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Translating Tradition Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Move to Wenham

Up Front

Expanding on the Vision A. J. Gordon’s

vision—the vision that led to the fledgling Missionary Training School of 1889—was to translate the message of the Christian gospel for the people of Africa’s Belgian Congo. He could not have anticipated the emergence of the liberal arts college that now bears his name, nor could he have imagined our beautiful and burgeoning campus. But I like to think he would feel at home if he were to walk onto campus today, 50 years after our relocation from Boston to Wenham.

I like to imagine that if A. J. Gordon were to wander into our classrooms, or catch conversations in hallways or over dinner, or sit in on a faculty meeting, he would find kindred spirits who are still living out his vision of taking the unchanging Christian gospel into an ever-changing world. The breadth and complexity of our mission have changed, but its roots remain the same.

At the 1888 London Centenary Conference on Foreign Missions, A. J. Gordon was influenced by the 19th-century evangelists D. L. Moody of Chicago and H. Grattan Guinness of London. Remarkably, over a century later a member of the Guinness family is still helping Gordon translate Christian traditions into our contemporary context. Dr. Os Guinness, a noted author and apologist for the Christian faith, is an adjunct professor who visits campus annually to lecture and interact with students, faculty and other intellectual leaders in the Greater Boston area.

Dr. Guinness also represents us in Hong Kong, where he leads seminars under the auspices of Gordon’s East-West Institute of International Studies—founded by Gordon College trustee Raymond Lee and his wife, Priscilla. Recently I was in Hong Kong listening to Os lay out the claims of Christ to some of Hong Kong’s leaders in a very winsome and intellectually challenging manner. Reverend Lee was also present, and I was struck by the powerful influence of contemporary Christian visionaries like the Lees who want to see Gordon College fulfill its mission of articulating the gospel far and wide. Again, I think A. J. Gordon would be very much at home in such company.

As Professor Ann Ferguson reminds us (page 8), we have not shifted away from A. J. Gordon’s original vision. Rather, through God’s grace and faithfulness we have expanded upon it in places as nearby as Lynn (page 22) and as far away as Orvieto (page 16) and Taiwan (page 5). As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the move to the Wenham campus, we give thanks for what is past and wait expectantly to see what new transitions lie ahead.

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T.S. Eliot, in his poem Four Quartets, refers to God as the “still point of the turning world.”

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Volume 21, Number 1 Fall 2005

Translating Tradition Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Move to Wenham IFC

Up Front by R. Judson Carlberg Expanding on the Vision

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On & Off Campus by Cyndi McMahon

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Brigham Athletic Complex Dedication

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Over 400 guests gathered indoors at Homecoming to dedicate Gordon’s new outdoor athletic complex.

Men’s Basketball Team in Taiwan

Team captain Jerry Logan ’07 talks about moving outside comfort zones on the team’s mission trip to Taiwan last spring.

Frost Hall on the Fenway (See page 6)

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Move to Wenham

John Beauregard ’53, an eyewitness to the move, tells about those early days while Professor Ann Ferguson, who arrived on campus that first year, talks about academic changes and growth. A gallery of photos through the years shows the old and the new—the transformation of a campus.

Translating A. J. Gordon’s Global Vision into Globalization: A Look Ahead

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President Carlberg discusses how Gordon College continues to translate tradition to better prepare tomorrow’s leaders to serve around the globe.

Per Credere, per Sperare, per Amare

by Liesl Smith

Gordon in Orvieto sponsored a three-day conference entitled Eucharist and Eschatology: Art and Theology in the Duomo of Orvieto. Laude in Urbis, an adaptation of medieval mystery plays, was performed in the streets of Orvieto under the direction of Karin Coonrod ’76.

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Faculty Profiles Meet Gordon Faculty by Elizabeth Ross White

Director of library services Myron Schirer-Suter and biblical and theological studies professor Elaine Phillips have both traveled and worked extensively abroad, and both enjoy things close to home as well.

Transformation through Civic Engagement

by Valerie Buchanan

The Lynn Initiative encourages students to combine their academic learning with real-world service—to care for the vulnerable and respect the uniqueness of cultures in an inner-city setting.

“Great Books” Honors Program Helps Students Connect with Intellect by Sarah Carlson-Lier ’00 Launched in fall 2004, the Jerusalem and Athens Forum explores why it is important for Christians to pursue scholarship.

Partners Program 2005–2006 by Bob Grinnell ’81 Students like senior business and finance major Lee Giobbie are able to prepare for successful careers and Christian leadership opportunities because of the financial support of Partners.

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Events Calendar

The Music Guild

Cover photo by Daniel Nystedt ’06; F. Gaylor Photography: IFC, 5 (lower left), 9 (lower right), 14, 19 (lower right) 21, 22 (mural), 25, 26 (upper left), 27

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Stan Gaede to Return to Gordon College Stan Gaede, current president of Westmont College, will be returning to Gordon next summer as scholar-in-residence in the Center for Christian Studies and senior advisor to the president. Gaede, who taught sociology at Gordon for 22 years in addition to serving as Gordon’s first provost, has determined he wants to shape his career with more emphasis on scholarship and less on administration.

Gaede’s gifts of writing and speaking eloquently about issues facing our faith, culture and Christian higher education will serve well in assisting President Carlberg in the many opportunities Gordon has for public engagement. Gaede holds a doctorate in sociology from Vanderbilt University. His wife, Judy, served as registrar at Gordon for several years.

Dan Tymann Appointed Vice President for Advancement of Science and Technology Dan Tymann, formerly manufacturing director of supplier quality and technology of Cisco Systems of California and a Cisco Leadership Fellow at the Boston Museum of Science, will lead fundraising efforts for science, particularly for the Heart of Discovery campaign. A member of the President’s Cabinet, he will also supervise the Center of Educational Technology operations and help conceptualize and develop a strategy for campus technology.

Dan and his wife, Andrea, have served for several years on the President’s Advisory Council, and their daughter, Sarah, is a second-year student at Gordon.

Development Welcomes Two New Staff The Development Office welcomes Joanna de Vos as major gift’s officer. She will solicit major gifts for the Annual fund, the Heart of Discovery science campaign and the endowment.

De Vos brings fundraising experience and expertise from

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her work at the University of California in Los Angeles and San Diego.

Jim Grumbine ’01 was appointed director of alumni and parent relations after serving the past two years in the Admissions Office as the recruiter for the Midwest. He brings many gifts and ideas critical to better serving our alumni. He is married to Emily (Cushing) ’02.

The Alumni and Parent Relations Office has relocated to MacInnis, one of the road halls. Jon Tymann, former director of alumni and parent relations, is now director of development relations.

Cokie Roberts and Peggy Wehmeyer Speak at Gordon October brought two well-known news analysts to Gordon’s campus.

On October 12 Cokie Roberts, senior political analyst for National Pu b l i c R a d i o and ABC News, discussed her latest book, Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation, in an event cosponsored by the Gordon History Department and the Wenham Museum.

On October 20 and 21, Peggy Wehmeyer, host and managing editor for World Vision Report and the first-ever religion correspondent for ABC’s World News Tonight, discussed “Christians in the Media” and “ The Global Church through the Eyes of a Journalist” in a special two-day series hosted by the Jerusalem and Athens Forum and the Center for Christian Studies.

Gordon College Katrina Relief Program Recognizing the extraordinary burden placed on students displaced from colleges and universities forced to close

by Hurricane Katrina, Gordon College announced the Gordon College Katrina Relief Program in early September. The program waived tuition and fees for the semester to students currently enrolled in an impacted college or university.

Sonia Schreiber Weitz Honored

Author’s Corner

On November 10 Gordon honored Sonia Schreiber Weitz, Holocaust survivor, educator and friend, for her 25 years of faithful service to Gordon College and the surrounding community. A citation presented

by Dr. Marvin Wilson honored Weitz for sharing her incredible story of survival and for educating the public on important lessons from the Holocaust, antisemitism and interfaith relations. Her lecture, titled “My Story: Personal Reflections of a Holocaust Survivor,” marked her 25th consecutive year of sharing her story at Gordon College.

Two new books recently published by Gordon faculty include: Disciples of the Desert: Monks, Laity and Spiritual Authority in 6th Century Gaza, by Jennifer Hevelone-Harper, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005; A Broken Beauty, foreword and feature art

by Bruce Herman, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2005.

Faculty Focus Janet Arndt, education: Coauthored summary on “Enhancing Relationships from Infancy to Preschool: An Exploration of Research-Based Strategies” for the seventh national research conference of Head Start.

Charles Blend, biology: Completed investigation for the New England Aquarium identifying a worm species that infiltrated the striped sea bass.

Dorothy Boorse, biology: Testified before the United States Congress in defense of the Endangered Species Act; called as expert witness on behalf of preserving a 1973 law to protect animals and plants at risk of extinction. Interviewed by The Christian Science Monitor in an article titled “Endangered Species Act under Fire from Two Directions.”

Mark Cannister, biblical studies and youth ministry: Published “Growing Up without Selling Out: The Professionalization of Youth Ministry” in September/October issue of YouthWorker Journal; article describes growing complexity and expansion of youth ministry programs in higher education.

Bert Hodges, psychology: Coauthored major theoretical paper with Gordon graduate Anne Geyer ’01. Their essay, “A Noncomformist Account of the Asch Experiments: Values, Pragmatics, and Moral Dilemmas,” will appear in Personality and Social Psychology Review.

Tal Howard, history: Reviewed for The Cresset Wheaton College president Duane Litfin’s book Conceiving the Christian College.

Brian Johnson, English: Edited Du Bois on Reform: Periodicalbased Leadership for African-Americans for AltaMira Press, 2005. Johnson compiled the writings of ethical sociologist W. E. Du Bois regarding African-American leadership in the Church and how it was being negatively affected by antiintellectual dogma—the first book to encapsulate over 50 years of Du Bois’ periodicals into one volume.

David Mathewson, biblical studies: Reviewed Studies in the Book of Revelation for Evangelical Quarterly and Barbara

A sampling of faculty accomplishments and activities outside the classroom Rossing’s The Rapture Exposed: The Message of Hope in the Book of Revelation for Research in Biblical Literature.

Jerry McNatt, physics: At 2005 American Scientific Affiliation meeting at Messiah College, delivered paper entitled “Cape Wind: Energy Asset or Environmental Threat” describing construction of wind park of 130 large wind turbines in Nantucket Sound.

Priscilla Nelson, education: Presented “Progress Monitoring Made Easy: The Dynamic Indicators of Early Literacy Skills” and “What Comes before Phonics?” at conference on early childhood sponsored by Association for Christian Schools International.

Richard Pierard, history: Edited Baptists Together in Christ: 1905–2005. A Hundred-Year History of the Baptist World.

Delivered paper at the Second International Congress for Pietism Research in Halle, Germany. Published essay “Why Evangelicals Must Categorically Reject Holocaust Denial” in The Evangelical Times, Great Britian.

Gregor Thuswaldner, German: For fifth year codirected Sommer in Sewanee (a German immersion seminar), led workshops and taught courses at University of the South in Tennessee. Visiting scholar for Rutgers in Berlin summer program. Presented at the International Conference on German as a Second Language in Austria. Published articles and reviews.

William Walldorf, political studies: Received year-long Faculty Fellowship with Government Department at Dartmouth; completing a book on international relations.

Mike Veatch, mathematics: Spoke at Whitman College’s alumni lecture series, “What Data Can’t Tell You: A Little Fisher Information Theory.” Spoke at engineering seminar at Boston University Centers for Information and Systems on “Approximate Dynamic Programming for Networks.”

James Zingarelli, art: Exhibited Paintings & Sculpture at Pepper Gallery on Newbury Street in Boston in the fall.

On Saturday afternoon of Homecoming over 400 guests escaped the wind and rain inside the Bennett Athletic and Recreation Center to dedicate the new outdoor athletic complex and honor George and Helen Brigham Bennett.

The entrance to the Brigham Athletic Complex is on Hull Street, just beyond the Bennett Center.

Panorama by Daniel Nystedt ’06

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resident Jud Carlberg opened his remarks by describing some amazing specs of the scope and size of the Brigham Athletic Complex: It covers 13 acres, increasing the campus by nearly 40 percent; construction took 18 months because 80,000 cubic yards of ledge had to be blasted, 30,000 cubic yards of loam were screened and recycled, and three-quarters of a mile of hay bales and silt fence was laid; the track surface required 1,200 hours of labor and had 122,600 pounds of ground rubber worked into its surface; 16,500 pounds of rubber and 1,500 gallons of urethane were used in making the red surface of the track; underground there are 50,000 feet of conduit and 35 miles of wire, with eight miles of fiber optic yet to be installed.

The Brigham Athletic Complex, Carlberg said, is the perfect complement to the Bennett Center, a gift from the same Bennett family 10 years ago. Named in honor of the mother of the family, Helen Brigham Bennett, the new outdoor facility sports a turf field, track and

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tennis courts, and allows athletes to train regardless of the condition of natural playing fields. It will also allow Gordon to host important athletic events and tournaments.

Yet to be installed are a press box and bleachers to seat 1,500 people, and later a building to house lockers, meeting rooms and offices.

Peter, Bob and Gerry Bennett

Though Helen and George Bennett were unable to attend, their three sons—Peter (member and immediate past chair of the Board of Trustees), Bob and Gerry—all paid touching tributes to their mother, mentioning how deeply their lives have been influenced by her prayers, her wisdom and her desire to do all things for God’s glory. Their parents,

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they said, were the best Sunday school teachers they ever had, and that “giving” in their family goes back to their great-grandfather, who gave the turkey off his Thanksgiving table to a man who had none.

Senior Kimberly Otsuji, fourseason lacrosse player and a captain of the team, spoke her gratitude “on behalf of every lacrosse player who has walked across campus in the wee hours of the morning to practice in the gym.” The Complex, she said, “allows Gordon to share God’s love with others—to love the game, our teammates and our opponents because He first loved us.”

Eric Lindsay ’91, who played varsity basketball and ice hockey, spoke as a member of the Alumni Board, The Highlander Club, and athlete alum. “When the Lord blesses us with something,” Lindsay said, “will we cling tightly to these gifts, or will we give them away in His name so that others will be blessed and His name will be glorified? To all who gave, I thank you—you will be an inspiration to our student athletes and alumni for years to come.

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The men’s basketball team took a nine-game, two-week trip to Taiwan last spring. The Scots, who went 9-0 on the journey, traveled through Sports Ambassadors, an organization with several full-time missionaries in Taiwan.

Thirteen players made the trip, and there was more than just basketball on the docket. Team captain Jerry Logan ’07 reflects on the trip.

Summarizing the experiences of our mission trip to Taiwan can in no way relate the life-altering nature of those two weeks—one of the most formative events in our lives.

The value of venturing outside our comfort zones became clear as the trip progressed. We were uncomfortable traveling far away from our families to a place where our language, our food and our culture could rarely be found. However, in stretching ourselves we exposed our weaknesses and allowed God to make up for them in a powerful way. For instance, if we had been able to speak Mandarin Chinese, we would not have been able to see how love is a universal language that needs no words to be communicated. As we played with children in the tiny village of Dung-Ao, smiles and laughter became far more meaningful than being able to talk to them about school or sports.

The benefits of stepping outside our comfort zones were also realized as we talked amongst ourselves. Ever y

morning we had a time of devotion, prayer and testimonysharing. As members of the team revealed the struggles of their lives, we found ourselves crying tears of love and sympathy. It was comforting to discover that each of us had battled some kind of sin or addiction from which God is in the process of rescuing us.

A clear picture of God’s grace emerged. Though we do not deserve it, His grace is a gift we must accept and respond to. To cement this reality, we were given constant lessons in receiving undeserved gifts of love; the Taiwanese people are unparalleled in hospitality. We were showered with gifts and attention, and our Taiwanese trip leaders exhibited the kind of selfless service around which I hope to model my behavior.

Perhaps the most inspiring part of the trip was spending time with fellow members of the Body of Christ. The church youth group from the city of Yi-lan ministered to us in unbelievable ways. Beyond the constant enthusiasm and joy they had, they blessed us with three wonderfully American meals and showed up at five of our games, one of which required three hours of travel. On the last Sunday of the trip, we split into three groups and attended separate churches. I will not forget the incredible experience of being able to worship and take Communion with a different segment of the Body of Christ. God, unbound by the limitations of this world, enabled us to fellowship together in spite of obvious linguistic and cultural obstacles.

I pray our work in Taiwan planted many seeds within the hearts of the people. I believe God used our efforts and performances to minister to many—especially to youths—who might never otherwise stop to listen to the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Taken by permission from D3HOOPS.com, June 14, 2005.

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In 1947

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Gordon College made a decision that would forever change the school, purchasing nearly

1,000 acres from multi-

millionaire Frederick

Henry

Prince. His vast estate spread into Essex,

Manchester and

Beverly as well as Hamilton and Wenham, with the main estate comprised of an elegant stone mansion—Frost

Hall—stables,

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woodlands and polo fields.

Moving the campus from the Fenway was

completed in

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Aerial photograph by James Abts, 2004

an estate becomes a campus

by John

Beauregard ’53

IN the late 1940s James Higginbotham, a student pastor from Gordon Divinity School on the Fenway, regularly preached at a church near the Princemere estate.

He heard the estate was for sale and that it had been offered to and turned down by both Harvard and the United Nations. After much prayer and counsel, Higginbotham— who knew Mrs. Prince from her church attendance and was well-liked by Mr. Prince—approached Mr. Prince to ask if he might extend an offer to the College. At Prince’s request, Gordon’s President T. Leonard Lewis met with Prince, who generously sold his nearly 1,000-acre estate to Gordon for $150,000. He also made a large donation toward the building of the Abby Prince Memorial Chapel in memory of his wife and donated the beautiful stained glass windows from France—now installed in A. J. Gordon Memorial Chapel.

Initially called the Boston Missionary Training School, Gordon was founded in 1889 by the Rev. Dr. Adoniram Judson Gordon in the basement of the church he pastored, Clarendon Street Baptist Church, in Boston. Its purpose was to provide fast-track missionary training for those unable to seek higher education. Though Dr. Gordon died an untimely death just six years later, a group of dedicated Christian leaders and teachers moved the school into ever higher education—eventually becoming a college and a divinity school.

the move From 1947 to 1955 the College and Divinity School raised funds and prepared to relocate the whole campus from the Fenway to Wenham, moving the Divinity School out in 1951. To facilitate completion of the move, members of the Board of Trustees were called to a new level of financial support for a permanent campus at Princemere. By 1954 they had raised nearly $500,000, and construction began on Winn Library and Wood Hall. The old Roosevelt stable was moved to the lower level campus to house the sciences, and another storage facility became the music building.

Though a fierce hurricane struck New England the summer of 1955 causing much damage, the College had already sold its properties on the Fenway, and the move was imperative. Valuable books and papers were partially flooded in the boiler room and lower floors of Evans Way; in Wenham dozens of trees were down on campus, and power was out for several days.

Two dozen Quonset buildings scheduled to be transported to Gordon as temporary dormitories were needed instead for flood victims. Emergency plans were put into place, and two “temporary dormitories,” Byington and Drew Halls (still being used today), rose quickly—but not before students arrived in the fall of 1955. The fourth

floor of Winn Library, an open 30- by 60-foot space, was quickly converted into a dormitory until Wood, Byington and Drew were completed.

improvising creatively Mr. Prince’s former indoor riding ring and associated stables on the knoll near today’s main entrance were converted to a makeshift “gymnasium” by lowering the dirt floor enough for limited basketball and other indoor activities. A bookstore was fashioned in one end of the building; a very tiny mailroom was on the other end, and a snack shop was a popular gathering spot at the back of the “old student union.” In spite of leaky roofs and drafty walls where snow drifted in, many dramas and student events held there brought great delight to students from the ’50s to the mid-’60s.

Many issues arose with the small towns in which Gordon owned property: They strictly limited buildings to certain heights; Beverly city water was obtained at Grapevine Road, and the old water tower that stood where Lane now stands became obsolete; the Essex sewer facility was not available for two dozen years, so large investments were made in wastewater treatment; power outages were regular, and telephone systems had to be upgraded often.

In the early 1960s five buildings were constructed under HUD long-term funding—Lane Student Center and four residence halls. Just as Lane Student Center was to open in 1964, a massive fire destroyed the old student union. With faculty offices housed on the second floor, many valuable books and materials were gone, but God was gracious; no lives were lost.

Gymnasium space was rented from the Regional School System until Rhodes Gymnasium was completed in the early 1970s.

Science laboratories were housed in the Roosevelt Building for nearly five years. After President Lewis’ untimely death in 1959, construction of Emery Science Hall was spurred to completion.

Shortly after Rev. Dr. Harold John Ockenga, retired pastor of Boston’s Park Street Church, became president of Gordon in 1969, a merger was forged

Excited students on moving day from the Fenway to the Wenham campus

between Gordon Divinity School and Conwell Seminary of Temple University, forming Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. In 1970 the seminary moved to its new campus just three miles from Gordon, making available Frost Hall and several other buildings for the College’s growth.

fruits of hard labor Through several decades of carefully balanced budgets, new faculty were recruited, new programs instituted and facilities were renovated or replaced. With the Barrington merger in 1985 came more new faculty, students, majors and programs, all of which enhanced the united college of Gordon and Barrington.

The 1990s saw vast improvement in facilities, including the addition of A. J. Gordon Memorial Chapel, the Bennett Center, Barrington Center for the Arts, Phillips Music Center, the Physical Plant Building, four new residence halls and the renovation of Lane Student Center.

This one-time campus of old buildings has been transformed to a quality Carnegie III liberal arts campus of distinction. Hundreds—yes, thousands—of lives have been invested in this School of Christ by trustees, administrators, faculty, staff, students, parents and donors.

Their investments have come from a broad cross section of Christian supporters, and we are all grateful benefactors of God’s grace to Gordon College.

John Beauregard graduated from the College in 1953 and the Divinity School in 1956. In 1972 he became Gordon’s library director, retiring in 2003 as professor of bibliography emeritus.

Not satisfied to retire completely, John became director of the library at nearby Endicott College, and continues to manage the archives at Gordon. In June he married Beverly Meservey, who has worked at Gordon since 1961 and is associate registrar.

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the growth of academics and programs through the years by

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culmination of significant steps The Wenham campus and I share an anniversary: we’ve both been here 50 years.

Reviewing the last 50 years makes me increasingly aware that what we have at Gordon is firmly tied to a steady progress and broadening of A. J. Gordon’s original vision. Half a century ago the move from Boston’s Fenway to the North Shore marked not so much a new beginning as a culmination of measured and significant steps.

In 1948 the College Charter had been amended to designate Gordon as a college of liberal arts—another move forward for the Missionary Training School of 1889. The purchase of the Princemere domain in Wenham would provide the space needed for expansion of physical and academic programs with new buildings, playing fields and dormitories. Then the College could get on with curricular additions and new majors. A glance at the College catalogs prior to the move makes clear this was not a new beginning, but the middle of things, for the courses attest to an already remarkable intellectual and cultural awareness.

When I arrived in 1955—very nearly a raw recruit with a newly minted graduate degree and a single year’s teaching experience—I joined a faculty alive with ideas and energy to focus and carry out plans. We certainly felt intrepid. With fewer than 27 faculty, a little over 300 students, not much in the way of facilities, and hardly any budgets, we nevertheless had an Honors Program, fielded ball teams, took choir tours up and down the Historical photos courtesy of Gordon College Archives

East Coast, presented complete threeact plays and established an academic journal, The Gordon Review—now the Christian Scholar’s Review. After three years of careful planning we instituted a team-taught integrated Core Curriculum.

Under the leadership of David Franz, the overseas summer study trips of the European Seminar became an innovative educational experience when there was no model for such a program.

There was still plenty of opportunity for theatre, music and sports events in Boston and Cambridge. On Thursday nights I packed my 1948 Club Coupe hot rod with students and headed in for Repertory Theatre events—exciting for me because I was not only active in theatre on campus but also taught the dramatic literature courses in the English curriculum.

Several decades later—when we finally did get a drama faculty appointment—he was housed in the English Department. The Barrington Arts Center and the Fine Arts Division were yet to come.

What I recall most vividly, however, was the integration of student and faculty activities, interests and projects. But there’s a cautionary tale emergent here: In the early 1960s there were seismic administrative changes that led to several years of a trimester, 11month curriculum, with experimental television teaching which dropped all “unnecessary” courses and extracurricular activities, and effectively separated the students from faculty. With that era behind us, academic programs were rebuilt over time, and one of the best results was the restoration of interactive faculty-student relationships.

preserving the vision The current capital campaign for the science center is a reminder that the move to Wenham allowed such expansion—still firmly fixed in the liberal arts. Dr. John Haas, molecular chemist, who had come in 1961 to help set up the Natural Science Division, was one who helped build and expand the science program. From very small beginnings the music programs have thrived and are maturing in the Phillips Music Center, and we look forward to the same for the sciences as we anticipate new science facilities.

An entire 20th-century review of the College suggests that a steady focus on A. J. Gordon’s founding vision is thriving too because care has been taken to preserve it. Once in the 1920s and again in the 1960s the College was reminded to guard it. (In the 1920s, when fundamentalist/modernist controversies raged nationally, Gordon remained firm and

Ann Ferguson with her students in earlier days

did not fall prey to either; and in the 1960s the trimester reduced a four-year education to three, and courses and faculty were cut to the detriment of students.)

Today, the campus is growing; scholarship and a blessed diversity are taking us into our second century.

Part of the real pleasure of Gordon is that it is still a community of scholars who engage each other in learning. I’ve been able to take advantage of that, both on campus and in travels abroad—which, come to think of it, is why I am still here after 50 years. I am a teacher, and gladly do I learn, and gladly teach.

This year we celebrate Dr. Ann Ferguson’s 50th anniversary of teaching English at Gordon. “That personal milestone has been noted,” she says. “This spring my colleagues surprised me with cartons of books (oh joy!) on an amazing variety of topics.

I treasure the inscriptions in them, and the trust that I would indeed devour them.”

Dr. Ferguson graduated from Wheaton College and earned her master’s and doctoral degrees from Boston University. Her inspiring service and many gifts to the College and its students were honored with the presentation of the Distinguished Senior Faculty Award at Commencement in May.

This aerial of the campus, taken in 1964, shows off the newly built Lane Student Center, and Lewis and Sheppard Halls. Before that, students crossed a quad that stretched from Winn Library to Grapevine Road, devoid of all buildings (below).

These “freshies” enjoyed initiation in 1959.

Frost Hall is named for Martha Frost, whose generous gift provided the College a handsome neorenaissance building at 30 Evans Way in 1917. Frost was formerly the mansion home of Frederick Prince, who sold his estate to the College for $150,000.

The Clarendon Bell (below) was moved to campus in the 1960s from A. J. Gordon’s Clarendon Street Baptist Church.

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Mr. Prince gave a large sum of money for the building of the Abigail Memorial Prince Chapel, named after his wife (exterior and interior, upper right, 1955). He also provided the stained glass windows from France, now installed in A. J. Gordon Memorial Chapel. Prince Chapel was removed in 1999, and Phillips Music Center was built on its site.

A. J. Gordon Memorial Chapel (above) was completed in 1992, seating 1,600 and serving also as a performing arts center.

Lane Student Center was completed in 1964 (upper left). In 1998 Lane was renovated—a food court with six venues was added as well as new dining areas and offices. It is shown here from the mall side (left) and from the pond side at night (upper right).

Night photos of the campus by Daniel Nystedt ’06

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The merger of Gordon College and Barrington College was celebrated at Homecoming 1985, shown on the Fall 1985 Stillpoint.

Winn Library was expanded into Jenks Learning Resource Center (upper right) to accommodate the merger.

At Homecoming 1999 Barrington Center for the Arts was dedicated, and the Barrington Rock was relocated in front of Barrington Center (left). A wide array of visual and theatre arts are offered at the Barrington Center, including sculpting.

Rhodes Gymnasium was built in 1971 and served athletics well until the Bennett Athletic and Recreation Center was completed in 1996 (above). Rhodes was then transformed into the Barrington Center for the Arts. Before Rhodes was built, Gordon teams played in rented facilities in nearby towns. Pictured here is the baseball team of 1962 and cheerleaders of 1975.

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For many years students made elaborate floats for Homecoming, like this one in 1989.

Alumni returning to campus today enjoy a lovely mall area bordered by the chapel, the student center, the music center (lower right) and residence halls. Four state-of-the-art residence halls have been built since 1998, the latest of which is Chase Hall (upper left).

Phillips Music Center was completed in 2000. Its Phillips Recital Hall (at the far left) seats just over 100 guests and is used for more intimate concerts and recitals.

The Gordon College Choir has inspired audiences for many years. The choir and music ensembles tour nationally and internationally.

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President Carlberg believes if A. J. Gordon were here today he would urge students to be bearers of shalom— a “flourishing”—to the world.

He discusses how Gordon College can best prepare tomorrow’s leaders to be at the top in their fields and still maintain lifestyles of servanthood in taking the gospel around the globe.

Translating A. J. Gordon’s Global Vision into Globalization: A Look Ahead by

R. Judson Carlberg

1889 when A. J. Gordon founded the College which now bears his name, globalization hadn’t even been invented—but President Gordon had a global vision. He committed to sending educated men and women around the world to proclaim the full-orbed gospel of Jesus Christ. He sought to remove cultural barriers preventing people from hearing the Word of God; his focus was global at a time when the nation was isolationist. He trained his students to serve in Africa and kept close ties with evangelicals in Great Britain. Graduates from his Boston Missionary Training Institute became leaders in the 19th-century expansion of Christianity. All this helped lay the groundwork for the phenomenon known now as globalization.

Globalization exploded in the last half of the 20th century, spreading far more than Christianity.

Many Americans cheered as financial and military superiority became synonymous with American ideals and values. By the end of the last century, capitalism and democracy seemed to dominate the world’s landscape.

But would A. J. Gordon be applauding if he were here today? I think he would instead be urging students to become bearers of shalom, a wonderful Hebrew word usually translated “peace.”

Nicholas Wolterstorff, a professor emeritus at Yale University and recent Gordon lecturer, suggests that “flourishing” is a more accurate rendition of shalom. “Love aims at advancing the shalom of the other,” he says. Dr. Wolterstorff challenged our students to become agents of shalom, “working for shalom and praying for shalom, celebrating its presence and lamenting its absence.”

What does this mean for graduates of Gordon College? The gospel message certainly begins with the clear statement that Jesus Christ offers forgiveness, flourishing and hope through His life, death and resurrection. But it does not stop there.

The gospel also compels us to prepare committed Christ followers who will become diplomats, assuming key international leadership roles to balance humanitarian needs, national priorities and Christian principles of living. Or perhaps they will become church leaders, responding with deep spiritual insight to the root causes of worldwide unrest. Maybe God will call some Gordon graduates to be medical doctors, relief workers or teachers, meeting the world’s deepest needs through tending the forgotten. In short, part of the mission of the College is to bring shalom, or flourishing, to the processes of globalization. n

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What will it take to educate tomorrow’s leaders to be the bearers of shalom? Gordon College bears a responsibility to prepare Christian leaders for a world we will hardly recognize within 10 to 20 years. While the development of technical skills will continue to be important, today’s graduates must also demonstrate the gifts of analysis, critical thinking, discernment, adaptability and creativity.

But even this will not be enough.

The development of competent leaders for the future requires a different way of thinking about leadership. One of the four hallmarks of Gordon’s mission is to graduate people who will live a servanthood lifestyle.

In Mark 10:43 Jesus says, “Whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be a slave of all.” This is a different

I like John Stott’s blending of vision and action: “The world can be won for Christ by evangelism and made more pleasing to Christ by social action. People of vision need to become people of action.”

Vi s i o n i s c o m p o u n d i n g a d e e p dissatisfaction of what is and a clear grasp of what could be. It is an understanding which leads to indignation over the status quo and a growing into an earnest quest for an alternative.

Indeed, this is one of the goals of Gordon’s international study offerings in places like Orvieto, San Jose, Costa Rica or Oxford, England.

Vision is compounding a deep dissatisfaction of what is and a clear grasp of what could be. It is an understanding which leads to indignation over the status quo and a growing into an earnest quest for an alternative.

approach to leadership than military domination, economic control or exporting American values to other cultures. In his book Involvement Dr. John Stott says, “The authority by which the Christian leader leads is not power, but love; not force, but example; not cohesion but reason, persuasion. Leaders have power, but power is safe only in the hands of those who humble themselves to serve.”

Turning to our own campus, there is reason to be hopeful. Gordon College commissioned a research firm to study the opinions of Gordon students. One question asked about attitudes toward a broad range of important social issues that cut across international boundaries and age groups. While the results are preliminary, it appears that Gordon students think broadly about their responses to social concerns. After abortion, which leads the list, every other student concern arises from an awareness of the needs of peoples different from themselves: global hunger, international justice, the problem of HIV AIDS in developing countries, and our response to urban poverty—all global concerns that call out for shalom.

The blueprint for the future at Gordon College will be both visionary and concrete. Understanding the latest research on global needs, resources and political movements is vitally important. But so is instilling in our students a compassionate Christianity in contrast to the prevalent winner-take-all mentality. In our blueprint, study will be linked with action, leadership with service, and classroom exploration with real-world experience.

If A. J. Gordon came to campus in 50 years, what would he find? Will this be a place of flourishing where students are still being prepared to lead within a lifestyle of service? If we remain true to our mission, Gordon College will not become so global that we allow others to set the agenda that alienates a world we are trying to reach for Christ. Instead we will be global enough to put into action in a winsome and compassionate way Christ’s teachings about being servants and leaders.

Dr. Carlberg came to Gordon in 1976 as dean of the faculty and became the College’s seventh president in 1992. During his tenure he has initiated many academic programs and the building of new facilities. Currently he and the Board of Trustees are focusing on what part Gordon should play in globalization. His vision is for a Center for Global Study, which would prepare students to serve with excellence around the world in a variety of fields.

Carlberg holds a doctorate in higher education administration from Michigan State University and a Master of Divinity from Denver Seminary. He has served as chair and member on the boards of a number of distinguished higher education institutions and organizations, including the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities.

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Gordon’s semesterlong arts-oriented program in Orvieto, Italy, sponsored a three-day conference the goal of which was “. . . the ultimate calling of the body together with the soul.” Eucharist and Eschatology: Art and Theology in the Duomo of Orvieto did just that.

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Joined Together to Believe, to Hope and to Love

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14th-century Duomo dominate the square that rests at the height of the medieval town of Orvieto in Italy, where Gordon’s off-campus arts-oriented program is located. Its centrality reflects not just the importance of the Church within medieval community life; the very imagery inscribed on its architecture proclaims the hold the Church had on the cultural imagination. The design of the Duomo both within and without proclaims salvation history. Outside, the reliefs on the façade trace from the creation of humanity to the judgment by Christ enthroned. Inside, the Eucharist (Communion) and Eschaton (return of Christ) dominate the imagery.

There is reason why the Eucharist was the focus of early Christian devotion and remained so throughout the Middle Ages, inspiring the liturgical development of the Feast of Corpus Christi in the 13 th century. The Eucharist is at once feast and union, sustenance and promise. Its transcending union speaks to the reality of Christ and His Church, and there is in the breaking of bread a transcendence beyond time. In that act of receiving, St. Paul’s “now and not yet” finds its fullest expression, and the deepest longings of the Body of Christ are at once met and whetted. In the Eucharist we are caught up with Christ as surely as the disciples at the Last Supper—as surely as the saints of old. Yet the celebration of the Eucharist reminds us that we still wait for Christ’s coming—walking in that long “until” before our Lord’s return. Thus, eucharistic imagery refers inevitably and inescapably to the eschatological.

This past May, Gordon College, the Diocese of Orvieto-Todi and the Comune of Orvieto hosted Eucharist and Eschatology: Art and Theology in the Duomo of Orvieto—an interdisciplinary academic conference envisioned and organized by Professor John Skillen, director of Gordon in Orvieto and 1976 Gordon graduate. Visitors and conference attendees explored firsthand how fundamental the eucharistic and eschatological are not only to the design of the Duomo but also to our contemporary Christian community. For three days a wide range of interdisciplinary papers was presented by scholars like Professors Nicholas Wolterstorff and Jaime Lara of Yale, John Paul Wauck of the Pontificia Università della Santa Croce, Susanna Caroselli of Messiah College and Jonathan Riess of the University of Cincinnati, to name a few. The various foci and perspectives provided a rich contemplation of the Incarnation of Christ’s physical body, His body in the Church, and His body in the Eucharist. The academic proceedings richly fulfilled the objectives of the conference to “reflect on the meaning of human corporality, on the dignity of the flesh and on the ultimate calling of the body together with the soul (eschatology).”

Fittingly—given that the Eucharist is about feast and community—a wider invitation to the community of Orvieto and to all tourists was issued through the arts during the week of Corpus Christi. First, Gordon College and the Comune di Orvieto together sponsored an exhibit of Gordon professor Bruce Herman’s paintings entitled Il Corpo Spezzato/The Body Broken in the Palazzo dei Sette. Then during the week of Corpus Christi an Italian-American theatre company named the Compagnia de’ Colombari under the direction of Karin Coonrod, a 1976 he spires of the

Photos of Orvieto by Daniel Nystedt ’06

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Orvieto and the Duomo

Sculpting at the Gordon in Orvieto program

Gordon graduate, performed Laude in Urbis, a contemporary adaptation from medieval mystery plays.

The conference, exhibit and play culminated in the Feast of Corpus Christi, the origins of which are tied to the town of Orvieto itself. These visual and dramatic events reflected the embodied nature of the Eucharist better than words ever could.

Though the Il Corpo Spezzato exhibit began in April and continued through June, for the week preceding Corpus Christi, Herman worked in the

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Palazzo’s atrium on a series of large panels treating scenes from the life of Mary. Herman shared with visitors his painting process as well as his completed art that lined the upstairs gallery.

There is something peculiarly intimate about watching a visual artist at work. There is a certain quality of revelation to the affair, as layer by layer the fuller image begins to emerge.

Watching Herman’s panels “assume flesh” provided a beautiful metaphor for the themes of embodiment and revelation treated formally in the conference proceedings. Fittingly, the conference concluded with a multimedia presentation by Herman on the intimacy with which Christ’s

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body speaks to our brokenness. For Lyn Shields, one of several Gordon trustees accompanying President Jud Carlberg and his wife, Jan, to

As the Feast of Corpus Christi reminded us—as the Eucharist continually reminds us—we live and communicate, watch and work for the full revelation of the Body of Christ in glory.

Orvieto, this concluding talk was the highlight of the conference: “Bruce summed up all that had been said before and so beautifully tied in to the art of the Cathedral of Orvieto, both Eucharist and eschatology: ‘Because of Christ’s sacrifice, a broken body can become a vessel of beauty and transcendence.’”

That promise of beauty from brokenness traveled in

Students from Gordon in Orvieto enjoying a view of the city

medieval fashion through the streets of Orvieto for two nights as the Compagnia de’ Colombari depicted salvation history from “Creation” through to the “Harrowing of Hell.”

Laude in Urbis was framed by the “Road to Emmaus” encounter with Christ, ending appropriately with Christ revealing himself in the breaking of bread.

The power with which the various scenes (some in Italian, some in English) resonated with the spectators was expressed by Diane Bennett, wife of Gordon trustee Peter Bennett: “One minute I was thrilled with the talent, the next close to tears, the next in laughter—and the act depicting hell was so realistic I found myself pleading with God to get me out of there! The heckling and making your way through dark, smoky lanes was very powerful. I cannot imagine how anyone watching could walk away without a clear message of salvation.

In fact, a young girl who had just arrived in Orvieto asked what was going on. She joined the group, and there was opportunity to share Christ with her throughout the night.”

It is no coincidence that such moments arose during these Corpus Christi festivities since Gordon has dedicated itself to building opportunities with Orvieto. Lyn Shields noted, “Clearly Orvieto is thrilled with the presence of the Gordon program. Watching the way the town (predominantly Catholic) and the school (predominantly Protestant Evangelical) work together so harmoniously was a real witness to true Christian unity.”

Corso Cavour, a main street in Orvieto

This harmony arises from years of relationship-building. Since 1998 Gordon College has been a presence in Orvieto with the semester-long arts program directed by Dr. John Skillen and housed in the Instituto San Lodovico, a convent. That the City of Orvieto and the diocese would invest so generously in this event makes it clear that Gordon is an authentic part of that community, celebrating together both the Eucharist and

Todi, reminded his audience: “Per credere, per sperare, per amare”­—we are joined in order to believe, to hope and to love. That active and productive union may find its most potent expression and experience in the Eucharist, but as the Feast of Corpus Christi reminded us—as the Eucharist continually reminds us—we live and communicate, watch and work for the full revelation of the Body of Christ in glory.

That the City of Orvieto and the diocese would invest so generously in this event makes it clear that Gordon is an authentic part of that community, celebrating together both the Eucharist and the Body of Christ as incarnated in His people. the Body of Christ as incarnated in His people. Gordon’s vision for global engagement is certainly being achieved partially through its various programs abroad, and more generally through investing a global vision in its students.

In some ways the Gordon community in Orvieto provides a perfect example of what eucharistic community ought to be. We are privileged that the local church is interested in communion with us and believes wholeheartedly that we are joined, as Padre Giovanni Scanavino, bishop of the Diocese of Orvieto-

Dr. Liesl Smith is the assistant director of global education at Gordon and also teaches courses in early British history (History Department) and things medieval (English Department). She holds a master’s from Carnegie Mellon University and a doctorate from the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto.

Smith has taught at Jiangxi University in Nanchang, China, and in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Her scholarly publications focus on Anglo-Saxon and Latin hagiography—writings on saints. Her poetry has been published in various journals.

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Photos by Massimo Achilli

1234 The serpent in the first episode of the "Creation." The actor is Elisabetta Spallacia from Orvieto.

Here Trazana Beverly of New York plays God, reciting a piece from James Weldon Johnson’s Creation.

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Corpus Christi, an adaptation from medieval mystery plays, Laude in Urbis, was performed by Compagnia de’ Colombari, an Italian-American theatre company, under the direction of Karin Coonrod ’76. Karin says of the experience, “It was wonderful to bring theatre professionals from America and Italy together for Laude in Urbis: Mystery Plays in the 21st Century, and a great joy to work with my old friend uring the nights of the week of

John Skillen in Orvieto.” A kind of Dixieland band music was composed for the production by Paul Vasile ’98 and Elisa Risoluti of Milano, Italy. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Kim C anavan, who accompanied Jud and Jan Carlberg to Orvieto, described the experience this way :

It’s 9 p.m., and we gather with a small crowd along the Via Del Duomo to see Laude in Urbis. The actors, dressed in simple and colorless costumes, speak mostly in Italian, and I do my best to follow the plot. The play opens with the two men on the road to Emmaus,

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talking with the yet unrecognized Jesus. The whole theatre company moves on to the steps of the Duomo with loud music and dancing, and the crowd follows, growing in numbers as the night progresses. We see scenes of the creation of Adam and Eve followed by the fall of man, with Jesus—the second Adam—playing the role of the first. We continue through the streets of Orvieto, stopping for scenes of Noah, Abraham and Isaac

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(Jesus again playing a role—this time as the Son to be sacrificed), the Nativity, Jesus descending into hell after His death (we “descend” through the streets of “hell” as well, and I am uncomfortably disturbed), and finally the victory of Jesus over death and hell. There is great and lengthy celebration at the end as Jesus breaks bread with the two men, and they recognize who He is at last. I am tired but moved.

Faculty Profiles

Meet Gordon Faculty Elaine Phillips and Myron Schirer-Suter have both traveled and worked abroad.

One majors in theological studies while the other helped establish a church in Prague.

Elaine phillips Three mornings a week Elaine Phillips rises at 3:45 a.m. for a full day of teaching classes, counseling students and attending meetings. The professor of biblical and theological studies—who takes time to “exercise, walk for an hour, pray and read” before her 8 a.m. class Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays—is deeply committed to her work.

Dr. Phillips’ teaching ranges from the Old Testament core class to courses for biblical studies majors. She also serves this year as chair of the Faculty Senate, a sevenmember committee that oversees faculty personnel issues.

Phillips has lived and traveled extensively in Israel.

This past summer she and her husband, Perry—who has taught at Gordon on an adjunct basis—taught 23 Gordon students for three weeks at Jerusalem University College.

Admired for her gracious and caring nature, Phillips often shares with her students how God sustains her.

“God has pushed me to do things that test me. He’s generally scared the living daylights out of me, which means I’ve had to learn time after time about trust.”

In the summer the Phillipses retreat to a family-owned island in western Ontario. Closer to home they both enjoy hiking, and began years ago to climb the Presidentials (a mountain range in New Hampshire)—“in descending order as we get older,” she says. Music is another interest; she has served as church organist and choir director in the past and last winter sang in the Symphonic Chorale’s performance of Elijah at Gordon.

—Elizabeth Ross White

MYron Schirer-Suter Myron Schirer-Suter, Gordon’s director of library services, has a lot on his mind these days keeping track of 131,000 books, 500 print journals, an extensive collection of electronic databases, and a one-year-old son named Cedric.

With a doctorate in educational technology, he is right at home managing the scholarly books and research material of a campus library. One would never guess he grew up driving John Deere tractors and feeding hogs on the family corn and soybean farm in Illinois.

“Libraries are changing,” this librarian says. While books aren’t going away, more publications and journals are online. Meanwhile “there’s definitely a move to change the library as a place—students need open space to work together,” he emphasizes. He’s even considering the idea of a library café.

Dr. Schirer-Suter came to Gordon after working at Pepperdine University in Los Angeles. During the late 1980s and early 1990s he was a missionary in Eastern Europe and Austria, where he taught Bible classes and helped establish a church in Prague, Czechoslovakia.

Schirer-Suter serves as a deacon in his church. He likes to travel and study family genealogy, and he enjoys cooking—his specialty is potatoes and bratwurst salad.

Since moving here a year ago he hasn’t had much time for exploring the North Shore, but he does know his way to three places, he jokes: “Work, church, and Home Depot!”

Schirer-Suter lives with his wife, Cordelia, son Cedric, and three cats.

—Elizabeth Ross White

Elizabeth Ross White is a freelancer with 19 years of newspaper writing and editing experience.

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Through guided civic engagement, the Lynn Initiative seeks to foster social responsibility, cultural appreciation, and community leadership in students as they grow in maturity, knowledge and faith. by

During the Fall Semester in Lynn, Gordon Students:

ver the last two years President Carlberg has led the Gordon campus in thinking about global issues, including shifts in world Christianity and the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Administrators, faculty and staff have been considering how the world is changing and how to best prepare the next generation of global leaders.

Future leaders will need to understand and navigate complex urban environments, build genuine relationships across cultural and socioeconomic divides, and lead with confidence mixed with humility and marked by servanthood. In his opening address to the campus this fall, President Carlberg again challenged us to consider carefully what global leadership looks like and encouraged us to embrace a lifelong vocation of service to our communities—to demonstrate the kind of servant leadership Jesus modeled for us. As a campus we are taking this civic engagement imperative seriously. One of our stated goals is preparing responsible world citizens whose love for God expresses itself through wise stewardship, care for the weak and vulnerable, and respect for the uniqueness of individuals and cultures.

To teach this art of servant global leadership in an increasingly urban world, Gordon has established local opportunities for students to engage in experiential learning. In the nearby diverse City of Lynn, Massachusetts, Gordon students are combining their academic learning with real-world service. Under the leadership of Dean of Students Barry Loy and Gordon’s Center for Student Development, a campus/community partnership office known as the Lynn Initiative coordinates a myriad of opportunities for students to engage with the Lynn community.

Opportunities for service and learning spring from relationships the Lynn Initiative has established with over 20 schools, social service agencies, churches, community-based organizations, and governmental entities in the city. Our partners include North Shore Community College, East Baptist Church, Community Minority Cultural Center, New American Center, Operation Bootstrap, Salvation Army, Greater Lynn Mental Health, Lynn Economic Opportunity, Food Project, International Rescue Committee, St. Joseph’s Church, Raw Arts, Boys and Girls Club, Lynn Housing Authority, and Girls Inc. The

• Helped Somali Bantu refugees adjust to life in the U.S. • Taught Bible studies to youth groups • Researched future trends to assist a nonprofit community organization • Mentored at-risk girls and boys • Assisted in several adult ESL classrooms • Organized recreation/recess blocks for an elementary school • Harvested vegetables with youth from a gardening project • Created artwork for a school library • Served as teachers’ assistants in several Head Start classrooms • Documented experiences of immigrants from Spanishspeaking countries • Tutored children and youth in afterschool programs

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“It is great to bring color to the hallway— not color we invented, but color that was already here in Lynn.”

—Professor Bruce Herman, speaking at the dedication of the mural

reciprocal relationships between Gordon and the Lynn community offer students the chance to partner with agencies already effective in addressing needs in the city. Learning directly from practitioners benefits Gordon students, and in return energetic and bright college students give Lynn community organizations a huge boost!

An example of a successful collaboration involved art professor Bruce Herman’s Advanced Painting class, which devoted the entire spring 2004 semester to creating a wall-size mural for the Ford Elementary School in Lynn. The mural featured 21 of the students and staff at the Ford School as well as many Lynn landmarks and notable city features. The Ford School is ethnically diverse with many firstgeneration immigrants. Professor Herman said the mural, entitled Welcome to Lynn: A Family Tree of Learners, “was created as a symbol of the community atmosphere the school puts forth. This project allowed my students to meet kids in Lynn and see their wonderful faces. It makes a bond between the two institutions. It is great to bring color to the hallway—not color we invented, but color that was already here in Lynn.”

In order to complete the project, the class did a significant amount of research on how to fashion and develop a mural, and spent a lot of time taking pictures of the children and teachers at the Ford School and of the City of Lynn. At the unveiling the entire Gordon painting class was recognized

by Principal Claire Crane of the Ford School, whose choir sang

Lynn Initiative photos by Daniel Nystedt ’06

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songs of celebration. The mayor and other officials of the City of Lynn as well as President Carlberg attended this event—a wonderful testimony of the power of partnerships to transform people and places.

Several members of the painting class have since taken the lead in further community projects in Lynn, the most recent being an extreme home makeover in a low-income housing area. Over Labor Day Weekend 35 Gordon students and members of the Physical Plant staff joined together to revamp an apartment unit for an afterschool program led by Gordon education majors this fall. A total of 338 hours were spent cleaning, painting, assembling furniture and playing with the neighborhood children who will be the recipients of this remodeled space.

Gordon students helped the children take ownership in the new homework center by assisting them with art pieces that were hung on newly painted walls.

Student involvement in Lynn can take the form of one-time group work projects, weekly involvement from a small group of volunteers, credit-bearing course participation for a semester, special class projects and internships. It is the goal of the Lynn Initiative to further a community partner’s vision and values for the City of Lynn—not to create new ones. To that end the staff of the Lynn Initiative meets regularly with each community partner to evaluate how Gordon students are impacting the City of Lynn as well as to assess and direct student learning. The Lynn Initiative Office in the downtown Central Square makes Gordon College accessible, breaking down the separation between campus and community. It demonstrates the College’s commitment to Lynn and our seriousness about preparing students to be global leaders.

For more information on the Lynn Initiative, go to www.LynnInitiative.com.

Valerie Buchanan has been director of the Lynn Initiative since 2003. She has a B.S. in church recreation from Southwest Baptist University and is completing a master’s in urban ministry at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. The favorite parts of her job, she says, are “investing in creative collaborations that contribute to Gordon student growth and Lynn community development; eating at Tacos Lupita; and working with Barry Loy in CSD.” In the photo Val is holding Lily, daughter of Lysa Newhall, a staff member of the Lynn Housing Authority.

One of our stated goals is preparing responsible world citizens whose love for God expresses itself through wise stewardship, care for the weak and vulnerable, and respect for the uniqueness of individuals and cultures.

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“Great Books” Honors Program He l p s St u d e n t s C o n n e c t Fa i t h w i t h In t e l l e c t In fall 2004 the Jerusalem and Athens Forum “great books” program was launched. Here are some of the key events of that maiden voyage. by

Sarah Carlson-Lier ’00

“What has Athens to do with Jerusalem? What has the academy to do with the Church?” These questions posed by the second-century Church father Tertullian— and pondered by Christians for nearly two millennia—are being examined by a group of Gordon students in a new “great books” honors program, the Jerusalem and Athens Forum (JAF). The program was founded on the premise that students will be better leaders in today’s global world if their minds have been nourished in the rich traditions of Christian thought and literature. JAF is part of the Critical Loyalty: Christian Vocation at Gordon College grant from the Lilly Endowment, now in its second year.

Led by associate history professor and Critical Loyalty project director Dr. Tal Howard, the year-long program is open by application to promising students from any major.

Students read and discuss classic texts of writers and thinkers such as Plato, Augustine, Dante, Shakespeare, Dostoyevsky, Martin Luther King, Simone Weil and Flannery O’Connor, helping students develop a sense of vocation informed by thoughtful reflection on the relationship between faith and intellect. Professor Howard says, “The program helps restore a sense of tradition and intellectual depth to the evangelical subculture, which, while commendably devout

in many areas, often shortchanges the life of the mind, making itself susceptible to fashionable trends in popular culture and the mainstream academy.”

Classroom discussions are sometimes led by Gordon faculty or visiting scholars from the Faith Seeking Understanding lecture series, also a Lilly initiative. Some past and upcoming guests include Gilbert Meilaender (a leading Lutheran theologian at Valparaiso University and a member of the President’s Council on Bioethics), Os Guinness (Christian author and founder of Trinity Forum) and Jeanne Heffernan (a scholar of political thought at Villanova University).

JAF was initiated in fall 2004 at a seaside retreat in nearby Rockport, where Dan Russ, director of Gordon’s Center for Christian Studies, discussed what it means to be both a Christian and an intellectual. For many students that discussion bridged a gap in their experiences. Ian Corbin ’06, a political science major, commented, “I grew up in a faith tradition I believe is very close to that of most Gordon students. Christians who nurtured me were faithful, loving and, to the best of their abilities, obedient to the commands of Christ. And yet there was a subtle or not-so-subtle antiintellectualism. I think Evangelicals must

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Guest lecturer Dr. Jennifer Hevelone-Harper ’92, history professor at Gordon

come to a better understanding of how to love God with our minds.”

Students further explored the relationship between faith and intellectual commitment when they visited Harvard University’s Fogg Museum with Hiromu Nagahara, a 2003 Gordon graduate and Harvard Ph.D. candidate. Students enjoyed the museum’s excellent art collection as well as Hiromu’s discussion about his transition from Gordon to Harvard. Since many JAF students are considering postbaccalaureate education, the question of how to reconcile first-order academic pursuits with a Christian worldview is not far from their minds.

JAF also aims to cultivate deeper ecumenical understanding at the College. Students visited Hellenic College in Brookline, Massachusetts, the only Eastern Orthodox undergraduate college in the United States.

They were introduced to Orthodox worship at a vespers service and later joined Hellenic’s faculty and students for dinner. Dr. Demetrios Katos of Hellenic’s theological faculty visited Gordon this fall to inform our community of the beliefs and practices of Eastern Orthodox Christianity.

In May of 2006 a group of students will visit Gordon in Orvieto—an arts-oriented program in Italy—with the opportunity to reflect on Catholic approaches to worship and theology.

Ideas discussed in JAF inspire more reflective dialogue about important topics campus-wide. In order to spark this discussion, JAF sponsors two “faculty-student conversations” each year, in which five Gordon faculty are invited to wrestle with an issue of importance for the larger community. Last year’s discussions were: “Thinking Responsibly about Evil in a Post-9/11 World”; and “Is the Market Moral? Revisiting Christianity and Capitalism.”

This fall faculty and students discussed “American Evangelicalism and the Question of Tradition.” JAF invites

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Stillpoint readers to suggest ideas for future discussions.

JAF students have an opportunity to present their own ideas in the crowning event of the year—the annual JAF debate. Held in April 2005 as a part of Gordon’s student symposium, debate was framed around the following resolution: “Due to its unparalleled power and its faith-imbued history, the United States has a special obligation to spread democracy and human rights across the globe, acting unilaterally if necessary.” The students were divided into affirmative and negative positions. All of the students played a role in researching and formulating their arguments, and almost every student took a speaking role.

This fall a second cohort is participating in the Jerusalem and Athens Forum. Once again 21st-century students have been handed the ancient question that has sparked discussion for centuries: What does Jerusalem have to do with Athens? It’s not a question that can be answered lightly or easily, as discovered by Stephen Taylor ’07, an English and education major, after completing the inaugural year of JAF: “I don’t think I realized the depth of Christian scholarship in the world, past and present, until now. What does Jerusalem have to do with Athens?

I don’t know. But they are certainly related, and I intend to spend the rest of my life further understanding this relationship.”

Sarah Carlson-Lier graduated from Gordon in 2000 with a degree in English literature. She is program coordinator for the Jerusalem and Athens Forum program.

Sarah’s best memories of her years at Gordon include the English classes she took with Dr. John Skillen and her year abroad with the Gordon in Oxford program.

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Supporting Students in Their Educational and Vocational Pursuits

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make the most of their college education. A senior majoring in business and finance, Lee is immersing himself in a wide variety of activities on and off campus to help develop his leadership potential. Along with being a standout student, he is president of the Economics and Business Club, a teacher’s assistant in two finance classes, captain of the Ice Hockey Club and a member of the varsity tennis team. This winter he plans to participate in a student mission trip to Guatemala.

When he is away from campus, Lee is hard at work building toward his desired career in business. Having been employed as an intern for two summers at the corporate office of a national cable and Internet service provider, he has already received an offer for full-time employment as a manager following his graduation in May 2006. His long-term plans include pursuing a master’s in business

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Lee’s personal work ethic has a lot to do with his success as a student and young professional. An equally strong motivator, however, is

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to The Partners Program. He cannot help but feel a responsibility to make the most of a Gordon experience that others are helping

students. If you would

to pay for. He carries out this responsibility with a thankful heart,

like to become a Partner

and has every intention of giving back to the College soon after he

and support hardworking

establishes himself in his career.

Partners provide more than $500,000 in annual scholarship

students like Lee Giobbie,

support to students like Lee—young men and women who are

contact Jon Tymann,

serious about their education and gratefully take full advantage

director of development

of the offerings presented to them. The total amount disbursed to students increases every year as more people choose to become Partners supporters.

relations, 978.867.4039 or jon.tymann@gordon.edu.

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Current contributors to the partners program FOUNDERS Marlan and Katharine Allen Marion ’50B Bean Peter and Diana Bennett Donald and Barbara Chase Stephen ’84 and Brenda ’85 de Vos Fredrick and Nancy Gale Roger and Sherley Hannay Dennis and Lisa Hardiman David Jodice ’75 Patricia Jones and John McCray Kurt Keilhacker Daniel ’74 and Darlene ’74 Kuzmak David and Sheila Larson Raymond and Priscilla Lee Richard and Sandie MacDonald R. Preston ’85 and Pamela Mason Pat ’75B and Roger McClelland George ’85 and Terisa Means Stephen Oliver Ellen ’90 and Charles Pepin David and Esther Schultz Thomas and Lyn Shields Stephen and Claire Tavilla William ’80 and Donna ’80 Thorburn Philip and Sherry Tupper James and Barbara Vander Mey Deborah and Raymond Vorce Clyde ’58 and Nancy Wynia David and Suzy Young

PARTNERS A.P. Vending & Amusement Co. Elizabeth ’85 and Ralph Aarons Peter Allen ’69 Joyce ’58 and Harold Anderson Anonymous (2) Dean and June Arnold Kevin Ashley ’97 Thomas and Jean Askew Manuel ’47 and Madelyn Avila James ’81 and Katherine Bagley Charlotte Baker ’64 Jeffrey ’81 and Blanca Baker Samuel and Susan Ballam Philip ’82 and Kathleen Beattie John ’53 and Beverly Beauregard Ruth Bennett ’65B Norma x’56 and Roy Benson Paul and Joan Bergmann Eric ’89 and Andrea ’89 Bergstrom Cinderella ’68 and James Berry Phillip ’64 and Linda x’65 Bonard Dawn ’01 and Jonathan Bosland Robert ’66 and Sandra Bowden Thales and Sally Bowen Robert and Nancy Bradley Delbert and Lynn ’83B Brown Kenneth and Bonnie Brown Ken and Polly Brown Peter ’83 and Julie ’81 Bruno Charles ’61 and Carole Brutto Cedric ’87 and Lisa ’87 Buettner William and Nancy Burns Ronald and Barbara Burwell Daryl and Elizabeth Butcher Nancy ’85 and Gregory Cannon R. Judson and Jan Carlberg Roy and Barbara Carlson Linda ’70 and David Carlson Priscilla ’60 and William Carter John ’69 and Jean Chang Chatlos Foundation

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Catherine Cobbey ’96 Lisa Coderre ’84 David ’81 and Kim ’80 Collins Randall ’67 and Patricia ’68 Collins Hazel Costa Mary Cowperthwaite ’69 William and Patricia Crawley Linda ’71 and Doug Crowell John ’84 and Linda ’84 Cyr Judith Dean ’78 Edna Della Barba ’51 Thomas and Barbara Denmark Donald ’53 and Elaine Dickinson Daniel and Flo Dinzik Dennis and Wendy Dixon Henry ’53B and Ruth ’54B Doughty Deighton ’50B and Alice ’50B Douglin Jeffrey ’77 and Melanie ’77 Drake Roger and Deborah Drost Kristine Dunne ’89 Kenneth and Cheryl Durgin Arnold ’61 and Mary ’60 Ellsworth Arthur and Karen Emery Joseph and Betty Everitt Nola and Charles Falcone Earl ’74 and Linda Farmer Barbara Faulkner ’54B Muriel and David ’45B, ’61 Franz David ’97 and Brooke ’94 Friedrich Dorothy Galbraith Paige Gibbs ’69 Michael and Ann Givens Jerry ’94 and Molly Gould Gary and Deborah Green Robert Greene Sr. ’51B Frederick and Juliet Griffin Kenneth Griggs Robert ’81 and Barbara ’81 Grinnell Thomas ’77 and Carol ’78 Gruen James ’01 and Emily ’02 Grumbine Paul and Rebecca Gyra Samantha ’95 and Joshua Hager Steven and Jane Hager David ’77 and Beverly ’71 Hall David ’89 and Sandra ’89 Hall Eldon and Grace Hall Steven ’74 and Debra Harding Scott ’81 and Karen ’81 Harrison Robin and Patricia Harshaw Charles ’86 and Lisa ’89 Harvey Nathan Hausman ’00 William and Rose Hausman Heidi ’85 and Douglas Hawkins David ’84 and Elaine Hayes Laura Headley Martha ’77 and Steven Heassler Chuck and Becky Hendricks Stephen Hendrickson Carol Herrick Robert and Betty Herrmann Peter and Jo Dee Herschend Herbert Hess Ronald and Donna Hilton Robert ’56 and Frances ’56 Hinckley Diane ’86 and Ken Hodge Pearl Homme ’47 Roy and Beverly Honeywell Jeffrey ’88 and Jonna ’85 Horrigan David ’65 and Irmgard Howard Donald Howard Lynn ’82 and Michael Huber Dwayne Huebner Gordon and Jane Anne Hugenberger

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Shelley and Mary Ellen Ivey Frederick ’59B and Alma ’75B Ivor-Campbell Raymond Jarvio Margaret Jensen William ’78 and Ann Johnson Ross and Emily Jones Robert and Meredith Joss Deborah Kalafian ’83 John and Jean Kalafian Katherine and Jack Kallis Sally and William Kanaga Howard ’52 and Hazel Keeley Kirsten x’90 and Andrew Keith Steven and Annie Krook Jason ’94 and Cass ’93 Kuplen Eric Larson ’93 John and Deborah Lawrence Rob and Connie Lawrence Pamela ’81 and Charlie Lazarakis Priscilla Leavitt ’62B Philip Lee ’82 Joseph and Lanayre Liggera Eric ’91 and Catherine ’94 Lindsay Martha ’73 and Michael Linehan Richard and Carolyn Lippmann Byron ’90 and Kristin ’92 List Bronwyn ’87 and Caleb Loring Caleb Loring Jr. Barry and Donna Loy Willis and Marjorie Lund Joel and Wendy Lundberg Gordon and Gail MacDonald James and Joyce MacDonald Bruce MacKilligan ’58B Robin and Stephen MacLeod Michelle ’02 and Raji Manasseh Kenneth and Susan Martin Joshua Martinelli ’95 Charles ’76 and Robin Masland Kirk ’97 and Hannah McClelland Marjorie McClintock ’90 Karen McHugh ’83 R. Bancroft ’68B and Kathleen McKittrick Jerrold and Jolene McNatt Margaret ’85 and Frank McPherson David ’71 and Nancy Mering Steven and Janet Miller Linda and Robert Monroe Margaret Montalvo Howard Moon ’62 Marty and Sue Moore Doreen ’74 and Bert Morris David ’76 and Debra ’76 Myers Harold and Jeanette Myra Cathy ’80 and Frank Nackel Darlene and Jeffrey Neil David ’71 and Helgi Nelson Raymond ’54B and Doris ’52B Nickerson W. Terry and Janice Overton Robert and Kathleen Parlee Malcolm and Joyce Patterson William and Lynne Payne Penates Foundation Emily Perkins ’04 Ronald Perry ’65 Leonard and Judy Peterson Kenneth and Donna Phillips Thomas and Gertrude Phillips Charles and Sarah Pickell Gordon ’60 and Doris Pierce Tracy and Dan Pierce

Ronald and Mimi Pruett William and Sabra ’59B Reichardt William and Evie Reed Dolores ’72 and Malcolm Reid Walter ’49B and Audrey ’53B Rice Douglas Rieck ’75 G. Willard ’72 and Margie Lou ’72 Roaf James ’66B and Joanne Roberts Chad ’94 and Jenny ’93 Robinson Thomas and Cathy Rogerson Jeffrey ’92 and Kari ’91 Rourke Richard ’53 and Dorothy ’50 Rung David ’74B and Joyce ’75B Ruppell Dan and Kathleen Russ Grosvenor and Marjorie Rust John and Sheelagh Ryan Bradford ’91 and Sharon ’92 Salmon Mark and Arlyne Sargent Ruth Schmidt Schrafft Charitable Trust Scott ’90 and Karyn Schneider Mary and David Shahian Chen ’86 and Alice Shi Barbara Skinner Bradley ’88 and Claudia x’90 Small Derk ’81 and Amy ’93 Smid David ’79 and Elizabeth Smith Herman ’70 and Denise Smith Warren ’98 and Tressa ’98 Smith John and Brenda Soucy Solveig Spence ’65 G. Alan and Jane Steuber Peter Stine Mark x’78 and Judy Stockwell Craig ’89 and Kelly ’88 Story Bradford ’76 and Marla ’75 Stringer David and Marcia Swenson Brock ’84 and Gina Swetland Ann Tappan Virginia Tavilla x’55 Mark and Carol Taylor Lorie ’90 and Brian Thomas Gary ’76 and Patricia ’76 Thorburn Audrey Todd Harold and Diane Toothman Russell and Jean Tupper Daniel and Andrea Tymann Jonathan ’83 and Carlene Tymann Nathan ’91 and Linda ’91 Tymann William x’52 and Nancy ’55B Udall Raymond and Norma Unsworth Silvio ’87 and Theresa ’86 Vazquez Richard and Jayne Waddell Joanne Waldner ’74 Meirwyn and Nina Walters Kirk and Linda Ware Robert and Nance Ware Eric and Edris Watson Bruce and Susan Webb Thomas Weis ’83 Donald x’63 and Shirley Welt Robert ’73 and Shirley Werth Beth ’87 and Daniel White Pauline ’57 and Marvin Wilson Richard and Gail Wilson George and Penelope Wingate Barbara ’64 and Roger Winn Michael Woffenden ’84 M. McCormick Wolf Theodore and Susan Wood Timothy ’73 and Georgette Woodruff Thomas ’68 and Linda ’69 Zieger William ’78 and Laurie ’78 Zimmerman

Events Calendar January

13 The Doctor in Spite of Himself, operetta by Charles Gounod; Music Department; 8 p.m., GC

14 The Doctor in Spite of Himself; 2 p.m., 7 p.m., GC

14– Art Exhibit—Archetype & Whimsy; works by Erica Daborn 2/24 Donna Dodson, Renata Fryshara, Shaun McNiff and Rob Roy; BCA

20 Lilly Lecture Series (CCS)—Roger Wilkins, George Mason University; 10:25 a.m., GC

20 Mia Chung and Alina Polyakov, duo pianos; 8 p.m., PRH

27 Chalumeau Chamber Ensemble; 7 p.m., PRH

February

9 Barrington Annual Seminar (CCS)—Eric Gregory; 4 p.m., Lane (PDR)

10 Barrington Annual Seminar (CCS)—Eric Gregory; 10:25 a.m., GC

11 Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band; 7 p.m., GC

17 Gordon Symphony Orchestra; 7:30 p.m., GC

23 Jazz Ensemble; 8 p.m., PRH

24 Thompson Chamber Music Series: Craig Hart, bass; 8 p.m., PRH

March

17 Opera Scenes; 8 p.m., PRH

18 Opera Scenes; 7 p.m., PRH

18– Art Exhibit—Alumni Show: Michelle Arnold ’99, Anthony 4/14 Falcetta ’92, Jonathan MacAdam ’99 and Truitt Seitz ’02; BCA

24 Lilly Lecture Series (CCS)—John E. Hare, Yale University; 10:25 a.m., GC

2 4, 25, Theatre—Sueño; directed by Jeffrey S. Miller; BCA 28–4/1

25 Choirs! Choirs! Choirs! 7 p.m., GC

25 Music Mania! 9 a.m.–12:30 p.m., PMC

April

1 New England Intercollegiate Band Festival; 7 p.m., GC

1 Music Mania! 9 a.m.–12:30 p.m., PMC

5 Lilly Lecture Series (CCS)—Susannah Heschel, Dartmouth College; 10:25 a.m., GC

6 Annual Student Symposium; 8 a.m.–9 p.m., campus

15– Art Exhibit—Senior Thesis Exhibits; BCA 5/12

21 Thompson Chamber Music Series: Atlantic Brass Quintet; 8 p.m., PRH

23 Gordon College Composer’s Guild Recital; 4 p.m., PRH

25–30 Theatre—Directing Class Final Projects; BCA

29 Annual Pops Concert; 7 p.m., GC

30 Haydn’s Creation: Gordon Symphony Orchestra, College Choir and Symphonic Chorale; 3 p.m., GC

May

4 Jazz Ensemble Spring Concert; 8 p.m., PRH 7 Children’s Choir Concert; 3 p.m., GC

12 Baccalaureate; 5 p.m., GC

13 Commencement; 10 a.m., Quad

For info on Center for Christian Studies (CCS) events, go to www.gordon.edu/ccs.

For tickets for music and theatre events call 978.867.3400 or go to www.gordon.edu.

Music events are held in Phillips Recital Hall (PRH), located in Phillips Music Center (PMC); in A. J. Gordon Memorial Chapel (GC). Art exhibits and theatre productions are in the Barrington Center for the Arts (BCA). Gallery hours are Monday–Friday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. Go to www.gordon.edu/arts_music/gallery.htm for updated gallery information; to www.gordon.edu/music/ for updated music events; to www.gordon.edu/arts_music/theatre.html for updated theatre performances.

The

Gordon College

Guild For

those

who

love

music,

now there is a way to support one of the region’s finest music programs. The Gordon College Music Guild offers you the opportunity to support music education and performance at Gordon.

By joining The Gordon College Music Guild you will help underwrite music performances and support academic programs in music. Most importantly, you will help Gordon continue to offer the exceptional quality in music for which the College has come to be known.

For more information contact Dan White at 978.867.4843 or dan.white@hope.gordon.edu.

For the love of music.

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