YALE UNIVERSITY
DIVINITY SCHOOL
Q Source
Reading Week
February 9 - 13, 2004
The Q Source is published weekly under the auspices of the office of the
Dean of Students. Notices of events and
concerns of the community are included. All submissions must be signed and
include a contact phone number or e-mail address. Free classified ads are also printed for
members of the YDS community; these must be kept as short as possible. The Q
Source is now available online at http://www.yale.edu/divinity/Stu.QSource.html All submissions must be e-mailed to faith.green@yale.edu. All
submissions must be in by 5:00 p.m. Friday.
No exceptions to deadlines will be
made!! The right to edit is reserved. --Faith E.
Green, Editor
Monday Vespers
The
Lutheran and Episcopal students lead sung Vespers every Monday evening at 4:30
in the Henri Nowen prayer chapel in the basement of the library. You are
invited to join us. The service lasts about half an hour. To get to
the prayer chapel, take the elevator downstairs and follow the signs. It
is a lovely way to end the day.
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!
UPCOMING EVENTS
Upcoming Events at the Institute of Sacred Music
Student
Organ Recitals:
Full
Length Recitals beginning at 8pm:
Sunday, February 15
Jason Roberts, Woolsey Hall
Methodist Guest Lecturer
Join the Methodist Society on Feb. 17th to here Rev. Hector Laporta speak on "The
Social Justice Role of Latin American Methodism." Over the past 40 years, Methodism has grown
by nearly 800% in Latin America. From its contributions to liberation theology
to the participation of Methodist churches in local and national struggles,
Methodism has played a highly influential role in social justice movements in
Latin America. The Methodist Society at Yale Divinity School will sponsor a
lecture and discussion with Peruvian Methodist pastor Rev. Hector Laporta on
Tuesday, February 17, 4:45-6:15 p.m. in Neibuhr Hall.
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Attention Creative Writers:
"Writing About Ultimate Concerns"
Scott Russell Sanders will be holding an informal conversation with YDS
students on Thursday, February 19, from 12-1:20, in the RSV Room.
(Lunch will be provided.) Scott is Distinguished Professor of English at
Indiana University and the author of eighteen books; his essays explore issues
of faith, the environment, and the life of the spirit. His conversation
with YDS students is entitled "Writing About Ultimate
Concerns," and he describes it as follows: "I'd like to
share my own efforts at writing in a personal way about matters of faith,
especially for an audience that is largely secular and sometimes hostile to the
language and outlook of religion. And I would invite students to talk
about their own experiences in writing, or aspiring to write, about matters of
faith and moral grounding. Any students who had something brief to read
aloud to the group would be welcome to do so, and I would briefly comment,
without doing any formal critiquing. I'm especially interested in
considering how we describe and learn from our deepest experiences--what
Quakers call 'openings.' Because I am working on a
spiritual memoir called A Private History of Awe, these challenges are very
much on my mind." If you're interested, please pick up some short
pre-talk readings outside Lana Schwebel's office (they should be there by
Wednesday). This event is sponsored by the Yale Literature &
Spirituality Series; for questions, please contact
lana.schwebel@yale.edu.
You are
cordially invited to attend a lecture on Jesus and John the Baptist
Professor Petr Pokorny of the
Charles University in Prague will give a lecture on Wednesday, February 25,
at 4:00 p.m. in Latourette Hall. His topic is "Jesus and John the
Baptist."
Events on the Sterling
Quad, Spring 2004
Sponsored by Yale Divinity School, Institute of Sacred Music, & Berkeley
Divinity School
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NPR Program: "Speaking of Faith" hosted by YDS alum |
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Scott Russell Sanders - Yale Literature/Spirituality Series |
Book Supply |
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Bartlett Lecture - "Human Rights, Religious |
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Freedom and Chinese Christians" |
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Bartlett Lecture Reception |
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Native American Grace: the art of Fr. John Giuliani
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Dean's Tea |
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Lecture: "Jesus and John the Baptist" by
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"Intro to U.S. Culture"; Sterling Hall of Medicine, 333 Cedar
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Room C103 |
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Yale Schola Cantorum- In Memorium: Marc-Antoine Charpentier |
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Working Group on Religious Issues in Bioethics: "Prospects for |
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an Evolutionary Account of the Foundations of Ethics" by John |
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Hare, Prof. of Philosophical Theology |
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Good Movies! Film Series-"8 1/2" |
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Parks-King Lecture, "Religion and Civil Rights: |
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Alumni
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Yale
Camerata - A Winter Offering |
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Reception: Graduating Class 2004 |
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COOL THINGS TO DO
Black
History Month Speaker Needed
The International Classroom
program, run by the International Center of New Haven, aims to provide speakers
from various cultures to the New Haven schools.
Nathan Hale school (elementary and middle school) would like to have a
speaker/performer from an African country. They would like someone who
could do a dance presentation and speak about the dance and customs of that
country. They would like this person to visit the school during February
in celebration of Black History Month. If you are interested, please contact
Beth Yavenditti as soon as possible. Email:
beth.yavenditti@icnh.org
Amity Adult Education Classes!!
Re-Design Your Outdoor Life!!
Dream
Gardens
Tuesday Evenings 7-9
8 weeks (classes start first week in
March) for $65
Ever wanted a garden like
you see in magazines? Never thought you had a
green thumb? This
course takes a good look at what makes up a beautiful
garden and will teach you
how to turn ANY outdoor space into a garden that
reflects your style.
This class begins with an overview of how to
re-think your outdoor
spaces, how to design your garden and how to
reproduce what you see in
magazines for your own home. You will learn
what to plant where and the
differences between shade and sun plants with
a special emphasis on
organic, perennial and native plants. Class includes one "field trip" to a students garden
for design consultation. Amy Konwerski has been a gardener
for almost 15 year. She is owner of the natural garden company, Circle Garden,
located in Woodbridge. Contact Amity Adult Education at 203-397-4811 or on
the web at:
http://www.amityregion5.org/
The
Church of Christ in Yale – Battell Chapel
February Preaching Schedule
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.
Dwight Hall Summer
Internship Applications Due Soon!!!
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Wednesday, February 18th
at 5pm in Dwight Hall !!! You can either
turn in your applications to me via e-mail attachment or in person at Dwight
Hall (I'll have a folder/box in the main office for them) Going to be in New
Haven for the summer? Would you like to earn $$$ this summer working on a
project of YOUR OWN DESIGN? Apply to be
a Dwight Hall Summer Intern! Our summer internship is open to both
undergraduates AND graduates - Interns earn $3000 for an 8-week project that
you plan (with the sponsorship of a local New Haven area nonprofit agency).
Want to find out more? Please e-mail me:
hannah.croasmun@yale.edu, if you're interested, need an application, or
have any other questions. Applications can also be found on the web at: www.yale.edu/dwight
Hannah Croasmun
Program Coordinator
Dwight Hall at Yale
(203) 432-9041
hannah.croasmun@yale.edu
Part-Time Teacher
Part-time job opportunity teaching two
sixth graders. The children are homeschooled and their parents would like
to find someone who is sympathetic to a Christian approach to the children's
education. If anyone is interested in learning more about the job, they
should contact the children's parents, Joseph and Michele Cumming, at
203.777.9977
Learning Experience With Pay!
Apply to be a Resource Assistant at the
Ministry Resource Center. While working with resources and the real
questions of students and leaders of all kinds of congregations you will learn
about the varieties of leaders, congregations and what is produced to resource
them. It will upgrade your resume to know all of this. Ask for an
application for Academic year 2004-2005 employment by coming to the Ministry
Resource Center.
Carolyn Hardin Engelhardt, Director
Ministry Resource Center
Yale University Divinity School Library
409 Prospect St.
New Haven, Ct 06511
203-432-5319
The Ministerial
Internship of a Lifetime
Internship for Ministry to
Young and Young Adults at The American Church in Paris.
The American Church in Paris, an international interdenominational congregation
in
the heart of the city, is seeking a Seminary Intern for the 2004-2005 year
(August through June).
Responsibilities are to minister to young people ages 12 to 29. An active
program is in place and requires faithful attention by a minister with the
assistance of experienced volunteers and a
pastoral team of five in which the intern participates. A fully furnished
apartment is provided with all housing expenses. Other support is required from
the intern's own resources.
If interested: Email The Rev. Dr. T. Gregory Turner at pastortgt@acparis.org
Research Assistant needed.
The Old Testament
faculty is building an electronic collection of images relevant to Old
Testament study [pictures of archaeological finds, artwork, maps], using the
existing Eikon database. We seek an assistant who can work a significant number
of hours during this Spring semester, if possible 10+ hours a week, on this
project. Summer hours may also be available. Some training will be provided,
but applicants should have experience with databases and the electronic
scanning of images. Compensation will be at the standard Yale rate of
$10.65/hour. Please send a letter of interest and resume to Professor Carolyn
Sharp by February 20. In your letter, please indicate how many hours/week you
would be able to offer the project and whether you are available for summer
work or only for the Spring semester.
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
YOU CAN PREACH TO THE
KIDS TOO! DESIGNING SERMONS FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN If you are a preacher in a congregation, please read
this!!!
Black History Month: videos on great leaders and history resources for
programs, study groups, posters for displays.
Ask us about them!
They really want this in
many congregations: A study group using the following resources:
CALLED TO ETHICAL DECISION
MAKING; NO EASY ANSWERS
CHRISTIANS AND GOVERNMENT;
A FIVE SESSION STUDY FOR CONGREGATIONS
THE U.S. ROLE IN THE WORLD
STAND UP FOR JUSTICE: A
GUIDE TO ADVOCATING EFFECTIVELY FOR A JUST SOCIETY
CALLED TO BE POLITICAL:(BUT
I DON’T WANT TO BE POLITICAL!) A WORKSHOP
FOCUSING ON THE TEACHINGS OF MARTIN
LUTHER ON THE ROLE OF CHRISTIANS IN
POLITICS
THE SYSTEM BELONGS TO GOD
ELECTIONS MATTER
KEEP THE PROMISE ON HUNGER
AND HEALTH: ADVOCACY FOR THE MILLENIUM
CHALLENGE GOALS
CHURCH HISTORY REVIEW??? There are more
than 70 DVDs and videos on church history.
Useful for you and for groups you are working with. ASK TO SEE OUR HANDY LIST! ENTERTAIN YOURSELF ON THE WEEKEND!
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS: at 12:30-1:30
p.m. in the Ministry Resource Center
Leading Bible Study Using Bible Dictionaries, Various Translations, Etc.,
Feb. 20
Selecting and Inviting People into Leadership: Don’t Ask Them to Sign
Up! Feb. 26
Steps in Changing a Congregation’s Schedule so that Children, Youth, and
Adults Can Participate Fully in the Congregation’s Worship, March 1
Spirituality and Education project to work on???? The
resources are in the Ministry Resource Center for you on every angle and for
experiential leadership.
Come and ask about them.
Lent and Holy Week preparations??? Check in
the Worship shelves and Lent/Easter and ask staff for assistance.
When you graduate, you can be a member of the Ministry Resource Center anywhere!