We are building new and different ways to study for ministry here at Virginia Theological Seminary. Our partnership with Christ Church, Alexandria is creating a new alternative – a Ministry in Residence program – which involves two years of study on the Holy Hill coupled with a two year residence at a major regional congregation. has a range of imaginative delivery platforms – from intensives to hybrid.
So a flexible Master of Arts degree is emerging. however, seminaries need to be equally attentive to the building of new programs and lives for the future.” “In one sense, the construction of buildings is the easy part. By analogy we need to be willing to look at cherished programs and be willing to replace aspects of those programs if we decide that they are no longer working effectively. We needed to replace our heating and cooling system because the old one was no longer working effectively. However, seminaries need to be equally attentive to the building of new programs and lives for the future. Raise the money, work with a good team, find an excellent architect, and the new building slowly emerges. In one sense, the construction of buildings is the easy part. This is a season when we make the campus “fit for purpose” for the 21st century. The interim Chapel in the Lettie Pate Evans auditorium will be operational for the new semester 1823 is the new small dining room – a place to gather and have a bite to eat and the million dollar gift from Episcopal High School has enabled a transformed Butterfly House to emerge, which will take babies to pre-Kindergarten. The new system does not simply replace one which included terracotta pipes, but which reduces our utility bill by a third (making us much more “green”). We have now finished the 8.3 million dollar heating and cooling replacement for the campus. The passing of time places an obligation on an institution to ensure that the campus is always “fit for purpose.”Ĭonstruction is a significant theme of the revised Strategic Plan. T was Dean Jess Trotter who built the Bishop Payne Library Dean Richard Reid did the hard work of building Addison and Dean Martha Horne transformed the Dormitories. Published annually by the Office of Institutional Advancement. E-mail: Web site: Address Changes: Alumni Records, 3737 Seminary Road, Alexandria, VA 22304 or e-mail © 2011 The Protestant Episcopal Seminary in Virginia. Third class postage at Alexandria, Virginia. Shillinglaw The Virginia Seminary Journal is published once a year by The Protestant Episcopal Seminary in Virginia at 3737 Seminary Road, Alexandria, VA 22304. Cayce Ramey, Nate Smith, Susan Shillinglaw, Lara Shine, Chris Tumilty, Wong Mei Teng, and Shlomit Wolf. Shillinglaw Contributing Photographers: Major Randall Bowen, John Budde, Donna Nelson, Curtis Prather, B. Nancy James (VTS ‘84) Faculty Book Release: Grace in Motion by the Rev. Charles Price on the 35th Ordination of Women, by the Rev. Article: Reflections on an Earthquake, by Elizabeth Tomlinson, Daniel Stroud, and Adrienne Hymes (all VTS ‘14) Article: The Continuing Legacy: The Rev. John Yieh, Ph.D., and Shawn Strout (VTS ‘12) Article: Patience and Quiet Determination: Mariann Edgar Budde, by Mary Gunderson Virginia Theological Seminary 2010-2011 Annual Giving Report MLK Commemoration Sermon: Striving for Justice, by the Rt. Lisa Kimball Bridges to the Church in Asia, by Dr. Candidate) Under Construction: Master of Arts Program, by Dr. Randy Haycock Under Construction: Finding God’s Vision After the Storm, by Barbara Anne Fisher (VTS D.Min. Randy Ferebee (VTS ‘73) The Human Cost of War, by The Rev. Steve Pankey (VTS ‘07) Grace in a Post-It Note, by the Rev. Frank Logue (VTS ‘00) Building Upon the Cornerstone, by the Rev. Griswold Slow and Steady: Thorny Problems Call for a Slower Pace, by the Rev. Sandy Webb Under Construction: How We Build Under Construction Articles: Sacred Spaces, by the Most. Curry Article: Passing it On, by the Rev. Letter from the Dean and President Dynamic Disciples Photos 2011 Commencement Address God’s Great “Why Not?”, by the Rt. The project was finished just before Easter. For the past year, most of the Seminary was unearthed and covered in orange plastic fencing while the new pipes were put into place. Aspinwall Hall and Key Hall under construction.
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