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f you have submissions, please send them to Sophia by end of day every Thursday.
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Administrative Items Requiring Action
- 2nd year MTS students: If you haven’t turned in your Project 360’s to Asst. Dean Armour and your advisor, do so ASAP. They are past due.
- None at this time.
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Administrative Items Of Note
None at this time.
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| VDS Community Announcements
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Weekly Spiritual Formation Opportunities
The community is invited to weekly gatherings while classes are in session:
Community worship happens each Wednesday in The Space from 11:15am-12:00pm; immediately following worship, meet in the Common Room/Student Lounge (ground level) for Coffee Hour from 12:00-1:00pm. If you are interested in joining the Worship Committee, please Dr. Stephanie Budwey or Dr. Dave Perkins.
Weekly Centering Prayer
Each Thursday beginning, September 12, from 12:30-1:00pm, gather for Centering Prayer with Kara Lassen Oliver, from the Upper Room.
First Tuesdays: Constructing Faith and Practice Labs or “The Lab” in the Student Life Suite, from 12-1pm. Simple lunch provided on a first come first-served basis.
Spiritual Formation Small Groups
You are invited to join or form a small group (between 4-6 people) who will commit to meeting at least monthly to read an entry from the “Mining Spiritual Resources for Social Justice Leadership” handbook. At the conclusion of each entry are discussion questions that invite deeper reflection and engagement with some idea related to spiritual practices. If you are interested, please sign your small group up with Dean Steele. She has printed handbooks in her office. You can also find the entire handbook, here.
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Monday, September 9: Active Shooter Training
Captain Leshaun Oliver, VUPD, will host the entire VDS community in an Active Shooter/Threat Training, on Monday, September 9, 2019, from 12:00-1:00pm in Room 124. Bring your own lunch.
Questions? Contact Amy Steele, Asst. Dean for Student Affairs and Community Life.
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International Student Association Meets 9/13
The group will gather on Friday, September 13th, at the Divinity School in room 127, from 5:30pm to 7:30pm. All are welcome!
Everyone is invited to bring dishes from their tradition to share, and we will also hear stories from one another about the places we each call home.
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Just Lunch: Mondays, Noon
Dig in with the community for casual conversation and story sharing about religion and justice, and a free vegetarian lunch. Each week will feature a different speaker on ecological and economic justice. Spots are limited. To RSVP for future gatherings this term, visit this link and RSVP by Wednesday(s).
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Austen Hartke: September 16, 11:30am
What do you do when a teen in your youth group comes out? How do you pastor a gay, trans, or intersex person who comes to you asking about the "clobber passages?" How do you create liturgy to commemorate a name change? Do the songs you love include language that could be alienating for some people in your congregation, and if so, how do you decide to change them? Join author Austen Hartke for a time of education, discussion, and encouragement as we figure out how to make the Gospel we preach actually sound like good news to every member of the Body of Christ.
September 16, 11:30-1, Divinity School G29
Brown Bag Lunch—Dessert and Drinks provided
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September 27: Community Breakfast with Dean Townes
Community Breakfasts are a way of inviting the larger community into the Divinity School. Dean Townes will field questions about the religious import of the events of our day such as schooling, immigration, spirituality, social activism, protest, and how to love yourself fiercely while being God’s agents for justice and hope in the world.
Friday, September 27, 7:30- 8:30 a.m.
Vanderbilt Divinity School, Room 124
This breakfast is free for VDS students but registration is required.
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Additional VDS Events At-A-Glance
A number of events are happening this fall! Save the dates and watch for more info, soon.
SEPTEMBER
17-19: Paul Vasile, Music that Makes Community (RACC, Community Life)
OCTOBER
18: Pathways Conference. Visit website. 24-25: Fall Break
29: Dying of Whiteness Community Town Hall @ Nashville Public Library. Learn more >>
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| Additional Announcements for Campus and Beyond
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From Your Divinity LibrariansZotero Workshops
Zotero is a great tool to organize your sources as well as generate bibliographies in almost any citation style — in addition to letting you insert auto-filled citations in your paper while your write. Your Divinity librarians are hosting a series of workshops to use this tool. Schedule is below, but if you aren't able to make those times, email Chris Benda to schedule a different time.
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Student Success Workshops: Thriving In Grad School
The Divinity librarians and writing tutor are teaming up to bring you a workshop series to acquaint you with some of the vital skills for your grad school success. Focusing students “wish they would have known sooner,” these workshops are open to everyone, but may be especially helpful to first year students.
All workshops will be on Thursdays at 3pm in Room 103 (in the Div School)
September 19—Citation: Politics and Practice
September 26—Reading at the Graduate Level
October 3—Thesis Statements & Outlines
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Parenting Group Programming
Parenting Group begins its fall programming on Wednesday, September 11. They will host Stacy Simplican who will be leading a discussion about gender socialization.
12:00 noon, Buttrick 123 (this is inside the Women’s and Gender Studies suite)
Lunch will be served on a first-come basis. If you plan to attend, please use this form to let them know you are coming, and any dietary restrictions you have. Feel free to share this event with others who may benefit from learning about this topic.
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Ministry Intern Needed
The Presbyterian Association for Science, Technology, and the Christian Faith (PASTCF) is currently seeking a seminary student to serve as an advisory member to its board for a two-year term, beginning in the fall of 2019. This advisory member should have some familiarity with at least one branch of the natural or social sciences (e.g., have majored in one of the sciences) and be planning to pursue some type of validated ministry upon completion of seminary. Those with only one year of seminary left are welcome to apply.
If you are interested in applying for this position, please contact Dr. Mark Douglas at DouglasM@ctsnet.edu.
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| Faculty, Students, and Alumni/ae in the News,on the Road, and Publications
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Amy-Jill Levine recently returned from Bratislava, Slovakia, where she gave a plenary lecture for the European Society for Catholic Theology (ESCT) conference, “Where does our Hope Lie?”; the talk was entitled, “Hope for Understanding and Empathy: Biblical Interpretation and Jewish/Christian Dialogue”; concurrent with the conference, she gave a talk on Psalm 110 to the "Commentaries on the Old Testament in Slovakia” working group. Last week Abingdon press released Dr. Levine's study, Light of the World; A Beginner’s Guide to Advent (video, leader guide, and participant guide).
“Songs for the Holy Other: Hymns Affirming the LGBTQIA2S+ Community” is now available for free download from the Hymn Society. Stephanie Budwey is a member of the working group for this gift to the community. Bruce Morrill presented the paper, “Clericalism in the Liturgy: False Sacrality, Clerical Hegemony, and Lay Passivity,” at the Catholic Theological Society of America convention in Pittsburgh on June 8th. He also gave the plenary address, “Models of Liturgical Memory,” at the biennial congress of Societas Liturgica in Durham, England, on August 7th. Professor Morrill’s recent publications include “Faith’s Unfinished Business: Can the Easter Season’s Mysticism Empower Ethical Praxis?” in Proceedings of the North American Academy of Liturgy, and “Anointing the Sick Within Mass in the Easter Season” in Le Corps humain dans la liturgie, ed. André Lossky (Aschendorff Verlag).
Victor Judge (Asst. Dean for Academic Affairs) has been invited by the Center for Teaching to lead an Open Classroom Event on Tuesday, September 10th at 10:00 a.m.–12:40 p.m. in DIV128. This year’s CFT Open Classroom Events will be organized around three challenges and taught by faculty with particular insights into how to meet them. Judge was selected to model how to teach creatively. A short reflection discussion, facilitated by CFT staff, will follow the class. Faculty and TAs may learn more about the event’s courses, faculty, reviews, and registration links, here.
Visiting Scholar, Robyn Henderson-Espinoza, launches their new book, Activist Theology, on September 29. View information about the book launch, here.
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Jobs, Fellowships, Scholarships, and More- Visit the job listings page.
- Thinking about next Summer? Vanderbilt Programs for Talented Youth offers kindergarten through twelfth grade students the opportunity to take accelerated courses on Vanderbilt campus in the summer. PTY is now accepting 2020 Course Proposals from graduate students and faculty. They are also hiring graduate students for the following Summer 2020 positions: Teaching Assistants, Senior VSA Staff. Learn more: PTY: https://pty.vanderbilt.edu. Questions: Email mark.m.shivers@vanderbilt.edu
- Bossey Scholarship for UMC students: The Council of Bishops (COB) is pleased to offer an annual scholarship to one student to participate in the “Complementary Certificate in Ecumenical Studies”(CC) through Bossey in conjunction with the University of Geneva. A total amount of $10,000 US will be sent to Bossey on behalf of the chosen student. Applicants for this scholarship must be active members of The United Methodist Church, be between the ages of 22 and 30, be preparing through an approved seminary for vocational ministry in The UMC, and be accepted by Bossey into this program.
- Gorgias Press, an academic publishing house in the humanities, is hiring an editorial assistant to support the Gorgias Press acquisitions editors in the administration, commissioning, planning, and production of publications. Compensation is $13/hour. The position is part-time around 20 hours/week. The compensation does not include any health benefits or other financial benefits. The successful candidates need not be in Piscataway, NJ, and may work remotely. The Gorgias editorial team is an international one. Please send a CV and cover letter to joan@gorgiaspress.com.
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