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ESR 50th Anniversary
ESR is turning 50 years old. Check here for information about ESR's celebration activities. Help us celebrate the last 50 years as well as look forward to ESR's ministry among Friends in the coming years.
50th Anniversary Celebration Travel - 2009-2010
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| Sept. 25 | Richmond, IN, Earlham School of Religion | 50th Anniversary Celebration |
| Oct. 3 | Philadelphia, PA, Arch Street Meeting House | The Intersection of Faith and Practice in Life and Ministry |
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Nov. 7 |
Grinnell, Iowa, Grinnell Friends Church |
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Dec. 5 |
Carmel, Indiana, Carmel Friends Meeting |
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Jan. 23 |
Greensboro, North Carolina, Centre Friends Meeting |
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Feb. 20 |
Whittier, California, Whittier Friends Meeting |
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Mar. 13 |
Evanston, Illinois, Evanston Friends Meeting |
Non-traditional Service: Ministering Among Friends and Beyond |
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April 24 |
Wichita, Kansas, Heartland Friends Meeting |
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June 19 |
Boston, Massachusetts, Cambridge Friends Meeting |
Building Friendships that Bridge Differences |
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July 31 |
Quaker Knoll Camp Lodge, Wilmington Yearly Meeting |
The Light in the Understanding and Experience of Early Friends |
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September |
Atlanta, Georgia |
Quakerism 201: Finding Our Way Once We've Discovered the Path |
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October |
Finale – Richmond, Indiana |
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| Nov. 6 |
White Plains, New York |
Ministry Throughout the World of Friends |
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Nov. 13 |
Baltimore, Maryland |
Pastoral Care in the Monthly Meeting |
Calendar Trivia
Jan, 2009
QUESTION: How many persons were in ESR's first graduating class in 1963?
ANSWER: 3 (Lawrence Barker, Paul Van Ness, Ann Weaver)
Feb, 2009
QUESTION: In what month is the annual meeting of the ESR Board of Advisors?
ANSWER: September
March, 2009
QUESTION: What two pieces of original artwork hang in the ESR Center Gathering Room area?
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Emily Cooper's Quilt "The Lion and the Lamb shall dwell together in Peace" |
McGaws of Boston, IN "Eye of God" Cross Sculpture |
April, 2009
QUESTION: In what year did the ESR Center (stone building) open?
ANSWER: 1989
May, 2009
QUESTION: What alum built the lectern used in the ESR dining room?
ANSWER: Keith Mardock
June, 2009
QUESTION: In what year did the faculty and staff re-paint ESR Center's classrooms and RBC's offices?
ANSWER: 2003
July, 2009
QUESTION: What person has been an ESR student, ESR faculty member, ESR advisor & Earlham trustee?
ANSWER: Keith Esch
August, 2009
QUESTION: What ESR faculty member celebrated his/her 50th birthday by skydiving?
ANSWER: Tracy Crowe
September, 2009
QUESTION: What two countries did ESR faculty and staff visit as a group?
ANSWER: England & Honduras
October, 2009
QUESTION: A gift from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundation funded the creation of what electronic resource?
ANSWER: Digital Quaker Collection
November, 2009
QUESTION: In what year did the partnership with Bethany Theological Seminary begin?
ANSWER: 1994
December, 2009
QUESTION: What was the main entree at the 1998 installation dinner of the dean?
ANSWER: Due to a miscommunication with the caterer, guests were treated to an entree of steak AND chicken!
January, 2010
QUESTION: What is the usual footwear of Jay Marshall?
ANSWER: cowboy boots
February, 2010
QUESTION: Who made the largest one time gift to ESR, and for what purpose was it given?
ANSWER: Frank Mullen, brother of Tom Mullen, for ESR's Ministry of Writing program, which Tom had developed over the years.
March, 2010
QUESTION: Who holds the longest tenure as an ESR faculty member?
ANSWER: Lonnie Valentine, Prof. of Peace and Justice Studies, who began at ESR in the 1989-1990 academic year.
