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SUMMARY:The Borderlands as a Political and Religious Reality
DESCRIPTION:The Stalcup School of Theology for the Laity at Brite Divinity School begins a new season with: \nThe Borderlands as a Political and Religious Reality \nThirteenth Jean and Parker Wilson Seminar \nSaturday\, September 7\, 9:00am-1:45pm \nNorthway Christian Church\, Dallas \nExplore the complexity of borderlands and the challenges they present to conventional interpretations of Christianity.  This seminar discusses the historical evolution of the U.S.- Mexico border\, including the original inhabitants\, the making of the Spanish Borderlands\, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo\, and the creation of the political boundary that is now the border. Consideration of the interdependent nature of the two country’s economies lays the foundation for understanding the current economic\, social\, cultural\, and political situation. The day concludes by examining the implications of borderlands on our understanding of Christianity. \nFrancisco Lozada\, Charles Fischer Catholic Associate Professor of New Testament and Latina/o Church Studies\, Brite Divinity School\, Fort Worth\, TX \nIrasema Coronado\, Director of the School of Transborder Studies\, Arizona State University\, Tempe\, AZ \nTo learn more and to register\, go to brite.edu/stalcup or call 817.257.7589. Registration is only $35 and includes a light lunch. (Scholarships available)
URL:https://www.ntnl.org/event/the-borderlands-as-a-political-and-religious-reality/
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SUMMARY:Ministerial Flourishing: Exploring the Meaning\, Means and Practices
DESCRIPTION:Feeling tired and disconnected from what called you to ministry? Are you struggling to improve the quality of your daily life? Or are you seeking a time for personal reflection on what comes next? \nBrite Divinity School is pleased to offer Ministerial Flourishing: Exploring the Meaning\, Means and Practices \nThis week-long\, residential workshop in a retreat setting employs a values assessment tool and a close reading of our life stories to lay a foundation for understanding the connection between our values\, our stories\, and the ways they support/inhibit our flourishing. We will learn practices of flourishing\, including re-storying\, practicing love\, self-compassion\, and honoring the body as steps toward creating a sustaining story of life and ministry that moves us toward flourishing. The workshop begins Sunday evening with dinner and ends mid-afternoon on Friday. Sessions consisting of instruction\, small-group work\, journaling\, and personal reflections will be interspersed with open time for relaxation. \nDr. Barbara McClure (“Bar”) is Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology and Practice at Brite Divinity School. \nDr. Karen Scheib is Professor of Pastoral Care and Pastoral Theology at Candler School of Theology at Emory University. \nTwo opportunities – \nFall – October 13-18\, 2019 at The Cliffs Resort on Possum Kingdom Lake\, TX \nSpring – April 19-24\, 2020 at Camp Allen Conference and Retreat Center\, Navasota\, TX \nWho should apply – clergy serving in congregations and other settings of ministry. \nCost – includes single occupancy lodging\, meals\, workshop\, assessment tool\, a copy of Attend to Stories: How to Flourish in Ministry\, and up to 2 hours consultation with Dr. McClure. \nCost is based on a sliding scale related to the size of the congregation’s or agency’s budget. \n\n\n\nChurch budget > 400\,000\n\n\n$225 \n\n\n\nChurch budget 200\,000 to 400\,000\n\n$150 \n\n\n\nChurch budget < 200\,000\n\n$75 \n\n\n\n\nFor more information and to apply –  www.brite.edu/flourishing or email h.neal@tcu.edu or call 817-257-7582.  Space is limited and the workshops are expected to fill quickly. \nApplication deadlines are: \nOctober Workshop – September 6\, 2019 \nApril Workshop – March 13\, 2020 \nClick here for a brochure with full details.
URL:https://www.ntnl.org/event/ministerial-flourishing-2019/
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SUMMARY:Boundary Training: Healthy Relationships in Ministry
DESCRIPTION:Location: University Christian Church\, 2720 S. University Dr.\, Fort Worth\, TX \nThis Brite Divinity School training will cover such things as: discerning the importance of healthy boundaries for building community; identifying behavior in self and others that can potentially compromise healthy relationships; developing professional ethics that sustain ministry; examining the dynamics in communities where clergy misconduct has occurred; and creating strategies for maintaining healthy relationships with self\, others\, and God. This workshop is intended to meet boundary training criteria for ministerial standing; however\, it is the participant’s responsibility to verify with their judicatory whether or not this workshop satisfies professional standing requirements. \nA certificate will be given at the end of the workshop for six contact hours of continuing education in boundary training. \nThe workshop will be led by Dr. Timothy Robinson\, Alberta H. and Harold L. Lunger Associate Professor of Spiritual Disciplines and Resources\, at Brite and Rev. Christy Drechsel\, Regional Executive\, Christian Church in the Southwest (Disciples of Christ). \nRegistration is $20 for the day and does not include lunch. Online registration at: www.brite.edu/boundary. For more information\, call 817.257.7589 or email h.neal@tcu.edu.
URL:https://www.ntnl.org/event/boundary-training-healthy-relationships-in-ministry-2019/
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SUMMARY:“Transforming Discipleship: Faith\, Love and Hope after Empire”
DESCRIPTION:Fifteenth Joe A. and Nancy Vaughn Stalcup Lecture on Christian Unity \nLocation: East Dallas Christian Church \nFree and open to the public \nRSVP requested \nJooseop Keum is Distinguished Professor of World Christianity at the Presbyterian University and Theological Seminary (PUTS) in Seoul\, South Korea. Rev. Dr. Keum served the World Council of Churches (WCC) based in Geneva\, Switzerland for ten years as Director of the Commission on World Mission and Evangelism (CWME) and as editor of International Review of Mission\, which is the missiological journal incepted by the World Missionary Conference in Edinburgh 1910. He taught history and issues of ecumenical missiology as research professor at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. Dr. Keum received a PhD at New College\, University of Edinburgh\, and served the Council for World Mission in London as the executive secretary of Mission Programme. Prof. Keum’s main focus of research is ecumenical understanding and practice of mission in the context of world Christianity. His current project is a forthcoming book on A Missiology of Life. He is the main editor of the new WCC mission statement\, Together towards Life: Mission and Evangelism in Changing Landscapes. He organised the 14th World Mission Conference in 2018 with a great success in Arusha\, Tanzania. Debracen Reformed Theological University awarded him an honorary doctorate in reformed theology. He is an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church of Korea (PCK). \nClick here for a flyer with full details.
URL:https://www.ntnl.org/event/transforming-discipleship-faith-love-and-hope-after-empire/
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SUMMARY:Cries From the Cross (Roads): The Intersection of Poverty\, Inequality and Race in the Context of South Africa
DESCRIPTION:Brite Divinity School \npresents \nDr. Nadine Bowers Du Toit \n12noon Community Conversation \n7:30pm Public Lecture (Reception to follow) \nBoth events at the Bass Conference Center at Brite Divinity School \nClick here for a flyer with full details. \nProf Nadine Bowers Du Toit is an Associate Professor in ‘Theology and Development’ (Dept. Practical Theology & Missiology) at the Faculty of Theology\, University of Stellenbosch\, South Africa. She is also the former Dean and Head of the Department of Community Development at Cornerstone Institute (formerly Cornerstone Christian College). She holds a PhD in Practical Theology (Theology and Development) and has published close to 30 articles and chapters in both local and international journals and books. Nadine’s research has focused on the role of faith communities in addressing issues of social injustice and poverty and her most recent projects have been funded by grants from the National Research Foundation and the Nagel Centre for World Christianity. Besides lecturing\, publishing and supervising post graduate students\, Nadine is often invited to address congregations\, church leaders and Faith Based Organizations on this topic. She sees herself as an activist academic always seeking to push for space for more voices to be heard and also chairs both the Community Engagement and Transformation Committees within the school of Theology. Nadine also serves on the boards of two Non-Governmental Organisations and is the current chairperson of the Practical Theology Society of South Africa. She is married to Andries and they have an 8-year-old daughter\, Daniela.
URL:https://www.ntnl.org/event/cries-from-the-cross-roads-the-intersection-of-poverty-inequality-and-race-in-the-context-of-south-africa/
LOCATION:Brite Divinity School\, 2925 Princeton St\, Fort Worth\, TX\, 76109\, United States
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SUMMARY:Boundary Training: Healthy Relationships in Ministry
DESCRIPTION:Brite Divinity School will offer Boundary Training: Healthy Relationships in Ministry on September 17 from 9:00 to 4:00. This training will cover such things as: discerning the importance of healthy boundaries for building community; identifying behavior in self and others that can potentially compromise healthy relationships; developing professional ethics that sustain ministry; examining the dynamics in communities where clergy misconduct has occurred; and creating strategies for maintaining healthy relationships with self\, others\, and God. This workshop is intended to meet boundary training criteria for ministerial standing. \nA certificate will be given at the end of the workshop for six contact hours of continuing education in boundary training. (Please submit your certificate to jeanne@ntnl.org to add to your Rostered Minister file in our database.) \nThe workshop will be led by Rev. Dr. Joretta Marshall\, Executive Vice President and Dean and Professor of Pastoral Theology and Care\, and Rev. Dr. Timothy Robinson\, Alberta H. and Harold L. Lunger Associate Professor of Spiritual Disciplines and Resources\, at Brite. \nRegistration is $20 for the day and does not include lunch. For more information\, call 817.257.7582 or email e.theilig@tcu.edu. \nLocation: University Christian Church\, Fort Worth\, TX
URL:https://www.ntnl.org/event/boundary-training-healthy-relationships-in-ministry/
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SUMMARY:Reformation chapel service
DESCRIPTION:Please join us at 11:00 a.m. in the Robert Carr Chapel for the Reformation chapel service\, Bishop Erik Gronberg presiding. The service will be followed by a community meal and conversation in the Bass Conference Center in the Harrison Building.
URL:https://www.ntnl.org/event/reformation-chapel-service/
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