Author Archives: Joshua Bruner

Chapel of the Good Shepherd Schedule, Week of November 13-17

Monday:
9:50 AM Rite II Holy Eucharist
Preacher: The Right Reverend Johannes Angela
5:30 PM Rite I Evensong
Tuesday:
9:50 AM Rite II Sung Morning Prayer
5:30 PM Rite II Holy Eucharist
Preacher: Spencer Cantrell
Wednesday:
5:30 PM Rite II Evensong
Thursday:
9:50 AM Rite I Holy Eucharist
Preacher: Dr. Michael DeLashmutt
5:30 PM Rite I Evensong
Friday:
9:50 AM Rite II Morning Prayer
5:30 PM Evening Rite  Read more...

Chapel Schedule for the Week of November 6th

Monday:
9:50 AM Rite II Holy Eucharist
Preacher: The Reverend Canon Stephanie Spellers
5:30 PM Rite I Evensong
Tuesday:
9:50 AM Rite II Sung Morning Prayer
5:30 PM Rite II Holy Eucharist
Preacher: Samantha Gilmore
Wednesday:
5:30 PM Rite II Evensong
Thursday:
9:50 AM Rite I Holy Eucharist
Preacher: The Reverend Don Waring
5:30 PM Rite I Evensong
Friday:
9:50 AM Rite II Morning Prayer
5:30 PM Evening Rite  Read more...

Matriculation Reflection by Jennifer Allen

The evening for our matriculation arrived abruptly. I’m not sure that I understood the full gravity of the event until the morning before. That morning, our Introduction to the Old Testament class went on a field trip to Keller Library. And there it was, The Book. There is something sobering about seeing a book that is almost two hundred years old, waiting for our signatures on the night of Matriculation.  Read more...

Chapel Schedule for the Week of October 30th

Monday:

9:50 AM Rite II Holy Eucharist

Preacher: The Reverend Dr. Clair McPherson

5:30 PM Rite I Evening Prayer

Tuesday:

9:50 AM Rite II Sung Morning Prayer

5:30 PM Rite II Festive Holy Eucharist

Preacher: The Right Reverend Steven Miller

Wednesday:

5:30 PM Rite II Evensong

Thursday:

9:50 AM Rite I Holy Eucharist

Preacher: The Reverend Elizabeth Maxwell

5:30 PM Rite I Evensong

Friday:

9:50 AM Rite II Morning Prayer

5:30 PM Evening Rite  Read more...

Opal Dancey Memorial Foundation Grant

The Opal Dancey Memorial Foundation is preparing for next year’s grant cycle.
The new application deadline is April 1st of each year. Please note this year’s application deadline will fall on Easter weekend. As a result, we encourage all applicants to submit their applications early.
Online applications will be accepted beginning January 15th.
The amount of each grant is $4,000.
A grantee can receive a grant for a maximum of three (3) years.  Read more...

PROTOCOLS FOR 2018-2019 GRANTS MADE BY THE SEMINARY CONSULTATION ON MISSION (SCOM)

The Seminary Consultation on Mission (SCOM) of the Episcopal Church has announced their 2018-2019 deadlines. SCOM Grants provide funding to students of accredited seminaries of the Episcopal Church to facilitate “cross-cultural experiences that enhance learning and preparation for ministry.” Grants should be for completion between January 1, 2018 and August 31, 2019. Eligible students are students who return to the seminary after completion of their project.  Read more...

General Seminary Board Requests Nominations for Honorary Doctorate

October 1, 2017

Dear General Seminary Community:

We are writing to you as the Honorary Degree Committee of the General Seminary Board of Trustees.

We are delighted to ask for your assistance in identifying distinguished candidates for the General Theological Seminary degree of Doctor of Divinity honoris causa.  

We welcome recommendations that reflect the vast and diverse experience of the Church. Recipients of this honor have historically come from a large range of gifted individuals, including those who have made outstanding contributions in these realms:

  • Christian mission,
  • theological discourse and scholarship,
  • significant leadership in the Episcopal Church and Anglican Communion, as well as leadership in ecumenical mission,
  • as distinguished lay persons of diverse ministries,
  • as leaders in parish ministry (lay and ordained), and
  • as leaders in public, ethical and policy realms.
  Read more...

New Development in Matthews & Watkins’ EES Grant

Check out the new website where you can view and download for free the newly released Workbook and Reader’s Guide. Collaborating with Rev. Dr. Tommie Watkins Jr., we will be offering a 7-week online course with the Church Divinity School of the Pacific (CDSP) as part of their CALL (Center for Anglican Learning and Leadership) continuing education program in winter 2018 and a one-day training workshop at the Beeckan Center of the School of Theology at the University of the South (Sewanee) in April 2018.  Read more...

General Seminary Stands in Support of ERD Hurricane Relief Fund

In response to C. Andrew Doyle, Bishop of The Episcopal Diocese of Texas, who reached out to us about Hurricane Harvey relief, the General Seminary campus created a campaign to raise money for Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD) and specifically, their Hurricane Relief Fund. While the impetus for the fundraiser was Hurricane Harvey, we are grateful that the money we raised will go to the same programs that support Hurricane Irma and most recently Hurricane Maria.    Read more...

Chapel Schedule October 2nd – 6th

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monday:
9:50 AM Holy Eucharist
5:30 PM Evensong
Tuesday:
9:50 AM Morning Prayer
Saint Francis
5:30 PM Holy Eucharist with Blessing of the Animals
Wednesday:
5:30 PM Evensong
Thursday:
9:50 AM Holy Eucharist
5:30 PM Evensong
Friday:
9:50 AM Morning Prayer
5:30 PM Evening Rite  Read more...

Part-Time Positions Available at Cypress Hills Assembly of God Church

Children’s Church Leader Part-time Positions

Positions: 2

Day: Sunday

Hours: 9:45 am -1:45 pm (4 hours)

Responsibilities include:

Sunday operation of Children’s Church in 2 segments; 10 am to 10:50 am and 11:45 am to 1:15 pm.

Operation will include Interactive Bible Lessons, hands on projects and games.  Possible Children’s Choir.

Hours include set up prior to and clean up after segments.

Qualifications:

College courses include Childhood Education

Must be Member in Christian-affiliated Church.  Read more...

Orientation Signifies the Expansion of General Seminary

Above, Thursday Evening, August 31, new students greet faculty and administration following Eucharist.

 

Twenty-two new students arrived at Chelsea Square this week, anticipating a new beginning. Orientation heralds the opportunity to welcome new students from around the country and world. In her opening remarks, Donna Ashley, Vice President of Advancement at General Seminary noted, “We have students joining us from as close at West Eighteenth Street and as far away as Kenya.” Ashley went on to share that one of the incoming students was actually born while his family was living on the Close as his father was a student at the seminary.  Read more...

Schrader’s Recent Study on Mary of Bethany in HTR

The most recent edition of Harvard Theological Review features an innovative study by General Seminary’s Scholar-in-Residence, Elizabeth Schrader.

This study examines the text transmission of the figure of Martha of Bethany throughout the Fourth Gospel in over one hundred of our oldest extant Greek and Vetus Latina witnesses. The starting point for this study is instability around Martha in our most ancient witness of John 11–12, Papyrus 66.  Read more...

Union of Black Episcopalians Honors Professor Michael Battle

From left: Canon Annette Buchanan, the Rev. Dr. Michael Battle, the Rt. Rev. Nathan Baxter, and the Rev. Martini Shaw

During the Gala Dinner of the UBE Annual Business Meeting and Conference on Wednesday, July 26, in Cherry Hill, NJ, the Union of Black Episcopalians awarded the Rev. Dr. Michael Battle the Bishop Quintin Ebenezer Primo Award for Extraordinary Faithfulness in Pastoral and Prophetic Leadership in Ministry.  Read more...