THE YALE DIVINITY SCHOOL NEWSOURCE

November 2, 2008

 

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 Kathryn.banakis@yale.edu with “Q Source” in the subject line. All submissions must be in by 5:00 p.m. Friday of the previous week to be eligible for publication in the coming week’s Q-source . The right to edit is reserved. –Kat Banakis, Editor

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Academic Information. 2

Final Exam Schedule. 2

Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) Day at YDS. 2

Lectures and Events. 3

Interfaith Day of Service. 3

Evangelical Fellowship Lunch with Kathryn Greene-McCreight 3

YFFP-IRAP Luncheon with Mark Oppenheimer 3

Howard Zinn to keynote SUNY Social Justice Conference, entitled "War & Social Justice" 3

Lecture: “Ideogrammatics as Physiognomy” by Alexander Weheliye. 3

Election Day Prayer Vigil 3

Dean Attridge to deliver MacMillan Center Lecture: “Religious Influence on Public Discourse in a Pluralistic Environment: The Case of Contemporary Roman Catholics”. 3

3rd Annual Interfaith New Orleans Spring Break Opportunity. 3

Ministry Resource Center 3

The Beloved Affiliates Support Club (BASC) Get Together 3

Upcoming Programs at Auburn Seminary. 3

Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center presentations by John Allen Jr. 3

Visit by poet Jacqueline Osherow.. 3

Prayer Group/House Church Sign-Up. 3

This Week in Marquand. 3

Classifieds. 3

Housing: 3

2-BR Apartment Available January 2009. 3

2-BR Apartment Available January 2009. 3

Employment 3

Part-Time Academic Advisor for Yale-Bridgeport GEAR UP Project 3

 

 

 

 

Academic Information

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Final Exam Schedule

First Semester, 2008-2009

Monday, December 15

9-12 noon

Rel. 600

O.T. Interpretation (Collins)

Niebuhr Hall

 

Rel. 600

O.T. Interpretation (Collins)

Latourette S223

 

Rel. 600

O.T. Interpretation (Collins)

S212

2-5 p.m.

Rel. 601

N.T. Interpretation (Hultin)

Niebuhr Hall

 

Rel. 601

N.T. Interpretation (Hultin)

Latourette S223

2-5 p.m.

Rel. 815

Biblical Interp.. Midrash & Theology (Bar Asher)

Broholm S202

 

Tuesday, December 16

9-12 noon

Rel. 726

Systematic Theology (Volf)

Niebuhr Hall

 

Rel. 726

Systematic Theology (Volf)

Latourette S223

 

Rel. 726

Systematic Theology (Volf)

RSV S200

2-4 p.m.

Rel. 791

UCC Polity (Townsley)

S101

2-5 p.m.

Rel. 618

Intermediate Greek (Gundry)

Broholm S202

 

Wednesday, December 17

9-12 noon.

Rel. 731

Advanced Medieval/Renaissance Latin (Johnson)

S101

9-12 noon.

Rel. 739

Evangelicalism (Balmer)

Niebuhr Hall

2-4 p.m.

Rel. 605

Elementary N.T. Greek (Brand)

S100

2-5 p.m.

Rel. 604

Elementary Hebrew (Kim)

S104

2-5 p.m.

Rel. 728

Beginning Medieval Latin (Johnson)

S101

                       

Thursday, December 18

9-11 a.m.

Rel. 720

History of Xn. Theol. to 451 (Beeley)

Niebuhr Hall

2-4 p.m.

Rel. 679

Greek Exegesis of Galatians (Hultin)

S101

2-5 p.m.

Rel. 674

Intermediate Hebrew (Hoffer)

S212

2-5 p.m.

Rel. 676

Adv. Biblical Hebrew: Prose (Baden)

Broholm S202

2-5 p.m.

Rel. 798

Anglican Theol/Hist II ECUSA/Anglican (Britton)

S100

 

Friday, December 19

9-11 a.m.

Rel. 700

History of Western Christianity (Gordon)

Niebuhr Hall

 

Rel. 700

History of Western Christianity (Gordon)

S101

 

 

Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) Day at YDS

CPE centers are now receiving applications for Summer 2009.  If you are considering CPE for this summer, or any time during your YDS career, you should attend this meeting; it’s only offered once a year. For application forms and directories, see www.acpe.edu.

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

12:30 – Informational meeting in Niebuhr Hall

1:00 – Individual conversations in the Sarah Smith Gallery with CPE supervisors from Connecticut and New York

Lectures and Events

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Interfaith Day of Service

Meet at the Chaplain’s Office, break into groups, and walk to a nearby locale to put in a few hours of work.  Serve your neighbors in New Haven and reflect on service with other students.  Everyone is welcome. All persons, all paths!  We will be working at: Ronald McDonald House [www.rmhc.com, provides low-cost or free housing and food to families while their children are receiving treatment at area hospitals]; AIDS Interfaith Network  [currently sans website, provides numerous services to low/no-income persons with HIV]; Fellowship Place [www.fellowshipplace.org – an adult day mental health center].  RSVP: nathaniel.deluca@yale.edu

Friday, November 7 (1:45-5:15 PM)

 

Evangelical Fellowship Lunch with Kathryn Greene-McCreight

Please join the Evangelical Fellowship for a lunchtime discussion with Rev.

Kathryn Greene-McCreight on the integration of faith and academic life this Monday at 12:30 in the Jonathan Edwards Dining Room. Kathryn is the Assistant at St. John's Episcopal Church in New Haven. She holds degrees from Wesleyan University and Yale University (M.Div, STM, PhD). She has held teaching positions at Smith College, Connecticut College, Albertus Magnus and Yale.  She is also chair of the Christian Theology and the Bible unit of the Society of Biblical Literature.

            Monday, November 3 (12:30PM)

 

YFFP-IRAP Luncheon with Mark Oppenheimer

YFFP-IRAP will be hosting an open luncheon with Mark Oppenheimer, a contributing writer at the New York Times Magazine who publishes frequently on religion and public life.  Mr. Oppenheimer will be offering his reflections on the role of religion and the media in the current election, followed by an open discussion.  Light lunch will be served.

            Monday, November 3 (12:30PM)

            S117

 

Howard Zinn to keynote SUNY Social Justice Conference, entitled "War & Social Justice"

Howard Zinn - acclaimed author of "A People's History of the United States" - will deliver the keynote lecture of the first-ever SUNY Social Justice Conference, entitled "War & Social Justice."  The event is free & open to the public. Participation in the larger conference is encouraged but certainly not required to attend Zinn's lecture. (www.sunysocialjustice.org).  Contact: sunysocialjustice@gmail.com. 

Saturday, November 8, 2008 (7:00-9:00PM)

Anderson Center @ SUNY-Binghamton, 4400 Vestal Parkway, Vestal, NY

 

Chili Cook-Off Community Dinner and Open Mike

All are invited to the November community dinner – a community chili cook-off!  For info, contact: lindsay.bacher@yale.edu.  Following dinner the Yale Black Seminarians will be hosting an Open Mic event entitled Beyond Rhetoric in Marquand Chapel. This is intended to be an intimate time to share thoughts, relax, laugh, and celebrate our gifts and talents as a family and a community. The event will feature the voices of members of our community and a few from the wider Yale community. All are invited to participate and attend.  To participate, contact: neichelle.guidry@yale.edu.

            Friday, November 3 (Chili Dinner – 6:00PM; Open Mike – 7:30PM)

            Common Room

           

Lecture: “Ideogrammatics as Physiognomy” by Alexander Weheliye

Initiative on Race, Gender and Globalization and the Department of African American studies present Professor Wehelive, Associate Professor of English and African American Studies, Northwestern University.  "Ideogrammatics as Physiognomy" is taken from my current project Modernity Hesitant: The Civilizational Diagnostics of W.E.B. Du Bois and Walter Benjamin and considers statistical charts, photographs, and typography in several works by Du Bois, as well as some unpublished drawings found in their respective personal archives.

November 3, 2008 (4:30PM)

63 High St, Linsly-Chittenden Hall, Room 211

 

Election Day Prayer Vigil

A prayer vigil to take place on November 4th from the time the East Coast polls open (6am) until the time the West Coast polls close (11pm). The vigil will work on two levels: one, a person will be assigned to each half-hour slot to pray, so that we ensure constant prayer. Two, I have reserved places throughout the day for prayer if you would like to drop in. Please email me your availability if you would like to sign up for a time. The schedule is:

6:00AM - 8:30AM: Berkeley Center

8:30AM - 10:30AM: The Annand Room

10:30AM - 5:30PM: Nouwen Chapel

5:30PM - 11:00PM: The Annand Room

Contact: emily.bloemker@yale.edu.

 

Dean Attridge to deliver MacMillan Center Lecture: “Religious Influence on Public Discourse in a Pluralistic Environment: The Case of Contemporary Roman Catholics”

The MacMillan Center Initiative on Religion, Politics, & Society welcomes: Harold W. Attridge, Yale Divinity School Dean (www.yale.edu/macmillan/rps).  Lunch will be provided (11:45AM).

            Tuesday, November 4th (12:00-1:20PM). 

8 Prospect Place, Room 119

 

3rd Annual Interfaith New Orleans Spring Break Opportunity

Interested in issues of interfaith? Want to make your mark on the most ambitious urban renewal project in the United States?  Consider New Orleans this Spring Break!

Info Session: Wednesday, November 5th (9:00PM)

Chaplain's Office, Old Campus

 

Ministry Resource Center

Ministry Resource Center has resources for making worship multigenerational!  Read Liturgy for the Whole Church: Multigenerational Resources for Worship and many others to catch the concept.  See DVDs and books on the following Case Studies on being Church: “Multicultural Reality,” “Intentional Ministry,” “Community Impact,” “Come-as-you-are Culture,” “Multi-Site Phenomenon.” 

 

Wordsmiths (YDS Creative Writing Group) Meeting

Greetings fellow poets, prosers, and genre-busters alike -- Wordsmiths, the YDS creative writing group, will be holding its first official meeting of the term. All are welcome to bring original pieces for group discussion and workshop.  We will be compiling a body of work for the publication of PROSPECT, the YDS literary magazine.

Come one, come all!  If you would like to submit but don't want to participate in meetings or be on the editorial board, please send your writing via e-mail to Jay (jay.arnold@yale.edu) or Sophia (sophia.khan@yale.edu).

Tuesday, November 4 (3:30PM)

YDS Common Room

 

The Beloved Affiliates Support Club (BASC) Get Together

The purpose of BASC is to provide support to the significant others of YDS students and to be a place where “beloved affiliates” can develop social/spiritual/emotional resources with other YDS spouses/partners/etc. both within and beyond YDS. Members of BASC are able to share with each other the joys and challenges of being in Yale/New Haven and being the loved one of a future religious professional. So... come join us for an informal get together where we can hang out and unwind! Here are the details...

Monday, November 3 (7:00PM)

Archie Moore's Bar & Restaurant

188 1/2 Willow St, New Haven, CT

 

Upcoming Programs at Auburn Seminary

New programs at Auburn (http://www.auburnsem.org/) include:
  • Pray the Devil Back to Hell
  • Pundits, Politicos and Faith Leaders
  • 2nd Annual Peace Is Possible Benefit
  • Unwrapping Christmas
  • Religious Values and The Practice of Law
  • Coaching Skills for Excellence in Ministry
  • Other Programs of Interest
  • Election Heat
  • Interfaith Teach-In with Rabbi Justus Baird

 

Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center presentations by John Allen Jr. 

“Mega-Trends in Catholicism: Ten Forces Turning the Catholic Church Upside Down”

John Allen will lead an exploration of the oldest globalized institution on earth, the Roman Catholic Church.  (Offering for program $30. More if you can, less if you can’t) Scholarships available. (www.holyfamilyretreat.org). Contact: bnappi@cpprov.org

Wednesday, November 5 (10:00AM-2:00PM)

Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center

303 Tunxis Rd., West Hartford, CT  06107

 

“Rome is from Mars, America from Venus: Bridging the Cultural Gap between Rome and the United States.”  John Allen will help us to understand how the psychology and culture of the Vatican. Allen, in light of his years of experience reporting from Rome, will sketch a psychological profile, to explain the Vatican from the inside out, not in terms of its structures, but of its mind. Dinner is included. (Offering $30 “more if you can less if you can”) Scholarships available. (www.holyfamilyretreat.org).  Contact: bnappi@cpprov.org. 

Wednesday, November 5 (6:00-9:00PM)

Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center

303 Tunxis Rd., West Hartford, CT  06107

 

Visit by poet Jacqueline Osherow

A mini-collection of poems from her most recent book, The Hoopoe’s Crown, is available outside my office, S203. Contact: peter.hawkins@yale.edu

            Monday, November 3

Student meeting with poet

ISM Great Hall

3:00PM

Public Reading

YDS Book Store

4:15PM

 

Prayer Group/House Church Sign-Up

Three new house churches slash prayer groups are gearing up to start this week and next and you are invited to sign up for one of them. These groups are intended to assist us in making time for intentional attention to one another and to God through weekly time together in fellowship and prayer. What follows are the specific details, as yet known, bout the three new groups slash churches. You may sign up either on the sheet posted outside of Niehbur or by e-mailing me.  Keep in mind that by signing up you are committing to one hour each week in fellowship with the others in your group. At the time of your group's first gathering you will, together, decide the format of your time together.

  • Group One will meet on Tuesdays from 8pm-9pm. In the group so far are Kim Woodbury, Beth Tjoflat, and Rachel Duncan. This group can accept 5 more people.
  • Group Two will meet on Tuesdays from 7:30pm-8:30pm. In the group so far are Debbie Noonan and Howell Sasser. This group can accept 6 more people.
  • Group Three will meet on Thursdays from 7pm-8:30pm. In the group so far are Kate Spelman, Scott Claassen, Nathan Rutenbeck, Jonathan Coffin, and Almuth Peiper. This group can accept 3 or 4 more people.

In addition to the groups mentioned above, two of you have expressed interest in a "shoreline" house church slash prayer group. If more of you are interested in such a thing (a group to meet on the other side of the bridge - you know who you are) please e-mail me and I will put you all in touch with one another.

Peace, Greta (greta.getlein@yale.edu)

This Week in Marquand

  • Monday:  Commemoration of All Saints with graduating student Jake Erickson preaching.
  • Tuesday:  Songs of Hope in the Time of Adversity, Guest Artist Pamela  Warrick-Smith leading, with poetry of Maya Angelou and Langston  Hughes
  • Wednesday: Sung Morning Prayer, led by John Tirro
  • Thursday: A Service of the Word on Visiting Student Day with  John Collins, Holmes Professor of Old Testament Criticism and  Interpretation, preaching.
  • Friday: Holy Communion with Yolanda Smith, Assistant Professor of Christian  Education, preaching and presiding.

Classifieds

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Housing:

2-BR Apartment Available January 2009

Large, very sunny two-room efficiency in renovated six-unit mansion available on Whitney Avenue and East Rock Road. Rent is $895/month and includes heat and hot water.  Second floor walkup. Hardwood floors, renovated in summer 2007. Round bay window. Good closet and storage space. Large bathroom, good water pressure. New appliances. Coin-operated washer and dryer in basement. On- and off-street parking available. CT Transit J bus stops outside the house. Yale Shuttle blue line stops one block away.  No dogs. Cat okay. (http://pantheon.yale.edu/~em246/apt/)  Contact: HH at luvtokwilt-one@yahoo.com

2-BR Apartment Available January 2009

Corner of Humphrey and Orange, 1200 sq. foot apartment. 2 bedrooms, large kitchen, separate dining/living, porch, back yard, your own washing machine (not a coin-op!), and street parking.  Pets OK.  I've liked living there very much, and plan on continuing my rental next year, so the apartment should be available January thru August 2009. Contact: Nathan.Rutenbeck@yale.edu.

 

Employment

Part-Time Academic Advisor for Yale-Bridgeport GEAR UP Project

The Yale-Bridgeport GEAR UP Project, a project of The Consultation Center at Yale and Bridgeport Public Schools, is searching for part-time Academic Advisors for the 2008-09 school year to work with 7th graders in Bridgeport middle schools. Applicants should be graduate students and/or youth workers with relevant work experience and must be available 15 hours/week during the school year. Meetings with students will occur primarily during in-school hours, with some flexibility for after school hours. Weekly supervision will be provided to Advisors. Previous work with urban youth is a plus, as is an M.A. in School Counseling. Reliable transportation is a must!  The rate of pay is $17/hour, which covers training, supervision and program delivery time only. Mail or e-mail your resume and a cover letter to Barb Nangle, The Consultation Center, 389 Whitney Ave., New Haven, CT, 06511 or Barbara.Nangle@yale.edu. Please be sure to note that you are applying for the Academic Advisor Position. Resumes without cover letters will not be accepted. Please go to www.TheMAAX.org for more information about the program.