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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Context
Café Hours
The Context Café will be closed
the last week of summer term (June 21-25). We will only have one class
meeting in the afternoon and anticipate very few eating on campus.
Registration
Bulletin is online
Taking classes next year? The Registration Bulletin
for the 2010-2011 academic year is now available online at unitedseminary.edu/Academics/regbul.asp.
The online bulletin has convenient links to course descriptions, syllabi,
and booklists. Please note: the Registration Fee will be waived if your
fall registration is received by August 30, 2010.
Textbook
List Reminder for Faculty
In order to have fall textbooks delivered in time,
textbooks lists from faculty for fall term 2010 are due
to Cokesbury Bookstore by Monday, June 21.
Monday
Morning on summer break
The seminary's newsletter will return to the regular
schedule of weekly issues in September. Please note that postings to the
Job
Opportunities page will continue to be updated throughout summer.
Lost
and Found
A pre-paid cell phone has been turned in to the
lost & found. Please contact Michelle
Rodriguez, 651.255.6119 for more information.
MN
Voices: Two Lifetimes Fighting Racism
Click
here for a link to a Twin City Daily Planet article featuring the
work and lives of adjunct professors Herb Perkins (MDiv '10) and Margery
Otto as they continue their fight against racism. Perkins and Otto will
be teaching TR331 Anti-Racism Dialogue: Theory and Practice in spring
term 2010-11. For more information about registering for classes, visit
the online registration materials at unitedseminary.edu/Academics/regbul.asp.
The
Deadline Was WHEN?!
Are you planning to graduate in May 2011? The
deadline to submit petitions to graduate was 1 June 2010. But there’s
no need to panic if you haven’t petitioned yet! I’m
accepting late petitions until 25 June 2010. If you have any
questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me. The Petition to
Graduate Form can be found at the top of the Registrar’s page on
Mercury. The Graduation Policy is on page 55 of the Masters’ Student
Handbook, which is in the Student Services section of Mercury. Click
here for the petition to graduate form (pdf).
Susan Hastings, Registrar
651.255.6120, shastings@unitedseminary.edu
From
the Registrar: Special Office Hours in June
The registrar's office will be closed the morning of
Tuesday, June 22. The office will re-open at 1:30 PM. Regular
office hours will be in effect for the rest of the month of June.
Your
Help is Needed!
Volunteers are needed to staff the Prayer Chapel
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
will be meeting at the Minneapolis Convention Center July 2 – 9.
Prayer Chapel Volunteers will staff the prayer chapel and the indoor labyrinth.
Volunteers assist visitors and pray with visitors if requested. They also
assist in keeping the ambiance quiet, contemplative, neat and supplied.
The following time slots are available:
July 2
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
July 3
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
July 4
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
July 5
9:30 AM – 1:30 PM
1:30 PM – 5:30 PM
5:30 PM – 8:30 PM
July 6
9:30 AM – 1:30 PM
1:30 PM – 5:30 PM
5:30 PM – 8:30 PM
July 7
9:30 AM – 1:30 PM
1:30 PM – 5:30 PM
5:30 PM – 8:30 PM
July 8
9:30 AM – 1:30 PM
1:30 PM – 5:30 PM
5:30 PM – 8:30 PM
July 9
1:30 AM – 1:30 PM
If you would like to volunteer or have
questions contact: Rev. Paula Sanders at 612.871.2617 or ga219cola@gmail.com.
Click
here for a registration form (pdf).
Music
Notes
Thank you to the UTS choir members who added their
voices to the Commencement Service on May 23. You truly made the rafters
ring with joyful music. Chapel services and the UTS choir will resume
fall term. if you have any questions about the choir or music at UTS,
please contact Kathy Webb at kwebb@unitedseminary.edu.
Who
Doesn’t Love the MN State Fair?
And who wouldn’t love to staff United’s display booth
at this year’s fair?
Students, staff and faculty will all be needed to help with United’s
booth in the Education Building. (Okay, we don’t know yet if we
will really have a booth, but because we may not know until just before
the fair begins, we are recruiting help now.) Watch
for sign-up opportunities in the coming weeks. The fair runs from August
26 to September 6. Contact Glen
Herrington-Hall for information or to sign up.
William
Johnson Scholarship Fund
Help LGBT seminarians honor God's call to ministry. Click
here for a link to the UCC website to view a YouTube video entitled
"A Position of Faith" or to donate.
FACULTY
CITINGS
Sharon
Tan to speak at Shining a Light on Torture
June 23 , 2010, 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Richfield United
Methodist Church
5835 Lyndale Avenue S, Minneapolis
June is Torture Awareness Month. Mark
it by learning about U.S.-Sponsored torture, engaging in Christian reflection,
and learning how to shine a light on the dark practice. Tell your congregation
and bring your friends to hear these speakers at a Wednesday evening forum:
- Dr. William Cavanaugh, author of Torture and the
Eucharist and Assistant Professor of Theology at University of St. Thomas
- Peter Thompson, J.D., who assisted in the defense
of Omar Khadr, a 15-year-old detainee at Guantanamo. Thompson is winner
of the 2009 Distinguished Service Award from the Minnesota Association
of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- Prof. Sharon Tan, Professor of Christian Ethics at
United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities
- And more to be confirmed…
Learn more about torture and how to end it by
attending Shining a Light on Torture. For more information go
to the Minnesota Council of Churches Torture Awareness Month web page
at mnchurches.org/programs/
SOCIAL
NETWORKS
Check
out our social networking sites
Click here for information
about Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, and YouTube.
EVENTS
OF INTEREST
Inter-religious
Breakfast Dialogue & Funding Workshop
July 13, 8:00 - 9:30 AM
The Sabes Jewish Community Center, 4330 Cedar Lake Road S, one
mile east of Highway 100 off Cedar Lake Road exit in St. Louis Park
Congressman Keith Ellison will be hosting White House Executive Director
of Faith-based & Neighborhood Partnerships Mr. Joshua Dubois as the
featured speaker.
Mr. Dubois’ presentation is entitled, “Faith-based
Organizations and the Federal Government: Working together for the Common
Good.” This is a timely conversation, in light of negative implications
of the economic downturn. Congressman Ellison hopes to build connections
between key funding sources and the crossroads where faith communities
intersect with social services.
Following the Breakfast, from 9:45 - 11:30 AM, there
will be an additional Funding Workshop led by L. Peter Bast of Minnesota
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) along with other funding experts,
entitled “A Pragmatic Approach to Federal Funding”.
Both events are free and open to the public. Please
RSVP to betty.folliard@mail.house.gov
Book
& Miscellaneous Sale
Featuring: Many textbooks and theology books; other nonfiction, fiction;
handmade jewelry; small art pieces and more
WHO: Bundy Trinz
WHERE: 373 Old Highway 8 SW, #304, New Brighton, MN,
651-636-2002
WHEN: June 21 & June 23, 2010, Monday & Wednesday,
5:30 – 7:00 PM
Please bring bags to help save paper and plastic.
James
Alison to speak at Hamline Church
James Alison, theologian and author of "Raising Abel", will
speak at Hamline Church (1514
Englewood Avenue, St. Paul) June 25 and 26. Hamline Church is partnering
with House of Mercy to bringing Dr. Alison to St. Paul. Each talk with
last approximately 1 hour and will be followed by a time for questions.
Friday, June 25 at 7:00 PM: Dr. Alison will speak on
issues having to to with the Catholic Church and Homosexuality.
Saturday, June 26 at 1:00 PM: Dr. Alison will explore
the theme "GAZE & DESIRE: Contemplation in the Light of the Social
Other"
Promoting Sexual Health & Preventing Sexual
Harm in the Internet Era
Friday, June 25, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Minnesota Church Center, Minneapolis
Presented by the Kenwood Therapy Center
Speakers: Walter Bera, PhD and Cordelia Anderson, MA, Michael O'Brian,
LP and Patrick Noaker, JD
For more information and to register visit kenwoodcenter.org/
Sacred
Ground Center for Spirituality
New Spiritual Direction Formation Class beginning
September 2010
Register now! Click
here for a flyer (bmp) with more information about the program and
registration.
COKESBURY
BOOKSTORE 20 % off Robe Sale
- order your custom clergy robe or alb now through July 2 to receive this
discount!
15% off all in stock robes and stoles
Textbooks
Textbooks lists from faculty for Fall 2010 are due Monday June 21.
We're open during the summer! Our hours:
Monday through Friday 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Closed Monday, July 5
Phone: 651-638-1960
Email: lkluver@cokesbury.com
cokesbury.com
JOB
OPPORTUNITIES
Please visit the Job
Opportunities page for listings of full-time, part-time, and interim
positions.
Several more postings (music, youth
and worship leaders; Christian Educator) were added this week!
MONDAY
MORNING
Monday Morning is published weekly during
fall, winter, spring and summer terms by the dean's office. If
you would like to receive issues of Monday Morning via email,
please contact deolsen@unitedseminary.edu
with your request.
Submit articles to Deb Olsen, deolsen@unitedseminary.edu,
by 5:00 PM on Thursdays. Please put "Monday Morning Announcement" in the
subject line.
Monday Morning Archives
June
14, 2010
June
7, 2010
May
24, 2010
May
17, 2010
May 10, 2010
May 3, 2010
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Phone: 651.633.4311 - Fax: 651.633.4315
Toll free: 800.937.1316
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