Princeton Theological Seminary

October 31, 2017 “Caribbean Reformations: Black Christians, Protestant Missionaries, and the Limits of Freedom in the Atlantic World” Speaker: Dr. Katharine Gerbner, assistant professor of history, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

October 31, 2017 African Christians and the Reformation Workshop Speaker: Dr. Afeosemime "Afe” Adogame, Maxell M. Upson Professor of Christianity and Society, Princeton Theological Seminary

November 9, 2017 The Bible and Ethics in Christian Life: Race, Class, Gender, and Ecological Justice Panelists: • Dr. Eric Barreto, Frederick and Margaret L. Weyerhaeuser Associate Professor of New Testament, Princeton Seminary • Dr. Bruce Birch, dean and professor of biblical theology, Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington DC • Dr. Cynthia Moe-Lobeda, professor of theological and social ethics, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Church Divinity School of the Pacific, and the Graduate Theological Seminary (affiliated with Columbia University) • Dr. Peter Paris, Elmer G. Homrighausen Professor of Christian Ethics Emeritus, Princeton Seminary • Dr. Larry Rasmussen, Reinhold Niebuhr ProfessorEmeritus of Social Ethics, Union Theological Seminary (New York City) Moderator: Dr. Jacqueline Lapsley, associate professor of Old Testament and director of The Center for Theology, Women, and Gender, Princeton Seminary

November 15, 2017 | Princeton Theological Seminary Library “The Case of the Trafficked Princesses: Trauma Hermeneutics as Pedagogical Tool for Teaching on Gender-Based Violence” Lecturer: Dr. Julianna Claassens, professor of Old Testament, chair of the Department of Old and New Testament, and head of the gender unit, Faculty of Theology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

December 13, 2017 | Miller Chapel The Carols of Many Nations service includes readings, choral anthems, and congregational carols led by the Princeton Seminary Choir and international students and staff of the Seminary.

December 16, 2017 | Miller Chapel “Ring and Sing Glory to the Newborn King!” Under the direction of James Klotz, the Princeton Ringers are comprised of Seminary students, spouses, staff, and friends from churches across the community.

Fall 2016 Opening Communion Sermon “Dreams and Realities of Community”

December 7, 2017 | Miller Chapel “Inheriting the Mantle” No matter how creative your means may be, no one really invents ministry any more than we could invent the gospel. Whether we acknowledge it or not, we all stand on the shoulders of others. In ministry we’re just participating in the next chapter of the Reformation of the church.

November 30, 2017 | Miller Chapel

November 9, 2017 | Miller Chapel “Giving Up the Limp” In the times when the famine has been most severe you have to choose if you are going to worship God or Baal. Most of us claim to worship God, but we have a Plan B just in case. Plan B is always Plan Baal.

November 2, 2017 | Miller Chapel Listening to God is as much skill as it is gift. And the skill comes from learning to tune your ears. Elijah had to listen to God with the poor widow before he could listen to God in the high drama on Mt. Carmel.

Speaker: Sister Miriam Therese Winter, faculty associate in transformative leadership and spirituality, director, master of arts in transformative leadership and spirituality, and director of the Women’s Leadership Institute, Hartford Seminary, Hartford, Connecticut

“Thinking with our Hearts/Feeling with our Brains: Testimonies of Faith that History Might Otherwise Forget” Speaker: Rev. Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon, Annie Scales Rogers Professor of Christian Ethics, Union Presbyterian Seminary

“Faith of Our Mothers” Preacher: The Reverend Julie M. Hoplamazian, rector, The Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew, Brooklyn, NY

October 12, 2017 | Miller Chapel "The Wings of Refuge” It is impossible to survive in any environment, including a Christian one, without a sanctuary. It is only a matter of time before “the destroying storms” pass your way. But what does it substantively mean to find shelter under God’s wings?

October 5, 2017 | Miller Chapel “Beholding God’s Beauty” David seeks communion with God in order to seek truth and to behold God’s beauty. Most Protestants are better at seeking than we are at beholding. But the purpose of seeking truth is precisely to behold the beauty of God.

September 21, 2017 | Miller Chapel “Being Rooted” The purpose of theological study, worship, and participation in community is to develop deep roots like a tree planted by streams of water. But the purpose of being rooted is to bear fruit.

September 8, 2017 | Miller Chapel "Weeds in the Garden"

Opening Convocation for the 2017–18 Academic Year Speaker: Jacqueline Lapsley, Dean and Vice President of Academic Affairs and Professor of Old Testament

Opening Communion for the 2017–18 Academic Year Preacher: President Craig Barnes