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ePISTLE |
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A Weekly e-Newsletter for the WTU Community |
November 29, 2009 |
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Advent Reflection
In this Issue...
Advent Lessons & Carols and the Installation of the Very Rev. Frederick J. Tillotson as President of WTU
Alumni-Student OpportunitiesAlumni-Student Mentoring Program Strategic Planning Committee Forming Jerry Hall Scholarship Fund Still Growing!
Alumni Class NotesIf you have experienced a professional achievement such as a new job, published writing, or receipt of an award, or you have personal news such as an ordination, wedding, birth, or jubilee to celebrate, please share the good news by submitting a Class Note to alumni@wtu.edu. See the most recent updates... Website RevisionsChanges continue at www.wtu.edu! It's not a full scale overhaul, but rather the beginning of a new effort at ongoing development with WTU's website. For now, you'll see some aesthetic changes, some Flash interactions within the site, and some increased content. Stay tuned! There's more to come. Links
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This Week at WTU
Looking Ahead: Board of Trustee's MeetingThis Friday the WTU Board of Trustees will be meeting in the CE Room. Please welcome these wonderful men and women whose dedication to Washington Theological Union is evident in our beautiful facility, dedicated faculty and fine academic program. Faculty E-mail AddressesIf you want to email a faculty member, please use the following email address, unless the faculty or staff member has directed you to contact them another way: last name@wtu.edu or first initial, last name@ wtu.edu. May 2010 WTU Tour to Turkey and Greece
Once again professors Theresa Koernke, IHM, and Joseph Wimmer, OSA, are organizing a study tour in the footsteps of John and Paul, May 14-27, 2010, but this time with a greater emphasis on the growth of the early church. Tour members will follow Paul through the ancient Greek and Roman ruins of Athens, Corinth, Thessalonica, Philippi and Ephesus, and read his letters on location. They will experience the spirit of St. John in the city of Smyrna and while walking through the magnificent ruins of Pergamum and Ephesus (Rev 2:1-17). Theology EnrichmentWashington Theological Union has a wonderful, but little known benefit for alumni, diocesan clergy and local ministers. As a continuing education ministry WTU graciously allows these groups to audit one course per semester for the low, low rate of $340/course! Registration ends next Friday, November 20th, so see the Spring Course offerings and registration form now! |
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We hope everyone had a joyous Thanksgiving with family and friends. As WTU students and faculty face the end of the semester and the beginning of Advent, we hope this reflection on the first Sunday of Advent will facilitate a vigilant, grateful heart. Please read the ePistle weekly for Advent reflections! If you would like to write a reflection for our publication, please email 
This coming week contains an historic event for Washington Theological Union. On Friday, we hold our annual celebration of Advent Lessons and Carols in conjunction with the Installation of the seventh president of our school, the Very Reverend Frederick J. Tillotson O Carm. Many students, faculty, staff and alumni have contributed their time and talent by singing in the choir, and participating in the service. Many more have decided to make an Advent gift to WTU. For all your support, we are continually grateful.
In March of this year, the Union very unexpectedly lost one of its full-time faculty, Assistant Professor of Word and Worship Jerry Hall, S.J., who passed away following a brief illness. In a desire to celebrate Jerry’s life and to honor our community’s memory of him, the Rev. Jerome Hall, S.J. Memorial Scholarship fund was established. 
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