Updates and Announcements

Announcements

Asbury alumni are invited to gather at the president’s house during Ichthus!  Asbury alumni are welcome to join Dr. Tennent at Rose Hill on Thursday, June 17 at 6:00 pm for a Bar-B-Q picnic.  Please email Sarah Angell (sarah.angell@asburyseminary.edu) if you plan to attend this event. 

To honor and thank our alumni serving in the Free Methodist Church, the Asbury Seminary Admissions Office is offering one free conference registration and accommodations to the upcoming Free Methodist Overflow Conference, April 22-24 in Orlando, Florida.  Included in the Alumni Appreciation Package is conference registration for one person, two nights lodging, two breakfasts and one lunch at the Doubletree hotel located at the entrance of Universal Studios.  All other expenses (travel, etc.) will be the responsibility of the package winner. Register to win by emailing brian.johnson@asburyseminary.edu.

Enter to win BibleWorks software for free!  Simply fill out the "Refer a student" form with the information of a prospective student between now and November 21st. For each student you refer, your name will be placed in a drawing for the BibleWorks software.  To enter click on http://www.asburyseminary.edu/alumni-elink/refer-a-student.  

Dr. Timothy C. Tennent, President of Asbury Theological Seminary, announced that the Florida Dunnam campus held a mortgage burning celebration, symbolically marking its new debt-free status, on March 19.  Dr. Tennent explains, “when I was appointed as the 8^th President of Asbury Theological Seminary, we held a 1.75 million dollar debt on the Florida Dunnam campus... This indebtedness impeded the future development of the Orlando campus. I want to give praise and honor to our Lord Jesus Christ for providing our needs and for the Florida Council and other donors who were so responsive to the leading of the Holy Spirit to give towards helping us to extend the vision of Asbury Theological Seminary to the ends of the earth.”

The Asbury Seminary Alumni Office has partnered with PCI (publishingconcepts.com) to create our first-ever alumni directory!  Over the next several months, PCI will be collecting data to make this directory the most complete and accurate directory possible.  Please work with Asbury, PCI and your fellow alumni to make this project a success!

There's still time to recommend the Admissions Spring 2010 Preview Weekend.  Prospective students can attend the April 16 and 17 Preview Weekend on either the Florida Dunnam or Kentucky campus.  Guests are invited to worship, attend class and meet with faculty, financial aid consultants, academic advisors and students.  Meals are provided.  Registration is free.  To register, call 800.2ASBURY or click http://www.asburyseminary.edu/preview-weekend.  Thank you for encouraging someone discerning God's call to consider Asbury Seminary.

Asbury Seminary celebrated its first Founder’s Day on March 10, 2010, the birthday of our founder, Rev. Dr. Henry Clay Morrison.  The Alumni Office is selling t-shirts to commemorate this unique event.  The cost of the shirts is $8 plus shipping and handling, if applicable.  Sizes currently available include S, M, L, XL, 2XL.  Please contact the Alumni Office (alumni@asburyseminary.edu or 1-866-ATS ALUM) if you are interested.

Updates

Dr. Jim L. Garlow (MDiv 1972) was named Chairman of Renewing American Leadership (ReAL) by Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich.  For the complete article please go to http://www.send2press.com/newswire/2010-03-0316-007.shtml

Jeffrey C. Crawford (MDiv 1976) retired on June 30, 2009.  Jeff served in both the Western New York Conference and the North Central New York Conference in full time ministry for 33 years.  As a member of the Western New York Conference, Jeff served four local church appointments as pastor with an appointment as a District Superintendent in between. He and his wife, Beverly, live on the east side of Rochester, NY.  They have three children, the youngest of whom is a junior at LeMoyne College in Syracuse, NY.

Rev. Dr. Christopher L. Fisher (MDiv 1990, adjunct faculty member)  recently had a book published, part of the Princeton Theological Monograph Series of Pickwick Press (Wipf and Stock): a monograph of his PhD dissertation titled, "Human Significance in Theology and the Natural Sciences: An Ecumenical Perspective with Reference to Pannenberg, Rahner and Zizioulas."  http://wipfandstock.com/store/Human_Significance_in_Theology_and_the_Natural_Sciences_An_Ecumenical_Perspective_with_Reference_to_Pannenberg_Rahner_and_Zizioulas

Rev. Richard P. Lively (MDiv 1992, ThM 1993) departed Mar 4th under The Mission Society to serve in Thailand in partnership with Connect3e (www.connect3e.org), an organization dedicated to ending the suffering and ministering to the needs of Karen refugees fleeing from the Burmese military junta.  The Livelys will live in Hua Hin, a coastal town 30 miles from the Thai/Burma border, where they will work in refugee villages.

Rev. Dr. J. Derrick Lemons (MDiv 1997, DMin 2008) spent eight days over spring break in Haiti helping in the relief effort.  Sponsored by his church and partnering with World Hope International, Dr. Lemons spent eight days in Petite Goâve, Haiti assisting doctors in a medical clinic, helping Haitians to rebuild a church, speaking at local church services and researching how the earthquake has affected the religious beliefs of Haitians. 

Philip J. Price (MA 2000) is presently working for the State of Florida as a CPI,  a Certified Child Protective Investigator.  In October of 2009, He transferred to the Daytona Beach Office.