ANTS Student E-News Wednesday, February 28, 2007

In this message:

NEW

- Holy Play: A New Book By Kirk Byron Jones
- V for Vendetta: Screening and Discussion
- Bicentennial Student Association T-Shirts
- SA Officer Candidate Forum
- Conference on Ministries and Northeast Seminary Swing- this Friday, Saturday and Sunday!

REVIEW

- Glasses Found
- 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
- Amplify Their Call!
- Compassionate Visit II - Saturday, March 3
- Purim Celebration
- Promotion Committee Seeks Mobley Feedback

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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.

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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Bicentennial Student Association T-Shirts
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The Student Association has Bicentennial Student Association T-shirts for all new and returning students, faculty and staff. They come with long-sleeves or short-sleeves in men's sizes S, M, L, XL, 2XL and 3XL. We also have a few T-shirts left from last year and the year before.

If you haven't already received one this year, please email the Student Association Executive Board to get one, SA@ants.edu.

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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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Glasses Found
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A pair of glasses were found on the ground outside of Fuller Hall today, Tuesday February 27. They are in the Housing Office. If they belong to you, come pick them up.

Amelia O'Dowd
Housing Coordinator
voice: 617-964-1100 x261
fax: 617-965-3528
email: AODowd@ants.edu

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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.

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.

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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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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

ANTS E-news
Karen Brockney and Jason Bachand
enews@ants.edu

ANTS Student E-News Tuesday, February 27, 2007

In this message:

NEW

- Glasses Found

REVIEW

- Community Chapel Service
- A Reminder to Our Part-time Residents
- Community Art Exhibit
- International Women's Day Chapel - March 7, 2007
- Professor Mark S. Burrows Appointed "Henry Luce III Fellow in Theology" for 2007-08
- Jonathan Edwards Lecture: Dr. Gilbert Irvin Bond - March 26, 2007
- 2007 Jonathan Edwards Lecture
- Sending Articles to Student E-News
- Amplify Their Call!
- Purim Celebration
- Promotion Committee Seeks Mobley Feedback
- Evening Compline Worship Service

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Glasses Found
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A pair of glasses were found on the ground outside of Fuller Hall today, Tuesday February 27. They are in the Housing Office. If they belong to you, come pick them up.

Amelia O'Dowd
Housing Coordinator
voice: 617-964-1100 x261
fax: 617-965-3528
email: AODowd@ants.edu

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Community Chapel Service
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This Wedesday's Community Chapel service (1:00pm in Colby Chapel) will be led by Matthew Myer Boulton (filling in for Dean Herzog). Please join us!

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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

-------------------------------
Community Art Exhibit
-------------------------------

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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Professor Mark S. Burrows Appointed "Henry Luce III Fellow in Theology" for 2007-08
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Dr. Mark S. Burrows, Professor of the History of Christianity, has been awarded the Luce Fellowship in Theology for the coming academic year. Each year this program selects "distinguished scholars from the various theological disciplines whose work has provided theological studies with fresh insight, strong leadership, and significant contributions."

As a Luce Fellow, Dr. Burrows will be granted a year-long sabbatical during the upcoming academic year in order to pursue his current research, resulting in a book tentatively entitled Untamed Wisdom: The Poetics of Desire and the Renewal of Theology as an Art. The project brings together his research interests in poetics and mysticism, exploring mysticism as a way of knowing in pre-modern Christian theology and the manner in which this tradition continued to flower, with the rise of modernity, among the literary arts.

Dr. Burrows will be teaching courses related to this research during the 2007 Summer Semester at the Kirchliche Hochschule in Wuppertal, Germany. The fellowship will also enable him to lecture and collaborate with other scholars interested in questions raised by this research in Asia, Australia, and Europe.

More information: http://www.ants.edu/about/news/2007/022307burrows.htm

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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.

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.

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Sending Articles to Student E-News
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Do you want to include your event or news in Student E-news? Please send all news items in publishable form to enews@ants.edu, or complete the news form at: http://www.ants.edu/eventform.htm

We require that all notices be in finished, publishable form and in plain text format.
Do not include PDF flyers or Word files. We do not publish them.
We may review and edit your notice for length, spelling and grammar, and inaccuracies.

Please do not send your notices directly to Karen Brockney. We are using the enews@ants.edu mail account for all news, since that account is accessible by both our news editors, Karen and Jason Bachand.

Thanks for your consideration.

ANTS E-news
Karen Brockney and Jason Bachand
enews@ants.edu

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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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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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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.

ANTS E-news
Karen Brockney and Jason Bachand
enews@ants.edu

ANTS Student E-News Monday, February 26, 2007

In this message:

NEW

- Community Chapel Service

REVIEW

- A Reminder to Our Part-time Residents
- Community Art Exhibit
- International Women's Day Chapel - March 7, 2007
- Professor Mark S. Burrows Appointed "Henry Luce III Fellow in Theology" for 2007-08
- Jonathan Edwards Lecture: Dr. Gilbert Irvin Bond - March 26, 2007
- 2007 Jonathan Edwards Lecture
- Sending Articles to Student E-News
- Amplify Their Call!
- Spiritual Journeys - Tuesday, February 27
- Purim Celebration
- Promotion Committee Seeks Mobley Feedback
- Evening Compline Worship Service

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Community Chapel Service
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This Wedesday's Community Chapel service (1:00pm in Colby Chapel) will be led by Matthew Myer Boulton (filling in for Dean Herzog). Please join us!

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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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Professor Mark S. Burrows Appointed "Henry Luce III Fellow in Theology" for 2007-08
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Dr. Mark S. Burrows, Professor of the History of Christianity, has been awarded the Luce Fellowship in Theology for the coming academic year. Each year this program selects "distinguished scholars from the various theological disciplines whose work has provided theological studies with fresh insight, strong leadership, and significant contributions."

As a Luce Fellow, Dr. Burrows will be granted a year-long sabbatical during the upcoming academic year in order to pursue his current research, resulting in a book tentatively entitled Untamed Wisdom: The Poetics of Desire and the Renewal of Theology as an Art. The project brings together his research interests in poetics and mysticism, exploring mysticism as a way of knowing in pre-modern Christian theology and the manner in which this tradition continued to flower, with the rise of modernity, among the literary arts.

Dr. Burrows will be teaching courses related to this research during the 2007 Summer Semester at the Kirchliche Hochschule in Wuppertal, Germany. The fellowship will also enable him to lecture and collaborate with other scholars interested in questions raised by this research in Asia, Australia, and Europe.

More information: http://www.ants.edu/about/news/2007/022307burrows.htm

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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.

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.

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Sending Articles to Student E-News
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Do you want to include your event or news in Student E-news? Please send all news items in publishable form to enews@ants.edu, or complete the news form at: http://www.ants.edu/eventform.htm

We require that all notices be in finished, publishable form and in plain text format.
Do not include PDF flyers or Word files. We do not publish them.
We may review and edit your notice for length, spelling and grammar, and inaccuracies.

Please do not send your notices directly to Karen Brockney. We are using the enews@ants.edu mail account for all news, since that account is accessible by both our news editors, Karen and Jason Bachand.

Thanks for your consideration.

ANTS E-news
Karen Brockney and Jason Bachand
enews@ants.edu

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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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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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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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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.

ANTS Student E-News Friday, February 23, 2007 OUTSIDE EVENTS

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Nenri Nouwen symposium at Yale Divinity School
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Dear friends,

I want to call your attention to a March 1-2 event at Yale Divinity School that may be of interest to you: a symposium on the life and ministry of Henri J.M. Nouwen, the visionary Dutch Catholic priest who taught at YDS during the 1970s.

The symposium, entitled Spirituality in the World Today: The Influence of Henri J.M. Nouwen, will feature a keynote address by Robert K. Massie Jr.; a concert by musicians Eugene Friesen and Paul Halley; panel discussions on Henri Nouwen and Spirituality in the World Today and Spirituality of Peacemaking and Pastoral Care; and formal dedication of the Nouwen Chapel in the lower level of the Divinity School library.

Massie, a close friend of Nouwen for 18 years, will speak on the topic Immediate Grace: The Urgent Faith of Henri Nouwen.

Nouwen, who died in 1996, was one of the most prominent teachers of Christian spirituality in the twentieth century and a prolific writer with more than three dozen books to his name that have been published in more than 20 languages.

Attached are a press release and flyer for the symposium that may be circulated as appropriate.

Best regards,

Gus Spohn

-- Gustav Spohn
Director of Communications and Publications
Yale Divinity School

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Queering the Church: Changing Ecclesial Structures
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April 18th and 19th

Speakers: Mark D. Jordan, Emory University
Marcella Althaus-Reid, Professor of University of Edinburgh
Kelly Brown Douglas, Goucher University
Robert Goss, MCC Valley, North Hollywood
Carter Heyward, Episcopal Divinity School
Irene Monroe, Pine Manor College

The format of the conference is a conversation among pastoral leaders, practical theologians, systematic theologians, and critical theorists.

Synopsis: The conference will raise several important questions in its panels. What happens to the church when it is queered, where queering as a verb can denote a rethinking of sexual identities as well as a challenging of normative understandings of ecclesiology and liturgy? Can a queering of theology do more than critique and deconstruct traditional church structures, practices, performances, and self-understandings by pointing the way forward to the renewal of the church by suggesting new, more liberating and truthful structures, practices, performances, and self-understandings? Is ecclesiology a good meeting place for queer, practical, and classical theologies?

Boston University
745 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215

Registration Fee: $60.00
Student Fee: $25.00
BU Student Fee: $15.00
Note: Scholarship available if attendance requires significant travel expense

To Register and RSVP visit us at www.bu.edu/ccrd/conference or e-mail ahj@bu.edu

Contact: Alex Hivoltze-Jimenez, Associate Director
E-mail ahj@bu.edu
Telephone: 617-358-3954
Fax: 617-353-3061

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THE TOUCH OF COMPASSION: A CHRIST-CENTERED APPROACH TO HEALING
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Join us for this two-part workshop lead by Patricia Warren, Reiki Master
Teacher, exploring the "story" of Reiki and what it has in common with
Christian healing. Through the use of meditation, icons, blessings,
scripture, prayer, we will learn how Jesus met the brokenhearted and
transformed, redeemed and healed. Self-treatments, meditation, the body's
natural energy centers, curing, healing, and the history of Christian
healing will be discussed.

To learn more about the instructor visit www.patriciawarren.com.

Sunday, March 4 and 11
1:00 - 5:00 p.m.
First Parish Church, 349 Boston Post Road, Weston, MA

Fee: $125
To register call 781-893-7798 or email, journeys@firstparishweston.org

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New England Women Ministers Association Annual Spring Retreat
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April 24-26, 2007

Miramar Retreat Center
121 Park St.
Duxbury, MA 02331

The NEWMA (New England Women Ministers Association) is an organization of lay ministers, ordained clergy and religious from Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox backgrounds. Their purpose is to affirm the ministries of individual women, and to strengthen the ties which bind women ministers together. They are involved in many kinds of ministries: counseling, religious education, parish ministry, writing, arts, seminary teaching, social outreach, healing, music, hospice, hospital and institutional chaplaincy, and more.

They offer an annual Spring retreat at the Miramar Center in Duxbury, MA, and would like to invite women in ministry to join them at their retreat this year, entitled "Seeds of Shalom", to be held April 24-26, 2007. Please contact them with any questions you may have.

Email liz@significant.com or call 508-450-0431 for more information . Checks made out to NEWMA; Mail to:
Registrar, NEWMA
168 Church Street
Waltham MA 02452

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Worship, March, and Witness for Peace in Iraq - March 16, 2007
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Four years ago, as the buildup to war with Iraq heightened, 3,500 people attended a service hosted by Sojourners in the Washington National Cathedral and marched to the White House. Now, four years later, thousands of lives have been lost, billions of dollars have been wasted, and all of us have been diminished in the midst of so much destruction and heartache. On March 16, 2007, thousands of Christians will gather – in Washington, D.C., and at local vigils across the country – for the Christian Peace Witness for Iraq. We must reclaim the hope that stands at the center of our faith and declare, "Enough! The war must end."

Please join Jim Wallis and other national faith leaders at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 16, for worship at the National Cathedral, followed by a march and late-night vigil at the White House.

Seating at the National Cathedral is limited, so registration is very important. Printed registration receipts will serve as your "ticket" to the worship service at the Cathedral. In addition, you may register online for denominational gatherings and nonviolence training. Please see the logistics portion of the Christian Peace Witness Web site for more information about ride-sharing and transportation options from across the country.

If you can't make it to Washington that weekend, there are still ways to make your voice heard. Consider hosting a local vigil and inviting others in your city or town to join you. Registering your event on the Christian Peace Witness for Iraq Web site is easy, and you'll find a downloadable toolkit to help you plan your event.

More information:
http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=action.cpw&item=cpw_main

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Jonathan Edwards Center at Yale University
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Dear seminary students,

The Jonathan Edwards Center (JEC) at Yale University has been working to publish the complete works of Jonathan Edwards, considered by many to be America's greatest theologian. Edwards was vastly prolific; he wrote over 100,000 handwritten pages in his lifetime. While Yale University Press has published about half of Edwards' theological corpus, the only place in the world to access the complete works of Edwards will be the JEC website. This is a free online scholarly database which is fully searchable by chronology, theme, keyword, or Scripture. While not all of Edwards' writings are currently online, we will be gradually adding to the website over the next few years until it is complete. The JEC website is now accessible by going to the following link:
http://edwards.yale.edu/

We, as the JEC, are trying to make sure that Edwards' legacy lives on, and that people have free and full access to the writings of such an important thinker. The website resources exist both for academic and pastoral purposes, or for any casual reader.

Enjoy!
Sincerely,
The JEC team

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Connections - The Christian Educators Newsletter - Massachusetts Conference, UCC
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Newsletter: http://www.macucc.org/education/cenews.htm

Read Connections, the Newsletter for Christian Educators, to learn about resources and upcoming events, such as:

Education for Effective Youth Ministry-Jan. 2007
Register in 2006--Pay in 2007 !!
More information: http://www.macucc.org/youth/EEYM.htm

NEAUCE Annual Conference on Christian Education
May 8-10, 2007
Craigville Conference Center
"Catch the Faith and Pass It On"
Rev. Dr. Dick Hardel and Rev. Dr. David W. Anderson
http://www.auce-educators.org/AUCE%20HomePage/New%20England.html

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Global Village Shelters installed on Yale campus
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NEW HAVEN, CT- "What does it mean to build the city of God today?"

That is a question posed by Judith Dupr*, a Yale Divinity School student from Mamaroneck, NY who curated the installation of six Global Village Shelters on Sterling Divinity Quadrangle-home of Yale Divinity School, Berkeley Divinity School at Yale, and the Yale Institute of Sacred Music.

Her answer: "At the Divinity School, I'm investigating the nature of sacred architecture. At a time when half the world lives on less than two dollars a day, what's sacred is the provision of basic shelter."

Inexpensively manufactured GVS shelters are used as transitional homes and health clinics in Pakistan, Grenada, and Afghanistan. The public installation, erected Jan. 23 and on display until the end of February, is intended to raise social consciousness and provide practical knowledge to graduates who might eventually work with the world's poorest communities.

"The Global Village Shelter can create communities and individual homes while preserving dignity, property, and hope for people in need," said Mia Ferrara Pelosi, part of the father-daughter architectural team based in Morris, CT that designed the shelters and donated them for this installation. "The shelter's simple and effective design has a direct correlation with its action in the field. Simple on-site set up, clean aesthetics, and a concise solution to a vast problem; these elements allow our design to be both humble and grand in its humanitarian endeavor."

The innovative design permits assembly of units in under a half hour, using common tools. Manufactured by Weyerhaeuser, the paper company, the houses are made of laminated corrugated cardboard that is waterproof, fire resistant, biodegradable, and can withstand most climates for at least 18 months. As architectural types they are unique, having greater stability and offering more privacy than tents, but costing a fraction of other temporary shelters now on the market.

As stark and simple as the homes might appear, they would be considered a profound luxury in most refugee camps, Dupr* notes. Typically, refugees live in open fields, and for the lucky ones home is a ragged plastic tarp that provides little defense against rain or running waste.

Some of the shelters were installed in December on a short-term basis, in connection with the YDS Advent service. Dean of Chapel Siobh*n Garrigan and Liturgical Coordinator Emily Scott brought the installation to campus and worked with Director of Chapel Music Patrick Evans and the Marquand Chapel Team to incorporate it as a major liturgical element of the annual Advent Service. Dupr* was the visionary behind the project and the first to imagine that such an exhibition might benefit the YDS community.

The installation puts Sterling Divinity Quadrangle in company with a number of distinguished venues where the shelters have already been displayed, including the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Aspen Ideas Festival, Fortune's Brainstorm Conference, Washington D.C.'s National Building Museum, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. Global Village Shelters are a part of the Museum of Modern Art's permanent collection.

At the exhibition's conclusion, the shelters will be available to anyone having use for them and the willingness to take them away.

Sterling Divinity Quadrangle is located at 409 Prospect St., New Haven.

Additional contact information:

Judith Dupr*, 914-777-0645

Mia Ferrara Pelosi, 860-567-4118

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Interfaith Walk for Climate Rescue - March 16-24
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Author and activist Bill McKibben invites you to join the Interfaith
Walk for Climate Rescue, Northampton to Boston, March 16-24, 2007.

You can walk for an hour, an afternoon, a weekend, or the whole
nine days. You can walk as an individual, a family, or a team
from your community, school, or congregation. You can be of any
faith or none.

We'll call for swift, bold, and comprehensive political action
to address global warming. By the time we get to Boston on
Saturday March 24, we expect the largest global warming
demonstration in the history of the United States.

To learn more, walk, help, donate, or organize a team, please visit
http://www.climatewalk.org/

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Taize Youth Gathering in Montreal in April
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April 27-29, 2007

Some of the brothers of the Taize Community in France are coming to Montreal in April for a weekend gathering for youth and young adults. It will be a weekend full of song, prayer and fellowship.
More information can be found at:
http://www.comnet.ca/~cdjeunes/TaizeMontreal2007/en/promotion

Feel free also to contact Melissa Kreider at melissakreider@yahoo.com if you're thinking of going.

ANTS E-news
Karen Brockney and Jason Bachand
enews@ants.edu

ANTS Student E-News Wednesday February 21, 2007

In this message:

NEW

- Sending Articles to Student E-News
- UU Chapel
- Baptist Fellowship Sponsored Spring Retreat
- Cafe To Be Open Friday
- Put Your Faith Into Action

REVIEW

- 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
- New Pass/Fail Deadline
- Costas Consultation on Feb. 23-24, 2007
- Student Association Elections - Call for Candidates
- Evening Compline Worship Service
- Ecology and Justice Matters Symposium

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Do not include PDF flyers or Word files. We do not publish them.
We may review and edit your notice for length, spelling and grammar, and inaccuracies.

Please do not send your notices directly to Karen Brockney. We are using the enews@ants.edu mail account for all news, since that account is accessible by both our news editors, Karen and Jason Bachand.

Thanks for your consideration.

ANTS E-news
Karen Brockney and Jason Bachand
enews@ants.edu

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UU Chapel
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Feb. 22, 2007
Darrick Jackson
"Till We Reach That Day"
What does it mean to be a diverse congregation?

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Baptist Fellowship Sponsored Spring Retreat
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Fri. Apr. 13 - Sun Apr. 15, 2007
begins 3pm Friday
Glastonbury Abbey, Hingham, MA

Baptist Fellowship is sponsoring Spring Retreat at Glastonbury Abbey, Hingham, MA - open to all.

Join the Baptist Fellowship for a spring weekend retreat at the Benedictine guest house at Glastonbury Abbey, Hingham, MA. Approximately 30 min. south of the ANTS campus, we plan a restful, relaxing weekend after the busy Easter Season, as a time to refresh, relax, renew and re-connect with friends. You can take part in the Liturgy of the Hours with the monks at the Abbey, take a walk on the beach, or just curl up and read or chat with friends.

Attendance open to all - Baptists, and those who want to hang out with the Baptists! Cost is $60 per night, meals included. Scholarships available. Contact Carol Hayward, chayward@ants.edu ASAP for registration - space limited to 15.

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Cafe To Be Open Friday
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Dear Community Members,

Due to the storm we had on Feb. 14 Liz Bostwick was not able to make it to the cafeteria, as you know. For those of you on the full meal plan she will be preparing lunch and dinner on Friday, March 2 to make up for the meals you missed. Although Liz wanted me to extend an apology to you on her behalf, I know you join me in being glad that Liz turned back in the storm rather than risking her safety.

Nancy Nienhuis
Dean of Students and Community Life

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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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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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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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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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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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ANTS E-news
Karen Brockney and Jason Bachand
enews@ants.edu

ANTS Student E-News Tuesday February 20, 2007

In this message:

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