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By Richard J. Mouw

I once read a story in a book by the an­ quality control over the various wheelbar­ thropologist James Peacock, about a Rus­ rows that transport our educational efforts sian factory worker who regularly left to diverse educational settings? Frankly, work pushing a wheelbarrow. Each day he as faculty members and administrators, would stop to be inspected by the guards we argue a lot among ourselves about at the factory gate. The guards’ job was such matters. And although we come to to be sure the employees were not steal­ the debates from different perspectives, ing things from the factory, and each day, we all agree that it is not enough simply to seeing that the worker’s wheelbarrow was learn some content about church history or empty, they would let him pass. What they cross-cultural communication or counsel­ did not understand was that the worker ing methods. The way in which that con­ was stealing wheelbarrows every day! tent is transmitted is also important. One A moral one can draw from that story can imagine, for example, a person study­ is that it is important to pay attention, ing in total individual isolation all the not only to the goods being transported, church history, biblical studies, systematic but also to the vehicle that is transporting theology and pastoral methods that are those goods. necessary for an M.Div. degree and still I thought about that illustration recently being poorly equipped to exercise leader­ when I was participating in a conversation ship in Christian community. Perhaps one with seminary administrators from a va­ could become a brilliant accountant by riety of schools, Catholic, Protestant and studying the appropriate content without Jewish, about ‘delivery systems’ in theo­ meeting with other people, but education logical education. Fuller Seminary has for leadership in a community is a very an important role in such discussions. We different matter. are the largest theological school in North In recent years a number of ethicists America and our growth over the years is have been stressing the primacy of the kind due in good part to our willingness to ex­ of character-formation that can only take periment with new delivery systems. We place in communal settings. This is certain­ pioneered in establishing extension sites ly an important emphasis here in the United States, as well as by for theologi­ sending faculty to teach in Russia, Korea, cal educa­ Papua New Guinea, Denmark, and other tion: we places. We led the way in continuing edu­ need to cation with our D.Min. program. Our cre­ be cultivat­ ative efforts in designing Individualized ing the char- Distance Learning has earned us several awards. And our cohort-based Master of Arts in Global Leadership program has come to be seen as an exciting innova- A tive strategy for equipping Christian ■ leaders around the world. 1 In all of this, of course, we have had to ' pay special attention to consistency in our Fall W eek 1 educational efforts. How do we maintain Contmfed on page 9 S e p t e m b e r 25- 29,2006 In grade school, I would get so excited about the that it wasn’t my Lisa Frank multi-colored pen that got start of the school year. One of my favorite back me through the school year; it was my mom who to-school rituals was shopping for school sup­ waited patiently while I spent an hour obsessively plies. My mom would take me to the store to picking out that pen (which would inevitably get pick out my school supplies and I would spend confiscated or lost by the second week of school). Be ! over an hour perusing the pens, pencils and For most of us, our moms didn’t tag along as we m m I w erasers hoping to choose the perfect ones. made the transition to seminary, so it is our Maybe a pencil with a sparkling rainbow community, here and back home, that | and a dancing unicorn God will use to transform and sup­ couldn’t make me write 1 port us through the upcoming year. IB neater or get the right Community is one of the greatest tools we B answer on a test, but, some have while in seminary. So cultivate it, H how, I felt more confident participate in it, endure it, and thank with the right tools in my God for it. Welcome back! o hand. I have long since thrown ~Michelle Harwell h away my scented erasers and SEMI Editor P Trapper Keeper but that exhilaration at the start of every school year never ceases. I now realize

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Submission- [Deadline Fall 4 jjjbct 2 Fall 5 H Oct 9 Falló ft Oct 16 page 2 • September 25, 2006 • the SEMI R u n w it h a P u r p o s e QUiyjSáüéSG StfEDSitiOHES. ATieOJE-enW By Laine Julian who had been thinking about adoption and The All Seminary Council is sponsoring Catherine stayed with her for eighteen foster care for years. She had asked for an a 5K foot race around the Rose Bowl on months! The home was dirty, with broken older minority child, since she knew they October 14. After the race, lunch can be windows, but the real danger was from had a harder time getting adopted. She was purchased and flag football will be played the hundreds of drug users who wandered baffled when she was offered a match with | on the Rose Bowl Lawn. The event is open through looking for a fix. When social the two tiny blonde children (Catherine to everyone, and the race will benefit Child- workers found her, Catherine’s front teeth was two, Bonnie was 10 months when they SHARE, a non-profit organization that were mottled brown and she was showing were placed). challenges and equips local congregations, signs of severe neglect. It only took Kathleen seconds to fall in families, and community volunteers to pro­ Meanwhile, her mother had given birth love with her little foster daughters. At first, vide foster and adoptive homes for abused to Bonnie, another beautiful baby girl. Her both girls were very fearful. They wanted and neglected children and children. (To mother’s struggle with mental illness and all the doors and windows locked, and register, look at fuller.edu under upcoming drug abuse meant that this baby was ne­ Catherine asked Kathleen to make sure the events.) Here is one example of how Child glected as well. At the age of 4 months, her mother ‘bad guys’ wouldn’t ‘get them.’ SHARE has impacted a family: Slowly, however, the children began Catherine was a toddler when her mother brought Bonnie into the hospital with her to heal. The girls (now ages 5 and 3) are disappeared and left her with a drug-abusing leg covered in blood. She explained that growing more confident and less fearful. friend. One morning at 3 a.m., he strapped she had left the baby for four days, and had Catherine went to an oral surgeon and has the wet and tearful child into a stroller and returned to find that she had a ‘spider bite. a beautiful smile. The virus in Bonnie’s leg walked her to a drug trafficker’s home to In fact, the infant had a flesh-eating virus. was treated successfully and no amputation angrily insist that he didn’t want a baby. If doctors had not started treating her im­ was needed. The day she visited our of­ The drug supplier, an older woman who mediately, Bonnie would have been dead in fice, I watched her dance and run down our had raised her own children years earlier, 36 hours. protested at first, then relented and took the The little girls found their first safe Continued on page 9 child “because I felt sorry for her.” home with Kathleen Boss, a single woman T h e L a s t K is s C l IT f rii «I By Tim Posada ! 6 6 9 Î Ï F i l m R e v i e w s : the Italian film L’ultimo bacio takes pain to Zach Braff has a strong following with I n p ^ o w a ^ his leading roll on the quirky, medical com­ new empathetic heights through aggravat­ I two hours o f your life edy Scrubs. But ing character choices and the resulting bro­ his film debut kenness of all involved. Garden State Braff’s character is one of many stories I n n m i T o n t being told in yet another film that has no Bilson assured his sta­ ___ tire D a n n e r tus as a cult star. lead role, though Braff has minutely more these characters deals with their particular and Tom Wilkinson While many screen time. The driving story revolves situations. The Last around four late 29-year-old friends along Kiss were expecting The story addresses the differences be­ The Last Kiss with some of their parents and their ro­ tween love and lust through brief moments to be Garden mantic lives. Michael (Zach Braff) and of nudity that are intentionally awkward. State part II, it Jenna (Jacinda Barret) are not married but While many films are content with arche­ was more like have a child on the way, but Michael has type characters, The Last Kiss takes pains the film Crash, an encounter with Kim (The OC’s Rachel to humanize the characters and show the about relation­ Bilson) at his friend’s wedding. Jenna’s complexity of each struggle. In other films, ships. parents Anna (Blythe Danner) and Stephen it is easy to hate the person who makes a While The (Tom Wilkinson) have been married for 30 mistake, but this film takes the viewer on Last Kiss was years and the spark has been gone for some the journey and forces her/him to empa­ advertised as a time. Chris (Casey Affleck) and Lisa (Lau­ thize with the situation—or at least scream moderately comedic drama about love, it ren Lee Smith) have a newborn child and choice words at the movie projector. is more like a 1 hour, 44 minute emotional constantly yell at each other. Kenny (Eric The Last Kiss is part of a growing genre ride about problems that arise before and Christian Olsen) is a rootless bartender of films: externally thematic films in which after marriage. While the music was cho­ who just wants sex. Izzy (Michael Weston) there is no lead character much like Crash. sen by Zach Braff and sounds like Garden is dealing with the loss of his high school Paul Haggis who wrote Crash also wrote State, the only similarities between these sweetheart Adrianna (Marley Shelton), two Gen-X films are pain, similar actors, while having to take care of his bedrid­ Continued on page 9 and landscape. But this English remake of den father. 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By Bob Rice served as a gentle break from reading, pa­ Greetings! My name is Prayer Hotline. Trained prayer volunteers pers and the like. While feeling challenged B o b Rice, and I will serve as (Fuller students, faculty, and staff) demon­ by listening to the sorrows and needs of our the new Guideposts Prayer strate active and compassionate listening, callers, it has been a real joy to offer them Coordinator on the Fuller lovingly reflect back what they have heard, hope through prayer. Guideposts reminds campus for the 2006/2007 and then they pray, calling upon the God of Heaven to intervene. Sometimes the caller us that we are here for a larger purpose *^ 1 school year. You may not that extends beyond the walls of Fuller, be aware of it, but every weeps, other times the caller is able to echo the prayers offered by the volunteer, and that God is preparing us to serve people P H I week between fifty and one not only with our heads, but also with our jp p r hundred people line up at many times there is a great sigh of relief and a wonderful expression of gratitude hearts. Seminary, as wonderful as it is, can Fuller with great needs and sometimes leave us a little dry and crusty, burdens on their hearts. You (the names used above have been changed for the sake of confidentiality). and perhaps even cynical. Guideposts coun­ do not see these people, but teracts that trap, reminding us that God is they are there. Lorraine’s When I first came to Fuller in January 2005,1 was looking for a way to serve oth­ bigger than our classes and our attempts to teenage daughter Stepha­ understand him. God is alive and active, nie is out of control. Joseph suffers from ers while I was in school. I felt that “all study and no service would make Bob a and through Guideposts we can participate depression, health issues, and has been in his healing power through prayer while out of work for two months. Gloria needs very dull boy.” While I explored some op­ portunities, many of them seemed like they we are here to study. This ministry provides courage to care for her mother who has an opportunity to set aside one hour a week Alzheimer’s. John’s niece’s boyfriend was would take me away from my main pur­ pose in being here. However, I then learned to bless others and to have a break from in a car wreck and is fighting to live. These heavy thinking. It will improve your listen­ are but a sampling of the manifold situa­ about Guideposts Prayer Ministry. Guide- posts only asks for one hour per week from ing skills, buttress your faith, increase your tions that come to us here at Fuller. You compassion for others, and serve you well may be asking yourself, “Who are these its volunteers and is conveniently located right here on the Fuller campus on the third as you prepare for the manifold ministries people and why don’t I see them?” Every of Christ and his Church. week these people call in to our Guideposts floor of the Catalyst. The prayer room is quiet and peaceful with In the movie Hotel Rwanda, Paul Rus- a wonderful view of esabagina challenges the Rwandan guests the campus mall. It of­ staying in his hotel to call influential people fers respite and sanctu­ who can help them in their dire situation. Brehm Center ary from thinking about He counsels them, “When you say good­ H. Richard Niebuhr’s bye to these friends, say it as though you are reaching through the phone and hold­ • Songwriting cultural motifs, John Calvin’s Institutes or ing their hand-let them know that if they • Precious Metal Arts other heavy theologi­ let go of your hand, you will die.” Through Guideposts, we have the opportunity to • Ancient Chants cal ideas. Yet, it also provides a wonderful hold the hand of those who are dying and opportunity to minister those who are struggling to live. We can Come explore one of these to those in great need call on the most influential person with the greatest influence. Supematurally, we are exciting art forms with us (there is also an internet prayer ministry, where able to reach through the phone and make this fall. volunteers respond to a lasting impact in the lives of countless written requests posted people. Will you join me, this year, in this on the Guideposts web­ wonderful ministry as a Guideposts Prayer site). Adam Gossman, Volunteer? I trust that you will be blessed For more information go to Fuller alum and long­ as you serve in this way.... www.brehmcenter.org or time prayer volunteer, contact us at 626.304.3789 says that “Guideposts helped me maintain be- | lief in the power and the necessity of prayer (on Bob has seen prayer an ontological level) change a nation and transform individuals. B r eh m C e n t e r during seminary.” FOR WORSHIP. THEOLOGY, AND THE ARTS Contact him at fuller_ For me, personally, [email protected] going into the prayer to join the Guideposts room each week has Prayer Ministry.

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I am ashamed to admit that I have lived a brief tour of the Meher McArthur, who gave n three blocks from the Pacific Asia Museum entire museum, private tour of the newly const art for two years and I have never visited until which is now ed gallery. As I entered the sj and today. I have seen their courtyard on such TV configured as a my jaw dropped. The space’s c] shows as Alias and CSI, but, until today, I just west to east tour bright, elegant and engaging sty] jap' hadn’t stopped by. I must admit that I wish I through Asian my conceptions of Japanese art had discovered this Pasadena gem before to­ Art. The muse­ fectly. The space boasts some n lese day. um seems rather unique features, including an aut arie unassuming tic Japanese Buddhist Temple ce|c. What the visitor encounters from the street, (the only other museum to boast lo, I instead of one style are five but the expan­ a find is the Metropolitan Museufe o sive cultural ar­ Art in New York). The ceiling, wits c styles of Japanese art varying tifacts it houses hovers above visitors, consists i warrant multiple panels related to various templejj from a busy cacophony of visits and time a Buddhist pilgrimage, which cl color and line, to earthy to absorb the his­ be meditated upon in lieu of trl tory and beauty ing to the various places the pal unglazed simplicity, to play­ of Asia. The art represented. As I looked upwarfl fully intricate and humorous within the Pacif­ couldn’t help but think about the I ic Asia Museum that western religions configl subjects and shapes ranges from an­ Mori Sosen (Japanese, 1747-1821) space in the Middle Ages to al Monkey Performing the Sambaso Dance cient pottery to Japan, Edo period (1600-1868), dated 1800 ( worshippers to proceed on pilgl modem Japanese the Monkey) ages without leaving their hom| Hanging scroll: ink on paper The reason I ventured to cross the street and print works. In Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Ross well. explore the arts of Asia concerned their newly fact, the Muse­ 198555.4 The gallery’s focus for the renovated Gallery of Japanese Art, which is um is currently of the year concerns an intro now equipped to better display the 4,000 piec­ featuring From Heart to Hand, an exhibit of tion to the “styles” of Japanese art. As - es that make up the Japanese Art collection. modem Japanese prints, until the end of the toured through Meher discussed the com Before exploring the gallery, Jennifer Cabal­ year. misperception that Japanese art possesses ~ lero, the museum’s PR manager, took me on I met with the Curator of East Asian Art, aesthetic or style. What the visitor encoui ™

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1. Free/Cheap Entertainment: University like it only needed slight repairs, a chest of clothes, shoes, photo sleeves, multiple bolshi: lectures, TVTickets.com, the beach, walks drawers, a microwave cart, etc. I also saw a of ink, other slide rulers, boxes and boxlthr with friends, renting movies, church events, neat wardrobe that needed some repair, but soap, a mattress cover, etc.) '©ler the public library, city concerts, picnics at someone creative with carpentry skills could If you can’t find what you need on the «ize the park, etc. If you want to scare your folks have used the side for a tabletop or stacked try craigslist.com or yard sales. That’s wih ir when they’re planning a visit, arrange for and nailed the drawers for shelving (after re­ I got some of my best furniture. 1 w free tickets to Dr. Phil. The show even called moving the handles). 3. Free Food: Fuller has a food bank Iseh my parents’ house. Don’t forget to check out Things I picked up this week when on a free groceries for students on the first I C: events in Pasadena on myspace.com or the lo­ morning walk on my street: new plastic CD third Wednesdays of the month. A Kolvh cal newspaper. sleeves (which I’ll clip into a binder and then friend or two also know a food bank for Kl la; 2. Curbside Shopping: Basically, if you’re have space for all the CDs floating loosely an students and have given me Shin rami>o\ up to it and have access to a truck, you could around that don’t fit in my current case), di­ shampoo, tin foil, napkins, instant coffee,I y< furnish an entire apartment with what you viders (the kind you put into school binders), cooking oil. Esther Miller is the queen olto find on the side of the street on trash day. With a slide ruler, index cards, and an index card minding me to go to Fuller for free food. |w a little creativity, paint, or fabric, you could holder. My neighbor put them out on the curb 4. Thrift stores: OK, so they are pretty r*bli even make things look good together. Things and when she saw me looking at her things, overpriced here and have almost new pi- 9 I saw this week along the side of the road she even brought me a plastic bag. (Things I for furniture, etc. You’re better off slfees include a bed frame, a dresser which looked could have also taken for free: lots of flatware, ping on the curb. Still, if you need a “nig

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: n d of one style are five styles of Japa- tional tokonoma, or alcove, where scrolls and ìsti art varying from a busy cacophony of flower arrangements are rotated regularly and S[ and line, to earthy unglazed simplicity, displayed as they would be in a traditional ; c] yfully intricate and humorous subjects Japanese home. 5ty] Wpes. The current exhibit is aptly titled There was too much I encountered in my art dor and Simplicity: An Introduction to first visit to tell you all about it in one article, ; n lese Artistic Style, and the pieces reflect and there is much on the horizon for the mu­ aut ¡tried sensibilities of the Japanese aes- seum. In November, they will be unveiling an exhibit of modem Asian art called Banquet: cel. istlo, this gallery is a particularly nice ex- A Feast for the Senses, and they plan to in­ ieuE °f the museum’s focus on showing stall an exhibit about Himalayan Art that will of art as they would be displayed or feature more setting in life displays like the iy their particular culture. Other than the tokonoma in the Japanese gallery. issive ceiling, the gallery boasts a tradi- Ultimately, I suggest a visit to the museum. It’s a great spot to stop for a study break or relax on a lazy afternoon. Admission is only $5.00 for students or $20.00 for a yearlong student membership Curator Meher McArthur gives Lisa a tour of the Japanese (which means you can visit as Tokonoma. many times as you want). Non­ student memberships are only the peaceful courtyard, and exploring a whole $50.00 and include admission new world all in my own backyard! for two. Also, on Friday, Satur­ Lisa is going into her third day and Sundays the courtyard year of an MDiv program. boasts some of the highest rated She is excited about the pos­ gelato in all of Los Angeles and sibility of visiting Taiwan this some of the most beautiful scen­ February. ery in which to enjoy it. I know l45ia Museum Courtyard I’ll be joining up, studying in

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to towel racks, laundry baskets, flowers, and 9. Hang-dry your laundry! jolshirt, you could try to find one for $3-5 10. Take advantage of being a student, as x«thrift store rather than $20 at Target. The toys. 7. Try substitutes: Instead of buying cur­well as other students who are learning. Don’t 'llem is that things aren’t usually sorted forget to show your ID for discounts. You can ; (Size. There’s a really good thrift store i tains, I bought $4 worth of fabric and made my own. Instead of buying curtain rods, I also get half-price haircuts at some places wlhington Blvd and Hill, across from Rite with a student ID. If that doesn’t work, go to 1 where you can find skillets, dishes, and bought a 59 cent dowel rod and fastened the curtains with cup hooks. In another apartment Pasadena City College’s Beauty School to get : fcehold things for great prices, your hair done or a dental school to have your stI Chinatown: I wouldn’t buy funky shoes with larger windows, I used twisty ties to fas­ teeth cleaned. ^olvhere else! I had fun “discovering” ten window scarves to the blinds instead of k| last winter. It’s good to get to know the rods and hooks. You could try buying a sheet at a thrift store and cutting it down for simple mjfcowners, too. If you go early in the mom- Now that Laura has saved so curtains and throw pillows. I use a plastic el you’ll smell Buddhist incense burning, much money, the SEMI asked olto the same store enough times to get to container I found for a trash bin. I substitute her, “What are you going to i |w the owner and, who knows, you might shopping bags for trash bags. I use old clothes do next?” She replied, “ I’m nmble to share about Jesus with her. for cleaning rags. going to Disneyland!” pij. 99 Cents Store on Los Robles: It’s the 8. If you’re driving, turn off the air condi­ slfcest 99 cent-er I’ve seen and has every- tioner in your car and roll down the windows ;‘nlg from fruits, milk, and other groceries and you’ll save gas. the SEMI • September 25,2006 • page 7 A m e r ic a n A c a d e m y R e l ig io n By Kirsten Oh

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nich or V for Vendetta may parallel cur­ mitment of marriage should be. rent events through stories set in the past Just in case your short or future, thematic films directly address on cash Tim, the SEMI the issue. thinks you can get a gig The Last Kiss is a hard film to watch moonlighting as a Zach but, like Crash, raises important issues B raff impersonator in that deserve attention. While aspects of from of the Mann's Chi­ the film feel forced and/or underdevel­ nese Theater. oped, this is a growing genre that con­ tinues to improve. Clichés of love are R u n Continued from page 3 ‘ questioned while the answers to what makes a relationship work prove to be hallway! The Last Kiss. Films with no lead charac­ complex. For the moviegoer who is After a court process that stretched out ters have the ability to wear the theme of ready to acknowledge profanity and nudity for over two years, Kathleen adopted the the film on their sleeve as they are com­ as part of life and important to advancing girls last fall. She has joined our volunteer monly defined in one word: Crash is about the plot lines, The Last Kiss can reveal the support team and now mentors other foster racism, Traffic is about drug-use, Love Ac­ awkwardness of lust and the pain of love, and adoptive parents. tually is about love, and The Last Kiss is while trying to show how serious the com- Kathleen has found that Catherine and about relationships. While a film like Mu- Bonnie have other siblings in the foster care system. She works hard to coordinate D e l iv e r y Continued from page I regular visits so that the brothers and sis­ ters can maintain their family connection. acter traits, the virtues, that are crucial for to be just, merciful and humble servants of She’d love to see families in the nearby leading communities. And what we have the Lord, we will not have had a Fuller edu­ area foster or adopt Catherine’s brothers to been learning at Fuller through our vari­ cation ‘delivered’ to us in a proper manner. form a covenant family, so that they never ous experiments in delivery systems is that My prayer for all of us is that this will be lose each other again. there is more than one way to cultivate an academic year in which we grow togeth­ these virtues. er in our capacity for exercising Chrstian leadership. I hope that this is a year in which we Between running mara­ can learn sorr.1 new lessons together about An unnamed source in­ thons and running TGU, these matters. One important strategy for forms the SEMI there’s an Laine finds time to grow continuing the quest for new answers is our unusual amount of wheel­ some of the best facial seminary-wide discussion of ‘educational barrows hidden behind hair on campus, especial­ outcomes.’ Our accrediting agencies are Slessor hall. ly in March. urging us to think new thoughts on this sub­ ject, and we can only do so productively if all of us together—faculty, students, staff and adminstrators-contribute to the ongo­ ing conversation. Beyond the transmission of specific content, what are we aiming - H e ’ at in our educational efforts? What do we sets the want our courses to contribute to the kind captives of people we believe God wants us to be? Ä fr e e ,,; How can our educational content enrich To pastors and leaders at Fuller Seminary: ‘the manifold ministries of Christ and his Resurrected Life Ministries (RLM) is offering a two-part intensive church?’ seminar. We provide training, teaching and personal ministry to do RLM is a But we also have a wonderful opportuni­ what Jesus commanded. “Set the captives tree! There is m uch hurt non-profit ty to work in new ways at being a commu­ in people’s lives that handicaps them from living the abundant life organization nity where important virtues are cultivated. that Christ offers. We teach and minister new life in Christ. We have and has been accountable witnessed God changing hundreds of lives. Why not come to our Our seminary theme for the year, taken to Harvest from Micah 6:8, is ‘Acting Justly, Loving seminar to see how RLM can serve you and your group? Rock Church Mercy, Walking Humbly.’ The assignment W hen? Sep 28-30 and Oct 26-28 (Thu-Fri-tiSat) of Pasadena described in that theme is not an optional Where? William Carey Campus-Pasadena. for 12 years. Let us serve one for Christians. Justice, mercy and hu­ Cost? $75.00 (Special rate for Fuller participants) For more information and a registration form visit vou. mility are, as the prophet insists, what the http://www.resurrectedlife.org/ (click on courses and Pastor’s Lord requires of us. Without growing in our Conference). Phone: (626) 798-5997 capacity to show the world what it is like

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Fuller Wives Support Groups troductory framework and basic skills for faith- Integrationai Small Group Wed, starts Sep 27, 9-11:15am, based conflict transformation. Do you have the heart to integrate psychology, Pasadena Presbyterian Church, 3rd floor. missions, and theology? Do you care about the Childcare is provided for infants to age five. For Ministry Enrichment Seminar mental health and spiritual needs of missionar­ more info, contact Heidi at 578.0325. Faith-Based Conflict Transformation II ies? Join a community of students every other Thu, starts Sep 28, 7-9 pm, Sat, Nov 4, 9-12, Payton 101 Thursday night for thriving discussion and fel­ Koinonia Community Life Center, A team from Christians Empowering Others for lowship. For time, location, and speakers, con­ No childcare is provided. For more info, contact Reconciliation with Justice. tact Jeff Simons ([email protected]) or Patty at 584.5594 (day) or 796.7487 (evening). Hana Shin (hana_shin @cp.fuller.edu). Ministry Enrichment Seminar Field Education Orientations CPE Day MFT Free Therapy Thu, Sept 28,10am - 12pm, Geneva Room Wed, Nov 8,11-1, Payton 101 The Department of Marriage and Family at Fri, Sept 29, lpm - 3pm, Geneva Room Panel of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) Fuller is offering 10 free counseling sessions to Participation in one of the Field Education Ori­ students and supervisors will present. engaged/married couples, or families who wish entation workshops is required for those en­ to improve their interaction patterns. For more rolled in the first quarter of the FE501 Part-time Ministry Enrichment Seminar information, call Annie Mathew at 584.5687 Church Internship (FE501A) and FE533 Full­ Skills for Missionai Leadership or email [email protected]. Space is time Church Internship (FE533A) for the fall Thu, Nov 16,6-8pm, Geneva Room limited. Not available to School of Psychology quarter. The two workshops are identical. Con­ Rev. Elmarie Parker, Presbyterian Pastor will students. tact the Office of Field Education at 584.5387 or present a view from the mission field. [email protected] to sign up. Tickets to Amusements Parks American Baptist Fuller Family Fellowship Student Life and Services Fri, Sep 29, 6pm, Payton 101 sells tickets to Disneyland The American Baptist Theological Center staff ($50 adults, $45 for chil­ dren 3-9), Universal Stu­ W FULLER ^ warmly welcomes all of our new and returning V THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY ABC students. Our office is on the 2nd floor of dios ($35 for adults & chil­ m. ■ Æ 1m* Camell Hall, and we’d love to meet you! Please dren), and Legoland ($34). join us for a barbecue and a night of fun activi­ Call 584.5435 for info. FESTIVAL OF BEGINNINGS ties for ABC seminarians and their families. To make reservations for this free event, please stop SOP Free Therapy in at ABTC or call us at 584-5583 or 5594. The School of Psychology You are warmly invited to join alumni/ae, faculty, is offering free individual friends, staff, students and trustees of the Lloyd John Ogilvie Institute of Preaching therapy to a limited num­ seminary in worship, celebration, and a call to Dedication Service ber of students and their justice, mercy, and humility at the opening Thu, Oct 5, 7:30pm, family members on a first ceremonies of the 2006-2007 academic year. 1st Presbyterian Church of Hollywood come first serve basis. The Board of Trustees, President Richard Mouw, Therapy is provided by Festival of Beginnings and the Brehm Center for Worship, Theology, supervised students earn­ and the Arts cordially invite you to this impor­ ing a doctoral degree in Wednesday, September 27, 2006 tant service. To RSVP please call 304.3789 or clinical psychology. Ideal Worship Service email [email protected]. for relationship issues, life transitions, personal 10:00 a.m. Ministry Enrichment Seminar growth, stress, sadness, First Congregational Church Mental Health and Aging anxiety, self-esteem, and 464 East Walnut Street Tue, Oct 17,11-1, Payton 101 identity issues. Duration of therapy will be determined Slettie Jones, Dept, of Health, LA County will Richard J. Mouw present on pastoral ministry to older adults in by need, limited only by will speak on the church. the duration of the aca­ demic year. For more info, “Educating for Justice” Ministry Enrichment Seminar contact Fuller Psychologi­ Faith-Based Conflict Transformation I cal and Family Services at Reception following in the Arol Bums Mall will include Fri, Oct 20,11-1, Payton, 101 584.5555. opportunities to learn about social agencies within our own A team from Christians Empowering Others for Pasadena community. Reconciliation with Justice will present an in­

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