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SUMMARY:Summer Reading Program
DESCRIPTION:Summer Reading Program 2026\nWere you the kind of kid who liked summer reading programs? Are you the kind of adult who loves to read but needs a little motivation? Are you the kind of adult who loves to read\, but would like to do it in community with others? If any of these sound like you\, this Summer Reading Program is for you! It even has prizes! \nHow It Works: \n\n\nThe reading program begins May 15 and will end on July 31. \n\n\nBetween these dates\, you will read one book for each of the ten categories on the submission form. \n\n\nAfter reading your 10 chosen books or at the end of the program\, email the  form (scanned or photographed) to Melody Green at mgreen@urbanatheologicalseminary.org \n\n\nAdditionally\, if you’re on Facebook\, we have a group specifically designed to connect with other readers. You can make book suggestions\, ask for recommendations\, and share thoughts about books. Join the FB group “Urbana Theological Seminary Summer Reading Program for Grownups 2026.” \nPrizes\nRead Five Books: You will be entered into a drawing for one of three Book Lovers Gift Baskets. We’ll email the winners. If you are not in the area\, we will ask you for an address so we can send your basket.\nRead Ten Books: You will be invited to an old-fashioned Ice Cream Social on September 12 (even if you are out of the area\, we can Zoom you in to say “hi” and talk about books!)\, you will also receive a certificate of completion\, a few small fun items\, a non-transferable certificate for $100 off a credit course\, or $25 off one audit course. \nTheme: Reading for the Refreshment of the Soul\nIn C. S. Lewis’s Voyage of the Dawn Treader\, Lucy reads a story that is titled “Spell for the Refreshment of the Soul\,” and later\, when she cannot access the story\, she asks Aslan to tell her the story again. He says that he will always be telling her that story—a story that refreshes the soul. So we recommend that\, for this year’s summer reading program\, you find books that refresh your soul. If you have any questions\, please contact Dr. Melody Green.
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SUMMARY:Back to School Picnic
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, August 22 \nBurwash Park\, Savoy\, IL \n5:00-7:00 pm
URL:https://urbanatheologicalseminary.org/event/back-to-school-picnic-3/
LOCATION:burwash park savoy il\, 350 Burwash Ave\, Savoy\, IL\, 61874-9572\, United States
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SUMMARY:Film Beyond the Screen: How Christians Can Use Movies to Interact with Culture
DESCRIPTION:TASTE OF SEMINARY\nThe Taste of Seminary lectures are a space where our faculty share fresh insights in their areas of expertise and help set the table for meaningful conversation about faith and culture. On October 20\, Dr. Durst offers our first of four evening lectures (7:00–8:30 p.m.) at the Champaign Public Library\, each followed by an open Q&A. Whether you’re brand new to Urbana Seminary or a longtime friend\, we’ve saved a spot at the table just for you! \nDate: Tuesday\, October 20\nTime: 7:00-8:30 pm\nLocation: Champaign Public Library\n(Room: 215 Friends) \nFilm is often at the center of culture\, reflecting the current time and place and offering critiques or echo chambers. But how can Christians engage with film in meaningful ways while remaining discerning? This talk offers a typology of the different ways Christians can engage with film\, providing a practical approach to enter the cultural conversation.
URL:https://urbanatheologicalseminary.org/event/film-beyond-the-screen-how-christians-can-use-movies-to-interact-with-culture/
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SUMMARY:(Too) Many Streams: Spirituality and Media in a Pluralistic Age
DESCRIPTION:TASTE OF SEMINARY\nThe Taste of Seminary lectures are a space where our faculty share fresh insights in their areas of expertise and help set the table for meaningful conversation about faith and culture. On September 29th\, Dr. Wenneborg offers our first of four evening lectures (7:00–8:30 p.m.) at the Champaign Public Library\, each followed by an open Q&A. Whether you’re brand new to Urbana Seminary or a longtime friend\, we’ve saved a spot at the table just for you! \nSpeaker: Dr. Emily Wenneborg\nDate: Tuesday\, September 29\nTime: 7:00-8:30 pm\nLocation: Champaign Public Library\n(Room A-B) \nThe first decades of the twenty-first century have been marked by an explosion both of online content and of spiritual and religious alternatives. How does the infinitely scrollable and streamable Internet help us understand the spiritual “nova effect” (in philosopher Charles Taylor’s term)\, and vice versa?
URL:https://urbanatheologicalseminary.org/event/too-many-streams-spirituality-and-media-in-a-pluralistic-age/
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SUMMARY:Was Paul a Misogynist? A Consideration of 1 Timothy 2:8-15
DESCRIPTION:TASTE OF SEMINARY\nThe Taste of Seminary lectures are a space where our faculty share fresh insights in their areas of expertise and help set the table for meaningful conversation about faith and culture. On October 6\, Dr. Cuffey offers our second of four evening lectures (7:00–8:30 p.m.) at the Champaign Public Library\, each followed by an open Q&A. Whether you’re brand new to Urbana Seminary or a longtime friend\, we’ve saved a spot at the table just for you! \nPaul’s instructions about women in 1 Timothy 2 have confounded many: don’t wear gold or pearls? no braiding hair? no teaching men? saved through childbearing?  Is the apostle giving instructions meant for all times and cultures\, or is he addressing a very specific situation in that setting only?  Together we will examine the text\, keeping an eye on what Timothy’s location in Ephesus tells us about Paul’s actual concerns. \nSpeaker: Dr. Ken Cuffey\nDate: Tuesday\, October 6\nTime: 7:00-8:30 pm\nLocation: Champaign Public Library\n(Room: A-B)
URL:https://urbanatheologicalseminary.org/event/was-paul-a-misogynist-a-consideration-of-1-timothy-28-15/
LOCATION:Champaign Public Library\, 200 W. Green St.\, Champaign\, IL\, 61820\, United States
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SUMMARY:From Tales of Terror to Spire Comics: The Great Comic Book Scare and the Evangelical Response
DESCRIPTION:TASTE OF SEMINARY\nThe Taste of Seminary lectures are a space where our faculty share fresh insights in their areas of expertise and help set the table for meaningful conversation about faith and culture. On October 13th\, Dr. Green offers our third of four evening lectures (7:00–8:30 p.m.) at the Champaign Public Library\, each followed by an open Q&A. Whether you’re brand new to Urbana Seminary or a longtime friend\, we’ve saved a spot at the table just for you! \nThe twentieth century saw the rise of a whole new genre of storytelling: the comic book. This Taste of Seminary talk will explore the rise of comic books\, the backlash against them in the 1950’s\, and evangelical publishing’s interest in the genre. \nDate: Tuesday\, October 13\nTime: 7:00-8:30 pm\nLocation: Champaign Public Library\n(Room C)
URL:https://urbanatheologicalseminary.org/event/from-tales-of-terror-to-spire-comics-the-great-comic-book-scare-and-the-evangelical-response/
LOCATION:Champaign Public Library\, 200 W. Green St.\, Champaign\, IL\, 61820\, United States
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