If you are hungry for community and looking to deepen your relationship with God, please sign up for our six-week Lyfe Group series taking place over the season of Lent.
Groups will start the week of Feb. 23 and conclude the week after Easter. Each participant will receive and read through a devotional, Show Me the Way by Henri Nouwen. Sign-ups are online, and space is limited, so be sure to sign up!
Click this link to sign up.
Andy Crouch, executive editor of Christianity Today, will present a free lecture titled “True Power in a World of False Images” on Monday, Feb. 9, at 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. in Hoover 105. The university community is invited to attend.
Crouch is the author of Playing God: Redeeming the Gift of Power, published in October 2013. His book Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling won Christianity Today’s 2009 Book Award for Christianity and Culture and was named one of the best books of 2008 by Publishers Weekly, Relevant, Outreach and Leadership. Crouch serves on the governing boards of Fuller Theological Seminary and Equitas Group, a philanthropic organization focused on ending child exploitation in Haiti and Southeast Asia.
He is also a senior fellow of the International Justice Mission’s IJM Institute. His writing has appeared in Time, The Wall Street Journal and several editions of Best Christian Writing and Best Spiritual Writing. He studied classics at Cornell University and received an MDiv (summa cum laude) from Boston University School of Theology.
This lecture is co-sponsored by the Liberal Arts and Critical Issues program and the William Penn Honors Program. A reception for those interested in learning more about the William Penn Honors Program will immediately follow the 7:30 p.m. lecture. Please contact Paul Otto (potto@georgefox.edu) or Jane Sweet (jsweet@georgefox.edu) if you have questions.
Spend an evening with Robert Schlegel and learn how to imagine, create and shape a piece of sculptural art with paper mache. With his artwork currently being shown in “The Art of Agriculture” exhibit, the Cultural Center would like to offer the chance to go deeper with the art and its artist.
Join this workshop and learn some of the method and effort behind creating sculptural armature, and paper mache covering. This is a hands-on demonstration in which participants will not only get the chance to learn and ask questions, but the group will work together to create a piece of art.
Come be a part of the action, get your hands messy and learn by doing! The course is from 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 10, and the cost is $20 per person.
To register online, visit chehalemculturalcenter.org. Click on the “Classes & Workshops” link and then the “Mixed Media” link. You can also register over the phone by calling 503-487-6883, or drop in the day of and join us for the fun!
Come hear from Steve Sherwood tonight (Wednesday) in chapel. Chapel will be held in Bauman Auditorium at 7 p.m. Chapel credit is available.
For more information, please visit spirituallife.georgefox.edu or email spirituallife@georgefox.edu.
Game Night Club is hosting a weekly event in the Bruin Den starting tonight (Wednesday) at 8 p.m. Come ready to learn and enjoy interactive board/card games.
You can meet new people and be competitively challenged. Hope to see you there!
Questions? Please contact Gabriel Louthan at glouthan12@georgefox.edu.
The campus community is invited to hear Hans Boersma, the J.I. Packer Professor of Theology at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia, at 4:30 p.m. this Friday, Feb. 6, in Hoover 105.
The free presentation is entitled “Why We Need an ‘Other’ Reading: Or, Why We Ourselves Are the Ones Taking the Exodus Journey,†in which he will offer a defense of allegory as a method for biblical interpretation, following early Christian authors such as Melito, Origen and Gregory of Nyssa. The talk is aimed at both scholarly and popular audiences who are interested in biblical interpretation and the history of Christian thought more generally.
Boersma has been at Regent since 2005 and taught for six years previously at Trinity Western University in Langley, British Columbia (1999–2005). He has also served as a pastor for several years (1994-1998) and is the author of several books.
Questions? Contact Paula Hampton at phampton@georgefox.edu.
Do you know students who are interested in applying to the nursing program this year? Please let them know about an informational meeting scheduled today (Wednesday) from 6 to 7 p.m. in Hoover 103. We will be going through the application, due dates, and answering their questions about the School of Nursing.
Questions? Contact Rachel Powell at rpowell@georgefox.edu.
Are you a pre-nursing student applying to the nursing program this year? Then you will not want to miss an informational meeting scheduled from 6 to 7 p.m. today (Wednesday) in Hoover 103. We will be going through the application, due dates, and answering your questions about the School of Nursing. See you there!
Questions? Contact Rachel Powell at rpowell@georgefox.edu.
Need help writing research papers? Attend the Academic Resource Center’s workshop, “Steps to Writing a Successful Research Paper,” tomorrow (Thursday) from 10:50 to 11:40 a.m. in Hoover 105.
Gary Tandy, professor of English, and Sarah Hardy, public services librarian, will conduct the session, in which they will provide a step-by-step, organized guide on how to use campus and Internet resources for successful research. Questions? Contact Rick Muthiah at rmuthiah@georgefox.edu or ext. 2314.
Is there someone you believe deserves to receive this award? If so, please nominate this person via email to Peggy Kilburg (pkilburg@georgefox.edu) by Wednesday, Feb. 18, with a summary of his or her recent contributions and any other information that makes this person deserving of this accolade.
The individual selected for this honor will be recognized with a citation and a $100 Visa card at our next community meeting on Thursday, Feb. 26.
Congratulations again, Saurra Heide, on being named January’s Employees of the Month.
The Latino Heritage Club is seeking performers for its Spoken Word Night on Thursday, March 5, at 8:30 p.m. in Hoover 105.
Theme: Forgiveness and Love
With the event being just the week after February, we though this theme was fitting. Contrary to what may be an initial reaction, it is not a cheesy Valentine’s Day theme. A new semester is an opportunity for a fresh start. Sometimes that may mean letting go of grudges, mending relationships and welcoming love.
February is also Black History Month, and remembering the injustices that were and are still being forgiven. And for some the theme of forgiveness and love triggers memories of past or current relationships. What does the theme mean to you? Please consider sharing your story at the upcoming Spoken Word Night.
If you’re interested in performing, please email LHC directly at gfulhc@gmail.com.
Know students who need help writing research papers? Encourage them to attend the Academic Resource Center’s workshop, “Steps to Writing a Successful Research Paper,” tomorrow (Thursday) from 10:50 to 11:40 a.m. in Hoover 105.
Gary Tandy, professor of English, and Sarah Hardy, public services librarian, will conduct the session, in which they will provide a step-by-step, organized guide on how to use campus and Internet resources for successful research. Questions? Contact Rick Muthiah at rmuthiah@georgefox.edu or ext. 2314.
A big thank you to everyone who served on Serve Day 2014! Remember to use your Serve Day Discount Card! There are a variety of great discounts you can take advantage of. Here are just a few:
The Serve Day Discount Card features 15 local businesses and is a multi-use card that does not expire until April 30, 2015. That means you can use the card as many times as you want, at as many participating businesses as you want, until the end of April. You must show your discount card at the participating businesses to take advantage of these great offers.
If you haven’t picked up your Serve Day Discount Card, stop by and see Barbi Doran at the Information Services Desk on the first floor of the Stevens Center. Pick one up today while supplies last!
University theatre auditions for the spring show, These Shining Lives by Melanie Marnich, are coming up next week. General auditions will take place from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 9, with call-backs scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 10-11, from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Auditions will be in Wood-Mar Auditorium, and Rhett Luedtke will be directing the production.
How to prepare: Prepare a fully memorized and rehearsed 90-second dramatic monologue of your choice for the general audition. Call-backs will feature cold readings.
Sign-up sheet: Sign up for an audition time slot on the theatre call board in Lemmons Center (across from the theatre offices).
Questions? Contact Rhett at rluedtke@georgefox.edu.
The marketing communications office will be processing a business card order soon. Place your order directly with B&B Print Source by Monday, Feb. 9. If you have not already done so, you will need to create a new individual account before you can submit your order.
Please reference the Chart of Account Mappings for 2014-15 budget information. Contact Danette Newkirk (dnewkirk@georgefox.edu) in marketing communications if you have any questions.
It’s time to order university stationery. For order instructions, go to the marketing communications website. Continue to purchase all non-departmental stationery (including “second-sheet letterheadâ€) through the university’s print services.
Orders are due by Monday, Feb. 9.
Do you know of a deserving senior who demonstrates outstanding services as a servant leader on campus or in the community? You can honor that person and the activity of voluntary service by nominating him/her for the CW Perry Servant Leadership Award.
The trustees of the Barney II and Moore Foundations have established the CW Perry Servant Leadership Award at George Fox University to reward leadership in the area of community and ministry service.
Only seniors (graduating in May 2015) are eligible for award consideration. Up to four $1,000 awards will be given annually. Each award recipient will be required to set aside $250 of this gift to the charitable organization of his or her choice. The remaining $750 will be distributed to the award recipient in the form of a cash award.
The aim of this award is to promote the ideals of servant leadership in the George Fox University community.
In order for your nominee to qualify, this nomination form MUST be received by Friday, Feb. 13, 2015. If you have any questions, please contact Jere Witherspoon at jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu or phone 503-554-2316.
Click this link to go to the nomination form.
Join us for chapel today (Tuesday) to hear from guest speaker Eric Knox. Knox is an associate pastor at the Imago Dei Community and founder of the “Holla Foundation.†Chapel will be in Bauman Auditorium at 10:50 a.m. Chapel credit is available.
On Tuesday night, come hear from Shekinah Davis at Shalom at 9 p.m. in the Cap and Gown Room. Chapel elective credit is available.
On Wednesday night, come hear from Steve Sherwood in Bauman Auditorium at 7 p.m. Chapel credit is available.
Want to see who our upcoming speakers will be? Download our spring chapel calendar here. For more information, visit spirituallife.georgefox.edu or email spirituallife@georgefox.edu.
FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 8 a.m. (Pacific Time) on Monday, Feb. 9, for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.
During this maintenance update Fall 2014 course sites will be hidden to students. If you want to make any of those course sites available to students after this update, select “Edit settings” in the Course Administration block. Located in the General section, look for the Visible setting and change “Hide” back to “Show.” Scroll to bottom and “Save changes.”
Questions? Contact the IT Service Desk at servicedesk@georgefox.edu.
