Pst Calendar of Programs 2009–2010
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ptsCalendar of Programs 2009–2010 [3] ACADEMICWORSHIP SERVICES AND CEREMONIES ACADEMIC CEREMONIES AND WORSHIP SERVICES September 20, 2009: Opening Convocation for the 2009–2010 Academic Year Miller Chapel, 8:00 p.m. Speaker: Robert C. Dykstra, Charlotte W. Newcombe Professor of Pastoral Theology Dear Alumni/ae and Friends of Princeton Seminary: September 21, 2009: Opening Communion Service for the 2009–2010 Academic Year Miller Chapel, 11:30 a.m. The programs listed in this booklet represent the richness and diversity of Preacher: Beverly Roberts Gaventa, Helen H.P. Manson Professor academic and spiritual life on the Princeton Seminary campus. The Seminary of New Testament Literature and Exegesis exists to serve the church and the wider community, and I warmly invite you to Presiding: Iain R. Torrance, president and professor of patristics worship with us, to participate in alumni/ae and continuing education events, and to attend lectures and concerts throughout the year. This booklet is a May 21, 2010: Baccalaureate complete listing of all campus events as of the date it was printed; for more Nassau Presbyterian Church events and updated information, including registration and cost for some events, please visit www.ptsem.edu. I look forward to seeing you on campus. May 22, 2010: Commencement Exercises Princeton University Chapel Rosemary Catalano Mitchell, Class of 1977 Vice President for Seminary Relations The Seminary community worships daily in Miller Chapel at 11:30 a.m. Monday through Friday when classes are in session. Alumni/ae and friends are cordially invited to worship God with the community. FALL FILM FESTIVAL FALL FILM FESTivaL Shakespeare at Princeton Seminary TaBLE OF CONTENTS These events are open to alumni/ae and to the public free of charge. 3 ACADEMIC CEREMONIES AND WORSHIP SERVICES September 28, 2009: Richard III (1978) 3 FALL FILM FESTIVAL Stuart 6, 7:00 p.m. 4 ALUMNI/AE GATHERINGS: Catch the Spirit! October 19, 2009: The Merchant of Venice (2004) 4 ALUMNI/AE REUNION Stuart 3, 1:00 p.m. 5 EVENTS FOR PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS November 9, 2009: Ran (1985) 5 MUSIC AND ARTS EVENTS Stuart 6, 7:00 p.m. 6 SEMINARY LECTURES 8 HISPANIC LEADERSHIP PROGRAM EVENTS November 23, 2009: Hamlet, Part I (1996) Stuart 6, 7:00 p.m. 10 INSTITUTE FOR YOUTH MINISTRY EVENTS 12 ERDMAN CENTER OF CONTINUING EDUCATION EVENTS AND PROGRAMS November 24, 2009: Hamlet, Part II (1996) 15 SCIENCE FOR MINISTRY EVENTS Stuart 6, 7:00 p.m. 16 CONFERENCES 16 Health FAIR 16 BOOK CELEBRATION 18 Calendar OF EVENTS 2009–2010 Published by the Office of Communications/Publications September 2009 [4] [5] ALUMNI/AE Catch the Spirit! ALUMNI/AE GATHERINGS: GATHERINGS: Catch the Spirit! ALUMNI/AEALUMNI/AE REUNION REUNION These events require registration. See www.ptsem.edu and click “Alumni/ae.” A Call for Contemplative Activists: Prayer Prophets, Loving Critics, New Paradigm Pioneers Leader: Howard E. Friend, pastor and adjunct faculty member at Palmer September 28, 2009: Alumni/ae Luncheon Theological Seminary East Liberty Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Mission of Hope: Preaching in Advent September 30, 2009: Hospitality Reception in conjunction with the Association Leader: Luke Powery, Perry and Georgia Engle Assistant Professor of Homiletics at PTS of Retired Ministers and Older Adult Ministries of the PCUSA Marriott University Park Hotel, Tucson, Arizona How Missional Leaders Move Mission from Being a Program to Being a Way of Life Leader: Kelly Beckham Kannwischer, executive director of Presbyterian Global Fellowship November 7, 2009: Hospitality Reception in conjunction with the annual meeting of The American Academy of Religion Baptism and Christian Identity: Teaching from Missional Engagement Montreal, Canada Leader: Gordon Mikoski, associate professor of Christian education at PTS November 22, 2009: Evening Reception in conjunction with the annual meeting of Reunion workshops are made possible by gifts from the James B. Emerson Jr. Seminar for the Society of Biblical Literature Sustaining Pastoral Excellence, the Students’ Lectureship on Missons Fund, and the Rian New Orleans, Louisiana Lectures Fund. Visit www.ptsem.edu for more information. January 28, 2010: Alumni/ae Event in conjunction with the annual meeting of EVENEVENTS FOR PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS TS FOR PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS the Association of Presbyterian Church Educators These events on the Princeton Seminary campus are planned to introduce prospective Renaissance Nashville Hotel, Nashville, Tennessee students to the Princeton Seminary experience and to help with vocational discernment. The L.I.V.E. Symposium is geared to ministerial candidates from underrepresented population groups. For more information or to register, go to www2.ptsem.edu/offices/ ALUMNI/AEALUMNI/AE REUNION REUNION Register for the Alumni/ae Reunion at www.ptsem.edu. admissions/. October 26–30, 2009: Princeton Theological Seminary Annual Alumni/ae Reunion: The Princeton Seminars “The Great Reformission: Being Missional and Reformed in the 21st Century” September 30–October 2, 2009 Princeton Theological Seminary October 21–23, 2009 November 11–13, 2009 October 28, 2009: The Martha Banyar LeRoy Legacy Society Breakfast January 13–15, 2010 Private Dining Room, 8:00 a.m. February 10–12, 2010 Lectures L.I.V.E. Symposium October 18–21, 2009 The James B. Emerson Jr. Seminar for Sustaining Pastoral Excellence—Lessons from Lincoln for March 17–19, 2010 Faith and Practice Today Speaker: Ron C. White Jr., the Distinguished Alumnus of 2009, author of A. Lincoln: A Biography, and former head of PTS Department of Continuing Education MUSICARTS EVENTS AND MUSIC AND ARTS EVENTS These events are open to alumni/ae and to the public free of charge. The Students’ Lectureship on Missions—Time, Cross, and Glory: The Christian Movement as August 10–November 7, 2009: Art Exhibit the Missio Dei “Visiting Hours at Lambaréné: Photographic Reminiscences of Albert Schweitzer, 1961–1963” Speaker: Scott W. Sunquist, W. Don McClure Associate Professor of World Mission and Erdman Gallery, Erdman Center Evangelism at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary October 29, 2009: Concert The Rian Lectures—A People’s History of Christianity: The Other Side of the Story “Words of Albert Schweitzer and the Music of Bach” Speaker: Diana Butler Bass, an independent scholar specializing in American culture and Miller Chapel, 7:30 p.m. religion, engaging people through many media December 9, 2009: Christmas Service Workshops Carols of Many Nations A Sheer Encouragement in a Time of Stress: St. Paul’s Letter to the Philippians Miller Chapel, 3:00 p.m., 6:30 p.m., 8:30 p.m. Leader: Earl Palmer, pastor in residence of National Presbyterian Church, Washington DC A service of readings, choral anthems, and congregational carols led by the Princeton Seminary Choir, international students, and staff of the Seminary [6] [7] SEMINARY LECTURES SEMINARY LECTURES November 2, 2009: The Frederick Neumann Memorial Lecture Main Lounge, 7:00 p.m. Speaker: Dr. Timothy B. Tyson, visiting professor of American Christianity and southern culture, Duke Divinity School, and senior research scholar, Center for Documentary Studies, Duke University November 3–5, 2009: The Princeton Lectures on Youth, Church, and Culture Kanuga Conference Center MUSICARTS EVENTS AND MUSIC AND ARTS EVENTS March 21, 2010: Concert Speakers: Kenda Creasy Dean, associate professor of youth, church, and “A Bach Birthday Celebration” culture at Princeton Theological Seminary, and Rodger Nishioka, Benton Miller Chapel, 7:00 p.m. Family Chair in Christian Education at Columbia Theological Seminary Organist: Stef Tuinstra, director of the North Netherlands Organ Academy (NNOA) in Groningen, the Netherlands February 22, 2010: The Alexander Thompson Lecture Main Lounge, 7:00 p.m. March 28, 2010: Concert Speaker: Dr. Hindy Najman, associate professor of ancient Judaism, “Palms to Passion” Department and Centre for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto Miller Chapel, 7:00 p.m. A service of worship entering Holy Week and ushering in the Passion February 25, 2010: The Women in Church and Ministry Lecture with palm processional, festive music, and scripture Main Lounge, 7:00 p.m. Speaker: The Reverend Dr. Jacqui Lewis, senior minister, April 8, 9, 10, and 11, 2010: Drama Production Middle Collegiate Church, New York, New York Bertolt Brecht’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle Gambrell Room, Scheide Hall March 25, 2010: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture Main Lounge, 7:00 p.m. Speaker: Dr. J. Kameron Carter, associate professor in theology and SEMINAR LECTURES SEMINARY Y LECTURES These events are open to alumni/ae and to the public free of charge. For more information black church studies, Duke Divinity School visit www.ptsem.edu. April 15, 2010: The Abraham Kuyper Lecture and Prize October 1, 2009: The Geddes W. Hanson Lecture Miller Chapel, 7:30 p.m. Main Lounge, 7:00 p.m. Speaker: Sir Jonathan Sacks, chief rabbi of the Speaker: The Reverend Dr. Brad R. Braxton, senior minister, The Riverside Church, United Hebrew Congregations New York, New York of the Commonwealth October 5–7, 2009: The Stone Lectures April 26–28, 2010: The Princeton Lectures on Main Lounge Youth, Church, and Culture Speaker: Dr. William F. May, former head of the Maguire Center for Ethics and Public Princeton Theological Seminary Responsibility, Southern Methodist University, and a founding fellow at the Hastings Center Speakers: Shane Claiborne, founding member for Bioethics of The Simple Way faith community in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Peter