Photo: Paul DeNeui’s Religions and Cultures class at the Thai Buddhist Community Center for the Thai New Year
Keep these important dates on your calendar…
- April 26th – Common Ground Worship
- May 3rd – Final Chapel & Community Lunch-Includes Graduating Student Awards
- May 7th – End of Year Community Dinner @5pm
- May 10-11 – Final Exams
- May 12th – Seminary Commencement
Common Ground Worship – April 26th
Join us again for a time of community worship, prayer and intercession as we lean into what it meant to live in community with one another. Common Ground Worship seeks to embody what the Acts 2 believes were experiencing for we know scripture says,
“They devoted themselves to the apostles teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and prayer. Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. All the believers were together and had everything in common”.
This will be held in N-3 from 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Marketing Photographer on Campus this Thursday
We will have a photographer from marketing coming to capture our community. They will be attending class, chapel, and lunch. We appreciate your willingness to represent our community!
Applications for Globalization and Diversity Chair
Are you interested in a mentored leadership role on campus? Do you want to contribute to the continued Christian hospitality, pastoral care, and advocacy for justice at NPTS? Do you want to continue the work of advocating around issues of concern and promote the values of the Globalization and Diversity committee? If so, please email Baily Warman (brwarman@northpark.edu) and Robert Cager for an application to chair the Globalization and Diversity Committee. Applications due April 28th. Interviews to follow shortly after. This position is open to any student in good-standing studying on campus at NPTS for the entire academic 2018-2019 year.
Dr. Phillis Isabella Sheppard to Speak at McCormick
McCormick Theological Seminary announces Dr. Phillis Isabella Sheppard as its speaker for the Paul Allen Endowed lecture on Wednesday, April 25, 2018, at 4:00 pm. Dr. Sheppard is the Associate Professor of Religion, Psychology, and Culture from Vanderbilt University Divinity School, a womanist practical theologian, and author of Self, Culture and Others in Womanist Practical Theology (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011). Before her appointment at Vanderbilt, Dr. Sheppard was the Assistant and Associate Professor of Pastoral Care at North Park Theological Seminary and the Associate Professor of Pastoral Psychology and Theology at Boston University School of Theology. For more information about the lecture please visit McCormick Theological Seminary website.
Enter for a Free Pass to the 2018 CCDA Conference
The National CCDA conference will be Nov. 1-3 here in Chicago this year. NPTS sponsors the event every year and we love to bring students along. Look into the conference and learn what it is about.
Only 4 free spots available! To get a free pass and proudly represent North Park, fill out this form. We will receive applications through graduation with current students and then offer it to new students this fall if we still have spots available.
Contact someone in Seminary Admissions to learn more.
New Book by Professor Emeritus, Bob Hubbard
Eerdmans just published Introducing the Old Testament co-authored by Bob Hubbard, Professor Emeritus of Biblical Literature at NPTS. For further information, see the Eerdmans website.
Apartment for Rent
One bedroom garden apartment available May 20. The apartment is across the street from campus and was recently renovated. $850 a month includes heat and electric. Contact Guylla Brown at 847.708.9428.
Writing Center Graduate Student Drop-In Hours
The Writing Center welcomes graduate students to attend drop-in hours on Thursday evenings from 6-10pm for the rest of the semester. Come work with professional writing coach Ellen Blum Barish on any paper at any stage of your writing process. You can find Ellen in the Writing Center Commons on the first floor of Brandel library. For more information, contact Melissa Pavlik.
Covenant Chaplains Scholarship
Covenant Chaplains Association (CCA) is happy to offer the opportunity for scholarships to Covenanters (theological students and clergy, first priority for chaplains and those planning to pursue a vocation in chaplaincy) engaging in Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE). CCA voted to approve the use of funds for scholarships in the amount of $1000.00. This means our 5-person Scholarship Committee will select qualified candidates, typically 2-4 persons, depending on how many qualified applicants there are, to divide the $1000.00.
If you are planning on taking CPE in 2018/19, you may wish to apply for a scholarship by using this form. It spells out the criteria and serves as the application. Completed applications or questions should be submitted by email to our CCA Secretary/Treasurer, Brian Turnbow, at cca.secytreas@gmail.com during the application season which is April 15-September 1, 2018.
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