THE
YALE DIVINITY SCHOOL NEWSOURCE
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Academic Information
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State of the School Address:
We are
announcing a Student-Administration Brown Bag Lunch. Dean Attridge will give a State of the School
Address on Tuesday, February 20th at
Orientation for Leadership in Public Ministry—a summer
internship of creating change in community—Wednesday, February 21st
12:30pm in Niebuhr Hall: If you want to learn a concrete way of working
with others to effect change in community; if you are curious about how leaders
become leaders; if you long to practice justice and power in ways that are
biblically based and theologically grounded, this program is for you. It
is an eleven-week, full-time internship program taught at
from the Office of Financial Aid. If you are interested but cannot attend Wednesday's orientation, please contact Barbara Blodgett in the Office of Supervised Ministries.
CLC Position Information: The Community Life Committee
(CLC) is served by two student Coordinators, selected at this time each year
for service the following year. The
Coordinators are responsible for leading the work of the CLC committee of
faculty, students, and staff; for overseeing the budgets and activities of CLC
member groups; and for organizing a few
key events of the school calendar: the
Christmas Party, the All-School Conference, and the Spring Fling dance. The Coordinators work fifteen (15) hours per
week throughout the academic year and are paid work-study wages. If you are interested in serving as a CLC
Coordinator for 2006-2007, please indicate your interest to me by the end of
the day on Friday, April 7th. A simple
email message to me will suffice for indicating your interest. I will acknowledge each email with a reply,
so please verify that I received your indication of interest. Yours truly, Dale Peterson
The
Lectures and Events
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Spring Break in
The
Voices and Votes Symposium, being held during the first part of next week, is
in desperate need of a sound system for a panel being conducted on Sunday
night. We would need at least two
microphones and speakers. If anyone has
access, or knows someone who has access, to equipment like this, can they
please email me at
nate.bulthuis@yale.edu? Even a rental referral would be fine. Thanks.
As
you may already know, the first issue of "CORE News" was released on
February 1st. We are now planning for
the next issue. CORE News is seeking
poetry, excerpts from sermons/research papers, opinions-editorials (approx. 500
words), etc. General themes may include
individual understandings of racial/cultural identity, the ties or perceived
ties that bind communities, how racism and/or racial privilege affect one's
reality (but particularly within institutions and systems) and the imprint
(whether visible or invisible) that these factors leave on individuals and
communities. We would also like to know
if something you read sparked a thought, a reaction, a feeling or even a plan
of action. Most importantly, we want you to offer us what only you can- your
voice on these issues. A faculty member
reached out to CORE in support and called the issue a "tremendously
important witness". We hope that it will be just that, as we seek to give
voice to issues of racial inclusion, ethnic diversity and cultural
understanding. With this said, please email all submissions to rahiel.tesfamariam@yale.edu and rachel.lyle@yale.edu no later than
>>http://www.nccecojustice.org/sermoncontest.htm
Environmental Sermon Writing
Contest! As stewards of God's
creation, it is our commitment to protect God's creation and ensure justice for
all of God's children. But while our nation and the rest of the world
progresses into a society of technology and convenience, we may let our
commitment to the Earth slip aside, and let God's precious gift of creation
waste away. It is more important than ever to remind
ourselves and our neighbors that we are affecting this planet with each
decision we make. We must inspire and mobilize those around us to protect the
Earth, for those who cannot protect it themselves. We need words of leadership
and actions that demonstrate our care for the plants, animals and resources
among us. How will you reach your community? We invite you to answer
this question by participating in our Environmental Sermon Writing Contest. For
this contest, we are looking for those sermons that can eloquently demonstrate
the environmental issues that face God's creation today, and present ideas that
call us to action. The winner will receive a set of brand new Earth Bibles.
This contest is open to all members and congregational leaders. The
sermon can focus on any of the following issues: global warming, food
and agriculture, water, environmental health, consumerism and
sustainability, environmental
justice and ethics, biodiversity
and/or endangered species, urban
growth, transportation, land use, and simple living. Entries will be
considered/judged based on the following criteria: Clarity and focus of the
entire sermon, aesthetic appeal, theological
foundation, creativity, and simple living. Deadline and Length: Please limit your
submission to 1,500 words maximum. The deadline for this contest is
Black History Month Debate
on Black Responsibility: By Whom and For What: The Yale University
Afro-American Cultural Center's, ORD Leadership Forum will present a debate
featuring two leading voices in American public policy discussion, Professor
Lani Guinier and journalist, Juan Williams.
This event will take place at the
Do
you like to sing? Do you like to dance?
Do you have a special human talent no ones about? Do you have a short skit you
like to perform? Can you ride a
unicycle? Squirt milk out your eyeball? Roll your tongue in a 1000 different
ways? Announcing the
Nu Gospel Tones Presented in
Concert: An evening of Traditional
Gospel Music and Spirituals on Sunday, February
18th, 2007 at
Notice from the
News from the Bookstore: This just in! All those who are eagerly anticipating author
Nora Gallagher's visit to YDS on
February 28th will be excited to know that her first novel Changing Light
has just been released and is available for sale in the Student Book Supply
(cloth, $22.00 minus your SBS discount).
And for those just catching up, check out her previous books, Practicing
Resurrection and Things Seen and Unseen which are also available at
the YBS. Ms. Gallagher will be signing
copies of her books after her reading on the evening of the 28th in the Common
Room.
GPSS Graduate/Undergraduate
Mentoring Program: The Graduate & Professional Student Senate (GPSS) and the
Yale College Council (YCC) have collaborated to form the Yale
Graduate/Undergraduate Mentoring Program, which pairs Yale undergraduate
students with Yale graduate and professional students. It is designed to help undergraduates receive
insight and general advice about post-graduate life, and learn first-hand about
preparing for, applying to, and succeeding in graduate school and/or the
working world. As much as possible,
matches between mentors and mentees will be made with an eye for common
academic interests and career goals. Last
year the program was successful in matching more than 300 Yale undergraduates
with graduate and professional mentors.
However, the undergraduate demand last year far exceeded the number of
available graduate students, and this year the number of undergraduates
interested in the program appears to be rising sharply! This is an excellent way for you to share
your wisdom and experience with someone who can greatly benefit from your
advice, and it only requires one or two hours per month of your time. We strongly urge all graduate and
professional students to sign up for this opportunity! If you are interested in signing up for the
program, please complete a short survey at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=130083307383. You will be matched with an undergraduate
within three weeks of your submission.
The deadline for signing up is February
23.
If you have any questions about the program, please email stefan.lewellen@yale.edu or anna.stirgwolt@yale.edu.
A
lecture and book signing will be held by The
Rev. Dr. Jack Rogers on the topic Jesus,
the Bible, and Homosexuality. In a
powerful new book, evangelical theologian and former Moderator of the
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Jack Rogers charts his personal journey and makes
a Biblical case for equal rights for people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or
transgender. Jack Rogers is Professor of Theology
Emeritus at San Francisco Theological Seminary and was Moderator of the 213th
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) His website is: www.drjackrogers.com. Dr.
Rogers will be speaking and signing books at: First Presbyterian Church,
Save the date! On Saturday, March 31st, the YDS Coalition
will host the 3rd annual
"Eat, Drink, and Be
Married" progressive
dinner to benefit Love Makes a Family! "Eat, Drink, and Be Married!"
is a statewide event, sponsored by the CT nonprofit Love Makes a Family (www.lmfct.org).
On March 31st, hundreds of hosts all over the state will throw dinner parties
in order to raise money and support for marriage equality in CT. At
YDS, EDBM takes the form of a wedding-themed progressive dinner: guests gather
at an appetizer reception, travel to the homes of various faculty and students
for dinner, and then come back together for dessert and dancing. Wedding attire
is encouraged! Guests purchase tickets for $30, and 100%
of the proceeds from ticket sales go directly to Love Makes a Family. Last
year, YDS hosted the largest EDBM event in CT, with over eighty guests
attending seven dinners and raising over $2400 for Love Makes a Family. This
year, our goal is one hundred guests, ten parties, and $3000. We can do it, but not without your help! We
hope that many of you will be our guests at this year's EDBM. We also hope that
some of you will be our hosts! Each host decides on the size and menu of
his/her party- it can be small or large, a simple meal or an elaborate feast. Hosts
may choose to donate the food and/or wine for their parties, or the Coalition
can pay for those items. Anyone from YDS can be a host- faculty, staff, or students. Interested hosts should
contact Alicia Brooks and Jeannine Oakes at ydscoalition@yahoo.com no later than
March 1st. Tickets for EDBM will go on sale in early
March, so watch for future
Dale-mails! Sincerely, Alicia Brooks and Jeannine Oakes
Classifieds
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Needed/Lost and Found:
Cat Sitter Needed: Want to kitty sit my one
year old black and white tuxedo cat?? She
doesn't bite...She doesn't claw...she may smell your shoes a lot to figure out
who you are...she may hiss at you if you smell like another kitty, but won't
ever hurt you... I need a sitter while I
go on vacation during spring break. You
would come into my home, feed her, play with her, clean her kitty box, and give
her attention. The dates: 03/15/06 -
03/22/06 (1 week). Please e-mail christina.groves@hotmail.com for
more information. I am able to reimburse
you for your time.
Jazz Musicians Needed:
Donations of School Supplies
Needed: During
spring break, I will be traveling to
Employment:
Two Positions Available: An Episcopal church in
Worship Opportunities
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This Week in Marquand:
Monday, February 19: Graduating student Lucas Grubbs, preaching
Tuesday, Feburary 20: A celebration of Mardi Gras, led by the Chapel
Ministers.
Wednesday, February 21: Sung Morning Prayer for Ash Wednesday, with
imposition of ashes.
Thursday, February 22: A Service of Witness: Women, War, and Sexualized
Violence. Led by the YDS Women's Center.
Friday, February 23: Footwashing as Eucharist, led by the Roman Catholic
student group.
Services begin at 10:30; all
are welcome!
Ash Wednesday Service on the Quad: 12:30 p.m.: You are invited to a service
of reflection and confession: In a time of war, secret prisons, indiscriminate
bombings, domestic spying programs, renditions and torture, we invite you to
mark the beginning of Lent by reflecting upon our place in a nation that has
forfeited its freedoms as established in the Bill of Rights. Who are we as
Christians in this place? How have we neglected our responsibilities as
required by our God in the Decalogue? As a symbol of our confession before God
of our complicity in the ongoing injustice being perpetrated by our nation, we
will lift up the words of the Bill of Rights and the Decalogue as a burnt
offering to God. Please join us in this time of confession
and prayer - all are welcome. In peace
and hope,
Chris Doucot, Jessica
Anschutz, Brandon Johnson, Tamara Shantz