February 2013

The Alumni Link is a monthly e-publication provided to the alumni of Asbury Theological Seminary

What’s the Hubbub About The HUB?

by Sandra McKinney, Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore Campus, Alumni Office The Everly Brothers, Michael Buble and even Miley Cyrus sing for us to “dream, dream, dream” and this is just what the Alumni of Asbury Theological Seminary have been doing.  For three years, people have been dreaming of what might connect alumni across space and […]

The 411 on Jobs and Mentoring

by Joy Brinkmeyer, Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore Campus, Alumni Office Do you feel lost on Monster.com or other job sites. Have you always wished your Alma mater would offer a way to search and post ministry jobs? Are you looking for a job? Have a friend searching, and want a one stop shop? Have you […]

Upcoming Alumni Events, February 2013

Asbury Theological Seminary invites you to attend Kingdom Encounter (Feb. 3-5) on the Florida Dunnam Campus. At Kingdom Encounter, you will: Listen to speakers and authors, such as William Pannell, Justo Gonzalez, Frenando Cascante Gomez, as well as renowned Asbury Theological Seminary Professors. Attend the Harry Hoosier Institute dedication. Discuss multiculturalism, cross-cultural leadership, and Harry Hoosier’s […]

Dr. Christine Pohl’s New Book Chosen as the ERB Book of the Year

The Englewood Review of Books is a weekly book review that recently selected Dr. Pohl’s new book, Living into Community, as their Book of the Year.  Click here for the Englewood Review of Books website and here for an excerpt of the book.  The Amazon page for Dr. Pohl’s book can, also, be found here.

Alumni Updates, February 2013

Matt Conover (MDiv, 2001) When I graduated from Asbury, I received my first church in Dike, Iowa.  I was ordained as an Elder in the Iowa Annual Conference in 2004.  I received my second church in 2005 in Sioux City, IA (proud birth place of Dr. Ellsworth Kallas!).  In 2007, I went on family leave […]

Seedbed Announcements

Seedbed Announces New Release from Maxie Dunnam. This could be his most important book since The Workbook of Living Prayer. It will work great for a spring (Lent) or Fall Church wide study. It’s called The Intercessory Life: Breaking the Impossibility Barrier. Maxie Dunnam’s latest forty-day study, The Intercessory Life: Breaking the Impossibility Barrier, challenges us to […]

Alumni Publications, February 2013

Rev. J. Todd Kingrea (MDiv, 2000) Carrying on the Mission of Jesus Acts devotional Carrying On the Mission Of Jesus: Rediscovering the mission, identity, and purpose of the church is to be released April 15, 2013. Why is the church today is so different from the church we see in the book of Acts? How did […]

Alumni Obituaries, February 2013

FRESCOLN-Robert E. (MDiv, 1960), 84, passed away recently.  He was born July 29, 1928, on a farm outside of Winner, SD, to Joseph George Frescoln and Esther Ellen (Leggott) Frescoln. He graduated from Winner High School and attended the University of South Dakota before being married to Ellen Eileen Nelson in 1949. In 1950, he […]

Exquisite Timing

by J. Ellsworth Kalas We anticipate that in heaven we’ll learn about miracles we experienced that we didn’t know about when they were happening.  But sometimes we’re blessed with a foretaste of this experience while we’re still on this earth. I had such an experience a few weeks ago.  It came in a letter from […]

New Asbury Community Garden

by Jo Brosius, Director of Communications, Wilmore Campus ASBURY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY RECEIVES $18,000 GRANT FROM THE DORA TES BASILEAS FOUNDATION FOR A COMMUNITY GARDEN WILMORE, Ky. (December 11, 2012) – Asbury Theological Seminary has been awarded a two-year $18,000 grant by the Dora Tes Basileas Foundation to establish a community garden on its Kentucky campus. […]