Upcoming Events at LTS
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The following is a chronological list of events that will be occuring this spring and summer on the LTS campus. Chapel is at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesdays in Mary Anne Sanders Chapel and convocation is at 11:30 a.m. on Thursdays in the Fellowship Hall. Everyone is cordially invited to attend.
August 2008
August 25-26 - Fall Faculty Retreat
August 28 - New Student Orientation
September 2008
September 2 - First Day of Classes for Fall Semester
September 2-3 - Cokesbury textbook sales (8:30-6) & Sept. 3
(8:30-3) for students who wish to purchase books
September 2 - Opening Convocation, Gov. Steve Beshear,
12:15 p.m., Chapel
September 4 - Introductions and Greetings
September 9 - President James P. Johnson, Chapel
September 11 - AMERC Summer Program Review
September 13, 20, 27 - Session I: LST@LTS "Biblical and Contemporary Prophets," taught by Lisa Davison, Professor of First Testament
September 16 - Dr. Steve Monhollen, Professor of Pastoral Leadership & Director of Field Education, Chapel
September 18 - Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove: New Monasticism
September 23 - Carol Devine, LTS Senior, Chapel
September 30 - Rev. Elizabeth King, Minister-in-Residence,
Central Christian Church, Lexington, Chapel
October 2008
October 2 - Marsha Charles, LTS Student, Report on Study
Trip to San Jose Church Experience
October 6 - The Matthew Kelty Lecture with J. Philip Newell,
Scottish Poet, Scholar, Teacher. 11 a.m., Chapel, sandwich lunch follows in Fellowship Hall ($5)
October 7 - Dr. Rick Lowery, Interim Dean, LTS Friends of the Congo
October 9 - David Emery, Contemporary Worship
October 11, 18, and 25 - Session II: LST@LTS "Conflict and Congregations: Creative Responses," taught by Mike Troop, Adjunct Professor of Negotiations at the UK College of Law, and Steve Monhollen, LTS Professor of Pastoral Leadership
October 16 - Reading Week: No Convocation
October 20 - Kentucky Psychiatric Medical Association Clergy
Conference, Fellowship Hall 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. free and includes lunch. Open to all clergy. Please register in advance. To do so, click on the following link http://www.kypsych.org/
October 21 - Laura Phillips, LTS Senior
October 23 - Stephanie McCormick and Sarah Renfro, LTS Students, Report on Study Trip to Venezuela
October 26-27 - Fall Meeting of Board of Trustees
October 28 - Mark Pettis, LTS Senior
October 30 - Fay Barnes, LTS Student, Report on Study Trip to Bosnia
November 2008
November 4 - Dr. O. Wesley Allen, Assistant Professor of Homilectics & Worship
November 6 - New Church Starts - LTS D.Min. students
November 8, 15, 22 - Session III: LST@LTS "The Life and Thought of Martin Luther King, Jr.," taught by Jimmy Kirby, LTS Professor of Church and Society
November 11 - Bill Rauth, LTS Senior
November 13 - Dr. Sharon Warner, Sabbatical Report
November 18 - "Faith and Disabilities: A Call to Action for Communities of Faith," a seminar sponsored by LTS and UK Institute for Human Development for pastors, professionals and persons living with disability. A conference to help faith communities be inclusive of persons with diabilities. Registration at 10:30 a.m., concludes at 4 p.m. Registration fee: $8 students, $15 professionals and others. To register, contact: Loretta Bowling at 859-280-1233 or lbowling@lextheo.edu. Deadline for registration is October 22.
November 20 - Mary Alice Pratt, LTS graduate, "The Ministry of Dorothy Day"
November 25 - Taize Service
November 27-28 - Thanksgiving Break
December 2008
Monday, December 8, Meditation Time during Study Week
March 2009
Sunday - Tuesday, March 8-10, Regional Ministers Conference