Keep these important dates on your calendar…
- Oct 8 – Graduation Applications Due for May 2019, VSFL materials due
- Oct 11-15 – Reading Week
- Oct 29-Nov 2- VSFL interviews
- Nov 10 – Faith and Health Symposium
Dr. Jennifer Harvey at Resurrection Covenant Church
On October 26th and 27th, Resurrection Covenant Church will welcome Dr. Jennifer Harvey, professor at Drake University, to engage us around the themes in her book Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America.
Join us for a weekend of presentations, interactive workshops, and dialogue. Building on the presentation and dialogue on Friday evening the Saturday workshops are:
- What’s Racial Identity Got to Do with It?
- Deepening Our Anti-Racist Strategies
- Digging In: Getting Concrete and Taking Next Steps
For more details, see the event website.
North Park Viking 5K Walk/Run
As a way to be active and celebrate the homecoming festivities we invite you to our annual Viking 5K Walk/Run on Saturday, October 13th at 8am. Whether you are an advanced runner or casual walker all are encouraged to come and join in the fun. Race begins at Holmgren Stadium and is open to the public. To register email Ericka Adams at ejadams@nothpark.edu.
Annual Icon Exhibit
An exhibition of icon panels, prints & paintings by Joseph Malham for viewing and for sale.
Saturday, October 13, 2018 3 pm – 10 pm. The Icon Studio at St. Gregory the Great Church
5545 N. Paulina St. (one block west of Ashland at Bryn Mawr). FREE AND OPEN TO ALL. (The Icon Studio is on the 3rd Floor of the Parish Center and is not handicap accessible), Contact Paul de Neui for more details pdeneui@northpark.edu.
Leading Healthy Missional Change MNST 6165 still has room!
The seven last words of a dying church are, “We’ve never done it that way before.” What changes need to occur in order for congregational culture to become more healthy and missional? How does a church determine what to preserve, create and discard in order to more fully accomplish the mission? What is the difference between transition and change? How do pastors discern between “too much too soon” or “too little too late?” Healthy missional churches accept the reality of change in order to be more nimble and responsive to how the Holy Spirit is moving. All living things change.
This intensive course runs during the October reading week (Oct 15-19). If you have questions or wish to register reach out to semacademicserv@northpark.edu
Graduation Applications
If you plan to graduate in May 2019, applications are due Oct 8, 2018. The website has all the details, dates and the online application. This year’s Seminary Commencement will be May 11, 2019.
Faith and Health Symposium: Being Well
The church has an important role in helping people be well, in addition to caring for the sick. Now more than ever, the church needs to claim its role in health promotion rooted in Scripture and tradition and our communities need to create opportunities for wellness for all. Working together, congregations and healthcare professionals can collaborate in responding faithfully to the challenge of health promotion, considering what can be done together that neither can do alone.
Join us November 10, 2018 at North Park University for third biennial symposium. This year’s keynote address will be “honoring the Body as a Spiritual Practice” by Ruth Haley Barton.
Learn more at www.northpark.edu/faithhealthsymposium
ALSO We need volunteers to help at the symposium in exchange for free registration. If you’re interested, please email faithandhealthsymposium@northpark.educ or contact Mary Chase-Ziolek mchase-ziolek@northpark.edu
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