Chicago Theological Seminary Events Archive

Schaalman Lecture 2008

April 15, 2008

Ministerial Institute 2008

“Theology in the Public Square”

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Center for Community Transformation Hosts Public Lectures

Chicago Theological Seminary's Center for Community Transformation is hosting a series of public lectures, entitled "Immigration and US", at CCT locations on Oct. 29th, Nov. 5th, Nov. 12th, and Dec. 5. All lectures are free and open to the public.

Oct. 29th 7:30pm
St. Pauls UCC, 2335 N. Orchard Street (at Fullerton near Halstead)
"Strangers in the Land: Making Sense of the New Immigration"

• Leon Fink, Distinguished Professor of History, University of Illinois at Chicago.

Nov. 5th 7:30pm
Progressive Community Church, 56 E. 48th Street (at Wabash)
"Race, Immigration, and Jobs: A Panel Discussion"

• Jose Oliva, Interfaith Worker Justice
• The Rev. Anthony Haynes, Chicago Interfaith Committee on Worker Issues
• Worker-Leaders of San Lucas Worker Center, Chicago

Nov. 12th 7:30pm
Primera Iglesia Congregacional, 1305 N. Hamlin (near Grand)
"The New Sanctuary Movement"

• Jennifer Hill, Chicago Metropolitan Sanctuary Alliance

Dec. 5th 7:30pm
Chicago Theological Seminary, George Commons (E. 58th Street between Woodlawn and University)

Center for the Study of Black Faith and Life Inaugural Dinner and Lecture

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

A new Center of the Chicago Theological Seminary, the Center for the Study of Black Faith and Life, is designed to cultivate the next generation of leaders who will speak with a prophetic voice that lifts high the African American heritage of faith, freedom and justice.

The Center will, through research, critical examination, theological reflection, and contextual engagement, address the forces of oppression and dehumanization for the betterment of academy, church, and community.

Please join us as we launch the first Theological Center of its kind to offer Master and Ph.D. degree concentrations in Black faith and Black life. The Center is the first connected to the larger Black faith community inclusive of a variety of Black religions.

Reception, Art Exhibit, and Dinner, McGiffert Hall, 5751 S. Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, IL

Feast on the creativity of African American visual artists while savoring sumptuous hors d'oeuvres and wine. A lively jazz combo sets the tone for this celebration. All art is for sale.

During the plated dinner, witness the unveiling of the Center logo and participate in launching a new force for leadership development. Coffee and dessert will be served in Graham Taylor Hall.

Advance reservations are required for the Inaugural Dinner of the Center for the Study of Black Faith and Life. The package includes the art exhibit (by Personal Preference, Inc.), complimentary valet parking, and reserved seating at the C. Shelby Rooks lecture.

The cost for a single dinner is $100. Sponsorship opportunities are available. Please call Joslyn DiPasalegne at 773/322.0244 for more information.

C. Shelby Rooks Lecture, Graham Taylor Hall, 5757 S. University Avenue, Chicago, IL

Named for the first African American to serve as president of a predominantly white theological school, this lecture launches a series of programs, open to the community, that invites individuals and communities, lay, clergy, and scholars to engage in religious-theological reflection on issues relevant to African American faith, freedom, and justice.

The speaker for this lecture is Peter J. Paris, Ph.D., the Elmer G. Horminghausen Professor of Christian Social Ethics at Princeton Theological Seminary. Dr. Paris is an ordained Baptist minister, past president of the Society for the Study of Black religion and vice president of the Society for Values in Higher Education. He is the senior editor of the New York University series Religion, Race, and Ethinicity and serves on the editorial boards of several journals. He is a member of the board of trustees of New York Theological Seminary and the Baptist Union of the University of Chicago Divinity School. His book, The Social Teaching of the Black Churches, is a required text for introductory courses in theological seminaries across the country.

The C. Shelby Rooks Lecture is open to all, but seating is limited!

Chicago Theological Seminary Commencement

Hyde Park Union Church
5600 S. Woodlawn Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637

Speakers

Iva E. Carruthers, Ph.D.  Founder and Director of Lois House, General Secretary of Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference.

Reception

Immediately Following Commencement
McGiffert House
5751 S. Woodlawn Avenue

Ministerial Institute and Homecoming 2007

The 2007 Ministerial Institute will be held was on Tuesday, April 17 and Wednesday, April 18 at Chicago Theological Seminary on the theme of “Reclaiming the Dream!  MLK 2007 and Beyond”.  This year we celebrated CTS giving Dr. King his first honorary degree from a graduate school of learning and addressed what his teachings, issues and practices have to say to our day.

Speakers

The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Senior Minister of Trinity U.C.C., gave the opening address at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, emphasizing King’s work and focus upon eradicating poverty.  Dr. Eboo Patel, founder of the Interfaith Youth Core, spoke that afternoon on “The Faith Line”. C.T.S.’s own, and King protégé, Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. concluded the Institute on Wednesday after noon.

The Rev.—and Hon.--- Michael Murphy, C.T.S. ’86 preached at the Wednesday Convocation worship service as an alumnus who exemplifies King’s ministry both as a pastor and in his “public theology” as a member of the Michigan legislature.

Workshops

Four workshops were held on Wednesday morning.  “Racial Justice (what) Now?” explored contemporary strategies for achieving racial justice today.  “Christians, Churches and the Eradication of Poverty” looked at church and society possibilities for eliminating poverty.  Dr. Hak Joon Lee, author of We Will get to the Promised Land presented a workshop on King’s “communal-political spirituality”.  His workshop was sponsored by The Pilgrim Press (www.thepilgrimpress.com).

For more information, go to the Ministerial Institute page or call Michael Montgomery at 773.322.0273.

Lent/Easter Lectionary Preaching Workshop

Thursday, January 18, 2007

Chicago Theological Seminary Professor Emeritus André LaCocque will lead a workshop on the lectionary texts for Lent and Easter, 2007 on Thursday, January 18, 2007. The workshop will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Lifelink Corporate Offices at 331 York Road, Bensenville.

LaCocque is professor emeritus of Old Testament at the Chicago Theological Seminary, and is the author of The Trial of Innocence: Adam, Eve and the Yahwist (Wipf and Stock, 2006) and over ten other major books. Walter Brueggemann writes, “André LaCocque brings a distinctive style of imagination, interpretation, and articulation to his growing corpus of valuable exposition…LaCocque models the courage needed for reading and demanded by the texts.”

Registration will be $35, which includes lunch. To register, please email Dr. Michael H. Montgomery at mmontgomery1@ctschicago.edu or telephone him at 773.322.0273. The workshops are presented by the Chicago Theological Seminary as part of its service to churches.

JoAnne Marie Terrell's 2006 AIDS and Violence Class and Chicago Theological Seminary present the original play,  "Nobody's Child."

Sunday, December 10, 2006 - 7 p.m.

Progressive Community Church - Located at 48th and Wabash
56 E. 48th Street
Chicago, IL 60615

Bus transportation will be available from Hyde Park from CTS, 58th Street and Woodlawn, departing at 6:15 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.

Free HIV/AIDS testing will be provided at Progressive Community Church on Sunday, Dec. 10, 2006.

A free-will offering will be taken up with proceeds to be donated to the AIDS Pastoral Care Network.

Admission is free.  All are welcome.

Lectionary Preaching Workshop with W. Dow Edgerton

For more information and registration, please download the attached brochure.

Interfaith Concert with Rachel Barton Pine

Rachel will perform in a musical dialogue with leaders from six great religious traditions. The concert is presented by CTS, who is committed to interfaith cooperation and peace.

Chicago Theological Seminary Commencement

Saturday, May 6, 2006

Hyde Park Union Church
5600 Woodlawn Ave., Chicago, IL

Castañeda Lecture

Thursday, May 4, 2006

CTS co-sponsors "Finding Agency in a Time of AIDS" event

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2006 Ministerial Institute

Tuesday, April 25-Wednesday, April 26, 2006

CTS Hosts Retreat - Conversation with God... and one another

Friday and Saturday, March 3 and 4, 2006

Techny Towers Conference & Retreat Center
2001 Waukegan Road
Techny, IL 60082

For more information, click here for the brochure (PDF).

Writers Read: The Art of the Spirit

Wednesday, February 15 Tom Montgomery-Fate, Professor of English at College of DuPage, will read from his new memoir, Steady and Trembling.

Monday, February 27      Diane Glancy, Native American poet, novelist, and playwright and Associate Professor of English at Macalester College.

Monday, March 13            Quraysh Ali Lansana, poet and Director of the Gwendolyn Books Center for Black Literature and Creative Writing at Chicago State University.

Wednesday, March 29      Scott Russell Sanders, essayist and memoirist, and Professor of English at Indiana University, will read from his new spiritual memoir,

A Private History of Awe.

Lent-Easter Preaching Workshop

Thursday, January 26, 2006

2005 Ministerial Institute

150th Anniversary Student Art Fest

Saturday, October 1, 2005

McGiffert Hall
Chicago Theological Seminary
5751 S. Woodlawn St., Chicago, IL
For more information call: 773.322.0220

CTS Luncheon at UCC General Synod

Sunday, July 3, 2005

Georgia World Congress Center
Atlanta, Georgia
Address by President Susan B. Thistlethwaite
Presentation of the CTS 150th Anniversary Video
For more information call: 773.322.0220

Chicago Theological Seminary Commencement

Saturday, May 14, 2005

Hyde Park Union Church
5600 Woodlawn Ave., Chicago, IL
Honorary degrees awarded to peace activist Kathy Kelly and Jim Wallis, editor-in-chief of Sojourners
For more information call: (773) 322-0221

Castañeda Lecture
“Straight Up on the Down Low: African American Women and HIV/AIDS”
by JoAnne Marie Terrell, Ph.D., associate professor of ethics and theology

Thursday, May 12, 2005

Graham Taylor Chapel
Chicago Theological Seminary
5757 S. University Ave., Chicago, IL
For more information call: 773.322.0220

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Religious Archives Network (LGBTRAN) Dinner

Friday, May 6, 2005

McGiffert Hall
Chicago Theological Seminary
5751 S. Woodlawn Ave., Chicago, IL
For more information call: (773) 322-0290 or e-mail: mbowman@lgbtran.org

Rabbi Herman E. Schaalman Endowment Fund Lecturer - Paula Fredriksen
“Jews and Christians Living and Worshipping Together 2000 Years Ago”

Sunday, April 10, 2005

Presented by Chicago Theological Seminary and Congregation Sukkat Shalom
Congregation Sukkat Shalom/First Congregational Church
1125 Wilmette Avenue, Wilmette, IL
For more information call: (847) 251-2675

What's new in...Transformative Leadership! Ministerial Institute 2004 - April 20 & 21st

The Ministerial Institute is an annual event focusing on "What's New In..." one of the core disciplines of theological and professional education for leaders of church and society. This year's theme is "What's New in Transformative Leadership?" and our keynote speaker is The Rev. Dr. Gary Gunderson, Director of the Interfaith Health Program (Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University) and author of Deeply Woven Roots: Improving the Quality of Life in Your Communities.

Please join us for this exciting event as we celebrate what we have learned in the CCT program during these past five years! Building on CTS' rich history of contextual education - with groups such as Operation Breadbasket and the Suburban Training Project--we will showcase models of "transformative leadership" for today. Registration for lectures and workshops is open to all interested persons.

2004 Ministerial Institute Brochure

Two highly acclaimed German organists will test the mettle of the Chicago Theological Seminary's prized German Baroque organ during the CTS International Organ Festival, which begins April 18. The performing line-up for the five-week festival was announced today by Thomas Wikman, Organist and Artist-in-Residence at the seminary.

The festival will comprise five Sunday-afternoon concerts by five different artists. A free-will donation will be taken. The artists are: well-known organist and conductor Wikman; Lutheran Cantor Jonathan Oblander; Bavarian virtuosi Johannes Skudlik and Franz Hauk; and prize-winning international recitalist Douglas Cleveland.

All concerts will begin at 4 p.m. in Graham Taylor Hall on the 2nd floor of the Chicago Theological Seminary at 5757 S. University Ave. Each concert will last approximately one hour and will be followed by a wine and cheese reception in the seminary's beautiful cloister.

No ticket is needed. The suggested donation is $10 to $20.

The seminary's brilliant Reneker Organ is a mechanical-action instrument built by Karl Wilhelm. "It resembles organs built in Germany in the late 17th and early 18th centuries," said Wikman, "-- a period of organ building which has never been surpassed."

Graham Taylor Hall, with its exquisite stained-glass windows and carved woodwork, is an outstanding example of Gothic architecture. Said Wikman, "the stone walls and floor and high ceiling make for excellent acoustics. And the organ case itself is a work of art."

Concert Schedule:

Sunday, April 18: Thomas Wikman Organist and Artist-in-Residence, Chicago Theological Seminary. Founder and Conductor Laureate, Music of the Baroque. Choirmaster, Chicago's Church of the Ascension.

Sunday, April 25: Johannes Skudlik Titular Organist, Cathedral of Maria Himmelfahrt, Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria. Founder and director, Landsberg Oratorio Choir and Con-Brio Chamber Orchestra of Munich.

Sunday, May 2: Jonathan Oblander Cantor, Grace Lutheran Church, River Forest., IL. Music director, Grace Church Cantata Vespers Series.

Sunday, May 9: Douglas Cleveland Organist-Choirmaster, St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, Evanston, IL. Assistant Professor of Organ, Northwestern University.

Sunday, May 16: Franz Hauk Organist-Choirmaster, Liebfrau Münster in Ingolstadt. Kulturamt (ministry of culture), Ingolstadt. Co-founder, Bayerische Jungend Orchesterakademie.

Lent-Easter Lectionary Workshop with Professor Ken Stone!

Reflect! Examine! Explore!

with

Ken Stone, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible

Thursday, January 29, 2004; 9:00am - 3:00pm; Plymouth Place, LaGrange Park, IL

This year's workshop will focus especially on the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament lectionary passages for Lent. Remembering the traditional Lenten emphasis on fasting as a part of reflection on the Christian journey, our examination of the biblical passages will provide us with an occasion to explore the role of food, land and ecology in the covenant between Israel and God -- and hence in our own communities of faith.

This is a day away for pastors, Christian educators, chaplains, youth workers...anyone who desires to set apart a moment for reflection and fellowship. Click on the Link below for details and registration information.

Back Bay Mission - January 2004

During "J-Term," 2004, CTS M.Div. students Danielle Duncan, Damon Jones and Adriane Montague joined Deborah Haffner - director (at the time) of CTS's Center for Community Transformation - on an urban immersion trip to Back Bay Mission (Biloxi, Mississippi), where CTS alumna Shari Prestemon serves as Executive Director.

The first Nelson Lecture in Business Ethics Event was held on November 1st -- Read about it!

by Barbara Toffler,
Professor of Business Ethics, Columbia University

Saturday, November 1, 2003

On the campus of CTS, Hyde Park, Chicago

Case Study Workshop (by invitation) in the morning

Interactive Presentation (open to the public) 1:15 p.m.

This event will encourage a wide variety of community stakeholders in effective processes of ethical decision-making through exploring the challenges occasioned by neighborhood gentrification.

Advent-Christmas Lectionary Workshop was held on Tues., Oct. 28th

This workshop will explore the Advent texts in the unfolding of the liturgical season. We will pay particular attention to the spirituality of our interpretive processes and developing clearer focus and structure in our preaching.

featuring
CTS Academic Dean The Rev. W. Dow Edgerton, Ph.D.
& Associate Professor of Ministry

Tuesday, October 28, 2003
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Plymouth Place
315 N. LaGrange Road, LaGrange Park, IL

Soup and Sandwich lunch included

For more information, please contact the CTS Events line at 773.322.0275; 1.800.422.2871, ext. 275; or gsoule@ctschicago.edu.

Registration brochures will be mailed in August.