VOLUM2, NUMBER 3 Bishop Thomas Ecumenism to Keynote Will Speak Here Dr. James S. Thomas, United Metho Lecture Week Feb. 2-6 dist bishop of Iowa, will be speaker for the inauguration of Dr. Jameson Jones Ecumenism will be a major emphasis W. Huston, general secretary of the as president of 111ff, to be held on of the Iliff Week of Lectures Feb. 2-6. United Methodist Commission on Ecu Tuesday during the Iliff Week of Each day will begin with a worship menical Affairs in New York. Lectures. service from the traditions of Judaism, Dr. Huston is edi This will be Bishop Protestantism. Roman Catholicism or tor of the Plan of Thomas’ second visit Greek Orthodoxy. Three of the eve Union to be pre to luff. He spoke here ning lectures will be on ecumenical sented in March to for a convocation not progress and potential. the plenary session long after his elec Reporting on this country’s ecumen of the Consultation tion to the episcopacy ical state of affairs will be Dr. Robert on Church Union made him the second (COCU) and he has Negro Methodist been active in COCU bishop to head a pre Lawson Will Lead One deliberations since dominantly white 1964. He was a area. United Methodist Dr. Jones came to Of Week’s Seminars delegate to the the seminary in Sep Huston World Council of Thomas tember after being On Reconciliation Churches assembly pastor of Gobin in Uppsala, Sweden, in 1968 and is a Memorial United Methodist Church in A leader of one of the seminars on member of the General Assembly and Greencastle, md. He succeeded the reconciliation planned for the 111ff General Board of the National Council late Dr. Lowell B. Swan. Week of Lectures will be a United of Churches. Dr. Thomas’ career includes local Methodist Negro leader who long has Science and religion will be the gen church ministry, campus ministry, been active in civil rights and civil eral subject in three lectures by Dr. seminary teaching and United Metho disobedience issues, the Rev. James M. Harold K. Schilling; physicist and dean dist agency work in Nashville. He has Lawson Jr.. pastor of Centenary United been awarded nine honorary doctorates Methodist Church in Memphis, Tenn. Detailed schedule and registration since 1953, the year he earned his Doc Mr. Lawson, along information is located on the inside tor of Philosophy degree at Cornell with the Rev. Ralph pages. We would appreciate re University. Abernathy, was ceiving your advance registrations jailed In mid-Decem as soon as possible. liousiug at the ber in connection seminary is limited and registrants with a student boy are expected to make their own off- Milligan and Templin cott of schools in campus housing arrangements. Memphis. He was a Share Faculty Award leader in the 196$ emeritus at Pennsylvania State Uni The first President’s Faculty Award, garbage workers’ versity. initiated by the late Dr. Lowell B. strike in Memphis, Dr. Schilling is au Swan, has been split and awarded to and it was during thor of Cosmic My Dr. Charles S. Milligan and Dr. J. Alton this demonstration stery and God, a Templin. Lawson that Dr. Martin Lu book to be published Dr. Milligan, professor of philosophy ther King was murdered. in 1970 which deals of religion who is currently on sabba Mr. Lawson is president of Black with post-modern tical in Europe, received half of the Methodists for Church Renewal and scientific resources $1,000 award for his monograph “A the seminar he leads Wednesday after for faith. Previous Guide to Contemporary Religious Phil noon will be on this subject. He also books on the science- osophy.” will deliver a lecture on Wednesday religion theme were Dr. Templin, assistant professor of morning. Teacher, Education history and theology, was named for Opening theme for the reconciliation and Religion in 1959 his book manuscript “The Theological seminar will be “Creative and Destruc and Science and Re Background of Afrikaner Nationalism.” tive Aspects of Conflict,” led by Dr. ligion, an Interpre- Schilling The selections had been made but Ronald R. Lee, assistant professor of tation of Two Com were not announced before Dr. Swan’s pastoral psychology. munities in 1962. He was head of the death last January. In a memo describ The Rev. Duane Gall and others Penn State physics department 1947- ing the annual $1,000 award, Dr. Swan active in draft counseling and organ 50, dean of the graduate school 1950- had written: “It is hoped that this will ization of anti-war efforts in Denver 64 and held the title university pro encourage some creative work which will lead the third reconciliation sem fessor 1964-68. will benefit the school.” (Continued on Page 2) (Continued on Page 3) Page 2 ILIFF REPORTER Week of Lectures Schedule Monday, February 2 3. Non-Metropolitan Ministries 3:30-1:00 p.m. Registration, Room 103, 111ff Hall; after The Rev. Melvin West 7:00 p.m. register at University Park 4. Reconciliation Church “Black Methodists for Church 7:30 p.m. Lecture, Dr. Robert W. Huston Renewal,” The Rev. James M. Lawson (University Park Church) 5:30 p.m. Banquet, The 111ff Alumni Association “Ecumenical Options, or ‘Where We Are’” University Park United Methodist Church Forum and discussion follow The Rev. James Keesey, president Tuesday, February 3 7:30 p.m. Lecture, Dr. Robert W. Huston (Univer 8:00 a.m. Registration, Room 103 luff Hall sity Park Church) “Ecumenical Center 8:30 a.m. Worship lUff Chapel Stage, or ‘The C.O.C.U. Script’” Rabbi Lewis E. Bogage Forum and discussion follow 9:15 a.m. Lecture, Dr. Harold K. Schilling 10:15 a.m. Fellowship and Coffee Thursday, February 5 11:00 a.m. Lecture, “The Three Kings in History— 8:30 a.m. Worship, 111ff Chapel Time”—Dr. Allen D. Breck The Very Rev. Harold 12:00 noon B. Persich, C.M. Luncheon Hour 9:15 a.m. Lecture, Dr. Harold K. Schilling 1:30 p.m. Meeting of The Iliff School of Theology 10:15 a.m. Fellowship and Coffee Board of Trustees 11:00 a.m. Lecture, “The Three 2:00-4:00 p.m. Seminars Kings in History— Change”—Dr. Allen D. Breck 1. Biblical Realism and Decision-Making 12:00 noon Luncheon Hour Dr. Clarence H. Snelling, Dr. H. Ed- 2:00-4:00 p.m. Seminars ward Everding, and Dr. Dana 1. Biblical Realism Wilbanks and Decision-Making .. 2. Theology and the Worship Service 2. Theology and the Worship Service 3. Town and Country Ministries • •‘ Kenn Carlson, Lee Fiser, Julian Rush, The Rev. Melvin West • and Richard Vickery 4. Reconciliation 3. Non-Metropolitan Ministries •1 “Acting Out the Church’s Concern for Rev. Eugene B. Rowbotham 4. Peace” Reconciliation The Rev. Duane Gall and others “Creative and Destructive Aspects of 5:30 p.m. Banquet, Rocky Mountain Conference His Conflict”—Dr. Ronald R. Lee torical Society, University Park Church 5:30 p.m. Inaugural Dinner, for guests and those Speaker: Mrs. Muriel who have Sybell Wolle, “An purchased tickets, University Illustrated Lecture on the Churches of , Lounge, Student Union Building, Univer- Colorado” • ‘: sity of Denver “ 7:30 p.m. Lecture, Dr. Robert W. Huston 7:30 p.m. The Service of Inauguration of the Presi- (University Park Church) ‘ dent of The lUff School of Theology, Uni- “The Necessary Ecumenism, or ‘A Look at versity Park United Methodist Church The Future’” Address by Bishop James S. Thomas Forum and discussion follow Reception to follow Wednesday, February 4 Friday, February 6 7:00 a.m. Meeting of Pinecrest Board of Trustees 7:00 a.m. Alumni Association executive committee 8:30 a.m. Worship, Iliff Chapel breakfast, Area Headquarters The Rev. James M. Lawson 8:30 a.m. Worship, 111ff Chapel 9:15 a.m. Lecture, Dr. Harold K. Schilling The Very Rev. George Neofotistos 1 0:15 a.m. Fellowship and Coffee 9:15 a.m. Lecture, Dr. Harold K. Schilling 11:00 a.m. Lecture, the Rev. James M. Lawson 10:15 a.m. Fellowship and Coffee 12:00 noon Luncheon Hour 10:30 a.m. Lecture, “The Three Kings in History— 2 :00-4:00 p.m. Seminars Pattern”—Dr. Allen D. Breck 1. Biblical Realism and Decision-Making 11:45 a.m. Culminating Luncheon 2. Theology and the Worship Service Speaker, Dr. Jameson Jones Seminars — Iliff faculty who led workshops on the Fiser of Park Hill, Julian Rush of Grant Sermon on the Mount in early Sep Avenue and Richard Vickery of Grace. (Continued from Page 1) tember. mar — “Acting Out the Church’s Con Non-metropolitan Ministries will be Unconventional forms of worship the fourth seminar subject and leaders cern for Peace.” They will discuss sev will be presented and examined eral local-parish projects that might in a will be the Rev. Eugene B. Rowbotham, seminar on Theology and the Worship superintendent of the be undertaken. Service. Registration Cheyenne District Another — is limited to the of the Rocky Mountain Conference, and seminar Biblical Realism first 25 applications received. The and Decision-Making — already has the Rev. Melvin West, director of spe leaders hope to examine theological cial ministries for begun. Several ministers of the area presuppositions the Missouri Area and experimental lit of the United Methodist Church. Mr. have been working on a guided-reading urgies within the context of the program and the seminar will be open Rowbotham will consider mutual de church’s total ministry. Resource lead pendency between urban and rural only to persons who have made suf ers will be Kenn Carison, an ficient progress prior Iliff stu areas.