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Kairos

A Publication of the Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary Community

Issue #164

By Lisa Straus, MDiv Senior

~Alv' ‘Shalom’ is one of the few Hebrew words I already knew when I entered seminary. I knew it meant peace, but, as with many things I thought I knew when I entered seminary, there is so much more about the word ‘shalom’ that I had yet to discover. The Theological Lexicon of the Old Testament, vol. 3, gives the following as possible translations of ‘shalom’: peace, friendliness, totality, good fortune, well-being, welfare, requital, punishment, and satisfaction. ‘Shalom’ occurs 237 times in the Old Testament. In Jeremiah it occurs 31 times, the most of any book in the Old Testament. (Isaiah is a close second.) In the Jeremiah advanced exegesis class this week, Professor Dearman explained how the prophet Jeremiah linked the Israelite’s ‘shalom’ to restored righteousness. Jeremiah claimed that the Israelites would not experience ‘shalom’ as a nation until they could separate themselves from sin. Professor Dearman, along with The New International Dictionary of Old Testament Theology and Exegesis, vol. 14, juxtaposes this idea with the ideas of the other prophets in Jeremiah, the ones some translators call ‘false prophets’. The ‘false prophets’ linked ‘shalom’ of the nation to the stability of the nation itself. They equated divine peace to political peace. When I first set out to write this column, I thought I would write about the presidential election. The political separation of our nation into red states and blue states has deeply concerned me. I have been longing for what I thought was ‘shalom’, instead of the constant bickering of

candidates via speeches, advertisements, and the media. On a personal level, I inadvertently hurt a very good friend who does not share the same political views that I do. We worked through our differences and we both came out of the situation with better understanding of where the other stands. Nobody switched parties. Nobody is going to vote any differently than before the encounter. However I believe we will vote with a deeper appreciation for the depth of emotion that every voter carries to the polls. When I started looking at ‘shalom’ a little closer, I realized that I was misinterpreting the meaning of ‘shalom’ along with the other prophets. I completely missed what Jeremiah had to say. I was looking for political stability and not a restoration to righteousness for our country. I was more concerned with the outcome of an event than the egregious actions occurring daily in the name of national stability. At the end of the night Tuesday, there will be a winner and a loser. The challenge for this winner and our country will not come Tuesday night; it will come Wednesday morning when we will begin a journey down a path together. As a nation, we will experience ‘shalom’ only if we, the red and the blue, work together to follow the same instructions that the Lord gave to Jeremiah to give to the Israelites: “Act with justice and righteousness, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor anyone who has been robbed. And do no violence to the alien, the orphan, and the widow, or shed innocent blood in this place. (Jer. 22:3 NRSV).”

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Inside This Issue If We Only Knew... October in the Archives: Congregational History Records The Usefully Frugal Christmas RTQ in the Kingdom

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Seminarians: Sharing our Faith Traditions What I Learned in Seminary Today Calendar of Events

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Discovery Weekend Friday, Oct. 31— Sunday, Nov. 2

Chapel Schedule November 3—November 7 Monday: Service of the Word Traci Truly, preacher Tuesday: Service of the Word and Sacrament Dr. Ellen Babinsky, preacher Thursday: Service of the Word Lisa Straus, Leader Friday: Service of the Word Will Heimbach, Preacher Senior MDiv students preach in chapel this week on Monday and Friday

Community Edge (Spouses Group) Community Events

October 31st – APTS “Trunk or Treat” 6:30 p.m. - Hicks Parking Lot Alternative to door-to-door trick or treat-

ing. Decorate you, children, pets, trunk or your car and meet at Hicks Parking lot for loads of fun. Pass candy/treats to community children.

We anticipate at least 39 guests for this weekend exploration of Austin Seminary. Please be helpful and friendly if you see an unfamiliar face. Also: • If you are faculty, staff, or administration, please wear your official name tags beginning Thursday. • If you are a student with a student worker nametag, please wear it to the events for which you have volunteered. • If you are a student volunteer and do not have a student nametag, come to the admissions office and pick one up from Lisa Jones, she can also provide one for your spouse if they will be volunteering or attending dinner with you. We hope to see a lot of friendly and familiar faces helping with the events that weekend. Most out-of-towners will be arriving on Thursday so please be aware of parking on campus. Questions? Want to help? Contact anyone in the admissions office.

Cross-cultural opportunities Please see Alison in the Dean’s office for more information about the 2009 Cross-Cultural Ministries courses at Ghost Ranch, New Mexico (January and June), and the Overseas Ministries Study Center (January). Both opportunities carry academic credit and are eligible for the Gunther Scholarship.

November 11th – Parent’s Night Out, 6-8:00pm, Hicks House

Sign up with Laurel Dixon, space is limited!

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Sign up with Laurel Dixon, space is limited!

27 – Community Thanksgiving Meal

Pot Luck in Stotts Fellowship Hall for those who are in town. Lisa Straus coordinating

December 5th – Lessons and Carols, APTS Community Service, Shelton Chapel Bring a dessert to Stotts Fellowship

Trunk-Or-Treat October 31st, 6:30 pm Decorate yourself, your children, pets, trunks or cars and meet at the Hicks House Parking lot for loads of fun. Pass out candy/treats to our community children—young or not so young;). Make a night of it and grill out using the grills at Hicks House!

Hall following worship - Student Senate will provide drinks.

Attention!!! It’s time for the English Grammar Review for Biblical Hebrew with Light German, Director of Reading, Writing and Study Skills Support The first session will be MONDAY, November 3 (instead of Tuesday, Nov. 4, Election Day) , from 4:15 - 5:15 pm, in McCord 201. The special session will be followed by the regular tutorial session from 5:15 - 8:15 pm. There will be no session on Tuesday, November 4. The English Grammar Review will continue on Tuesday, Nov. 11 and 18, with the same format as above. Please see Alison Riemersma in the Dean’s Office for more information.

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By Ken White, MDiv Middler "Writing for a penny a word is ridiculous. If a man really wants to make a million dollars, the best way would be to start his own religion". L. Ron Hubbard About half a century ago, a science fiction writer named L. Ron Hubbard claimed to have discovered truths that would become what we now know as scientology. (As you might guess from the opening quote, I’m not a huge fan – any more than I am of the group’s most famous spokesperson, Frank T.J. Mackie.) Scientology promises “a civilization without insanity, without criminals and without war, where the able can prosper and honest beings can have rights”. These sound great – but as you might guess, this utopia does not come easily: the cost for an individual to attain the highest levels of Scientology is generally estimated at several hundreds of thousands of dollars. So what’s the story? Thanks to some lost legal battles, some defections, and a very special episode of South Park, we have a basic idea. (NOTE: Before I tell you this, I must warn you – L. Ron Hubbard claimed that anyone exposed to these truths would suffer chronic insomnia, sickness, and death. You have been warned!) Are you sure you want to continue? You know, maybe I should call this off. Ok, here it goes1 - it is “very space opera”2: Several hundred million years ago, the evil leader of the Galactic Federation, Xenu, decided to solve the overpopulation problem once and for all by killing everyone. Unfortunately, Xenu could not stop there, since the uncreated, eternal, godlike souls – called thetans - would remember what had happened, create new bodies for themselves, and come for him. So, he froze the thetans (eternal spirits of godlike power, remember) in a mixture of glycol and alcohol and transported them to earth. He then set off nuclear explosions which caused the thetans to become trapped on electronic ribbons, where they were “implanted” for 36 days – that is, indoctrinated with a set of false belief memories (of which Christ is one), which removed Xenu from their awareness and erased their memories of their own powers. Additionally, the posthypnotic directives (implants) were such that if the thetans – that is, you and me – ever became aware of them, they would go into self-destruct mode, killing us through illness. (Which is to say, if you’ve read this far, you’re in for a world of hurt.) Only the technologies (“techs”) pioneered by L. Ron Hubbard could enable one to progress into becoming a full thetan – one that can ex-

ercise powers that would seem to be supernatural (such as demonstrated in the 1996 full-length scientology infomercial, “Phenomenon”). This is done by removing “body thetans” which are clinging to us with their implanted delusions. Seriously, I just saved you about a hundred grand. That should be worth buying me lunch sometime, don’t you think? (Just do it soon, before Xenu’s revenge kicks in.) Am I just taking cheap shots at another world view? Yeah, probably. But watch what happens if we make the story a little less specific:

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Spiritual reality is imprisoned by delusions of physicality (“body thetans”) Spiritual reality is eternal and ultimately limitless in power Only the few can truly grasp the powers of this spiritual reality This spiritual reality can only be grasped by knowing

You know, maybe it’s just me, but this smacks more that a little of Gnosticism. It’s like Gnosticism without the inconvenient artifice of a God; we are the gods, we just don’t know it yet. Redesigned for the modern era, the mystical practices are morphed into pseudo-scientific “technologies” where an adherent pays to sit with metal cans that measure galvanic skin response. Don’t get me wrong – I’m not trying to be unfair to Gnostics (I actually dig Valentinus) – but it is just interesting to me that for thousands of years, we continue to mythologize the power we believe can be attained by knowing. Even in the 20th century, when one might have thought we had sufficiently deified ourselves through our godlike ability to destroy all creation, we still needed a form of this reassurance at a personal level, but in marquee lettering with a “very space opera” backdrop. As Christians, are we somehow immune from this impulse – a drive that one might argue is both the seed and the extract of original sin? I wonder how often I try to parlay knowledge into power. I wonder how much of my life is based on the faith that knowledge – either mine or someone else’s – will save me. 1. 2.

The clearing house in the US for counter-scientology info is www.xenu.net; a site in the Netherlands that hosts this information is http://www.xs4all.nl/~kspaink/fishman/home.html Hubbard’s own comment in the manuscript - no joke.

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By Kristy Sorensen, Archivist and Records Manager Fourth in a series celebrating American Archives Month

Many of the researchers who contact the Austin Seminary Archives are interested in finding information related to the history of their congregation. Lucky for them we have extensive documentation of congregations throughout Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. Congregational history material can take many forms: photographs, sermon bulletins, pastoral record books, session minutes, published church histories, and much more. Sometimes these materials are found in the papers of an individual pastor who may have served in multiple congregations throughout his or her career. Other times a large group of church records will be donated to the archives by the church itself. Still other “odds and ends” documenting a congregation come to the archives after being found in the bottom of a dresser drawer, the corner of an attic, or marking a place in a book on a shelf. To help our patrons locate information about their congregation from all these different locations, we have created an index to congregational history materials in our collections, arranged by state, city, and church. Although we don’t have material on every congregation in the region, we do have documentation on hundreds of churches in Texas and adjoining states. And because congregational material pops up in almost every one of our collections, this index grows bigger and bigger every month! A complete index to congregational history materials at the Austin Seminary Archives can be found on our website: http://www.austinseminary.edu/images/stories/docs/ archives/indexcongregationalrecords.pdf To access congregational history materials, or for anything else archival, contact Kristy Sorensen at [email protected], or 512-4044875.

Rev. T. B. Gallaher of the First Presbyterian Church of Waco (and 1929 Austin Seminary graduate), and his son, Tommy, circa 1949. From the Women of the Church Collection, Austin Seminary Archives, Stitt Library, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary.

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Sally Wright, MDiv Junior Money-Saving Ideas from the Office of Financial Aid As Christmas is quickly approaching, it is time to start thinking about gift giving. Because I am on a limited budget, I must challenge myself to be creative within my means. When giving gifts, I first consider what will be useful to the recipient. I don’t want to spend money on stuff, which will be quickly discarded, given away, or ever so politely put in the closet. I don’t want to spend my money on things that don’t carry emotional value. The giving a gift is about the emotional connection between two people; it is not about the actual gift exchanged. So, I encourage you to think of gifts that will not turn into just stuff but to think of gifts as useful things to aide in someone else’s life. A favorite of many is to give free labor and skilled activities. Some ideas include a book of certificates for activities like mowing the lawn, gardening, cleaning, babysitting, cooking, sewing, and any other skills you may have. Giving your service to another is affordable because it is just a couple of hours. It is relational, too, because the offer of service to another is the offer of one’s self; it is not just stuff. There are thousand of recipes and instructions on the Internet for homemade breads, biscuits, scones, soaps, bath salts, barbeque sauces, seasoning mixes and anything you can think of. Google is plush with more recipes and ideas for home made Christmas gifts. The following are just a few items that you can make at home and are useful, enjoyable and good: • Homemade cocoa mix in a pretty jar http://www.razzledazzlerecipes.com/christmas/gifts/hot-chocolate-mix.htm • Home baked bread with recipe http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/12/19/how-to-make-bread/ • Homemade cookie mix with instructions for baking http://www.razzledazzlerecipes.com/christmas/gifts/cookie-mixes.htm • Variety of bread mixes http://www.razzledazzlerecipes.com/christmas/gifts/bread-mixes.htm • Pancake or waffle mix and a bottle of real maple syrup http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/instant-pancake-mix-recipe/index.html • Jar of jam or pure honey with biscuit mix http://www.cooks.com/rec/search/0,1-0,biscuit_mix,FF.html So this year, give something of your self. It will help to strengthen the emotional connection between you and those you love, and it will save you money. STUDENT SENATE MINUTES WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2008 12-1PM Respectfully submitted by Sarah Hegar

1-Reformation Fest! Moon Walk delivery may be as early as 1pm – Jose will be available • Senate will start setting up around 3:30 • Chris had an awesome idea for a poster and activity • HAY from John Alsup – warning… 2-Manna • Nov. 5 – Foundation for Self-Sufficiency in Central America speaker • Nov. 19 Polity Bowl Manna – Pep Band, powerpoint, cheerleaders • Nov. 26 – Hanging of the Greens 3-Stotts Recycling Bins • Kurt Gabbard said they are having an issue of disposal of cans, plastics, etc. Senate is inviting Kurt to come and talk to us about this next week. • Senate is also inviting Brad Watson, Leper Colony recy-

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Melissa Koerner, Matthew Thompson, Sarah Hegar, Amy Wiles, Lindsay Hatch, Jose Lopez, Chris Kreisher, Ann Fields None Paul Dubois

cling dude to come and join the conversation. 4-Polity Bowl • T-shirt sign-up and manila envelope is at the McCord Desk • T-shirt designs presented by Jose – Senate will vote by email Other Business Paul Dubois spoke on behalf of the Methodist Student Group asking for funds to give as an honorarium for Methodist speakers to come on campus. This would include $25 to be given to each Methodist Church and about $7 for their lunch. This would total approximately $192. After discussion senate decided to give these funds to the Methodist Student Group.

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By Robert Thomas Quiring, MDiv Senior

Week 8: Grandma Huninghake Wednesday, October 29, 2008 My grandmother died a year ago today so I wanted to share some thoughts and memories: • I remember waking up in her house to the smell of breakfast and listening to her and my mom catch up and laugh together. This happened every time we went to visit her. • When I was in the 7th grade and 6 foot 2 (I had grown a mindboggling amount the previous summer) I was slumping around her house and she looked at me and said, “don’t ever be ashamed of your height!” and I straightened up and have been proud to be taller than average since. I don’t think she ever knew what those few words meant coming from her. • We would often drive by a sign that said 30 some odd miles to Nebraska and I finally got up the nerve to tell her I had never been to Nebraska and wanted to go. So, instead of turning towards town, she just kept on driving until we hit Nebraska then we turned around and drove back. • In the early years of high school, my cousin Bryce and I got into building model rockets and shooting them off. She loved when we shot the rockets off. She was our count-down person and she would literally jump as she said, “3, 2, 1” and when the rocket flew into the sky she would cheer and laugh. • When I stayed in Kansas for a week or two at any of the 8 homes at my disposal, I would always be awakened by her bringing in a fresh gallon of Robert’s Milk (the brand in Kansas is “Robert’s Milk) and a box of whatever my favorite cereal was at that time. • When in Kansas, she felt it her obligation to make sure I saw everyone. That's a lot of seeing in our family. As I got older and was in college and seminary we would sit around her kitchen table after supper and talk about anything and everything. The con-

versation would usually turn to God and our thoughts about God and church. She was the most religious person I have ever known…and the most Catholic person I have ever known, which makes me very happy. I have my grandmother's hands, as do my mother and brother. All of our pointer fingers and middle fingers twist away from our thumb. It's a nice permanent reminder of how we are all connected. As my relationship with my mother has become more of a phone relationship I can hear Grandma’s voice in her voice. She also has been saying the most insightful phrases when I tell her a problem, just like Grandma. “You can never get stuck in the truth” and “there will always be somebody better than you and somebody not as good as you are.” I can see my Grandmother living on through my mother and the rest of the Huninghake family and that gives me great peace. I was with her when she died last year at 1:14 AM October 29th. I was honored to be there with her and two of my uncles. The most surreal part of it was then calling the person who had given birth to me to tell her that the person who had given birth to her had died. I returned with my family to the hotel around 4:30 AM to rest a bit then we had to leave early to make the hour drive to Frankfort where the rest of the family was waiting for us. I remember as we walked out to the car that morning watching the sunrise slowly in the north Kansas sky and being reminded of Easter Sunday morning. That was the most profound and comforting sunrise I have ever seen. Senior MDiv student Robert Thomas Quiring is taking a leave from seminary to participate in the PC(USA) Young Adult Volunteer (YAV) program in Kenya, Africa. Read his blog at www.rtqblog.com.

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Seminarians: Sharing Our Faith Traditions, formerly Seminarians Interacting, is a workshop for seminarians from the Jewish, Roman Catholic, Free Church and Mainline Protestant traditions. Since 1987, the retreat has addressed topics related to matters central to graduate theological education, including scripture, theology, ethics, worship, and professional identity. Annually, seminarians from over eighteen diverse religious institutions in the region are invited to participate in this inter-religious retreat. The themes and discussions are led by representatives of various religions, including faculty from seminaries and clergy from churches and synagogues. The goal is for seminarians to engage in the subject matter and to experience the richness of interfaith and ecumenical dialogue. This retreat helps prepare outstanding seminarians for their future roles as religious leaders in an interfaith and pluralistic society. “...I feel more empowered

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A Weekly Column Offering Musings, Insights, and Reflections on the Seminary Life

The Politics of Hope By Paul Dubois, MDiv Senior The sign says “Hope.” What a beautiful word. It is a word that to me just sounds beautiful, profound, and full. It is simple, clean, and clear. It is important, necessary, and vital. Were I to have a daughter, Hope might be her name. The word says so much to me. Sometimes it means more than “Faith.” A heresy, perhaps, but one I can live with. But it is the sign that says “Hope.” Signs signify; they point to something. I was a bit disturbed about what this sign signified. Above this priceless word is a red and blue image of a man presidential candidate, pensively looking off into the distance. Hope isn’t so pretty anymore. He may make a good president, and I may even vote for him; but he will never be the source–or object–of my hope. There are some words that need to be reclaimed, fought for, and defended. Hope is one of those words. I’d like to be able to stand up and say, “How dare you!” How dare you use toss around hope like that. Don’t you know what your messing with, the power of that word? Do you really think you can provide hope? But political campaigns are by their very nature a locus of false hope, which goes to explain the electoral funk I’ve felt since Labor Day. After the political conventions of early September, I had hoped to confine my political news gathering and opinion making to the four debates. But it was a total failure. Like a pig at the trough I found myself drawn towards the latest jokes and outrageous miscues of the major candidates. The dynamic duo of Comedy Central–Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert became the twin suns of my mindless orbit. I couldn’t break away... I wouldn’t break away. I didn’t want anymore of this candy, I would tell myself, while at the same time reaching for another. I reveled in the mistakes of some and became overly worried about the goofs of others. My own identity and self esteem seemed to be pegged more to the latest opinion polls and the babble of the punditocracy. Except, of course, for those days when my self-esteem was pegged to the Dow. I’m tired. I’m dreading Wednesday morning, waking up and finding out who our next President will be. Whoever it is, I can already feel the sadness. Do I really think this guy or that one can bring me any hope? As I write this, I’m feeling enormous pressure about our economy. To be honest, I don’t know where the pressure is coming from. My limited retirement savings are a bit smaller today, but I don’t plan on accessing them for 20 or more years. Gasoline is cheaper. I’m not out of

a job. I don’t have a mortgage I’m about to lose. I know that some people are feeling the pain, real pain, and I do not want to diminish their suffering. But I get this sickening feeling that the system–our culture, our politicians, and our economy–requires that my iota of fear be maintained at a sufficiently high level to appease the god of our time, the spirit of our age. For me not to be in a state of fear right now would be somehow unpatriotic, disloyal, and treasonous. And something or someone from within this system thinks it can offer me hope? So my thoughts turn to hope. I smile, because I remember from whom my hope does come. And the light brought through this memory made real is illuminating. I begin to see the system–call it culture, nation, economy, whatever–for what it is: It is that which would be my god. It is a god who gives nothing, a god who takes, and a god of enslavement disguised as hope. My sadness is unmasked. I am saddened by the human condition, and thus the condition of all that we humans create, all of human creativity that is centered in humanness and not beyond. Come Wednesday morning, none of this will have changed. Yet we must be careful in our response. In trying to be helpful and faithful, we create institutions with their own needs, ideas, and demands, institutions that falsely promise what they cannot deliver. We create idols. This is the false promise of the church as institution–a church that allies itself with solutions rooted in legislation and policy. A church that is wholly and happily a part of the totality through its acceptance of tax-exempt status at the cost of forfeiting its prophetic voice. A church that was commissioned to proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ has willingly censored its voice for the sake of the Dollar. But perhaps the suffering, sadness, and despair of this condition can be put to good use; perhaps it will turn us to hope. Remember, there is hope. There is always hope. I told you–hope is a good thing. Perhaps the best thing. There is nothing we can do about the human condition. Nothing, except bear witness that it will not be our last word. Without calling for a new initiative, program, policy or institution–let alone elected official–there is something I can do. I can turn off the television. I can shun the jokes, utterly reject the fear. I can be, in my own small way, a mirror of the hope that comes from beyond the system, beyond all institutions, and beyond the totality. And you can, too. All of you. In this sense, there is a lot that we can do, and it is vital that we do it. But the good that I would do, I have such a hard time doing. Thank God my hope is not in me.

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Monday, November 3rd 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

12:00 – 1:00 p.m. 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. 12:30 – 5:00 p.m. 4:15 – 5:15 p.m. 5:15 – 8:15 p.m.

Doctor of Ministry—David Jones Institutional Advancement Staff Meeting—Laura Harris Worship: Service of the Word: Traci Truly, preacher Methodist Student Group—Paul DuBois Spiritual Direction Group—Scott Quinn Company of New Pastors—Georgia Smith English Grammar Review for Biblical Hebrew—Light German Reading, Writing, and Study Skills—Light German

Tuesday, November 4th

WEEKLY CALENDAR OF EVENTS NOVEMBER 3-NOVEMBER 9, 2008

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Doctor of Ministry—David Jones Company of New Pastors—Georgia Smith Worship Service: Service of the Word and Sacrament Dr. Ellen Babinsky, Preacher Chapel Team: Gail Dalrymple & Tracey Beadle

Wednesday, November 5th 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. 8:30 – 10:00 a.m. 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. 12:00 – 5:00 p.m. 12:45 – 2:30 p.m. 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. 3:30 – 5:00 p.m. 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Company of New Pastors—Georgia Smith Doctor of Ministry—David Jones Foedus Pietas – Alison Riemersma Spiritual Direction – Joe Barry Administration Advisory Committee—Nancy Reese Midweek Manna – Student Senate Student Group – Gail Dalrymple Theological Historical Department—David Jensen 12-Step Program – Doug Fritzsche Church Ministry Department Meeting—David White Corpus Christi – Scott Spence Student Senate – Melissa Koerner External Affairs Committee—Randal Whittington Spiritual Direction – Jean Springer Korean Bible Study – In Hye Park Spiritual Direction – Barbara Schutz Special Educational Events Commission—Timothy Lincoln Insights Commissions—David Jensen APTS Choir Rehearsal – Kevin McClure Doctor of Ministry Committee—David White Balcones Community Orchestra – Outside Group

Thursday, November 6th 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Doctor of Ministry—David Jones Company of New Pastors—Georgia Smith Spiritual Direction—Barbara Schutz Worship: Morning Prayer Service: (Adapted from the Book of Common Worship, PC (USA)); Led by Lisa Straus World Religion Class Lunch – Whit Bodman

Friday, November 7th 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.

Doctor of Ministry—David Jones Worship: Service of the Word: Will Heimbach, preacher Conspirare—Ann Fields

Saturday, November 8th 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

UT Fall Meditation Retreat—Outside Group

Sunday, November 9th 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. 4:30 – 10:00 p.m.

Austin Girl’s Choir – Sara McClure Veterans for Peace Board of Trustees—Nancy Reese

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