Keep these important dates on your calendar…
- Feb 25 – VSFL materials/portfolios due
- Feb 27 – Palmquist Lectures 6:30 pm
- March 11-15 Reading Week, Ignite Cohort 1 intensives
- March 18-22 VSFL Interviews
- April 4- Nyvall Lectures 9 am
- April 5- Graduating Student Retreat
Palmquist Lectures
We are thrilled to welcome the Reverends Dr. Gloria White-Hammond and Dr. Ray Hammond to campus for this year’s A. Eldon Palmquist Lectureship in Preaching. Together, the Hammonds pastor Bethel AME Church in Boston, MA and bring a wealth of knowledge and experience as physicians and leaders in their community. They will give two lectures on February 27 beginning at 6:30 pm in Isaacson Chapel. The lectures are free and open to the public and they will be livestreamed. Please join us! More information found on the website
3rd Annual Religious Scholars Program
The CM CARES Foundation believes that supporting today’s vibrant and dedicated religious scholars will help ensure strong faith-based communities tomorrow. The CM CARES Religious Scholar program was created to support graduate-level students who are pursuing advanced degrees and are committed to ministry as a career. Students of all faiths are encouraged to apply. Fifty scholarship winners will each receive $5,000 to help pay tuition, fees, books or other costs of attending school during the 2019-20 academic year. The application period runs February 15th -April 19th, so students should apply as soon as possible. Winners will be announced in June. For more information contact Deb Auger at dauger@northpark.edu.
METE Training in Olsson Lounge
Heads Up to the Seminary Community: Monday through Wednesday next week March 4-6 Olsson Lounge will be occupied by participants in METE, the Mission Equipping and Training Event. These are individuals who are preparing for Global Service with the ECC in a variety of capacities. Please welcome our global personnel and direct them to Olsson when you see them in the building. If you are interested in Serving Globally see Paul de Neui and then in the future you too can partake of the food in the Nyvall kitchen refrigerator labelled for METE participants only!
CBE International 2019 Student Paper Competition
Three students will have the honor of presenting their research papers at CBE International’s 2019 conference in Houston, TX, to an audience of advocates and leaders within the evangelical church (August 2-4, 2019). All papers may also be considered for publication in one of CBE’s award winning journals. Submit a paper between 2,500 and 5,000 words in length. Papers must address an aspect of biblical gender equality related to the theme of the conference (see page 2) or the biblical basis for shared leadership and authority of men and women (CBE’s mission). Papers previously written for a class that address one of the themes above are acceptable for submission. Submission Deadline is May 5, 2019 at 11:59 pm CDT (GMT-5). Email conferences@cbeinternational.org with your paper as an attachment, and type “Student Submission” in the subject line. Final decisions regarding submissions will be emailed June 7, 2019. CBE appreciates every submission.
Summer Schedule now available
The summer 2019 schedule of classes is now available online: www.northpark.edu/seminary/academics/student-resources/
Registration begins Feb 18.
Spend the Summer in Bethlehem
There is a volunteer opportunity of 1-3 months with Bethlehem Bible College (BBC). This exits through a collaborative between BBC and The Evangelical Covenant Church Serve Globally Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region. This special project helps to financially support the college through the profit from the guesthouse. It also offers international guests a great starting point from which to learn the issues of the area, travel, explore, return home shaped in new ways by God and with many great memories. This work requires cultural sensitivity and requires being a warm host and helpful guide for all visitors. As workload of the guesthouse waxes and wanes, volunteers are encouraged to serve in other capacities in the college as well. Possibilities include teaching English, working in the bookstore, serving as a handyman or driver, among others. Days off are included, giving the volunteer time to explore the diverse and historically-rich region and make friends in the larger Muslim and Jewish communities. Want to know more? Please email Jeff and Darlene Anderson, Regional Coordinators-Serve Globally-MENA at menarc@covchurch.org for more information or call Jeff @ 612.513.6261.
Vocational and Spiritual Formation for Leadership (VSFL)
All degree seeking students have co-curricular requirements that run alongside your academic requirements. If you need a refresher about any of these, you can find more information on the web. For those of you participating in either MDiv Candidacy or Mid-Program Review this semester, papers/portfolios are due Feb 25. Questions, talk to Emily Wagner.F