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Convocation 2018 Our speakers at Convocation 2018, the Rev. Dr. Pamela Cooper-White and the Rev. Dr. John Addison Dally offered much food for thought. WATCH RECAP

You are invited to the Online Alumni Reunion/Open House May 15, 2018 6:30 PM Central Time (US and Canada) REGISTER

Whether you're a graduate of Bexley Hall or Seabury-Western, here's an opportunity to find out what's going on at Bexley Seabury Seminary in 2018. Join us online at 6:30 pm May 15 to learn about our DMin, MDiv, and Diploma in Anglican Studies programs as we continue creating a seminary beyond walls.  After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Commencement 2018 Doctor of Ministry, Master of Divinity, and Diploma in Anglican Studies degrees and diplomas will be awarded at the Bexley Seabury Seminary Federation commencement on May 18 at 10:30 am at St. Paul and the Redeemer Episcopal Church. The preacher will be Professor John Dally . The church is located at  4945 S. Dorchester  in Chicago. For questions or to RSVP, please contact Ron Fox at  [email protected] .

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June 2-8 Learning from London  REGISTER

This is a travel course. Jason Fout leads students on the ground, meeting with seasoned mission and evangelism practitioners in the Diocese of London to learn how they have grown weekly attendance by 50% since 1990. Students will learn how to apply these lessons to their own context.

June 4-8 Reimagining Congregations in Mission REGISTER

Bonnie Perry  explores inherited assumptions and patterns of Christian congregational life in light of new apostolic environments. Perspectives on missional ecclesiology offer a framework for renewing congregational identity and practice. Students engage insights from organizational, leadership and innovation theory.

June 11-15 Community Organizing for Missional Living REGISTER

Barbara Wilson  shares her expertise on how to develop relational leadership skills and how to engage others in community change. The course links organizing to biblical groundings and practical applications in congregational ministry.

June 11-15 Nostalgia Versus the Reign of God: Sunday Morning Smack-down REGISTER

John Dally invites participants to examine the language and behavior of their communities with a critical eye, asking whether these draw the reader/listener toward the reign of God or invite them to reside comfortably in the religion of the past.

June 18-22 Non-Profit Management and Leadership  REGISTER

Northwestern University Kellogg School Faculty, Suzann Holding and Scott Stoner  will help participants combine lessons from the non-profit business world with theology in this innovative leadership program. Meets in downtown Chicago. Available for academic credit only

Bexley Seabury Leadership Institute For lay & ordained leaders, June 18-20, 2018 in Chicago

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Congregations... church organizations... judicatories—all need strong leaders to make a difference. Our annual Bexley Seabury Leadership Institute helps lay and ordained teams at all levels become more confident and effective. Participants interact and collaborate with one another and with faculty from Bexley Seabury and the Kellogg School Center for Nonprofit Management at Northwestern University's downtown campus, located a brief walk from St. James Commons, home to St. James Cathedral and the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago. Topics that 2018 Institute participants will explore are: Leading and Following  Difficult Conversations: Finding Compassion & Healing Through Conflict Management Leadership in 5G: Multiple Generations in the Workplace and Church Building Your Brand Effective External Communications

Alumni News

Christine Plantz (MDiv SWTS '09) will retire from active ministry on May 1. She has served at St. Hilda's in Kimball, Nebraska, and Good Shepherd of the Plains in Harrisburg, Nebraska, since 2010. Canon Edmund Der , who attended Seabury-Western as a postulant of Hawaii for Taiwan in 1958-'59, is currently an honorary assistant at St. James Cathedral and chaplain at Scarborough General Hospital in Toronto. He was ordained priest in Hong Kong in 1962. His son Matthias is Dean of St. John's Cathedral in Hong Kong. Another son, Philip, is a Canon in the Anglican Church of Canada and incumbent of St. Christopher's in Ontario. St. Peter’s, Lebanon, IN was one of 30 congregations that was awarded nearly $50,000 in grants to open the Harvest House Community Center in May 2018. Harvest House educates kids in Lebanon how to plant, prepare, and preserve food from the gardens and how bees play an important role in the food chain. Christopher R. Beasley (BSSF 2014) serves as Rector

In Memoriam

We have received word of the death of  Allan W. Reed , a graduate of Bexley Hall/Kenyon College in 1955. His obituary can be found at  theintell.com Stephen P. Pressey  (Kenyon College Bexley Hall '58), 88, died in February in Ohio. His obituary can be found at  schiavonefh.com