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JANUARY INTENSIVES
STUDENTS AND STUDENT SPOUSES: MARRIED TO MINISTRY
January 14-18; 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Facilitator: Dawn Penner
Course Syllabus: http://www.mbseminary.edu/fresno/courses/syllabus/13015792
MBBS Student and Spouse Discount: $25
In order to assure that there will be an audience for the Married to Ministry course, we need to ask that anyone who is interested in attending let us know before next Tuesday at noon. While we are confident that this course has potential to be an important event for MBBS and a valuable opportunity for the spouses of pastors, we will be forced to reschedule if we do not receive a minimum number of registrants. Current MBBS students and their spouses can register for the course for only $25, through next Tuesday at noon.
Everyone else can register for only $50. Following Tuesday, registration will be $100. If you register early, you can pay at the door.
The other January intensive course is "Evangelism and Church Planting," and will be taught by Victor Wiens, who recently returned from extended service as a missionary in Brazil. The course is designed to help each student "develop understanding and skills according to his/her giftedness, ministry calling, educational needs and cultural context." This course will run from January 12-19. For more information, click here.
HONDURAS CROSS-CULTURAL ENCOUNTER/COUNSELING
requirement through doing an June 5-15, 2008 for 1.5 units. Students now have the option of meeting half of their CCE MBBS International CCE course. The first one will be June 5-15, 2008. Mark Baker will take a group of students to Honduras. The main focus of the trip will be studying Galatians in a bi-lingual and interactive setting with Central American seminary students from the Latin American Anabaptist seminary from June 9-14. Special attention will be given to pastoral and missional application of the text. MBBS students will also visit both rural and urban Christian community development projects, including Amor Fe y Vida Church.
Students with interest in the CCE Honduras trip should be alert to a change in the cost of the trip. The cost of the Honduras trip will include tuition plus a course fee of $350 plus airfare. Our first announcement did not include mention of the course fee. Please accept our apologies for unclear communication. Please contact Mark Baker if you have interest in CCE Honduras.
For more information, click here.
END OF YEAR CHRISTMAS PARTY
December 14th, from 7-9pm. Come join the fun at the Bartlett's, with warm drinks, snacks and a chance to walk and see the Christmas lights and decorations on Huntington Boulevard. Staff, faculty, and students - bring your families and friends!
The address is 3448 E. Huntington Blvd 93702. You'll need to park on 5th street, as Huntington is not allowing parking for the time being.
CROSS-CULTURAL ENCOUNTER/COUNSELING MEETING
Students taking Cross-Cultural Encounter/Counseling during January 2008 will meet on December 13th at 11:30 in the Oklahoma Room. The meeting was previously set for 11:45, however, we are hoping to make the meeting shorter and start a little earlier. We plan to be done by 12:30. The aim of the meeting is to situate the course in a theological and therapeutic context. We will also distribute the packing list, the daily schedule, and take suggestions for churches to visit on the two Sundays in LA.
FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY + ANABAPTIST MISSIOLOGY
Fuller Theological Seminary is planning on offering a special course on Anabaptist missiology, and has invited MBBS, AMBS, EMU and other schools to participate. The course will be offered on Fuller's campus, and will run from July 21 to August 1, 2008, from 8 a.m. to noon. MBBS students will be given a discount, and will be able to take the course for $700. Depending on the number of students who register, lodging may be available through Pasadena Mennonite Church and/or regular Fuller students. Contact Fuller's representative Matthew Krabill at 626-584-5260 or sis-advising@dept.fuller.edu if you are interested.
General
ADVENT WEBSITE
Rob Devens, an M.Div. graduate of MBBS, has created a website which blends art, scripture, and writing to help people meditate on the life of Christ. There is also an advent section, and the Ways of the Cross/Stations of the Cross. Click here to visit.
GRANT AVAILABLE FOR PASTORS
The Lilly Endowment, through its National Clergy Renewal Program, makes grants of up to $45,000 available to support an extended time of Sabbath rest and renewal for the pastor and his or her family, and to support their congregations in renewal activities. This program is open to Christian congregations that are served by a pastor having a Master of Divinity degree from an accredited Association of Theological Schools seminary. For information on the program, click here to go to the Lilly website, or call 317-916-7302.
BOOKSTORE HOURS
The FPU bookstore will be open until December 21st, and will reopen December 31st. They follow the same schedule as the main offices of the university, so if they are open, the bookstore will be too. The bookstore will be buying back books December 10th-14th.
LIBRARY HOURS
Hiebert Library, in its efforts to meet student needs, opens on Sunday nights near the end of each semester. The library is happy to announce that it will be open Sunday nights, December 2nd and 9th, from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m. Kindly be advised that students need to checkout books at least 15 minutes prior to closing time. Contact the library regarding special holiday and end of semester hours at 453-2090.
HAVE YOU READ ANYTHING GOOD LATELY?
Would you like to share it with others? The editors of MB Biblical Seminary's 'In Touch' magazine invite you to submit your favorite quote from a book you have read here at the seminary. All you have to do is e-mail the quote (no more than 4 sentences long), along with the books' title, author and year of publication, your name, campus, and degree program to: Megan Richard at mrichard@mbseminary.edu. Five will be chosen and featured in the March 2008 edition!
CHANGE IN PAYMENT POLICY
Change in Installment payment plan policy: We will only accept arrangements to make payments by credit card or automatic withdrawal from checking accounts on a monthly basis until the end of the semester. The reason for this is so we can set up the payments automatically and we don't have to track them manually. A complete list of Student Account Policies can be found at http://www.mbseminary.edu/fresno/finaid/student-accounts.
ACCESS LIBRARY RESOURCES FROM HOME
MBBS and FPU are excited to announce the arrival of the new Hiebert Library proxy server. MBBS students will no longer be required to be physically in the Hiebert Library in order to access online periodicals and resources such as JSTOR, ERIC, and Thesaurus Linguae Graecae. Now MBBS students can go to ez.fresno.edu and log in with the seminary's name and password from anywhere in the world. Contact Jason Hiebert at jhiebert@mbseminary.edu to find out the seminary's name and password on the proxy server.
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