Events Schedule

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Sunday, October 9, 2011

5:00 p.m.  Hymn Festival • Woolsey Hall
Sponsored by Yale Institute of Sacred Music

Monday, October 10, 2011

8:00 am Welcome Desk Opens • Sarah Smith Gallery

8:30 am Coffee • Commuter Lounge

10:00 am Reunion Gatherings
(Lunch provided at 12:00pm)
●Class of ’56, 55th Reunion—JE Dining Room
●Class of ’61, 50th Reunion—RSV
●’70, ’71, & ‘72 Cluster, 40 th Reunion—S-202 Broholm Seminar Room
● ’90, ’91, & ‘92 Cluster, 20th Reunion—S-212 Taylor Seminar Room
● Class of ’86, 25th Reunion—S-100
● ’05, ’06, ‘07 Cluster, 5th Reunion—S-117 Richard Wood Seminar Room
● ’08, ’09, ’10, ’11 Cluster, Recent Graduates—Latourette

10 a.m.-12p.m. Meet Author Sarah Ruden: A Reading and Book Signing •YDS Student Book Supply
Join us for a conversation with author Sarah Ruden, who will read from her recently published book Paul Among People. Champagne and light snacks will be served.

12:00 pm Class of ’61 Reunion Luncheon with Dean Harold Attridge • The Common Room

2:00 pm Faculty Books Signing • YDS Boockstore

2:30 pm The Life and Work of Brevard S. Childs - A talk by Prof. Robert R. Wilson • Niebuhr Hall
Robert Wilson, Hoober Professor of Religious Studies and professor of Old Testament

2:30 p.m. Game for the Ages: Student/Alumni Frisbee —The Quad
Last season, Yale Divinity School Ultimate Divinity defeated Harvard's Divinity School Ultimate Frisbee team in the first annual "The Game" between the schools. Alumni from around the country, inspired by their love for the game and our school, donated jerseys for the team based on the original design from the early 1980's. Join fellow alumni and students for a handing-over ceremony and celebration, culminating in a match on the Quad. Aging alumni are urged to join the game.

3:00 p.m. Learn More about the Important Work Being Done by 2011 Alumni Award Recipients — Latourette
Christopher Doucot ’08 M.A.R., William Sloane Coffin '56 Award for Peace and Justice
Barbara Rossing ’81 M.Div., Distinction in Theological Education
Evalyn Wakhusama ’01 M.Div., ’02 S.T.M., Lux et Veritas

3:45 pm Faculty Robing • RSV Room

4:00 pm Opening Convocation • Marquand Chapel
First Beecher Lecture: Dawn of the Dead:  Preaching the Apocalypse
Brian K. Blount, Presbyterian minister, New Testament scholar and current President of Union Presbyterian Seminary

5:30 pm Reception •Day Mission Library

6:30 pm Dinner for the Class of 1956 •Old Refectory

6:30 pm Dinner for the Class of 1961 Cluster Reunion •Old Refectory $35.00

6:30 pm Dinner for the ’70, ’71, & ‘72 Cluster Reunion •Old Refectory $35.00

6:30 pm Dinner for the ’90, ’91, & ‘92 Cluster Reunion •Old Refectory $35.00

6:30 pm Class of ’86 Reunion Dinner •Old Common Refectory $35.00

6:30 pm Dinner for the ’05, ’06, ‘07 Cluster Reunion •Old Refectory $35.00

6:30 pm Dinner for the '08, '09, '10, '11 Cluster Reunion •Old Refectory $35.00

8:30 pm Sacramental Winers' Rehersal •ISM Great Hall

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

8:00 am Climate Change and the Future of Christianity •Niebuhr Hall
 Willis Jenkins, Margaret Farley Assistant Professor of Social Ethics. 

8:00 am Welcome Desk Opens • Sarah Smith Gallery

9:00 am Worship • Marquand Chapel
The Rt. Rev. Laura Ahrens ’91 M.Div, bishop suffragan of the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut

9:45 am Coffee • Common Room

9:45 am Walking Tours of Sterling Divinity Quadrangle • Front Gate of Sterling Divinity Quadrangle

10:30 am Second Beecher Lecture • Marquand Chapel
Apocalyptic Vulnerability: Preaching Paul
Brian K. Blount

11:30 am Class Agents Meeting • JE Dining Room

11:30-1:30 p.m. Coney Island Cookout-Community Lunch—Common Room    $12.50

12-1 p.m.  Lunchtime Panels -An Hour With YDS Students
YDS students come from a wide variety of backgrounds and life experiences, and are pursuing diverse vocations in ministry, service, and education. Join our student panelists for a lively conversation about their experiences at YDS and plans for the future.

Moderator: Dale Peterson, Associate Dean for Student Affairs
Panelists: Kyle Brooks, 3rd year M.Div.; Kai Hoffman-Krull, 2nd year M.Div.;
Liza Ragsdale, 1st year M.Div.; Whitney Waller, 2nd year M.Div.;
Benny Chan, 1st year M.A.R. —S-100

– “Sacramental Winers Uncorked” panel discussion about music as a way of creating sacred space, marking moments of meaning, and finding a voice in the church and world.  Presenters TBA—RSV

--Reflections for the 9th Decade of Women at YDS – A panel discussion lead by Talitha Arnold and writers from the spring issue of Reflections "Women's Journeys: Progress and Peril" –Niebuhr Hall

1-1:45 pm YDS Alumni Board Meeting • Latourette Hall

2:00 pm ISM Kavanagh Lecture: Dr.Don E. Saliers  ’62 B.D.,
William R. Cannon Distinguished Professor of Theology and Liturgy Emeritus,
Emory University • ISM Great Hall

4:00 pm State of the School Address by Dean Harold Attridge
and Annual General Meeting of Alumni •Niebuhr Hall 

5:00 pm Dean’s Reception • Deanery
(open to past and present YDS Board Members, Class Agents and Secretaries)

6:00 p.m.  Alumni Reception and Awards Dinner  $50.00

6 p.m.—Reception—Old Common Room
6:45 p.m.—Dinner and Awards Presentation—Old Refectory

8:30 pm Music by the Sacramental Winers •Marquand Chapel

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

8:00 am Allah: A Christian Response • Niebuhr Hall
Miroslav Volf, Henry B. Wright Professor of Theology and founding director
of the Yale Center for Faith & Culture

8:00 am Welcome Desk Opens • Sarah Smith Gallery

9:00 am Worship • Marquand Chapel
Otis Moss ’95 M.Div, pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, IL

9:45 am Coffee • Common Room

10:30 am Third Beecher Lecture • Marquand Chapel
Invasion of the Dead: Preaching Mark
Brian K. Blount

11:30 am Conversation with Beecher Lecturer • Marquand Chapel

11:30-1:30 p.m. Wooster Street Community Lunch—Common Room  $12.50

12 - 1:30 pm Berkeley Graduate Society Reunion Luncheon • Old Refectory

12 - 4:00 pm YDS Alumni Board Meeting •Latourette Hall
Lunch will be provided in meeting room.

12:15 pm Luncheon for Beecher Lecturer • Deanery by invitation only

2 - 3:30 pm Berkeley Graduate Society Meeting • ISM Great Hall

3:30 - 4:30 pm BDS Pitt Lecture • Marquand Chapel
Faith in the Global Marketplace

Stephen Green, U.K. Minister for Trade and Investment

4:30 - 5:30 pm  Berkeley Reception • Common Room

5:30 pm Berkeley Evensong and Awarding of Honorary Degrees • Marquand Chapel
Marilyn McCord Adams, Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill)