2002-2003 Continuing Education and Special Events Calendar

News Archives:

• 2001-2002
• 2000-2001
• 1999-2000
• 1998-1999
• 1998 and before

New on the LTSP web, most recent first:

New on LTSP web, week of June 30

• Visiting faculty members reflect on their experiences at LTSP: H. George Anderson, Dharmakkan Dhanaraj
• For recent grad Sharon Fry, a postponed dream realized at last
• Foundation exec. Laura Csellak renewing her career as a parish pastor
• Terri Youngblut: From community activist to clergy candidate
• Spend a day at the seminary: Seminary Day, September 20
• 2003 Thesis Topics for STM, DMin candidates added to listing on Advanced Degree pages

• Lutherhostelers donate llama for New Creation relief effort

New on LTSP web, week of June 16

• Pastor Fred T. Crawford III awarded medal for exemplary ministry
• Compassion in New Sweden: on-line support | on-site fellowship

New on LTSP web, week of June 9

• LTSP welcomes the Rt. Rev Frederick H. Borsch, holder of the seminary's new endowed chair of Anglican Studies
• Be willing to 'step back,' Preaching Days presenter Christine Smith advises

New on LTSP web, week of May 26

• LTSP welcomes H.S. Wilson, first holder of the H. George Anderson Chair for Mission and Cultures
• Wilda Gafney to teach Homiletics, Old Testament for LTSP, LTSG

New on LTSP web, week of May 19

• Lutheran theologian Timothy F. Lull dies; taught 12 years in Philadelphia
• Commencement 2003 report and photo album
• Listen to Reformation scholar Carter Lindberg online

New on LTSP web, week of May 12

• Graduate profiles: Jessicah Krey Duckworth, Kari Hart
• Special student convocation on social action

New on LTSP web, week of May 5

• Convocation banquet
• State of the seminary report
• Lula Custis preaches at special day theological program/UTI service
• Welcome new LTSP staff: Trina Bailey, Lisa Lambert, Bayeh Thompson
• Reformation scholar Carter Lindberg decries portrayal of Luther as political 'quietist'
• Commencement 2003 Announcement

New on LTSP web, week of April 28

• Convocation Report
• Rick Summy's April 29 Sermon
• Bach Cantata No. 6: Listen Online
• Senior Dinner Photo

New on LTSP web, week of April 21

• April 8 palliative care convocation now online in streaming audio
• Read Glenn Miller's March 26 sermon
• Installation of Karl Krueger as Director of the Krauth Memorial Library
• Seminary Glimpses, April - June 2003
• Music set to theology: Speaker traces a remarkable Bach journey
• New 2003-04 online course descriptions on Theological Education for Laity page
• Dr. Krey's April 23, 3003 sermon

New on LTSP web, week of April 7

• Lead people to ‘real freedom and security,’ Anderson urges Magnet Church attendees
• New Downloadable Study Guide: Genesis
• More war-related resources from ELCA World Hunger and Disaster Appeal
• The power of moving from life to death defined for seminarians and health professionals

New on LTSP web, week of March 24

• Peacemaking is the right mantle for today's church, Duke theologian says
• Pamela Cooper-White's March 27 sermon

Week of March 17 -- PREACHING WITH POWER WEEK

• Before you learn the tricks, learn the trade
• Focus on the miracle, not the mess
• Preachers play a prophetic role
• God's call to preachers "too legit to quit"
• God gives the power to 'slip through impossible situations'
• In a world of war, God still working miracles
• Redemption from the 'tragic trap of tradition'
• Also at LTSP this week: Prophetic Preaching in a Time of War (posted March 21, 2003)

New on LTSP web, week of March 10

• Preaching with Power Kickoff: Dr. Jeremiah Wright
• Abington Hospital hospice panelists to appear April 8 at seminary

New on LTSP web, week of February 24

• Powerful King 'I have a dream' speech still unfulfilled, seminary keynoters say
  2003 Hein-Fry Lectures
• Like father like daughter: Pakistani doctor dreams of teaching the faith

New on LTSP web, week of February 17

• Alms and Advocacy: Lutheran Ministry with the Poor
• New Library Director Traces Multicultural History of Lutherans in America
• The Real Mount Airy Revealed

New on LTSP web, week of February 10

• The Challenging, Joyous Life of a Seminary Spouse

New on LTSP web, week of January 27

• Ministry to less fortunate subject of February 18 convocation
• Future of multicultural America topic for February 25 Hein-Fry lectures
• Chapel sermon, Marcia Bell, January 29
• Donors Alice and Oswald Elbert
• Preaching with Power series, March 2003

New on LTSP web, week of January 20

• A ‘tale of two Kings’ related by Dr. Addie Butler in holiday tribute
  Read the sermon, listen to the service online
• Seminarian publishes book on adoption

New on LTSP web, week of January 13

• Lutherhostel 2003, June 16-20
  Christians in Society: Lutheran Contributions Then & Now (posted January 15)
• Magnet Church Event 2003, April 4
  Keeping Your Mission Edge Sharp
• LTSP to offer first Spanish-language online course

New on LTSP web, week of January 6

• Addie Butler to preach at Martin Luther King Day service
• Seminary Glimpses for January-March 2003

Now online: Spring 2003 Events Calendar

Vigil: A Poetic Celebration of Christmas (posted December 24)

Additions to LTSP web, week of December 16

• Campaign for Campus Renewal
• Meet Dick Yost, seminary student body president

Additions to LTSP web, week of December 9

• Visit Theological Education with Youth at its new home on the web: http://tey.easterncluster.org/
• See photos from December 3 Advent Vespers service
• Chapel sermon, Marcia Bell, December 9
• Chapel sermon, Elizabeth Huwiler, December 4
• Seminary a distribution center for Lutheran holidays Ingathering
• New construction at Mt. Airy church (Alum profile: Gordon Simmons)
• Youth Convocation at LTSP Campus

Additions to LTSP web, week of December 2

• Students, professor participate in interseminary seminar (posted December 3)
• Advent vespers tour features Books of Hours, concert by seminary choir
• Library posts holiday hours

Additions to LTSP web, week of November 25

• Urban Theological Institute alum Donna Jones finds government a crucial ally in meeting neighborhood needs
• Thiel College students visit campus

Additions to LTSP web, week of November 18

• Daniel Aleshire outlines ways seminaries, congregations can provide public witness
  Part of the fall lecture series on the theme: Theological Education for Public Witness
• LTSP observes Advent: Vespers December 3; online study guide
• Call for nominations: 2003 Distinguished Alumni/ae Award
• "Reformation Players" offer a lightedhearted look at the events of 1519 at the Seminary's Martin Luther Birthday Bash
• Faith and Order Foundation continues planning for conference, study

Additions to LTSP web, week of November 11

• TEY has new partners, new programs, and a new look
  (includes report on Summer Theological Academy reunion, Fall 2002)
• Confirmation Day event
• Faith and Leadership classes busy
• Five bishops visit campus
• Daniel Aleshire keynoter for fourth fall lecture on Theological Education for Public Witness
• Updated information on Theological Education for Laity
• Timothy Wengert's November 13 chapel sermon

Additions to LTSP web, week of November 4

• More information on Deaconess community and farewell service
• Bishop Zachariah Ka Hu Thu, of the Kenyan Evangelical Lutheran Church, visits LTSP
• Report on Men in Mission Event
• Alum Board
• First Call event for graduates-to-be
• Muddied but unbowed, LTSP football team loses with grace and dignity
• LTSP hosts Confirmation Day for confirmands and their pastors
• Quodlibet 2002: Dean in the Hot Seat
• Position opening: Database and Office Assistant, LTSP Foundation

Additions to LTSP web, week of October 28

• Seminary, synod host moving farewell to Gladwyne Deaconess Community
• Krey, Wengert awarded endowed chairs during festive seminary ceremonies
• Updates on "campus information" section
• Seminary hi-jinks: do these people really work here? (Posted October 31, 2002)

Urban Theological Institute Open House, October 26

Additions to web week of October 21

• Alum profile: New Upstate New York Bishop Marie Jerge
• What Makes a Family?: LTSP MDiv Student Barbara Melosh is October 25th Colloquy Live guest on the Chronicle of Higher Education Web site.
• Questions, questions, questions: Students prepare for November 5 quodlibet
• Elizabeth Huwiler's October 21 chapel sermon
• Pamela Cooper-White's October 23 chapel sermon
• Endowed chairs to be conferred; Deaconess Community farewell set
• 2001-2003 Catalog now online

Additions to web week of October 7

• New features in the Alumni/ae section
• Elizabeth Huwiler's October 2 chapel sermon
• Donor profile: Robert and Janet Buescher

The Use of the Self in Pastoral Care and Counseling, Pamela Cooper-White. Lecture available for online listing or as text. Third in the seminary's fall lecture series, "Theological Education and Public Witness." (Posted October 1, 2002)

Additions to web, week of September 24:

• Eastern Cluster signs agreement with Yale Divinity School
• Paul Rajashekar's September 18 chapel sermon
• Roy Lloyd to be featured on Day1 broadcasts
• Len Ashford joins LTSP Foundation team
• UTI Alum Vernon Ross helps reinvigorate Pottstown church (first in an occasional series on LTSP alumni/ae)
• "Worship: Who Needs It?" -- Men in Mission event, November 2, 2002
• Campus Security Watch -- security and safety information online

LTSP presenter urges seminaries to 'connect with civic life' -- listen online to September 17 convocation, read related 2000 interview with Philip D. W. Krey on urban connections (posted September 2002)

Eloise Scott first to be awarded new UTI scholarship at seminary (posted September 2002)

September 11 Memorial Service at LTSP (posted August 2002 -- updated September 2002 with sermon text, online audio)

"Theological Education for Public Witness" the theme of Opening Day Convocation, September 3, 2002. Schedule; listen online to Convocation and Chapel highlights; new students at a glance; picnic photo album

Region 7 Pastors! Bring your youth to Confirmation Day, October 19, 2002 (posted August 2002)

Fall lectures and events (posted August 2002)

Life, death and CPE: A seminarian's summer awakening (posted August 2002)

Lifelong Learning/Special Events Calendar, 2002-2003, now online (posted August 2002)

What a spokesperson!
Pastor pedals cross-country on a unicycle to aid Alaskan native peoples. (Posted August 2002)

Celebrating a Library Treasure
Library Director David J. Wartluft to retire. (Posted August 2002)

Student Orientation, August 12-16, 2002
Not your grandfather's orientation | schedule | Chapel sermon text (posted August 2002)

Reading pastor appointed Director of Development
(posted August 2002)

A real eye-opener
Twenty-six high school students attend this year's Summer Theological Academy (posted August 2002)