- March 22: Fall Registration opens
- March 24: Traditioned Innovation
- March 25: Mind the Gap Meeting, 4pm CST
- March 29-April 9: VSFL (Degree Candidacy and Mid-Program Review) Interviews
- April 10: Last day to withdraw from a course with permission
Fall Registration Opened Monday
You will find the NPTS Fall 2021 schedule here and also read some more details about plans in the featured post this week. If you need assistance with course selections, please refer to the degree pathway in your academic catalog and also don’t hesitate to reach out to your academic advisor.
If you need a refresher on how to register for courses through self-service, please refer to this tutorial video provided by NPU’s Center for Online Education.
Traditioned Innovation: A public theology series by North Park Theological Seminary
“Community Vaccination: Remembering the Past to Heal for the Future”
March 24th, 12:00-1:30pmCST
In less than a year since COVID-19 was declared a
global pandemic, we have witnessed the remarkably
rapid development of not one but multiple effective
vaccinations.
While these vaccines have proven highly
effective in clinical trials, their efficacy for ameliorating
our current crisis depends upon broad public receptivity.
Challenges to this receptivity emerge in part from a history
of abuse within medical research, particularly among
communities of color who have suffered the effects of
the virus disproportionately. Our March public theology panel will contextualize these particular fears and discuss constructive ways Christian leaders and communities can contribute to receptivity of this critical intervention.
We hope this panel will inspire both understanding and trust. Our panel of community experts and practitioners includes Dr. Kara Davis, Rev. Tomás Sanabria, Tribal Leader Darnella Melancon, and Dr. Michelle Clifton-Soderstrom. Here is the ZOOM LINK: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZckcO2vqDoqGtaoH-fa22ZryWNCpqm0P0k5
Summer Course Highlight
Campus Lenten Meditation: Art Displayed in Nyvall Hall
You are invited to come meditate on the Seven Last Words of Christ in Nyvall. The words or “phrases” are the final words breathed by Jesus as he hung on the cross of his death. These “words” are a guide to meditation during Lent and particularly in Holy Week. The images on the posters by artist, Scott Erickson, are displayed as a way to pray with our eyes. For those who appreciate a more “active” way of prayer there are additional embodied ways of prayer at each station. Each word is an invitation to pray, to be still and to commune with God in this Holy Season of Lent. May God bless your time in prayer this Lenten season.
Mind the Gap Meeting
Mind the Gap is meeting on Thursday, March 25 at 4PM (CST) via Teams (link to meeting). Please join us! All are welcome. If you have any questions, email Armida Belmonte-Stephens or Paul DeNeui
  Dr. Carvalhaes’ talk is entitled: Holy “Infested” Week/Good Friday and the Earth: Is There Resurrection Coming? Date: March 31, 2021 Time: 7:00pm (EST) The Hispanic Summer Program is excited to inaugurate the HSP Exchange. The Exchange will present a special opportunity for alumni, faculty, and allies of the Hispanic Summer Program to engage directly with some of our country’s best thought leaders on topics that are highly relevant to the Latinx community and the issues we face. In addition to a leading presenter, each Exchange event will include an opportunity for our community to dialogue together in a small group setting. We know that many of our alums and friends are excited about the opportunity to connect with each other, support each other in community, and to continue the important conversations they began during their HSP experience. In this inaugural Exchange, we are delighted to welcome the highly regarded HSP faculty member and Associate Professor of Worship at Union Theological Seminary, Dr. Cláudio Carvalhaes. This Exchange event is offered on the eve of Maundy Thursday, Dr. Carvalhaes will discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic requires a distinct liturgical response for Black and Brown communities who have been disproportionately affected by this global crisis. After hearing Dr. Carvalhaes’ remarks, participants will be invited to a facilitated discussion on how these ideas concretely apply to their communities of concern. If you would like to be part of this timely event, RSVP by March 28, 2021. Zoom invite will be sent to guests upon RSVP. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdIwPncZ17-xyKigihptts-yLUua1KUA-yWyFus3AW-hYQaYQ/viewform |
Anti-Asian Hate Town Hall Presentation
Dr. Boaz Johnson recently hosted a town hall meeting with Dr. Russell Jeung; Rev. Greg Yee; and Rev. Mary Chung March to discuss the Asian American experience during COVID19. It includes educational sections and calls for lamenting the climate of hate we have created and the context of fear that many Asian Americans are experiencing.
Here is a recording of the Town Hall if you would to listen in on this important conversation.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EmsUXVKr0snMnd1D6u2jAYfwVFg8w0li/view
Feather Bricks, The Newsletter of NPTS’s School of Restorative Arts, is now out and ready for all of you to read! Here’s the link: https://npu-website.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/20210223104608/Feather-Bricks-Feb-and-Mar-2021-Vol-4.pdf
Women Ministries of the Central Conference
Women Ministries of the Central Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church offers up to two $500 scholarships annually to women who attend North Park University or North Park Theological Seminary full-time, reside in the Central Conference area and are active in an Evangelical Covenant Church. The Central Conference Region includes Upper Michigan, the eastern portion of Missouri and the states of Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin.
This scholarship seeks to encourage university women by making them aware of the support of women in Central Conference. It also seeks to offer an opportunity for the recipients to become aware of the various Women Ministries opportunities of our denomination.
The award checks will be presented to the recipients at the WMCC Fall Retreat* in September where they will be given a brief opportunity to be recognized. The purpose of this is to not only introduce women of Central Conference to the actual recipients of the scholarship each year, but also to encourage their support of this scholarship program.
Email semservices@northpark.edu for the application!
Scholarship opportunity!
CM Cares is a foundation that is offering 25 scholarships for religious leaders/scholars in training totaling $62,500 for the 2021.22 academic year. Application deadline is April 6. Go to the website below for more information.
https://www.churchmutual.com/13484/Religious-Scholars-Program
Black Barn Lenten Quiet Day
If you are interested in getting away without going anywhere, consider this one day online Lenten retreat developed by current student Amy Knorr and colleagues. If you need financial assistance, please contact Dean Deb at dauger@northpark.edu.
Uptown Church!
Uptown Church is a new ECC church in Chicago looking to offer itself as another option for students to be connected with a local church and exercise their giftings.
If you are interested in reaching out to Uptown Church, you can contact Ethan Machida, ethan@uptowncov.org!