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September 2004

Faculty Scholarship Forum
Monday, September 13, 2004, 12 - 12:55 p.m.
HUB Catering Rooms
Presenter: TBA
Contact: Dr. Jim Waller
Open to all members of the Whitworth community, the Faculty Scholarship Forum exists as support for faculty scholarship and as a forum for research presentations and feedback. Lunch is provided.

Faculty Scholarship Forum
Monday, September 27, 2004, 12 - 12:55 p.m.
HUB Catering Rooms
Presenter: TBA
Contact: Dr. Jim Waller
Open to all members of the Whitworth community, the Faculty Scholarship Forum exists as support for faculty scholarship and as a forum for research presentations and feedback. Lunch is provided.

October 2004

Faculty Scholarship Forum
Monday, October 11, 2004, 12 - 12:55 p.m.
HUB Catering Rooms
Presenter: TBA
Contact: Dr. Jim Waller
Open to all members of the Whitworth community, the Faculty Scholarship Forum exists as support for faculty scholarship and as a forum for research presentations and feedback. Lunch is provided.

Faculty Scholarship Forum
Monday, October 25, 2004, 12 - 12:55 p.m.
HUB Catering Rooms
Presenter: TBA
Contact: Dr. Jim Waller
Open to all members of the Whitworth community, the Faculty Scholarship Forum exists as support for faculty scholarship and as a forum for research presentations and feedback. Lunch is provided.

November 2004

Suffering and the God of Abraham Conference: C.S. Lewis and the Problem of Pain
Sunday - Thursday, November 7 - 11, 2004
Events at Whitworth University and Gonzaga University Campuses
Contact: Dale Soden
Speakers and class visits from select speakers exploring the relationship between faith and suffering. Sponsored by Whitworth University and Gonzaga University. Open to the public. Visit the Gonzaga University Faith and Reason Institute for more information.


Faculty Scholarship Forum
Monday, November 15, 2004, 12 - 12:55 p.m.
HUB Catering Rooms
Presenter: TBA
Contact: Dr. Jim Waller
Open to all members of the Whitworth community, the Faculty Scholarship Forum exists as support for faculty scholarship and as a forum for research presentations and feedback. Lunch is provided.

Faculty Scholarship Forum
Monday, November 29, 2004, 12 - 12:55 p.m.
HUB Catering Rooms
Presenter: TBA
Contact: Dr. Jim Waller
Open to all members of the Whitworth community, the Faculty Scholarship Forum exists as support for faculty scholarship and as a forum for research presentations and feedback. Lunch is provided.

December 2004

Faculty Scholarship Forum
Monday, December 6, 2004, 12 - 12:55 p.m.
HUB Catering Rooms
Presenter: TBA
Contact: Dr. Jim Waller
Open to all members of the Whitworth community, the Faculty Scholarship Forum exists as support for faculty scholarship and as a forum for research presentations and feedback. Lunch is provided.
Summer 2004

Whitworth Institute of Ministry
July 12 - 16, 2004
Theme: The Church and the Marketplace: The Relationship between Work and Christian Faith
Contact: Michelle Seefried

Diploma in Lay Pastoral Ministry
Monday, June 21 - Friday, June 25, 2004, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Dixon Hall 103 and Music Hall 103
Contact: Tim Dolan
Morning course: Survey of the New Testament
Afternoon course: Worship and Sacraments

Diploma in Lay Pastoral Ministry
Monday, June 21 - Friday, June 25, 2004, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Dixon Hall 103 and Music Hall 103
Contact: Tim Dolan
Morning course: Survey of the New Testament
Afternoon course: Worship and Sacraments


Diploma in Lay Pastoral Ministry
Monday, June 14 - Friday, June 18, 2004, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Dixon Hall 103
Contact: Tim Dolan
Morning course: Survey of the Theology of the Old Testament
Afternoon course: Pastoral Care and Counseling

Certificate in Leadership and Church Management
Tuesday, June 8, 2004, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Hawthorne Hall 106
Contact: Tim Dolan
Session 8: Sharing Church Projects

Certificate in Lay Ministry Program
Saturday, June 5, 2004, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Hawthorne Hall 112
Contact: Rev. Tim Dolan

Spring 2004

Preaching Clinic
Thursday, May 20, 2004, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Library Classroom
Contact: Rev. Tim Dolan
Offered through Whitworth's Academy of Preaching, this clinic will provide the opportunity for pastors to discuss the art and dynamics of good preaching, while working to strengthen preaching skills.

Certificate in Leadership and Church Management
Tuesday, May 11, 2004, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Hawthorne Hall 106
Contact: Tim Dolan
Session 7: Stewardship and Budgeting

Preaching Clinic
Thursday, May 6, 2004, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Library Classroom
Contact: Rev. Tim Dolan
Offered through Whitworth's Academy of Preaching, this clinic will provide the opportunity for pastors to discuss the art and dynamics of good preaching, while working to strengthen preaching skills.

Faculty Scholarship Forum
Wednesday, May 5, 2004, 12 - 12:55 p.m.
HUB Catering Rooms
Presenter: Susan Mabry, "New Opportunities for Health Care through Computer Science: Intelligent Agents for Patient Monitoring"
Contact: Dr. Jim Waller
Open to all members of the Whitworth community, the Faculty Scholarship Forum exists as support for faculty scholarship and as a forum for research presentations and feedback. Lunch is provided.

Pastors Reading Group
Tuesday, May 4, 2004, 7 - 8:30 a.m.
Conference Room B, Hixson Union Building (HUB) at Whitworth
Text: Unfinished Business: Returning the Ministry to the People of God, by Greg Ogden
Contact: Tim Dolan or Dale Soden
All pastors and interested lay persons are invited to join. A book and light breakfast will be provided to each participant at no cost.


Certificate in Lay Ministry Program
Saturday, May 1, 2004, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Hawthorne Hall 112
Contact: Rev. Tim Dolan
Session 9: Pastoral Care and Ministry

Public Lecture
Thursday, April 29, 2004, 7 p.m.
Seeley G. Mudd Chapel
Speaker: Dr. Dale Soden, Religion in the Northwest
Contact: Michelle Seefried
Dr. Soden is director of the Weyerhaeuser Center for Christian Faith and Learning and professor of history at Whitworth University.


Faculty Scholarship Forum
Wednesday, April 28, 2004, 12 - 12:55 p.m.
HUB Catering Rooms
Presenter: Richard Stevens, "The Whitworth University Observatory Initiative"
Contact: Dr. Jim Waller
Open to all members of the Whitworth community, the Faculty Scholarship Forum exists as support for faculty scholarship and as a forum for research presentations and feedback. Lunch is provided.

Preaching Clinic
Thursday, April 22, 2004, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Library Classroom
Contact: Rev. Tim Dolan
Offered through Whitworth's Academy of Preaching, this clinic will provide the opportunity for pastors to discuss the art and dynamics of good preaching, while working to strengthen preaching skills.

Certificate in Leadership and Church Management
Tuesday, April 20, 2004, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Hawthorne Hall 106
Contact: Tim Dolan
Session 6: Planning for the Future

Faculty Scholarship Forum
Wednesday, April 14, 2004, 12 - 12:55 p.m.
HUB Catering Rooms
Presenter: Julie Winter, "The Ideal of Nonviolence: The Kreisau Circle and Failed Regime Change in Berlin 1944"
Contact: Dr. Jim Waller
Open to all members of the Whitworth community, the Faculty Scholarship Forum exists as support for faculty scholarship and as a forum for research presentations and feedback. Lunch is provided.

Preaching Clinic
Thursday, April 8, 2004, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Library Classroom
Contact: Rev. Tim Dolan
Offered through Whitworth's Academy of Preaching, this clinic will provide the opportunity for pastors to discuss the art and dynamics of good preaching, while working to strengthen preaching skills.

Pastors Reading Group
Tuesday, April 6, 2004, 7 - 8:30 a.m.
Conference Room B, Hixson Union Building (HUB) at Whitworth
Text: Unfinished Business: Returning the Ministry to the People of God, by Greg Ogden
Contact: Tim Dolan or Dale Soden
All pastors and interested lay persons are invited to join. A book and light breakfast will be provided to each participant at no cost.


Certificate in Lay Ministry Program
Saturday, April 3, 2004, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Hawthorne Hall 112
Contact: Rev. Tim Dolan
Session 8: Effective Communication in Ministry

Simpson-Duvall Lecture
Thursday, April 1, 2004, 7p.m.
Seeley Mudd Chapel
Speaker: Kathleen Norris
Contact: Lisa Sem-Rodrigues
Award winning poet and writer Kathleen Norris will present a lecture on the idea of vocation.

Physics and the God of Abraham Conference: God and Design
Monday - Thursday, March 29- April 1, 2004
Events at Whitworth University and Gonzaga University Campuses
Contact: Dale Soden
Speakers and class visits from select speakers exploring the relationship between faith and physics. Sponsored by Whitworth University and Gonzaga University. Open to the public. Visit the Gonzaga University Faith and Reason Institute for more information.


Physics and the God of Abraham Conference: God and Design
Monday - Thursday, March 29- April 1, 2004
Events at Whitworth University and Gonzaga University Campuses
Contact: Dale Soden
Speakers and class visits from select speakers exploring the relationship between faith and physics. Sponsored by Whitworth University and Gonzaga University. Open to the public. Visit the Gonzaga University Faith and Reason Institute for more information.


Faculty Scholarship Forum
Wednesday, March 31, 2004, 12 - 12:55 p.m.
HUB Catering Rooms
Presenter: Keith Beebe, "The Cambuslang Revival Manuscripts (1742): Scotland's First Oral History Project"
Contact: Dr. Jim Waller
Open to all members of the Whitworth community, the Faculty Scholarship Forum exists as support for faculty scholarship and as a forum for research presentations and feedback. Lunch is provided.

Certificate in Leadership and Church Management
Tuesday, March 30, 2004, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Hawthorne Hall 106
Contact: Tim Dolan
Session 5: Maintaining Balance in Ministry

Christianity and the Soul of the University Conference: Faith as a Foundation for Intellectual Community
Thursday - Saturday, March 25 - 27, 2004
Baylor University, Waco, Texas
Contact: Dale Soden
Sponsored by the Baylor Institute for Faith and Learning and the Council of Christianity Scholarly Societies, this conference will explore the role that reflective Christian faith can play in unifying the intellectual life of the university. Speakers include Jean Bethke-Elshtain, Joel Carpenter, Richard Hays, David Lyle Jeffrey, and John Polkinghorne. Visit the Council of Christianity Scholarly Societies for more information.


Preaching Clinic
Thursday, March 25, 2004, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Library Classroom
Contact: Rev. Tim Dolan
Offered through Whitworth's Academy of Preaching, this clinic will provide the opportunity for pastors to discuss the art and dynamics of good preaching, while working to strengthen preaching skills.

Preaching Clinic
Thursday, March 11, 2004, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Library Classroom
Contact: Rev. Tim Dolan
Offered through Whitworth's Academy of Preaching, this clinic will provide the opportunity for pastors to discuss the art and dynamics of good preaching, while working to strengthen preaching skills.

Faculty Scholarship Forum
Wednesday, March 10, 2004, 12 - 12:55 p.m.
HUB Catering Rooms
Presenter: Jim McPherson, "Blame it on Television: The Rise and Fall of American Journalism"
Contact: Dr. Jim Waller
Open to all members of the Whitworth community, the Faculty Scholarship Forum exists as support for faculty scholarship and as a forum for research presentations and feedback. Lunch is provided.

Certificate in Leadership and Church Management
Tuesday, March 9, 2004, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Hawthorne Hall 106
Contact: Tim Dolan
Session 4: Communication

Certificate in Lay Ministry Program
Saturday, March 6, 2004, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Hawthorne Hall 112
Contact: Rev. Tim Dolan
Session 7: Management and Administration of Ministry

Pastors Reading Group
Tuesday, March 2, 2004, 7 - 8:30 a.m.
Conference Room B, Hixson Union Building (HUB) at Whitworth
Text: Unfinished Business: Returning the Ministry to the People of God, by Greg Ogden
Contact: Tim Dolan or Dale Soden
All pastors and interested lay persons are invited to join. A book and light breakfast will be provided to each participant at no cost.


Preaching Clinic
Thursday, February 26, 2004, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Library Classroom
Contact: Rev. Tim Dolan
Offered through Whitworth's Academy of Preaching, this clinic will provide the opportunity for pastors to discuss the art and dynamics of good preaching, while working to strengthen preaching skills.

Faculty Scholarship Forum
Wednesday, February 25, 2004, 12 - 12:55 p.m.
HUB Catering Rooms
Presenter: Karin Heller, "The Image of Humanity and the Image of Divinity in a French-Belgium Heroic Fantasy"
Contact: Dr. Jim Waller
Open to all members of the Whitworth community, the Faculty Scholarship Forum exists as support for faculty scholarship and as a forum for research presentations and feedback. Lunch is provided.

Certificate in Leadership and Church Management
Tuesday, February 17, 2004, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Hawthorne Hall 106
Contact: Tim Dolan
Session 3: Management and Administration

Public Lecture
Tuesday, February 17, 2004, 7 p.m.
Seeley Mudd Chapel
Speaker: Rev. Dr. Samual McKinney, The Struggle for Civil Rights in Seattle: The Role of the Black Church
Contact: Dale Soden
Rev. McKinney served for forty years as senior pastor at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Seattle, Washington. A schoolmate of Martin Luther King, Jr. at Morehouse College, McKinney was instrumental in the civil rights movement in Seattle in the 1960s.

Faith Traditions & Human Identity Panel Discussion
Thursday, February 12, 2004, 8:30 p.m.
Seeley Mudd Chapel
Contact: Dale Soden
Members of the Whitworth faculty will share their beliefs about how faith traditions address the issue of human identity. Professors, including Presbyterians, Catholics, Lutherans, Baptists and others, will speak about the underlying assumptions regarding whether we are naturally good or evil, rational or irrational, and free or, in some sense, determined. This panel is designed to share the theological richness as well as the diversity found within the Whitworth faculty. Part of Heritage Week.

Preaching Clinic
Thursday, February 12, 2004, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Library Classroom
Contact: Rev. Tim Dolan
Offered through Whitworth's Academy of Preaching, this clinic will provide the opportunity for pastors to discuss the art and dynamics of good preaching, while working to strengthen preaching skills. Registration deadline: January 29, 2004.

Faculty Scholarship Forum
Wednesday, February 11, 2004, 12 - 12:55 p.m.
HUB Catering Rooms
Presenter: Hans Bynagle, "Trends in Scholarly Communication: What's New? What's Coming?"
Contact: Dr. Jim Waller
Open to all members of the Whitworth community, the Faculty Scholarship Forum exists as support for faculty scholarship and as a forum for research presentations and feedback. Lunch is provided.

Heritage Week Lecture
Tuesday, February 10, 2004, 7:30 p.m.
Seeley Mudd Chapel
Speaker: Stephen T. Davis, '62, Faith and the Human Condition
Contact: Dale Soden
Davis is the Russell K. Pitzer Professor of Philosophy at Claremont McKenna College, in California. While at Whitworth, he was captain of the soccer club, president of Westminster Hall, and a student-body officer. He is the author of some 13 books and more than 50 articles in philosophical and theological journals. Davis' visit is sponsored by the Weyerhaeuser Center for Christian Faith and Learning.


Founder's Day Convocation
Tuesday, February 10, 2004, 11 a.m.
Cowles Auditorium
Each semester begins with opening convocation, which features music and worship, faculty in academic regalia, and an opportunity to honor top students. President Bill Robinson and campus historian and history professor Dale Soden will speak. Part of Heritage Week.

Certificate in Lay Ministry Program
Saturday, February 7, 2004, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Hawthorne Hall 112
Contact: Rev. Tim Dolan
Session 6: Christian Leadership and Ministry

Pastors Reading Group
Tuesday, February 3, 2004, 7 - 8:30 a.m.
Seeley Mudd Chapel
Text: Unfinished Business: Returning the Ministry to the People of God, by Greg Ogden
Contact: Tim Dolan or Dale Soden
All pastors and interested lay persons are invited to join. A book and light breakfast will be provided to each participant at no cost.


Heritage Week
Tuesday, February 3 - Saturday, February 14, 2004
Various Locations
Please join the extended Whitworth family on campus for Heritage Week 2004 as we commemorate the college's 114th anniversary. This year's theme is Faith and the Human Condition. A full slate of events awaits you, ranging from a lecture by a distinguished alumnus scholar to athletic competitions, an art show opening, and worship services.

Certificate in Leadership and Church Management
Tuesday, January 27, 2004, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Hawthorne Hall 106
Contact: Tim Dolan
Session 2: Christian Leadership

Certificate in Lay Ministry Program
Saturday, January 10, 2004, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Hawthorne Hall 112
Contact: Rev. Tim Dolan
Session 5: Spirituality and Ministry

Certificate in Leadership and Church Management
Tuesday, January 6, 2004, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Location to be determined
Contact: Tim Dolan
Session 1: The Church as an Organization

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