Updates and Announcements

Alumni News and Events

Alumni World Café

Aug. 16, 2010 -Asbury Seminary Florida Dunnam campus

 Alumni, here is your opportunity to participate! The World Café is an innovative yet simple methodology for hosting conversations about questions that matter. These conversations link and build on each other as people move between groups, cross-pollinate ideas, and discover new insights into the questions or issues that are most important in their lives, work or community. For more information, contact the Alumni Office at 866.ATS.ALUM.

Move!

Sept. 12-16, 2010 -Asbury Seminary Kentucky campus

 Taking place during Holiness Week, Move! is a time of spiritual formation, renewal and refreshment as we begin the fall semester. Beginning with a retreat on Sunday evening, into Monday, make room for this time of worship, personal reflection, special speakers, music, fellowship, food and fun for the campus community, alumni and friends joining together in a celebration of holiness. Contact: JD Walt, 859.858.2198.

Alumni Gathering

October 7, 2010 -Asbury Florida Dunnam Campus

ATTENTION ALUMNI IN FLORDIA area – you are invited to a special luncheon hosted in the Harper Community Room of the Asbury Seminary Campus in Orlando, beginning at 11:30am. Dr. Tennent will be our guest speaker during the luncheon.  Additionally, the members of the Florida Council will be using this opportunity to meet and dine with our alumni. Following the luncheon, everyone would be invited to stay for a special message from John Michael Talbot. He will be sharing word and song during Asbury’s Chapel time.  John Michael Talbot is the 2010 Evans' Family lecturer.

2010 Admissions Preview Weekends

Oct. 15-16: Asbury Seminary Florida Dunnam campus

Nov. 12-13: Asbury Seminary Kentucky campus

Encourage a prospective student to try out the Asbury Seminary experience by visiting a campus in 2010. Refer a student to the Asbury Admissions Office and you’ll be entered to win BibleWorks software! Contest ends Nov. 22, 2010.

Kingdom Conference

Oct. 17-21, 2010 -Asbury Seminary Kentucky campus

Asbury Seminary hosts the 2010 Kingdom conference on the Kentucky campus, so bring your best spirit for a week of renewal and Christian Kingdom focusing! For information, contact 1.800.2ASBURY.

Holy LandPilgrimage with Dr. and Mrs. Tennent

Jan. 2-15, 2011

Walk where Jesus walked and experience the long ago events recorded in the Bible come alive in ways you never dreamed possible. Join Dr. and Mrs. Tennent and Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Martyn in the wonderful fellowship that a pilgrimage affords and soak in the devotional content and biblical applications as you travel over the sacred ground of Israel and Jordan. This trip is limited to the first 40 passengers. To reserve your spot today, please contact Omega Travel at 800.363.0012 or email bev@omegatravelusa.com.

Kingdom Encounter 2011

Jan. 31-Feb. 2, 2011 -Asbury Seminary Florida Dunnam campus

Mark your calendar now for this three-day conference, featuring keynote speakers Alan and Debra Hirsch. Known for his innovative approach to mission, Alan Hirsch is a teacher and key mission strategist for churches across the Western world. Debra Hirsch is a conference speaker, church leader and writer. To learn more about Kingdom Encounter 2011, contact Kandace Brooks at

kandace.brooks@asburyseminary.edu.

Q3 Conference - Being Human: Created in God’s Image

March 8-10, 2011-Asbury Seminary Kentucky campus

The Q3 conference series tackles three big questions at the intersection of faith and science. Join us for year two as we dig into faith and anthropology questions with the help of top scientists, pastors and theologians. Contact: Ginny Proctor, 888.5BEESON. Funded by a grant from the John Templeton Foundation’s Science for Ministry Initiative, the John Templeton Foundation serves as a philanthropic catalyst for discoveries relating to the Big Questions of human purpose and ultimate reality.

Ministry Conference: Ministry in the Image of God

March 21-24, 2011 -Asbury Seminary Kentucky campus

You asked! We’re answering! A new and exciting 21st century “ministry conference” is coming soon to the Kentucky campus. Stay tuned for more information soon to be released on the Lifelong Learners page of asburyseminary.edu (asburyseminary.edu/lifelonglearners). Contact: Ginny Proctor, 888.5BEESON.

YouNique in Christ! Discovering Yourself in God’s Will

May 9-12, 2011 -Asbury Seminary Kentucky campus

Ladies, do you wonder if God has something more for you? Come and bring your friends to this time of inspiration, motivation and challenge by women whose lives got even better when they stepped out of their comfort zones and deeper into God’s will. Contact: Ginny Proctor, 888.5BEESON

News:

Mark A. Rains (1983), executive director of Country Road Ministries, was selected to represent the clergy in the 2009-2010 Edition of Premiere International Who’s Who. Due to his work, all fees and awards totaling over $5000 were waived, and, upon request, were donated to Food for the Poor. Lynn, his wife, retired from Emergency Medicine after 35 years and together they plan to work in national and international disaster relief as an extension of CRM as the need arises. They have three children: Luke teaches Art Education (K-6), Peter is a musician, performing for “MUNY,” while exploring a MSW and Sarah Lynn is pursuing a MS in Speech Pathology.

Publications:Rains, Mark A. “Fifty Years of Darkness: A Glimpse into Mother Teresa’s Light.” Carmelite Digest, Part 1: Vol. 25 No. 1 Fall, 2010; Part 2: Vol. 25 No. 1 Winter, 2010. This commemorates the centennial anniversary of the birth of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta, who Mark met in 1966 when he was 12. It was in India where God placed the needs of the poor upon his heart (Ez. 22:29-30). Contact: info@countryroadministries.com

Rev. H. Mark Abbott (1968) is retiring at the end of June, 2010 as Senior Pastor of First Free Methodist Church in Seattle after 28 years in this position and 42 consecutive years in pastoral ministry. Since completing the M.Div. at Asbury, Mark received an M.A. from Canisius College in Buffalo, NY and the D. Min. from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. He also served as pastor of Wesleyan Churches in Hamburg and Houghton, New York. He has been Adjunct Faculty at Fuller Seminary in the Northwest and will be an Adjunct Faculty member at Seattle Pacific University’s School of Theology.

Contact: First Free Methodist Church, 3200 3rd W. Seattle, WA 98119

Rev. Derrell W. Patterson (1980) has been appointed District Superintendent to the Big Spring District of the Northwest Texas Conference of the UMC. This new ministry officially begins on July 1, 2010. Derrell and Sandy will move to the district parsonage in Big Spring on June 15^th. Their oldest son, Douglas, is getting married on June 26th in Vernon, TX.

Rev. Dr. Derrick Lemons (1997, 2008) recently presented a paper at the American Society of Missiology Conference entitled “Missional Shifts in the Evangelical Church.” In his talk, he presented two case studies about mission-denominational shifts being attempted by the Southern Baptist Convention and The Wesleyan Church. Dr. Lemons also recently accepted a new faculty appointment to the departments of Anthropology and Religion at the University of Georgia.