Community Events

Currently on display through April 25, 2009

Princeton Seminary Community Art Show: “A Celebration of Our Creativity”
Weekdays: 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m., Saturday, 8:30 a.m.–6:30 p.m., Sunday, 1:30 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
Erdman Center, 20 Library Place, Center of Continuing Education
Free and open to the public

The Women’s Center and Erdman Center for Continuing Education are co-sponsoring the spring exhibit of art created by the Princeton Seminary community. The pieces are varied in both theme and medium, and represent a broad spectrum of traditions and experiences in the Christian life.

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April 2 through 5, 2009

Speech Communication in Ministry Play: The Tempest
8:00 p.m., Thursday, Friday, and Saturday; 3:00 p.m. Sunday
Gambrell Room, Scheide Hall
Free and open to the public

The Tempest explores themes of transformation: the transformation of rage into peace, of action into retirement, of slavery into freedom, of punishment into forgiveness and reward. It is a morality play. Each of the characters suffers a tempest of trials, which lead to liberation and redemption. Even Prospero, who seems at first godlike in his manipulation of the forces of nature, makes progress as a human being and finally chooses virtue over vengeance, forgiving his enemies and giving up his “rough magic” for the sake of his daughter’s future, and living out his own life as a humble mortal. The plot of the play echoes the parable of the Prodigal Son: what was lost is found, and what was dead is alive again.

The play has been adapted for the stage by director Robert Lanchester, the Seminary’s assistant in speech. Seminary students make up the cast. 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 Marija DiViaio at 609.497.7963.

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April 7, 2009

Public Lecture: “Yes and No: The ‘Strange Battle’ of Jesus Christ, According to Karl Barth”
7:00 p.m., Main Lounge, Mackay Campus Center
Free and open to the public

Speaker: Dr. Michael Trowitzsch, professor of systematic theology, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität

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April 9, 2009

The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture: “Imagination and Race in the Age of Obama”
7:00 p.m., Miller Chapel
Free and open to the public

Speaker: Dr. Eddie Glaude Jr., William S. Tod Professor of Religion and African American Studies, Department of Religion, Princeton University

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April 16, 2009

The Abraham Kuyper Lecture and Prize: “Religion and Science: Where the Conflict Really Lies”
7:30 p.m., Miller Chapel
Free and open to the public

Speaker: Dr. Alvin Plantinga, John A. O’Brien Professor of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame

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April 19, 2009

David A. Weadon Memorial Concert: “The Octave of Easter”
7:30 p.m., Miller Chapel
Free and open to the public

A service of readings, choral anthems, and congregational hymns celebrating the Easter season, led by the Princeton Seminary Choir.

This concert is made possible by the David A. Weadon Memorial Trust.

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April 25, 2009 through June 9, 2009

Erdman Art Gallery Show: “One World—One Family”
Weekdays: 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m., Saturday, 8:30 a.m.–6:30 p.m., Sunday, 1:30 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
Erdman Center, 20 Library Place, Center of Continuing Education
Free and open to the public

“One World—One Family” features photographs by local artist Kathy Nelson. It is a series of photographs representing “our connectedness as a global family, where we have the responsibility to our neighbor, and responsibility for God’s creation,” says Nelson. “The exhibit will focus on our neighbors in the Middle East and Africa, as well as creatures and elements of God’s creation entrusted to our care.”

Nelson is a Presbyterian Church (USA) pastor. She has served congregations in New Jersey and Pennsylvania for more than twenty-five years, and currently serves as president of F.I.S.H. (Funding Individual Spiritual Health) Foundation Inc., which provides grants in health, education, and spirituality, both in the United States and abroad. Nelson enjoys writing and photography as a way of bringing together her interest in spirituality and her passion for sharing the quest for the divine with others.

She is the author of Listen With Your Heart (Tien Wah Press, 2007), The Journey: Photos and Meditations for the Hungry Soul (Blurb Creative Books, 2009), Mt. Saint Catherine’s Monastery: A Journey Into the Unknown (Blurb Creative Books, 2009), and Just Outside My Window (Blurb Creative Books, 2009).

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April 28, 2009

Erdman Center of Continuing Education Lecture: “Calvin the Exiled Pastor to his French Flock: Insights on Calvin’s Pastoral Character in the 1541 French Institutes”
6:30 p.m., Main Lounge
Free and open to the public

Elsie Anne McKee, Archibald Alexander Professor of Reformation Studies and the History of Worship, will deliver a lecture in conjunction with PTS’s celebration of the 500th anniversary of John Calvin’s birth.

McKee’s lecture is on her new translation of Calvin’s 1541 Institutes—available from Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company—with support from the Foundation for Reformed Theology in Richmond, Virginia.

The lecture is free and open to the public, but reservations are requested and can be made by contacting the Erdman Center.

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