The Episcopal Center at the University of Chicago
Pardon Our Dust
We’re gradually importing posts from our old website. Roughly ⅓ of the blog is here so far.
Finally, after more than a year of conversations (and much nudging of the chaplain to get her content written), our new website up and running! Woo hoo! Now, I’m going to try not to wait so long between posts.
Sarah Staudt’s reflection on the healing service we held after Westboro Baptist’s visit to campus today:
Jake Bitner was invited to give a reflection at Lenten service of Benediction at the Church of the Atonement this past Friday:
Sermon on UNCSW at Brent House, 3/8/09
I’ve spent the week digging through the piles on my desk and found Laura Eberly’s reflection on her baptism at the Easter Vigil two years ago. (I’ll keep posting other student writings as I find them!):
Here’s another recently-found bit of student writing, this time Beverly Lau’s thoughts on finding Brent House:
Casey encourages you to join her in supporting this important resolution targeted at overcoming one of the least-acknowledged forms of exclusion in the church. Thanks to Jett McAllister for his inspiration:
Michael Mols, one half of our house manager team, gave the main address at this year’s Bibfeldt Luncheon at the Divinity School’s. We are honored to have so distinguished a “theologian” as part of the Brent House community:
This is an excerpt from an email from Meilin Chin (forwarded from the Young Adult and Campus Ministries office). Contact information below:
Congratulations to the Snell-Hitchcock and Burton-Judson teams (both with very active Brent Housers) on their 1st and 2nd place win in this year’s Scavenger Hunt!
A much delayed report on our Winter Quarter Tea, Sympathy and Stitches:
We are profoundly grateful to Deb Hagman Shannon for all that she’s done guiding us through our strategic planning process. Deb has generously given hours of her time, skillfully facilitated meetings, and thoughtfully shared her wisdom. We are close to having newly crafted mission and vision statements that reflect what we believe God is calling us to do and to be. None of this would be possible without Deb’s initiative and guidance!
We are so grateful for the generous grant we received from St. Gregory’s, Deerfield to support our new administrative assistant. She has already proven to be worth her weight in gold! Here’s how Stacy described it to the Missions Board:
Thanks to all who helped on our work day today: Alda, Rafael, Krista, Olivia, Cate and Cio. We accomplished a lot! Our wireless system is now fully operational throughout the house (and more secure), the sacristy is clean, the downstairs fridge is no longer full of science experiments, the stove is cleaner and the chapel’s been refreshed.
We want to thank Hannah Radner for her faithful and thoughtful work choosing hymns and playing for our Sunday services. We also want to thank, slightly in advance, Sarah Staudt, for gathering and directing the pick-up choir for tomorrow’s Evensong. She’ll also be officiating.
Many thanks to all who helped to make last week’s Mosaic service such a success, particularly the planning team - David Newheiser, Alda Balthrop-Lewis, Sylvia Clark, Barnaby Reidel, Jeff Fowler, Margaret Farris, and Laura Eberly - and all who attended!
Brent House alum and former board member, the Rev. Greg Syler, has written this piece for Sightings, semi-weekly essays on religion and the public life from the Martin Marty Center at the University of Chicago Divinity School:
We are so grateful for the love and support we received upon the death of Casey, our canine ministers. Casey was a faithful, loving member of our community (even if she did steal food from untended plates), providing unconditional affection to all who wished to receive it. Her last day was spent as a dog should: outside (at our Labyrinth), surrounded by people who loved her and fed her whatever she wanted. Thanks to all who made this hard time very holy.
Ongoing thanks to our house managers, Mike and Yvana Mols and Lindsay Little, who faithfully keep the house clean and tidy, attend to drop-in and overnight guests, and are active members of our resident community. In a time of major transitions in our ministry programs, resident life and infrastructure, they have been patient, forward-thinking and hard-working. The chaplain is most grateful.
Thanks to all those who signed and folded and stuffed on Monday. We had a great time!
This is the sermon preached by the Rev. Maurice Charles on the Feast of All Saints 2009 at Brent House. Maurice is a PhD candidate at the Div School and a former member of the Brent House board.
Sermon preached by Stacy Alan at Bond Chapel, October 28, 2009