Calendar
Monday - Thursday November 3 - 6
Student Council Elections 12 noon - 1 p.m., 5 - 6 p.m. (Bottom of Stairs at Refectory)
Monday, November 3
Wesley Fellowship Meeting 5 - 6 p.m. (Glasener)
Tuesday, November 4 - Election Day
Campus Blood Drive. 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. (Elderdice)
Community Worship. 11 a.m. - 12 noon. (Chapel)
Election Watch Party. 7 p.m. - 12 midnight. (Welliver Lounge)
Wednesday, November 5
Central Pennsylvania Conference Visit. 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. (Board Room)
DEADLINE for information to E-Mail announcements / Wesley Journal. 12 NOON. (Please send copy-ready, Arial 10 pt., information to: communications@wesleyseminary.edu.)
Emerging Church Drop-in Colloquy. 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. (Glasener)
Community Worship. 7:15 p.m. (John Wesley Statue-NOTE TIME AND LOCATION CHANGE!)
All-Saints Prayer Vigil 7 p.m. - 12 midnight (Courtyard by the Fountain, Outside Lawn, John Wesley Statue)
Open Room 7:15 - 9 p.m. (Chapel)
Thursday, November 6
Faculty Book Celebration and Signing. 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. (Elderdice)
Friday, November 7
Intercultural Immersion Orientation. 4:30 - 7:30 p.m. (Elderdice)
Saturday, November 8
Rhythm and Fire: Mini Spiritual Retreat. 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. (Elderdice)
ELM - 5 Classes 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. (KG-01, KG-05, K-105, K-106, K-115)
Sunday, November 9
French Speaking Protestant Church. 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. (Chapel, Narthex)
Wesley Council Aknowlegement Event. 3:30 p.m. (Chapel), 4 p.m. (Refectory)
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Monday November 10
Community Life Stewardship Meeting - Lunch Session 12 noon - 1:30 p.m. (Bess Jones)
Community Life Stewardship Meeting - Dinner Session 5 - 6:30 p.m. (Bess Jones)
Tuesday, November 11
Window on Wesley 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. (Elderdice)
Community Worship - 11 a.m. - 12 noon (Chapel)
Writing Seminar 12 noon - 1:30 p.m. (Board Room)
Holocaust Film Screening Event 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. (Elderdice)
Association of Black Seminarians 5 - 6:30 p.m. (Board Room)
Plumbline Meeting 5 - 6:30 p.m. (Aiken)
Student Council Meeting 5:15 - 6:30 p.m. (Bess Jones)
WORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES THIS WEEK
Tuesday, November 4:
11 a.m. Community Worship. All Saints' Day Service - Rhonda Van Dyke Colby (WTS Class of '83), Dean of Spiritual Life and Co-Director of the Institute for Church Professions, Shenandoah University. Assisted by DeLyn Celic, Worship Arts Coordinator, Shenandoah University. (Chapel)
10 - 11 p.m. Request Line (Straughn Prayer Room)
Wednesday, November 5:
8 - 9 a.m. Centering Prayer Meeting (Straughn Prayer Room)
12:05 p.m. The Episcopal Student Union invites all students to attend an informal service of Holy Eucharist every Wednesday. The service takes approximately 15 minutes. (Chapel)
7:15 p.m. Community Worship. This worship will be held as part of the Campus Vigil at 7:15 p.m.
(John Wesley Statue-- Note time and location change for Community Worship this week).
7:15 - 9:30 p.m. Open Room. (Chapel)
Thursday, November 6:
9:30 - 11 p.m. Prayer Service in Korean & English. Korean Student Assoc.. (Straughn Prayer Room)
INFORMATION FOR THIS WEEK / NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS
STUDENT COUNCIL ELECTIONS will begin this week on Monday, November 3 and continue through Thursday, November 6. A table will be set up at the bottom of the stairs at the Refectory during lunch and dinner where you may cast your ballot. We will be electing four at-large members and five first-year members.
TO ALL M.DIV AND M.A. STUDENTS WHO HAVE NOT YET STARTED PRACTICE IN MINISTRY AND MISSION: Monday, November 3rd is the last day to turn in the PM&M Planning Survey. If you are not currently fulfilling your Practice in Ministry and Mission degree requirement and desire to start your placement process for the fall of 2009, please download the survey at http://www.wesleyseminary.edu/pmmplanningsurvey.
Complete the form and return it to Suite K-107 or email it back to jhoover@wesleyseminary.edu. Also, don't forget to mark your calendars for either January 28, 2009 or February 4, 2009 for a VERY IMPORTANT AND MANDATORY PM&M PROSPECTIVE STUDENT INFORMATION MEETING. Here, you will receive information about your matriculation into the PM&M Program and will have a chance for all your questions to be answered. If you have any questions in the meantime, do not hesitate to stop by Suite K-107 or call at 202-885-8666.
CAMPUS BLOOD DRIVE ON NOVEMBER 4! Looking for additional ways to perform your civic duty on Tuesday, November 4th? Donate blood! Wesley's staff social committee is sponsoring a Blood Drive from 10 a.m. through 3 p.m. in Elderdice Hall. Donations are always needed during the colder months leading up to the holidays, so please consider reserving your spot in advance -- available spaces always fill up fast! Please contact Drew Thiemann at dthiemann@wesleyseminary.edu or x8650 to schedule your life-saving donation
ELECTION WATCH PARTY. After fulfilling your civic duties on Election Day, stop by Welliver Lounge in Straughn Hall from when the first polls close at 7 p.m. to 12 midnight to watch the results of the election as they come in. We will have food, games, and a large Electoral College Map that will be filled in as results come in. This event will be a one-stop shop for all the latest breaking election results on this historic day!
CONFERENCE VISIT UPDATE: NEW! Central Pennsylvania Conference will be on campus to meet with students Wednesday, November 5, from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. in the Board room. Please sign up for an appointment with Sara Sheppard TG-08. Don't forget that the Virginia Annual Conference will be here November 12 and 13. Appointments still remain for Thursday the 13th with the Virginia Conference representatives.
2008 ALL SAINTS' DAY VIGIL: RAIN DATE! Wednesday, November 5. You are invited to join with Plumbline, LOGOS, and the Wesley Community in honoring the service people who have lost their lives in the Iraq war. We will need your help putting together and placing over 2000 luminaries. Please come and join us at any time during the day for whatever time you may have. We will be offering a 7:15 p.m. worship service honoring the cost of the war for Americans, Iraqis and the World Communiy. We will also need volunteers to provide fire safety supervision as well as volunteers to help clean up on Thursday, November 6.
Vigil Schedule:
Wednesday, November 5 Thursday, November 6
9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Luminary Set Up 9 a.m. Clean-up begins
5:30 p.m. Lighting of the Luminaries
7:15 p.m. Candlelight Service
8 - 11 p.m. Vigil
WHAT DO HOSPITALITY, PLAY, AND THE FUTURE OF CHURCH LEADERSHIP HAVE IN COMMON? They are important issues that our very own faculty members have written about! Come celebrate their work at a Faculty Book Celebration (and signing!) on Thursday, November 6, from 4:30-6:30 p.m. in Elderdice Hall. (Rumor has it that Amy Oden, Michael Koppel, Lovett Weems and Ann Michel will actually be there in the flesh.) Hors d'oeuvres and beverages will be provided. Please RSVP to Amy Serridge at aserridge@wesleyseminary.edu.
INTERCULTURAL IMMERSION ORIENTATION SESSION - LAST CHANCE: Are you planning on participating in a January immersion experience? One of the requirements for immersion is participation in an immersion orientation session. The last session for the fall term is November 7, 4:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. The orientation is in Elderdice Hall. Since it is over the dinner hour be assured there will be food and drink served.
WESLEY'S FALL DANCE WORKSHOP: "The Body, Storytelling, and the Kingdom Come" with Chris Fitz on Saturday, November 15, will explore improvisational movement and theatre forms as tools for healing and community transformation. We will delve into several key forms that will help us tell our personal stories and explore our common stories grounded in methods primarily from Contact Improvisation and Playback Theatre. At the heart of this practice is a physical kind of exegesis, literally rolling our bodies into common sacred text to uncover new understandings of how the Spirit is speaking to us here and now. Participants will leave with specific techniques for generating material in dance, theatre, workshops and wild worship services. The workshop will be part practice, part therapy and part revolution - the act of embodying and sharing our sacred stories being nothing less than "the kingdom come!" Please pre-register by NOVEMBER 8, 2008. For information or to register, contact Kathryn Sparks at (202) 244-5280 or dancingsparks@yahoo.com. This event is co-sponsored by the Potomac Chapter of the Sacred Dance Guild and WTS.
Workshop Info:
Date: Saturday, November 15, 2008
Time: 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Place: Wesley Seminary (dining hall), www.wesleyseminary.edu
4500 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20016 (free parking)
Cost: Wesley students/staff - FREE! (a $25 - $35 fee for others)
Bring a lunch! Beverages and fruit provided
UPDATE ABOUT RHYTHM AND FIRE RETREAT! Reservations are being accepted until Monday, November 3, so don't delay!: Co-editors of the book, Jerry Haas, Director of the Academy for Spiritual Formation, Upper Room Ministries, and Cynthia Langston Kirk, Piecing Stories (a ministry of exploring and expressing the Sacred) will lead the retreat. Reservations are requested. Please contact Donna Bryant at dbryant@GBOD.org or 877-899-2781 ext. 7233
Date: Saturday, November 8
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Location: Elderdice
Fee: $25, includes lunch
Who should attend this retreat?
• Anyone wishing to go deeper in the faith journey
• Anyone longing for a time of silence and reflection
• Anyone who plans to lead a group using Rhythm and Fire
Life & Housing to volunteer.
PMM IMMERSION APPLICATIONS DUE NOVEMBER 10: If you are participating in a January immersion your Immersion Application is due in the PMM Office on November 10. Immersion Application form is found in the PMM Handbook, section 8. If you have not as yet started PMM the Handbook is available on-line under "Contextual Education". Only completed and signed applications will be accepted.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY: ENGLISH LANGUAGE PARTNER PROGRAM:
Current Wesley students and staff: Would you like to help a Wesley international student practice English conversation once per week? This program has already started but we still need a few more volunteers because we have so many international students/spouses who want to participate. Volunteer to be an English Language Partner to a current international student or spouse. You are asked for just a thirty minute time commitment per week for one semester. You will be matched with a current international student or international spouse who wishes to practice speaking English. You will not be teaching grammar or English language to the student. Rather, you will be engaging with the student in conversation on topics of mutual interest in an informal setting (such as over coffee in the Refectory) in order to give the student a chance to practice speaking and listening. I am happy to provide a list of conversation questions and topics to partners. If you are interested in learning more or applying for this volunteer opportunity please email Alice Davis, Director of International Student Services at adavis@wesleyseminary.edu.
CROSS-CULTURAL MINISTERIAL INTERNSHIP IN GHANA, W. AFRICA. Washington Theological Union (WTS) is offering this internship through the Tamale Institute of Cross-cultural Studies. This is a ten week program. Application is due by March 15, 2009. Cost is $2,500 plus air fare, visas and personal expenses. Wesley students interested can secure a copy of the full program description and syllabus from Dr. Tortorici in the PMM Office (K-107). Contact person at WTU for this program is: Dr. Jon P. Kirby, jkirby@wtu.edu.
PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS
A REMINDER FROM THE REGISTRAR'S OFFICE: Registration for the Spring 2009 semester has arrived! The schedule of courses, as well as registration instructions and a to-do list for the spring semester, may be found at www.wesleyseminary.edu/wesleyweb. Here are the important dates to remember:
Limited Enrollment course pre-registration on WesleyWeb
- Now through November 7 at 4:30 p.m.
WesleyWeb registration for all open courses
- Now through November 21
WesleyWeb LATE registration and registration changes
- November 24 through January 30 at 4:30 p.m.
(first day of classes is Wednesday, January 21 at 12 p.m.)
Registration changes must be made IN PERSON
- AFTER January 30, 2009
HOLOCAUST FILM SCREENING EVENT On November 11, Wesley Theological Seminary will host the screening of a new documentary on Dr. Elisabeth Schmitz, a German educator who was an active resister of Adolf Hitler and his National Socialist program. The screening of "Elisabeth of Berlin" will take place in the Elderdice Room of the Kresge Building, on the Wesley campus, at 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. The panel discussion following the film screening will provide an opportunity for a thoughtful exchange. Victoria Barnett, Chair of the Committee on Church Relations for the U. S. Holocaust Memorial Museum; the Rev. Barbara Green, Executive Director of the Churches Center for Theology and Public Policy; and Rabbi Tamara Miller, a local hospital chaplain, are the panelists. Steve D. Martin, producer of "Elisabeth of Berlin," will be on hand to introduce the film. Faculty members have been asked to adjust class schedules to allow students to attend this event.
JOIN WESLEY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY AS WE WELCOME DR. LAUREN WINNER, author of Girl Meets God and Mudhouse Sabbath, for an Advent reflection on the rituals of Sabbath and spiritual practice. Dr. Winner is Assistant Professor of Christian Spirituality at Duke Divinity School. She has written widely on Christian practices, the history of Christianity in America and Jewish-Christian relations. The event is on Friday, December 5, from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Please RSVP to Sara Sheppard ssheppard@wesleyseminary.edu or call 202-885-8688. This event is sponsored by the Worship Task Force and underwritten by the Lilly Endowment Making Connections Initiative. (www.wesleyseminary.edu/worship).
ATTENTION CURRENT CAMPUS RESIDENTS-- A few reminders as the end of the semester draws near:
Graduating/Moving Out
• If you are graduating/ moving out of on-campus housing, please notify the Office of Housing ASAP. The end of the fall semester housing is December 31st, so to avoid being charged late move-out fees, please make plans to vacate by December 31st.
Changes to your Housing
• If you would like to request any change to your housing arrangement, please contact the Office of Housing by November 17th. Assignments for Spring will be kept/made and students will be billed by December 1st.
Commuter Housing
• If you are a commuter resident, please be aware that the commuter term ends Friday, December 12. Please remember to remove all of your belongings and turn in your room key during the week of December 12th. If you do not plan on staying on campus again, you may request a return of your $35 key deposit at this time. If you DO plan on living on campus again, you may keep your key deposit on file and apply for commuter housing for the Spring semester online, available now at http://www.wesleyseminary.edu/admissions/id.323/default.asp.
Going to be gone January 4-17? Want to save $100?
The Office of Housing is looking for permanent residents in Straughn Dormitory who are planning to be gone during the January 4-17 DMin term who are interested in volunteering their rooms in their absence. If you are a student assigned to a single room, a $100 credit will be applied toward your student account if you volunteer your room to host a DMin candidate. If you are a student assigned to a double room, with your roommate's permission, you will be eligible for a $100 credit on your account, and your roommate eligible for a $25 credit. If you are assigned to a double room and both you AND your roommate would like to volunteer your rooms, you will be eligible for a $100 credit EACH. If you are interested in this incentive program, please send an email to housing@wesleyseminary.edu, or call (202) 885-8612 with questions.
A HUGE "THANK YOU" TO EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN DILIGENT IN OBSERVING THE YELLOW FIRE LANE "NO PARKING ZONE" A couple of weeks ago, the fire department paid us a visit when a fire alarm went off in the Kresge Building. They found the fire lanes in the entrance drive way completely clear! Should a circumstance arise and the fire trucks arrive to find cars parked in fire lanes, Wesley runs the risk of losing the privilege of parking anywhere on the driveways (and you thought parking was tight NOW!!!). So, many thanks for observing this policy...keep up the good work!
REMINDER! OUR DRIVEWAYS ARE ONE-WAY..... EVEN AT NIGHT AND ON WEEKENDS! Please remember to enter and exit our campus via the appropriate ONE WAY driveway. Although it is tempting to exit via our entrance driveway when there are no parked cars along the sides, the driveway is still one way and you are asked to not use it as an exit. Accidents have occurred when people have driven the wrong way, even on weekends when all seemed clear.
ONGOING / DID YOU KNOW...
PAYMENTS CAN BE MADE BY PHONE! You can pay your bill over the phone and all you need is the ID number on your billing statement (this number is also on your ID cards-- for returning students, the number is on the back of your cards, for new students, it is on the front of your cards). The number for this service is: 1-866-498-4011. Payments will be posted within 24 hours - one business day. Please note: this service will not give you an account balance.
STUDENTS: IF YOU HAVE I.T. PROBLEMS such as difficulty logging in to any online resource, inability to access your wireless network on campus, or need to report a problem concerning the computer labs, you need to submit an eSupport ticket. The website address for this resource is http://services.wesleyseminary.edu.
WESLEY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY FALL SEMESTER LIBRARY HOURS:
Monday-Thursday 8 a.m. - 10:30 p.m.
Friday 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Saturday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sunday CLOSED
Hours subject to change. Please check the board at the front entrance or telephone 202-885-8695 for current hours.
COKESBURY BOOKSTORE HOURS:
Monday-Thursday: 9:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Friday: 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Sunday: CLOSED
FOODSERVICE HOURS, MONDAY - THURSDAY (No foodservice on Fridays):
Breakfast: 8 - 9 a.m.
Lunch: 11:45 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Dinner: 5 - 6:30 p.m.
MAILROOM HOURS:
Monday - Thursday: 8:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Friday: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Saturday 8:30 a.m. - 12 noon
Sunday: CLOSED
The Mailroom is closed for lunch Monday - Friday
HAVE A GOOD WEEK!
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PLEASE NOTE! The DEADLINE for all information to be include in the WTS Weekly Announcements is Wednesday at 12 noon for the following week's publication / posting. However, announcements / information will be gratefully accepted prior to the deadline! The WTS Weekly Announcements contain information about Wesley Theological Seminary sponsored events, OR, events that take place on Wesley's campus. Please send copy ready (Arial 10 pt.) information to: communications@wesleyseminary.edu. Classes and individual or closed office-sponsored meetings are generally NOT listed unless requested (or unless they take place on weekends).
