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Faith and Learning at the Crossroads: African American Christians Take Up the Challenge, November 8, Atlanta University Center, Atlanta, GA

2003 Fall Retreat, September 26-27, DuBose Conference Center, Monteagle, TN

Program Synopsis:
The colloquium will begin with some introductory comments and the rationale for a gathering like this one. This will include a brief outline of the salient questions and concerns for Black Scholars and Professionals in the Academy and their vocational fields. A major presentation will be given, followed by a short break and then a faculty panel. We will then have lunch and then the second major plenary address will be made and that will be followed by a short break and then a Graduate Students panel. We will then break down into academic discipline groups and then have a closing session which will explore our responses to the day's discussions.

When: Saturday November 8 from 10 A.M. to 4 P.M.

Location: Atlanta University Center
2nd floor of the Atlanta University Center Library
For Printable Map, click here

Cost: $20 per person and includes a catered lunch

To Register: To reserve a lunch, you must register by November 3.
Click here for a printable registration of the form.

Mail checks to:
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship
3013 Rainbow Drive, Suite 200H
Decatur, GA 30034

Main Presenters:
Dr. Willie James Jennings
Senior Associate Dean for Academic Programs
Assistant Research Professor of Theology and Black Church Studies

Dr. Harold Dean Trulear
Dr. Harold Dean Trulear is Senior Pastor of the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church of Twin Oaks, Pennsylvania, just outside of Philadelphia. He also serves as Visiting Professor of Urban Ministry and Public Policy at Drew University.

Format:
In the morning, Dr. Jenning will present. Following his presentation, a faculty panel will respond. We will break for lunch and then Dr. Trulear will present. Following his presentation, a panel of graduate and professional students will respond.

Faculty Panel
Dr. Joyce Jenkins, Head of the English Department at Ft. Valley State University
Dr. Vivian Brown, Professor of French at Morehouse College
Dr. Ron Potter, Instructor in Philosophy at Jackson State University
More to be announced

Graduate/Professional Student Panel
Jean Brown, a PhD candidate in Education
Donald Phillips, a student at the Interdenominational Theological Center
More to be announced

For questions and more information, contact one of the following:
Tony at (404) 241-4259
Stacy at (404) 243-5788
Jean at (770) 477-2405.

Graduate and Faculty Ministries South East Home Page

Fall 2003 Retreat Creating Space For God September 26-27, DuBose Conference Center, Monteagle, TN Sponsored by: Christian Legal Society, Owen Christian Fellowship, and Graduate Christian Fellowship, International Student Bible Study

Our lives are full, and life in the academy demands an intense focus on study and work. How can we generate habits of meeting God in the midst of these demands?

Join us for a 24-hour retreat, a space in our schedules to meet with God both corporately and individually. Our time will be an intentional experience in creating space into which God can speak. We will spend time together in Scripture study and play. We will spend time alone with God allowing him to speak into our lives. Our time together will include practical ways in which we can establish healthy rhythms and patterns of creating space for God during this season of academic life. Our intent is to meet with and to enjoy God and each other.

The retreat will be directed by InterVarsity Grad & Faculty staff Don Paul Gross, Kenny Benge, and Sharon Conley.

Not sure if you want to go? Nonsense! Click here for reasons why.

Dubose offers many recreational activities including softball, ping pong, volleyball, basketball, ultimate Frisbee, hiking, board games. Please feel free to bring your own equipment and games to share with the group.

$39 Cabin/Nature Package: If you like the feel of being outdoors, the cabin package is for you! There is not heat or a/c in the cabin.

$49 Dorm Package: If you like to guarantee that you can heat your room on a cold morning, this is the package for you! Each dorm room has two beds, so if you have a roommate preference, make a note of it on your registration.

To inquire about the married student discount or scholarships, contact

You can grab the registration form here and the release form here.

Please mail your registration (to arrive by September 19) to:

Fred Gross
7638 Middlebrook Circle
Nashville, TN 37221

For questions about the conference or registration, contact

PACKING LIST

Please Bring:
Sleeping bag and single sheet
  or
Single sheets and blanket
Bible, Journal, Play clothes
Sweatshirt/flannel Shirt, Toiletries, Bath towel

DEBOSE CONFERENCE CENTER

From Nashville: Take I-24 East. Go to exit #134, turn right at end of exit ramp. Go approximately one mile through Monteagle. Turn left onto Highway 4 (to Tracy City), then immediately turn right into DuBose. (DuBose is about 85 miles from Vanderbilt)

TO CARPOOL, CONTACT:

Owen Christian Fellowship

Graduate Christian Fellowship

Phone #: 279-1790

Christian Legal Society

Phone #: 403-2887

International Students

Phone #: 269-3120

1. My husband/wife/five-year-old son is not a grad student.
   Spouses are more than welcome at all GCF events, and children at most events...and your kids can play with D.P. and Ginger's kids, and at the end of the day they'll sleep like rocks.
2. I don't know what Intervarsity is.
   Josh has been in Intervarsity since he was a freshman in College. That's like, I don't know, 20 or thirty years! If you promise not to make fun of him, he'll be glad to tell you.
3. I don't want to miss church on Sunday.
   It's a friday/saturday retreat, so you can spend the Lord's day with your church family.
4. I don't think it will be any fun.
   Dude, Abel, Jason, and I are going to H.G. Hill to stock up on toilet paper, saran wrap and shaving cream TONIGHT! Need I say more?
5. I really need to get some work done on Friday.
   Well, if you're not a slacker like Josh who sits in the lab coming up with top 21 lists all the time you can ride up with Jason or some other square post-doc hoping to get a faculty position some day and put in a full work day.
6. I'm afraid I might get lost on the way down there.
   Don't worry; we're car-pooling. And getting lost isn't so bad. We ME's get lost all the time in Olin because it was designed by ChemE's. Don't worry, we won't let the ChemE's drive.
7. Nobody cool is going to be there.
   First of all, we have, like 12 cool people in the Genesis group alone. And we're all going because I've just shot down the top 21 excuses.
8. I don't like people who talk about themselves in the third person.
   That's okay, Josh promises that Josh only does this when Josh is writing top 21 lists.
9. It's been a tough week and I really need some sleep.
   That's okay, Abel promises he can saran wrap you to your bed without waking you up.
10. I'm in IGP.
    What the heck kind of excuse is that? Call the gum-smacking teenager who babysits your cells when you visit your Aunt in Ohio and ask him/her to do it again.
11. I don't know what ISTJ and INFP are.
    That's okay, Josh still hasn't figured it out, and he's been in Intervarsity for like, 20 or thirty years.
12. What if I get hungry?
    Dude, they're feeding us, and last year the food was pretty good, But Frankin, Ed, Monica and I stopped at the sketchy gas station to get twinkies just in case.
13. I don't feel comfortable with all those science people.
    That's okay, we Engineers don't either...and we promise you humanities (and social sciences, Jocelyn) people that we can explain tensor calculus in a way you can understand.
14. I don't know anybody in GCF.
    We will change that before we even leave Vanderbilt. In fact, if you don't go on the retreat, afterwards Jason, Abel, and I will show up with the leftover tp and invite you to come tp D.P.'s house.
    
15. I'm around grad students all week. Why would I want to be around grad students on the weekend?
    Oh, these aren't just ANY grad students, my friend - these are GCFers (Oh, and MCO, IFES, CBA, Christian legal....)
16. I don't want to get saran wrapped to my bed.
    That's okay, chances are Mary and Corri will have already saran wrapped Abel, Jason and me to our beds, so we won't be able to saran wrap you to your bed anyway.
17. There's a sale on t.p. at H.G. Hill that weekend only.
    That's okay, since we'll be saran wrapped to our beds anway, we won't get to use the t.p., so we'll just give it to you. Even H.G. Hill can't beat free.
18. I don't know who any of the people that Josh mentioned on this list are.
    That's okay, you'll probably get to meet them if you come on the retreat.
19. I don't want to miss 'Trading Spaces.'
    I'm sure Smatbuckle taped it, besides, talking to Lauri and Monica is like actually being ON the show.
20. I don't know how to saran wrap someone to his bed.
    Don't worry, just cut us free and we'd be glad to show you...we'll even saran wrap you to your bed to demonstrate...then you can practice on Abel...Abel...where'd you go man...hey, let go of me...just as soon as I'm free I'll....
21. My wife is having twins.
    Yeah, um...so maybe that is a good excuse. Yeah, you'd probably better not go on that retreat this time. Bring the twins next year.