Keep these important dates on your calendar
- April 29 -May 3: Ignite Cohort 2 intensive week @ Mission Springs
- May 1: End of the Year BBQ by Student Association
- & Blue and Gold Day
- May 2: Final Chapel – Graduating Student Awards
- May 8th: Study Day: No Classes – Pizza Study Break
- May 9th-10th: Exam Days
- May 10th: End of Semester & Baccalaureate
- May 11th: Seminary Commencement
End of the Year Community Dinner
Please join the Student Association in celebrating the end of the year. The rain may keep us indoors, but we will have a great time just the same. May 1st, 5pm in Olsson Lounge!
2019 Fall Registration is Open
Don’t forget to register for the 2019 Fall courses. If you need assistance with registration you can contact academic services at semacademicserv@northpark.edu.
Commencement Volunteers Needed
We are quickly approaching the end of the academic year and are planning commencement events. If you are available to either help with the graduation luncheon on May 10 or serve as an usher during the commencement service on May 11, please let Emily Wagner know. If you are a scholarship student, these are both great opportunities to get hours.
What’s With the Door?
The theme of the senior retreat held last weekend at Covenant Harbor had the theme of לֶךְ-לְךָ –Lech Lecha – To Go Forth. This theme was expounded, reflected upon and inscribed on the door that currently resides in the Deans’ Lounge. We extend an invitation to all graduating students and every community member to contribute to the theme and write a blessing, word of encouragement or scripture verse on the Graduation Door as a gift to our graduates as they go forth to serve. There are sharpies next to the door for this purpose. Thank you for helping us send our graduates forth in joy and care!
MNST 6230 – Preparing for Baptisms, Weddings & Funerals
Ever struggled knowing how to make narrative sermons both come alive and be accurate to the text? Ever wonder how to say both an appropriate but powerful sermon based on the text of scripture for the sacrament of Baptism, the Lords Supper or the crisis of a loss in a loved one’s family? If so, NPTS has an advanced one week preaching intensive course for you! Held on the campus of NPTS June 3-7th 2019. Dean of Faculty and Professor of Homiletics and Leadership, Dr. Dwight A. Perry along with NPTS alumnus and Senior Pastor of Bread of Life Missionary Baptist Church on the South Side of Chicago Dr. David Sutton are the professors. Whether you are a current seminary student, a staff or a senior pastor this course will help you. You must have taken the foundational preaching course MNST 5115 Preaching the Word or its equivalent at another seminary to take this course.
Scholarship Opportunities at CBE International
This year, CBE International is excited to announce two opportunities to support and empower your students in their scholastic endeavors!
1. Alvera Mickelson Memorial Scholarship (AMMS): The AMMS is a scholarship set aside specifically for women pursuing master’s ministry degrees at accredited graduate institutions. This year, scholarship awards will be $6,000 each, and go exclusively toward tuition expenses.
2. 2019 Student Paper Competition: At each U.S.-based conference we offer a student paper competition where undergraduate and graduate students in any field are invited to submit their papers on topics related to gender equality in the church and Christian community. Winners are invited to present their papers at the conference.
CBE was founded by a collection of male and female academics disturbed by the shallow biblical premise often used by churches, organizations, and academic institutions to exclude the gifts of women. In founding CBE, they sought to change the biblical and theological discussion. Because of our history, CBE especially recognizes the importance of supporting women in institutions of Christian higher education. CBE’s networks and resources can provide extremely valuable support for egalitarian women and men in the Christian academic world.