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07692 October 26, 2007
Seminary news
AUSTIN, TX - Austin Presbyterian Theological
Seminary will host its first Karl Barth symposium, "A Church for our World," Nov. 13-15. Featured speakers include Eberhard Busch, Daniel Migliore and Cynthia Rigby. Eberhard Busch, the keynote speaker, is professor emeritus for reformed theology and head of the Karl Barth research group in the faculty of theology at Georg-August University of Göttingen in Germany. He was Karl Barth's assistant in Basel from 1965 until Barth's death in 1968. For ticket information and other questions, call Alison Riemersma at (512) 404-4821 or email ariemersma@austinseminary.edu. The symposium is supported by the Shirl P. Butler Endowed Fund for Barth Studies. Butler and his wife, Detta, arranged the fund for the purpose of inviting pastors to take a closer look at the theological contribution of Barth.
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CHICAGO - McCormick Theological Seminary has received a $1 million gift from Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago. The contribution is part of a greater initiative at Fourth Presbyterian Church known as "Project Light," the congregation's comprehensive plan to secure resources for facility improvements, expanded community service programs, endowment growth and strengthened mission partnerships. The gift was made as unrestricted support, and McCormick's leaders have invested it into the school's general endowment fund. In recognition of the support, the seminary's main student and community lounge has been named in honor of the congregation and the Rev. John M. Buchanan, the church's long-time senior pastor and McCormick's immediate past chair of the Board of Trustees.
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DECATUR, GA - Beginning in fall 2008, Columbia Theological Seminary will offer courses in the Doctor of Ministry program at Montreat Conference Center in Montreat, NC. Course work will be offered in the D.Min. program's "Church and Ministry" concentration, beginning with the introductory seminar in September 2008. Two elective courses in the program will be offered in the spring and fall of 2009. Two informational lunches have been scheduled for prospective students: Thursday, Nov. 1, at Montreat; and Thursday, Nov. 8, at First Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, NC. Both lunches begin at noon and there is no charge. Advance registration is required. To register for the lunch and for program details and admission requirements, contact Charles Raynal, director of advanced studies, at (404) 687-4534, or raynalc@ctsnet.edu.
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LOUISVILLE - Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary is searching for a new dean of students. Qualifications include someone with demonstrated pastoral skills and a commitment to offer pastoral care for students and their families. The candidate also must be an ordained minister with pastoral ministry experience and hold a graduate theological degree from an accredited seminary, preferably the Master of Divinity. Applications for the position are being taken until Oct. 31, and the person hired will begin Jan. 1, 2008. A detailed job description and information on how to apply can be obtained from the seminary's Web site [http://www.lpts.edu/News-Events/article.asp?intID=207].
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PRINCETON, NJ - Princeton Theological Seminary will commemorate Bryant Mays Kirkland and officially appoint the Rev. Janice Smith Ammon to a position named in Kirkland's honor during a worship service at Miller Chapel on Nov. 1. The seminary will formally establish the post of Bryant M. Kirkland Minister of the Chapel, and appoint Ammon as the first to bear that title. Preaching at the service will be the Rev. Laird Stuart, pastor of Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco. Kirkland served for 25 years as the pastor of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City. Kirkland was president of Princeton Seminary's board of trustees from 1973 to 1979, and also taught preaching as a visiting professor and delivered many sermons from the pulpit in Miller Chapel. Ammon also served at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church as associate pastor for congregational care, and was associate pastor for membership and pastoral care at Central Presbyterian Church in Summit, NJ. The worship service is open to the public. For more information, call (609) 497-7890.
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RICHMOND, VA - The author of three books on Vincent Van Gogh's life and art will speak at Union Theological Seminary and Presbyterian School of Christian Education on Nov. 9. Cliff Edwards, professor of religion and arts at Virginia Commonwealth University, will speak about the subject of his upcoming book, The Mystery of Van Gogh's Night Café, during a public lecture in Watts Hall on the Union-PSCE campus. Edwards will discuss the tortured spiritual search of the artist Van Gogh as exemplified in his painting "The Night Café." In conjunction with the lecture, "The Body of Christ," a juried art exhibition sponsored by the Washington Theological Consortium, will be on display through Dec. 14 in the William Smith Morton Library on the campus. Following the lecture, several of the artists will be present to speak about their work during a dessert reception in the library. The free lecture is sponsored by The Carl Howie Center for Science, Art and Theology at Union-PSCE. The Washington Theological Consortium is an ecumenical community of nearly 20 theological institutions.
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