2004-2005 Calendar

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The Seminarian

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RESOURCES FOR PEOPLE OF FAITH IN TIME OF WAR LTSP links and web resources for Lutherans struggling to find the appropriate response to these difficult times. RESPONDING TO TRAGEDY: MESSAGES OF HOPE A collection of Seminary sermons, seminars, and other resources relating to the September 11, 2001 tragedy.

New on the LTSP web, most recent first:

Additions to LTSP web: June

• Construction Manager Kenny Wellington reflects on Brossman Learning Center
• Michael Foss Leads SEPA Synod Workshop on Discipleship
• Saying Thanks...
• John Reumann Honored
• Bonhoeffer Scholar Addresses Lutherhostel
• Position Opening: Faculty Secretary/TEY Coordinator
• Ben Krey and Mark Parker are among six seminarians whose career choice has been shaped by volunteering for LSM
• The Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright, Sr. Chair in African American Studies
• The J. Q. Jackson Scholarship Fund

Additions to LTSP web: May

• Graduate profile: Karen Safstrom
• 74 Graduates at 141st Commencement, May 22
• Rev. William Purdy receives Muhlenberg Award
• New Photos, Video of Brossman Learning Center
• Asian educators gather
• Elizabeth Huwiler sermon, May 18, 2005
• Nelson Rivera sermon, May 11, 2005
• John Reumann reflects on the new pope
• New Faculty Profiles: Melinda Quivik, Dirk Lange
• Wengert-Fath Nuptials
• Commencement 2005
• Pamela Cooper-White receives national writing award
• Still pioneering: Margaret Krych
• Curtis Haynes: chief operating officer and alum-to-be

Additions to LTSP web: April

• Carter Lindberg on Pietism: Read remarks, listen online
• Student Awards
• Honoring Gordon Lathrop
• Multicultural Mission Resource Center
• A memorable wedding: Timothy J. Wengert and Ingrid Anne Fath
• Enjoying the soon-to-be Robert F. Blanck Board Room
• Free reproducible study guide: The Apostle Paul and the Discernment of God's Will in the Church
• LTSP Horticulturist and a Campus in Bloom
• Summer Intensive Courses and 2005-2005 Course Information
• A nightmare revisited: Daunting flood recovery begins along
  the Delaware after second flood in a year
• Convocation 2005:
  Fretheim Address
  Shafer Sermon
  Banquet Report
  Easter Vespers (listen online - web quality)
  Order Convocation Tapes or CDs

Additions to LTSP web: March

• Just in time for Holy Week: The Brossman Learning Center's Cross
• LTSP Welcomes Three New Faculty Members
• Stephen Ray to lead Urban Theological Institute
• Preaching with Power: James R. Thomas
• Preaching With Power: Bishop Richard Franklin Norris
• Preaching With Power: Dr. John Kinney
• Health Ministry Event Report
• Wilda Gafney's March 5 Sermon
• Margaret Krych's March 2 Sermon
• When the Spirit moves: reflections on 'being fed' -- Andrena Ingram, as told to Edrena Smith
• Update on the Lull Common Room and Lounge
• Miller-McLemore and Cooper-White at Annual Hein-Fry Lecture Series

Additions to LTSP web: February

• Spring Convocation, April 4-6, 2005: Christian Convictions and Ethical Challenges
• Timothy Wengert's February 23 Sermon
• Elizabeth Huwiler's Ash Wednesday Sermon
• Swedish Musicians Visit Campus
• "Lord Give Us Peace" - How in the World? Lutherhostel, June 20-24
• Special Black History Month event: Cain Hope Felder Convocation
• Men in Mission: The Gift of Time

Additions to LTSP web: January

• Introducing the online version of City Lites, the Urban Concentration newsletter
• Preaching with Power. March 14-18, 2005
• Seminary receives $650,000 Kresge Foundation Grant
• For potential seminarians, a Philadelphia Visit, March 6-8
• Bair receives Muhlenberg Award
• Health Ministry: Issues for Action. March 12, 2005
• Eloise Scott preaches at Martin Luther King, Jr. service
• Spring 2005 Special Events
• Gertrude Krey dies; mother of 16, including four Lutheran pastors

Additions to LTSP web: December

• Advent: Annual vespers event (report), devotional guide
• Student profiles, 2004-2005
• Robin Mattison on Mosaic
• Seven seminarians receive honors and awards
• The Joseph Quinton Jackson Scholarship

Additions to LTSP web: November

• The Campaign for Campus Renewal: Official 'Launch'
• Anne Brossman Sweigart's $3,000,000 gift: The Brossman Learning Center
• In the new Learning Center: The Lull Common Room and Lounge
• Celebrating 25 years of loyalty: Emmett Nixon, "Dr. Bob" Robertson
• Advent 2004: Devotional guide, annual vespers service
• TEY Affirmation of Baptism Festival
• Seminary Football League
• Now online: 2004 D.Min Manual (Adobe Acrobat format)
• Updated course information: Fall 2004 reading/exam schedule; spring 2005 grid; January and spring intensive courses
• Martin Luther birthday celebration
• World Council of Churches executive talks of reconciling initiatives globally
• Elizabeth Huwiler sermon, October 27, 2004
• Science and God: Room for Both? Men in Mission
• Tim Wengert on 'misplaced anxiety': Addresses LTSP's quodlibet audience (listen online with RealAudio)

Additions to LTSP web: October

• "Any question whatever" -- LTSP's Quodlibet event
• The Seminarian now online
• Seminary staff and students aid in flood relief
• Rick Summy's October 13 Chapel Sermon
• Men in Mission Event: Science and God, November 6
• Youth at TEY Convocation, September 29
• Careers with Social Ministry Organizations
• UTI Alum Officers
• A Mural for Alzheimers Patients
• Convocation with Mark Allan Powell
• Student Body President Lura Groen: Passionate about Social Justice

Additions to LTSP web: September

• Seminary Day: September 18, 2004
• LTSP Alums Aid Bucks County Flood Victims
• Henry Gets a Bath (Muhlenberg Statue cleaning)
• 2004-2005 Chapel schedules now online
• Two related offsite links: LTSP staffer volunteers for flood relief; ELCA Horizon Internship Program (links will open in a new browser window)
• Opening Day Convocation Address, Jon Pahl
• Opening Day Eucharist Sermon, Beth Huwiler
• Updated 2004-05 Schedule, Spring Grid, Fall Intensive Course

Additions to LTSP web: August

• Calendar, 2004-2005
• LTSP welcomes 120 new students
• New for incoming seminarians: "Prologue" program
• Opening Day Schedule
• Seminary Glimpses

Additions to LTSP web: July

• Online Theological Education for Laity 2004-2005
• Seminary Day 2004

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