Seminars

Spring 2010

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Personal Renewal in the Missionary Community

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May 3 -7, 2010
Rev. Stanley W. Green, Mennonite Mission Network, and Dr. Christine Sine, Mustard Seed Associates, blend classroom instruction and one-on-one sessions to offer counsel and spiritual direction for Christian workers. Cosponsored by the Baptist Convention of New England and Mennonite Mission Network. Eight sessions.
Accomodations are payable upon arrival. Apply early—first choice not guaranteed. Meals not included; bring extra funds for meals at a nearby college cafeteria or local restaurants.
Please arrive Monday through Friday, 9am–5pm. When OMSC’s guest rooms are full, participants are referred to a local motel that offers OMSC guests a discount. Accommodation is not available for children of parents who are not long-term OMSC residents.
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Music and Mission

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April 26 -30, 2010
Dr. James Krabill, Mennonite Mission Network, builds upon insights from musicology and two decades of missionary experience in West Africa to unfold the dynamic role of music in mission. Cosponsored by Mennonite Central Committee and Mennonite Mission Network. Eight sessions.
Accomodations are payable upon arrival. Apply early—first choice not guaranteed. Meals not included; bring extra funds for meals at a nearby college cafeteria or local restaurants.
Please arrive Monday through Friday, 9am–5pm. When OMSC’s guest rooms are full, participants are referred to a local motel that offers OMSC guests a discount. Accommodation is not available for children of parents who are not long-term OMSC residents.
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Models of Leadership in Mission

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April 19 -23, 2010
Rev. George Kovoor, Trinity College, Bristol, United Kingdom, brings wide ecclesiastical and international experience to evaluation of differing models of leadership for mission. Cosponsored by Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod World Mission, and Wycliffe International. Eight sessions.
Accomodations are payable upon arrival. Apply early—first choice not guaranteed. Meals not included; bring extra funds for meals at a nearby college cafeteria or local restaurants.
Please arrive Monday through Friday, 9am–5pm. When OMSC’s guest rooms are full, participants are referred to a local motel that offers OMSC guests a discount. Accommodation is not available for children of parents who are not long-term OMSC residents.
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Incarnational Mission in a Troubled World

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April 13 -16, 2010
Dr. Jonathan J. Bonk, OMSC’s executive director, examines theological and ethical implications of violence, poverty, migration, and religion as contexts for Christian life and witness. Cosponsored by Park Street Church (Boston) and Wycliffe International. Four morning sessions.
Accomodations are payable upon arrival. Apply early—first choice not guaranteed. Meals not included; bring extra funds for meals at a nearby college cafeteria or local restaurants.
Please arrive Monday through Friday, 9am–5pm. When OMSC’s guest rooms are full, participants are referred to a local motel that offers OMSC guests a discount. Accommodation is not available for children of parents who are not long-term OMSC residents.
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Whole Gospel, Whole World, Whole Person

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March 22 -26, 2010
Dr. F. Albert “Al” Tizon, Palmer Theological Seminary, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, provides an overview of the history, theology, and spirituality of the holistic missionary movement among evangelicals since Lausanne 1974. Participants will become better equipped to engage their own contexts with the full implications of the Gospel. Cosponsored by Evangelical Covenant Department of World Mission. Eight sessions.
Accomodations are payable upon arrival. Apply early—first choice not guaranteed. Meals not included; bring extra funds for meals at a nearby college cafeteria or local restaurants.
Please arrive Monday through Friday, 9am–5pm. When OMSC’s guest rooms are full, participants are referred to a local motel that offers OMSC guests a discount. Accommodation is not available for children of parents who are not long-term OMSC residents.
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Gender and Power in African Christianity

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March 15 -19, 2010
Dr. Philomena Njeri Mwaura, senior lecturer in philosophy and religious studies, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya, and OMSC senior mission scholar in residence, will draw on the writings of African women theologians to discuss key themes in African Christianity, for example, the Bible, women’s experience of the church, African culture, Christology, power, and decision making. Cosponsored by United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries. Eight sessions.
Accomodations are payable upon arrival. Apply early—first choice not guaranteed. Meals not included; bring extra funds for meals at a nearby college cafeteria or local restaurants.
Please arrive Monday through Friday, 9am–5pm. When OMSC’s guest rooms are full, participants are referred to a local motel that offers OMSC guests a discount. Accommodation is not available for children of parents who are not long-term OMSC residents.
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Christian Faith and the Muslim World

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March 1 -5, 2010
(revised May 1, 2009)
Dr. Charles Amjad-Ali, Martin Luther King Jr. professor for justice and Christian community, Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota, examines contemporary Christian-Muslim tensions in the light of Islamic philosophy and jurisprudence. Cosponsored by First Presbyterian Church (New Haven). Eight sessions.
Accomodations are payable upon arrival. Apply early—first choice not guaranteed. Meals not included; bring extra funds for meals at a nearby college cafeteria or local restaurants.
Please arrive Monday through Friday, 9am–5pm. When OMSC’s guest rooms are full, participants are referred to a local motel that offers OMSC guests a discount. Accommodation is not available for children of parents who are not long-term OMSC residents.
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Digital Video and Global Christianity

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February 22 -26, 2010
Dr. James M. Ault, James Ault Productions, Northampton, Massachusetts, in a practical workshop, covers how to use digital video to portray the life of faith in community. Eight sessions.
Accomodations are payable upon arrival. Apply early—first choice not guaranteed. Meals not included; bring extra funds for meals at a nearby college cafeteria or local restaurants.
Please arrive Monday through Friday, 9am–5pm. When OMSC’s guest rooms are full, participants are referred to a local motel that offers OMSC guests a discount. Accommodation is not available for children of parents who are not long-term OMSC residents.
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Ethnicity as Gift and Barrier: Human Identity and Christian Mission

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January 25 -29, 2010
Held at OMSC
Dr. Tite Tiénou, dean, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois, works from first-hand experience in Africa to identify the “tribal” issues faced by the global church in mission. Cosponsored by Black Rock Congregational Church (Fairfield, Connecticut). Eight sessions.



Accomodations are payable upon arrival. Apply early—first choice not guaranteed. Meals not included; bring extra funds for meals at a nearby college cafeteria or local restaurants.
Please arrive Monday through Friday, 9am–5pm. When OMSC’s guest rooms are full, participants are referred to a local motel that offers OMSC guests a discount. Accommodation is not available for children of parents who are not long-term OMSC residents.
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The Gospel and Our Cultures: Postcolonial Anthropology for Mission in a Globalizing World

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January 18 -22, 2010
Held at OMSC
Dr. Michael Rynkiewich, professor of anthropology, Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore, Kentucky, introduces the contributions an anthropological perspective offers for missionary practice. Cosponsored by United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries. Eight sessions.
Accomodations are payable upon arrival. Apply early—first choice not guaranteed. Meals not included; bring extra funds for meals at a nearby college cafeteria or local restaurants.
Please arrive Monday through Friday, 9am–5pm. When OMSC’s guest rooms are full, participants are referred to a local motel that offers OMSC guests a discount. Accommodation is not available for children of parents who are not long-term OMSC residents.
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Viewing the Atonement Through a New Lens

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January 11 -15, 2010
Held at OMSC
Dr. Mark Baker, Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary, Fresno, California, uses experience in a Tegucigalpa barrio as a lens to help missionaries view the atonement with new eyes. Eight sessions.
Accomodations are payable upon arrival. Apply early—first choice not guaranteed. Meals not included; bring extra funds for meals at a nearby college cafeteria or local restaurants.
Please arrive Monday through Friday, 9am–5pm. When OMSC’s guest rooms are full, participants are referred to a local motel that offers OMSC guests a discount. Accommodation is not available for children of parents who are not long-term OMSC residents.
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2010 Student Seminars on World Mission

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January 1 -1, 2010

“. . . so that by all possible means I might save some” (1 Cor. 9:22):
Ways and Means of Christian Mission

A monthlong survey of the Christian world mission cosponsored by 30 seminaries. Reduced rates for students from cosponsoring schools and mission agencies. Schools offer students credit for one, two, three, or four weeks. To register, visit www.OMSC.org/january.


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Climate Change and Catastrophe: Paradigms of Response in Christian Mission

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December 7 -11, 2009
Dr. Allison M. Howell, Akrofi-Christaller Institute for Theology, Mission, and Culture, Akropong-Akuapem, Ghana, and an OMSC senior mission scholar in residence, considers Christian responses to climate change—something that is not new in human history—and the catastrophes that often accompany climate change, so as to provide a framework for Christian mission today in facing new crises. Eight sessions.


Accomodations are payable upon arrival. Apply early—first choice not guaranteed. Meals not included; bring extra funds for meals at a nearby college cafeteria or local restaurants.
Please arrive Monday through Friday, 9am–5pm. When OMSC’s guest rooms are full, participants are referred to a local motel that offers OMSC guests a discount. Accommodation is not available for children of parents who are not long-term OMSC residents.
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Grounding Theology in Cultural Context: Lessons from the South Pacific

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November 30 -December 4, 2009
Rev. Randall Prior, Uniting Church Theological College, Melbourne, Australia, and senior mission scholar in residence at OMSC, draws lessons from the post-independence South Pacific for the way we understand theology and how we do theology. Cosponsored by Wycliffe International. Eight sessions.
Accomodations are payable upon arrival. Apply early—first choice not guaranteed. Meals not included; bring extra funds for meals at a nearby college cafeteria or local restaurants.
Please arrive Monday through Friday, 9am–5pm. When OMSC’s guest rooms are full, participants are referred to a local motel that offers OMSC guests a discount. Accommodation is not available for children of parents who are not long-term OMSC residents.
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The Church on Six Continents: Many Strands in One Tapestry

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November 9 -13, 2009
Dr. Andrew F. Walls, honorary professor, University of Edinburgh, and former director of the Centre for the Study of Christianity in the Non-Western World, presents OMSC’s fifth Distinguished Mission Lectureship series—five lectures with discussions. Consultation with participants on topics of interest. Cosponsored by American Baptist International Ministries, Bay Area Community Church (Annapolis, Maryland), Christian Reformed World Missions, Moravian Church Board of World Mission, The Mission Society, and SIM USA.
Accomodations are payable upon arrival. Apply early—first choice not guaranteed. Meals not included; bring extra funds for meals at a nearby college cafeteria or local restaurants.
Please arrive Monday through Friday, 9am–5pm. When OMSC’s guest rooms are full, participants are referred to a local motel that offers OMSC guests a discount. Accommodation is not available for children of parents who are not long-term OMSC residents.
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The Gospel of Peace at Work in a World of Conflict

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November 3 -6, 2009
Dr. Peter Kuzmič, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, South Hamilton, Massachusetts, and Evangelical Theological Seminary, Osijek, Croatia, examines a variety of Christian approaches to peacemaking and considers contemporary examples of reconciliation ministry. Cosponsored by Eastern Mennonite Missions, Episcopal Church/Advocacy Center, Greenfield Hill Congregational Church (Fairfield, Connecticut), Intervarsity Missions/Urbana. and Trinity Baptist Church (New Haven). Seven sessions in four days.
Accomodations are payable upon arrival. Apply early—first choice not guaranteed. Meals not included; bring extra funds for meals at a nearby college cafeteria or local restaurants.
Please arrive Monday through Friday, 9am–5pm. When OMSC’s guest rooms are full, participants are referred to a local motel that offers OMSC guests a discount. Accommodation is not available for children of parents who are not long-term OMSC residents.
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Leadership, Fund-raising, and Donor Development for Missions

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October 19 -23, 2009
Mr. Rob Martin, First Fruit Institute, Newport Beach, California, outlines steps for building the support base, including foundation funding, for mission. Cosponsored by Wycliffe International. Eight sessions.
Accomodations are payable upon arrival. Apply early—first choice not guaranteed. Meals not included; bring extra funds for meals at a nearby college cafeteria or local restaurants.
Please arrive Monday through Friday, 9am–5pm. When OMSC’s guest rooms are full, participants are referred to a local motel that offers OMSC guests a discount. Accommodation is not available for children of parents who are not long-term OMSC residents.
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Nurturing and Educating Transcultural Kids

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October 12 -16, 2009
Ms. Janet Blomberg and Ms. Elizabeth Stephens of Interaction International help you help your children meet the challenges they face as third-culture persons. Cosponsored by St. John’s Episcopal Church (New Haven). Eight sessions.
Accomodations are payable upon arrival. Apply early—first choice not guaranteed. Meals not included; bring extra funds for meals at a nearby college cafeteria or local restaurants.
Please arrive Monday through Friday, 9am–5pm. When OMSC’s guest rooms are full, participants are referred to a local motel that offers OMSC guests a discount. Accommodation is not available for children of parents who are not long-term OMSC residents.
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Doing Oral History: Helping Christians Tell Their Own Story

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September 28 -October 2, 2009
Dr. Jean-Paul Wiest, director of the Jesuit Beijing Center, Beijing, China, and Ms. Michèle Sigg, DACB project manager, share skills and techniques for documenting mission and church history. Eight sessions.
Accomodations are payable upon arrival. Apply early—first choice not guaranteed. Meals not included; bring extra funds for meals at a nearby college cafeteria or local restaurants.
Please arrive Monday through Friday, 9am–5pm. When OMSC’s guest rooms are full, participants are referred to a local motel that offers OMSC guests a discount. Accommodation is not available for children of parents who are not long-term OMSC residents.
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The Internet and Mission: Getting Started

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September 21 -25, 2009

In a hands-on workshop, Mr. Wilson Thomas, Wilson Thomas Systems, Bedford, New Hampshire, and Dr. Dwight P. Baker, OMSC associate director, show how to get the most out of the World Wide Web for mission research. Eight sessions.

Accomodations are payable upon arrival. Apply early—first choice not guaranteed. Meals not included; bring extra funds for meals at a nearby college cafeteria or local restaurants.
Please arrive Monday through Friday, 9am–5pm. When OMSC’s guest rooms are full, participants are referred to a local motel that offers OMSC guests a discount. Accommodation is not available for children of parents who are not long-term OMSC residents.
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How to Develop Mission and Church Archives

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September 14 -18, 2009
Ms. Martha Lund Smalley, research services librarian at Yale Divinity School Library, New Haven, Connecticut, helps missionaries and church leaders identify, organize, and preserve essential records. Eight sessions.

Accomodations are payable upon arrival. Apply early—first choice not guaranteed. Meals not included; bring extra funds for meals at a nearby college cafeteria or local restaurants.
Please arrive Monday through Friday, 9am–5pm. When OMSC’s guest rooms are full, participants are referred to a local motel that offers OMSC guests a discount. Accommodation is not available for children of parents who are not long-term OMSC residents.
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Personal Renewal in the Missionary Community.

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May 4 -8, 2009
Rev. Stanley W. Green, Mennonite Mission Network, and Dr. Christine Sine, Mustard Seed Associates, blend classroom instruction and one-on-one sessions to offer counsel and spiritual direction for Christian workers. Cosponsored by Mennonite Mission Network. Eight sessions. $145
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Models of Leadership in Mission.

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April 20 -23, 2009
 Rev. George Kovoor, Trinity College, Bristol, United Kingdom, brings wide ecclesiastical and international experience to evaluation of differing models of leadership for mission. Cosponsored by Areopagos and InterVarsity Missions. Seven sessions in four days. $145
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