2018 Alumni Convocation Schedule Overview

Monday, October 8 6:00 p.m. Alumni Reunion Classes and Class Stewards Reception (Scott Lounge)

6:30 p.m. Alumni Reunion Classes and Class Stewards Dinner (Refectory)

Tuesday, October 9 7:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Registration (Welcome Center) Continental Breakfast available.

8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist (Immanuel Chapel) The Rev. Melody Knowles, Ph.D., Celebrant Rev. Mark Jefferson, Preacher

9:30 a.m. Buses depart for off-site Visit to Dadian Gallery, Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, DC

12:00 noon Buses arrive back on campus from gallery visit

12:00-1:15 p.m. Lunch served in the Refectory

1:00-1:40 p.m. Artists’ Talk: Singing the Lord's Song in a Strange Land Art by Heidi Christensen ‘07 and Margaret Adams Parker (VTS Adjunct Instructor, 1991-present)

2:00 p.m. Opening Plenary Session with Keynoter Brian Clarke Architectural Artist, Stained Glass Artist, and Painter Art and ‘Sacred’ Space (Immanuel Chapel)

3:45-4:15 p.m. Alumni Association Business Meeting (Multipurpose Room, lower level of Addison)

4:15-5:00 p.m. Opportunity for small group conversations

Book signing opportunity for A Man Called Mark: The Life of Bishop Mark Dyer, with Amy Dyer and author Tom Linthicum (lower level of Addison)

5:15 p.m. Academic Convocation Evensong with Sermon and Awarding of Honorary Degrees Preacher: AAEC President, the Rev. Ginny Wilder, ‘12 (Immanuel Chapel)

6:00 p.m. Convocation Reception with heavy hors d’oeuvres (Refectory)

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Wednesday, October 10 8:00 -11:00 a.m. Registration (Addison Academic Center) Continental Breakfast available.

8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist with the Celebration of the Naming of The Rev. Pauli Murray Apartment Building (Immanuel Chapel and Pauli Murray Building)

9:30 a.m. Concurrent Sessions: Art for our Sanctuaries: Theological, Pastoral, and Practical Considerations with Peggy Parker, VTS Adjunct Instructor

Allan Rohan Crite: A discussion of the artist and his artwork on display in the Bishop Payne Library with members of the Bishop Payne Library Staff, and the African American Episcopal Historical Collection staff

A Man Called Mark: The Life of Bishop Mark Dyer with Amy Dyer and Tom Linthicum. Hear from author Tom Linthicum and Amy Dyer about the book and the life of Bishop Dyer.

10:45 a.m. Break

11:00 a.m. Closing Plenary with Kiki McGrath, Curator, Dadian Gallery of Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, DC Embodied Theology: Art and Praxis (Immanuel Chapel)

12:30 p.m. Convocation Adjournment /Lunch

1:00 p.m. VTS Forum with Dean Robert Willis, Canterbury Cathedral Sponsored by FOCCUS: Friends of Canterbury Cathedral in the U.S. (Lettie Pate Evans Meeting Room, lower level of Addison)

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