SPU Offers Diverse
Lineup of Events
From Symposia to Homecoming
ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF Seattle Pacific
University’s autumn event lineup was a two-day
series of lectures by the renowned New
Testament scholar Richard Hays. “The President’s
Symposium on Embracing the Christian
Story” was held November 6–7, 2006,
and attracted Christian scholars and laypeople
from throughout the Pacific Northwest.
“I invited Dr. Hays to SPU to help us showcase
the University’s signature commitment
to becoming biblically and theologically educated,”
says Seattle Pacific President Philip
Eaton. “This was a very exciting and significant
moment for our campus and for our
friends in the broader Christian community.”
Hays is the George Washington Ivey Professor
of New Testament at Duke University
Divinity School and one of the world’s foremost
experts on New Testament ethics and
Pauline theology. He is author of the acclaimed
book, The Moral Vision of the New Testament.
On November 26, SPU will host another
premier event: the sixth annual downtown
Christmas concert, The Sacred Sounds of
Christmas, which sold out at the beginning of
November. Hosted by President and Mrs.
Eaton, the concert brings Advent and Christmas
music to Benaroya Hall, and features
Seattle Pacific’s Concert Choir, Symphonic
Wind Ensemble, Women’s Choir, Männerchor,
and String Orchestra, along with other
SPU musicians and readers. The afternoon’s
program offers music from around the world,
including carols and instrumental pieces from
Kenya, Korea, Ireland, and Venezuela.
Homecoming and Family Weekend 2007,
February 1–3, will lead off Winter Quarter
with a celebration for alumni, students, and
families, and a recognition of 2007 Alumna of
the Year Lora Jones. Jones will speak at the
Alumna of the Year Homecoming Celebration
and be honored at a luncheon. Other special
events include reunion receptions for the
classes of 1962, 1967, 1972, 1977, 1982, 1987,
1992, 1997, and 2002; men’s and women’s basketball
games; the Falcon Legends Hall of
Fame Luncheon; Theatre Department performances
of “The Runner Stumbles” — and the
President’s Alumni Luncheon, where SPU
President Philip Eaton will meet alumni and
share his energy for SPU’s newly articulated
signature commitments.
Later in the month, George Weigel, senior
fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in
Washington, D.C., will be the featured speaker
for SPU’s “President’s Symposium on Knowing
and Understanding Our World: A Christian
Response to the 21st Century.” The event,
which highlights SPU’s signature commitment
to “know and understand what is going on in
the world,” takes place February 27–28, 2007.
One of the nation’s leading commentators on
religion and public life, Weigel is the author of
The Cube and the Cathedral: Europe, America
and Politics Without God and Witness to Hope:
The Biography of Pope John Paul II.
For more information about events in
2006–07, visit www.spu.edu/eventseries.
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