A conversation with a panel of smart people who don't go to
church April 20, 2014 Lutheran Theological Seminary of Philadelphia
Exploring questions of Life and Faith: a conversation with a
panel of smart people who don't go to church
Hat Tip: The Delaware Maryland Synod E-Letter for March 18,
2014:
Featuring the Rev. Dr. James Hazelwood, Bishop of the ELCA
New England Synod - You can read more of Bishop Hazelwood's thoughts on the Bishop on a Bike website,
http://www.bishoponabike.com/ and follow him on
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pastorjimhazelwood
Thursday, April 10, 2014
6:30 pm - walk in registration
7:00 pm - program begins
On campus and Online
Live on the LTSP campus or Live-streamed to your computer!
Free with registration!
Audience participation!
Light snacks will be served to the campus audience.
For more details, to register for the campus or online
event, and to learn more about Bishop Hazelwood, go online today. On campus attendees can also register by calling
215-248-7302.
From The Lutheran Theological Seminary of Philadelphia
website, http://ltsp.edu/ExploringSeries?utm_source=Exploring+Series+initial+email+03102014&utm_campaign=Exploring+live+event+1&utm_medium=email
The Exploring series at LTSP - Exploring Series: Exploring
Questions of Life and Faith
Concerned with the decline in church membership?...
Then join the conversation - Live on campus and Live
streamed online - at the inaugural event of the "EXPLORING" series -
presented by The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia.
Exploring questions of Life and Faith: a conversation with a
panel of smart people who don't go to church
Featuring the Rev. James Hazelwood, Bishop of the ELCA New England
Synod
Thursday, April 10, 2014
• 6:30 pm - walk in registration
• 7:00 pm - program begins
• On campus and Online
Live on the LTSP campus or Live-streamed to your computer!
Free with registration!
Audience participation!
Light snacks will be served to the campus audience.
Register online today - click here - or call 215.248.7302
To see the live-streamed event, return to this page on
Thursday, April 10 at 7 pm EDT! Be sure to register for the event, either to
attend on campus or online, so you can receive updates and attendee information
before the event!
More about Bishop Hazelwood
Bishop on a Bike
The Rev. James Hazelwood was elected bishop of the New
England Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America at the synod's
assembly in June 2012. Long time pastor of St. Andrew Lutheran Church in
Charlestown, MA., he told the South Kingstown Independent in a story after his
election that he didn't start out to be a religious leader after college - in
fact, he was mostly interested in music and basketball. Born in Concord, MA,
Bishop Hazelwood will be the first native New Englander and the first parish
pastor to serve as bishop of the New England Synod since the ELCA was founded
in 1987. His wife, the Rev. Lisa Stoen Hazelwood, serves as senior pastor at
St. Andrew.
Bishop Hazelwood explained his interest in advancing the
church in the 21st century in an entry on his "Bishop on a Bile" blog
written after he was elected. The entry started with part of what he told the
assembly before voting was held:
"'...I have a great gig going on in Charlestown at St.
Andrew. I am not looking for a new call.'” I meant it, I still mean it. St.
Andrew has been the best community of faith, the best laboratory for 21st
century mission, the most flexible and willing people I have ever experienced.
Why would I want to leave it? “'But, if you,'” I said to the assembly, “'want
to go on an adventure or experimentation, of trying to figure out where God is
pulling us, and seek to ask questions about what it means to do and be church
in New England in this time. That’s a different story.'” Those may not be the
exact words I said, but that was the essence of what I said.
"I do not know the workings of the Holy Spirit, but
here is my more rational understanding of what happened in Spring-field. Our
church in New England, and across North America, is experiencing a seismic
shift. Whether it’s declining participation in congregational life, shift in
where people go for spiritual understanding, economic dislocation or just plain
old general angst, you can easily see these are strange and un-understandable
times. I think most everyone in the church, and certainly those at the Assembly
in Springfield understood this to be the case. That was one line going through
the place on June 8, 9 & 10 [the dates of the assembly]."
He also noted in the entry:
"The other line was my personal autobiography of not
having grown up in the faith, living and breathing life as an unchurched kid in
the post-Wategate era of the 1970’s in Southern California. My story of baptism
at a Lutheran Bible camp, and the understanding I have of how those outside the
church think. This was another line going through the Mass Mutual Center [where
the synod assembly was held].
"Somehow these two lines intersected at a particular
point in time, and/or the Holy Spirit brought them together. If this event had
been held any number of years ago, I’m not so sure the results would be the
same. In an earlier era, it’s possible I might have been seen as an
entertaining fringe candidate. But, the times and the person were brought
together.
"Now what?"
You can read more of Bishop Hazelwood's thoughts on the Bishop on a Bike website, http://www.bishoponabike.com/ and follow him on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pastorjimhazelwood
Don't miss these next events in the "Exploring
Series":
Prospective Student Day: Exploring Theological Education,
April 26, 2014
Ministry Day: Exploring Ministry Opportunities, June 14,
2014
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