Boston University School of Theology Student Association

The School of Theology Student Association is holding elections this week for our 2021-2022 school year officers! Students have until Saturday, April 17th at 5 p.m. to cast their ballots. Please submit your votes at the following link: https://tinyurl.com/sthsaelection

Donuts are in the community room! 🍩

Great local story about the power of recycling and composting. ! :-)

Loss of Chinese export market drives new ideas for repurposing recyclables China’s decision to buy less recyclable material from the U.S. has prompted major questions about how we handle waste in America. What will we do with our abundance of plastic bottles and pizza boxes, if exporting them is no longer an option? As Paul Solman discovers, some local governments and bu...

Hey friends! New members of Theo House move in Wednesday of this week, and we’d love your help getting them settled! Move in is all day, but many of them are getting in that around noon/in the afternoon. If you’d like to help, let Gretchen Brown know! (‭704-791-8823‬ or [email protected])

Reminder: Today is the day! Come and check out this wonderful events featuring some incredible artists and the important work using the arts to bring people together.

Check out this exciting event coming up in May:

Bridging Communities Through the Arts
May 7, 2018 from 4:30 - 7:30PM
In the BU STH Community Room and then at Marsh Chapel

This event is FREE and will include discussion around peace building in divided communities through the arts. It will also include a performance by acclaimed Jewish Israeli recording artist Achinoam Nini (Noa) and renowned Arab Israeli singer, songwriter, and actress Mira Awad who will be joining us all the way from Israel.

Registration suggested at https://tinyurl.com/artspeace

The symposium is co-sponsored by The Program on Religion and Conflict Transformation at Boston University School of Theology and Hebrew College and is funded by the Jewish Cultural Endowment at Boston University.

Check out this exciting event coming up in May:

Bridging Communities Through the Arts
May 7, 2018 from 4:30 - 7:30PM
In the BU STH Community Room and then at Marsh Chapel

This event is FREE and will include discussion around peace building in divided communities through the arts. It will also include a performance by acclaimed Jewish Israeli recording artist Achinoam Nini (Noa) and renowned Arab Israeli singer, songwriter, and actress Mira Awad who will be joining us all the way from Israel.

Registration suggested at https://tinyurl.com/artspeace

The symposium is co-sponsored by The Program on Religion and Conflict Transformation at Boston University School of Theology and Hebrew College and is funded by the Jewish Cultural Endowment at Boston University.

Hebrew College’s Miller Center & Boston University are co-hosting “Bridging Communities Through the Arts” a workshop style symposium for students, faculty and staff. See details below and attached.

The program on May 7, 4:30 PM-7:30 PM at Boston University will feature:

- Stories & Songs of creative collaboration and peace activism with acclaimed Israeli recording artist, Achinoam Nina (Noa) [http://www.noasmusic.com/] and Mira Awad [https://www.miraawad.co/], Renowned Arab Israeli singer, songwriter, and actress
- An interactive text study on pluralism, facilitated by Rabbi Or Rose
- An artistic exercise and introduction to dialogical techniques for navigating conflict with Deborah Nathan, Artsbridge, Inc. [https://www.artsbridgeinstitute.org/about/]

The event is funded by the Jewish Cultural Endowment at Boston University and is free and open to all Hebrew College and Boston University students, faculty and staff. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bridging-communities-through-the-arts-tickets-44115642073

Bridging Communities through the Arts There are many paths to pursuing peace among divided communities. In this workshop-style symposium, we will engage with artists who use their gifts to cross divides in areas of conflict. Schedule: 4:30 pm -- Boston University School of Theology, Community Center Arts workshop with Deborah Nathan, Ex...

Calling all preachers and aspiring preachers. Submit a sermon for the Donald A. Wells Preaching Prize ($1,000!!!) sponsored by the Massachusetts Bible Society. The theme for this year is: “Whose Truth? Whose Power? Justice in the Age of Alternative Facts.”

You need to submit:
- Text of sermon on our 2018 social justice theme, “Whose Truth? Whose Power? Justice in the Age of Alternative Facts”
- Video of that same sermon in a digital format of your choosing
- A cover sheet with your name, school, year, degree program, mailing address, phone, and email

The deadline for submissions is Friday, March 16, 2018. The winner will be announced on Friday, April 6, 2018.

Please send submissions to [email protected] or mail to:
831 Beacon Street, #324,
Newton Centre, Massachusetts, 02459.

About the Prize: The Massachusetts Bible Society established the Donald A. Wells Preaching Prize in 2007 to honor Executive Director Emeritus Donald A. Wells and his commitment to social justice. The prize is awarded to a student of one of the member schools of the Boston Theological Institute for a sermon based on a biblical text that raises an issue of social justice in the contemporary world.

Check out this upcoming Lenten dinner series:

"Loving and Listening" is a series of Lenten conversations in which people from different traditions can hear one another's stories and learn to come together as people, instead of political or theological adversaries.