Monday, January 21
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
The Seminary is closed.
Tuesday, January 22
11:30 a.m., Opening Communion Worship Service for the 2012-2013 Spring Semester, Miller Chapel
Preacher: M. Craig Barnes, president and professor of pastoral ministry
Presiding: Janice Smith Ammon, Bryant M. Kirkland Minister of the Chapel
Immediately following the Opening Communion Worship Service
Unity Welcome Celebration for President and Mrs. Craig Barnes
Main Dining Room, Mackay Campus Center
Wednesday, January 23
1:15 p.m., Faculty Support and Development Committee Meeting, Stevenson Lounge
1:15 p.m., Masters' Studies Committee Meeting, Lawder Conference Room
3:15 p.m., Admissions Committee Meeting, Lawder Conference Room
3:15 p.m., Religion and Society Committee Meeting, Adams House Dining Room
Thursday, January 24
The Fifth Annual Institute for Multicultural Ministry
Cooper Conference Room, The Erdman Center, School of Christian Vocation and Mission
All day until 1:00 p.m., Registration, Cooper Conference Room
7:30 a.m., Breakfast Conversation with the Reverend Raafat Girgis, associate for multicultural support, Presbyterian Church (USA)
1:00 p.m., Greeting and Opening Words
1:30 p.m., Opening Plenary, "The Challenge of Multicultural Ministry," with the Reverend Jin Kim, pastor, Church of All Nations
2:30 p.m., Research/Library Workshop
3:30 p.m., Workshop Tracks
5:30 p.m., Dinner
7:00 p.m., Opening Worship
8:30 p.m., Reception
Friday, January 25
9:00 a.m., Presbyterian Ordination Exams, Main Lounge
The Fifth Annual Institute for Multicultural Ministry
Cooper Conference Room, The Erdman Center, School of Christian Vocation and Mission
7:30 a.m., Breakfast
7:45 a.m., Bible Study
9:00 a.m., Plenary, "Spirituality, Culture, and Ministry," with the Reverend Dr. Loida Martell-Otero, professor of constructive theology, Palmer Theological Seminary
10:30 a.m., Workshop Tracks 2 of 3
12:30 p.m., Lunch
1:30 p.m., Research
2:30 p.m., Break
2:50 p.m., Plenary, "That the Lord God Might Dwell Among Them: Culture as Gift and Limitation," with Jorge Lockward, director of Global Praise, United Methodist Church
4:00 p.m., Workshop Tracks 3 of 3
6:00 p.m., Dinner
Saturday, January 26
9:00 a.m., Presbyterian Ordination Exams, Main Lounge
The Fifth Annual Institute for Multicultural Ministry
Cooper Conference Room, The Erdman Center, School of Christian Vocation and Mission
7:30 a.m., Breakfast
7:45 a.m., Bible Study
9:00 a.m., Closing Plenary, "Culture, Theology, and the Church," with the Reverend Dr. Darrell L. Guder, Henry Winters Luce Professor of Missional and Ecumenical Theology, Princeton Theological Seminary
10:15 a.m., Panel/Group Discussion
11:15 a.m., Closing Remarks
