Morning Devotions

TUESDAY, March 9....................................................................Christopher Chelpka, Graduating Senior
WEDNESDAY, March 10.............................................................................Faculty/Student Prayer Groups
THURSDAY, March 4...............................................................Dr. Martin Klauber, Convocation Speaker

Thursday Convocation Lecturer

Dr. Martin Klauber will be delivering a convocation lecture on Thursday, March 11th. Dr. Klauber is the author of Between Reformed Scholasticism and Pan-Protestantism: Jean-Alphonse Turretin (1671-1737) and Enlightened Orthodoxy at the Academy of Geneva. He is an expert on post-Reformation Reformed scholastic theology, and has also published a number of articles in academic journals including Church History, Journal of the History of Ideas, Scottish Journal of Theology, and Calvin Theological Journal.

Convocation Schedule
 

Westminster Women

The women of WSC (student, staff, and faculty wives and women students) are invited to attend the March WWF event on the topic of Etiquette.  Mrs. Mary Ellen Godfrey will be speaking on the basics of etiquette in the McGill Lounge (in the chapel) on Monday, March 15^th at 7:00 p.m.  Please RSVP to Katherine VanDrunen: katherine.vandrunen@gmail.com.  Hope to see you there!

Call for Photos

Once again we are actively seeking photos of the graduating class for a special slide show which is part of the celebration of graduation weekend. Please help us make this extra special by submitting any photo you may have of yourself or your graduating friends during their time here: new babies, costume parties, weddings, hiking trips, anything and everything that will help make this special for the graduates and their families. Email them to Heather Gideon. Thank you!

Ex Bibliotheca

I am increasingly convinced of the words of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, “Whenever the Psalter is abandoned, an incomparable treasure vanishes from the Christian church. With its recovery will come unsuspected power.” In light of the truth and power of God’s Word, I have added these items on the Psalms. (Look for more in the future.)

Psalms in Community: Jewish and Christian textual, liturgical, and  artistic traditions.  Edited by Harold W. Attridge and Margot E. Fassler.  Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2004.

“Enemies and the Politics of Prayer,” in The Bible and the politics of exegesis: essays in honor of Norman K. Gottwald on his sixty-fifth birthday. David Jobling, Peggy L. Day, Gerald T. Sheppard, editors.   Cleveland, Ohio: Pilgrim Press, c1991. 

Psalms. Geoffrey W. Grogan.   Grand Rapids, Mich.: William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 2008. 

The Editing of the Hebrew Psalter. Gerald Henry Wilson.   Chico, Calif.: Scholars Press, c1985. 

The Psalms in history and biography. John Ker.  Edinburgh: A. Elliot, 1886.

Graduation Application

The graduation application is now available. Please fill this out as soon as possible but no later than Friday, March 12, 2010. Remember, your memories and plans must be no more than 200 words combined. Also, if you have any pictures which you would allow us to use for a slide show the evening before commencement, please forward them to hgideon@wscal.edu.

Financial Aid Exit Interviews

Graduating class of 2010: If you received a student loan while attending Westminster, you need to complete an exit interview.  This can be done online in a matter of minutes at www.edfund.org   Just click on the EdTe$t icon, submit the necessary info and follow the directions.  If you would prefer to do the interview in person, email Barbara Clark and she will schedule a time to meet with you.

2010 den Dulk Lectures

 The Robert G. and Nellie B. den Dulk Lectures on Pastoral Ministry will be brought by The Rev. Dr. Sinclair Ferguson on March 23-25, 2010.

Dr. Sinclair B. Ferguson is Senior Minister of the First Presbyterian Church of Columbia, South Carolina and Professor of Systematic Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary. A graduate of the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, he is the author of some two dozen books, has authored numerous articles and has contributed to various symposia. His writing interests have ranged from works of scholarship to books for children.  He has served as minister of two congregations in Scotland, one on Unst, the most northerly inhabited island in the United Kingdom,  and the other at the centre of Glasgow, the largest city in Scotland. For more than twenty years he has been a member of the faculty of Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia and Dallas, and has served as a visiting professor in various other seminaries.

The theme for this year is “Not ourselves, but Jesus Christ  . . . with ourselves” The Heartbeat of Gospel Ministry.

Dr. Ferguson’s lectures will be Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, at 10:00 am in the WSC chapel. Seminary classes will be on "convocation schedule" each of these days.

 

Financial Aid

The time that you have all been waiting for is finally here!  The FAFSA is available online!  If you have not already been notified by the Department of Education, you can now access and update your FAFSA at www.fafsa.ed.gov . Our own Westminster Financial Aid application is also available on our website! Changes have been made this year to our application.  Since it is different, contact me if you have questions about filling it out. Both of these forms are necessary in order to be considered for Financial Aid for 2010-2011. Please complete and submit them by March 15.

Student Health Insurance
 
Health insurance is available to WSC students through United Healthcare Student Resources. The plan is for students who are enrolled in 9 or more units for credit and their dependents for up to a 12 month period (must be renewed each academic year). Please see the United Healthcare website for additional information, including enrollment forms.(Enter WSC policy #2009-201776-78)

If you have general questions regarding the insurance plan or are looking for alternative health coverage options, feel free to contact Barbara Clark, Financial Aid Coordinator.

Pulpit Supply Information
 
The seminary often receives requests from churches for pulpit supply and these opportunities are often directed towards both professors and current students. In order to serve you and the requesting churches better, a form and database have been created to compile necessary church/denomination information, as well as the current status of academic and ecclesiastical progression of current students. Please complete the form and submit it to one of our front office assistants who will make the information available for pulpit supply requests.