Community Events

April 1, 2008 and April 2, 2008

Princeton Seminary Annual Used Book Sale
Tuesday, April 1: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Wednesday, April 2: 9:00 a.m to 4:00 p.m.
Whiteley Gymnasium, 36 Hibben Road (corner of Route 206/Stockton Street and Hibben Road)>
Free and open to the public

For more information about the sale or for directions, call Katherine Elliott at 716.587.2373 or by email katherine.elliott@ptsem.edu. You can also get directions by visiting http://www.ptsem.edu/About/directions.php.

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Currently on display through April 4, 2008

Erdman Art Gallery Exhibit: “Sacred Sublime: The Subtle World of Energy”
Weekdays: 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m., Saturday, 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m., Sunday, 2:30–9:00 p.m.
Erdman Center, 20 Library Place, Center of Continuing Education
Free and open to the public

Ewing, New Jersey, artist Joy Kreves is the daughter of a minister, wife of a scientist, sister of an energy healer, mother of an artist/philsopher and caretaker of a Rumplestiltskin cat and one glistening gold dog. Working from this rich mix of influences, she weaves paintings about the layers of “unseen energies we all negotiate through as we live our physical and emotional lives.” Her mixed media paintings are created using labor-intensive handcut templates and linocuts. They are usually begun with a few layers of atmospheric washes on board or canvas, then traced or printed, and then brush painted. The resulting images speak of archetypal structures floating in a limitless space.

Kreves’s artwork has been featured in many exhibition venues, including The Hunterdon Museum of Art, The Gallery at The College of New Jersey, The Center for Visual Arts at Illinois State University, The Trenton City Museum, The New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, The Palmer Museum, and Queensboro College Museum. Her work has been selected in numerious juried and invitational group exhibitions in New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, as well as nationally. To view her artwork, visit http://www.joykreves.com/.

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April 1, 2008

Continuing Education Book Series
Meet the Author of A Jewish-Catholic Jersey Girl’s Spiritual Journey
6:30–8:30 p.m.
Erdman Center, 20 Library Place, Center of Continuing Education
Free and open to the public (space is limited, so please register early)

In this memoir, Dr. Linda Mercadante traces her ongoing spiritual journey from her childhood in the Newark, New Jersey, apartment above the bakery owned by her Italian Catholic father and Jewish mother.

Mercadante, an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), earned her doctorate at Princeton Theological Seminary and is currently professor of theology in the B. Robert Straker Chair in Historical Theology at Methodist Theological School in Delaware, Ohio.

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April 3, 2008

A Poetry Reading with Susan Deborah King
Author of One-Breasted Woman
7:30 p.m.
Main Lounge
Free and open to the public

In her third collection of poems, Susan Deborah King bears witness to a soul’s transformation in the wake of a breast cancer diagnosis and subsequent mastectomy. She is consumed with outrage at the possible systemic causes of her disease. She holds the earth and beloved people close as she contemplates her end. She connects with and feels the suffering of others. In One-Breasted Woman, King offers poems that are utterly alive: vivid with fear, heightened awareness, anger, tenderness, sorrow, playfulness, and even joy.

First diagnosed with breast cancer in 1999, the act of writing this collection was an essential part of King’s recovery. In her preface she states: “The process of diagnosis, treatment and recovery and the writing about it was indeed a transformative one, leaving me with an abiding sense of poignancy about our life’s brevity, gratitude for it and joy.”

King taught writing at the University of Minnesota, SASE, and the Loft. Formerly a Presbyterian minister and psychotherapist, she leads retreats on creativity and spirituality. She is founding director of the Literary Witnesses Reading Series at Plymouth Congregational Church in Minneapolis. She has published two previous poetry books: Coven and Tabernacle: Poems of an Island.

This event is sponsored by Princeton Theological Seminary’s Office of Field Education, the Wholistic Health Initiative, the Women’s Center, and the Women in Church and Ministry Council.

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April 3, 2008 through April 6, 2008

Speech Communication in Ministry Stages John Brown’s Body
8:00 p.m. (Thursday, Friday, and Saturday)
3:00 p.m. (Sunday)
Gambrell Room, Scheide Hall
Free and open to the public

Princeton Theological Seminary’s Speech Communication in Ministry area of the Practical Theology Department presents Stephen Vincent Benet’s John Brown’s Body.

John Brown’s Body is a narrative epic that won the Pulitzer Prize in 1929. In the poem, three families are buffeted about by the Civil War. Despite all the fighting and wounding, imprisonment and escape, in the midst of soul-searing decimation, members of these families find solace and love in unexpected ways. Life goes on, even in war.

The poem has been adapted for the stage by director Robert Lanchester, the Seminary’s assistant in speech.

The production is open to the public and free of charge, but seats are limited and must be reserved in advance. For reservations and/or information, contact Lois Haydu.

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April 7, 2008

The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture
Topic: “Moral Theatre in the Streets: The Role of Suffering in the Quest for Social Justice”
7:00 p.m.
Miller Chapel
Free and open to the public
Speaker: Dr. Peter J. Paris, Elmer G. Homrighausen Professor of Christian Social Ethics Emeritus, Princeton Theological Seminary

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April 10, 2008

Continuing Education Book Series
Meet the Author of The Great Awakening: Reviving Faith and Politics in a Post-Religious Right America
6:30–8:30 p.m.
Stuart Hall, Room 6
Free and open to the public (space is limited, so please register early)

In his latest book, The Great Awakening: Reviving Faith and Politics in a Post-Religious Right America, Jim Wallis addresses the question: What will it take to solve the biggest issue of our time: poverty, global warming, and environmental degradation, terrorism, violence, racism, human trafficking, healthcare and education in a world where politicians are offering only blame and fear?

Wallis is a best-selling author, public theologian, preacher, speaker, activist, and international commentator on ethics and public life. His background includes involvement in the civil rights and antiwar movements as a student at Michigan State University. His commitment to social justice continued while he studied at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Illinois, where he and several other students started a small magazine and community with a Christian commitment, which has grown into a national faith-based organization for which he serves as president and executive director: Sojourners/Call to Renewal. Books will be sold after the event and a book signing will follow.

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April 12, 2008

Spring Concert: This Far by Faith
7:30 p.m.
Miller Chapel
Free and open to the public

Church music from the African American tradition led by vocalist William Heard, pianist Michael Gittens, and the Princeton Seminary Choir.

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April 14, 2008 through May 23, 2008

Erdman Art Gallery Exhibit: “Mi Vida en Guasmo (My Life in Guasmo)”
Weekdays: 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m., Saturday, 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m., Sunday, 2:30–9:00 p.m.
Erdman Center, 20 Library Place, Center of Continuing Education
Free and open to the public

“Mi Vida en Guasmo (My Life in Guasmo),” features photographs by ten students in Guasmo Sur, a barrio south of the city of Guayaquil, Ecuador. In August 2007, Erin Dunigan, a Princeton Seminary graduate, led a photography class for ten students from Guasmo Sur. Part of a project called Photopiece (www.photopiece.org), the class consisted of five days of intensive study in which the children were challenged to develop their “visual vocabulary,” in order to express themselves and their world through photography. Their work was exhibited on the soccer field in the center of town for the benefit of the community. The photographs displayed in this exhibit are a selection from each of the student’s work.

The class was part of a larger community project led by Erica Smith Thompson, also a Seminary graduate. This year marks the tenth anniversary that she has led a team of North Americans to Guasmo Sur to live with Ecuadorian families and work together in projects that better the community.

An opening reception will take place on Monday, April 14 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. in the Erdman Art Gallery. The exhibit and opening reception are free and open to the public.

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April 14, 2008

Lunchtime Forum: “Race and Religion in Presidential Politics”
12:30–1:30 p.m.
Auditorium, Mackay Campus Center
Free and open to the public

Princeton Theological Seminary Professors John Bowlin, Nancy Duff, Richard Fenn, Stacy Johnson, Yolanda Pierce, and Mark Taylor, will briefly address the theme, “Race and Religion in Presidential Politics.” This event is sponsored by the faculty Religion and Society Committee.

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April 15, 2008

Continuing Education Book Series
Meet the Author of Everything Must Change: Jesus, Global Crisis, and a Revolution of Hope
6:30–8:30 p.m.
Stuart Hall, Room 6
Free and open to the public (space is limited, so please register early)

In his latest book, Everything Must Change: Jesus, Globabl Crisis, and a Revolution of Hope, Brian McLaren poses these two questions: What are the world’s top crises? What do the life and message of Jesus say to those global crises?

McLaren, author, speaker, pastor, and emergent church leader, graduated from the University of Maryland with degrees in English. He serves as a board chair for Sojourners, and is a founding member of Red Letter Christians, a group of communicators seeking to broaden and deepen the dialogue about faith and public life.

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April 17, 2008

The Abraham Kuyper Lecture and Prize
Topic: “Some Reflections on Pluralism”
7:30 p.m.
Miller Chapel
Free and open to the public
Speaker: Dr. Oliver O’Donovan, professor of Christian ethics and practical theology, New College, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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April 19, 2008

Memorial Service for Dr. Bernhard W. Anderson, professor of Old Testament theology emeritus
11:00 a.m.
Miller Chapel
Free and open to the public

A reception will follow the service in the Gambrell Room of Scheide Hall on the Seminary campus.

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April 24, 2008 through May 23, 2008

Photography Exhibit: “But Now I See: Photographic Reflections on the Conversion of Paul”
2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., daily
Student Government Room, Mackay Campus Center, Second Floor
Free and open to the public

“But Now I See: Photographic Reflections on the Conversion of Paul,” featuring photographs by students, student spouses, and alumni/ae who have served as Seminary photographers on the Communications Office staff, will be on display in the Student Government Room from Thursday, April 24 through Friday, May 23.

Long ago photography matured beyond its initial, limited function as a visual record of people and events, and became an art form in its own right. That is what makes it possible for photographs to illumniate an historic event that took place almost 2000 years before photography was invented. This exhibition aims to reveal how photography’s distinctive artistic strengths can significantly enrich human understanding.

An opening reception with remarks by Gordon Graham, Henry Luce III Professor of Philosophy and the Arts, will take place on Thursday, April 24 from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Student Government Room. Refreshnments will be served.

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April 28, 2008 through May 1, 2008

The Princeton Lectures on Youth, Church, and Culture
Free and open to the public

The Institute for Youth Ministry at Princeton Theological Seminary, welcomes to campus 300 church leaders for a four-day forum on the theme “And You Will Be My Witnesses...” The public is invited to attend the Princeton Lectures on Youth, Church, and Culture which are scheduled as follows:

Lectures—Miller Chapel
Darrell Guder, dean of academic affairs and Henry Winters Luce Professor of Missional and Ecumenical Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary, lecturer

Monday, April 28 (5:45 p.m.)
“The Christian’s Calling: Witness with Integrity”

Wednesday, April 30 (11:30 a.m.)
“The Church’s Calling: Forming Witnesses with Integrity”

Arun Jones, associate professor of mission and evangelism at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Austin, Texas, lecturer

Tuesday, April 29 (5:45 p.m.)
“Witnessing Christ in the World”

Thursday, May 1 (5:45 p.m.)
“Witnessing Christ in Tradition”

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