- February 11: Mind the Gap Meeting 4 pm
- February 15: Summer Registration Opens ‐ 7:00 am
- February 23: Covenant Connect: Day of Hope and Healing
- March 8-12: Reading Week and March Intensives
- April 10: Last day to withdraw from a course with permission
- April 22: Fall Registration Opens
Summer Registration Opens Next Week!
Please see the featured post with summer course information and schedule. If you need help figuring out what class(es) to take, please feel free to reach out to your academic advisor.
Winter Seed Planting, Seminary Community Garden
Spring is coming! This means preparing what we will grow in the seminary community garden. In February? you ask! Yes! Using a method known as winter seed sowing we can start many of the plants now and set them out when the warm weather arrives. Join us as we safely distance with our masks on in Professor Paul de Neui’s garage at 5523 N Christiana Avenue from 1:30 to 3:30 pm on Sunday afternoon Feb 28th for a winter seed-planting session. All materials and instruction provided. Wear warm clothing! RSVP to pdeneui@northpark.edu so we know how much hot chocolate to make.
Mind the Gap Meeting
New year, new name! The Globalization & Diversity Committee is now officially Mind the Gap. Join us for our first meeting of the spring semester on Thursday, February 11 at 4PM (CST) via Zoom (https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88228155949). All are welcome!
Today’s Black Theology in Black History Month
The Office of Diversity and Intercultural Life (ODIL), Catalyst Hub, and North Park Theological Seminary welcomes New York Times Bestselling author Jemar Tisby for NPU’s Black History Month Celebration on Wednesday, February 17, 2021, from 12:30 -2:30 PM (CST). Tisby, is a speaker, president of The Witness: A Black Christian Collective, and author of “The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism” and “How to Fight Racism: Courageous Christianity and the Journey Toward Racial Justice“. Tisby intersects his strong theological background and the Gospel with today’s social justice issues.
Students have a chance to enter a raffle for limited copies of Tisby’s “The Color of Compromise” and “How to Fight Racism“. Students must attend the full session to enter!
To participate in the event through zoom please enter at this link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82636809041. Public attendance is also offered at https://www.facebook.com/catalyst606/live.
Questions? Contact mpayne@northpark.edu
Correctional Ministries and Chaplains Association 2021 Virtual Summit on May 20-22, 2021
CMCA invites individuals and organizations engaged in all areas of correctional ministry to this unique event combining informative workshops, inspiring plenary sessions, and networking opportunities designed to equip and encourage you in your work and ministry.
Registration is now open! Students may attend the CMCA 2021 Summit for $10 each. Contact info@cmcainternational.org if you are interested in a student ticket.
Student Communications Survey
Students- last chance. Please complete the survey if you have not already done so. We appreciate and need your feedback!
This academic year, Student Association is in a “year of learning” to re-envision the seminary’s student governance model. We’ll be gathering information throughout the next few months and we need your input!
Covenant Connect: A Day of Hope and Healing
A Day of Hope and Healing | February 23
Join pastors and ministry leaders for a day of connection and renewal during Covenant Connect: A Day of Hope and Healing, a virtual conference that will take place on Tuesday, February 23. The conference is free of charge and open to pastors, chaplains, missionaries, seminary students, and lay leaders.
Click HERE for more information and HERE to register.
2021 Spring Small Groups
Please see the attached flyer detailing spring counseling groups being offered by the Counseling Support Services office. We are excited to offer a variety of groups this year and hope that you will join us in sharing this opportunity with our seminary students. Students who wish to sign up for a group or have questions can contact Adrian Battle, abattle@northpark.edu for more information.
DACA Renewal Scholarship
North Park University extends the following to all who may benefit: Covenant Youth Collision (CYC) DACA Renewal Scholarship
To Apply, Follow the Link: https://forms.gle/Vc9EziTXPk4cstPS7
For more information or questions, contact:
Meztli Doles, M.Div, MBA Director of Events & Gatherings Email: youthcollisionprogram@gmail.com
FASPE Seminary Program
FASPE is an intensive, two-week study program in professional ethics and ethical leadership. FASPE is neither a Holocaust studies course, nor a genocide prevention program. Rather, the curriculum is designed to challenge Fellows to critically examine constructs, current developments and issues that raise ethical concerns in their professions in contemporary settings in which they work.
FASPE Seminary challenges its Fellows to recognize their responsibility to exercise ethical leadership in their clerical and pastoral careers. FASPE begins by examining the actions and choices of German and international clergy in enabling and supporting Nazi policies. FASPE then draws on this historical example to help Seminary Fellows grasp their role and responsibility as individuals with influence in their communities and to lead them to identify and confront the ethical issues currently facing clergy of all faiths.
Find more information and how to apply here!