Issue #87 | March 18, 2010 |
RTS/ATLANTA PURCHASES NEW BUILDING 
RTS/Atlanta announces the purchase of new campus facilities along I-75, just north of the present location.
In addition, a friend of RTS has pledged $1,000,000 towards the purchase and renovation of these facilties. However, in order to activate this challenge grant, we must raise approximately $1,500,000 to pay for our campus facilities, theological library, and numerous renovations, so we are praying for additional partners in helping us raise the remaining funds.
We invite you to participate in this exciting work. If you are led to support the RTS Atlanta Building Fund please make your tax-deductible gift online or contact Tom Campbell, our vice president for development, at (404) 995-8484 for more information.
EUGENE PETERSON BOOKS 35%-40% OFF AT THE RTS/ORLANDO CAMPUS BOOKSTORE
Eugene Peterson is the speaker for the 2010 Kistemaker Academic Lecture Series at RTS/Orlando March 17-18. All of his book titles from Eerdmans will be in the store and on sale at 35% off normal retail pricing for the entire month of March. This includes all audio book titles as well.
Additionally, any customer purchasing an entire set (5 volumes) of his recently completed systematic studies will receive all five volumes at 40% off normal retail pricing. Send your list of titles to Greg Thompson gthompson@rts.edu at the RTS/Orlando Campus Bookstore, or call 800-390-7426.
RTS & LIGONIER ACADEMY REACH AGREEMENT
Reformed Theological Seminary and Ligonier Academy have reached an agreement that will offer greater resources to their respective students. This agreement will allow Doctor of Ministry students from either institution to attend classes and utilize the library on the partner campus. Click here for more info.
LISTEN TO THE CALL WITH MIKE MILTON LIVE IN CHARLOTTE OR LISTEN ONLINE
Listen to "The Call with Mike Milton" radio program by clicking here and selecting The Call. (The program is updated weekly). If you are in Charlotte, the program now airs at 10:00 a.m. and 9:30 p.m. on WHVN (1240AM and 104.3FM). "The Call with Mike Milton" is also broadcast on select stations around the country. You may also subscribe to The Call via RTS on iTunes U under the Charlotte Campus resources.
CHURCH UNDERTAKING INTENSIVE 15-WEEK FOCUS ON BOOK OF PSALMS FROM GRANT
Scott Redd (M.Div. ’04), the assistant professor of Old Testament and dean of students at RTS/Orlando, is working on the Psalms of Ascents with his former church, Christ the King Presbyterian Church in Raleigh, NC. The grant money that supports this project came from the Calvin Institute for Christian Worship in Grand Rapids, MI, and is funded by Lily Endowment, Inc. Bruce Benedict (M.Div. ‘03) spearheads the project. Other RTS folks involved are Elliot Grudem (M.Div. ‘03), James Sutton (M.Div. ‘04), Tim Sharpe (M.Div. ’08, MAC ’08) and Dr. Steve Brown, professor of preaching emeritus, who recorded his reading of the Psalms. Read more here.
DR. SWEETING TO PREACH AT EPC GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Dr. Don Sweeting, the new president of RTS/Orlando who will begin June 1, will preach during the evening worship service at the Evangelical Presbyterian Church General Assembly at Cherry Creek Presbyterian Church in Denver, CO, where he has pastored since 1998.
RTS VIRTUAL ANNOUNCES UPCOMING ONLINE COURSE OFFERINGS
0ST516 Systematic Theology II (Dr. Douglas Kelly) facilitated by Dr. James Anderson is now available via the online virtual classroom for 2 credit hours.
Hebrew Basic I and Hebrew Basic II with Dr. Mark Futato will be available online this summer. Hebrew Basic I will be offered May 31-June 11, 2010, and Hebrew Basic II will be offered June 21 - July 2, 2010.
CAMPUS EVENTS
| RTS/JACKSON | March 15-19: Spring Break March 23: Chapel - Dr. Derek Thomas March 30: Chapel - David Gilbert, 2nd Pres of Yazoo City (PCA) March 23: Professor's Panel on Christian Living and Ministry (with Free Pizza), 5:00pm |
| RTS/ORLANDO | March 17-18: Kistemaker Academic Lecture Series with Dr. Eugene Peterson March 18: concert - Matthew Smith of Indelible Grace – 7:00 p.m. - $5 at the door March 22-26: Spring Break March 22: RTS Golf Outing – Deer Run Country Club April 7: Chapel - Senior Sermon |
| RTS/CHARLOTTE | March 15-19: Spring Break March 23: Chapel - Mantle Nance, Senior, RTS/Charlotte March 23: MNA representative Jim Hatch will be on campus at noon to host a lunch in the dining room for anyone interested in church planting. April 9-10: 2010 RTS Women's Conference with Melissa Kruger and Elsie Newell April 29: Spring Banquet (6:15 p.m.-8:30 p.m.) – Speaker: Hon. John Scott Redd. The Institute for Chaplain Ministries will be inaugurated this night. |
ALUMNI SNIPPETS
Phil and Sh
anna Davis (M.Div. '03) report that Jake Hunt (M.Div. '07) and his wife Melissa arrived with their two boys, S
am and Foard. Jake will work as the assistant pastor at Faith Community and preached his first sermon recently. They were recently introduced at the church (pictured right). Faith Community Church is celebrating their third birthday in April. The children’s ministry is growing, and they now have a youth ministry. The Davis family is pictured left with Shanna and children: Lucy, Clark and Piper. Click here to follow their blog. Gert-Jan Roest (M.Div. ’00) planted a church in Amsterdam in 2002, together with a 
colleague. There is now a growing community of about 50 committed people. In 2003 Gert-Jan started his Ph.D. study in theology at the Free University in Amsterdam. He is very interested in the interaction between culture and theology, especially in the question of what this means for our view on Jesus Christ. His wife Sandra works twice a week as a social worker at a women’s shelter at the Salvation Army. They have two boys, Tobias (8) who enjoys reading, soccer, swimming, skiing and skating, and Florian (3½) who enjoys cars, cars and cars.
Update on Randy Young (M.Div. ’91, MAMFT ‘91), director of the Living Waters Counseling Center in Medford, OR, who was burned severely when he tried to light his grill, came through surgery well according to his wife. They only used skin from one shoulder and repaired his ears, not exactly as they were, but the doctor says they will look pretty good. He only had to do a little on the neck. The doctor will try to take him off the ventilator and then look at his hands. He may be able to return to work within a couple months. His hands will not be ready, but he should be able to sit and counsel. It depends on how much he does during the rehab time.
His wife Annette said, “This all seems so miraculous to me and the girls . . . but God is a God of miracles, so we should not be surprised. Please continue to pray that no more surgeries will be needed as the doctor evaluates the grafts next week. Also pray for continued stability as he continues to come out of the coma. Thank you all for your prayers, love and encouragement!"
(Annette will start a new job in April as a social worker--an answer to prayer.) If you are led to give, you can write a check to the Trinity OPC Deacon's Fund, 1332 Mt Pitt Ave, Medford, Oregon 97501. This fund is supporting the Young family during Randy's recovery.