implications of the gospel,

so after graduating I moved

into a Christian community

that had three large old

homes where those

struggling with

homelessness came to live

alongside the staff. It

wasn’t an easy place to live.

I struggled to be vulnerable

to it. Not only did it show

me my sin, but I also

struggled to have hope for

those who came to live with

us. Which is really another

way of saying that I wasn’t

sure that God actually cared

for them (or me).

Each month our

extended community—the

staff, guests, volunteers,

donors—all gathered for a

Communion service at the

community’s drop-in center.

That Advent I was

reflecting on how seemingly

hopeless Mary’s situation

also seemed and yet she

bore the hope of the world.

Coming forward for

communion with the

community, I looked around

the room and realized that it

was no different for this

community that God had

gathered. Like Mary, our

situation should have been

hopeless. Yet God was

working among us. He was

reconciling us to Himself

and each other. Somewhere

in the midst of the cooking

and dishes, the late night

(Continued on page 2)

Growing up a pastor’s-

kid-missionary-kid, I was

immersed in the Christian

faith right from the

beginning. Sometimes

looking back it seems like

my fate was sealed. I heard

Bible stories in utero,

prayed the sinner’s prayer

when I was two, and was in

church anytime the doors

were open. Watching my

parents orient their whole

lives around God’s call

impressed on me from an

early age how completely

Christ claims our lives.

It is two different

things though to realize that

my life is God’s and to trust

Him with it. I first

remember wrestling to trust

Him when we finally

returned to Indiana in the

middle of high school. One

evening on the way to visit

a new church, I found

myself really missing my

friends in Indonesia and not

wanting to do the work of

making new friends. I was

blankly staring out the

window as I lifted my

complaint to God. Then I

realized that there was a

beautiful orange sunset

outside and that the Chinese

calligraphy sign for strength

literally was written in the

sky with what looked like

jet streams. I know, it

sounds a little hokey, but it

was there, and in that

moment I felt God

encouraging me to trust

Him to get me through the

transition. Looking back, I

mark this transition as

where I first began to trust

God’s love.

But two years into my

time at Notre Dame, I was

struggling. Not only was I

going through the growing

pains of leaving my

evangelical bubble and

learning about the church

catholic but I had also been

shaken by two classes—

Christianity and World

Religions and Introduction

to Philosophy—that made

me doubt grounding my

faith in either reason or

experience. My questions

felt paralyzing. Thankfully,

a mentor modeled for me

both humble intellectual

rigor and a firm belief that

God could be trusted. And

probably best of all, with an

infuriating chuckle he

would occasionally remind

me that I was not the first to

wrestle with my questions

and then change the subject.

Eventually I came to the

realization that despite my

questions, I could not deny

God’s persistent presence in

my life. I stumbled onto

both St. John of the Cross,

Thomas Merton, and Annie

Dillard and they became

fast friends as I continued to

learn how to patiently look

to God for my sustenance.

At Notre Dame I got a

whiff of the social

Joel Steiner, VP Theology

Monday, January 9, 2017 Volume 32, Issue 13

MORNING STAR

Faculty:

Principal

Bp. Stephen Andrews

Room 103, x3521

AD Director

Ann Jervis

Room 232, x3539

BD Director

Glen Taylor

Room 218, x 3541

Librarian

Tom Power

Leonard Hall, x3526

Permanent Faculty:

Annette Brownlee

Room 233, x3540

Terry Donaldson

Room L304, x3537

Alan Hayes

Room L302, x3532

David Kupp

Room 231, x2561

Wanda Malcolm

Room L303, x2557

Joseph Mangina*

Room 231, x3523

Judy Paulsen*

Room 229, X3534

Ephraim Radner

Room L301, x3533

Peter Robinson

Room 225, 3529

Christopher Seitz

Room L305, x3551

Marion Taylor

Room 227, x3542

Permanent Part-Time

Faculty:

Marilyn Draper

Catherine Sider-

Hamilton

* on sabbatical Winter

2017

conversations and game

watches, the prayer and smoke

breaks, God was breaking down

the walls that divided us and

teaching us to love Him and

each other. While we still had

so far to go, by His completely

unmerited grace, God had

gathered us together as the

church and we – like Mary –

bore the hope of the world. By

God’s sheer grace Christ’s life

was taking shape among us.

Somewhere amid these

and other moments I have

learned that by God’s own

grace I trust Him.

Thanks be to God!

(Continued from page 1)

Editorial (cont’d)

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Admin Staff:

Accountant

Sophia Chen

Room 105, x3522

Business Office

Peter Patterson

Room 106, x3549

Paul Patterson

Room 107, x3546

Wycliffe Serves!

Steve Hewko

Bonnie Kung

Room L3K, x 2558

Chaplain

Annette Brownlee

Room 233, x3540

Communications

Patricia Paddey

Room A10, x3548

Connie Chan

Room A10, x3590

Development

Rob Henderson

Room 102, x3538

Katie Clogg

Room 101, x3524

Gillian Arnold

Room 101, x2559

Front Desk

Andy Witt, x3535

Indigenous Program

Julie Golding-Page

Room A10, x4001

IT

Matt Glandfield

Basement, x3531

Maintenance

David Durance

Paul Mason

Basement, x3543

Principal’s Office

Karen Baker-Bigauskas

Room 104, x3521

Registrar/Admissions

Barbara Jenkins

Room 226, x3530

Sean Otto

Room 228, x3525

Jon Clemens

Room 230, x3547

Rachel Lott

Room A10

Residence Don

Lane Scruggs

X 3030

NEED HELP FINDING LIBRARY RESOURCES?

If you need help finding resources for your papers, contact Tom Power (Wycliffe Office: Leonard Hall), in the Graham Library, or by email thomas.power@wycliffe.utoronto.ca. Also each Blackboard course has a link: “Library Questions?” which allows you to contact Tom with your questions.

He can help you with finding journal articles, finding books, locating book reviews, finding encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other works of reference, locating research guides, MTS and M.Div. theses. He will also help with writing, compiling a bibliography,

identifying plagiarism, Blackboard issues, and remote access.

In fact, you can ask Tom anything you like about finding information resources.

Congratulations to:

* Andreas and Melanie Sigrist, and big brother Luke,

on the arrival of Owen Emmanuel on December 28th.

* Sarah (Jackson) and Aidan Armstrong (W16) who

were married on December 30th.

* John Sundara (W16) who was ordained deacon in the Diocese of Dallas on Friday January 6th. Pictured with Naomi & Daniel Kiran, Bishop George Sumner

(Dallas) and Bishop Stephen & Fawna Andrews.

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Thursday Morning Prayer Faculty

Preaching Series on Exodus

This Winter term the faculty will be preaching on portions of

the Book of Exodus. It will be a form of liturgical

preaching. Portions of the book were selected to reflect the

two seasons of the church year we will be in this academic

term, Epiphany and Lent. Thus, during the season of

Epiphany faculty will preach on portions of Exodus having

to do with ways God was manifest to Israel. During Lent

faculty will preach on portions of the book which follow

Israel in the wilderness. Audio-recordings of the sermons

will be posted on the Wycliffe website.

See you in Chapel,

Annette Brownlee+

Chaplain

Attention: ALL

Students intending

to graduate in May

2017

On January 26th and 27th, 2017, CanGrad will be

here to take graduation photos. Please sign up for a

time at the Front Desk. Photos will be used for the

composite given at Convocation in May.

If you have any questions, please speak to Sean

Otto.

Gowns and hoods will be provided.

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2016-17 Student

Council:

Executive Committee

VP Theology

Joel Steiner

VP Spirituality

Sarah Armstrong

Secretary

Jordan Smith

Treasurer

Matthew Neugebauer

Position Reps

Social Chair

Teddy Williams

2nd Year Rep

Shane Gopaul

House Advocate

Kira Moolman

Day Student Rep

Andrew Johnson

Sports Rep

Jordan Derpstein

Green Chair

Alexandra Pohlod

Mission Chair

Andrew Badgely

1st Year Rep

James Sholl

WGS (WADSA)

Mari Leesmat

Heejun Kim

Parking is very limited at

Wycliffe, making it advisable

for students and visitors to

use public transit when

traveling to and from the

College.

To best serve the entire

Wycliffe community, a strict

parking system has been put

in place: parking permits are

only available to students

living outside the GTA

(Greater Toronto Area). If

you wish to apply for a

parking permit, please get an

application form from the

Front Desk or speak with

Paul Patterson in office 107.

Please note, even with a

permit you are not

guaranteed a parking space as

parking is available on a “first

come, first served” basis for

those with permits. These

permits are valid while

students are in the College

for classes, or events and are

not valid for overnight

parking. These permits are

only valid for the parking

spaces by the tennis court.

Any student that parks in a

“reserved” space will have

their parking privileges at the

College revoked and will not

be eligible for a parking

permit in the future.

The University of Toronto

Parking Authority patrols the

In the Residence..

Residence Don

Lane Scruggs

X3030

Floor Dons

Allison Dean

X2332

Anthony Fredette

x2206

Parking @ Wycliffe

Happy New Year!

Please make sure to

pay something towards

your tuition today.

Remember that it takes

5 business days to

reach your student

account and the U of T

will cancel any winter

registrations (January

25) for non-payment. If

you find yourself

cancelled in error

please contact Sean

Otto to be reinstated.

January 11 is the last

date to register for

winter classes

including thesis

registration, reading

and research courses,

and ELP or ELM

registration for MTSD

students.

If you change your

address on ROSI please

let my office know.

Summer 2017 course

plans have been

submitted to TST and

we will announce the

class schedule as soon

as we have

confirmation.

Helpful & Simple Tech

Advice!

Did you know that there is

a mobile app for accessing

Portal?

Blackboard Mobile

Learn™ is available for

University of Toronto

Students and Faculty

for free! It’s available

for iOS (iPad/iPhone),

Android, and

Blackberry devices.

Not only is it pleasing

to the eye and easy to

navigate, but you can

also: receive

notifications of course

activity, read

announcements

(instructors can post

announcements), view

content (instructors can

post content), post to

discussions, and check

grades.

Just download the app,

enter your school

name, use your

existing username and

password, and you’re

ready to enjoy using

the portal and staying

up to date with all your

course needs!

Thanks to Jordan Duerrstein

for sharing this information

From the Registrar...

Wycliffe parking lots and will

ticket cars without proper

permits. Ticketed cars may

also be towed at the owner’s

expense.

Paul Patterson

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Time Monday Jan 16 Tuesday Jan 17 Wed Jan 18 Thurs Jan 19 Fri Jan 20

11:10am -

12:10 pm Is God Sexist?

Does Religion

Posion Everything?

Has Science Buried

God?

Are All Religions

Basically the Same?

Abdu Murray

Sexuality &

Identity? Who am I?

1:10 to 2:10

pm

Is God Against My

Freedom?

Where is God when

Life Hurts?

The Bible: Fact or

Fiction?

Am I more than my

Resumé?

Is True Love Pos-

sible?

3:00 to 4:00pm

Jesus, Man, Myth or

Prophet?

What About

Natuaral Disasters?

6:30 to 8:00

pm

Is Christianity

Irrational?

A Dialogue

between an Atheist

& a Christian Andy

Bannister & Ronald

de Sousa

Why Would a

Loving God Judge

Me?

Who is God?

A Dialogue

between a Muslim &

a Christian

Abdu Murray &

Shabir Ally

Sexuality & Identiy:

Who Am I?

Why Would God

Die for Me?

Mission Week 2016—Jan16-20 @Wycliffe

What is Mission Week?

Mission week is an intensely focused week of outreach and evangelism on a university campus, a mission trip on home soil. Multiple talks with Q&As happen on a daily basis that deal with barriers to belief and also are effective at sparking curiosity. Creative evangelism strategies provide opportunity to engage students in conversation.

Experienced evangelists/apologists come to the campus to model a passion for the gospel, inspiring and mobilizing Christian students to reach out with expectation that God will powerfully change lives. Discussions often continue late into the night. Non-Christian students come to Christ as they hear the gospel presented in multiple ways throughout the week, have their questions answered, and experience loving community.

By partnering together with multiple Christian ministries, campus groups, and churches we are able to have a greater impact than we could alone.

Last year

Over 1300 people attended 15 talks

A number of people made decisions to follow Christ

9 Christian groups partnered together

Over 100 volunteers and 6000 flyers

Hundreds engaged through 10 evangelism engagement activities

Countless hours of one on one spiritual conversation

This Year’s Mission

Similar to last year, this January 16-20th, various campus ministries at the University of Toronto (including Wycliffe College) will be coming together to set aside one week to intentionally making Christ known on campus.

The week will feature over 20 evangelistic talks and dialogues, each presenting the gospel in a way that speaks to both the mind and the heart, and oriented around tough questions and barriers many people have about God and faith (www.relevantseries.com).

Christian students will be scattered across campus, inviting friends and fellow students to the events, through topic-specific flyers, video interviews, engagement stations, surveys, and other outreach activities.

Pray

Please keep us in your prayers for it is “God who causes the growth” (1 Cor 3:7; cf. John 15:15).

Volunteer

Get involved in the on the ground activities throughout the week Contact shewko@wycliffe.utoronto.ca and/or sign up here:

Partners: RZIM, Power to Change, Wycliffe College, Every Nation Campus, Agape Impact, Chinese Christian Fellowship, InterVarsity, Athletes in Action, Network of Christian Scholars, Leader Impact, MoveIn, The Missions Hub.

Commuter Dorms: If you are a student who lives outside the GTA and would be interested in staying over-night at Wycliffe, we have limited accommodations for commuting students. Rooms are $40 per night ($30 per night if you bring your own bath towel and sheets), and if you need an overnight parking space it is an additional $10. Rooms include a complimentary breakfast during the 7:45-8:30am breakfast hour, and brunch on Saturdays. These are shared living spaces, so there is a potential that other students will be staying in the same room as you. We have two single guest rooms (one on our men’s floor and one on our women’s floor), as well as two commuting dorm rooms (one for women, and one for men).

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MORNING STAR

Upcoming Wednesday Event with Katheryn Greene-

McCreight

The Rev. Dr Kathryn Greene-McCreight will join us via a “distance” conversation on Wednesday February 15, 2017. While we are confirming the exact topic—she has so many to choose from! - Kathryn suggests students read her updated

“Darkness is my Only Companion”.

Rev. Kathryn has an extensive background as a theologian, teacher, and author, who wrote the 2016 Lenten study commissioned by the Archbishop of Canterbury. She has a M.Div. from Berkeley Divinity School and a Ph.D. in Theology from Yale Divinity School. As an Episcopal priest, she has served in a variety of parishes in the New Haven

area.

Next Wednesday at Wycliffe

On Wednesday January 18th, Archbishop Colin Johnson will visit Wycliffe accompanied by the three new Suffragan Bishops in the Diocese of Toronto. Please join them in the Principal’s Lodge

at 3:00 p.m.

This will be an opportunity to meet the Bishop Jenny Andison, Bishop Kevin Robertson, and Bishop Riscylla Shaw at the start of their new

ministry.

Archbishop Johnson will preach at Holy Eucharist

following the Wednesday Event.

You may be interested to note that both Bishop

Jenny and Bishop Riscylla are Wycliffe Graduates!

Notes from the Front Desk

Welcome back, students! We have a few little announcements from the

Front Desk.

First, our lockers in the basement will be available for the Winter term for

$10. A great deal!

Another great deal is our Wycliffe lunches, available for Wycliffe

students, residents, faculty/staff, and friends (not the general

public). The cost for one lunch is $4.00, but if you buy a pack of 5

or 10 lunches it is $3.00 per lunch. It’s also a great meet-and-greet

time!

Please talk to Andy or our friendly Front Desk Staff about either lockers or meal tickets.

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This Week @ Wycliffe

Wednesday Preacher—Bishop Stephen Andrews

Thursday MP Preacher—Marion Taylor

Thursday EP Preacher—Sarah Armstrong

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

8 9 10 11

Pr: +Andrews

12

MP: Marion

Taylor

EP: Sarah

Armstrong

13 14

15 16 17

MP: Melissa Ritz

18 WE: Meet the New

Toronto Bishops

Pr: Ab. Johnson

19

MP: Ann Jervis

20 21

22 23 24

MP: Ken

Johnstone

25

Service at Regis College

26 Grad Photos

MP: Ephraim

Radner

EP: Allison Dean

27 Grad Photos 28

29 30

Biblical Seminar

4:00 Cody

31

MP: Kira

Moolman

1 February 2

MP: +Stephen

Andrews

3 4

5 6 7

MP: Jeffrey

Hynds

8

Joint with St.

Augustine’s

9

MP: David Kupp

EP: Seth

Enriquez

10 11

Calendar of Events—January 2017

Week for Prayer for Christian Unity

Mission Week