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October 10-13, 2005

Schedule

This is a preliminary schedule and is subject to change. Please check back for updated information.

Lectures indicated with an * will be broadcast live through YDS Webcasts.

Monday, October 10, 2005

8:30 am Welcome Desk Opens Sarah Smith Gallery

9:30 am Opening Reunion Worship led by the Class of '55 Marquand Chapel

10:30 am Coffee Common Room

12:00 pm Class of '55 Reunion Luncheon with Dean Attridge Common Room
(Class photo following Adams Quadrangle )

1:30 pm Memorial Service for Sam Todd '84 Marquand Chapel*

1:45 pm Afternoon gathering for Class of '55 Location TBA

2:15 pm Afternoon gathering for Class of '50 Location TBA

2:30 pm Alumni Tea Common Room
Class photos following Adams Quadrangle
Class of '50
Class of '80
Classes of '64, '65 & '66
Classes of '84, '85 & '86
Classes of '99, '00 & '01

4:00 pm Opening Convocation Marquand Chapel*
First Beecher Lecture: Harry S. Stout
Preaching Morality in America 's Civil War
I: And the War Came

5:45 pm Reception Day Missions Library

6:15 pm Class of '80 Reunion Dinner Quinnipiack Club

6:15 pm Reunion Cocktail Party for the '99, '00 & '01 Cluster Reunion Berkeley Center

6:15 pm Dinner Party for the '84, '85 & '86 Cluster Reunion Kristen Leslie's home

 8:00 pm Concert Woolsey Hall
Rejoice! The Musical Legacy of Robert Baker
Yale Camerata, Marguerite Brooks , director
Yale Schola Cantorum,
Simon Carrington, director
Thomas Murray, organ with Martin Jean and other special guests
Presented by the Yale Institute of Sacred Music


 

Tuesday, October 11, 2005

9:00 am Worship Marquand Chapel
Reverend Sharon E. Watkins, preacher

9:45 am Coffee Common Room

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

10:30 am First Taylor Lecture: William Alston, delivered by Nicholas Wolterstorff Marquand Chapel*
Divine Mystery and Our Knowledge of God
I: The Divine Mystery Thesis

12:00 pm Alumni Luncheon in honor of David H. Kelsey Common Room

1:30 pm ISM Kavanagh Lecture: Janet R. Walton ISM Great Hall*
Ritual Action <—> Global Action

2:45 pm State of the School Address by Dean Harold Attridge and Annual General Meeting of Alumni Niebuhr Hall

4:00 pm Second Beecher Lecture: Harry S. Stout Marquand Chapel*
Preaching Morality in America 's Civil War
II:  The Conduct of the War

5:45 pm Wine and Cheese Reception Common Room

6:45 pm Alumni Awards Banquet New Haven Lawn Club
(tickets required) 


Wednesday, October 12, 2005

9:00 am Worship Marquand Chapel
Reverend Martin Copenhaver, preacher

9:45 am Coffee Common Room

10:00 am BDS Graduate Society Meeting ( Berkeley Center )

10:30 am Second Taylor Lecture: William Alston, delivered by Nicholas Wolterstorff Marquand Chapel*
Divine Mystery and Our Knowledge of God
II: Why We Should Take Divine Mystery Seriously

11:30 am BDS Graduate Society Luncheon Berkeley Center

11:30 am Class of '50 Reunion Luncheon Jonathan Edwards Dining Room

11:30 am Class of '80 Lunch and Discussion, All are Welcome Niebuhr Hall

1:30 pm BDS Pitt Lecture: Robin Eames Marquand Chapel*
Where Now for World Anglicanism?”

4:00 pm Third Beecher Lecture: Harry S. Stout Marquand Chapel*
Preaching Morality in America 's Civil War
III: The War and American Civil Religion

5:00 pm Conversation with the Beecher Lecturer Marquand Chapel

6:00 pm BDS Evensong and Awarding of Honorary Degrees Marquand Chapel
Reverend Clayton Thomason, preacher

7:00 pm BDS Reception Common Room

7:30 pm Dinner for the '64, '65 & '66 Cluster Reunion Location TBA

8:00 pm BDS Dinner New Haven Lawn Club
(reservations required)


Thursday, October 13, 2005

9:00 am Worship Marquand Chapel
Reverend Shelley D. B. Copeland, preacher

9:45 am Coffee Common Room

10:30 am Third Taylor Lecture: William Alston, delivered by Nicholas Wolterstorff Marquand Chapel*
Divine Mystery and Our Knowledge of God
III:  The Need for True Statements About God and How to Reconcile This With Divine Mystery

11:30 am Conversation about the Taylor Lecturer Marquand Chapel