Inside Southern Seminary

By Emily Griffin

The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary is partnering with “Be the Match” to host a stem cell donor drive on Feb. 11 for Carl Stam, associate professor of church music and worship and director of the Institute for Christian Worship at the seminary.

Since spring 2007, Stam has been battling an aggressive form of Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.The nature of Stam’s lymphoma is necessitating a stem cell transplant to aid in his recovery.

“We are blessed - and so hopeful for a full recovery,” Stam said. “But it has come down to this: we must find a stem cell match for a transplant. This is the best chance to eliminate the lymphoma from my body.”

The goal of the drive is to help find Stam a stem cell match and make participants aware of the “Be the Match” organization, which helps patients find a matching donor and assists in funding transplant procedures.

Anyone between the ages of 18 and 60 and in overall good health can become a registry member at the donor drive. From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. “Be the Match” will be registering participants in the lobby of 5th and Broadway in the Honeycutt Campus Center.

Participation will require filling out basic paperwork and collecting a swab of cheek cells. If you are unable to attend the Feb. 11 event, you can join the registry online at www.bethematch.org.

“The support that has come our way from family, friends and strangers, has been a terrific display of God’s love and care for us,” Stam said. “Thousands of cancer patients, including me, are depending on the willingness of interested friends like you to register with the NBMR’s ‘Be the Match’ program.”

To watch a short video from Stam, visit www.sbts.edu/carl-stam. On that site, you can also download a flyer that can be printed or distributed via email.

Fifth and Broadway is offering a Valentine’s Day special on roses. Now through Feb. 11, you can order a dozen roses for $29.99 or half a dozen for $19.99. Pick up of the roses will be from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Feb. 13. All red or an assortment of roses is available. The price is good through Feb. 11 or while supplies last.

Does God still speak? Southern Seminary says yes … through His Word.

“Does God Still Speak?” is the theme for Southern’s Give Me An Answer collegiate conference, Feb. 12-13. Southern’s collegiate conference is a great opportunity for prospective students to sit under the teaching of, and interact with, the seminary’s faculty.

Any and all college students, whether prospective seminarians or not, would benefit from the deep theology applied to daily life and ministry that will characterize the conference. And the conference is open to anyone, not just college students: the campus minister from my college has brought his wife to the conference before, and a friend and I both brought our wives a couple of years ago.

The early bird registration for the event ends Dec. 31. There is a special rate for Boyce College or Southern students, as well as for groups of 10 or more. To register, visit events.sbts.edu/give-me-an-answer-collegiate-conference/registration/

The featured speakers for the event are Southern Seminary President R. Albert Mohler Jr. and Russell D. Moore, senior vice president for academic administration and dean of the seminary’s School of Theology. Mohler will be hosting his radio show live as part of the event, and “Late Nite with Dr. Mohler” will cap off Friday evening.

Attendees will choose from 10-15 options for their three elective sessions on Saturday. The Josh Wilson band will lead worship throughout the event and Flame, a.k.a. Boyce student Marcus Williams-Gray will, will join them for a concert Friday evening. Finally, a Q&A with Mohler and Moore will cap off the event.

For more information, visit events.sbts.edu/give-me-an-answer-collegiate-conference/

The Health and Recreation Center at Southern Seminary will be closed from Dec. 21-Jan. 2 for renovations.  The remodeled and improved HRC will reopen at 6:30 a.m., Monday, Jan. 4.

Send all your Christmas gifts and packages here on campus through Fifth and Broadway.

Wide range of shipping methods available at low rates!

Fifth & Broadway has several ongoing Christmas sales, including:

• 30% All Southern Seminary and Boyce College apparel.
• Sales on short and long sleeve t-shirts.
• Sale on sweatshirts and mugs.

The Christmas sales at Edgar’s continue.

This week select cufflinks and all men’s and women’s watches are on sale.

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Stay warm with a new lambswool/angora scarf from Edgar’s.

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Stock up with Christmas gifts for family and friends for your holiday break. Sales at Edgar’s and Fifth and Broadway will help with your holiday shopping.

A variety of sales will be held over the next few weeks, including the current sale on socks, neck ties and short and long sleeve t-shirts (details on the left).