Issue #90 | May 21, 2010 |
NEW RTS/ORLANDO PRESIDENT TO BE A PANELIST AT THE ORLANDO LAUSANNE CONVERSATION GATHERING
Dr. Don Sweeting, new RTS/Orlando president (as of June 1), will be a panelist at the Orlando Lausanne Conversation Gathering on June 16 at 6:30 p.m. at Summit Church in Orlando. The moderator will be JR Kerr from Park Community Church. Other panelists include Doug Birdsall (Exec. Chairman of the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelism), Andy Crouch (senior editor for Christianity Today and author of Culture Making), Stephen Douglass (president of CCC), Brad Lomenick (director of Catalyst) and Jesse Miranda (president of the Hispanic Leadership Center). RTS is a sponsor of this event. The 12 Cities 12 Conversations events were started to help people engage in the conversation about the future of the church in preparation for the Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelism in Cape Town, South Africa, in October. Click here for the church flyer.
RTS FACULTY SPEAKING AT 2010 BUSINESS ETHICS CONFERENCE
Dr. Andy Peterson, president of RTS/Virtual, will speak on “Working in the Public Company in God’s World” at the Conference on Christian Business Ethics Today: A Christian Worldview with the Westminster Confession of Faith at the Union League in Philadelphia June 11-12. Dr. Mark Futato is also a speaker at this conference, and will speak on “Working in the Private Company in God’s World”.
SUMMER CLASS WITH D. A. CARSON AT RTS/CHARLOTTE
Dr. D.A. Carson will teach “The Text and Biblical Theology of the Johannine Epistles” June 28 – July 1 at RTS/Charlotte. The class will be held from 9:00 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. The prime focus of this course is on the content of 1, 2, and 3 John. Nevertheless this focus is maintained against three backgrounds: (1) the nature of Gnostic heresy at the end of the first century, and the answers, theoretical and practical, that the apostle John advances in response to it; (2) the problems of syncretism and contextualization in contemporary culture; (3) and the bearing of the content of these epistles on various strands of biblical theology.
NEW ASSISTANT CONTROLLER HIRED AT RTS/JACKSON
Welcome, Jason Dill, who has recently been hired for the position of assistant controller in the Institutional Finance Department on the RTS/Jackson campus. Jason grew up in Clinton and holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Southern Mississippi. He has worked in various financial capacities - most recently as a staff accountant for the local, non-profit organization Southern Christian Services for Children and Youth. Jason is filling the position previously held by Diane Turner and will focus on the student billing module within PowerCampus, as well as various institutional financial reporting responsibilities and projects.
RTS/ATLANTA OPEN HOUSE ANNOUNCEMENT COMING SOON
On Tuesday, April 13, Reformed Theological Seminary signed the closing documents on the new facility for RTS/Atlanta. The campus is located at 1580 Terrell Mill Road, Marietta, GA, 30067. The RTS/Atlanta campus anticipates moving to the new campus in June.
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MIND AND HEART DONOR ADVISED FUND – STEWARDSHIP JUST GOT A LOT EASIER
The RTS Foundation, an affiliate of RTS, recently published a new brochure and other documents promoting the Foundation’s newest gifting tool, the Donor Advised Fund. The name of the fund is the “Mind & Heart Donor Advised Fund.” This new fund is a way whereby individuals can reap many of the benefits of a private foundation without the expense and headache of establishing one. Gifts through the Mind & Heart Donor Advised Fund have all the benefits of favorable tax laws affecting gifts through other channels with many other pluses, as well, like making the gifts in a tax year when deductions are given, but not distributing the gifts to RTS and other favorite charitable organizations until later. It is also a way to make one gift and benefit all of one’s favorite interests at the same time, thus eliminating the number of people necessary to be involved, the extra paper work and accounting. For a complete review of the benefits of making gifts through the Mind & Heart Donor Advised Fund, click here.
DR. MIKE MILTON IS AWARDED THE MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL
Dr. Mike Milton is “humbled and honored” to be awarded the Meritorious Service Medal. The medal is a military award presented to members of the U.S. Armed Forces who have distinguished themselves by outstanding non-combat meritorious achievement or service to the U.S. subsequent to January 16, 1969. Effective 11 September 2001, this award also may be bestowed for non-combat meritorious achievement in a designated combat theatre. Normally, the acts or services rendered must be comparable to that required for the Legion of Merit but in a duty of lesser, though considerable, responsibility. Dr. Milton will formally receive the award in the fall.
RTS/ORLANDO NOW HAS STUDENT HOUSING
The seminary now has some apartments to rent to RTS students at affordable prices located at Villas at Lakeside on Slavia Rd. in Oviedo. Click here for more information. The apartments are 3.7 miles from the RTS campus. If you are interested in renting one of these apartments, please contact Rachael Butler at 407-366-9493 or email rbutler@rts.edu.
MISSISSIPPI TORNADO DAMAGE
Priscilla Sullivan, admissions coordinator for RTS/Jackson, sustained damage to her house (see pictures) during the Mississippi tornadoes that recently hit the region. She and her family are ok. Let’s not forget our friends in Nashville also who have suffered extreme flood damage.
NEW LIBRARY STAFF AT RTS/CHARLOTTE
Mr. Seth Abel (MAMFT '09) is the new reference specialist for the RTS/Charlotte library as of June 1. He worked in the RTS/Jackson library as a student and after graduation, he moved back to Charlotte to become involved in a local church ministry. Seth is also a UNC-Charlotte graduate. Welcome!
LAST REMINDER: SIGN UP FOR RTS ALUMNI & FRIENDS BREAKFAST AT GA
Thank you for your many, many kind responses. There is still available seating if you would like to have breakfast at one of these events. Please make all RSVP's to Dawn Kilgore.
ARP SYNOD
The RTS Alumni & Friends Breakfast will be held Wednesday, June 9 at 7:00 a.m. in Dining Room B of the Bonclarken Conference Center in Flat Rock, NC.
EPC GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The RTS Alumni & Friends Breakfast will be held Friday, June 25 at 7:00 a.m. in the Ballroom Salon ABC&D at the Hilton Garden Inn Denver Tech Center.
PCA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The RTS Alumni & Friends Breakfast will be held Thursday, July 1 at 6:30 a.m. in the Grand Ballroom West at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel.
CAMPUS EVENTS RTS/JACKSON June 7: Summer classes begin
June 15: Fall registration begins RTS/ORLANDO
May 21: Graduation, First Presbyterian Church in downtown Orlando, 7:30 p.m.
Dr. R.C. Sproul is the commencement speaker. A reception follows in the fellowship hall.
June 7: Summer classes begin
June 15: Fall registration begins RTS/CHARLOTTE
May 22: Graduation, Christ Covenant Church, Matthews, NC, 11:00 a.m. Rev. Bruce Fiol is the commencement speaker. A reception will follow in the narthex.
June 7: Summer classes begin
June 15: Fall registration begins RTS/ATLANTA
May 22: Graduation, the chapel at Church of the Apostles, Atlanta, GA, 10:00 a.m. Dr. Kenneth Boa is the commencement speaker.
June 16: Summer classes begin
June 15: Fall registration begins RTS/WASHINGTON DC
June 4: Graduation, McLean Presbyterian Church, McLean, VA, 7:30 p.m.
Hon. John Scott Redd, Sr. is the commencement speaker.
June 7: Summer classes begin
June 15: Fall registration begins.
ALUMNI SNIPPETS
Do you have an alumni snippet to share? Send it to the editor, here.
Troy Albee (M.Div. '02) is finishing his ministry as an associate minister at The Church of the Good Shepherd in Durham, NC, and preparing to be a church planter on the south shore of Boston, MA, through Christ the King Presbyterian along with his wife Krista. Click here for more info.
Joseph Bingold (MAR '06), a first year MBA student at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, is a Time Magazine essay finalist. He wrote a paper titled "A Forest-Based Model for Energy Sustainability". Click here to read more about him and to read his paper.
Scott Davenport (M.Div. '08) has accepted a call from the Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Peru to be the registrar and dean of curriculum in the Reformed Biblical Seminary in Trujillo, Peru. Mr. Davenport will be working as a member of the Peru mission team. His call was recently approved by the Presbytery of the Southeast of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, where Scott’s credentials will remain.
Matthew Eusey (M.Div. ’07) was called in April as interim pastor at Bellewood Presbyterian Church in Bellevue, WA. He recently moved to Bellevue with his wife Karyn and two sons, Stephen (2) and Luther (6 months).
Steve Jeantet (M.Div. '07) has accepted a call to Covenant Life Church in Sarasota, FL, as executive pastor. He will start on June 1. He was formerly the minister of outreach at Glasgow Reformed Presbyterian Church in Bear, DE. He is also starting his last semester of his PhD and will become a PhD candidate in August. Steve and his wife Kim have a son Jeremiah (20 months). Kim is very talented in cake decorating. See her designs here.
Aaron Kahler (M.Div. '09) is currently serving as pastor of Forest Glade Baptist Church, in Mexia, TX. 
Jerid Krulish (M.Div. ‘09) was ordained and installed as the assistant pastor of Faith Presbyterian Church in Tacoma, WA, on February 14. Jerid and his wife Aria have two children, Lilia (3) and Wren (1).
Pete Alwinson (D.Min.'96), senior pastor at Willow Creek Church, and adjunct member of the RTS faculty, will teach Communications - I, at Haifa Theological Institute (HTI) in Israel, that prepares Messianic Jewish leaders for ministry (May 24-June 2). HTI is administered by Dr. Eliyahu (Ilya) Lizorkin. Ilya is a graduate of RTS-Orlando (M.Div. '00) and Stellensboch University (M.Phil.'06 in Bible Interpretation and D.Phil. in Ancient Cultures '09). He is a lecturer in Jewish and biblical studies at Nazareth Evangelical Theological Seminary (NETS) that prepares Arab Christians for Christian ministry. If you’d like to know more about these important ministries, email him here.
Omar Nuwayhid (MAC '09), 48, who was suffering from ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease), passed away on Tuesday, May 18. Please keep his wife and four sons in prayer. A memorial service has been planned at RTS/Orlando in the chapel on Monday, May 24 at 6:00 p.m.
Joel Pelsue (M.Div. '98) will speak at the Exchange: The Truth & The Lie Conference in June with Mark Driscoll, Francis Chan, and Peter Jones. It is produced by Resurgence of Mars Hill, in conjunction with TruthXchange. Joel will speak on "The Truth & the Lie in Hollywood". The conference is June 17-18.
Curtis B. Singleton, III (M.Div. ’80, MCE ’80), 73, director of The Seamen’s House in Savannah for the past 17 years, passed away on May 1, 2010. He leaves behind his wife Evelyn and brother William of St. Louis. The funeral service was held at Independent Presbyterian Church. The Obituary Guest Book is found here.
Update on Randy Young (M.Div. ’91, MAMFT ‘91), director of the Living Waters Counseling Center in Medford, OR. Randy was burned severely in February when he tried to light his grill. Randy's Home!!! Randy came home on May 6 and is doing very well. His family is working together to care for him. His wife Hannah asks that we continue to pray he will gain better use of his hands and not have complications. 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.