ANTS Student E-News Thursday, March 20, 2007

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NEW

- Multicultural Festival: Friday Night!
- Time to Sign up for Community Day

REVIEW

- Peace Fellowship Celebration
- Wednesday Chapel
- Christianity: One Religion or Many Faiths? - Weds., March 21
- Jonathan Edwards Society Class of 2007
- Andover Newton Indoor Golf Classic - April 28
- Calling All Baptist Students - March 22, 2007
- A Path Beyond Faith and Despair: Religion, Environmental Crisis, and Spiritual Life
- Tenth International Symposium on Business and Spirituality - March 23
- New Courses in Summer Session
- Meet the Walkers! And Join Them!
- Light Shining in the Darkness Empowering Congregations to Effectively Address Violence Against Women
- Baptist Fellowship Sponsored Spring Retreat - Deadline Approaching!
- Summer Session Registration
- Student Association Town Hall Meeting
- Put Your Faith Into Action - April 14, 2007
- Creating Healing Connections in Faith Communities - March 21, 2007

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Multicultural Festival: Friday Night!
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Remember that the ANTS "Multicultural Festival" will be held this Friday night at 6:30 pm in the Peck Room. So far we have a wide variety of people sharing from their backgrounds. If you come you will hear Ira Blue Coat do Lakota drumming and singing, hear Wing Yee Lee sing, hear Prof. Daniel Jeyaraj read a few proverbs in his mother tongue Tamil, and translate them into English, hear Patricia Boyle-Wight play Celtic music, see traditional dress and hear song from Mangyang Imsong and family from Nagaland, and much, much more. Do come and participate or just appreciate the diversity that is ANTS. This will be a pot-luck once again, so I encourage you to bring something that reflects some component of your heritage. I will also supply food through my office so if you don't have time to cook, come anyway! We will have plenty.

Remember: Peck Room, Friday night, 6:30 pm

See you there!

Co-coordinators
Mangyangtemjen Imsong &
Nancy Nienhuis, Dean of Students

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Time to Sign up for Community Day
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Its time to sign up for participation in this Spring's 2007 Andover Newton and Hebrew College Community Day of Service and Reflection on Racism and Inter-faith Relationships.

On March 27, 2007 ANTS will partner with Hebrew College for a joint Spring Community Day. In partnership, Andover Newton and Hebrew college will venture forth into a day of active community service, reflection on the effects of racism as a community, and the importance of building interfaith relationships.
All Community service events will take place rain or shine. Sites will be announced and assigned as they become available. All classes are canceled on Community Day and full participation in the events are expected.
Lunch will be provided so bring your smiles, your sweat, and put your faith into action with one another in community

But please e-mail your intent to participate as soon as possible - beginning today - so that preparation for the amount of lunches needed can be made.

Please e-mail Nancy Nienhuis at nnienhuis@ants.edu to register for assignment at a community site (to be announced).

For further questions contact Greg Mobley at gmobley@ants.edu

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Peace Fellowship Celebration
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We have reason to celebrate! Let's gather Thursday 5-6:00 pm in the cafeteria to debrief Peace Week, take notes for the future and party! I'll bring something sweet in recognition of the sweet taste of peace and fellowship. Please come, even if you have not participated to this point. We welcome you.
Cynthia Knowles
CELL: 617-838-7294
cynthia@iecc.com

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Wednesday Chapel
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Healing Service on Wednesday March 21, 2007
Healing: God Drawing Us to God's Self
with Fairbairn Powers preaching

Sponsored by FHS

Brita L. Gill-Austern, M.Div., Ph.D.
Austin Philip Guiles Professor of Psychology and Pastoral Theology

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Christianity: One Religion or Many Faiths? - Weds., March 21
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MIT Interfaith Dialogue Program
Community Lecture Series
Main Dining Room, W11
40 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
(Corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Amherst Street)
Wednesday, March 21st at 6:45 pm

Professor Mark Burrows, Professor of the History of Christianity at Andover Newton Theological School and a member of the joint doctoral faculty of Boston College, will speak at MIT.

Is there something we can confidently speak of as "Christian" amid the crises, diversities, and challenges facing Christian communities in our day? Christians affirm that they are worshipping one God, but (as with many other religions) the variety of conceptions, theological styles, and forms of piety vary dramatically across the spectrum of churches. Dr. Burrows will address such questions in historical and theological context.

Questions: ora@mit.edu
Website: http://web.mit.edu/dsl/addir/

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Jonathan Edwards Society Class of 2007
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At the Faculty Meeting on March 5, the faculty of Andover Newton Theological School voted to accept the following students into the Jonathan Edwards Society:

DOCTOR OF MINISTRY
Laurence Elizabeth Heckscher
Joanne Hemenway
Dirkje Legerstee
Abiot Moyo
Fairbairn Powers

MASTER OF DIVINITY
Lisa Durkee Abbott
Jason Alspaugh
Toni DiPina
Brian Eastman
Liddy Gerchman Barlow
Joanne Giannino
Laura Gronberg
Stephanie Haskins
Cheryl Kerr
Cynthia Knowles
Desiree Lawson
Dana Mann

MASTER OF ARTS
Edith Howe

The new class of Society Members will be formally inducted into the Society at their annual dinner Monday, March 26, 2007.
Just before the dinner, the annual Jonathan Edwards Lecture will be delivered by Dr. Gilbert Bond in Stoddard Hall at 5 p.m. This year's lecture is entitled "Trauma and Reconciliation: The Praxis of Christian Suffering and Transformation." It is free and open to the public.

Congratulations to this year's new Jonathan Edwards Society members!

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Andover Newton Indoor Golf Classic - April 28
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April 28, 2007
Noyes Hall
2:00 - 4:00 P.M.
*No golfing experience necessary

Win a Vacation for Two at
The Samoset Resort
On the Ocean
Rockport, Maine
3 days and two nights
plus $300 cash voucher
toward recreation and meals
(Trip to be taken within one year)

The First Annual ANTS Indoor Golf Classic is a fun-filled family experience. You will compete in nine table games that involve rolling a golf ball by hand. Enter the "hole in one" and putting contests, too. Scores are arbitrarily given out by game attendants. If you don't like your score, you can pay an extra dollar for another chance. Anyone can win! Silent auction table and dance lessons for $5 for 15 minutes every hour. Bring the whole family!

Tickets: $10
Raffle Tickets: $10, 3 for $15

For information and tickets, call
Mary Herzog
Andover Newton Theological School
210 Herrick Rd.
Newton Centre, MA 02459-2243
Phone: 617-964-1107 ext. 208
Email: mherzog@ants.edu

All proceeds benefit Andover Newton Theological School

Flyer:
http://www.ants.edu/community/events/2007/042807golf.pdf

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Calling All Baptist Students - March 22, 2007
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(especially American Baptists)

Come, explore opportunities for ministry with American Baptist Churches, USA

The Rev. Richard G. Harris
American Baptist Personnel Services
National Ministries
American Baptist Churches
Valley Forge, PA

Mr. Harris will be happy to discuss various opportunities for ministry calls and missionary appointments within the local churches, schools, agencies, organizations and institutions related to the American Baptist Churches. The American Baptist Personnel Services provides resources, including the Profiles of qualified candidates, for the position searches of most organizations related to the ABC,USA. Enrollment packets for the Profile are available in the office of Nancy Nienhuis, Dean of Students.

Mr. Harris will also have information about financial aid from the denomination, Chaplaincy opportunities and resources for ministry within National Minstries.

Available for interviews
Thursday, March 22, 2007
9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Worcester, Room 303
Email: Richard.harris@abc-usa.org

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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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Tenth International Symposium on Business and Spirituality - March 23
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March 23, 2007
at Babson College

This event will inspire you, challenge you, and help you to build your business based on your values. Please join us if you want to:

-Make a positive impact on the local and global community, and actively contribute to the greater good.

-Create corporate cultures that engage all stakeholders in open-hearted dialogue embracing the diversity of ideas, beliefs, faiths, and backgrounds.

-Foster integrity and honesty by modeling congruent and principled leadership.

-Rejoice in the beauty of the moment, revel in life, celebrate growth and learning, reflect on discoveries, rise to challenges, and appreciate fun and humor.

The symposium seeks to join with others in living these ideals, and welcomes support and partnership with individuals and organizations who share these values.

The Tenth International Symposium will again feature several successful business leaders who will share the knowledge they've gained and the lessons they've learned as they've taken their deepest values to work and succeeded in changing our world through their business.

Keynote speakers: Tom and Kate Chappell, founders of Tom's of Maine

Our featured speakers include:

Aaron Feuerstein, owner and CEO of Maldin Mills
Frances Moore Lapp*, noted author and activist
David Korten, author and engaged citizen
J. Robert Ouimet,chairman and CEO of Holding O.C.B. Inc. and Ouimet-Tomasso Inc.
Linda Ferguson, president and owner of New Paradigms Alliance, Inc.

Registration Fees:

Price: $95 by March 1, $125 after March 1

SBN Members: $75 by March 1, $105 after March 1

Cosponsored by:
Andover Newton Theological School, Newton, MA
Hebrew College, Brookline, MA
...and others

More information and registration:
http://www3.babson.edu/Events/spiritualityandbusiness/Event-Overview.cfm

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New Courses in Summer Session
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The following new courses will be available during summer session:

NEWT746J
Theological Themes and Human Dilemmas in Film
Herzog
The course will view about 10 movies, attending to how they communicate their message as well as what they communicate. The seminar will enable the viewer to become more adept at "reading" cinema and appreciating its special strengths.
June 11-15, June 18-22
1-4 p.m.

WCHR 717J
[WCHR/GCIM]North American Contributions to World Christianity: A Survey
Jeyaraj
Andover Newton Theological School has 200 years of mission history. Graduates of our school were involved not only in "Home Mission," but also in "Foreign Mission." Some of them played a pioneer role in promoting Protestant Christianity in several countries including Myanmar, Turkey, Hawaii, and the like where their legacy continues to live on in many different forms. Soon numerous North American mission agencies were formed; their representatives served in almost every known country of the world. The history and the outcome of these missionaries are both praised and severely critiqued. This course, therefore, surveys various theological and ideological motifs for North American missionaries, the methods of their missionary work, the outcomes of their labor, and the future prospects of cross-cultural missionary engagements.
May 29-June 1, June 4-8
9:00 a.m. - Noon

HIST 776J
Christian Understandings of the Holocaust
Barnett/Erickson
This seminar will explore Christian understandings of the Holocaust and the relevance of the Holocaust for Jewish-Christian relations.
The course will be taught by Robert Erickson, Chair of the History Department at Pacific Lutheran University and the author of Theologians Under Hitler. Dr. Vicki Barnett is Director of Church Relations at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.
June 11-15 ; 9-noon; 1-4 pm (all day)

Check out all course listings online at:
http://www.ants.edu/academics/courses/index.htm

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Meet the Walkers! And Join Them!
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ARRIVAL HOST SITE NIGHT 7, Andover Newton Theological School, 210 Herrick Road, Newton, MA: Approximately 4 PM

POTLUCK MEAL PROVIDED (for walkers lodging for the night only): 6 PM.
Generously provided by Newton Highlands Congregational Church.

EVENING WORSHIP/MEDITATION: 7:00 PM

EVENING PROGRAM: 7:30 PM: A Path Beyond Faith and Despair: Religion, Environmental Crisis, and Spiritual Life, Roger Gottlieb (users.wpi.edu/~gottlieb), PhD, Professor of Philosophy and author of many books including A Greener Faith: Religious Environmentalism and Our Planet*s Future and This Sacred Earth: Religion, Nature, and Environment.

Location: Andover Newton Theological School (www.ants.edu), Stoddard Hall (next to new chapel under construction far end of campus).

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Light Shining in the Darkness Empowering Congregations to Effectively Address Violence Against Women
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"The number of reported incidents of domestic violence and the brutality of individual attacks has been growing steadily for a decade. Occurrences jumped nearly 50 percent between 1997 and 2006, with the largest increase – 15 percent – recorded between 2005 and last year, according to data from the Vermont Network Against Domestic Violence and sexual assault." (Burlington Free Press, Feb. 4, 2007)

This and other recent articles in the Burlington Free Press have raised awareness of the prevalence of violence against women in Vermont. Marie Bean, Christina Findlay and Nicole Polycrones, Master of Divinity students at Andover Newton Theological School in Newton Center, MA, have created a retreat for pastors and lay-persons from Vermont and New Hampshire to explore how their congregations and communities can become involved on the grassroots level and make a difference for those in their own communities.

Bean, Findlay and Polycrones are members of Dr. Nancy Nienhuis' Justice Matters course at Andover Newton Theological School and decided to create a retreat focused on violence against women as a project for that class. Bean and Findlay, residents of Vermont, were very moved by the brutal death of Michelle Gardner-Quinn last fall. The brutality of this crime following several other deadly acts of violence against women came as a shock to both of them. After further research into the incidence of domestic violence in Vermont, they, with Polycrones, decided to offer this opportunity.

Plans are to present a program that would give clergy and lay-persons the tools they would need to go back to their congregations and communities and:

o Raise the issue of violence against women in their worship practices;
o Recognize the flags that indicate abuse may be happening;
o Know what can and cannot be done in abusive situations;
o Be able to create a process within their churches to nurture and heal survivors, family members and communities of violence against women.

The retreat will be held at the Atkinson Retreat Center in Newbury, VT on Saturday, March 24, 2007 . Registration begins at 9:30 AM. At 10 AM a panel will present information on various aspects of violence against women. After lunch break-out sessions will explore tools available to pastors and laypersons. The panel consists of:

o Judy Szeg, Domestic and Sexual Violence Specialist for Safeline, Inc.
o Stephen McArthur, Activist & Educator on Domestic Violence,
o Tracy Penfield of SafeArt,
o Gyla Dziobek of Department for Children and Families
o Rev. Sue Marie Baskette, pastor of Bakersfield UCC and UVM Chaplin

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A continental breakfast and light lunch will be provided.

The retreat is open to anyone who wishes to learn more about what they can do to effectively address violence against women. There is a registration fee of $15 before March 17. Registration after March 17 will be $20. The fee covers the cost of the meals and. materials.

For a brochure or more information, call 617-527-1318 or 802-482-6414 or

Email: cfindlayvt@ants.edu, or marieszack@earthlink.net

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Baptist Fellowship Sponsored Spring Retreat - Deadline Approaching!
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April 13-15
4pm Friday - 4pm Sunday
Glastonbury Abbey, Hingham, MA

Deadline approaching for retreat reservations.

Final reminder - The Baptist Fellowship is sponsoring a spring retreat, OPEN TO ALL, at Glastonbury Abbey, Hingham, MA. This should be a relaxing time after the Easter week busyness. $60 per night, includes all meals. Make your reservations today - deposit required by March 23rd. Scholarships available. Contact Carol Hayward, chayward@ants.edu

Contact: Carol Hayward
Email: chayward@ants.edu

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Summer Session Registration - Updated
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Summer Registration start on Monday, March 19.
Registration materials for SUMMER 2007 are now available on the ANTS web site at:
http://www.ants.edu/student/registrar/forms/SU07reg.pdf
http://www.ants.edu/student/registrar/forms/SU07pay.pdf

Add/Drop Form
http://www.ants.edu/student/registrar/forms/06-07AddDrop.pdf

Summer 2007 Course list
http://www.ants.edu/academics/courses/index.htm

Directions for registration are embedded within the various forms themselves. Please read carefully and refer to the online catalog (http://www.ants.edu/catalog) for clarification when appropriate.

Students who are interested in commuter housing should mail the form to the Attention
of Amelia O'Dowd, Housing Coordinator:

http://www.ants.edu/student/housing/index.htm

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Student Association Town Hall Meeting
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With Dean Herzog and Dean Nienhuis
March 28th
Noon
Noyes

Dean Bill Herzog and Dean Nancy Nienhuis will be joining us for a Town Meeting in Upper Noyes, Wednesday, March 28th, Noon - 1 PM. This is your chance to bring questions, concerns or suggestions to Bill or Nancy on any topic.

Please bring your lunch and join us!

Any questions about the meeting, please contact the SA Exec (SA@ants.edu).

Contact: SA Exec
Email: SA@ants.edu

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Put Your Faith Into Action
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On Saturday, April 14, a group of ANTS students, faculty, staff, family, and friends will join together to put our faith into action! Please join us to help work on a Habitat for Humanity home currently under construction in Lawrence, MA.

You do not need to have any construction experience. The tasks we perform could vary from using hammers and nails to painting and cleaning. You must be at least 16 years old. Tools are provided.

We will also have a brief presentation about affordable housing and its affect on low-income families, especially children. We plan to visit a Habitat homeowner family for a brief discussion with them about how having a safe place to live has changed their lives.

The Merrimack Valley Habitat for Humanity affiliate is a faith-based organization located in Lawrence, MA, and has built more than 55 homes in the last 17 years, mostly in Haverhill and Lawrence. The Habitat program is not a "hand out" but a "hand up" to low-income families who buy their homes at no profit and finance their mortgages with no interest. The families also work at least 500 hours on their homes as "sweat equity."

Come join us for a wonderfully fulfilling experience and an opportunity to learn more about the needs of our sisters and brothers. It's a great chance to reflect and learn – and put your faith into action!

Habitat for Humanity Building Day

Saturday, April 14

8:30 am – 4:30 pm

Lawrence, MA (details to follow)

We will try to arrange car pools depending upon response

Please contact Julia Steer to sign up Jsteer45@comcast.net

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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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