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Chapel

On Wednesday, December 6, at 10:00 am in the chapel (or livestream here) we will be led by our Seminary mini-orchestra as we celebrate Advent and Christmas. Dean Sajdak and President Medenblik will bring meditations about "A Journey of Lament" from Matthew 2 and "What Happened at the First Christmas? Journeys of Joy and Lament…

Redemptive Diversity Lunch Cafe

Upper Room

Students, staff and faculty are invited to the Redemptive Diversity Lunch Cafe - Setting Healthy Boundaries on Wednesday, Dec. 6 from 12:30 pm - 1:20 pm in the Upper Room. Panelists are: Pastors Dave Beelen, Joy Bonnema, and Kelsi Jones (recent CTS graduate). Please sign up by Friday, Dec. 1. The link for registration is…

EMU Community Break

Auditorium

All faculty and staff are welcome to attend the EMU (Executive Management Update) from 10:15 to 10:45 am in the Auditorium to hear an update from the Center for Excellence in Preaching (CEP) and Calvin Institute of Christian Worship (CICW). Refreshments will be provided.

Event Series Formational Bible Reading Group

Formational Bible Reading Group

Classroom 142

We often read the Bible for information, especially for class, sermons, teaching. How do we read the Bible for formation, so that it shapes us? Join us on Thursdays from noon to 1:00pm in Classroom 142 as we learn and practice disciplines for reading the Word of God as formation. We are working on a manuscript…

Christmas Around the World

Christmas Around the World  Our annual Christmas Around the World dinner and program for our seminary community - students, staff, faculty, and families -  will be held on Thursday evening, December 7th, at 5:30 pm in the Student Center. Children are welcome! We invite you to bring a dessert to share from your culture or tradition.…

2024 J-Term Elective Course: Ministry to and with Prisoners

2024 J-Term Elective Course Ministry to and with Prisoners January 3-14 This course will explore many facets of ministering in prison.  Jesus expects his followers to engage with those in prison and in so doing meet him (Mt. 25:36).  Almost everyone in ministry eventually encounters the need for ministry to those in jail or prison.…

DMin Residential Week

Calvin Theological Seminary 3233 Burton ST SE, Grand Rapids, MI, United States

Stob Lecture Colloquium 2024 Speaker – Dr. Lydia Dugdale

Chapel

Stob Lecture Colloquium 2024 Speaker - Dr. Lydia Dugdale Dr. Lydia Dugdale is known around the world for her work as a medical ethicist. She also practices internal medicine and teaches at Columbia University where she serves as director of the Center for Clinical Medical Ethics. Dr. Dugdale is a Christian and a scholar in end-of-life…

Presentation on John Calvin and the Bible

H. Henry Meeter Center 1855 Knollcrest Circle Southeast, Grand Rapids, MI, United States

The Meeter Center welcomes students, faculty, staff and emeriti to our upcoming presentation on John Calvin and the Bible, on Thursday, January 25, starting at 3:30 PM in the Meeter Center, Hekman Library fourth floor. Our speaker is Thomas Alexander (Virginia Theological Seminary). He will be presenting based on the research he carried out as a Meeter…

Healthy Dialogue Series 

Student Center

Mark Yarhouse at CTS - Feb. 8 Mark Yarhouse, author of Emerging Gender Identities will be at Calvin Seminary for a Seminary/Clergy Conversation on Thursday, February 8, at noon in the Student Center. RSVP here so we can provide lunch and so you will receive a short article and podcast link to help frame the conversation. Yarhouse…

Friends Around the World Kick-Off

Student Center

Friends Around the World is an RSAT-run program that provides an opportunity for CTS students from different parts of the world to build friendships and learn about cultures that are different from their own. What these meetings look like and how often you meet is up to each individual pairing. Maybe it's coffee at Peet's…

Monthly Mini Colloquium

Student Center

The Monthly Mini Colloquium is back. You are cordially invited to a gathering of students, staff, and faculty where we learn from each other. This month Prof. Daniel Daley will talk about his most recent research topic: "Heirs with Christ: Inheritance in Paul's Letters and the Ancient World." The mini colloquium will be held on…

Vocal Recital – “Home”

Chapel

Joshua Shoemaker will be giving a vocal recital. This recital will focus on the theme "home." Admission is free but a freewill offering will be given to benefit the Idema Food Pantry. Please come to support vocalist Joshua Shoemaker, pianist Larysa Mykhneych, and more friends in their musical journey for home.

Event Series Chapel

Distance Learning Students for Chapel Worship

Chapel

Passage: Isaiah 40:1-11 Title: Comfort, Comfort. Speaker: MDiv student Kelsey Bruinwood   Tuesday: MDiv student Kelsey Bruinwood will be speaking on Isaiah 40:1-11, "Comfort, Comfort." We will celebrate the Lord's Supper together, followed by lunch in the Student Center, sponsored by the Student Life Office.

Event Series Chapel

Distance Learning Students for Chapel Worship

Chapel

Passage: Psalm 90 Speaker: MDiv student Grant Mensonides Friday: MDiv student Grant Mensonides will be speaking on Psalm 90. A lunch will follow chapel worship for you to enjoy in the Student Center or to take with you if you need to catch a flight or head home after.

Public Reading of Scripture

Student Center

 Event Series: Chapel Our Tuesday rhythm of Public Reading of Scripture (PRS) continues this semester – Tuesdays at noon, in the Student Center as we continue listening together to God’s Word from Luke/Acts. We’ll listen together and then enjoy the lunch that is provided.   The goal of this spiritual practice is to: Build community among students, faculty, and staff…

Medenblik Stick

Eagles Ice Center 2600 Village Drive, Grand Rapids, MI, United States

Saturday, March 9, 11:00am-1:00pm - The annual Medenblik Stick event will be held at the Eagles Ice Center, 2600 Village Drive, Grand Rapids, MI 49506. From 11:00am to noon there will be open skating for faculty, staff, students, family, and friends. From noon-1:00pm we will play broomball. Brooms, balls, goals, and helmets are all provided for free. All skill levels…

Advising Week

During Advising Week, class schedules continue as normal

Monthly Mini Colloquium

Student Center

Dr. Ronald Feenstra will speak on "Reformed and Catholic Views of Baptism: Theological Differences over a Unifying Rite." All students, faculties, and staff are invited. Please RSVP to Dr. Thianto so he can plan accordingly for lunch.

Healthy Dialogue Series with Megan DeFranza

Student Center

Join us for a Seminary / Clergy Conversation with Megan DeFranza, author of Sex Difference in Christian Theology: Male, Female, and Intersex in the Image of God. Please RSVP so we can plan accordingly for food and pass along materials for you to read and listen to prior to the event!

Spring Break

The Seminary will remain open during Spring Break

2024 Kuyper Conference

Prince Conference Center and Hotel 1800 E Beltline Ave SE, Grand Rapids, United States

Calvin University and Calvin Theological Seminary will host the 2024 Kuyper Conference at the Prince Conference Center on the Calvin University campus in Grand Rapids, Michigan (USA) from April 2-4, 2024. The general theme for the conference plenary sessions is “Stewardship in the Kingdom: Business, Academy, and Society.” In addition to the advancement of scholarship, this conference aims to foster personal and professional…

Meeter Center Spring Lecture on Religious Revival

H. Henry Meeter Center 1855 Knollcrest Circle Southeast, Grand Rapids, MI, United States

Come hear from Dr. Otto Selles (French Department at Calvin University) about a fascinating episode of religious revival among French Protestants in Montpellier in the early 18th century. The Meeter Center Spring Public Lecture takes place on Wednesday, April 3, at 4 PM in the Meeter Center Lecture Hall, off the Library Lobby. His presentation is titled…

Calvin Studies Society Colloquium

Calvin Theological Seminary 3233 Burton ST SE, Grand Rapids, MI, United States

Calvin Studies Society 2024 Colloquium is on 4-6 April 2024. Please click this link for more information.

Lecture: “Hyo” and The Public Sphere: An Asian American Public Theology of Family

Meeter Center Lecture Hall

Korean theologian Sung Bum Yun contrasts Western and Eastern approaches to ethics; the Western locates reason as the source of universal values and emphasizes individual duty, the Eastern underscores principles governing interpersonal relationships. Yun then identifies family as the starting point for Christian ethics, specifically focusing on the father-son relationship in Confucian thought, and the…

Awakening Worship Night

Chapel

Join Awakening for worship at our worship night, which will be on April 14, 7:50 PM in the Seminary Chapel! Forgiveness as a way that God shows love for His creation is the theme for this semester’s worship night! Let’s find freedom from sin in God’s mercy and show this overflowing love by blooming in…

Women of the Seminary

Watermark Country Club

Event Name: Women of the Seminary Date: Tuesday, April 16 Time: 6 pm Location: Watermark Country Club RSVP Deadline: April 10

Game Night

Student Center

Join RSAT for a pizza dinner and an evening of games and fun! Families are welcome - childcare and activities for children will be provided. No RSVP required! Contact RSAT with any questions (rsat@calvinseminary.edu).

Bahrain Missions Monday Lunch

Upper Room

Click here to register. Join Prof. Albert Strydhorst and RCA missionary Rev. Blaine Newhouse for a Missions Monday Lunch on April 22 at 12:20 PM - 1:20 PM in the Upper Room.  Rev. Newhouse is serving in Bahrain with the English Language Congregation (ELC) of the National Evangelical Church of Bahrain. He writes, "God has taken the…

April Monthly Mini Colloquium

Student Center

You are cordially invited to attend the last Monthly Mini Colloquium of this academic year on Monday, April 29 from 12:30-1:15pm in the Student Center. Prof. Mary Vanden Berg will talk about the book she is writing, "Invitation to Christian Theology." Please RSVP to Prof. Yudha Thianto (yudha.thianto@calvinseminary.edu). Light lunch will be provided.