Exhibition: “The Two Silences of Heaven and Earth”

8:30 am - 2:00 pm

Location: Wilson Chapel Gallery

This on-going exhibition of new photographs and paintings by Ms. Sung Won Yun is on view at the Wilson Chapel Gallery through December 31, 2009. The exhibition is open daily to the public free of charge. For more information, click here.

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In Celebration of Rumi: an afternoon of music, poetry, and whirling dervishes

4:00 pm

Location: Wilson Chapel

Please join us at Andover Newton for a special afternoon of music, the dancing of dervishes, and inspiring readings from the work of 13th century Persian Sufi mystic Jalal al-din Mohammad Rumi, known in the West simply as “Rumi.”

Rumi’s passionate and powerful work is filled with a longing for God, the Friend and the Beloved. It ranks with the most popular and widely read poetry in the United States today.

The program will close with a traditional Dervish Zikr ceremony.

Tickets available at the door for $15; $7 for seniors and full-time students. Andover Newton faculty and students admitted free.

Presented by the Ruah Spirituality Institute, co-sponsored by Worship, Theology, and the Arts at Andover Newton Theological School.

For more information or advanced tickets, please contact the Ruah Institute, http://www.ruahspirit.org, , or 617-277-0036. The RUAH Spirituality Institute, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA 02445

Photo: Unknown artist, “Whirling Dervishes,” Topkapi Palace Museum Library, Istanbul.

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Registration for Winter Session

10:00 am

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UU Worship

1:00 pm - 1:50 pm

Location: Wilson Chapel

Led by members and guests of UUCANS (Unitarian Universalist Community of Andover Newton Students)

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International Lunch

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Location: Noyes Hall Small Dining Room

Lunch for International Students and Friends. All are Welcome.

Special events to be announced.

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Foreign Movie Night

5:00 pm

Location: Wilson Chapel

Foreign movie nights feature films produced in the native countries of Andover Newton international students.

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Community Worship

1:00 pm

Interfaith Alliance for Worker Justice, led by Assistant Professor of Christian Ethics Maria Teresa Davila.

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Art Night

7:00 pm

Location: in the lower studio of the Meetinghouse

Contact: Contact Joy (Resident Teaching Artist at ANTS) with questions

Art night is a year round, drop in, safe, “no rules,” open studio experience held every Thursday, 7-10 pm in the lower studio of the Meetinghouse. We are a group of adult artists of all skill levels who gather to experience revelation, healing, fellowship and fun through visual arts!  Many supplies are available or bring your own.

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UU Worship

1:00 pm - 1:50 pm

Location: Wilson Chapel

Led by members and guests of UUCANS (Unitarian Universalist Community of Andover Newton Students)

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International Lunch

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Location: Noyes Hall Small Dining Room

Lunch for International Students and Friends. All are Welcome.

Special events to be announced.

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Veterans Day

10:00 am

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William Johnson Everett reads from his novel “Red Clay, Blood River”

12:00 pm

Location: Noyes Hall

Author William Johnson Everett, former Andover Newton professor, will read from his 2008 novel, Red Clay, Blood River. Set in the United States and South Africa, the novel explores the themes of emigration, invasion, and exploitation and “issues of ecological and human reconcilliation.” The event is free and open to the public.

William Johnson Everett is a former Andover Newton professor and the author of eight books and numerous articles on social ethics and religion. His teaching career spans thirty years in the nations of Germany, India, South Africa, and the United States.

This is the first of three related events on the Andover Newton campus. At 1:00 pm in Wilson Chapel, Rev. Everett will conduct a Community Worship Service with Prof. Mark Burrows. At 7:00 pm in the Peck Conference Room, Worcester Hall, Rev. Everett will conduct a Boston Theological Institute Ethics Colloquium. 

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Community Worship: “A Conversation with Earth’s Ecologue”

1:00 pm

Location: Wilson Chapel

Service led by Prof. Mark Burrows and William Everett, author and former Andover Newton professor, on the theme “A Conversation with Earth’s Ecologue.” This is the second of three events with former Andover Newton Professor William Everett.

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Boston Theological Institute Ethics Colloquium with William Everett

7:00 pm

Location: Peck Conference Room, Worcester Hall

Former Andover Newton faculty member William J. Everett talks about issues of human and ecological reconciliation in this novel, Red Clay, Blood River. This is the third of three related events. Free and open to the public.

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Art Night

7:00 pm

Location: in the lower studio of the Meetinghouse

Contact: Contact Joy (Resident Teaching Artist at ANTS) with questions

Art night is a year round, drop in, safe, “no rules,” open studio experience held every Thursday, 7-10 pm in the lower studio of the Meetinghouse. We are a group of adult artists of all skill levels who gather to experience revelation, healing, fellowship and fun through visual arts!  Many supplies are available or bring your own.

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Song is the Pen of the Soul: An Interfaith Interchange

3:30 pm

Location: Wilson Chapel

Contact: Renee Tepper, 617-559-8622,

Please join us for a rousing performance, discussion and sing-along of inspiring music from Jewish and Christian faith traditions. Rabbi Daniel Lehmann will discuss the Jewish spiritual music tradition, illustrated by the Zamir Chorale of Boston under the direction of Dr. Joshua Jacobson; the program will feature selections of Hassidic music and works by Louis Lewandowski, Shlomo Carlebach and Ernest Bloch. Priscilla Deck will lead a discussion of Chrisitan spiritual music, complemented by a performance by the Andover Newton Community Choir, directed by Reverend Burns Stanfield.

Free and open to the public.

You’ll have a chance to join in the singing, led by Cantor Louise Treitman. The afternoon also includes an opportunity to learn more about the many programs of Hebrew College’s School of Jewish Music (SJM), ranging from pluralistic cantorial ordination to certificate programs in Jewish sacred music and Jewish music education.

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UU Worship

1:00 pm - 1:50 pm

Location: Wilson Chapel

Led by members and guests of UUCANS (Unitarian Universalist Community of Andover Newton Students)

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International Lunch

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Location: Noyes Hall Small Dining Room

Lunch for International Students and Friends. All are Welcome.

Special events to be announced.

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Community Worshop

1:00 pm

Location: Wilson Chapel

Service led by Dean Bill Herzog.

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Interfaith Vigil against Domestic Violence

5:00 pm

Location: Wilson Chapel

Contact: Jennifer Peace, CIRCLE, 617-964-1100 ext. 208,

Take a Stand Against Domestic Violence on November 18!

Please join us for this Vigil against Domestic Violence in Wilson Chapel, Sponsored by:Safe Havens Interfaith Partnership against Domestic Violence, the Andover Newton Student Association,and the Center for Interreligious and Communal Leadership Education (CIRCLE), at Andover Newton Theological School and Hebrew College.

Nearly 25% of women and 7.6% of men are raped and/or physically assaulted by a current or former spouse, cohabiting partner, or dating partner/acquaintance at some time in their lifetime (based on survey of 16,000 participants, equally male and female, National Violence against Women Survey, 2000

Your Contributions are Welcome:

Shelters for victims of domestic violence need your help. We will contribute any donations brought to the vigil to Renewal House Shelter. Please consider donating a gift certificate to Target, Wallgreens, or Stop&Shop. In addition the following items are particularly useful: For the household: Twin bed sheets, Twin bed comforters, Pillows, Silverware, Laundry detergent, VHS/DVDs for children and adults. Personal Items: Full size shampoo and conditioner, Sanitary pads, Razors, Brushes and combs, Face cream, Small containers of Vaseline. For the Little Ones: Baby wipes, Diaper cream; Baby shampoo and soap. For First Aid Kit/Health Needs: Antibacterial hand sanitizer (small or large), Hydrogen peroxide, Alcohol wipes, Children and adult Tylenol, Surgical masks, and Thermometers.

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New Muslim Cool: Film Screening and Q&A with Director Jennifer Maytorena Taylor

7:00 pm

Location: Berenson Hall, Hebrew College

Contact: Renée Tepper, 617-559-8622,

New Muslim Cool is a film following the story of a young man coming of age, facing his deepest questions about faith, family, community and artistry. Share Puerto Rican American rapper Hamza Pérez’s dramatic ride through the streets, projects and jail cells of urban America, following his spiritual journey to some surprising places, including unexpected connections with Jews and Christians in post-9/11 America.

This event will include a Q and A with Director Jennifer Maytorena Taylor.

Tickets: $10 / $5 seniors and students (in advance). $12 / $8 seniors and students (at the door). Free for all Andover Newton and Hebrew College Students who register with Renée Tepper, 617-559-8622,

Sponsored by the Andover Newton Theological School, Hebrew College, and the Center for Interreligious & Communal Leadership Education (CIRCLE) .

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Art Night

7:00 pm

Location: in the lower studio of the Meetinghouse

Contact: Contact Joy (Resident Teaching Artist at ANTS) with questions

Art night is a year round, drop in, safe, “no rules,” open studio experience held every Thursday, 7-10 pm in the lower studio of the Meetinghouse. We are a group of adult artists of all skill levels who gather to experience revelation, healing, fellowship and fun through visual arts!  Many supplies are available or bring your own.

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Forever MUSE: A Celebration of Thirty-Five Years

3:00 pm

Location: Wilson Chapel

Contact: Madie Sefantus, 508-358-7091. .

MUSE (MUsic Serving Elders) is celebrating 35 years since its founding by lyric tenor and Andover Newton Alumnus Paul W. Wiggin ‘57. MUSE brings song, service, and spirit to under served audiences, especially those in nursing homes.

This special benefit concert will feature current and former MUSE singers, including Founder Paul Wiggin, Duane Sullivan with Forever Plaid, Jane Hively with the Celtic Mountain Streams Music, Elyse O’Connor, Maddie Sifantus and others. A highpoint will be the awarding of the first Paul W. Wiggin Scholarship to a qualified seminarian.

Tickets are $20 and will benefit the Wiggin Scholarship Fund. For more information and tickets, visit the muse website or contact Maddie Sefantus, MUSE acting director, email or call 508-358-7091 .

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Fall Break

9:00 am

The campus will be on Fall Break from Nov. 23-27. No classes during this period. Campus offices and Trask Library will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 26, and Friday, Nov. 27 for the Thanksgiving Holiday.

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Thanksgiving Holiday

9:00 am

Thanksgiving Holiday. Offices and Library will be closed on Nov. 26 and 27.

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Thanksgiving Holiday

10:00 am

Thanksgiving Holiday. Offices and the Library will be closed on Nov. 26 and 27.

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