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a monthly newsletter with news and opportunities from Field Education and Contextual Learning for PSR students and community members

WHERE ARE 2015-16 FIELD EDUCATION PSR STUDENTS?MDiv and MTS students are currently serving in diverse Field Ed placements. For 9 months, 15 hours per week they engage field education with mentors, faculty, and peer seminars, and direct constituent feedback. This month we highlight those at new agencies. Tune in next month as we will spotlight congregations!

Valerie Purnell is at United Religions Initiative“My fieldwork is with the global interfaith peacebuilding network, the United Religions Initiative (URI). I am privileged to work with the inspiring stories and storytellers of URI ‘Cooperation Circles.’ Cooperation Circles are self-organized groups of at least seven members representing at least three religions, spiritual expressions, or indigenous traditions who come together to address the most pressing problems of their communities.”

Amy McDonald is Chaplain Intern at On Lok Lifeways“I will be completing my field ed this year as a chaplain intern at On Lok Lifeways

at the 30th Street Senior Center. On Lok Lifeways has five centers in San Francisco and two in the East Bay which provide all-inclusive care for seniors. Part of this all-inclusive care is chaplain services that consist of spiritual care, discussion groups and monthly worship services. I will be providing care in both English and Spanish to the participants at the center which has a large Spanish-speaking community.” (continued on p. 2)

October 2015

LIKE US, TAG US, TWEET US Field Education and Contextual Learning launched a Facebook page in order to facilitate news of interest to you. We will be posting Field Ed, leadership development and job opportunities as well as sharing PSR students’ immersive experiences.facebook.com/psrfielded

Tag your PSR immersive moments, whether at a local Field Ed site, as part of a distance or classroom course, or an out of country Immersion. It’s a great way to share and stay connected. Use the hashtag #psrimmersion on twitter.com/psrberkeley or instagram.com/pacificschoolofreligion

National & International Field EducationAre you ready for a change in context? Are you ready to learn more about the Church and/or organizations for social change in a different culture, language, and/or tradition? Are you a creative entrepreneurial leader and learner? Then you might consider for a National / International Field Education Site.

The office of Field Education invites you to think nationally and globally about Field Ed placements. We live in an interconnected global community. Recognizing this, partnering with the National Council of Churches, Church World Service, Intersections International, Fellowship of Reconciliation Peace Presence, among other placements, can better equip you for cross-cultural ministries.

WHERE ARE 2015-16 FIELD EDUCATION PSR STUDENTS? (continued from p. 1)

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Rev. Winford Horsley is Spiritual Care Coordinator and Hospital Chaplain at San Leandro Community Hospital“My official title is Spiritual Care Coordinator/Hospital Chaplain. I am an interfaith pastoral caregiver. My primary job function is to serve as an advocate for my patients, their family members and hospital staff in terms of helping them to find clarity regarding religious, end of life, and ethical issues, or just about anything else they chose to talk about.”

David Fowler is at Planting Justice and Transforming Prayer / Prisons“I have the unique privilege of working with Planting Justice, a non-profit in Oakland. PJ transforms the lives of inmates inside San Quentin by teaching advanced horticultural skills, then hires these men the day of their release paying sustainable wages, providing mentoring, care, purpose and direction. This is the only program known in the US with a 0% recidivism rate after 6 years of tracking. I’ll be working with Gavin Raders and Anthony Forrest to create videos and make presentations to churches, law enforcement, civic leaders and faith-based groups to engage them in a program we call the ‘Planting Justice Reentry Project.’ I’m also writing a short book for inmates called The Prayer of Transformation focusing on true stories of lives redeemed and dedicated to serving others.”

Sarah Hughes is starting a ministry with Conscious Leadership and Enneagram Prison Project “For my field ed placement, I am creating a start-up ministry where I will be offering one-on-one coaching and small group experiences in the conscious leadership tradition to people who identify as spiritual leaders (meaning both leaders who identify as spiritual people, and leaders of spiritual and religious communities). My goals include to gain experience and confidence in the coach role and to develop my ability to articulate how my faith and beliefs inform my work as a coach. I am grateful to be mentored by the Rev. Angie Arendt, a United Church of Christ minister who is also an executive leadership coach and certified Enneagram instructor.”

Marie Wojcik is serving at Youth Spirit Artworks“I will be working with a group of homeless youth on a door project. I will be introducing the curriculum I created in my ChangeMaker project based on genocide and holocaust to engage youth in dialogue around genocide in the past and genocide today, such as Black Lives Matter. Students will paint their reactions and responses on full size doors. I will film the students with their doors discussing what they have painted and will share their stories with local congregations.”

Come out and support PSR students at their Field Ed sites. Check the schedule often as it is continually updated.

October 4th Sonny Graves, AM FCCB, 9:00amPatrisha Gill, City of Refuge UCC, Oakland, 1:00pmGyu-Hyun Kim, Clovis Fresno Korean UMC, Clovis, every Sunday, 12:30pmMarie Wilson-Johnson, First UMC San Leandro, 9:30am

October 11th Tom Emanuel, Mira Vista UCC, 12:00pmLauren Hotchkiss, Epworth UMC, Berkeley, 10:00amAlly Vertigan, Community Congregational Church, Tiburon, 7:30am; 10:00amJoliene Wade Gatlin, UCC San Mateo, 10:30am

October 25th Blyth Barnow, Open Door UMC, Richmond, 10:00am Jessica McFarland, Tapestry Ministries @PSR, 5:00pm

November 1st Ally Vertigan, Community Congregational Church, Tiburon, 7:30am; 10:00am

From bottom left: PSR Students Sonny Graves, Demitrius Burnett, Ashley Moore, Blyth Burnow, and Lauren Hotchkiss in action!

PREACHING/TEACHING CALENDAR

SAVE THE DATE: BLESSING OF FIELD EDUCATION PARTICIPANTSCommunities, mentors, and students welcome! October 13, 11:10am, PSR Chapel

Led by Bishop Yvette FlunderOakland, CA January 4-14

Bishop Yvette Flunder and participants get on the ground with theology through experiences of practical, pastoral and non-profit leadership. Bishop Flunder founded the City of Refuge (UCC) in 1991 in order to unite a gospel ministry with a social ministry. City of Refuge and the International Fellowship of Affirming Ministries are thriving urban ministries that celebrate the radically inclusive love of Jesus Christ. Registration in November.

Led by Dr. Yii-Jan Lin, New Testament faculty and Dr. Peter Makari, UCC/DOC Global MinistriesJordan, Israel, & Palestine January 11-23

This immersion course challenges participants to engage holy places, divine inheritance, exile, and displacement both in biblical times and in today’s Middle East. Before travel we will survey current and biblical, political, and religious tensions in the region through readings and two pre-trip meetings in November and December. Applications are due October 9th.

LEARNINGContextual

2015-2016 IMMERSIONS

REFUGE IN THE CITY

Led by Jim Lobdell of PLTS & CETLALICLos Angeles, CA January 7-23

Jim Lobdell of PLTS will guide the 5-day immersion Ministry in the City module hosted by and engaging community leaders across Los Angeles including: SAJE: Strategic Action for a Just Economy; FCCEJ: Figueroa Corridor Coalition for Economic Justice; T.R.U.S.T South L.A.: Tenemos que Reclamar y Unidos Salvar la Tierra-South LA; UNIDAD: United Neighbors in Defense Against Displacement; Interfaith Movement 4 Human Integrity; New City Parish; DramaStage Qum-ran. Then a two-week Spanish language immersion with homestays and a variety of multicultural experiences with churches and communities. Study and reflect on relevant Biblical themes and train in the Spanish language for ministry in small. This course has been approved for PSR immersion requirement for MDiv students.

Led by Dr. Boyung Lee, faculty, and Dr. David Vásquez-Levy, president

Fellows will receive invitation and location at their October 7th meeting

HOLY PLACES & DISPLACEMENTS: AN IMMERSION IN THE MIDDLE EAST

MINISTRY IN THE CITY

2016 CHANGEMAKER FELLOWSIMMERSION

THE COLOR OF EMPIRE: AT HOME & ABROADThe Ecumenical Peace Institute’s annual dinner will be held Sunday October 4th, 5:30 - 8:45pm. Rev. Deborah Lee of Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights, Pierre Labossiere of Haiti Action Committee & Ecumenical Peace Institute, Devonté Jackson of Black Alliance for Just Immigration & Black Lives Matter and Rev. Silvia Brandon Pérez of Ecumenical Peace Institute, School of the Americas Watch, & Aid to Refugee Children Without Parents will speak on their work to end racism in this country and to oppose U.S. foreign policy founded on racism.

PLENARY TRAINING: ENNEAGRAM AS TOOL FOR SPIRITUAL GROWTH AND LEADERSHIPGrace Clayton is a leader and mentor at One Shift, an organization devoted to empowering and igniting conscious leaders. For the past two decades she has worked internationally with thousands of leaders and organizations to catalyze personal awareness and teach the lifestyle of conscious leadership. All GTU students and PSR community members welcome.

GTU CLINICAL PASTORAL EDUCATION DAY Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) is interfaith professional education for ministry. It brings theological students and ministers of all faiths (pastors, priests, rabbis, imams and others) into supervised encounter with persons in crisis. CPE is also required by some denominations for students preparing for ordination. Join us in exploring local CPE opportunities.

CONTRA COSTA DAY OF PRAYER FOR MENTAL HEALTH All are invited to a Labyrinth Walk 7:30-9:00am followed by a Clergy Roundtable at 9:00am-10:00am at Mt. Diablo Unitarian Universalist Church, 55 Eckley Lane, Walnut Creek, CA. This event is sponsored by the Mental Health & Faith Consortium of Contra Costa County.

CHAPEL SERVICE: BLESSING OF FIELD EDUCATION PARTICIPANTSAll Students, Mentors, and Communities are invited.

MULTI-FAITH TRANSGENDER SUMMIT 2015 AND HARKNESS LECTURE PSR’s Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Ministry and Religion presents the Eighth Annual Multi-Faith Transgender Summit. This Summit will bring together religious activists, leaders, students, and practitioners from across a variety of faith traditions to explore intersectionalities of religion and trans* identities.

ONLINE SEXUALITY & SPIRITUALITY CONFERENCEThe office of Formation and Leadership Development of the Metropolitan Christian Church (MCC) is sponsoring a virtual symposium on Sexuality and Spirituality. It will engage participants from various faith and denominational perspectives in a number of presentations, panel discussions, and other opportunities for dialogue around the important topic of Sexuality and Spirituality. Click here for more information and for registration.

October 45:30 - 8:45pmEcumenical Peace Institute

October 1311:10amPSR Chapel

LEADERSHIP WORKSHOPS/OPPORTUNITIES

October 15-17Online

October 15-17PSR Campus & Online

October 79:10am - 12pmMudd 103

October 71:30-3:30pmCDSP

October 87:30 - 10:00amMt. Diablo UUC

ISLAMOPHOBIA DISCUSSIONGTU faculty members Munir Jiwa, Naomi Seidman, and Som Pourfarzaneh will lead a panel discussion following the performance of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Disgraced that explores Islamophobia, the role of religious faith, and the challenges of being Muslim in post-9/11 America.

SPIRITUAL ECOLOGY YOUTH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMIndividuals ages 22-30 who have the potential to be catalysts for change and recognize the need to create a future that is not driven by materialism and greed, but rooted in the spiritual values of interconnectedness, service, stewardship, and reverence for nature, are encouraged to apply for this 9-month fellowship that can create lasting change.

FELLOWSHIPS AT AUSCHWITZ FOR THE STUDY OF PROFESSIONAL ETHICSFASPE is pleased to announce that applications are now open for its summer 2016 fellowship in the ethics of religious leadership for seminary and divinity students.

THE EROSION OF MEMORY —WORKS BY ANNE TAITThe Center for the Arts, Religion, and Education presents an exhibition featuring Works by Anne Tait. Tait’s work draws from vernacular 19th-century memorials and the influence of industrialized printmaking on images of memory and domesticity. Prints, paintings, glass etchings, and embroidery pieces combine cemetery grave imagery with monograms.

BUDDHIST ETHICS AMIDST COLONIZATION, POLICE BRUTALITY, AND MEDIA LIES: RIGHT SPEECH, RIGHT ACTION, RIGHT LIVELIHOOD FOR COLLECTIVE LIBERATIONThis workshop will collectively explore ethical living in the Eightfold Path using social justice perspectives. Taught by BPF Co-Director’s Katie Loncke and Dawn Haney as part of East Bay Meditation Center’s Social Justice and the Buddha’s Middle Way Curriculum.

Through DecemberCARE Doug Adams Gallery

October 21-25Berkeley & Oakland

October 15-19Salt Lake City, Utah

PARLIAMENT OF WORLD RELIGIONS The Parliament is the oldest, the largest, and the most inclusive gathering of people of all faith and traditions. The first Parliament took place in 1893. Since, this historic event has taken place in Chicago, USA; Cape Town, South Africa; Barcelona, Spain; Melbourne, Australia —and now in Salt Lake City, Utah! Register here. Some financial assistance is available for student attendees.

#LAW4THEPEOPLE Join hundreds of legal professionals, law students, activists, and allies for the National Lawyers Guild’s annual #Law4thePeopleConvention, October 21-25, in Oakland. Keynote Speaker will be Alicia Garza, co-founder of #BlackLivesMatter, and programming will address topics including housing and labor rights, racial justice, police accountability, international law, and much more. Check out the website for $15-20 radical walking tours/hikes!

November 18GTU & Berkeley Rep

Applications dueDecember 15

Applications dueDecember 22

Ongoing

Wednesdays in October, 7:00 - 9:00pmEast Bay Meditation Center

Contact: Rev. Clarence Johnson, Director DSF Northern CaliforniaMontgomery Hall #212105 Seminary RoadSan Anselmo, CA 94960(415) 451-2870cjohnson@dsf.edu

DENOMINATIONAL CONNECTIONS

• Men’s Retreat, The Boy Crisis, First Christian Church of VallejoOctober 16-17

CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST)

Contact: Rev. Kharma Amosrevkharma@mccchurch.netLocal contact: Rev. Terri Echelbargerrevterri@peninsulamcc.org

METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCHESCourses:• Queer History: October 1-November 5• MCC Polity: October 15-December 10• Sexuality Studies: October 17-November 21• Online Sexuality & Spirituality Conference October 15-17

Contact: Jim Lawrence jlawrence@shs.psr.edu

Francesca McCrossan fmccrossan@shs.psr.edu

SWEDENBORGIAN

Contact: Lisa Wigginslisaawiggins@gmail.com

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST ASSOCIATIONPCD-UUMA 2015 Fall Retreatthe Institute of Noetic Sciences EarthRise Center, Petaluma, CA October 2 - October 4

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRISTChurch Day will take place at Congregational Church of San Mateo (UCC) October 24

Care for Self and Others On Tuesday, October 13, bring your lunch to Mudd 100 around noon for conversation with Rev. Cate Noellert, an ordained deacon, Marriage and Family Therapist, staffer at Los Altos UMC, and Leadership Development Associate in our Conference office.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

Contact: Rev. Ken Ihaken@ncncucc.org

Contact: Rev. Diana Bohndbohn@psr.edu

Spanish Language Immersion - CubaA UMC Spanish Immersion trip to Cuba with Bishop Warner Brown Jr. will take place December 26 to January 10 with options of a third week. Get info by emailing Maya Parmar of the Cal-Nev Conference.

The office of Field Education continually updates both job announcements and Field Education opportunities. View recent listings

COMMUNITY AGENCIES• Community Organizer at East Bay Housing Organizations (EBHO)• CPE opportunity at San Francisco Night Ministry• Three unique opportunities at Tikkun Magazine

MINISTRY OPPORTUNITIESCONGREGATIONS• Media Assistant at First Congregational Church of Berkeley (UCC)• Church School Director at First Congregational Church in Stockton, CA• Youth Director at Community UMC in Half Moon Bay, CA• Children’s Ministry at St. Mark’s UMC in Sacramento, CA• Youth Director at Lakeside Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA

Immersive Learning at PSR Includes:• local, national and international immersion courses taught by PSR faculty and community partners;• classroom and online courses in every discipline that incorporate contextual immersion components;• learning from other students, faculty, staff, GTU schools and centers;• spiritual and leadership formation events with communities, denominational and multi faith networks;• self-designed immersion courses;• experiential research for course projects and papers; • Field Education placements for MDiv and MTS students;• semester long Social Change Field Work for MAST and Certificate of Spirituality and Social Change students.

Odette Lockwood-StewartFaculty Director

Grace Gilliam Associate Director

Marvin Lance WiserTemporary Associate Director

Latishia JamesStudent Assistant

• October 7 Plenary Training: Enneagram as Tool for Spiritual Growth and Leadership,

9:10am-12:00pm, Mudd 103

• October 7 GTU CPE Day,

1:30-3:30pm @ CDSP

• October 9 Middle East Immersion Applications Due

• October 13 11:10am Chapel Service Blessing Field Education Students, Mentors, Communities

SAVE THE DATES OFFICES OF FIELD EDUCATION & CONTEXTUAL LEARNING

Holbrook 124/125510/849-8287

fielded@psr.educontexted@psr.eduolockwood@psr.edu