Pastor's Prayer Breakfast
Wednesday, December 18, 2002, 7:15 a.m.
Seeley Mudd Chapel
Contact: Toni Sutherland
Monthly breakfast for area pastors.

Urban Residential Class -- "The City, the Gospel and Civic Responsibility"
Wednesday, December 11, 2002, 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.
Professor: Dr. Julia Stronks
First Presbyterian Church; transportation provided from Whitworth's campus
Contact: Dr. Julia Stronks
Final class session.

Young Life Student Staff Retreat
Saturday, December 7, 2002
Contact: Kent McDonald
Monthly retreat for junior and senior students who are pursuing a call to full-time youth ministry.

Urban Residential Class -- "The City, the Gospel and Civic Responsibility"
Wednesday, December 4, 2002, 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.
Professor: Dr. Julia Stronks
First Presbyterian Church; transportation provided from Whitworth's campus
Contact: Dr. Julia Stronks
Student project presentations.

Pastor's Prayer Breakfast
Wednesday, December 2, 2002, 7:15 a.m.
Seeley Mudd Chapel
Contact: Toni Sutherland
Monthly breakfast for area pastors.

Urban Residential Class -- "The City, the Gospel and Civic Responsibility"
Wednesday, November 27, 2002, 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.
Professor: Dr. Julia Stronks
First Presbyterian Church; transportation provided from Whitworth's campus
Contact: Dr. Julia Stronks
No Class. Thanksgiving holiday.

Urban Residential Class -- "The City, the Gospel and Civic Responsibility"
Wednesday, November 20, 2002, 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.
Professor: Dr. Julia Stronks
First Presbyterian Church; transportation provided from Whitworth's campus
Contact: Dr. Julia Stronks

Public Lecture
Thursday, November 14, 2002, 7 p.m.
Location to be determined
Speaker: Gus Lee, "My Hair is on Fire! Is This Business as Usual?"
Contact: Dr. Doug Sugano
Gus Lee, a Chinese American author, is the 2002 Ada Redmond Reader. His publications include China Boy, Honor and Duty, Tiger's Tail, and No Physical Evidence.

Urban Residential Class -- "The City, the Gospel and Civic Responsibility"
Wednesday, November 13, 2002, 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.
Professor: Dr. Julia Stronks
First Presbyterian Church; transportation provided from Whitworth's campus
Contact: Dr. Julia Stronks
No Class. Students attend Dr. Tony Campolo's presentations at First Presbyterian Church.

Lilly Mentor Luncheon
Tuesday, November 12, 2002, 12 - 1 p.m.
HUB Catering Rooms
Contact: Dr. Ron Pyle or Michelle Seefried
Monthly meeting for faculty/staff who have committed to mentoring students on the issues of sprituality and vocation through the Lilly Mentor Program.

"The Weekend"
November 8-10, 2002
Camp Spalding, 40 minutes north of Spokane
Contact: Terry McGonigal or Andrea Saccoccio
Whitworth's annual retreat includes speakers, worship and reflection time for students.

Simpson-Duvall Lecture
Thursday, November 7, 2002, 7:30 p.m.
Seeley Mudd Chapel
Speaker: Dr. Jean Bethke-Elshtain, "Using Force on Behalf of Our Neighbor"
Contact: Dr. Dale Soden
Dr. Bethke-Elshtain is the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Professor of Social and Political Ethics at the University of Chicago. Author of Public Man, Private Woman: Women in Social and Political Thought and soon to be published, Jane Addams and America and The King is Dead, Sovereignty at Century's End, Professor Bethke-Elshtain is one of the country's leading public intellectuals and political philosophers.

Urban Residential Class -- "The City, the Gospel and Civic Responsibility"
Wednesday, November 6, 2002, 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.
Professor: Dr. Julia Stronks
Guest Speaker: To be announced
First Presbyterian Church; transportation provided from Whitworth's campus
Contact: Dr. Julia Stronks

Young Life Student Staff Retreat
Saturday, November 2, 2002, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
The Hearth
Contact: Kent McDonald
Monthly retreat for junior and senior students who are pursuing a call to full-time youth ministry.

Public Lecture
Thursday, October 31, 2002, 7 p.m.
Music Recital Hall
Speaker: Dr. Rev. Naim Ateek
Topic: "Living Under Occupation"
Contact: Dr. Raja Tanas or Dr. Dale Soden
Dr. Ateek is Director of SABEEL at the Tantur Ecumenical Institute for Theological Studies in Jerusalem. SABEEL works to promote international awareness regarding the identity, presence, and witness of Palestinian Christians in the Holy Land.

Public Lecture
Thursday, October 31, 2002, 4 p.m.
Speaker: Dr. Christine Sine, "Medical Ethics in the Year 2002: What Will We Face?"
Seeley Mudd Chapel
Contact: Dr. Julia Stronks
Christine, a medical doctor, serves as a consultant for Mustard Seed Associates and is an adjunct professor at Fuller Theological Seminary, Seattle. She and her husband, Tom, have co-authored Living on Purpose: Finding God's Best for Your Life (2002), a guide to helping overachievers discover God's best for their lives.

Student, Faculty and Staff Luncheon Discussion
Thursday, October 31, 2002, 12:00 p.m.
HUB Catering Rooms
Speakers: Tom and Christine Sine
Topic: "College Students in Today's World: Challenges, Obligations and Opportunities"
Contact: Dr. Julia Stronks or Michelle Seefried
Lunch is free of charge, hosted by the Murdock Charitable Trust. RSVP to Michelle Seefried.

Urban Residential Class -- "The City, the Gospel and Civic Responsibility"
Wednesday, October 30, 2002, 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.
Professor: Dr. Julia Stronks
Guest Speaker: Tom Sine
First Presbyterian Church; transportation provided from Whitworth's campus
Contact: Dr. Julia Stronks
Tom is the founder and director of Mustard Seed Associates, which helps equip churches to respond creatively to upcoming challenges. He and his wife, Christine, have co-authored Living on Purpose: Finding God's Best for Your Life (2002), a guide to helping overachievers discover God's best for their lives.

Urban Residential Class -- "The City, the Gospel and Civic Responsibility"
Wednesday, October 23, 2002, 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.
Professor: Dr. Julia Stronks
First Presbyterian Church; transportation provided from Whitworth's campus
Contact: Dr. Julia Stronks
Round Table discussion.

Faculty Scholarship Forum
Wednesday, October 23, 2002, 12 - 12:55 p.m.
HUB Catering Rooms
Presenter: Gordon Jackson, "Teaching Afresh or Teaching Adrift?: Reflections on a Semester at Sea"
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.

Pastor's Prayer Breakfast
Wednesday, October 23, 2002, 7:15 a.m.
Seeley Mudd Chapel
Contact: Toni Sutherland
Monthly breakfast for area pastors.

Public Lecture
Thursday, October 17, 2002, 7:30 p.m.
Seeley Mudd Chapel
Speaker: Dr. Jim Waller, "Becoming Evil: the Making of Terrorists"
Contact: Dr. Jim Waller
Dr. Waller has recently published his third book, Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People Commit Genocide and Mass Killing.

Urban Residential Class -- "The City, the Gospel and Civic Responsibility"
Wednesday, October 16, 2002, 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.
Professor: Dr. Julia Stronks
Guest Speakers: Dr. Don Higgens and Ms. Shawda Diehl
First Presbyterian Church; transportation provided from Whitworth's campus
Contact: Dr. Julia Stronks

Panel Discussion
Tuesday, October 15, 2002, 7 p.m.
Music Recital Hall
Topic: Women in Ministry
Contact: Dr. Carol Smucker
Organized by the Women's Studies Program.

Lilly Mentor Luncheon
Tuesday, October 15, 2002, 12 - 1 p.m.
HUB Catering Rooms
Contact: Dr. Ron Pyle or Michelle Seefried
Monthly meeting for faculty/staff who have committed to mentoring students on the issues of sprituality and vocation through the Lilly Mentor Program.

Urban Residential Class -- "The City, the Gospel and Civic Responsibility"
Wednesday, October 9, 2002, 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.
Professor: Dr. Julia Stronks
Guest Speaker: Jan Martinez
First Presbyterian Church; transportation provided from Whitworth's campus
Contact: Dr. Julia Stronks
Jan Martinez will speak from her experiences with Christ Kitchen, a ministry to Spokane's women.

Faculty Reading Group
Wednesday, October 9, 2002, 6 - 8:30 p.m.
HUB
Text: Queen Victoria's Baggage, by Daniel A. Silverman.
Contact: Dale Soden
Discussion led by Jack Burns of the Education Department and Leadership Studies Program. Dinner and book provided for participants.

Faculty Scholarship Forum
Wednesday, October 9, 2002, 12 - 12:55 p.m.
HUB Catering Rooms
Presenter: Kristin Pederson, "Three Hours from Spokane to Mexico: The Yakima Valley"
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.

Public Lecture
Tuesday, October 8, 2002, 12 p.m.
Science Auditorium
Speaker: Dr. Sandra Cooper, "Women in Mathematics, Science and Engineering: Why Do the Low Numbers Persist? "
Contact: Dr. Lyle Cochran
Dr. Sandra Cooper is Professor of Mathematics at Washington State University. She will speak on the issue of underrepresentation of women in mathematics, science and engineering and suggest improvements for this situation.
This event is one of several sponsored by the Math/Computer Science Department's academic initiative program.

Whitworth Alumni Event
Sunday, October 6, 2002, 5:30 p.m.
Princeton Theological Seminary
Contact: Dr. Darrell Guder, Tad Wisenor
A gathering of Whitworth alumni attending Princeton Theological Seminary. The event will be hosted by Dr. Darrell Guder and his wife, Judy. Dr. Guder is the Henry Winters Luce Chair of Missional and Ecumenical Theology at Princeton and former dean of the faculty at Whitworth.

Young Life Student Staff Retreat
Friday, October 4 - Sunday, October 6, 2002
Contact: Kent McDonald
Monthly retreat for junior and senior students who are pursuing a call to full-time youth ministry.

Public Lecture
Thursday, October 3, 2002, 11 a.m.
Seeley Mudd Chapel
Speaker: Ray Bakke
Contact: Dr. Julia Stronks
Ray Bakke will lecture on the Biblical call to do justice. Afterwards he will meet students at a lunch to discuss social justice issues. Bakke is executive director of Chicago-based International Urban Associates and professor of global urban ministry at the Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary, in suburban Philadelphia.

Urban Residential Class -- "The City, the Gospel and Civic Responsibility"
Wednesday, October 2, 2002, 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.
Professor: Dr. Julia Stronks
Guest Speaker: Dr. Ray Bakke
First Presbyterian Church; transportation provided from Whitworth's campus
Contact: Dr. Julia Stronks
Ray Bakke is executive director of Chicago-based International Urban Associates and professor of global urban ministry at the Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary, in suburban Philadelphia.

Faculty Reading Group
Wednesday, October 2, 2002, 6 - 8:30 p.m.
HUB
Text: Queen Victoria's Baggage, by Daniel A. Silverman.
Contact: Dale Soden
Discussion led by Jack Burns of the Education Department and Leadership Studies Program. Dinner and book provided for participants.

Public Lecture
Tuesday, October 1, 2002, 7:30 p.m.
Music Recital Hall
Speaker: Dr. Suzanne Brown-Fleming, "Religious Responses to the Holocaust: The Role of the Churches"
Contact: Dr. Jim Waller
Dr. Brown-Fleming, Program Officer of the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, will examine the Catholic and Evangelical (Protestant) churches' responses to the Holocaust.

Urban Residential Class -- "The City, the Gospel and Civic Responsibility"
Wednesday, September 25, 2002, 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.
Professor: Dr. Julia Stronks
Guest Speaker: Mark Terrell
First Presbyterian Church; transportation provided from Whitworth's campus
Contact: Dr. Julia Stronks
Mark Terrell is the director of Cup of Cool Water, a ministry to Spokane's street kids.

Faculty Reading Group
Wednesday, September 25, 2002, 6 - 8:30 p.m.
HUB
Text: Queen Victoria's Baggage, by Daniel A. Silverman.
Contact: Dale Soden
Discussion led by Jack Burns of the Education Department and Leadership Studies Program. Dinner and book provided for participants.

Faculty Scholarship Forum
Wednesday, September 25, 2002, 12 - 12:55 p.m.
HUB Catering Rooms
Presenter: Doug Sugano, "Diversity in the Curriculum: What We're Doing and What Yet Needs to be Done"
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.

Urban Residential Class -- "The City, the Gospel and Civic Responsibility"
Wednesday, September 18, 2002, 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.
Professor: Dr. Julia Stronks
Guest Speaker: Dr. Dale Soden
First Presbyterian Church; transportation provided from Whitworth's campus
Contact: Dr. Julia Stronks
Dale Soden teaches in the History Department at Whitworth University and serves as Director of the Weyerhaeuser Center for Christian Faith and Learning. Dr. Soden will speak about Rev. Mark Matthews, who served the Pacific Northwest urban community in the early twentieth century.

Certificate in Lay Ministry Program
Begins Saturday, September 14, 2002
Contact: Rev. Tim Dolan
This non-degree program is open to laypersons who are currently serving in a church or Christian organization and/or for those who are exploring the possibility of serving in these settings. The course includes monthly seminars, readings, group participation, and a church project.

On July 11-14, 2002, Whitworth will host a Spiritual Immersion Weekend.

June 3-26, 2002, Whitworth's Dr. Jim Waller directed a seminar entitled "Deliver Us from Evil: Genocide and the Christian World." The seminar was designed for faculty members of the Lilly Fellows Program Network, a group of church-related colleges and universitites that provides a national forum for exploring issues of common concern. The seminar's object was to encourage academics in church-related higher education to critically examine the role of the Christian churches and individuals in 20th century genocide and the subsequent consequences for Christian thought and practice in the contemporary world.
The three and a half week seminar featured several key speakers and topics:

Week 1: The role of the Christian churches in genocide, facilitated by Victoria Barnett, author and translator. Barnett also presented a public lecture, "Bystanders During the Holocaust: Lessons for Us Today," on June 6.

Week 2: Disciplinary perspectives for studying genocide and the Christian world, including addresses by Dr. James Waller (psychology), Laurie Lamon (English), and Dr. John Yoder (Political Science).

Week 3: Consequences of genocide for Christian thought and practice in the contemporary world, facilitated by Stephen Haynes, Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Rhodes College. Haynes also presented a public lecture, "Noah's Curse: The Biblical Justification of American Slavery," on June 20.

Final three days: The role of the Christian world in post-genocide healing and reconciliation, including a panel of survivors from the Holocaust and Rwandan genocides.

Each seminar participant took part in common reading assignments, seminar presentations and contributed a paper to be submitted as part of a collection of interdisciplinary essays for publication in the Journal of Genocide Research. Contact Dr. Jim Waller for more information.