The Shoemaker Center for Church Renewal and the Dean’s office at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary are please to welcome Carrie Boren Headington, Canon Evangelist, Episcopal Diocese of Dallas for a combined Pastor’s Forum/Dean’s Forum on November 5, 2019. Carrie will speak on ‘Sharing the Uniqueness of Jesus in our Pluralistic Culture.’ Lunch is free for Gordon-Conwell students with registration.
Explore Seminary 2019
Explore Seminary
June 8, 2019, 9:00a.m. – 2:00p.m.
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Boston Campus, 90 Warren Street, Roxbury, MA 02119
Become a student for the day at Gordon-Conwell, Boston during Explore Seminary and:
-Tour campus
-Attend special lectures
-Meet faculty, staff and students
-Discuss degree options
-Learn about our admissions process
-Explore our many resources
-Experience the dimensions of Gordon-Conwell, Boston
-Discover the pathways that will take your ministry to the next level at Gordon-Conwell, Boston Campus!
Register online at: www.gordonconwell.edu/exploreseminary. Be sure to click “Boston” campus.
Being Part of Something Greater – Sage’s Story of Finding Faith in Jesus
“It all changed when I felt God. It wasn’t anymore just to be at church to be at church. It was be at church because you wanted to be there, to be around people who talk about and love God… I want to be baptized because it’s being part of a greater thing than just life. It’s filling yourself with love and hope and faith. It’s just wonderful.”
-Sage Kerstetter
Rebekah Kerstetter is one of our UniteBoston Neighborhood Dinner Coordinators in the Medford area. At our neighborhood dinner this past week, she shared about her daughter Sage choosing to be baptized at Highrock Covenant Church this past Easter. Watch the video below to hear about the transformation that happened in Sage’s life as she committed to follow God. Let’s continue to pray for the next generation of youth in our churches and communities to have life-changing encounters with Jesus!
See more stories from HighRock Arlington here.
Transforming Hostility into Enemy-Embracing Love Sermon
Do you want to learn more about the theology behind Christian unity?
UniteBoston’s Executive Director Kelly Fassett preached at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary this past Wednesday. Her sermon was titled “Transforming Hostility into Enemy-Embracing Love.” Jesus redefined who we should associate with and modeled enemy-embracing love, even for the people that were nailing him to the cross. The sermon is centered on the scripture text Ephesians 2:11-22, which emphasizes Jesus’ reconciling peace, and the work of Christ that destroyed hostility between Jews and Gentiles.
“For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, by setting aside in his flesh the law with its commands and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new humanity out of the two, thus making peace, and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility. He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.” (Ephesians 2:14-17)
As Christians, how can people believe that we are reconciled to God, if we aren’t reconciled to one another? Kelly believes that there is one major component that is preventing unity and reconciliation: hostility. She highlights four steps we can take to uncover the hostility we may be holding towards other Christians by:
- Reflecting on which Christian groups we consider to be outside of the “true Christian church”
- Going with curiosity to learn from people and worship settings
- Reflecting and discerning which aspects of their faith that you want to adopt into your own Christian practice
- Speaking well of fellow Christians and treating them as if they were the living, breathing body of Christ
She states boldly that Christian unity is a process by which the church is brought to maturity (Eph 2:21-22, Eph 4:15-16). Our differences even among Christians seem to lead to intractable polarization and division – Listen to the sermon below to reflect, learn and grow together across the diversity of Christian belief and practice.
https://www.facebook.com/GordonConwell/videos/348460169333775/?t=2162
Divided We Stand? Evangelicals and Catholics Search for Common Ground
Big News! UniteBoston is featured this week on the Neighborly Faith Podcast!
Neighborly Faith Podcast hosts Kevin Singer and Chris Stackaruk searched nationwide for the cutting edge of Evangelical-Catholic ecumenism, the work towards unity among Christians. They traveled to Boston and Chicago to investigate the status and future of Evangelical-Catholic relationships in these cities, interviewing pastors & priests, professors, laypersons, seminarians, and musicians from both traditions. In their extensive and exclusive interviews, they investigate: What can today’s leaders in ecumenism teach us about the future between these two traditions?
- Evangelicals, Catholics, and Jesus’ Call for Unity: How should Christians follow the NT command for the Church to be one as Jesus and the Father are one?”
- First Impressions of Evangelicals/Catholics…and Why They Changed: Leaders talk about their first impressions of the other, and how those impressions are changing.
- Why is Christian Unity Difficult?: What are the hindrances Evangelicals must overcome in order to engage better with Catholics?
- What Does Christian Unity Look Like?What does unity realistically look like in our world today?
- Evangelicals and Catholics Working Together: How are Evangelicals and Catholics working together now for the betterment of their churches, communities, and societies?
Featured Guests from UniteBoston include:
- Kelly Fassett, the Founder and Executive Director of UniteBoston
- Korleen Sheridan, member of UniteBoston’s Worship Team
- Dr. Elizabeth Smith, Catholic scholar and ecumenist
- Chloe Gaydos, UniteBoston Worship Team Band Manager
- Rev. Dana Baker, Pastor of Social Justice and Multicultural Ministry at Grace Chapel and UniteBoston Board Member
“Ecumenism is us functioning as a body in which each part is playing its own role, yet there is synergy, conjunction, and coordination. I do what I can to promote a sense of honor and respect across the differences. Not that we would erase our differences but recognize them and be challenged by them. This giving and receiving is in the nature of God the Trinity”
-Kelly Fassett
Executive Director, UniteBoston
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