Columbia Theological Seminary Vantage, 93, number 3, Winter 2002

COLUMBIA
THEOLOGICAL
SEMINARY

Vantage

WINTER 2002

Come to campus for
Colloquium 2002

Facing critical challenges in engaging
youth and young adults in ministry
and mission in the twenty-first century,
the church is seeking ways to use the
gifts of young people to proclaim
the good news of Jesus Christ in today's
world. Colloquium 2002 offers clergy,
youth and young adult leaders,
Christian educators, and church members
the opportunity to explore this impor-
tant issue in the context of worship,
study, and fellowship.

"The church is faced with a
tremendous challenge in communicat-
ing the gospel across gaps which
represent fundamental shifts in how
people view the gospel, the church,
and the world," says Rodger Nishioka,
associate professor of Christian educa-
tion at Columbia, who will present a
keynote address and workshop.

Kenda Creasy Dean and Thomas
Beaudoin are also keynote speakers,
and Anna Carter Florence will preach
and lead worship. A bluegrass band
and gospel choir, alumni /ae activities,
lectures, and worship round out the
three-day event.

Colloquium '02 begins Monday,
April 22, with the Alumni/ae Council
meeting. A gathering and picnic on the
Oldenburg Quadrangle at 5:30 p.m. will

bring together all participants. Anna
Carter Florence leads worship on
Monday evening. Her sermon, "The
Liquid Church: Before the Flood," is
drawn from Genesis 6.

Tuesday morning activities include
prayers led by Anna Carter Florence,
and lectures by Kenda Creasy Dean
and Rodger Nishioka. Also Tuesday,
the alumni/ae luncheon includes the
presentation of Distinguished Service
Awards to two Columbia alums and
recognition of this year's reunion
classes: 2001, 1997, 1992, 1987, 1982,
1977, 1972, 1967, 1962, 1957, 1952
and earlier.

On Tuesday afternoon, five con-
current workshops will focus on ways
to communicate the gospel in the
"liquid" church. Workshops include
"A Whole Lorta Worship Going On,"
with Brian Wren, professor of worship
at Columbia; "Windows on the Sacred:
Psychological and Theological
Perspectives on a Child's Sense of
Wonder," with Bill Harkins, assistant
professor of pastoral care and theology;
"Intentional Youth Ministry," with
Louis Imsande, director of youth min-
istries at Peachtree Presbyterian Church,
Atlanta; "Young Adults and the Church:
Continued on page 3

Highlights of the schedule

Monday, April 22

5:30 p.m. Gathering and Picnic on Oldenburg Quadrangle
7:30 p.m Worship: "The Liquid Church Before the Flood,"

Anna Carter Florence
8:30 p.m Coffee and ice cream on Oldenburg Quadrangle

Tuesday, April 23

9:00 a.m. Morning Prayer, Anna Carter Florence

9:15 a.m. " Big Enough Questions," Kenda Creasy Dean

10:45 a.m. " Life in the Liquid Church Ministry in a Consumer Culture,"
Rodger Nishioka

12:30 P.M Alumni/ae luncheon
2:00 p.m. Faculty open house

3:00 P.M Five workshops: "Life in the Liquid Church"
4:30 p.m Alumni/ae gathering at home of Erskine '66 and Nancy Clarke
5:30 P.M. Dinner in Decatur, Atlanta's new restaurant enclave
7:30 p.m Ebenezer Baptist Church Gospel Choir

Wednesday, April 24

9:00 A.M. Morning Prayer, Anna Carter Florence

9:15 a.m. " The Cost of Economic Discipleship Today," Thomas M. Beaudoin
10:45 a.m. Worship: "The Liquid Church After the Flood,"
Anna Carter Florence

Kenda Creasy Dean is director of the
Tennet School of Christian Education
and assistant professor in youth, church,
and culture at Princeton Theological
Seminary. An ordained elder and certified
tm nistcr of youth in the United Methodist
Church, she has served in campus congre-
gational ministry and Christian education
consulting. Her recent publications
include The Godbearing Life: The Art
of Soul-Tending for Youth Ministry and
Covenant Discipleship on Campus,
which she co-authored.

Rodger Nishioka is in ///s second year at
Columbia. Before coming to the seminary,
he served as coordinator for youth and
young adult ministries for the Presbyterian
Church (USA). He also serves on the board
oftlie Religious Education Association and
is chair of the Pacific and Asian-American
and Canadian Christian Education Board
for the National Council of Churches
USA. His publications include The Roots
of Who We Are, Rooted in Love, and
Sowing the Seeds.

Thomas Beaudoin is an internationally
known teacher, lecturer, consultant, and
author in the area of theology and culture,
particularly in reference to youth and
young adults. His recent publications
include numerous articles, essays, and
encyclopedia entries in National Catholic
Reporter, Books and Culture, and
America, and the book, Virtual Faith:
The Irreverent Spiritual Quest of
Generation X. Beaudoin is an adjunct
professor in theology at Boston College.

Anna Carter Florence is assistant
professor of preaching and worship at
Columbia. Ordained in the Presbyterian
Church (USA), she is known for her
extensive work in youth ministry, theater,
and congregational ministry. Florence
lias preaclwd and led workshops at
numerous conferences. Her sermons have
been published in Pulpit Digest, The
Princeton Seminary Bulletin, A Chorus
of Witnesses, Best Sermons 5, and
Sacred Strands.

Living into our partnerships

Laura S. Mendenhall, President

Columbia Theological Seminary is
about partnerships. Indeed, this
seminary is about the challenges and
encouragements of partnerships. It Is
about the mystery of God made visi-
ble in our partnerships as we work
together in mutual respect and sup-
port for one another, as we recognize
the uniqueness of each other, as we
serve each other and receive one
another's gifts, as we share sufferings
and responsibilities and hope.

Our most obvious partnership, with
the Presbyterian Church (USA), gives
us our existence: We receive those stu-
dents whom the church identifies as
having gifts for leadership, prepare
them for ministry, return them to the
church for its service, and encourage
them, our alumni and alumnae, as
they minister throughout the world as
servants of the church. And, because
we are a key resource for the laity of
the church and for the church .it large,
many of us regularly meet with con-
gregations, presbyteries, synods, and
I leneral Assembly groups t<> nurture
the partnership this seminary shares
with the Presbyterian Church (USA)
and other denominations of the church.

In partnerships between the Board,

B. Franklin
Skinner named
new Board of
Trustees chair

At its October meeting, Columbia
Theological Seminary's Board of
Trustees elected B. Franklin Skinner
of Atlanta as chair.

He is a member and elder of
Atlanta's Peachrree Presbyterian Church.

In 1992, Skinner retired as chair-
man and chief executive officer of
BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc.
During his years with the Bell System,
he served as executive vice president
for marketing and external affairs
and was elected president of Southern
Bell in 1982, serving as chief executive
officer until the reorganization and
establishment of BellSouth
Telecommunications.

He has served as chairman of
Central Atlanta Progress, Metropolitan
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce,
Metropolitan Atlanta United Way
Campaign, the United Way Board
of Directors; as founding Board chair
of Atlanta's Mission New Hope, a
substance abuse coalition; and as a
member of the Board of Commission-
ers of the Atlanta Housing Authority.

Long associated with The
Salvation Army, Skinner is a life

faculty, staff, and students, Columbia
Seminary carries out its mission day to
day. Teaching and learning, evaluating
and envisioning, negotiating and
moving forward, this community
gives thanks for the varieties of exper-
tise and experience which enrich all
the ways we nurture leadership for
the church. Our partnerships on this
campus teach us the value of working
together as we acknowledge that
being a partner is hard work!

Reaching beyond the obvious and
immediate, Columbia has partnerships
in many directions:

With the ten other PC(USA) theo-
logical institutions, we work together
on issues of common concern, such
.is the shortage of pastors for small
congregations, for youth ministry, for
racially and ethnically diverse
congregations.

With other Atlanta seminaries,
particularly Candler School of
Theology and the Interdenominational
Theological Center, through efforts
such as the Faith and the City program,
we work together to expand offerings
to all our students.

With colleges and universities,
centers for training in pastoral care,

President Laura Mendenhall with Frank
Skinner, new Board of Trustees chair

member and past chairman of its
National Advisory Board and was
chair of the Board of Visitors of The
SaK ation Army's College for Officers
Training for the Southern Territory.

He is a former chair of metropoli-
tan Atlanta United Negro College Fund
Advisory Board and a former trustee of
Metro Atlanta Community Foundation.

A graduate of the University of
Richmond, Skinner has received hon-
orary degrees from that institution,
Jacksonville University, and the
Interdenominational Theological
Center. He also serves on the boards
of trustees of Davidson College and
Morehouse College.

various mission opportunities, and
local, state, and federal government
agencies, Columbia works to serve
our community and enhance the
experiences of our students.

With those in theological education
around the world, we share opportu-
nities, students, and faculty. Our part-
nerships include seminaries in Canada,
Jamaica, Cuba, Scotland, England,
Ireland, Germany, Czech Republic,
Hungary, China, Taiwan, Korea, Kenya,
and South Africa. A group of us
recently visited with faculty and stu-
dents at United Theological Seminary
of the West Indies in Kingston,
Jamaica (where 40 of our D.Min. grad-
uates are now leaders in that country),
and with the Ecumenical Theological
Seminary in Matanzas, Cuba, where
we are building a growing relationship
with a seminary that not so long ago
was outside our reach. Our partner-
ships with these two seminaries are
having a remarkable effect on the
Caribbean and on Latin America.
Even more remarkable is the effect of
our global partnerships on the breadth
and depth of our understanding of
Christian ministry in our own neigh-
borhoods in this country.

Dent Davis
named director
of Continuing
Education

Dent C. Davis has been named director
of continuing education and will join
the faculty in mid-April. As director of
continuing education, Davis will be
responsible for ongoing educational
programs for ministers, educators, and
other congregational leaders. He will
also teach courses in continuing edu-
cation and Doctor of Ministry programs.

Davis leaves Sequoyah Hills
church in Knoxville, Tennessee, where
he has been associate pastor for six
years. At Sequoyah Hills, his work
focused on educational ministry, pro-
gram planning and development,
teaching, pastoral care, and interna-
tional missions. He also serves as a
consultant to churches, academic insti-
tutions, and social service agencies in
the areas of problem solving, organi-
zational planning, spiritual discern-
ment, communication, and personal
growth. Davis has served as pastor,
interim pastor, and associate pastor of
Presbyterian churches in Tennessee,
Virginia, and North Carolina.

Davis holds the B.A. from the
University of Tennessee, the Master of

Each of these partnerships, and
others too numerous to mention, reflects
the particular partnership that under
girds all we do our partnership with
the Trinitarian God. Baptized in the
name of Father-Son-Holy Spirit, we
are called to be a living expression of
the One we worship, living in partner-
ship with what God is doing now,
with one another and with all creation.
In these partnerships we become the
image of the God who created us.

In this day, when the world is
restlessly seeking God, our partner-
ships are an invitation into the ulti-
mate destiny of all of God's beloved
creation. Our partnerships are a
demonstration of the kingdom of
heaven to the world. As we live into
these partnerships, it may be that
those who cannot recognize God in
any other way will look to us and
know who God is a community
working together with gratitude to
God our Father, through the grace
known to us in Jesus Christ the Son,
with the power of the Holy Spirit.

We give thanks for all those with
whom we are privileged to be in part-
nership in the coming of God's reign
on this earth.

Dent Davis joins the faculty in mid-April.

Divinity from Vanderbilt University
Divinity School, and the Doctor of
Ministry from Columbia Theological
Seminary. He is a candidate for the
Ed.D. degree at the University of
Tennessee.

D. Cameron Murchison, dean of
faculty and executive vice president,
says, "Dent Davis possesses the
capacities to sustain excellence
previously attained in our continuing
education program, to discern new
opportunities for its growth, and to
lead the program in new directions.
Both Columbia and the church gain
by this appointment."

VANTAGE

Cecil Moore retired December 31

How can we describe Cecil Moore?
We know him as a person, husband,
father, grandfather, and Presbyterian
minister. More significantly, we know
him as one who served as a talented
and faithful member of the Columbia
Seminary staff from March 1, 1973, to
December 31, 2001.

Who is Cecil Moore? Cecil Moore
is a lifelong, dedicated Presbyterian
who grew up on a large family farm in
Marion Junction, Alabama. He earned
a Bachelor of Science degree from
Auburn University. While Cecil was a
student at Auburn, John Leith '43 was
pastor of the Auburn Presbyterian
Church. Cecil was one of many candi-
dates for ministry influenced by Leith
and the College Fellowship at that time.

After Reserve Officer's Training at
Auburn, Cecil spent two years on
active duty, as an artillery officer, first
at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and then in
Anaheim, Germany. He returned to
the family business and joined his
father and brother in operating it for
three years.

In response to a growing sense
of call to serve as a pastor in the
Presbyterian Church U.S., Cecil
enrolled as a student at Columbia
Seminary. He considered no other

institution, for his father, Cecil Moore,
Sr., and J. McDowell Richards '2 l .
president of Columbia from 1932 to
1971, roomed together as students at
Davidson College.

Cecil and Sadera Wallace were
married on September 5, 1959, and
one week later they were in a garage
apartment on Shadowmoor Street in
Decatur, ready for Cecil to begin study
for the Bachelor of Divinity degree.
As a requirement of his financial aid,
Cecil worked on buildings and grounds
during his student days, including
full-time work in the summer. When
Florida Hall was completed, Cecil and
Sadera were the first to live in Room
306, and that room has been named
in their honor.

Two pastorates took Cecil and his
family to Tallassee, Alabama, for six
years and Collins, Mississippi, for five.
The Collins church pressured him to
withdraw with them and join the
Presbyterian Church in America. This
Cecil would not do. President C.
Benton Kline, Jr., on the recommenda-
tion of F. Sidney Anderson '44, treasur-
er and business manager, appointed
Cecil as supervisor of buildings and
grounds at Columbia in March of 1973.
Sidney Anderson knew Cecil well

Cecil Moore, superintendent of buildings

and grounds

through his work as a student an cam-
pus buildings and grounds.
whot h.s t e< ii Moore done '

I ver\ building on tin- < .yinpns Ins
been either redecorated, remodeled,
enlarged oi built during his service to

Columbia. 1 vcrything he has done

lone well, ever) i onsfa m Hon
project has been carefully planned and

Supervised, and the results, both seen

and unseen, are > ^i>;n ol his wisdom

and work President l-.inentus Kline

says oi c nil Moore, i le could see
thine;, thai needed doing that no one

else could."

Sidney Anderson says oi him,
"Civil dul a superb job ol protecting
and improving the physical plant I te
BISO enhanced Columbia's reputation
lor BscaJ integrity. An electn. .!

contractor, Long alienated from the

> hun h, was so impressed with tin-
way he was treated in projects on
campus and the prompt pay ment ol

bills, that he asked (Veil Moore to
lead his wile's luneral mi \ L( I

( ei lis Leadership, i Ision, ami

hard work have given us the
Columbia Semm.n \ . unpus .is we

know it today i he seminary family

is indeed fortunate to have had (

Moore as "i alumnus and a Btafl

member for most ol Ins adult hie. Q

/ / lavtoon Philip
president emeritus

Thomas Daniel '03 (second from left) talks with members of the praise band at North
Avenue Presbyterian church.

KAIROS : A new way to reach
young people

Inspired by the vision of Columbia
students Thomas Daniel and Bobby
Murray, Atlanta's North Avenue
Presbyterian Church launched in
September a new weekly worship
event called Kairos (the Greek word
for "the proper time") as an outreach
to young people.

Daniel directs North Avenue's
college ministry program, and Murray,
the high school ministry. Last year,
the two approached members of the

WINTER 2002

church's session and started discus-
sion about what it would take to do
outreach to youth "with absolute
excellence," as Daniel puts it. "We
recognized that doing it halfway was
really not worth doing at all," he adds.

At first glance, Kairos seems part
rock concert, part revival. The room
is dark, the music is loud, and the
technical support is flawless. Large
screens project lyrics and key
messages throughout the service.

Part of the success of Kairos in
conveying that message is certainly
due to the "praise band" that lorms
the centerpiece of the worship team.
Led by Jeffrey B. Scott, a veteran of
local contemporary ministries, the
band carries the bulk of the service.
But Daniel is careful to note that, while
music is an integral pari ol the servii <
"the band is committed to the ministry
aspect of this. They want to create a
strong, worshipful experience, not a
concert atmosphere."

According to Scott Weimer, the
church's senior pastor, Kairos is off to
a good start. "Thomas Daniel and
Bobby Murray are superbly gifted
communicators. They present their
scripture-based messages with energy,
humor, and multi-media support."

Week after week folks are coming
from area colleges and universities,
some from high schools, and even
some with no home to call their own.
During the course of the evening then-
is cheering, applause, even some tears.

Looking ahead, Daniel says he
hopes that students who come to
Kairos will become involved in urban
ministry, as well as in prayer teams
and other forms of outreach. The
Kairos worship team is building
bridges with campus ministries and
parachurch organizations as well.
"This is a new model," Daniel admits,
"and we still have a long way to go."
Kairos meets Mondays at 7 I'M. in
the Broyles Center of North Avenue
Presbyterian Church. For information,
visit www.kairosworship.com.

David Dault (MATS '02)

< olloquium '02
continued from page I

l-mcrging Strategies foi ( hitreai h and

I vangelism/' with Rodger Nishioka;

and "Soul Expression Spiritual

i ormation oi Youth," with < iina

late lor youth minr.ti\ In

tin- < bngregationaJ Ministries I to ision

of the Presbyterian I hurch (USA).
Tuesday afternoon Includes an
.J u nun /.m gathering .ii the home of
l-rskine '66 and Nancy (In h
I hiring lh' iliimi-i hn-al- , pailn ipant\

will In- tree to dine in the restaurants

on the hifltorii Decatur Square 01
Oakhurst business district. The
evening conclude-, at I fecatUT
Presbyterian Church, with a program
by the Hbene/er Baptist Church
Gospel ( hoir

On Wednesday, Thomas Beaudoin
will present his lecture following
morning prayers. Anna Carter Florence
will preach at the concluding servi. e
Her sermon will be "The I iquid
Church: After the Flood," from
Genesis 9.

I., registei or for information/
contact Barbara Poe at 404-687-4566
or by email, poeb@CTSnet.edu.

The (state of the) art of pastoral
theology at Columbia

Book reviews from
pastoral care faculty

Last November, the Pastoral
Counseling Association of Georgia
sent a letter to the deans and presi
dents of local seminaries. Signed by
the group's Board of Directors, it
reads, "We. ..an ecumenically diverse
group of ministers, educators, and
pastoral counselors... appeal to you to
enhance and strengthen pastoral care
curricula.... We hear churches asking
...for more pastoral counseling
services... and there are simply not
enough trained, licensed pastoral
counselors available for employment."
This letter represents the current Zeit-
geist in the field of pastoral theology
and counseling. That it comes from an
organization of pastoral counselors
(many of whom now work in congre-
gationally-based counseling centers)
indicates a return to the church, the
context most appropriate for its locus
of operation and meaning.

Over the past 20 years, the held
has come full circle in relation to the
church and, perhaps, to theology. As
Rod Hunter noted in a recent article in
The Christian Century, beginning in the
late 1950s and early '60s, pastoral care
left the classical paradigm of pastoral
care behind, giving birth to the pas-
toral counseling movement. A new
profession appeared professional
pastoral counseling and its psycho-
therapeutic modes of thought pervaded
congregational life as well as seminary
instruction.

In 1993 Columbia's John Patton,
recently retired, used the phrase
"paradigm shift" to describe a drama-
tic turn in the field of pastoral care. For
Patton, this shift represented a move
from the "clinical pastoral paradigm"
to the "communal-contextual" with its
focus on more social and cultural con-
cerns. As Rod Hunter suggests, what
remains to be seen is whether this shift
will result in a model of pastoral care
that "fosters personal commitment to

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relation to traditions of moral and
spiritual practic i

I [ere al Columbia Seminary we
have undergone tremendous change
as well. The current full-time faculty
(John Patton has agreed to continue
teaching part time) consists of all
recent hires, with Sharon Mook and
Bill Harkins in their third year.
Emmanuel Lartey, who joined us this
fall from Birmingham, England, is a
wonderful addition to the collegium
both in terms of his personal presence
as well as his status as an internation-
ally renowned scholar. He brings his
expertise as one committed to and
knowledgeable about the diversity of
voices in the church, and how we
might better hear and respond to and
care for that diversity. This is reflective,
then, of the seminary's commitment to
broaden its scope in pastoral care, and
to attend to the growing diversity in
the field.

In current revisions being dis-
cussed in the Th.D. program, three
foci are emerging as we seek to make
this a more relevant and practical
degree. First, we are looking at the
issue of licensure of the graduates,
and how to make this degree more
marketable while maintaining and
strengthening its theological integrity.
Second, we are examining the relation-
ship of the Th.D. program to the local
church, with an eye toward what
appears to be growing recognition
of, and need for, trained pastoral
counselors at the congregational level.
Moreover, some traditions, such as
African- American and Korean send
us students who intend to take their
education in pastoral counseling back
to local parish settings. Third, the
increasing diversity in terms of racial,
ethnic, and feminist/ womanist per-
spectives has altered the field in
remarkably rich and profound ways.
In particular, these voices have called
the field of pastoral care and theology
to attend more carefully to its theolog-
ical roots and to listen to the perspec-
tives of, for example, liberation and
narrative forms of theology and pas-
toral theory.

While these curricular revisions at
the doctoral level do not directly affect
the course offerings in the M.Div.
program, they do reflect the current
trends in the field. Certainly they
reflect the commitment of the Columbia
Seminary faculty to a diverse, multi-
cultural, deeply theological perspective
on teaching pastoral theology that,
while appropriating the best of the
resources in the behavioral and human
sciences, is nonetheless rooted in our
theological heritage.

/. William Harkins,

associate professor of

pastoral theology and care

Bill Harkins

The Holy Longing: The Search for
Christian Spirituality by Ronald
Rolheiser

This perceptive and deeply
enriching text brings the concept of
spirituality and spiritual formation
into the daily life of the church. It is a
compelling read that will have one
thinking about the paschal mystery
and spirituality in ways that will
inform one's spiritual journey and
relationship to the church.

Theology and Pastoral Counseling: A
New Interdisciplinary Approach by
Deborah van Deusen Hunsinger

In this text on pastoral counseling
viewed in light of the theology of
Karl Barth, Hunsinger explores fertile
new territory for both. Columbia
alumni/ae will especially enjoy refer-
ences to the work of Shirley Guthrie. I
heartily recommend this for Jungians,
Barthians, and that strange breed,
those who are both!

Joy and the Objects of Psychoanalysis:
Literature, Belief, and Neurosis by
Volney Gay

This fascinating text utilizes liter-
ary case studies (e.g. Henry James) to
examine the etiology of joy in human
experience from the perspective of
psychoanalysis and religion. This is
the latest in a remarkable and growing
ouvre from this professor of psychiatry,
religion, and anthropology at
Vanderbilt University.

Sharon Mook

The Way We Never Were: American
Families and the Nostalgia Trap by
Stephanie Coontz

Placing the idealized "traditional"
family in the context of two centuries
of family life, Coontz exposes the
myths and truths of the dominant,
normative view of the family in this
country. As family development is
explored in the larger socio-economic-
political context, the destructive
potential of this idealized view
becomes apparent, both for families
that do not match the norm as well as
for more traditionally structured fami-
lies struggling to meet an impossible
and perhaps undesirable dream.

/ earning to Be White: Money, Race, and
God in America by Thandeka

Going beyond the impact of
racism on "persons of color,"
Thandeka explores the formation of
"white" identity, exposing the destruc-
tive power of racism in the lives of
white people. Historical, theological,
and economic contexts provide the
ground for the roots of racism in the
Euro- American child that result in
internalized shame, denial of real
feelings, and loss of an integrated
sense of being a whole person. As all
human beings come to understand

themselves as "people of color," the
healing of broken humanity takes on
new possibilities.

The Anguish of Loss: Visual Expressions
of Grief and Sorrow by Julie Fritsch with
Sherokee Use

In few but profound words and
moving visual images, Fritsch and Use
give expression to the depth of grief
in the face of loss too deep for words.
The Anguish of Loss is a helpful
resource for caregivers who want to
understand this pain beyond their
own experience, as well as for those
who seek ways to express their own
deep loss.

Emmanuel Lartey

Long Walk to Freedom: The
Autobiography of Nelson Mandela by
Nelson Mandela

An intriguing autobiography of
one of the icons of the twentieth
century, much of this book was
written secretly during 27 years of
imprisonment on Robben Island
amidst the awful horror of the
apartheid years. Mandela's very
human ambivalence toward public
work and life shines forth, as well as
the strong and generous spirit that
refused to be broken under the most
trying circumstances. There is some-
thing of inspiration for everyone here.

No Future without Forgiveness by
Desmond Tutu

This is Tutu's personal memoir
of his time as chairperson of South
Africa's Truth and Reconciliation
Commission. The book records his
insistence upon the need to find
another way for the healing of the
soul of the nation beyond violence
and revenge. Tutu's resilience, humor
and Christian compassion are in much
evidence. He faces the brutal realities
of the apartheid era, wrestles with
the apparent silence of God during
those years and seeks a path that
transcends the conflicts of the past
and rejoices in a new humanity.

The Journey into God: Healing and
Christian Faith by Kenneth Bakken

Physician and ordained Lutheran
pastor, Bakken raises serious questions
about the adequacy of the biomedical
model on its own in responding to the
realities of both physical and mental
illness. He helps us realize that there
are important resources for health and
wholeness within Christian faith and
practice. This is an important guide as
we seek to navigate some of the
excesses and shifting sands of the
quest for healing and health in this
new age.

All books are available through
Columbia's bookstore: 404/687-4550
or bookstore@CTSnet.edu.

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Lay Institute calendar

February 4, 11, 18, 25 Evening Lay School

Classes meet Monday evenings, 7:30-9:30 P.M. Cost $50.

1 . Four Women Poets Leader: Anna Carter Florence

2. Holy People, or Holy Place? Leader: Rick Dietrich.

3. Wrestling with Difficult Issues Leaders: Laura Mendenhall, Mark
Douglas, Marcia Riggs, John Knapp.

February 7, 14, 21, 28 Morning Lay School: Tin GOSPE1 01 [OHN UMD M
Exodus Story Leader: Susan Hylen. Class meets Tuesday mornings, 10: JO a.m.-
noon. Cost $40.

May 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 Faith in the Workplace, Finding Tiui : B \i \\i im ; YOUR
Life Using Biblical Priorities Leader: TBA. Meets Wednesdays. 12:15-1:15 P.M.
Central Presbyterian Church, Atlanta. Cost: $50 (includes meal)

June 24-28 Presbyterian Women's Bible Study, Session One: No U >N< a R
Strangers: A Study of the Leiter to the Ephesians taught by the author, Kay
Huggins. Meets mornings. Final registration, June 21. Cost $45.

August 5-9 Presbyterian Women's Bible Study, Session Two: No U >N< a R
Strangers: A Study of the Letter to the Ephesians Leader: Rebecca Parker.
Meets mornings. Final registration, August 2. Cost $45.

August 5-9 Summer Lay Scholars: Visual Parables: Taking Fai ra TO THl
Movies Leader: Ed McNulty. Final registration, August 1. Cost $350 (includes
room and board; $200, tuition only).

August 9-10 Presbyterian Women's Bible Study, Weekend One: No Longi R
Strangers: A Study of the Letter to the Ephesians Leader: Linda Morningstar
Meets Friday evening/Saturday morning. Final registration, August 7. Cost $35.

August 23-24 Presbyterian Women's Bible Study, Weekend Two: No LON( a R
Strangers- A Study of the Letter to the Ephesians Leader: Linda Morningstar
Meets Friday evening /Saturday. Final registration, August 20. Cost $35.

Faith & Film Discussion Group Meets third Tuesdays to discuss movies from a
theological perspective. Leader: Fritz Bogar. Cost: $10 annual dues. 7:30-9:00 P.M.
Harrington Center.

Theology & Literature Discussion Group Meets first Tuesdays to discuss
contemporary fiction from a theological perspective. Leader: Rick Dietrich.
Cost: $10 annual dues. 7:30-9:00 p.m. Harrington Center.

Spirituality calendar

Certificate in Spiritual Formation Calendar

February 17-22 IMMERSION Wiik Introdu. Uu\ week toi the ( ertift Ltt to
Spiritual Formation I eaders: Julie Johnson & C olumbia Fa ultj Cost: $400.

February 24-March 1 SabbathRbsi (Wail i Isl Only) i njo) an opportunit) to
explore and practice the I discipline of Sabbat! ond

offering of this class Leadei Barbara Brown Tayloi Cost:$300

April 6-12 Pilgwmaq rolo See Article page8

April 14-19 Brou( \i sriuiii \i Formation IWs course will al lookat

biblical spiritualit) from the pei ipectivea ol personal spiritual formation and
practical tools foi mmistrj using the < Hd and Nev\ testaments to deepen me
irituallifeoi individuals and o itions Leadei [ohnKloepfei m

April 21-26 liu sriKiu u MOTHERS Im I BGAI I 01 WOMl I HRISTIAh M> Til

Come learn ..inn. i women who wen! to the edge to find the cento

Leadei I lien Md ormacli Skyline< imp and I onierence( entei Umonl

Michigan. Cost: $300

April 28-May3 GROUPSPIIuTl m DlRBCTION Learn the art ol lish-nun; loi i :ul

ina group setting Leadei Rose Mary Dougherty Villa International Quanta

MX).
May 2-5 Retri m Leadhrship Explore and practice skills foi leading piritual
retreats. Leader [ulie Johnson Calvin i ampand< onference< entei
Cost: $225.

May 12-17 Sabbath Rest Enjoy .... opportunitj to explore and prw tt< e the
spiritual discipline of Sabbath Leadei Barbara Brown Tayloi Cosl $300.

Iune9-14 Tin BOD\ 01 CHRIS! ESCHATOLOGY, MISSION VN1 C ommunhv in mm

NbwTestambni How did the early i rulstiaiu' conviction that the) werelij

in the end tunes shape then sense ol mission ami COmmunitj ' I On* and Inul

out. Leader: Stan Saunders. Villa International Atlanta Cost: $300
luly 14-19 Ajos& Spiritual Ahancls-ondassforbegiimersmwhich
participants will engage in making visible the invisible Leaders Mutel*" 1
Petersai&Lynne Farrow. Calvin Camp & Conference Centei I osl WOO

Advanced Studies and New Church
Development calendars

February 14-15, March 14-15, April 18-19 Rebuilding Our House
Leader: Christine Yoder, at Presbyterian College.

February 25-26, April 8-9, May 6-7 Preaching Today Leader. Stephen Ramp,
at Jackson, Mississippi.

March 1-2 Eleventh Calvin Studies Conference: Calvin and the
Interpretation of the Bible. See article, page 12.
April 4-11 New Church Development Introductory Seminar
Leader: Stan Wood.

June 17-28 Summer Session #1 nii179l ,

1. Project Design Workshop Leader: Stan Saunders (June 17-21).
2 Gospel & Culture Introductory Seminar
" Leaders: Cameron Murchison & Carlos Cardoza-Orlandi.
3. Families and Family Values Leader: Elizabeth Johnson.
4 Meet the Niebuhrs Leader: Mark Douglas.
5'. Theology and Practice of the Missionary Congregation

Leader: Darrell Guder.
6. The Language of Worship Leader: Brian Wren.

July 5-19 (tentative dates) The Church in the Caribbean: Jamaica and Cuba:
D.Min. Travel Seminar Leader: Carlos Cardoza-Orlandi.

j ^^^^^ deader: David Forney. (July 8-12).

2. pLTc^ng the Eighth Century Prophets ^^^T^L

3. Karl Barth's Doctrine of the Mission and Ministry of the Church
Leader: Shirlev Guthrie.

4. A Change of Heart. The Experience of Conversion
Leader Barbara Brown Taylor.

5. FROCKS M M.SS.ON Strategy (NCD second reqmred course)

Leader: Stan Wood.

Continuing Education calendar

February? Grief Through i icu ! I ""'"" '" ,and '

ing grief and the grieving pi Le r:Ken] Doka Cofc$65.

February 11 CERTIFICATION FOR ADMWlSniATlVl PbRSONNBU POLtTY-< HI Rl H
COVFRNMIM (LBVEI I) vndConfui i Management: (LbvblH)

Leaders Murchison and David 1

February 25-27 Sabba.m Ki-s, rhiee-day seminai foi I onl gBducal

participants within.,!, ur* , ftie SpirituaUlj

Program Leader: Barbara Brown Taylor Cost $l"

March 5 Mo/ak, AsLtll K I I K ****?** Cost$35

mu8 ic. Four-hour evening program Leadei Sue Mitchell Wallace Cost.*35.

April 14-18 Contemflatw Rbtrbat for Wombn Annual batat the
Kcbne Spirituality and < ere I ante, al ..r,,l Hearl M ateyin

Cullman, Alabama. Jadcr: Kob,,u N1.,,. $225 (Kbeat, room, and

board).

May 5-10 COKTEMFIATTVI Rl tRl MEN Annual Kbeal .Mona.i..

the Holy Spm, rs,Geor, I. , Dav.d C.u.hne Cos.. $240

(retreat, room, and board).

May 6-10 GUTHRE S< MOLARS Columbia Class of 1982.

For more information on these and additional events,
call 404-378-8821 or visit www.CTSnet.edu.

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Lay Institute offers four
stimulating winter courses

Artists from Atlanta, Minneapolis, and
Covington and Baton Rouge, Louisiana
make up "The Multi-Racial Bible
Project/' an exhibition scheduled for
February 1 - March 15 in the Harrington
Center. Those exhibiting are Charles
Barbier, Anne Brink, Malaika Favorite
and Luz Marin I yles.

The project displays original artwork
depicting JeSUS, the disciples, anil other
biblii nl characters as people of African or
other non-European descent.

For more information, call the Lay
Institute of Faith and life, 404 687-4577,
or e-mail LayInstitute@CTSnet.edu

Studknts have their choice of four
intriguing topics on the Columbia
Seminary campus during Winter Lay
School in February. In an evening
course, they can learn how to wrestle
with the difficult issues of euthanasia,
abortion, money, and power, explore
the theological roots of four women
poets, <>r look at the significance of
"place" in the life of faith. In a morn-
ing course, they can see how the
writer of the Gospel of John draws on
the Exodus story to help us under-
stand the significance of the life and
death of Jesus

In the course Four Women Poets,
Anna Carter Florence, assistant pro-
fessor of preaching and worship, pre-
sents the poetry of Lucille Clifton,
Mary Oliver, Anna Akhmatova, and
Audre Lord.

In Holy People, or Holy Place? Rick
Dietrich, director of the Lay Institute
of Faith and Life, and participants are
looking at the function of "place" in
the life of faith.

In the course Wrestling with
Difficult Issues, four seasoned thinkers
from Columbia Seminary explore
ways we can draw on biblical, ethical,
and theological understandings when
we're wrestling with difficult ques-

tions. Laura Mendenhall, president of
Columbia Theological Seminary,
addresses theological issues of power;
Mark Douglas, assistant professor of
( hristian ethics, focuses on euthana-
sia; Marcia Riggs, associate professor
of Christian ethics, addresses issues of
abortion, and John Knapp, president of
the Southern Institute for Business and
Professional Ethics, looks at theologi-
cal issues around money.

The morning course is The Gospel
of John and the Exodus Story. Course
leader Susan Hylen, a Ph.D. student in
New Testament at Emory University,
is focusing on how the writer draws
on the Exodus story to give under-
standing to the significance of the life
and death of Jesus, and the metaphor
of Jesus as Passover lamb.

Evening classes meet Mondays,
February 4, 11, 18, and 25 from 7:30 to
9:30 P.M. The registration fee for each
course is $50.

The morning class meets
Thursdays, February 7, 14, 21, 28 from
10:30 a.m. to noon. The registration
fee is $40.

For more information, call the
Lay Institute of Faith and Life
404-687-4577, fax 404-687-4591, e-mail
LayInstitute@CTSnet.edu.

D. Min. degree has new faculty,
new approaches in program

Columbia's Doc ior of Ministry

program offers busy pastors and
other church leaders wonderful
opportunities for deepening insight
and broadening competence in skill
for church ministry. New faculty
members and revised approaches
make our proven courses up to date
and challenging for today's church.

Barbara Brown Taylor, noted
preacher and author, has become
Distinguished Professor of Christian
Spirituality and will teach in the
Introductory Seminar and elective
courses of the D. Min. program.
Emmanuel Lartey, professor of pas-
toral counseling, brings international
stature and cross-cultural opportuni-
ties to D. Min. students in practical
theology courses.

Advanced degree students, active
in service to the church, bring with
them hands-on experience in the chal-
lenges of effective ministry today.
Charles Raynal, director of advanced
studies, says, "Our faculty members
love to teach in this program. By
engaging ministers who come here,
they keep learning directly from prac-
ticing ministers what life is like in
ministry to a congregation and in
other settings. Columbia's Doctor of
Ministry degree is shared learning at
its best. Add to these features the
opportunity to join with colleagues

in the pursuit of excellence in minister-
ial leadership and you have an out-
standing program that draws students
from all parts of the U. S. and around
the world."

Doctor of Ministry in Christian
Spirituality

Barbara Brown Taylor will teach
her first course, "A Change of Heart:
The Experience of Conversion"
July 8-19, 2002, on the Columbia
campus and October 21 -November
2002, on the campus of Piedmont
College, Demorest, GA.

Catherine Gonzalez is the lead
teacher for the Doctor of Ministry in
Christian Spirituality which begins
November 11-22, 2002, on the Columbia
Theological Seminary campus.

Doctor of Ministry in Gospel and
Culture

The Introductory Seminar to the
Doctor of Ministry in Gospel and
Culture meets on the Columbia cam-
pus June 17-28, 2002. Cam Murchison,
our new dean of faculty, who contin-
ues as professor of ministry, and
Carlos Cardoza-Orlandi, associate
professor of world Christianity, are
designing a deep examination of how
the people of God may embody faith-
fully the gospel in a North American
culture today.

Columbia's D.Min. program is shared
learning at its best.

Church and Ministry

For pastors who are able to com-
mute to Atlanta, Columbia joins with
the Interdenominational Theological
Center to offer an introduction to D.
Min. students on our two campuses.
In the fall of 2002, the focus of the
Church and Ministry seminar will be
on collegial learning, which explores
ministry in the local congregation.
Encountering the theology of mission
in dialogue with pastoral issues of
poverty, race, and family life, partici-
pants look at basic pastoral skills in
preaching, education, leadership and
public ministry. Those interested in
pastoral counseling may focus their
work in this area in a specialized
approach with faculty from Columbia,
ITC, and Emory. The dates for the
Decatur-Atlanta seminar, which

Hear 701
on the World
Wide Web

The Lay Insti rUTE'S audio magazine,
701, is now on the World Wide Web
at www.701audio.com. The fall issue
(701.7) features interviews with
Columbia Seminary president Laura
Mendenhall, missiologist Darrell
Guder, now of Princeton Seminary,
and congregational studies expert Tom
Frank of Emory University's Candler
School of Theology. The winter issue
contains interviews with Barbara Brown
Taylor, one of America's great preach-
ers, and with Barbara Lundblad of
Union Theological Seminary in New
York City; also further conversations
with Barbara Lundblad and Tom Frank
on the aftermath of September 11.

Visitors to the site can also listen
to back issues, learn more about the
audio magazine even subscribe!

Another feature of the site is its
ongoing discussion group, centered on
topics dealt with in various issues of
701. In early 2002, join Lay Institute
director Rick Dietrich and various
seminary faculty in discussions of
missions, the Holy Spirit, and dreams,
visions, and the end of the world.

requires four meetings, are September
9-11, October 7-9, November 4-6, and
December 2-4, 2002. We are making
plans for satellite Church and Ministry
programs in Brandon, Florida; Bristol,
Tennessee; and Brownsville, Tennessee
(Memphis area).

New Church Development

Columbia Seminary has deep
commitment to offering a substantial
resource to the larger church in estab-
lishing new congregations. Stan Wood
leads our work in equipping pastors
and governing body executives with
the practical know-how to establish
new congregations and redevelop
existing congregations for ministry
and mission. The next Introductory
Seminar in New Church Development
is April 4-11, 2002.

Cuba and Jamaica: Caribbean Context
for Doctor of Ministry Studies

A Doctor of Ministry immersion
and study trip is planned for two
weeks in July. The purpose of this
opportunity to study and travel is to
deepen our knowledge of Christians
in our neighboring islands and to see
the challenges they face in providing
ministry in difficult contexts. Dr.
Carlos Cardoza-Orlandi will lead this
alternative context trip, July 5-19, 2002.

For information about the
D. Min. program call 404-687-4534,
e-mail: advancedstudies@CTSnet.edu),
or visit our web site at
www.CTSnet.edu.

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Doctor of Ministry specialization
in NCD continues to equip pastors

Thirty-four pastors attended the conference.

Sixth annual Potential Pastors
Conference held in October

The sixth annual New Church
Development (NCD) Potential Pastors
Conference, which provides continuing
education for pastors exploring home
mission through NCD, was held at
Columbia in October 2001. As in
previous years, the event was co-
sponsored by Columbia's Center for
New Church Development and the
Office of New Church Development,
Evangelism and Church Development
Program Area, National Ministries
Division of the General Assembly of
the Presbyterian Church (USA).

The conference explored the
stages of NCD and the essential char-
acteristics of an organizing pastor, and
examined seven case studies of effec-
tive, growing, new churches. Jamie
Gabler, associate pastor, North Avenue
Presbyterian Church, Atlanta spoke on
"Understanding Your Personality
Type: Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator."
The weeklong event included daily
worship, small group discussions,
time for personal prayer and reflec-
tion, and visits to nearby NCDs.

"Pastors of missional NCDs which
are involved in dynamic evangelistic
ministries were invited to present
case studies," said Stan Wood, director
of the Center for New Church
Development at Columbia and confer-
ence organizer. "In this way, those
who are seeking to discern God's call
in their ministries have the opportuni-
ty to engage in dialogue with those
already in the field."

Presenters included the following:
Dewey Johnson, Sandia Presbyterian
NCD, Albuquerque, New Mexico;
Sheryl Kinder-Pyle, Crossroads
Presbyterian NCD, Limerick,
Pennsylvania; Andrew Sparks and
Jonathan Kaplan '02, Messiah Now
NCD, Philadelphia Presbytery; Doug
Cushing, Tyger River NCD,
Greeneville, South Carolina; and
David Omerod, the organizing and
first pastor of Marion Oaks and

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Kirkwood NCDs in Florida and
Meadowlakes Presbyterian NCD in
North Carolina.

Local presenters were Martin
Lifer, Parkway Presbyterian NCD,
Cumming, Georgia, and Jose Pezini
(D.Min.), founding /first pastor of the
Brazilian Christian Church NCD in
Marietta, which in turn has parented
four Brazilian Presbyterian NCDs.
Reflecting on Pezini's presentation,
one pastor commented, "It is humbling
to hear from those who have no money
and begin only with God's vision."

The theme for worship was "One
in the Spirit: The Community-Building
Power of Congregational Song," led
by Brian Wren, Conant Professor of
Worship, and Susan Hea field, a
United Methodist minister. Dr. Darrell
Guder, Peachtree Professor of
Evangelism and Church Growth, spoke
on "Forming the Missional Church in
the North American Mission Field."
Other Columbia faculty and staff
involved in conference leadership
included Walter Brueggemann, profes-
sor of Old Testament, who explored
"Truth Telling and Hope Telling:
Book of Jeremiah," Stan Wood, who
spoke on "Faith Sharing with the
Unchurched," and Cam Murchison,
dean of faculty, executive vice presi-
dent, and professor of ministry, who
led morning prayers.

Reflecting the variety in the Body
of Christ, the conference brought
together 34 pastors from six different
racial-ethnic groups, four denomina-
tions, and many countries of origin
including Sudan, Ghana, Scotland and
Kenya. The largest single group was
Portuguese-speaking Brazilian-
Americans; other participants included
Korean, Hispanic and African-American
pastors. One person summed up the
experience as follows: "This is simply
the best, most affirming, wonderfully
structured and carried out conference
I have ever attended." D

'The ethnic diversity ol this yeai
entering class is amazing and won.
ful," says Stan Wood i ftre< toi ol the
Center tor New Church I V\ elopment
(NCD). "Students In tins class i omi
with die highest recommendatii
the national Jinx tors tor NCD ol then
denominations; mam are Onsidered

to be among the leading i a< ial ethnic
NCD pastors in the United States."

The class ol 1 1 students, which
attended the introductory seminal in
April 2001, includes I atino, Korean,
Brazilian, African-American and
"Anglo" pastors Denominations rep
resented include the United Methodist
Church, the Presby terian Church ot
* .ii.m.i. the ( hristian Reformed * hun h
and the Presb) tei ian Church (USA), as
well as a non-denominational student.

The tc us ol the NCI > spe< ializa-
tion is i>n leadership de^ elopmenl ol
experienced NCD pastors (i.e., with a!
least five /ears in NCD ministry) and

middle governing body exe< utives

whose ministry portfolio includes
NCD ministry. One of the aims is "to
equip present and future ethnically
and linguistically diverse NCI) l< >.l

ers," sv) the broad range ol rat ial eth-
nic group languages and i ultures
represented by students In this pro
. ially ex< Iting.

Sitei attending the Introdui kory
temina] Vpril I 1 1 1002, students may
take non required ourses in the um
mum. i he fin I required M< Dcoui i
"Bridging khe * iospel and ( ulture
is held in January 200 I the second
required I rentiers In Mission

Si i ategy in lummei ol 100 ! Pour
ele rive graduate i ourses b buj >
vised ministry w hii h the

student in Nc 1 1 strategy and related
issues^ and e den toral proje< I fo< using
on ai pe< I ol ncd mlnista j i omplete
the program

[Wenty two students are at fcively
pursuing this spet lall sattonj the firs!
introductoi v seminal w as held in
springol 1999

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"Called to Care ( Mat Adults, Their I amilies, and the I hun h/' a workshop fbi care
providers, was led by I lizabeth Fairleigh 74, co owner oj Personal I are, Decatui \ i
part of this continuing education class, each studeni was assigned a parti ulai disability,

in order to experience some of the barriers -"hi frustrations iM h i onfionl aging adults
and others Negotiating steep ramps ami narrow doorways and luniy limited in vision,
w use of one side of the body provided challenges and understanding.

On campus for D.Min. course

Come See Columbia Day
Thursday, April 18, 2002

Come and bring a group from your church!

Worship led by Dr. Kathleen O'Connor.
Scholarship recipients will speak.

Luncheon will be served.

. s and campus tOUTB in the afternoon

Registration begins at 9:00 A.M.

For more information, and reservations,

call 404-687-4566.

\n Scotland, NCD students explored the i hurt h in mission.

NCD offers course in Scotland

"Transforming Mission: Dbved pin< i
a Practical Theology of Mission foi a
Post-Modern Age," an elective in the
D.Min. NCD specialization, was inau-
gurated June 30-July 10, 2001. Led by
Professor John Swinton, Aberdeen
University, Kings College, Scotland,
students explored what it means to be
the church-in-mission in a rapidly
changing social, moral, and spiritual
context. The course included fieldwork
case studies of NCDs as well as tradi-
tional classroom-based academic work.

The class also traveled to
Gartmore House m Stirling, a manor
house constructed in 1793. Now
operated as a conference and retreat
center, Gartmore House provided a
home base for the class as they
traveled to inner-city churches in
Glasgow, as well as a place to
reconvene for classroom work.

American Presbyterians might
not think of Scotland as part of the
mission field, but as with the rest of
the European Union, Scotland has
become a highly secularized society;
says Fred Drummond, a Scottish pas-

Spirituality Program will travel
to Iona, Scotland, in April

tor who makes regular cross-Atlantic
trips to pursue his D.Min. degree in
NCD at Columbia. "1 frequently visit
homes where there are three genera-
tions unchurched, unfamiliar with
the Bible or the great stories of our
Christian traditions. The great task of
the church, for us, is to make these
stories understandable to those who
have no Christian background."

Craig Williams, pastor of Trabuco
Presbyterian Church, Trabuco Canyon,
California, found it ironic that "the
birthplace of Presbyterianism is facing
the kind of secular society that many
believe is only LOto 1 5 years away for
the United States ." Reflecting on his
experience in Scotland, Williams said
"As an American pastor, I was encour-
aged by the creative ways pastors
present the gospel in a culture that is
increasingly indifferent to the church.
The Church of Scotland is confronting
issues that the Presbyterian Church
(USA) will face as American culture
grows further from Christendom."

Laura Bordeaux

1 1 ii SpmrruALn i Program off
pilgrimage to a holy place each year
as the culmination of several years of
study, reflection, and growth which
lead to a Certificate in Spiritual
I i ,] matron This spring on April 6-12,
partu ipants will be offered the chance
i,, travel to the island of Iona off the
west coast of Scotland.

( )ne of the great figures of the
earl) history of Christianity in Britain
and Ireland, Columba established a
monastery on Iona about A.D. 563
to bring the light of Christ to the
Western Isles From this tiny, rocky
stronghold, that light would spread
throughout modern Scotland and
down into much of north and central
England before, it is interesting to
note, Pope Gregory sent Augustine to
Rome to convert the Angles in 596.

In the Middle Ages, Iona was the
site of a Benedictine monastery abbey,
and over the centuries it has attracted
many thousands of people on their
own pilgrim journeys. It is important
to note that the ancient notion of
pilgrimage was not one of flight to the
edge, but return to the center, a seek-
ing and a journeying into the heart of
God. Many who have been to Iona

say that the heart of God can be heard
in the stillness of that holy place.

The Iona community, a Christian
ecumenical community, is committed
to seeking new ways of living the
gospel in today's world. In fact, the
theme of the CTS Spirituality Program
pilgrimage is the "Vocation and Mission
of Christian Community." The Iona
community is active and passionate
about church renewal and works for
justice and peace in all areas of the
world. Pilgrims in Columbia's
Certificate in Spiritual Formation
Program will enjoy the opportunity
to study scripture, pray, journal, and
participate in the communal life of
the abbey.

If such a journey sounds appealing
to you, why not consider beginning
the Certificate for Spiritual Formation?
Upcoming classes include "Biblical
Spiritual Formation" with John
Kloepfer, "Group Spiritual Direction"
with Rose Mary Doughterty, "Retreat
Leadership" with Julie Johnson, and
"Sabbath Rest" with Barbara Brown
Taylor. Check the events calendar in
this issue of Vantage for full details or
contact the Spirituality Program office
at 404-687-4587. D

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Pilgrims to Iona will experience communal life in the abbey.

Women's retreat
is April 14-18

Clergy and laywomen are invited to
participate in a multi-day event,
Contemplative Retreat for Women,
April 14-18, 2002, at the Sacred Heart
Monastery in Cullman, Alabama. The
retreat will provide an opportunity
for participants to rest, renew, and

engage in quiet reflection as well
as offer a glimpse into the world of
Benedictine monastic life.

Roberta Martin will lead the retreat.
She is an ordained Presbyterian minis-
ter and the spiritual director and
founder of Wellspring, a ministry that
specializes in people who desire to
grow in relationship to God and to
take a deepened relationship into the
Church and into the world.

In addition to community oppor-

tunities for worship and prayer,
generous amounts of unstructured
time each day will allow for relaxing,
reading, journaling, and enjoying the
beautiful grounds of the monastery.
Each day offers a good mix of activi-
ties that includes Eucharist and
Vespers with the sisters, shared meals,
and one-on-one discussions.

"The sisters are a joy to be with,"
says Martin, "and the grounds of the
monastery are beautiful and inviting.

I encourage women to bring their
walking shoes, and to come ready
to experience the peace and serenity
of this place."

The cost of the program is $225,
which includes room and board for
the week. For more information or
to register, contact the Continuing
Education Office at 404-687-4562,
or email ConEd@CTSnet.edu.

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VANTAGE

Hijacking the Fall Program at
Broadway church, Manhattan

The last thing I remember before my
wife called a little after 9:00 on the
morning of September 11 was feeling
stressed out about the "Fall Program"
at the church. Thursday was to be our
first Session meeting of the program
year, Sunday the first day of Church
School. Of course, the purpose of her
call to tell me that a plane had
crashed into the World Trade Center
about 150 blocks (take a right out
the front door) from the church
changed the "Fall Program" and the
priority of my concerns, dramatically.
A climb up the bell tower confirmed
the surreal news. To the south down
Broadway, under which the 1/9 sub-
way snakes toward the World Trade
Center towers, two plumes of dark
smoke pumped fear and death into
the atmosphere.

By 9:30, anxious parents were call-
ing to find out if our Nursery School
(where my four-year-old daughter
attends) would allow kids to go out-
side to the park that day (we did).
Parishioners called to ask the fate of
members who worked in the Trade
Center buildings. Reporters called
wanting instant theological analysis.
Would-be volunteers wondered how
the church would respond. We

trusty Presbyterian Hymnal. Upon
mv return, I asked about my part in
the service, which included Muslim,
Jewish, and Christian students and
clergy, and was attended by some
500-600 students and faculty. "You're
giving the "Words of Assurance," I
was told. "What are the 'Word's of
Assurance'?" 1 asked, thinking the
organizers had chosen a reading of
some sort. "It's your choice," said
the chaplain.

"Sighs too deep for words"

While sharing a laugh with the
rabbi from the Hillel Society, who had
received her assignment of offering
"Remembrances" only a half-hour
earlier, I realized that no one, from the
airplane pilots to the families of the
victims to the FBI to the President to
the mayor to the fire department or
the hospitals NONE of us had been
prepared for what happened that day.
I began with words in the bulletin
from my earlier service folded provi-
dentially in my pocket: "Although
God causes grief, he will have com-
passion, for God does not willingly
afflict or grieve anyone." As I looked
out into the crowd, my instincts told
me that one thing we needed to do

the churcn wouia rebuunu. yc

promised to shelter anyone trapped in was - breathe. Hundreds of people
P ru . . ./ , ... a* j ,a h fho rhanP and dozens more

packed the chapel and dozens more
listened on speakers outside but it
seemed as if life had come to a stand-
still. For a moment I noticed them,
and allowed them to notice me. And
then, as best I can describe it, I sighed.
I made a breathy kind of "whew"
sound, and true to instinct, most of the

the city (at that rime the bridges and
runnels were sealed) and offer the
Red Cross the use of our facility (they
chose a hospital two blocks away).

By 11:00 a.m., people were lined
up outside the doors of the church
checking the doors of the sanctuary
and looking at our signboards
for information. I had the sextons
bring those signboards, fresh with
exciting information about the week's
services and activities, inside. Our
"Fall Program" became the words
of Lamentations:

"Panic and pitfall have come
upon us, devastation and destruction.
My eyes flow with rivers of tears
because of the destruction of my

people" (Lam. 3: 47-48).

By 1:30 that afternoon, with our

Clerk of Session playing piano, we

opened the doors for a hastily arranged

"Service of Grief and Lamentation."

When the service ended about an hour

and a half later, everyone sat, stunned, congregahon breathed w.th me

dliu a iian iai , j , , M^ Vnnwincr what to saV D'

not knowing where to go or what to do.

"Words of Assurance"

The Chaplain's Office at Columbia
University invited me to represent our
church in a service for the campus and
neighborhood that afternoon at St.
Paul's Chapel. I was told to arrive at
4:30 and that a part would be assigned,
such as a reading or prayer. Soon after
I arrived, it was discovered that no
one had a copy of "Amazing Grace"

Walter Tennyson, Broadway church

the first plane hitting 1 told these
stories as a hopeful i he< k against the
initial reports that tens ot thousands
may have died. Had 1 been gh en i<urs

of preparation, "words ot assuran. e

would have still been hard to Hnd.

Patriotic fervor and W8J fever
caught on quickly. The New York P
our populist "tabloid" local paper, ran
an editorial critu i.-mg, of all things,
our church's signboard quote of the
passage from Lamentations 1 I he
editor wrote that our city and nation
"are neither devastated or destroyed."

Worship since September 11 has
acquired a focus and intensity as
never before. Though the surges in
attendance in the weeks following the
attacks have receded to normalcy,
those who are here seem more alert
and engaged. When Advent reminded
us of the "thief that comes in the
night" 1 suspect the words had more
resonance than in previous years.

"The other shoe drops"

Though our congregation lost only
one person, an executive with ( antoi
Fitzgerald who left a wife and three
small children, others are scarred by

Perhaps the hijacking of the

"Fall Program" at our church has

re-oriented us all to the worldliness

of our God and to the interconnections

between nations, economies, and faiths

that are so much more sharply focused

now than before.

Not knowing what to say by way
of "assurance," I described the process
of checking in on parishioners who
worked in the area. I told some sur-
vival stories. A trustee of our church
who worked on the 16th floor on
Tower II but stayed home from work

their proximity to the destruc I ion i
by the deaths of co-workers, colleagues
and friends. The blow to the theatn
industry has affected a number ol QUI
congregants, while the ripple effects
of the business downturn have hurt
others. Our church ended 2001 nearly
$10,000 behind on pledge fulfillment.

WINTER 2002

r, s^rxs ^ &*> * *- - ,mm ,he

routes later. A mus.c teacher in her F-*^*"^ individuals and

groups gave spontaneously to our
Presbytery's relief efforts and to our

own congregation S urban ministr\
program, known as Hroadwa\

( ommunitj Incorporated. BG is a
comprehensive program Foi homeless
people which has. along with othc
shelters and meal programs in tins
dt\ experiero ed b dramati< upturn In
requests toi help since September 11.
I ev\ programs, nn ludin an

,-itvi the level ol rental assist. nut- and

fcabUizatKHi that enable peo

pie to live foi a few lean months in

h an expensive i Itj

Americans have been quick to
respond with donations ol w a
blood Lothlng, food and blankets

so much so that main ol these items
ended up heme, thiown awa) due to

the nature ol this disaster though b

li-w welders and nonwoi kerS WBB

used In the earl] days volunteer labor
,i i iround Zero" turned Into b
celebritj pe tade September 11 was
one that hit a developing
nation oi a tornado thai destroyed a
rural town, though mu< h oi the di
. .t . i reliel offered initially bettei
matched those kinds ol dlsasti ra
i heologiana ire - rttl al ol the
i Ml kle down" theorj ol onomii

but when the trickle slows to B few

drops, we realize |us1 hew vulnerable
,u .,.. to the wealth ol a few Chi
regate incomes and capital gaini
taxes which accompany Wall Streel

, UU I mn.h ot the enteipnse ol the
World Trade Center complex floated

m econoxni boal thai allowed Mayor
I liuliani to cut taxes and m tuall)

expand some public services (such .is
salary increases for police and teach-
ers) during his reign ol Bscal austerity.
New York City now l.i. efi B defil H for

the coming yeai of $3-4 billion (yes,

billion) While the .mim.il hude.et ol
this I It) amounts to nearly $40 billion
(New York City employs more people
than the population ol I OUlSA Uli
Kentucky), previous. utS tO * hools,
sanitation, and public works not
to mention soda! welfare, will cause
many people to feel the pinch

rouringRS. 166, where my

dautfht. attend school next yea

I learned that the teaching assistants
previous!) funded foi kindergarten

.ns with 25 or mo.. BtildentB
u ill be cut to meet the mayor's
demand for reduction

Perhaps the hijai king ol the "Fall
Program" al oui church has re-oriented

us all to the worldliness of our God

an d t.. the inten onnei tions between
nations, economies/ and faiths that are

so much more sharply focused now
than before. Where, the New World
Order" ol jus! B few years ago seen.'
to turn the church inward and narrow
our concerns, the yet-to-be world tak-
ing shape all around us may help us
the interdependence of our faith
and the world "God so loved." D

Walter B. Tennyson '93,
Pastor, Broadway church, Manhattan

For the Record

If you have recent news to contribute to this section, please mail it to
the editor, or you may email it to harperj@CTSnet.edu.

Kathleen O'Connor, professor of
Old Testament, presented the Harrel
S. Beck Lectures in Boston and other
Massachusetts locations. She partici-
pated in a panel on literary criticism
at the American Academy of Religion/
Society of Biblical Literature's
(AAR/SBL) annual meeting in Denver.
....Bill Owens '92 is coordinator of
curriculum development for the

PC(USA) Lou Ann Sellers '94 was

married recently. She is a part-time
minister in the German Protestant
church in Duisburg, Germany.
...Christine Roy Yoder, assistant
professor of Old Testament, taught and
preached at University church, Baton
Rouge. She attended a conference of
the Association of Theological Schools
in Pittsburgh and was keynote speaker
at the fall retreat for Covenant church,
Atlanta. She has an article published
in journal for Preachers and gave a
paper at the AAR/SBL meeting in
Denver..... Don Brown '01 is pursuing
graduate studies at Georgia State
University.. ...Mark Douglas, assistant
professor of Christian ethics, taught
a class on war and peace in Christian
thought at Rock Spring church,
Atlanta. He attended the AAR/SBL's
meeting in Denver and presented a
paper on "Agape as Gift" at the
Society of Christian Ethics Confereni e
in Vancouver. He led a session retreat
for Covenant church, Athens, GA.
....Ernestine Cole, associate dean of
students, represented the Presbyterian
Health Network at the annual conven-
tion of the American Public Health
Association in Atlanta and preached
at the Korean Central church. She
attended meetings of the Presbyterian
Health Network Team and the
Advocacy Committee on Women's
Concerns of the General Assembly's

Council in Louisville Walter

Dinkins '88 is pastor of Westminster
church, Wilmington, NC. His young-
adult beach ministry has been the
focus of several articles in Presbyterian
publications.

Larry Easterling (ThD '93) is
co-author of Spiritual Family Tree
He is vice president of mission and
spiritual care at Advocate Christ
Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL.
...Rodger Nishioka, associate profes-
sor of Christian education, was
preacher and keynote speaker for the
fall gathering of the Oahu United
Churches of Christ in Honolulu; the
Western North Carolina presbytery
meeting in Lake Junaluska, NC; and
the Eastern Virginia presbytery meet-
ing in Virginia Beach. He also deliv-
ered lectures and preached at First
churches in Milledgeville, GA, and
Hickory, NC, and preached for the
sesquicentennial celebration of
Covenant church, Sherman, TX.

....Laura Dorsey'88 is founder of
Gardens lor Peace, an international
network of gardens designed to give
people a place to reflect. Many people
have used these gardens since
September 11. Columbia is the site of

one such garden Tyler Downing '83

is associate pastor of First church,

Lynchburg, VA Jefferson Coker '64

is interim of Westminster church,

Nacogdoches, TX Thomas Pickering

(DMin '91) is interim of Second church,
( h.ittanooga, TN Stan Wood, direc-
tor of the Center for New Church
Development (NCD), preached at the
Anchor church building dedication in
Philadelphia. He conducted the Lilly
grant focus group meetings in Las
Vegas and the NCD consultation in
Western Colorado Presbytery. He led
the Tri- Presbytery NCD commission
retreat and moderated the Lilly grant
Steering committee meeting in
I lonolulu, presented an NCD intern-
ship proposal at the Presbyterian
Theological Field Education
Supervisors meeting in San Francisco,
and taught a course on NCD at the
Lay Leader Training program for
Hispanic Evangelism in Glendale, CA.
... Mark Adams '98 and Miriam
Maldonado Escobar were married
Oct 13. Mark has been appointed to a
second term as a PC(USA) missionary
with the U.S.-Mexico border ministry.

Anna Carter Florence, assistant
professor of preaching and worship,
preai hed for Anne Apple's '01 ordina-

BIRTHS

To Mary Katherine '97 and Billy
Robinson '97, a daughter, Mary Scott,
Oct. 1,2001.

To Will '02 and Andrea Campbell, a
son, Blake William, Nov. 2, 2001.
To Rob '00 and Jenny Alexander, twin
daughters, Madalyn Grace, and Anne
Meredith, Nov. 18,2001
To Susan '01 and Ross Verbrugge, a
daughter, Kinsey Webb, Nov. 18, 2001.
To Jeff and Mimi Kackley '03, a daugh-
ter, Virginia Stewart, Nov. 19, 2001.
To Walter '93 and Jody Tennyson, a
son, Harris William, Dec. 1, 2001.

DEATHS

Helen Fisher '73, Sept. 29, 2001.
Robert Barron '55, Oct. 23, 2001.
Anne Stevens '93, Nov. 27, 2001.
Albert H. Freundt Jr. '56, Nov. 5, 2001.
Charles Gahagan '57, Dec. 2, 2001.
Glen W. Nagel '63, Dec 20, 2001.
Betty Cason, former treasurer at
Columbia and a member of the
Business Office staff for 30 years,
Dec. 13,2001.
Leroy Obert '45, Jan. 19, 2002.

Hon at Government Street church,
Mobile; and at Kate '01 and Andrew
'01 Foster Connors's installations at
Idlewild church, Memphis. She
attended the AAR/SBL's meeting in

Denver Jim Reinarz '97 is pastor

of First church, Grand Prairie, TX.
...Sharon Mook, assistant professor
of pastoral theology and care, taught
Sunday school and led worship at the
North Decatur church. She attended
a conference in Minneapolis at the
Center for Cross-Cul rural Health and
presented an adult forum series at
the Pleasant Hill church, Duluth.
...Beth Yarborough '99 is pastor of
the Jonesborough, TN, church.
...Ron Cram, associate professor of
Christian education, was keynote
speaker for the Council of Synagogues
and Churches in Stamford, CT, with
"Bullying as Spiritual Crisis" as his
topic, and participated in SpiriTalk
with "Jewish and Christian
Perspectives on Relational Violence."
He was a leader of the annual general
meeting of the Religious Education
Association in Minneapolis, taught an
adult class, "Islam," at Holy Spirit
Catholic church, was a planning team
member for the "Consultation on the
Spirituality of Children" in Chicago,
and taught the church school teachers
at Trinity church, Atlanta, GA.
...Christy Gurley '01 is director of
children's ministries at St. Luke's

church, Dunwoody, GA Beth Johnson,

professor of New Testament, has an
essay, "Apocalyptic Family Values,"
published in the Jan. 02 Interpretation.
She participated in Emily Heath's '01
ordination and led the congregational
retreat for North Decatur church.

John Knapp (MATS '94), president
of the Southern Institute for Business
and Ethics, served as a panelist at the
annual convention of the National
Communication Association. He spoke
on business ethics at the Rock Spring
church, Atlanta, and Oak Grove United
Methodist church, Atlanta, and spoke
at the Bartow County Rotary Club,

Cartersville, GA Kyle Segars '99

and Shelaine Bird '03 were married
on Dec. 15 at Central church in

Atlanta Bill Carr '74 has been

promoted to colonel in the U.S. Army
Reserve. He is also parish associate
and pastoral counselor for the
Shallowford church, Atlanta. He and
Jan McLelland were married Oct. 13
at First church, Mooresville, NC.
...J. Will Ormond '43, professor emer-
itus, is featured in Lenbrook Ripples.
The article focuses on his books, Good
News Among the Rubble and Preaching

Eyes for Listening Ears Mike O'Neil

'93 is pastor of First church, Cameron,
TX Marcia Riggs, associate profes-
sor of Christian ethics, delivered the
keynote address for the Association of
Theological Schools conference on
Racial /Ethnic Faculty in Predominantly
White Schools. She presented the lec-
ture for Women's Week at Candler
School of Theology and was guest
lecturer in a womanist/ feminist theol-
ogy course at Emory. She presented
a paper at a World Council of

9

Churches/Conference of Asia consul-
tation on "Dealing with Diverse
Identities in Asia" in Chiangmai,

Thailand Bill Nisbet '76 is an Army

Reserves chaplain and a lieutenant
colonel. He has been mobilized to Ft.

McPherson, GA Laura Mendenhall,

president, preached at the meeting of
the General Assembly Council and the
Committee on General Assembly in
Louisville, KY, preached and taught
at continuing education events at
Columbia, and preached and spoke
at the Brown Lectures, First church,
Dallas. She led worship for the presi-
dents at the Association of Theological
Schools in New Orleans, and met with
the General Assembly task force on
Christian educators at Columbia and
with presidents of other PC(USA)
seminaries at the Committee on
Theological Education (COTE) meet-
ings in Atlanta and Nags Head, NC
She preached at St. Augustine pres-
bytery, Greater Atlanta presbytery
cross-cultural Christmas concert, at
Easrminster church, Columbia, SC,
and at Harbor View and Dorchester
churches, Charleston, SC. She partici-
pated in the installation of Carolyn
Hayward '98 at St. James church,
Charleston-Atlantic presbytery. She
spoke at First church, Durham, NC,
and spoke to the Presbyterian Women
(PW) of Grace presbytery, to the New
Covenant presbytery leadership, at the
Presbyterian Endowment Education
Resource Network meeting in
Chicago, at a Greater Atlanta pres-
bytery educators' meeting, for the
Program for Women in Theology
and Ministry at Candler School of
Theology, and for Kaleidoscope 2002,
Mississippi presbytery. She was part
of a Columbia delegation visiting
United Theological College of the
West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica, and
Matanzas Seminary, Matanzas, Cuba,
partner schools with Columbia.
Janice Clark '99 is associate
pastor of First church, Lake City, FL.

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...Walter Brueggemann, professor
of Old Testament, led the Clergy
Conference for Illinois Conference of
the United Church of Christ. He
published Spirituality of the Psalms
and Testimony to Otherwise. He has
written articles for The Other Side,
Church and Society, The Blachoell
Companion to the Hebrezv Bible, and
Taking Responsibility: Comparative

Perspectives Bob Montgomery '53

is author of The Lopsided Spread of
Christianity. He has recently estab-
lished a website, www.sompsite.com,
to advance knowledge in the sociolo-
gy of missions C. Benton Kline,

president emeritus, led a session in
officer training and taught a ten-week
Bible study on Matthew at the North
Decatur church. He moderated three
discussion forums on Amendment
01 -A for Greater Atlanta presbytery

Sally Lorey '92 is interim pastor

of the Jekyll Island, GA, church.
...Bill Harkins, assistant professor of
pastoral theology and care, moderated
the state pastoral counselors associa-
tion meeting. He attended the
American Association of Pastoral
Counselors Southeast Regional
Conference at Kanuga, N.C., and the
Creating Ph.D. Scholars Conference at
Northwestern University. He was
named to the Board of Governors of

the Georgia Association for Pastoral
Care and is a founding member of
the Cathedral Counseling Center.
Cathedral of St. Philip, where he
serves as a part-time psychotherapist
He is a deacon at St. James Episcopal
church in Marietta and completed
his 14th Atlanta half-marathon
....Shirley Guthrie, professor emeritus
of theology, preached and taught at
Trinity church, Starkville, MS. He
taught at the Lay School of Theology
for presbytery of Arkansas and at the
Lay Academy, First church, Atlanta.
He taught Sunday school at TrimU
church, Atlanta, spoke at presbytery
of Philadelphia, and lectured at
Furman University.

Cam Murchinson, dean of faculty,
is a member of the teaching team for
the Brotherhood Class at Central
church, Atlanta. He participated in the
installation service for Brand i '00 and
Andy Casto-Waters '01 at John Knox
church, Greenville, SC, and led a
workshop on stewardship in a Board
of Pensions-sponsored conference
for new pastors at Montreat. He
participated in the annual meeting
of AAR/SBL, and he was part of a
Columbia delegation to visit partner
theological schools in Jamaica and

Cuba Sharon Core '91 married Nick

Kuhn on Nov. 3 at Arlington, VA,

church, where she is pastor Jim

Watkins '71 (DMin 77), director of the
Faith and the City Program, taught

church school at Shallowtord chun h
Vtiantaj and at the Decatur church I le
helped plan Presbyterian Da\ ,it the
Georgia State Capital, led a public pol-
icy advocacy workshop i,. i Charlotte
presbyter} and a strategic planning
process foi > new Greater Atlanta
Palestine partnership, and facilitated
the third public leadership even! fol
PC d FSA) seminaries. I le wrote

i Kinking Vgain about the Reformed
Faith and Public I ite" in conjunction
with Mark Douglas and 1 ew

Mudge Diane Freedlander '01 is

pastor ot Church in the Pines, I aurel

Hill, NC Brian Wren, professoi ol

worship, gave lectures and workshops
for the Northern Rockies Institute oi
rheolog) and the Montana Council
of Churches in Great Falls I le led a
workshop for the Atlanta Chapter of
the American Guild of Organists, led
worship and gave a presentation at
the Southwest cluster ol the presbj tei J
of Greater Atlanta, participated In the
North American Academy of Liturgy
in Reston, VA, and led a seminai a1
Westminster College, Cambridge. I le
was the Stuart C rienrj lecturer at
Duke University I K\ inity School and
led a workshop with the Rocky Mount
District of the United Methodist
Church Jim Reinarz '97 is pastOl ol
First church, Grand Prairie, TX.

....Emily Heath '01 is chaplain resident

at Children's I lealthcare of Atlanta.

Mary Alice Kemp longtime I )ecatur
ni and pari turn- m eptionist qI
( olumbia was sworn m on January 7 as
a membei o) the I fry ( 'ount (J She won

I pen nil w the vote in the Novembei 6
(/<. Hon A membei oj the I freafi i Atlanta
presbytery's i ommittee on preparation
tor ministry, she was raised in the Man

i till i huii h in i herokee Presbytei y Kemp
has been a membei oj North I ta atw
Presbyterian I fiun '/ /< "' years and '/<<
,i as 'in c/t/cr (in, I !/. . lerk oj ''..ion
i in loin "wonderful" grown daughters
are hi\h generation Presbyterians

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PASTORS/ SCHOLARS, AND lay people
interested in the life and work of
John Calvin will gather at Columbia
Theological Seminary on March 1-2
for the latest of a series begun in
Davidson, North Carolina. Speakers
include professors from seminaries in
five states and two cities in Britain.
Columbia's Office of Advanced
Studies will host this event, which will
take place in the Harrington Center.

The conference begins at 2 P.M. on
Friday, March 1, with David F. Wright,
professor of ecclesiastical history,
New College, Edinburgh, Scotland,
speaking on "Calvin's Sermons and
Commentary on the Acts of the
Apostles." Randall Zachman, professor
of historical theology at Notre Dame
University, will present "Calvin's
Sermons on Ephesians: Expounding
and Applying Scripture," followed by
Timothy George, dean at Beeson
Divinity School in Birmingham,
Alabama, who will speak on "Calvin's
Ministry and the Ministry of Today."

Beginning at 9 a.m. on Saturday
there will be a forum on Issues in
Calvin's Scriptural Interpretation and
Theology. Speakers and topics include

the following: Anthony N. S. Lane,
professor of historical theology at
London Bible College, "The Role of
Scripture in Calvin's Doctrine of
Justification"; Richard Burnett, interim
pastor, First Presbyterian Church in
Waynesville, North Carolina, "Calvin
and Hermeneutics"; Gary Neal
Hanson, assistant professor of church
history at University of Dubuque
Theological Seminary, "John Calvin's
Non-Literal Interpretation of Scripture:
On Allegory"; and Merwyn Johnson,
professor of theology at Erskine
Theological Seminary, "Calvin and
Patterns of Identity in Reformed
Theology." The conference is scheduled
to end at 12:30 p.m.

Registration for the event is $20,
not including the banquet ($15) and
room and board for those staying on
campus. Housing will be offered on a
first-come, first-served basis at the
seminary. Rooms have also been
reserved, at a conference rate, at the
nearby Holiday Inn Select in Decatur,
404-371-0204.

For information or to register for
the event, call 404-687-4534 or email
AdvancedStudies@CTSnet.edu.

Columbia Friendship Circle Council's fall meeting brought together representative* from
14 presbyteries in the synods of Living Waters and South Atlantic. Those attending
sat in on classes, visited with President Laura Mendenhall, and met the Columbia
Friendship Circle scholarship recipients for 2001-2002. Come See Columbia Day /-
Thursday, April 18, 2002. Worship will be led by Dr. Kathleen O'Connor, professor of
Old Testament, language, literature and exegeis. Scholarship ra ipkmts will speak, lunch
will be served, and seminary classes and campus fours will be offered in the afternoon.
For more information, and reservations, call 404-687-4566.

Vantage

P.O. Box 520 Decatur, Georgia 30031

404/378-8821

www.CTSnet.edu

CONTENTS

Colloquium 2002 1

Living into our partnerships 2

New Board chair, new Con. Ed. Director 2

Tribute to Cecil Moore 3

Kairos youth ministry 3

Pastoral theology at Columbia 4

Faculty reading recommendations 4

Events, courses' calendars 5

Lay Institute winter courses 6

701 on World Wide Web, Art Exhibit 6

D. Min. Program 6, 7, 8

Called to Care 7

Spirituality Program traveling to Scotland 8

Women's Retreat 8

Hijacking the Fall Programs 9

For the Record 10, 11

Richards Society 11

Calvin Conference 12

Columbia Friendship Circle 12

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