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A Publication for the Fuller Theological Seminary Community June I- Spring Quarter Week 10 Keeping the Vision by Richard J. Mouw, President, Fuller Theological Seminary n an article published in the Jesuit magazine still aren’t always clear about how to set our course in America several years ago, Archbishop Rembert shaping our public witness. We need to think more / Weakland observed that upwardly mobile Roman clearly about these things, and that is an importa Catholic laity in North America often operate with a part of theological education. Ronald Thiemann, the genuine ignorance of the church’s social teachings, dean of Harvard Divinity School, has argued m his But we mustn’t blame the laity for these deficiencies, writings on public theology that Christian commurn- j Dates to Know: the Archbishop insisted; rather, we must keep in mind ties ought to function as ‘ schools of public virtue (This week: “the all-absorbing concern of our forebears, as a mi- places “that seek to form the kind of character neces- If you forgot to nority group in a predominantly Protestant culture, to sary for public life. Obviously he doesn think register for summer preserve the integrity of their faith. They did not fore- good Lutheran that he is—that this is the only role quarter, who knows see the need to prepare themselves for leadership in Christian communities ought to cultivate. But he does what fate awaits you? the larger societal structures.” insist that it is one of our functions, and an important We don’t... Similar things can be said about North American one at that. T ,, evangelicals. There is a persistent thread in our evan- I agree with Thiemann. And, like him, w [ June 11 gelical Protestant tradition that depicts us as a belea- want to emphasize that this is one of he functions of Graduation banquets: guered minority—a cognitive remnant—who must a theological school. We ought to be cultivating public check your school’s devote all of our energies to preserving the integrity virtue.” For many of our students—especially those who will be returning to cultures that are presently bulletin boards for of our faith. Our favorite theological formulations undergoing serious social, political, and economic cri- information. seem to reinforce and legitimize this sense that we ses—the call to leadership on important issues of pub­ are destined to be a people who are on the margins of lic life is an especially urgent one. We have a wonder­ | June 13 @ 10 a.m. cultural life. Unfortunately these themes, shaped by ful opportunity in the Fuller community to “school” Commencement at our pietist sensitivities, often gravitate toward “world- each other in how best to pursue our public responsi­ Lake Avenue flight” motifs, and leave us devoid of a sense of the bilities in the cultural contexts in which the Lord places Congregational role we are called to play in our larger societies. Church. When Fuller Seminary was established in 1947, us. To be sure, our commitment to our own best un­ our founding leaders placed a strong emphasis on the derstanding of “public virtue” may on occasion be so need for evangelicals to leave the margins and take responsibility for what is happening in the larger hu­ out of line with the visions of public life being bandied man community. Harold John Ockenga, Fuller s first about by our contemporaries that the most we can hope president, put the case boldly. In their passivity, he for is a holding action for the time being. Because we look ‘Tor a city that has foundations” (Hebrews 11:10), argued, evangelicals have been “on the wrong side of social problems such as war, race, class, labor, liquor, it is part of our calling to await the coming transforma­ imperialism, etc. It is time to get over the fence to the tion by engaging in modest and civil efforts in the pub­ right side. The church needs a progressive Fundamen­ lic arena as it is presently constituted, for we do antici­ talism with a social message.” Similarly, Professor pate something that is far better. Even so, it is also part of our calling to seize the opportunities available to us Inside... Carl Henry, in a book published in the same year that as public agents during this time when the Lord tarries. Fuller opened its doors, insisted maithat methe timetune uuuhad come ; ------<=>------. • SEMI staff’s for evangelicals to stop thinking of themselves as “en- Passivity is never an appropriate strategy. At the very “parting shots” lightened spectators” of the larger culture, and to heed least we must continue to offer up our supplications pg. 3, 8 God’s call to function as “empowered ambassadors” prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings.. .for longs and of the Kingdom all who ^ in high P°sltions’ so i$®g|we may lead a • Student Awards Fifty years later, evangelicals do have a social quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and dignity (1 recipients r message of sorts. We have left the margins to become Timothy 2:1-2). Prayer itself is a form of active public pg. 5 ,6 quite visible these days in “the culture wars.” But we continued on page 8 • Looking back on 50th anniversary Advertisements FYI Monday Meetings Pg- 8 Chattel Info Financial Aid Info. 2 the SEMI June 1-5, 1998

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We’ve seen the SEMI become a place of con­ Laura K. Simmons, outgoing editor versation—about leadership, about diversity, about art, about racism. And I’ve loved every <57Ju/*teeib iieu/vi aa o , ^ l o e n l c u t / C M ' t(y c&U&fe'* minute of it—even though at least once a year, One of the first decorations I posted in my dorm room was a little'“Ziggy” card that said, someone has suggested or demanded I be fired. “never let school interfere with your education.” I have lived by those words ever since: One of the hardest things about leaving from getting to know Jesus as an undergraduate; to learning in the school of hard knocks, this position is leaving an office I love. Ever part-time and temporary work while I tried to discern what I wanted to be when I grew up, since Ruth greeted us at orientation in 1993 to my life at Fuller, encompassing intramural sports, gospel choir, All Seminary Council and I wondered why everyone cheered when service, Thursday Chapel coordination, being on the orientation and commencement staffs, she introduced herself as Ruth Vuong, I wanted serving on committees, being involved with the Arts Festival, TA-ing and co-teaching classes, to know her better. Jin Cho and Chris Low editing the SEMI—oh, and a master’s degree and Ph.D. work to boot. have tempered my compulsiveness and earned my admiration, respect, and love as they have Was it Dan Quayle of whom it was said, there while neglecting the blessings that are. faithfully endured computer glitches, late ar­ “I knew Jack Kennedy, and you’re no Jack We need to acknowledge where we fall short— ticles, and a really messy office-mate to get Kennedy”? Every once in a while I feel like and allow God to convict us and change us, the SEMI out each week. Carmen Valdes— that about Fuller. I hear people say, “There’s real change, not just great rhetoric. We also pastor, supervisor, co-minister, and friend no community here;” “the professors don’t need to look at what we have, and take advan­ has been a joy to get to know and an inspira­ care about my spiritual development;” “people tage of it while we can—a lot of schools aren t tion to work with. When she first came to work don’t love Jesus enough;” “Why do I have to as blessed as we are. at the SEMI, I ignored her whenever I popped take______class?!” I hear those people talk If you come to class and then go straight into the office to talk to Simon, then editor. about Fuller, and I think, “I know Fuller Semi home, you have no right to complain about She was like part of the furniture, sitting in nary—and that’s not Fuller you’re talking the lack of community at Fuller. You haven’t gotten involved, and getting involved is how front of the computer. Now I wish I’d known about.” her sooner. Gar Nishioka and Randy Parks, Fuller is a place where you can be in class community’s seeds are planted. And if you per­ the front-line men who are perhaps better sec- with sixteen different language groups, or with sist in believing there’s only one way to be retary/receptionist/gophers than I ever was in a prince or an Olympic medalist from another “spiritual” or to connect with God, you’re similar positions, have been companions in country; where you can play softball against missing out on learning the other ways— laughter and much eating. Bill Trudel has been your own therapist or serve on a worship team there’s incredible richness here; taste it while faithfulness incarnate as he comes every week with a Marriage and Family professor or a chair you can! You may never again be thrown to­ to put the SEMI in the green boxes. And Bar­ of Old Testament; where your faculty have gether with people who are so different from bara Eurich-Rascoe, who first twisted my arm written the best textbooks in some of their you. Your church will most likely be mono­ to chair the Women’s Concerns Committee lo fields; where you can argue about contempla­ chromatic and monocultural. Taste some other those many years ago, has been one of the more tive, charismatic, and cognitive approaches to cultures while you’re here, ‘Tor tomorrow they important parts of my education at Fuller. She spirituality because we practice all three of will graduate.. refuses to let me be intellectually lazy— refuses them; where the questions are as important as I love Fuller Seminary, and I have loved to let any of us be. That’s hard sometimes, but the answers; where we’re fairly free to say, this job which has allowed me to be so in­ this iron is much sharper for it. “This is wrong—do something about it.” volved. Funny.. .Ruth Vuong had to twist my It used to be that every year or so they’d Sure, we don’t always hear one another arm pretty hard to get me to take it, because I have to beg someone to take the SEMI job— when that’s said, and everyone’s got at least needed time for my schoolwork. No doubt sometime in late summer. We have had the one horror story about someone who was cen­ about it, my schoolwork has suffered—some­ luxury this year of having several qualified sured for ‘challenging the system.’ I get as mad times greatly—because I’ve been working applicants, and the time to train our new edi­ as anyone else at this place—Fuller has often half-time. But my education has benefited in tor more comprehensively than has usually made me angry, has even made me cry. I hate ways I cannot even see yet. been the case. As I hand the reins over to the surprise memos bearing bad news. I get Over the last three years, the SEMI has Martyn Smith, I know the paper will be in frustrated over and over again with the aston­ grappled with how to use our words and our competent hands. Chris will return as produc­ ishing lack of attention to process, to how de­ power with integrity—sometimes succeeding tion editor, and Carmen will be managing edi­ cisions will impact others, to the need to hear in that endeavor. We’ve wrestled with how to tor again It will be a different paper; that much their concerns—even if those concerns do not use articles to build up the community, rather is already clear. But I trust it will continue to change the final outcome. I hate seeing yet than tearing it down—even when some be a quality publication that meets the needs another person leave a position—or leave “exposés” cried out to be written. We’ve of the Fuller community. It has been an honor Fuller completely—being made to feel that he walked with the community through the deaths to serve you these last three years. or she is ‘the problem’ when there’s really of David Allen Hubbard, Sheri Harthoom, And if I can leave you with one thing, it’s something systemically wrong. Garrett Omata, and Michael Forrester, and ( this: “myriad” is NOT a noun!!!!! Yet, “Judah, with all thy faults, I love thee through the challenges of personnel changes still.” It’s real easy to focus on what’s NOT and the infamous “Communicorp report.” SEM I staff “Parting Shots” continued on page 8 4 the SEMI June 1-5, 1998 S W M ’sYear in Review: “A time to weep and a time to laugh” (Eccl. 3:4) by J. Dudley Woodberry, Dean The following groups will be meeting on he preacher spoke of the rhythms of Monday mornings from 10 to 10:50 a.m., In the academies SWM is providing the with exceptions as noted. life—“a time to weep and a time to president-elect for the American Society r laugh.” These rhythms keep us from be­of Missiology and the editor of this year’s Denominational Groups coming too discouraged on the one hand volume and the chair of this year’s annual or too complacent on the other. This time is set aside for you to worship, for program meeting for the Evangelical support, to network, and to connect with de­ This year in SWM there was plenty for Missiological Society. Teaching partner­ nominational issues. which to weep: a lower enrollment than ships continue with institutions such as the anticipated at the master’s level in the fall University of Copenhagen, Chongshin American Baptist (making our 10-year-percentage drop University and the Presbyterian Theologi­ Psych. Bldg. 116 equal SOT’s); not enough faculty to ac­ cal Seminary in Seoul, and the Presbyte­ Charismatic Episcopal cept some of the qualified doctoral stu­ rian Theological Seminary near Manila. Catalyst dents; a severe budget cut; an external re­ This year’s graduates will continue to view that showed both real and image stock the faculties of our sister institutions, Evangelical Covenant problems in the school and seminary; and like Wheaton, even as a second faculty CFD Learning Center 465 Ford Place finally Associate Dean Eddie Elliston’s member has resisted the allures of accepting the job of provost at Hope In­ Princeton Theological Seminary. Far more Lutheran (all) ternational University. These have hurt important, by the providence of God’s us­ 2nd Wednesday of each month morale. ing some of our students, there is a grow­ 12-2 p.m. Yet, though our tears are not dry, the ing church today of over 200 formerly Faculty Commons preacher reminds us that there is also “a warring people in a “closed” African coun­ Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) time to laugh.” And there is much reason try with no known Christians 12 years ago. Payton 303 in SWM for joy. Additional students in And there is “a time to dream” and pray, the spring made up for most of the drop in that God may continue to give vision and Reformed Church in America/ the fall. The budget is balanced for next raise up personnel and funds to meet such CRC Psych. Bldg. 120 year. More important, we are doing what challenges as urbanization, international we are called to do. and community development, and inter­ Roman Catholic The completion of five foundation- national youth, with faculty that reflect the Library Chapel, 10:15 a.m. funded international research programs di­ ethnic and gender diversity of our students rected by SWM faculty has brought ma­ and of the world. United Methodist jor scholars from all six continents to Psych. Bldg. 130 So that students can learn where we are Fuller and has helped SWM faculty and and can have input in planning for the fu­ Vineyard students do case studies in Asia and Af­ ture, there will be a SWM town hall meet­ Travis Auditorium rica producing new theory for our writing ing Wednesday, June 3,12-1 p.m. in the and teaching in missiology for Western Faculty Commons. I shall put a link to a If your denomination is not meeting at this culture, Muslim conversion, church plant­ time and you are interested in starting a draft of a vision paper, “Toward the 21st group, and/or connecting with others of your ing, people movements, contextualization, Century: Educating People for God’s Mis­ denomination, please come by the and religious liberty. A contract with sion,” on my web page: http:// Denominational Relations Office on the World Vision has faculty and students test­ www.fuller.edu/swm/faculty/woodberry. second floor of Camell Hall (behind the ing the spiritual outcomes of Christian re­ Critiques and suggestions of how SWM Catalyst), or call (626)584-5387. lief and development programs around the should prioritize the needs identified can Other Groups world. be sent to: [email protected]. The faculty have authored eight books Japanese Students this year. The Leadership Bible and a fac­ Psych. Bldg. 314 I§! ulty-edited book taking contextualization Korean Students theory the next step are being written. Payton 301 SWM’s volumes Missiological Education for the 21st Century and Write the Vision Messianic Jews Glasser Hall, First Floor are being used widely by schools as they retool for the next millennium. Military Chaplains Catalyst the SEMI June 1-5, 1998

TC™"/:™' J ______1 3 9 7 - / 9 SÏIÎÏHÎüTvîTAn 9 # r» s School ofTheology School ofWorld Mission William Sanford LaSor Award in Old Testament Donald McGavran Award Linda S. Haney Martin Alan McMahan Everett E Harrison, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Award in New Allan R. Tippett Award Testament Daniel Arthur Rodriguez Guevork Guevorkian Anthropology Award American Bible Society Scholarly Achievement Award Sik Wah Patrick Tsang James Getz, Jr. and Barbara J. Wilkinson Communication Award American Bible Society Christian Education Award Allan Louis Effa Bruce Hanlon Contextualization Award Baker Book House Award Genaro D. Diesto, Jr. Alison Houghton-Kral History Award F. Carlton Booth Award in Evangelism Kenny Callaghan Kaarina Ham Israel Rosales Hispanic Ministries Award Leadership Award José Vladimir Lugo Martin Alan McMahan Lloyd John Ogilvie Preaching Award Missiology Award Richard Lew Petros Grigor Malakyan Hooper/Keefe Preaching Award Theology Award Eric J. Westrope Nicholas Alexander Venditti Parish Pulpit Fellowship Urban Mission Award Catherine L. Price and Richard Lew Lewis Kingsbury Glanville George A. Gay Memorial Fellowship Dilworth Fellowship Velia Manjarrez Emma Karin S. Emgârd, David Kyung Chul Lim, Center for Advanced Theological Studies Merit Fellowships Eui Jung Whang, and Stephen Mung’oma Partial: Diane Chen, Anne Freed, Mark House, Michael Faculty Special Award Morrison, Daniel Robinson, and Paul Tsuchido Shew Robert Gallagher Full: Scott Mackie, Gary Manning, Chris Spinks, and Islamic Studies Award Tammy Williams Richard Deane Love, II Dilworth Fellowship Joshua David and Guevork Guevorkian Harold Stassen Fellowship Chan Ho Park Geoffrey W. Bromiley Church History Award Brinton Rutherford School of Psychology Clinical Division (cont.) All-School Awards John Stauffer Memorial Merit Fellowship Amadeus Award Staci Emerson Coons Marla G. Morgan Clare M. Headington Memorial Scholarship Award Lee Edward Travis Award Jacqueline Daasch Caoile and Martha Dedricks Ana Wong McDonald and Josie Vega Hinson Frank and Evelyn Freed Scholarship Award International Woman Student Scholarship Ryan A. Howes Youn Joo Lee Dilworth Fellowship Division of Marriage and Family Jean-Woo Kim Jeffrey Balswick Memorial Award International Student Scholarship Lily Chou and JiWon Jane Han Alice Choi Marriage and Family Faculty Award Alumni/ae Merit Scholarships Christine Yoon Robyn L. Coffman and Ana Wong McDonald Department Community Award Graduate School of Psychology Dean’s Award Ed Wheeler Melanie Herrett and Cecilia Hur Dennis B. Guernsey Award Clinical Division Cheryl Smith Ray Anderson Integration Scholarship John P. Davis, Jr. Memorial Award David Manock Brad Hallam Gene Wesley Pfrimmer Memorial Scholarship Award David Hindman David Allan Hubbard Achievement Awards Faculty and Administration Wives Memorial Awards Joelle Brummett Beller (SOT) Mary S. Polite (SOT) Kathleen M. Hagelthorn (SOP) Elizabeth Maynard (SOP) Nancy Thomas (SWM) Sook Hee Lee (SWM) Sandy Ford Leadership Award in Evangelism Student Service Award Mark DeVolder and Ayonna Bridges Karen Peacock and Dmitrije Popadic This award honors a student who has provided excellent volunteer service to fellow students. All Seminary Council Awards ASC Faculty Award Betty Sue Brewster This award honors a faculty member who represents excellence in teaching. The award rotates among the schools. Speaking of Awards... ASC Service Award by Laura K. Simmons, outgoing editor Laura Simmons ongratulations are due to Laurie Wheeler, a graduating Seattle This award honors a department or a staff member who has M.Div. student, who has won the national competition for the provided excellent service to students. C $10,000 David H.C. Read Preacher/Scholar Award, given annually by the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City. The £}9<$x99 < femmaiH/ Gouficif award will be presented to Wheeler at commencement. 22 different seminaries in the United States and Canada nomi­ nated up to two graduating students each for the award this year, ASC President Nominated students must submit two sermons on audio tape (one Check campus bulletin boards for posted information. from the Old Testament, one from the New); printed manuscripts of the sermons; a 1,000-word exegetical paper supporting each ser­ A SC Vice-President mon; two recommendations; a transcript from the student’s semi­ Andrew Wanjau nary; and a verification of the nomination by the preaching depart­ ment. Wheeler’s sermons were “Holy Protest,” based on Genesis 18, and “Loved in the Wilderness,” from Matthew 4:1—11. PGU Clinical Co-President Wheeler, a graduate of the University of Washington, worked Wendy Dawson for three years at University Presbyterian Church and spent another three years as a missionary in Scotland before enrolling in Fuller’s PGU Marriage and Family Co-President Seattle-based M.Div. program. She has experience both in youth Ed Wheeler work and in adult ministries, which was the focus of a nine-month internship in Seattle’s Church at the Center. SW M GU President Wheeler shares, “My first time speaking to a youth group failed Shawn Redford so miserably that it was 18 months before the youth pastor I worked for could convince me to take another shot at speaking.” She got SW M GU Vice-President over that fear, though, and has preached and spoken several times Leah Newsome both in Seattle and in Scotland, teaching congregations as well as women’s groups and Christian organizations. Wheeler hopes to use TGU President her award money to “underwrite some more intentional mentoring Scott Keeble in the area of preaching.” Wheeler has attended Fuller’s Seattle extension full-time (while TGU Vice-President also working part-time in retail) and will receive her M.Div. in Au­ Ayonna Bridges gust. She is under care with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and will be involved in parish ministry. Congratulate these folks when you see them, and commit to pray for them as they represent students next year! the SEMI June 1-5, 1998 7 Looking Back From one, on the verge of completing fifty, about another by Donna Andert, Associate Director of Development for Special Events • To raise the resources to sustain and launch the seminary ✓ Vn April 4, 1997, before my first official day of work, I visited the into the twenty-first century and to attract new students to C r u l l e r campus to sit in on a 50th-anniversaiy planning meeting. My new title was “Associate Director of Development for Special Events,” but Fuller’s campuses. • To encourage institutional revival through spiritual and aca­ I knew very little about Fuller at that point I had been briefed by Ann McKusick, Vice President of Institutional Advancement that I would be demic renewal. As we now approach commencement, our final 50th-anniversary event, working closely with her to carry out the year-long Fuller 50th-anmversary my mind wanders back to that firstevent on September 17,1997, when for celebration. SOT professor David Scholer later expressed at the fall faculty the first time I heard Dr. Mouw speak words I would have the unique retreat that he and probably others wondered how one ‘ ‘foreign to the Fuller privilege of hearing many times throughout the year as I followed him i m munity” could coordinate such an endeavor. I know only that I brought from event to event He told us of his favorite childhood radio program, the gifts and talents God had given to and cultivated in me, and a deep “Let’s Pretend,” and his disillusionment with seeing the live performance. reliance on Him. As I sat in the Geneva Room surrounded by the faculty, He then told us of his experience at the live broadcast of Charles E. Fuller s students, administrators, and staff who constituted the “front line planning OFRH, anything but “pretend.” Each time I heard these words spoken by committee, many of whom would become mentors and close friends, I had Dr. Mouw at an event it was like hearing them for the first time. My heart no idea of the joy, learning, long hours, creative process, fun, agonizing continues to be pierced with the truth that we are “.. .very real Christians decisions, “plan-B” implementations and spiritual encouragement that talking about a very real Savior who came into a very real world of sin, stretched ahead of me. who shed very real blood on a very real cross to rescue us from a very real As the various 50th-anniversary celebrations draw to a close, I reflect with deep respect on Charles Fuller’s commitment to the gospel of Jesus hell, to reconcile us to a very real God...” In Fuller’s 51 st year and beyond, may we always continue to have “an Christ On September 17th after the faculty/staff breakfast, the kick-off to a unchanging focus for an ever-changing world.” I encourage you as you year of celebration, I sat with tears flowing down my cheeks throughout read this brief summary of a year gone by, to embrace our very real Savior the entire “Old Fashioned Revival Hour” (OFRH) reenactment God was each day in whatever your circumstances, and see.. .“what great and hid­ making very real to my heart Charles Fuller’s favorite verse, “Call to me den things you have not known” that he will tell you. and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things you have not known” (Jeremiah 33:3). And yet.. .how much more would he con­ tinue to show me of his love, grace, wisdom, conviction and kindness. ------In 1997,1 was putting on events with famous actors and high-level corporate executives for a non-profit chanty in Orange County. If someone | It’s a SEMI SURVEY! ; had told me that in 19981 would be coordinating a committee to plan the spring day of prayer at Fuller, it would have been inconceivable. ! i Advice for New Students: i With so many 50th-anniversary activities behind me now, I ponder in i We’d like to hear any advice you have for new > wonderment at the “good plans” God knows he has for me every day (even l students, so we can include it in our Welcome Week | though I often perceive those plans as difficulties in my life). The Jubilee i edition this fall. Celebration in October brought so much joy to so many, as thousands i throughout the world were contacted to join in the attitude of celebration i • What does a new student need to do his/her first and, when possible, participate in the events. So many details are now ' week in Pasadena? behind us. My events assistant, Kristopher Workman, our terrific advance­ ment team, and I are now trying to find rest at the conclusion of a year involving more than 30,000 letters, 3,000 name tags, 75,000 invitations, 2,000 folders assembled, 200 boxes mailed to events, 1500 blue ribbons • Have you made any special discoveries here in tied, and those 50 microphone/globe centerpieces that have traveled all Pasadena? over the country to so many events. And so many methods of celebration, planned and implemented by various offices throughout the community, have been employed throughout the year, dinners, luncheons, seminars, lectures, concerts, chapel services, facility and grounds improvements, vid­ • What do you enjoy doing in Southern California? eos, 50th celebration materials, media, our own web site, new Fuller regalia’s being designed, our Fuller freeway signage, recognition of the faithful over the years, new faculty portraits’ being hung, regional and extension site events across the nation and world, various publications and, most impor­ • What do you wish someone had told you when tantly, a special two-year campaign to raise funds for much-needed student you were new here? scholarships. Without question, we have lived out the goals and purposes set forth by the 50th “front line” planning committee: • To reaffirm and commit to the mission, goals, and values of i — Don’t forget to fill out the other side and return j Fuller as an institution. surveys to SEMI, Sox OSS! i • To celebrate Fuller’s past, using this as a springboard to pro­ mote the vision and direction for the future. from Carmen Valdes, Managing Editor: from Chris Low, Production Editor: What an exciting year it was...and more than a few things will be The Year of Jubilee was a time of excitement and change in Israel, remembered: and so it was for Fuller, the SEMI, and me. Dr. Mouw’s front-page • 500+ new students and several faculty members were article talks about Fuller’s year; Laura and Carmen’s pieces discuss added to the Fuller community the SEMI; so the only thing left for me to write about is myself. One • over 1,000 friends were present for the 50th celebration of the things I remember most about this year was Carmen’s asking • The Rev. Bernice King visited the seminary me if I’d like to write for the SEMI, and my response that I didn’t • Chris Low survived a major car accident really have much to say that would be relevant to the Fuller com­ • The Rev. Gardner Taylor preached on campus munity—my stories were pretty common and boring. • God has a call on our lives no matter who we are TTien came the change. I went from being a happy, care-free • An Asian financial crisis affected many of our students driver to being earless in a few seconds. Suddenly I had something • Fuller hosted the Fifth Annual Festival of the Arts to write about. That got me thinking, though. God was at work dur­ • Dr. Ron Sider visited ing my accident as much as when I’m not in an accident. Why not • Fuller’s extension sites are alive and well share the joys and triumphs and struggles of everyday life? You may think that your life isn’t very exciting, but God is at work in .. .do you know what all of these have in common? They were all you, and that in itself is very exciting. covered in the pages of the SEMI. I hope you enjoyed them all. Please Thanks, Ruth, Carmen, Laura, & Randy, for another great continue to read the SEMI and challenge us to be a voice for you. year—let’s hope the next one is just as exciting, but a little less This coming year will bring a few changes. Laura Simmons dangerous. I wish you all joy in your journeys! will be leaving the SEMI to write her dissertation and Martyn Smith, who has been in training, begins as the new editor. THANK YOU, Laura, for a GREAT 3 years. I also thank God for a great bunch of people up here on the 2nd floor of the Catalyst building: Ruth, Chris, Randy, Barbara, and Cindy. As we begin our next 50 years, may God’s grace and peace be upon all of you. Keeping the Vision continued from page I

discipleship— it is petitioning the Ruler of the universe on behalf of About the SEM I in general: all of his subjects, especially the needy and the oppressed. Martyn Smith, our new editor a s of June 1, would It is not always easy to discern how and when we are to exercise like to hear from you! He will be looking for articles public discipleship. Even detailed visions of what constitutes a healthy and columns on a wide variety of topics. Is there public order, and resultant detailed programs, will not do the whole something that’s been on your mind? job for us. We need very personal resources for living out our lives in • What topics would you like to see the SEMI cover X the midst of the tensions we presently experience in both our public next year? and private interactions. We need to be strong and deep in our identity as disciples of Jesus. This means that all we do in theological educa­ tion—strengthening our minds, deepening our understanding of who we are as members of the worldwide body of Christ, worshipping, discussing, even relaxing together—all of this is a part of preparing ourselves for the challenging ministries to which we are called. Christians have often lived with a vivid sense of the adverse con­ 1 Would you like to write a column or article for ditions under which they were called to serve the Lord. In a number of the SEMI? On what subject(s)? traditions it was common for believers to describe themselves, espe­ cially during periods of persecution and oppression, as members of “the churches under the cross.” Perhaps it is time for evangelicals to revive that category of self-understanding, applying it this time in a spirit of humility to our broader responsibilities as citizens who work with others for the common good. This can be for us a new exercise in shunning worldliness, giving new meanings to our prayers that Jesus will keep us near the cross, as we seek the welfare of the cities in which we spend the time of our exile, yet ever watchful for the kind of Your name:. large-scale renewal that can only be ushered in with the sound of Phone #: heaven’s trumpets. My hope for all of us—and especially for those who will soon Box #: leave our community to go into difficult fields of service—is that we will take with us a profound understanding of what it means for us to -Don’t forget to fill out the other side and return minister “under the cross.” surveys to SEMI, Box OSS!— the SEMI June 1-5, 1998 9 F ANNOUNCEMENTS School Spirit Days at Disneyland! CAMPUS EVENTS M ay 17-June 30 Fuller Graduate Students The 1998 Celebration of SW M Discover the magic at Disneyland and help of African Descent Thursday, 6111 @ 6:30 p.m. support Epworth Christian School! For each Saturday, 5/30 @ 4—6 p.m. SWM celebrates our students, graduates, ticket you purchase, $3 will be donated to the “Fuller Graduate Students of African faculty, sponsors, family and friends at the school. Tickets are only $26 per person (all Descent”will be holding a planning meeting end of every school year. This event is for all ages)—a $12 savings! Come to the Office of on May 30 from 4-6 p.m. in the Faculty who are part of SWM, and will be held at Student Services to pick up an order form. Commons to discuss bylaws, officers, and Westminster Presbyterian Church in summer fundraising. For more information, Pasadena (1157 N. Lake Ave.). More Be a Star at Universal Studios! contact Thomas Harang at (626) 584-5416, information will be posted around campus The Office of Student Services is offering and see our binder in McAlister Library (near and in your mail boxes. discounted tickets to Universal Studios in the ECDs) for more information about Hollywood! Tickets are only $30 for adults activities. TGU Graduation Banquet (save $8!) and $25 for children ages 3-11 Thursday, 6111 @ 7 p.m. (save $3!). Children under 3 are free. Tickets Book Sale The TGU is hosting a semi-formal banquet are good through January 31, 1999 and can Monday-Tuesday, 611—2 to celebrate the 1998 graduating class on be purchased from the OSS office on the The Fuller Library book sale will be held on Thursday, June 11, at 7pm at the Doubletree second floor of the Catalyst building. Checks Hotel, Pasadena. All SOT students are invited Monday and Tuesday, June 1 and 2, beginning only. at 8 a.m. each day. Hardcover books will be to attend. The cost is $ 10 per person. Seating $1 and paperbacks will be 500. Come early is limited, but remaining tickets will be on Experience G enesis while supplies last! sale in the Garth at various times this week September 9-18 (6/1 -6/5). Watch for signs with posted times. When was the last time you got to experience C.S. Lewis Society Questions, call (626) 304-3764. community, creation, and cross-cultural Wednesday, 6117 @ 730 p.m. relationships? When was the last time you The Southern California C.S. Lewis Society Registered for Summer slept under the stars? Attend Genesis— a 10- meets on the third Wednesday of each month SOT Classes? day wilderness hike in Yosemite National (excluding December and summer months) Want to get started on your reading/ Park—and get the experience you’ve been at 7:30 p.m. in the Faculty Commons. Join us assignments? Some—not all—of the summer missing. September 9-18. Space is limited. on June 17 as we hear JohnBrugaletta present faculty have provided information for Genesis is sponsored by OCC, OSS, ISS, “Lewis’s Poetry: The Jack We Need When students who wish to start preparation before ASC, and OWC. Call Randy Parks at (626) We Have a Flat.” classes begin. Check with SOT Academic 584-5435 for more information. Advising or SOT Academic Programs Field Education Preparatory (Payton 225) to see if there’s information for Workshop the course(s) you’re taking. Monday, 6/22@noon Participation in a Preparatory Workshop is required of all first-time interns enrolled in a Field Education course for the sumemr quarter. The workshop is on Monday, June 22 from noon to 1:00 p.m. in the Faculty Commons. Call Gwen Ingram at (626)584- 5377 for more information. Research Grants Available! The All Seminary Council (ASC) seeks applicants from all three schools for grants to conduct research on diver­ sity at Fuller. Applications can be picked up from the ASC office in the Catalyst. / Students selected will receive $750 in tuition money. Supervising professors will receive $250. Apply by Monday,

June 1,1998. Dr. Glen Stassen and his students enjoy a lovely day i§! ______after a week of rain. Call us! (626) 795-4814.W e may have a position Christians need cars too! SIDCO Auto Bro-^ This section of the SEMI is for the announcement for you. Motivated, positive, talkative? You may kers serves Christian Colleges, Missions, Staff/Stu-fl like this job...Telemarketing experience a plus :) dents/Alumni. This is our 12th year serving th e ^ of events o r services not directly offered by a Neil Clark Warren & Associates. Christian community only. Fuller hotline (909) Fuller office or organization. For information 949-2778 or l-800-429-KARS.“A good name is about rates, contact the SEMI at (626)584-5430. Serving Future Fuller Students— Join our chosen rather than riches.” Proverbs 22:1 Note: Each person is responsible for checking on team! Full-time application data entry processor the quality and type of service before contracting position available in the FTS Office of Admissions. W ill translate scholarly articles, German or using it. The SEMI and Office of Student Benefits include tuition remission, health/dental to English, inexpensively. Experience translat­ Services do not personally recommend or insurance, and sick/vacation time. Please contact ing for seminary doctoral students and profes­ guarantee any of the services listed. David Linnevers (626) 584-5407. sors. Certificate in German from the translator’s program of Johannes Gutenberg University of Secretary in Departm ent of Exp. Cardiol- Mainz, Germany; as well as B.A. and M.A. in Ger­ FOR RENT ogy. Part-or full-time. Contact Huntington Medi­ man from the University of Louisville. Inexpen­ Mountain Retreat: Beautiful country-style cabin cal Research Institute at (626) 397-5451. Date of sive rates. David Carl Stassen, (626) 296-1635, e- (2 bedrooms, sleeps 6-8), located in the Big Bear employment: June I o r 15. mail at [email protected]. area, available to churches and the Fuller com­ munity. $ 125 weekends; $45 weekdays; $295 per Powerwash your house. High pressure water week. Contact John Hull (D.Min office), (626) 584- SERVICES spray deep cleans all surfaces like new. Removes 5312. Summer Piano Lessons! Close to Fuller cam­ mildew, algae, smog residue. Free estimates. Pro­ pus, all ages welcome— beginners through more fessional service. Fuller student. (626) 398-4631. advanced.Theory instruction also offered. Quali­ Mike. JOBS fied, experienced, patient teacher! Jenny Scarlet Are you eligible for Federal Work-Study? (626) 796-4634. Auto Repair: Engine repair, tune-ups, oil change, O r could you become eligible? W ant to make brakes, batteries, etc. Complete service. Hrant extra money between now and June 30 working Psychotherapy for Students— providing in­ Auto Service, 1477 E.Washington Blvd., Pasadena. at home or in the Office of Communication? A dividual, premarital, and couples’ counseling. Con ­ (626) 798-4064. Call for an appointment. person is needed immediately to review and up­ tact Cynthia Winn, M.A., M.F.C.C., at (818) 789- date Fuller’s web site. N o html skills required. Call 3346. Hutch’s Barbecue has been serving fine food Marilyn Thomsen at (626) 584-5367 to apply. to the community for 50 years.We would like to Group psychotherapy for therapists and clergy. offer the faculty, staff, and students at Fuller Theo­ This group experience is led by Sam Alibrando, logical Seminary a 20% discount on all lunches Ph.D. For more information, please call Dr. and dinners with ID/proof of seminary affiliation. Alibrando at (626)577-8303. W e also do catering for small and large functions. 390 E.Walnut St., just west of Los Robles.

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SUMMER DE A D L I N E S Deadline Publication date Summer 1 Ju ly 7 to be published July 17 Summer 2 August 11 to be published August 21 Welcome Week Septem ber 1 given to new students September 22

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