YALE UNIVERSITY
DIVINITY SCHOOL
Q Source
January 26 - 30, 2004
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made!! The right to edit is reserved. --Faith E.
Green, Editor
MARQUAND CHAPEL SERVICES, WEEKS OF 1/26-1/30
Please join us in the next two weeks for the following services at 10:30 a.m.:
Monday, January 26: Yale Committee for Social Justice.
Tuesday, January 27: 4th-year M.Div. student Caleb Maskell will preach.
Wednesday, January 28: sung morning prayer continues in the Taizé style.
Thursday, January 29: visiting professor Sibley Towner, preaching homily
entitled “Signing Up.”
Friday, January 30: the Rev. Ruth Drews of Resurrection Lutheran Church
will preach and preside at our community Eucharist service. All who
gather as a community in worship are welcome at the communion table in Marquand
Chapel.
Monday Vespers
All are welcome to join the Lutheran and Episcopal students for a
peaceful, prayerful vespers service every Monday afternoon at 4 p.m. The
service lasts approximately half an hour.
We worship in the prayer chapel in the basement of the library.
The prayer chapel is a hidden gem of the Div School but it is a bit
confusing to find. Please don't be intimidated. Come to the
library, take the elevator downstairs, and follow the signs. Come on in
and join us.
Thursday Night Compline
Please join us for Compline on Thursday nights at 9:00 p.m. in the
Henri Nouwen Prayer Chapel on the ground floor of the library. Currently
we are doing a service adapted from Common Worship 2000. At other times we have
used the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer, Taize
chants and the Lutheran Book of Worship. The service lasts approximately twenty
minutes, but we often linger in fellowship and talk of our common life.
Come, magnify the Lord with us!
Contact
information for Dr. Sibley Towner
W. Sibley Towner, Visiting Professor of Old Testament for this term, has found an office-away-from-the-office in 129 Stuart. His phone number there is 432-6156; e-mail: sibley.towner@yale.edu/ He is keeping office hours Mon. 3:30-4:40 PM and Tues, Thurs., 11:30-12:30; other times by appointment or by chance. Sibley and spouse Jane are living in Apt. 621 Bellamy Hall (354 Canner Street). The campus phone number there is believed to be 432-9740. If that doesn't work, you may spring for a toll call to their cell phone, (804) 436-3694, or even e-mail them at home at jtowner@rivnet.net/
UPCOMING EVENTS
What Is Happening In
Israel-Palenstine?
Come join the Yale Committee on Social Justice on Tuesday, January 26 from
12:30-1:30 in the RSV room for a discussion of the current situation in
Israel and Palestine. M.Div. ‘06 Joel Hanisek will share
experiences from his time in the region, and we will talk about various peace
initiatives including the World Council of Church’s Ecumenical Accompaniment
Program. Lunch Provided.
Career
Services Workshops
Wednesday, 4-5 p.m. in the JE dining room Crafting Cover
Letters
Please note that this workshop is open to students at all levels of study! If
you cannot make it to this workshop and have a strong desire to attend, please
email susan.olson@yale.edu with specific other times that you are
available. When enough names are gathered, an additional workshop will be
scheduled.
Thursday, 12:30-1:30 in the JE Dining Room: Ministry with Kids In Tow
If you have kids now or think you might someday, bring your sandwich to
lunch in the JE dining room. Experienced pastor/parents (both moms and
dads!) will be on hand to talk about some of the unique challenges and joys of
balancing roles as pastor and parent. This workshop is not likely to
occur each year, so students in 1st and 2nd years are especially encouraged to
consider attending!
.
“The YDS Initiative
on Religion, Science & Technology"
Lecture
and Discussion: Religion and the Culmination of Technological Civilization - Thursday Jan. 29, 4:15-5:45 (Bushnell) Room S-100.
(Under the RSV room) Driven
by science and market forces, the rate of technological progress continues to
accelerate toward some unknown crescendo--empowering humanity "to do more
and more, with less and less." Is this increasingly technology-determined
civilization sustainable? What has religion to say about the ethics,
alternatives, and outcomes of living through what may be the culmination of
technological civilization?
- Presenter: James Clement van Pelt MAR ‘03, Research Fellow at
YDS,
focusing on theology of technology and spiritual anthropology (encompassing consciousness
studies). His technology career has included positions as Director of Advanced
Solutions for Dun &
Bradstreet; Regional
Technology Advisor to Connecticut public school districts; and technology
consultant to other corporations and non-profits. He was a co-founder of the
Center for Participant Education at Florida State University. He also serves as
Module Leader for Culture and Belief, Stimson Seminar, Yale Center for
International & Area Studies.
COOL THINGS TO DO
Upcoming Events at the Institute of Sacred Music
Student
Organ Recitals:
Full
Length Recitals beginning at 8pm:
Monday,
Jan. 26
Chris Jennings, Woolsey Hall
Sunday, Feb. 1
Daniel Sullivan, Dwight Hall
Noontime
Organ Recital Series:
Half-hour
recitals on Wednesdays at 12:30
January
28
Iain
Quinn, Battell Chapel
February 4
Lindsay
Henrickson, Woolsey Hall
Liturgy
Symposium:
Monday, Feb.
2: ISM Great Hall, 4:30 -6:00pm
Margot Fassler, Director, Yale Institute of Sacred Music
and Robert S. Tangeman Professor of Music History
"The Liturgical Framework of Time: How History was Made in the
Central Middle Ages."
Medieval historians in the tenth through the twelfth centuries were of many
stripes, and hence created the past using a great variety of materials. This
paper outlines the importance of liturgical sources and methods, as well as the
roles of cantors and other liturgists, in both the recreation and
representations of the past, as well as in the writing of history.
The
Church of Christ in Yale – Battell Chapel
February Preaching Schedule
11:00 A.M. ~ University Public Worship with Communion
Reverend Cynthia Terry,
Associate University, is preaching.
11:00 A.M. ~ University Public Worship
Reverend Cynthia Terry,
Associate University, is preaching.
11:00 A.M. ~ University Public Worship
Reverend Joan Parrott,
Director of the Sam Dewitt Proctor Institute for Child Advocacy and Ministry,
Children’s Defense Fund, is
preaching.
11:00 A.M. ~ University Public Worship
Reverend David L. Bartlett,
the J. Edward & Ruth Cox Lantz Professor Christian Communication, and
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Yale Divinity School, is preaching.
11:00 A.M. ~ University Public Worship
Reverend Harry B. Adams, the
Horace Bushnell Professor, Emeritus, Christian Nurture, Yale Divinity School, is preaching.
Volunteer Opportunities
Your
donation may save a Annette’s life
Sunday February
8, 2004
12 P.M. to 5 P.M.
Trinity
Church on the Green, New Haven, CT
(on the corner
of Chapel and Temple Streets)
Adults between the ages of 18
and 60 will be asked to:
* have a few drops of blood taken from their
finger
* be listed in the National Marrow Donor
Program Registry
Annette has cancer and needs a
bone marrow transplant. She is a
pharmacist and her husband is a pediatrician at the Hill Health Center. She has two beautiful children, McAllister
and Ben. Annette is of African American
ancestry and doctors have told her that the most likely donor would be someone
that matches her ancestry. To save
Annette’s life (&/or someone like her) we need your help. If you are African American, please come to
our screening. We ask that you also give
this flyer to at least 10 eligible people.
Tell them how important they are to Annette, her family, and to others
with cancer or serious blood diseases.
We are praying that a thousand people will come. There is no fee for eligible donors, so all
you will need to bring is a generous spirit and a desire to save a life. (For more info. about donation call 1 (800)
676-4545 or visit www.marrow.org). PLEASE CALL THE TRINITY PARISH OFFICE AT 624-3101 OR EMAIL US AT: trinity.church@snet.net TO LET US
KNOW YOU ARE COMING
Mentoring Opportunity
St. Thomas's Episcopal Day School (on Whitney Ave.)
is looking for Divinity
School students who are interested in spending one hour per week mentoring elementary-age
students. The mentoring involves helping with homework and giving extra academic help. Most
important, though,
is the formation of enriching relationships. The students
targeted for the mentoring program are in an after-school
program from 3-5 pm. If you would like to work with a child one hour a
week (between 3-5
pm M-F), or would like more information, please contact Jennifer Creswell, St.
Thomas's seminarian, at
jennifer.creswell@yale.edu or 624-0265
Volunteer Opportunities
with Interfaith Volunteer Care Givers
Since
1984 IVCG has provided services to older adults who are frail, isolated, and/or
limited in their activities, as well as disabled persons. The program helps older men and women remain
in their homes with dignity as long as possible. IVCG works with congregations to develop
effective caregiving ministries and outreach to members and non-members,
putting faith into action.
IVCG
is a program of the Interfaith Cooperative Ministries, Inc. in New Haven. It is one of over 1200 Faith in Action
programs in the United States that are provided technical support through
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
In
2003, the 260 volunteers provided 8950 hours of free services to 371 older
people. Services provided include
friendly visiting, assisted grocery shopping, medical transportation and
escort, telephone reassurance, help with mail, errands and outings, yard work
and light chores and respite for caregivers who care for someone with dementia
from Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s disease or strokes and other disabilities.
The
Adopt-A-Grandparent visitation program currently involves students from
Quinnipiac and Yale Universities.
Please
call the Rev.Barbara Barlok, Executive Director, for more information –
230-8994.
Classifieds
Berkeley students considering CPE this summer
The
Church of Christ in Yale – Battell Chapel
February Preaching Schedule
11:00 A.M. ~ University Public Worship with Communion
Reverend Cynthia Terry,
Associate University, is preaching.
11:00 A.M. ~ University Public Worship
Reverend Cynthia Terry,
Associate University, is preaching.
11:00 A.M. ~ University Public Worship
Reverend Joan Parrott,
Director of the Sam Dewitt Proctor Institute for Child Advocacy and Ministry,
Children’s Defense Fund, is
preaching.
11:00 A.M. ~ University Public Worship
Reverend David L. Bartlett,
the J. Edward & Ruth Cox Lantz Professor Christian Communication, and Associate
Dean of Academic Affairs, Yale Divinity School, is preaching.
11:00 A.M. ~ University Public Worship
Reverend Harry B. Adams, the
Horace Bushnell Professor, Emeritus, Christian Nurture, Yale Divinity School, is preaching.
United Methodist
Church of New Canaan
“Desperately
Seeking”
YOUTH LEADER
Warm, welcoming congregation
seeks like-minded individual to help pass on our faith to our children.
Sundays through June; phone,
email accessibility during the week; some weekend activities.
$300 per week. Enthusiastic
parent support, but they promise not to meddle.
Contact: Rev. Dr. Edwin Jones
203-966-2666
On Campus Job/Learning Opportunity for Summer and Fall
Apply to be the Resource Assistant in the
Ministry Resource Center for the whole summer, 25 hours a week. (Also
openings for Academic year 2004-2005) Gives you the opportunity to hear
the real concerns in ministry in congregations of every kind throughout the
region, to know the resources for every denomination on every issue that
congregations care about, to make a difference through ministering with leaders
in congregations and students who are working in congregations and agencies.
Ask for an
application and interview with Carolyn Hardin Engelhardt, Director of the
Ministry Resource Center. (If you need more work hours in the summer,
often other campus opportunities can be added.)
Wippell’s
is coming (Again!)
Are
you going to need clerical and/or liturgical attire later this year?
Clerical shirts in time for your ordination? An alb or cassock for
field work next fall? A representative from J. Wippell & Co., Ltd.
will be in the Common Room on WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4 with an array
of fine clerical and liturgical clothing. Come and see. Come and
get measured so you can order later. Come and pick out things you'd like
to receive as graduation gifts from friends and family (you can register your
choices and make their shopping easy!).
Questions? Contact Jill Beimdiek (jill.beimdiek@yale.edu).
Job Opportunity with
Interfaith Volunteer Care Givers
Interfaith
Volunteer Care Givers of Greater New Haven is seeking a Volunteer Coordinator
for 20 hours/week. The Coordinator
responds to requests for volunteer assistance by matching them with an
appropriate volunteer. The Coordinator
is responsible for recruitment, training and support of volunteers in the
community and at area universities.
Accurate record keeping of volunteers, recipients, and services provided
is crucial.
Since
1984 IVCG has provided services to older adults who are frail, isolated, and/or
limited in their activities, as well as disabled persons. The program helps older men and women remain
in their homes with dignity as long as possible. IVCG works with congregations to develop
effective caregiving ministries and outreach to members and non-members,
putting faith into action.
IVCG
is a program of the Interfaith Cooperative Ministries, Inc. in New Haven. It is one of over 1200 Faith in Action
programs in the United States that are provided technical support through
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
The
Adopt-A-Grandparent visitation program currently involves students from
Quinnipiac and Yale Universities.
Please
call the Rev.Barbara Barlok, Executive Director, for more information –
230-8994.
MINISTRY RESOURCE CENTER
www.library.yale.edu/div/mrc 432-5319
ministry.resource.center@yale.edu
at
the Circulation Desk in the Library, take a right and a left
Staff
available 10-3 weekdays
At 12:30-1:30 p.m. in
the Ministry Resource Center, workshops:
Exploring Confirmation Ministry, Jan. 27
Bible Study that Links Scripture and Our Experience, Feb. 2
Leading Bible Study Using Bible Dictionaries, Various Translations, Etc.,
Feb. 20
FIND YOURSELF AND YOUR INTERESTS BELOW AND CHECK THEM OUT!!!!!!
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