BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Earlham School of Religion - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Earlham School of Religion X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://esr.earlham.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Earlham School of Religion REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Indiana/Indianapolis BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220520T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220521T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T082901 CREATED:20220513T133739Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220513T163236Z UID:10000034-1653051600-1653152400@esr.earlham.edu SUMMARY:Commencement DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 20\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1:00 p.m. Commencement Rehearsal\, Goddard Auditorium\, Carpenter Hall \n\n\n\nGraduates\, especially the three speaking at CommencementDeans\, Registrar\, Faculty Clerk\n\n\n\n5:00 p.m. Baccalaureate Dinner\, ESR Dining Room \n\n\n\nGraduates plus 2-guests (additional guests @ $25/ea.)All facultyBoard of TrusteesBoard of Advisors\n\n\n\n6:00 p.m. Graduate Tributes by Teaching Faculty\, ESR Community Room following Dinner (giftswill be distributed) \n\n\n\n7:00 p.m. Baccalaureate Service\, Nicarry Chapel\, Bethany Seminary \n\n\n\nAll are welcome\n\n\n\n8:15 p.m. Dean’s Reception\, Gathering Room\, Bethany Seminary \n\n\n\nAll are welcome\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaturday\, May 21\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10-12 noon Commencement Brunch\, Wayne County Historical Society\, Community Room 1150 North ASt.\, Richmond\, IN 47374 \n\n\n\nAll students\, faculty\, and family members\n\n\n\n2:00 p.m. Commencement line-up\, Carpenter Hall Stairs (alt: Auxiliary Gymnasium) \n\n\n\nGraduates\, Deans\, Teaching Faculty\, Registrar\, Faculty Clerk\n\n\n\n2:30 p.m. Commencement\, Chase Stage (alt: Druley Performance Gymnasium) \n\n\n\nAll are welcome\n\n\n\nCompletion Photos\, Porch of Landrum Bolling CenterPhotographer: David Botwinik \n\n\n\nGraduatesDeansTeaching facultyRegistrarClerk of FacultyOptional: Administrative Faculty URL:https://esr.earlham.edu/event/2022-commencement/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://esr.earlham.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/3030e-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220429T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220429T200000 DTSTAMP:20260404T082901 CREATED:20220426T182822Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220426T184151Z UID:10000033-1651251600-1651262400@esr.earlham.edu SUMMARY:Kenya Night DESCRIPTION:Kenya Night graphic\n\n\n\nCome try out Kenyan food and tea\, enjoy some Kenyan music and learn about the diverse Kenyan cultures\, politics\, and religion.Free admissionLeave whenever you like! URL:https://esr.earlham.edu/event/kenya-night/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220427T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220427T180000 DTSTAMP:20260404T082901 CREATED:20220411T144210Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220419T143820Z UID:10000032-1651075200-1651082400@esr.earlham.edu SUMMARY:MDiv/pastoral care virtual info session DESCRIPTION:Learn more about the program and CPE requirements. Meet with Pastoral Care Professor Jim Higginbotham\, several alumni who have completed the program\, and the director of recruitment and admissions. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister via Eventbrite URL:https://esr.earlham.edu/event/mdiv-pastoral-care-virtual-info-session/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220409T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220409T140000 DTSTAMP:20260404T082901 CREATED:20220308T141401Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220328T131055Z UID:10000031-1649493000-1649512800@esr.earlham.edu SUMMARY:Willson Lectures DESCRIPTION:General Information\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Willson Lectureship was established at Earlham College and Earlham School of Religion in 1967 by Dr. and Mrs. J.M. Willson of Floydada\, Texas for visiting lecturers to show the possibility of a productive partnership between the Christian faith and intellectual integrity \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister for Wilson Lectures\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAgenda\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaturday\, April 9\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEventTimeNotesArrival\, Registration & Light Breakfast8:30 – 9:00 amOptional: Unprogrammed worship in the manner of friendsLecture 19:00 – 10:00 amQ & A10:00 – 10:30 amRefreshment Break10:30 – 11:00 amLecture 211:00 – 12:00 pmQ & A12:00 – 12:30 pmBook Signing / Interactions12:30 – 1:00 pmLunch1:00 – 2:00 pm$15 fee\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout our Keynote\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n\nGrace Ji-Sun Kim\, Ph.D.\n\n\n\nProfessor of Theology\n\n\n\nGrace was born in Korea\, educated in Canada\, and now teaches in the United States. She is the author or editor of 21 books\, most recently\, Invisible\, Hope in Disarray; Keeping Hope Alive; and Intersectional Theology.  She is a Series Co-Editor for Palgrave Macmillan Series\, “Asian Christianity in the Diaspora” and has served on the American Academy of Religion’s Board of Directors. \n\n\n\nShe also writes for Spirituality & Health\, Baptist News Global\, Sojourners\, Faith and Leadership\, and Wabash Center and has published in TIME\, The Huffington Post\, Christian Century\, US Catholic Magazine\, and The Nation. She is the host of the Madang podcast which is hosted by the Christian Century and is an ordained Presbyterian Church (USA) minister. More of Grace’s writing and work can be found on her blog site Loving Life. \n\n \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLecture Description\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Spirit presents itself to many as an enigma. Its existence is mysterious and complex\, generating misunderstandings and unawareness of its true purpose. The Spirit’s ambiguous nature opens the opportunity for the study to unearth the exciting truths that it holds. \n\n\n\nThe Spirit is present in our world in various forms. The lectures will examine the Spirit as experienced in light\, wind\, breath\, and vibration to help us uncover some of its aspects that invite us to work for climate justice\, racial justice\, and gender justice. The Holy Spirit has always been a mover and shaker of ideas and action. The Spirit’s presence moves\, stirs\, and changes us to become aware of the social ills in our world. \n\n\n\nThe different ways in which we reimagine the Holy Spirit can challenge some traditional assumptions in Christianity and provide a liberating vision that allows us to work for social justice. The work of the Holy Spirit stirs us to work toward new kinships with God that are sustainable\, just\, and whole. URL:https://esr.earlham.edu/event/wilson-lectures/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://esr.earlham.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/grace-ji-sun-kim.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220312T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220312T130000 DTSTAMP:20260404T082901 CREATED:20220214T221917Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220215T181038Z UID:10000030-1647072000-1647090000@esr.earlham.edu SUMMARY:Spirituality Gathering - Day 3 DESCRIPTION:General Information\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFree admission to all ESR / BTS/ EC studentsCommunity members are encouraged to pay a $30 fee for conference & Saturday lunch.Masks are required for all in-person events.Participants can only attend one workshop/sample class at a time.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister for Spirituality Gathering\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAgenda\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaturday\, March 12 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEventTimeLocationPresenter(s)Notes.Registration8 – 9 amESR Classroom Building Light breakfast“Tienes Tu Casa” Message of Friendship and hospitality from friends in Cuba9 – 10 amESR & ZOOMTom & Jade Rockwell Keynote: Giving and Receiving; Crossing Thresholds10 – 11 amESR & ZOOMMichael Birkel Break 10 minsA conversation on  Interfaith Encounters11.10 – 12.20ESR & ZOOMMichael & Lonnie Open session (Q & A)-12.20 – 12.50ESR & ZOOMMichael & Lonnie Benediction  Michael Birkel Lunch        1 pmDining Room All\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Summary\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKeynote\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMichael Birkel (ESR professor of Spirituality) will be discussing the question of being a “guest” in other people’s religion/Spirituality. Michael and Lonnie will also lead A Conversation on Interfaith Encounters drawing from their collective experiences of teaching students from a wide variety of faiths at ESR. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMore Workshops\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStories of Drawing the Bigger Circle \n\n\n\nby Tammy Forner\n\n\n\nTammy will share a story depicting a uniquely framed occurrence of hospitality that unfolded in a secular ministry of work and invites your observations about the encounter as a ground for open discussion. She invites you to bring a story that we might consider as well. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMilarepa and the Cave Demons: Exploring Hospitality in Buddhist Thought and Practice \n\n\n\nby Natalia Bowdoin (ESR M. Div. Student)\n\n\n\nNatalia Bowdoin will lead a workshop helping participants Explore hospitality in the Buddhist practice. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInformation Session\n\n\n\nProspective students learn more about ESR and explore the different offerings ESR is known for. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlumni Panel \n\n\n\nSelect alumni share about their current ministries and how ESR has helped shape them. They also take questions from prospective students. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRoom at the Table: Global Quaker view on Hospitality\n\n\n\nby Gretchen (ESR Dean)\n\n\n\nGretchen will share from her experience working with Quakers globally on the quaker view of hospitality and how that fits into the more extensive discussion on Spirituality.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSetting Out the Welcome Mat: practical hospitality in a virtual world\n\n\n\nby Kriss Miller (ESR MAPST Student)\n\n\n\nKriss will lead a workshop on the practicality of hospitality in a virtual world. How do we show hospitality in the current context of Covid-19? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLGBTQ+ Spirituality and the Bible: The responsibility of the Cis / Heterosexual\n\n\n\nby April Vanlonden (Joint Seminaries Registrar)\n\n\n\nApril will discuss the responsibility of the straight in guarding the Spirituality of the LGBTQ+ community as a form of hospitality. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Tienes Tu Casa” Message of Friendship and hospitality from friends in Cuba\n\n\n\nby Jade and Tom Rockwell\n\n\n\nJade and Tom will talk about  “you have your home\,” a message from their recent visit to Quakers in Cuba. URL:https://esr.earlham.edu/event/spirituality-gathering-day-3/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://esr.earlham.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/SaveTheDate_SpiritualityGathering.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220311T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220311T183000 DTSTAMP:20260404T082901 CREATED:20220211T201623Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220215T181005Z UID:10000028-1646987400-1647023400@esr.earlham.edu SUMMARY:Spirituality Gathering - Day 2 DESCRIPTION:General Information\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFree admission to all ESR / BTS/ EC studentsCommunity members are encouraged to pay a $30 fee for conference & Saturday lunch.Masks are required for all in-person events.Participants can only attend one workshop/sample class at a time.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister for Spirituality Gathering\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAgenda\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFriday\, March 11\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEventTimeLocationPresenter(s)Notes.Music session8.30 – 9.00Quigg + ZoomGretchen & DavidCentering session To prepare for the welcoming addressWelcome address9 – 9.30Quigg + ZoomGretchenFree admission All are invited either in person or on zoomHermit Crabs and the Hospitality of Genre10 – 11 amzoomBen BrazilSample class  Room at the Table: Global Quaker view on Hospitality10 – 11 amzoomGretchen CastleSample class  Setting Out the Welcome Mat: practical hospitality in a virtual world2 pm – 3 pmzoomKriss MillerWorkshops Free admission (Registration required)LGBTQ+ Spirituality and the Bible: The responsibility of the Cis / Heterosexual2 pm – 3 pmzoomApril Vanlonden In-person musical interlude-5- 6.30 pmESR classroom buildingMimi Holland \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Summary\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKeynote\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMichael Birkel (ESR professor of Spirituality) will be discussing the question of being a “guest” in other people’s religion/Spirituality. Michael and Lonnie will also lead A Conversation on Interfaith Encounters drawing from their collective experiences of teaching students from a wide variety of faiths at ESR. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMore Workshops\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStories of Drawing the Bigger Circle \n\n\n\nby Tammy Forner\n\n\n\nTammy will share a story depicting a uniquely framed occurrence of hospitality that unfolded in a secular ministry of work and invites your observations about the encounter as a ground for open discussion. She invites you to bring a story that we might consider as well. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMilarepa and the Cave Demons: Exploring Hospitality in Buddhist Thought and Practice \n\n\n\nby Natalia Bowdoin (ESR M. Div. Student)\n\n\n\nNatalia Bowdoin will lead a workshop helping participants Explore hospitality in the Buddhist practice. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInformation Session\n\n\n\nProspective students learn more about ESR and explore the different offerings ESR is known for. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlumni Panel \n\n\n\nSelect alumni share about their current ministries and how ESR has helped shape them. They also take questions from prospective students. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRoom at the Table: Global Quaker view on Hospitality\n\n\n\nby Gretchen (ESR Dean)\n\n\n\nGretchen will share from her experience working with Quakers globally on the quaker view of hospitality and how that fits into the more extensive discussion on Spirituality.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSetting Out the Welcome Mat: practical hospitality in a virtual world\n\n\n\nby Kriss Miller (ESR MAPST Student)\n\n\n\nKriss will lead a workshop on the practicality of hospitality in a virtual world. How do we show hospitality in the current context of Covid-19? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLGBTQ+ Spirituality and the Bible: The responsibility of the Cis / Heterosexual\n\n\n\nby April Vanlonden (Joint Seminaries Registrar)\n\n\n\nApril will discuss the responsibility of the straight in guarding the Spirituality of the LGBTQ+ community as a form of hospitality. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Tienes Tu Casa” Message of Friendship and hospitality from friends in Cuba\n\n\n\nby Jade and Tom Rockwell\n\n\n\nJade and Tom will talk about  “you have your home\,” a message from their recent visit to Quakers in Cuba. URL:https://esr.earlham.edu/event/spirituality-gathering-day-2/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://esr.earlham.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/SaveTheDate_SpiritualityGathering.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220310T112000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20220310T171500 DTSTAMP:20260404T082901 CREATED:20220214T221807Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220215T180932Z UID:10000029-1646911200-1646932500@esr.earlham.edu SUMMARY:Spirituality Gathering - Day 1 DESCRIPTION:General Information\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFree admission to all ESR / BTS/ EC studentsCommunity members are encouraged to pay a $30 fee for conference & Saturday lunch.Masks are required for all in-person events.Participants can only attend one workshop/sample class at a time.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister for Spirituality Gathering\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAgenda\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThursday\, March 10 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEventTimeLocationPresenter(s)Notes.Opening Worship11.20 – 1200Quigg + ZoomBrown MujeteWorship is open to everyone registered or not.Stories of Drawing the Bigger Circle2 -3 pmZoomTammy FornerWorkshopMilarepa and the Cave Demons: Exploring Hospitality in Buddhist Thought and Practice2 – 3 pmZoomNatalia BowdoinworkshopInformation Session3 – 4 pmZoomJulie DishmanFree admission Prospective students + any other community members\, including current students and alumni\, are invited.Alumni panel4.15 – 5.15ZoomJulie DishmanFree admission\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Summary\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKeynote\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMichael Birkel (ESR professor of Spirituality) will be discussing the question of being a “guest” in other people’s religion/Spirituality. Michael and Lonnie will also lead A Conversation on Interfaith Encounters drawing from their collective experiences of teaching students from a wide variety of faiths at ESR. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMore Workshops\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStories of Drawing the Bigger Circle \n\n\n\nby Tammy Forner\n\n\n\nTammy will share a story depicting a uniquely framed occurrence of hospitality that unfolded in a secular ministry of work and invites your observations about the encounter as a ground for open discussion. She invites you to bring a story that we might consider as well. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMilarepa and the Cave Demons: Exploring Hospitality in Buddhist Thought and Practice \n\n\n\nby Natalia Bowdoin (ESR M. Div. Student)\n\n\n\nNatalia Bowdoin will lead a workshop helping participants Explore hospitality in the Buddhist practice. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInformation Session\n\n\n\nProspective students learn more about ESR and explore the different offerings ESR is known for. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlumni Panel \n\n\n\nSelect alumni share about their current ministries and how ESR has helped shape them. They also take questions from prospective students. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRoom at the Table: Global Quaker view on Hospitality\n\n\n\nby Gretchen (ESR Dean)\n\n\n\nGretchen will share from her experience working with Quakers globally on the quaker view of hospitality and how that fits into the more extensive discussion on Spirituality.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSetting Out the Welcome Mat: practical hospitality in a virtual world\n\n\n\nby Kriss Miller (ESR MAPST Student)\n\n\n\nKriss will lead a workshop on the practicality of hospitality in a virtual world. How do we show hospitality in the current context of Covid-19? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLGBTQ+ Spirituality and the Bible: The responsibility of the Cis / Heterosexual\n\n\n\nby April Vanlonden (Joint Seminaries Registrar)\n\n\n\nApril will discuss the responsibility of the straight in guarding the Spirituality of the LGBTQ+ community as a form of hospitality. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Tienes Tu Casa” Message of Friendship and hospitality from friends in Cuba\n\n\n\nby Jade and Tom Rockwell\n\n\n\nJade and Tom will talk about  “you have your home\,” a message from their recent visit to Quakers in Cuba. URL:https://esr.earlham.edu/event/spirituality-gathering-day-1/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://esr.earlham.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/SaveTheDate_SpiritualityGathering.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20211118T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20211118T120000 DTSTAMP:20260404T082901 CREATED:20211108T162530Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211108T164903Z UID:10000026-1637236800-1637236800@esr.earlham.edu SUMMARY:Access - ESR's Distance Program DESCRIPTION:You can earn the M.Div.\, M.A. in Religion\, or M.A.: Theopoetics and Writing degrees\, by taking a combination of online courses\, “blended” courses\, and two-week intensive courses at ESR in Richmond\, Indiana. Learn more during this virtual information session. \n\n\n\nNote: This is a virtual event. After registration\, you will receive an e-mail with information on how to connect. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n Your Name(Required)\n \n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n Your Email(Required) URL:https://esr.earlham.edu/event/access-event/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20211117T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20211117T203000 DTSTAMP:20260404T082901 CREATED:20211117T150922Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211117T151524Z UID:10000027-1637175600-1637181000@esr.earlham.edu SUMMARY:Invisible: Racism\, Sexism and Xenophobia: A Public Lecture by Grace Ji-Sun Kim DESCRIPTION:Invisibility persists throughout the Asian American story. On the one hand\, xenophobia has long contributed to racism and discrimination toward Asian Americans. On the other hand\, terms such as perpetual foreigner and honorific whites have been thrust upon Asian Americans\, minimizing their plight with racism and erasing their experience as racial minorities. Even more indiscernible in America’s racial landscape are Asian American women. The compounded effects of a patriarchal Asian culture and a marginalizing American culture are formidable\, steadily removing the recognition of these women’s lives\, voices\, and agency. \n\n\n\nInvisibility is not only a racial and cultural issue\, but also a profound spiritual issue. The Western church—and its theology—has historically obscured the concerns of Asian Americans. The Asian American church relegates women to domestic\, supportive roles meant to uplift male leaders. This lecture will explore Invisibility as a theological and spiritual concept and see how we can work towards inclusion\, liberation and embrace. \n\n\n\nIf you’d like to receive a free copy of Grace Ji-Sun Kim’s book\, Invisible\, please let us know that you’re interested by filling out this Google Form. Many thanks to the GU Women’s Center for generously making these copies available! \n\n\n\nAbout the Speaker:Grace Ji-Sun Kim received her Ph.D. from the University of Toronto and is Professor of Theology at Earlham School of Religion. She is the author or editor of 20 books\, most recently\, Invisible; Hope in Disarray; Keeping Hope Alive; and Intersectional Theology. Kim is a Series Editor for Palgrave Macmillan Series\, “Asian Christianity in the Diaspora” and has served on the American Academy of Religion’s Board of Directors. Kim writes for Baptist News Global\, Sojourners\, Faith and Leadership and Wabash Center and has published in TIME\, The Huffington Post\, Christian Century\, US Catholic Magazine and The Nation. She is the host of Madang podcast which is hosted by the Christian Century and is an ordained Presbyterian Church (USA) minister. More of her writing and work can be found on her blog site https://gracejisunkim.wordpress.com/ URL:https://esr.earlham.edu/event/invisible-racism-sexism-and-xenophobia-a-public-lecture-by-grace-ji-sun-kim/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20211111T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20211111T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T082901 CREATED:20211028T184758Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211102T155558Z UID:10000025-1636646400-1636646400@esr.earlham.edu SUMMARY:The Separation Generation DESCRIPTION:A discussion with the authors: \n\n\n\nEarlham School of Religion Leatherock Professor of Quaker Studies Steve AngellRetired peace activist and journalist Chuck FagerEarlham School of Religion student Jade Souza\n\n\n\nFrom 2009 to 2018\, five Quaker yearly meetings either formally underwent a separation into two or more new yearly meetings\, or obliged numerous member Friends churches to go independent\, or both. These were the most extensive and serious schisms in Quaker polity in more than a century\, and the divisions reflect the continuing cultural and social conflicts that are shaking American religion and politics. \n\n\n\nThe Separation Generation is the first published account of these events. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister for The Separation Generation\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n \n HiddenEvent name(Required) Name(Required)\n \n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n Email(Required)\n \n Address(Required) \n \n \n \n Street Address\n \n \n Address Line 2\n \n \n City\n \n \n State / Province / Region\n \n \n ZIP / Postal Code\n \n AfghanistanAlbaniaAlgeriaAmerican SamoaAndorraAngolaAnguillaAntarcticaAntigua and BarbudaArgentinaArmeniaArubaAustraliaAustriaAzerbaijanBahamasBahrainBangladeshBarbadosBelarusBelgiumBelizeBeninBermudaBhutanBoliviaBonaire\, Sint Eustatius and SabaBosnia and HerzegovinaBotswanaBouvet IslandBrazilBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryBrunei DarussalamBulgariaBurkina FasoBurundiCabo VerdeCambodiaCameroonCanadaCayman IslandsCentral African RepublicChadChileChinaChristmas IslandCocos IslandsColombiaComorosCongoCongo\, Democratic Republic of theCook IslandsCosta RicaCroatiaCubaCuraçaoCyprusCzechiaCôte d'IvoireDenmarkDjiboutiDominicaDominican RepublicEcuadorEgyptEl SalvadorEquatorial GuineaEritreaEstoniaEswatiniEthiopiaFalkland IslandsFaroe IslandsFijiFinlandFranceFrench GuianaFrench PolynesiaFrench Southern TerritoriesGabonGambiaGeorgiaGermanyGhanaGibraltarGreeceGreenlandGrenadaGuadeloupeGuamGuatemalaGuernseyGuineaGuinea-BissauGuyanaHaitiHeard Island and McDonald IslandsHoly SeeHondurasHong KongHungaryIcelandIndiaIndonesiaIranIraqIrelandIsle of ManIsraelItalyJamaicaJapanJerseyJordanKazakhstanKenyaKiribatiKorea\, Democratic People's Republic ofKorea\, Republic ofKuwaitKyrgyzstanLao People's Democratic RepublicLatviaLebanonLesothoLiberiaLibyaLiechtensteinLithuaniaLuxembourgMacaoMadagascarMalawiMalaysiaMaldivesMaliMaltaMarshall IslandsMartiniqueMauritaniaMauritiusMayotteMexicoMicronesiaMoldovaMonacoMongoliaMontenegroMontserratMoroccoMozambiqueMyanmarNamibiaNauruNepalNetherlandsNew CaledoniaNew ZealandNicaraguaNigerNigeriaNiueNorfolk IslandNorth MacedoniaNorthern Mariana IslandsNorwayOmanPakistanPalauPalestine\, State ofPanamaPapua New GuineaParaguayPeruPhilippinesPitcairnPolandPortugalPuerto RicoQatarRomaniaRussian FederationRwandaRéunionSaint BarthélemySaint Helena\, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaSaint Kitts and NevisSaint LuciaSaint MartinSaint Pierre and MiquelonSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesSamoaSan MarinoSao Tome and PrincipeSaudi ArabiaSenegalSerbiaSeychellesSierra LeoneSingaporeSint MaartenSlovakiaSloveniaSolomon IslandsSomaliaSouth AfricaSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsSouth SudanSpainSri LankaSudanSurinameSvalbard and Jan MayenSwedenSwitzerlandSyria Arab RepublicTaiwanTajikistanTanzania\, the United Republic ofThailandTimor-LesteTogoTokelauTongaTrinidad and TobagoTunisiaTurkmenistanTurks and Caicos IslandsTuvaluTürkiyeUS Minor Outlying IslandsUgandaUkraineUnited Arab EmiratesUnited KingdomUnited StatesUruguayUzbekistanVanuatuVenezuelaViet NamVirgin Islands\, BritishVirgin Islands\, U.S.Wallis and FutunaWestern SaharaYemenZambiaZimbabweÅland Islands\n Country\n \n \n Meeting or church affiliation Areas of interest for this discussionOptional\n \n I would like to receive occasional emails from QLC about upcoming events\n \n \n I would like to receive weekly Friendly Reminder blog reflections URL:https://esr.earlham.edu/event/the-separation-generation/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://esr.earlham.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/separation-generation-event-banner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20211023T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20211023T190000 DTSTAMP:20260404T082901 CREATED:20210924T152422Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211012T153626Z UID:10000023-1634977800-1635015600@esr.earlham.edu SUMMARY:Virtual 2021 ESR and Bethany Seminary Ministry of Writing Colloquium: Grace\, Play\, Delight DESCRIPTION:Ft. Carrie Newcomer and Pádraig O’Tuama\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGrace\, Play\, Delight: If those words were friends\, we’d wonder why they never called anymore. But to cope with an ongoing pandemic and confront our era’s injustices\, we need to hear from them. We could also use a visit from their friends\, joy and beauty. \n\n\n\nDate: Friday\, October 22\, 2021 (8:00PM) & October 23\, 2021 (8:30AM – 7:30PM) \n\n\n\nLocation: This event will be hosted via Zoom and Mandolin \n\n\n\nTicketing: This is an entirely virtual event hosted via online platforms\, a first for the ESR Writing Colloquium! We ask participants to pay what they are able. \n\n\n\nRecommended payment for a single session: $20Recommended payment for the entire event: $50\n\n\n\nAlthough no payment is necessary to attend\, registration is required. \n\n\n\n \n Register here \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSchedule (All times are in EST)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFriday\, October 22\, 2021 (8:00PM)\n\n\n\nAn evening with Carrie Newcomer \n\n\n\nSaturday\, October 23\, 2021 (8:30AM – 7:30PM)\n\n\n\n(8:30AM) – Zoom opens(8:45AM – 8:55AM) – Optional Silent Worship(9:00AM – 10:45AM) – Lis Valle \, Why Play? Divine Delight Inspiring Theopoetics and Theological Writing(10:45AM – 11:00AM) – Break(11:00AM – 12:30PM) – Workshop Session 1 (see options below)(12:30PM – 1:45PM) – Lunch /Hang-out (open Zoom session)(1:45PM – 3:15PM) – Workshop Session 2 (see options below)(3:30PM – 5:00PM) – Workshop Session 3 (see options below)(6:00PM – 7:30PM) – Pádraig Ó Tuama\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSessions\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAn evening with Carrie Newcomer (Friday\, October 22\, 2021\, 8:00PM)\n\n\n\nLivestream performance. Dubbed a “prairie mystic” by the Boston Globe\, Carrie has 19 albums and three books of poetry to her credit. This fall\, she will release “Until Now” (Available Light). Carrie is a Quaker and well known in the Earlham community. She has performed on campus multiple times and is mother of a 2005 Earlham College graduate. \n\n\n\nLis Valle\, Why Play? Divine Delight Inspiring Theopoetics and Theological Writing (Saturday\, October 23\, 2021\, 9:00AM – 10:45AM)\n\n\n\nIs there such a thing as a theology of play? How may theology frame grace\, play\, and delight as sources for writing? How may we write about theological grace\, play\, and delight? Show up and accept the challenge to co-create a plenary session around the connections between Grace\, play\, delight\, joy\, beauty\, writing and otherwise generating and sharing theological knowledge. \n\n\n\nPádraig O’Tauma (Saturday\, October 23\, 2021\, 6:00PM – 7:30PM)\n\n\n\nHost of the podcast Poetry Unbound with On Being Media\, Padraig’s work encompasses hosting storytelling events\, peacemaking\, publishing poems\, and co-authoring (with Glenn Jordan) the book Borders & Belonging: The Book of Ruth — A Story for Our Times (Canterbury Press\, 2021). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWorkshop Sessions \n\n\n\nEach workshop leader will be available for both session 1 & 2 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCarrie Newcomer\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMini-retreat 1: Telling Our Story in Song: An Experiment in Online Community Songwriting \n\n\n\nWorkshop session 1\n\n\n\nCan one of Carrie’s favorite workshops come to life online? There’s only one way to find out! Based on Carrie’s fast-paced and playful community songwriting retreat\, participants will partner with Carrie to write a song in real-time. Without requiring any musical experience\, the workshop will move through the songwriting process: choosing a topic\, creating the language\, and moving the language into music form. In person\, the group would sing the song together at the end. On Zoom? We’re still kinda figuring that out. Getting to delight means risking uncertainty; it’s more fun together. \n\n\n\nMini-retreat 2: The Beautiful Not Yet: The Practice of Hope In Hard Times\n\n\n\nWorkshop session 2\n\n\n\nLiving into a sustainable hope is getting a bead on a true north and then walking toward it\, living into love is a daily practice\, our work for a better\, kinder world is an orientation not a destination. That’s the starting point for this retreat\, which explores how we maintain hope and sustain vision during times of individual and community challenge. In a time of continued uncertainty\, division\, and weariness\, staying present to daily moments of beauty and delight is not a luxury but a necessity. Living into a sustainable kind of hope is not as a destination\, but a daily orientation. Carrie will use music\, poetry\, reflective writing\, and small and large group conversation to explore the personal stories and practices that keeps us resilient and help us to stay centered in daily\, life-giving action. Participants will consider the things that have helped them maintain hope in the past and how to access them\, as well as what new practices might be possible in our present circumstances. Be ready to write\, on paper or on your computer. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPaul Kareen Tayyar – In Praise of Ordinary Things\n\n\n\nWorkshop sessions 2 & 3\n\n\n\nFrom the work of Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson onward\, the praise poem has been a mainstay of American poetry\, and for good reason: it is a form that lends itself to prioritizing the intimate\, the personal\, and the spiritual in a manner that eschews dogma and sweeping generalizations. This workshop will focus on the necessary components that comprise a good praise poem\, which include an attention to detail\, an original narrative voice\, and an embrace of the transcendent beauty to be found in life’s ordinary experiences. \n\n\n\nPaul Kareem Tayyar’s most recent books are “Let Us Now Praise Ordinary Things” (Arroyo Seco Press\, 2021) and “Immigrant Songs” (WordTech\, 2019). Previous works of his include “The Prince of Orange County” (Pelekinesis\, 2018)\, which received the Eric Hoffer Prize for Young Adult Fiction. His essays\, poetry\, and fiction have been published in a wide variety of journals\, including Alaska Quarterly Review\, Arkansas Review\, Brilliant Corners\, Prairie Schooner\, and The Writer’s Almanac. He is a Professor of English at Golden West College in Huntington Beach\, California\, and he holds a Ph.D. in literature from U.C. Riverside.” \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAmy Lyles Wilson (M.A.\, M.T.S.) – “Coming Home”\n\n\n\nWorkshop sessions 1 & 3\n\n\n\nSometimes we’re so busy listening to what society has in mind for us that we neglect our own journeys. Earning a living\, chasing a dream\, caring for loved ones\, suffering a loss. Any of life’s challenges—and we’ve all got them\, regardless of our station in life—can steer us away from the truest desires of our hearts. Then one day we wake up and discover we’re not where we thought we’d be. How did that happen\, we ask? Please join us for this expressive writing workshop\, where we’ll engage with prompts\, readings\, and reflections designed to help us write our way home: to ourselves\, to God\, to the human condition. You needn’t consider yourself a writer to join us. You just need to honor your voice and follow your heart. \n\n\n\nAmy Lyles Wilson is a writer\, story coach\, and spiritual director who believes it’s the sharing of our stories that saves us. Toward that end\, she encourages and equips people to get to the heart of the matter through a variety of creative and spiritual practices. From writing to SoulCollage®\, art journaling to meditation\, Amy Lyles celebrates the life that can be found at the intersection of creativity and spirituality. She has co-authored or contributed to eight books and various periodicals\, taught writing at the Earlham School of Religion\, and facilitated workshops at the Chautauqua Institution\, St. Mary’s-Sewanee\, and Escape to Create (Seaside\, Florida). Visit Amy’s website. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLis Valle – The Power of Divine Play\n\n\n\nWorkshop sessions 2 & 3\n\n\n\nDrawing on her theater formal and experiential education and experience\, Lis Valle-Ruiz shares how improv games can create social connections in times of social distancing\, mediate God’s Grace\, and nurture spirituality. Participants will learn by doing. Come ready to play! Be open to spiritually grow through play! Let play nurture your writing!Rev. Lis Valle-Ruiz is Assistant Professor of Homiletics and Worship and Director of Community Worship Life at McCormick Theological Seminary\, Chicago\, IL. She earned her PhD in Homiletics and Liturgics from Vanderbilt University\, Nashville\, TN\, where she also studied gender and sexuality. Lis holds a BA in education with a major in theater. She has been playing and doing theater her whole life playing many roles that include actress\, playwright\, theater teacher\, creative worship designer\, artistic director\, producer\, retreat director\, performer\, improviser…. Play and prayer guide her scholarly and theopoetic work geared towards nurturing Divine connections between humans and God\, other humans\, self\, and the Earth. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOnline Platforms\n\n\n\nMajority of this event will be hosted via Zoom. You do not need to have an account to access this event. You will receive zoom links from ESR upon registration. \n\n\n\nAn evening with Carrie Newcomer will be hosted via Mandolin. You will receive information on how to receive this link upon registration. \n\n\n\nInformation\n\n\n\nThe Writing Colloquium is co-sponsored by Bethany Theological Seminary and it supports the writing and work of the joint Master of Arts in Theopoetics and Writing that is offered by both institutions. If you are interested in learning more about this or other ESR programs\, fill out the ESR request more information form to get connected with us as a prospective student. If you are interested in learning more about this or other ESR programs\, fill out the BTS request more information form to get connected with us as a prospective student. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nFacebook ESR Page \n\n\n\nInstagram \n\n\n\nTwitter \n\n\n\nLinked-in \n\n\n\nView the Bethany Theological Seminary website \n\n\n\nFacebook BTS Page \n\n\n\nBTS Instagram \n\n\n\nBTS TwitterIf you have questions about this event\, please email esr@earlham.edu URL:https://esr.earlham.edu/event/virtual-2021-ministry-of-writing-colloquium-grace-play-delight-2/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://esr.earlham.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/wc-event-banner.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20211022T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20211022T200000 DTSTAMP:20260404T082901 CREATED:20210923T180423Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210924T162306Z UID:10000022-1634932800-1634932800@esr.earlham.edu SUMMARY:Virtual 2021 Ministry of Writing Colloquium: Grace\, Play\, Delight DESCRIPTION:Ft. Carrie Newcomer and Pádraig O’Tuama\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGrace\, Play\, Delight: If those words were friends\, we’d wonder why they never called anymore. But to cope with an ongoing pandemic and confront our era’s injustices\, we need to hear from them. We could also use a visit from their friends\, joy and beauty. \n\n\n\nDate: Friday\, October 22\, 2021 (8:00PM) & October 23\, 2021 (8:30AM – 7:30PM) \n\n\n\nLocation: This event will be hosted via Zoom and Mandolin \n\n\n\nTicketing: This is an entirely virtual event hosted via online platforms\, a first for the ESR Writing Colloquium! We ask participants to pay what they are able. \n\n\n\nRecommended payment for a single session: $20Recommended payment for the entire event: $50\n\n\n\nAlthough no payment is necessary to attend\, registration is required. \n\n\n\n \n Register here \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSchedule (All times are in EST)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFriday\, October 22\, 2021 (8:00PM)\n\n\n\nAn evening with Carrie Newcomer \n\n\n\nSaturday\, October 23\, 2021 (8:30AM – 7:30PM)\n\n\n\n(8:30M) – Zoom opens(8:45AM – 8:55AM) – Optional Silent Worship(9:00AM – 10:45AM) – Plenary 1(10:45AM – 11:00AM) – Break(11:00AM – 12:30PM) – Workshop Session 1 (see options below)(12:30PM – 1:45PM) – Lunch /Hang-out (open Zoom session)(1:45PM – 3:15PM) – Workshop Session 2 (see options below)(6:00PM – 7:30PM) – Padraig O’Tuama\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSessions\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAn evening with Carrie Newcomer (Friday\, October 22\, 2021\,8:00PM)\n\n\n\nLivestream performance. Dubbed a “prairie mystic” by the Boston Globe\, Carrie has 19 albums and three books of poetry to her credit. This fall\, she will release “Until Now” (Available Light). Carrie is a Quaker and well known in the Earlham community. She has performed on campus multiple times and is mother of a 2005 Earlham College graduate. \n\n\n\nPádraig O’Tauma (Saturday\, October 23\, 2021\, 6:00PM – 7:30PM)\n\n\n\nHost of the podcast Poetry Unbound with On Being Media\, Padraig’s work encompasses hosting storytelling events\, peacemaking\, publishing poems\, and co-authoring (with Glenn Jordan) the book Borders & Belonging: The Book of Ruth — A Story for Our Times (Canterbury Press\, 2021). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWorkshop Sessions \n\n\n\nEach workshop leader will be available for both session 1 & 2 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCarrie Newcomer\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMini-retreat 1: The Beautiful Not Yet: The Practice of Hope In Hard Times\n\n\n\nLiving into a sustainable hope is getting a bead on a true north and then walking toward it\, living into love is a daily practice\, our work for a better\, kinder world is an orientation not a destination. That’s the starting point for this retreat\, which explores how we maintain hope and sustain vision during times of individual and community challenge. In a time of continued uncertainty\, division\, and weariness\, staying present to daily moments of beauty and delight is not a luxury but a necessity. Living into a sustainable kind of hope is not as a destination\, but a daily orientation. Carrie will use music\, poetry\, reflective writing\, and small and large group conversation to explore the personal stories and practices that keeps us resilient and help us to stay centered in daily\, life-giving action. Participants will consider the things that have helped them maintain hope in the past and how to access them\, as well as what new practices might be possible in our present circumstances. Be ready to write\, on paper or on your computer. \n\n\n\nMini-retreat 2: Telling Our Story in Song: An Experiment in Online Community Songwriting\n\n\n\nCan one of Carrie’s favorite workshops come to life online? There’s only one way to find out! Based on Carrie’s fast-paced and playful community songwriting retreat\, participants will partner with Carrie to write a song in real-time. Without requiring any musical experience\, the workshop will move through the songwriting process: choosing a topic\, creating the language\, and moving the language into music form. In person\, the group would sing the song together at the end. On Zoom? We’re still kinda figuring that out. Getting to delight means risking uncertainty; it’s more fun together. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPaul Kareen Tayyar – In Praise of Ordinary Things\n\n\n\nFrom the work of Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson onward\, the praise poem has been a mainstay of American poetry\, and for good reason: it is a form that lends itself to prioritizing the intimate\, the personal\, and the spiritual in a manner that eschews dogma and sweeping generalizations. This workshop will focus on the necessary components that comprise a good praise poem\, which include an attention to detail\, an original narrative voice\, and an embrace of the transcendent beauty to be found in life’s ordinary experiences. \n\n\n\nPaul Kareem Tayyar’s most recent books are “Let Us Now Praise Ordinary Things” (Arroyo Seco Press\, 2021) and “Immigrant Songs” (WordTech\, 2019). Previous works of his include “The Prince of Orange County” (Pelekinesis\, 2018)\, which received the Eric Hoffer Prize for Young Adult Fiction. His essays\, poetry\, and fiction have been published in a wide variety of journals\, including Alaska Quarterly Review\, Arkansas Review\, Brilliant Corners\, Prairie Schooner\, and The Writer’s Almanac. He is a Professor of English at Golden West College in Huntington Beach\, California\, and he holds a Ph.D. in literature from U.C. Riverside.” \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAmy Lyles Wilson (M.A.\, M.T.S.) – “Coming Home”\n\n\n\nSometimes we’re so busy listening to what society has in mind for us that we neglect our own journeys. Earning a living\, chasing a dream\, caring for loved ones\, suffering a loss. Any of life’s challenges—and we’ve all got them\, regardless of our station in life—can steer us away from the truest desires of our hearts. Then one day we wake up and discover we’re not where we thought we’d be. How did that happen\, we ask? Please join us for this expressive writing workshop\, where we’ll engage with prompts\, readings\, and reflections designed to help us write our way home: to ourselves\, to God\, to the human condition. You needn’t consider yourself a writer to join us. You just need to honor your voice and follow your heart. \n\n\n\nAmy Lyles Wilson is a writer\, story coach\, and spiritual director who believes it’s the sharing of our stories that saves us. Toward that end\, she encourages and equips people to get to the heart of the matter through a variety of creative and spiritual practices. From writing to SoulCollage®\, art journaling to meditation\, Amy Lyles celebrates the life that can be found at the intersection of creativity and spirituality. She has co-authored or contributed to eight books and various periodicals\, taught writing at the Earlham School of Religion\, and facilitated workshops at the Chautauqua Institution\, St. Mary’s-Sewanee\, and Escape to Create (Seaside\, Florida). Visit Amy’s website. \n\n\n\n\n\nMore workshop sessions to be announced. Follow us on social media to get updates: \n\n\n\nFacebook ESR Page \n\n\n\nInstagram \n\n\n\nTwitter \n\n\n\nLinked-in \n\n\n\nOnline Platforms\n\n\n\nMajority of this event will be hosted via Zoom. You do not need to have an account to access this event. You will receive zoom links from ESR upon registration. \n\n\n\nAn evening with Carrie Newcomer will be hosted via Mandolin. You do not need to have an account to access this event. You will receive information on how to receive this link upon registration. \n\n\n\nInformation \n\n\n\nThe Writing Colloquium is co-sponsored by Bethany Theological Seminary and it supports the writing and work of the joint Master of Arts in Theopoetics and Writing that is offered by both institutions. If you are interested in learning more about this or other ESR programs\, fill our request more information form to get connected with us as a prospective student. URL:https://esr.earlham.edu/event/virtual-2021-ministry-of-writing-colloquium-grace-play-delight/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://esr.earlham.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/carrie-newcomer.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20211022T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20211028T210000 DTSTAMP:20260404T082901 CREATED:20210924T154716Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211022T151446Z UID:10000024-1634900400-1635454800@esr.earlham.edu SUMMARY:2021 Fall Virtual Visit Week DESCRIPTION:In Conjunction with the ESR Writing for Ministry Colloquium \n\n\n\nThe Virtual ESR Visit Week\, October 22-28\, will include a professor discussion\, class visits or sample classes\, information sessions\, student & alumni panels\, and more. \n\n\n\nAttendees are also invited to join Quaker singer-songwriter Carrie Newcomer and poet-peacemaker Pádraig Ó Tuama on Oct. 22-23 for an entirely online Ministry of Writing Colloquium. \n\n\n\nLearn more about ESR’s programs and community\, with a focus on the MA in Theopoetics & Writing Program. All are welcome. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nContact Julie Dishman at dishmju@earlham.edu to register \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVirtual Visit Week Schedule\n\n\n\nTimes are Eastern Daylight Savings Time \n\n\n\nFriday\, October 22\n\n\n\n11:00 am – MA Theopoetics & Writing Student/Alumni Panel – Meet students and alumni of the MATW program to learn more about the courses at Earlham School of Religion and Bethany Theological Seminary. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87660419596 \n\n\n\n1:00 pm – MATW Professor Discussion with Scott Holland (Bethany Seminary) and Ben Brazil (Earlham School of Religion) – Meet Scott Holland\, Bethany Theological Seminary’s Theopoetics Professor\, and Ben Brazil\, Earlham School of Religion’s Writing Professor\, and hear about the MA in Theopetics & Writing\, a program of both seminaries. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82277937691 \n\n\n\n2:30 pm – ESR Information Session – Learn about Earlham School of Religion programs and community. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85294176441 \n\n\n\n8:00 pm – Kick off the Ministry of Writing Colloquium with a concert by Carrie Newcomer – Register for the Colloquium or see a full schedule here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-esr-2021-writing-colloquium-grace-play-delight-tickets-170286145445 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaturday\, October 23\n\n\n\nAll Day – Writing Colloquium Workshops – go here for a full schedule and to register for the Colloquium- https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-esr-2021-writing-colloquium-grace-play-delight-tickets-170286145445 \n\n\n\n6:00 pm – Closing Plenary with Pádraig Ó Tuama\, Host of Poetry Unbound with NPR’s On Being – For full schedule and to register for the Colloquium – https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-esr-2021-writing-colloquium-grace-play-delight-tickets-170286145445 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTuesday\, October 26\n\n\n\n1:20-2:30 pm – Sample Class: Exploring Jewish Mystical Texts with Michael Birkel\, who teaches courses in spirituality and in interfaith studies at ESR\, invites visitors to join him in reading together some passages from the Zohar\, the most influential of Jewish mystical texts. Come and expand your notion of how the universe works! (Contact Julie Dishman at dishmju@earlham.edu to register) \n\n\n\n6:10-9:00 pm – Class Visit: Applied Storytelling with Ben Brazil – Stories entertain\, but they also do work. For individuals\, stories give shape to identity\, meaning\, and values. In communities\, stories knit people together and offer bridges across barriers of differences. In nonprofit and justice work\, stories frame problems\, galva-nize responses\, and illuminate the on-the-ground meaning of orienting values. This course offers instruction and practice in some of the ways story can serve ministry and other values-driven work. (Contact Julie Dishman at dishmju@earlham.edu to register) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWednesday\, October 27\n\n\n\n1:20 pm -4:00 pm – Class Visit: Pastoral Spirituality with Phil Baisley – This course emphasizes the personal side of pastoring. Topics will include maintaining one’s overall health and spiritual focus\, be-ing part of a pastoral family\, building healthy relationships with a congregation\, and identifying one’s philosophy of ministry. While designed for new pastors or those planning to become pastors\, this course will also be helpful to students who have been working in congregations for some time. (Contact Julie Dishman at dishmju@earlham.edu to register) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThursday\, October 28\n\n\n\n6:10-9:00 pm – Class Visit: Intro to Quakerism with Steve Angell – This course provides a practical guide to Quaker history\, theology\, outreach\, faith and practice. It considers the historical and theo-logical origins of Quakerism and its relationships to politics and governance. It provides a guide to Quaker business prac-tice\, in-cluding clerking. It considers relationships of Quakers to outward culture\, including education and service\, in their English\, North American\, and global South contexts. While grounded in in-depth consideration of Quakers’ past\, it imaginatively considers new or continuing roles that Quakers may play in coming generations (Contact Julie Dishman at dishmju@earlham.edu to register) \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nMeet your ESR Admissions Team\n\n\n\nJulie Dishman\n\n\n\nDirector of Recruitment and Admissions\ndishmju@earlham.edu \n(765) 983-1523 URL:https://esr.earlham.edu/event/2021-fall-virtual-visit-week/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR