Keep these important dates on your calendar…
- September 27-28 – Lund Lectures (no class from 9am – 12pm)
- September 28-30 – Symposium
- October 9 – May & Dec 2018 Graduation Applications and VSFL Papers Due
Donate with SA Toward Hurricane Relief
Join with the NPTS Student Association as we respond to the urgent and ongoing needs of those affected by Hurricane Harvey. Now through September 30, SA invites you to donate online toward domestic disaster response through the Love Mercy Do Justice and Covenant World Relief.
Many lives, both human and animal, are affected by this storm of historic proportions and its aftermath. A number of Covenant congregations have been impacted and are also among the volunteers. SA has identified this ECC initiative as appropriate for standing with our brothers and sisters in Christ in a time of great need. SA has pledged $300 to the above mentioned special fund and now we ask for your participation through individual donations from all seminary students, staff, faculty, and families, whether on campus or at a distance. Please donate prayerfully, freely and generously through this community effort.
To make a donation, go HERE and click “Give Today” under Hurricane Harvey Response. You can give to a specific response effort or you can give to where it is needed the most. Enjoy giving!
Lund Lectures and Symposium-THIS WEEK!
Both events are FREE and open to the public. RSVP needed for the Symposium, none needed for the Lund Lectures. Both events will also be live streamed online and can be found the day of at the links below.
The Lund Lectures are this Wednesday and Thursday (9/27-28) from 9am – 12pm. Class during these time slots are cancelled and all students are expected and encouraged to attend and take advantage of this great learning opportunity. Full details on who is presenting and their topics can be found online.
The Symposium is this Thursday – Saturday (9/28-30) and is focused on Participation/Union with Christ. More details on presenters and registration can be found online.
Come participate in chapel!
Each of us brings our own perspective to worship and that is what gives chapel depth. As we worship together, we learn from each other, while giving glory to God!
If you would like to find out more of the ways you can be involved in chapel this semester, please see Sarah Tarantino or email her at setarantino@northpark.edu
Bakers Needed!
Do you bake bread? Would you enjoy serving our community from behind the scenes? Then we have a task for you…each week we have homemade bread for communion during our chapel service. If you would like to get in the bread making rotation, please see Sarah Tarantino or email her at setarantino@northpark.edu
Advocate Clinical Pastoral Education Programs
We are excited to offer a stimulating and engaging
- Winter Extended Unit: January 15, 2018 – May 18, 2018
- (Applications accepted October 1 – November 15)
- Summer Intensive Unit: June 4, 2018 – August 17, 2018
- (Applications accepted March 1 – April 15)
Learn how to:
- Understand, clarify and further develop your pastoral identity
- Enhance your pastoral competence and intervention skills
- Grow your ability to do critical reflection of your pastoral identity, pastoral formation and pastoral competence.
Applications can be found online.
Send complete application by mail or email to:
Rev. Samuel Bryan, ThM (Samuel.bryan@advocatehealth.com)
ACPE Associate Supervisor & Staff Chaplain
836 West Wellington Avenue, Room 1211, Chicago, IL 60657 (773-296-8340)
Illinois Masonic Medical Center is part of the Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) of Advocate Healthcare System. Advocate CPE is accredited for Level 1, Level 2 and Supervisory CPE by the Association of Clinical Pastoral Education (One West Court Square, Suite 325, Decatur, GA 30030, (404)320-1472, acpe@acpe.edu )
Worship Workshop at McCormick Theological Seminary
Worship Workshop, Free and Open to the Public!
Communion and Context: Eucharistic Liturgies for Living in a Broken World
Friday September 29, 6:00 – 9:00 PM
Saturday September 30, 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
More details on their Facebook event page.
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Local Hurricane Relief Benefit Concert
Hosted by Minnekirken – The Norwegian Lutheran Memorial Church
Sunday, Oct. 1 at 2:00 p.m. “Northern Lights” Hurricane Relief Benefit Concert. This concert, with a free-will offering for disaster recovery, features two Scandinavian artists: Deanna Breiwick – Soprano and Julie Coucheron – Pianist. They will showcase music by Edvard Grieg, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Hugo Wolf, Johan Strauss, Kurt Weill, Peggy Lee & George Gershwin
Canvas Updates
A few issues have arisen regarding Canvas and we wanted to make you aware of them so that you can alert faculty/staff in the NPTS. (See full details here.)
- The best practice for using Canvas on a smartphone or other mobile device is to access Canvas using the app. (more helpful details in link)
- As of July 27, 2017, the Canvas SpeedGrader app has been discontinued and replaced by the Canvas “Teacher” app. (more helpful details in link)
- Some browsers are not fully compatible with Canvas and may provide for a less than adequate experience. The following browsers have been known to have issues when used with Canvas: Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge. Please refrain from using these browsers with Canvas. Instead, use Google Chrome, FireFox, or Safari as your browser.
- Note: instructors (referred to as “teachers” in Canvas) are not automatically removed from a given Canvas shell when there is a change in instructors. If a change in instructors should occur, please notify COE and we will make that change for you.
- Note: students are automatically read into Canvas rosters on a 24-hour basis. If the student has registered for a given course, please wait 24 hours for that student to be present within the Canvas shell. If the student is not in the Canvas shell after the 24-hour period, please notify COE for assistance.
Thank you for insuring that all of your faculty (both full-time and part-time) have this information. Please let us know if you have further questions by contacting us at coe@northpark.edu or x6204.
The Center for Online Education (COE)
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