Greensboro College Presents 50th Annual Festival of Lessons and Carols Dec. 6

"GREENSBORO, N.C. -- The Greensboro College Department of Music presents the 50th Annual Festival of Lessons and Carols at 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6, in Hannah Brown Finch Memorial Chapel. The event is free and open to the public.

The candlelit Advent worship services includes Scripture readings, liturgy, and performances by the college's vocal and instrumental musicians under the direction of Jonathan P. Brotherton, professor of music.

The tradition was brought to Greensboro College from King's Chapel, Cambridge, England, by the late Dr. James Hull, Jefferson-Pilot Professor of Religion and Philosophy.

The service is designed to symbolize the bond between the academic community and the city, and peace within the whole church, as well as the joy and the worship of all during the holiday season.

A reception will be held afterward in Lea Center in Main Building, adjacent to the chapel.

Greensboro College provides a liberal arts education grounded in the traditions of the United Methodist Church and fosters the intellectual, social, and, spiritual development of all students while supporting their individual needs.

Founded in 1838 and located near downtown Greensboro, the college enrolls about 1,000 students from 29 states and territories, the District of Columbia and seven foreign countries in its undergraduate liberal-arts program and four master's degree programs. In addition to rigorous academics and a well-supported Honors program, the school features a 17-sport NCAA Division III athletic program and dozens of service and recreational opportunities."

- A Press Release

Greensboro College Presents Reynolds Lecture on the Church and Higher Education Oct. 29

Dr. Ben Witherington III

"GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Greensboro College presents the Fifth Annual Reynolds Lecture at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, in Hannah Brown Finch Memorial Chapel. The event is free, and the public is invited.

A reception will follow in Lea Center in Main Building, adjacent to the chapel.

The speaker is Dr. Ben Witherington III, the Jean R. Amos Professor of New Testament for Doctoral Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Ky. His lecture is titled "First Century Family Values: How Different Was the World of the Early Christians From Ours?"

Witherington has written more than 40 books, two of which were named the top biblical-studies books of their respective years by Christianity Today magazine: "The Jesus Quest: The Third Search for the Jew of Nazareth" (1995) and "The Paul Quest: The Renewed Search for the Jew of Tarsus" (1999). He also was featured in the BBC/PBS special "The Story of Jesus."

He is a John Wesley Fellow for Life, a research fellow at Cambridge University and a member of numerous professional organizations, including the Society of Biblical Literature, Society for the Study of the New Testament and the Institute for Biblical Research.

Witherington joined the Asbury Seminary faculty in 1995. He also has taught at Ashland Theological Seminary, High Point College (now University), Duke Divinity School and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.

He holds a B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, an M.Div. from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. from the University of Durham in England.

The Reynolds Lecture is sponsored annually by the college's Reynolds Institute for Church Leadership in honor of longtime trustee Royce Reynolds and his wife, Jane. The lecture examines the relationship between the church and academia.

For more information, contact Daniel J. Malotky, professor of religion and philosophy and founding dean of the School of Humanities, at 336-272-7102, ext. 5280, or dmalotky@greensboro.edu.

Greensboro College provides a liberal-arts education grounded in the traditions of the United Methodist Church and fosters the intellectual, social, and, spiritual development of all students while supporting their individual needs.

Founded in 1838 and located near downtown Greensboro, the college enrolls about 1,000 students from 29 states and territories, the District of Columbia and seven foreign countries in its undergraduate liberal-arts program and four master's degree programs. In addition to rigorous academics and a well-supported Honors program, the school features a 17-sport NCAA Division III athletic program and dozens of service and recreational opportunities."

- A Press Release

Greensboro College Marks Holocaust Remembrance Day With Film Screening

"Greensboro College presents a free, public screening of the film "Aftermath" at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 26, in Hannah Brown Finch Memorial Chapel on campus. A discussion will follow.

The screening marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day, observed globally each year on Jan. 27, the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp by the Red Army in 1945.

"Aftermath," in Polish with English subtitles, is a 2012 thriller that, while fictional, is tied to the July 1941 extermination of Jewish residents of the Polish town of Jebwadne by their non-Jewish neighbors with the approval of the Nazis, who occupied Poland at the time.

Set in 2001, the film tells the story of two Polish brothers, one a lifelong resident of Poland and one recently returned from living in Chicago, who encounter resistance as they seek to learn what their family's role might have been in the disappearance of their town's Jewish residents during World War II.

For more information about Greensboro College's Holocaust collection and programs, contact Jonathon Epstein, visiting associate professor of sociology, at jonathon.epstein@greensboro.edu.

Greensboro College provides a liberal arts education grounded in the traditions of the United Methodist Church and fosters the intellectual, social, and, spiritual development of all students while supporting their individual needs.

Founded in 1838 and located near downtown Greensboro, the college enrolls about 1,150 students from 26 states, the District of Columbia and 10 nations in its undergraduate liberal-arts program and four master's degree programs. In addition to rigorous academics and a well-supported Honors program, the school features a 17-sport NCAA Division III athletic program and dozens of service and recreational opportunities."

- A Press Release

Greensboro College Marks Holocaust Remembrance Day With Film Screening

"GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Greensboro College presents a free, public screening of the film "Aftermath" at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 26, in Hannah Brown Finch Memorial Chapel on campus. A discussion will follow.

The screening marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day, observed globally each year on Jan. 27, the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp by the Red Army in 1945.

"Aftermath," in Polish with English subtitles, is a 2012 thriller that, while fictional, is tied to the July 1941 extermination of Jewish residents of the Polish town of Jebwadne by their non-Jewish neighbors with the approval of the Nazis, who occupied Poland at the time.

Set in 2001, the film tells the story of two Polish brothers, one a lifelong resident of Poland and one recently returned from living in Chicago, who encounter resistance as they seek to learn what their family's role might have been in the disappearance of their town's Jewish residents during World War II.

For more information about Greensboro College's Holocaust collection and programs, contact Jonathon Epstein, visiting associate professor of sociology, at jonathon.epstein@greensboro.edu.

Greensboro College provides a liberal arts education grounded in the traditions of the United Methodist Church and fosters the intellectual, social, and, spiritual development of all students while supporting their individual needs.

Founded in 1838 and located near downtown Greensboro, the college enrolls about 1,150 students from 26 states, the District of Columbia and 10 nations in its undergraduate liberal-arts program and four master's degree programs. In addition to rigorous academics and a well-supported Honors program, the school features a 17-sport NCAA Division III athletic program and dozens of service and recreational opportunities."

- A Press Release