spirit. Come wearing comfortable clothes. - Upper Noyes
7-10:00pm - Art Night - The Art of Peace. Weekly Art Night will be offering the opportunity for you to express your vision of Peace with the visual arts. - Meeting House
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Journeys on the Hill: "Let the Spirit Move You" - Thursday, March 15
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Thursday, March 15th 6-8pm
Noyes Hall, Andover Newton Theological School
Please plan to join us for a fun evening event where we get to move our bodies and make connections between ANTS and Hebrew College students!
"LET THE SPIRIT MOVE YOU": A Night of Creative Movement and Dancelike Rhythms For All (no experience needed)
Come to get down with the Divine and/or hang out with JOTH friends. We will gather to move and groove. No experience necessary. Just an open heart and willing spirit. Come wearing comfortable clothes. Movement will be adaptable for all levels and types of participation. Conversation and refreshments to follow. Come check it out, whatever your comfort with dance.
Facilitated by an expert movement teacher and spiritual guide, Nicole Churchill, Holistic Health, Yoga / Nia Teacher and Integral Studies Wizard.
Co-Hosted by Leslie Becknell (ANTS) and Alyson Solomon (Hebrew College).
To RSVP and for more information please contact: alysonsolomon@yahoo.com or Leslie@LeslieBecknell.com
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Peace Week Activities - Friday, March 16
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6-7:00pm - We'll provide the pizza, you bring your drink of choice, to celebrate the week before we settle in to watch the movie (or just come for fellowship if you've already seen it.) - Sturtevant
7-9:00pm - "An Inconvenient Truth" - DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SEE IT THE FIRST TIME? Come see the movie that has transformed a movement and will transform you too. - Sturtevant
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