Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Jinu John's Worship and Sermon
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Mani Achan's Mother passed away on Sunday 21 September 2008 at Kottayam
Friday, September 12, 2008
Gurukul Alumnus elected as the Bishop of Orthodox Syrian Church
Very. Rev. Christophorous Ramban hails from Thekkemala, Kozhenchery. Born in 1960, as the son of Mr. V.A. Oommen and Mrs. Gracy Oommen. Ramban (then Abraham Oommen) was educated at Catholicate College, Pathanamthitta, Old Seminary Kottayam and Gurukul Lutheran Theological College, Madras. ( B.A, B.D, M.Th)
Ordained as deacon in 1986, as priest on 21 May 1987, he accepted the vows of monasticism and was professed Remban on 31 Mar 2002. He led a monastic life in Parumala Seminary during 1986-1990 and Madras during 1990-1996. Remban served as the Vicar of St. Thomas Orthodox Cathedral, Singapore between 1996 and 2002. In 2003, he served as the Manager of Madras Aramana and during 2004-2006 he did commendable job as the Manager of the Parumala Seminary.
Since 2007 Very.Rev. Christophorous Ramban is serving as the Manager of Catholicate Aramana, Devalokam.
His brother Philip Oommen is working at Malaysia and the only sister Jaya Shaji is working at Doha.
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Monday, August 11, 2008
With deep regret we announce the sudden demise of
The Rt. Rev. Dr. J. Gnanabaranam Johnson
(IX Bishop of Tranquebar)
Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church, India
On Sunday 10th August 2008 at Chennai.
His mortal remains is placed for public respect in
Bishop Manikam Memorial Hall, 41, Harleys Road, Kilpauk Chennai 600010
Funeral Service will be held on
Tuesday 12th August 2008 at 10.00 AM in
The Lutheran Adaikalanathar Church, Purasawalkam , Chennai 600007.
Bishop Johnson was the ordained Pastor of the Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church (TELC), serving in many congregations and taught Systematic Theology in Serampore College, Calcutta and in Gurukul Lutheran Theological College Chennai. Later he served as Director of Gurukul and Director of the ZIegenbalg Spiritual Centre at Tranquebar. He was consecrated as Bishop of the TELC on 14th January 1993 and served the church till January 1999. Bp. Johnson is a versatile write and his German Book “Heute mein Jesus” is translated into many languages. The royalty from this book he had given it for the evangelistic work in Papua-New Guinea. He is survived by his wife Rev. Dr. Eva-Maria Siebert Johnson and three sisters. May his soul rest in Peace.
Rev. Dr. Ponniah Manoharan
Director
Gurukul Lutheran Theological College and Research Institute
Chennai.
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Towards Green Gurukul, Plastic Free Gurukul
Six other student Committees presented their plans for the year. There was community dinner following the inaugural meeting.
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Friday, June 27, 2008
Evaluatory worship and sermons
Sermonette: Liberative Praxis - A Sermon by Dn. Aby Paul M.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Faith and Theology
Rahbi Thar
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Gurukul Faculty Retreat: Dr. Sam Kamalesan
After summer vacation Gurukul Lutheran Theological College and Research Institute reopened on June 15, 2008. In preparation for the new academic year the Faculty has spent a day in retreat on June 14th. The Retreat was held at the Breeze Hotel in Chennai. Dr. Sam Kamalesan founder of the Friends Missionary prayer Band has been the retreat leader. Currently he is the Director of World Vision. Dr. Kamalesan has exhorted the faculty on servant leadership that needs to be cultivated in the Church. Servant leadership is transformational leadership. Another form of leadership is prevalent in the world today is transactional leadership, which sustains on the motto: You scratch my back, I will scratch yours. He further emphasized that thriving for respectability is the greatest hindrance for creativity as well as servant leadership. All institutions become bureaucratic in less than fifty years. Only way to redeem institutions from bureaucratic stagnation is to cultivate servant leadership. Jesus Christ is the great servant leader; good leaders are good followers: Christian leadership will become Christian as well as real leaders when they follow Christ. If you have nothing to follow you cannot lead. Thanks Dr. Kamalesan for the inspiring as well as provoking message.
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Rev. Aby Thomas Tharakan
Death of Dr. Rosemary Skinner Keller
A native of Oklahoma City, Dr. Keller did her undergraduate work at the University of Oklahoma. She held the M.R.E. from Yale Divinity School, the M.A. from Chicago State University, and the Ph.D. from the University of Illinois. Focusing her scholarship on religion and American culture and American women's history, she wrote and edited an impressive list of books, among them one co-edited with Rosemary Radford Ruether titled In Our Own Voices: Four Centuries of American Women's Religious Writings.
She was one of the editors of the Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America. The three-volume work, published in 2006 by Indiana University Press, covers the history of women's religious experience in North America over the course of more than four centuries.
When Keller retired from Union in 2004, she and her husband, the Rev. Robert Keller, returned to Chicago. She continued her research as senior scholar at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois, and a research fellow at the Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture at Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis.
For more information, visit the Union Theological Seminary Web site at http://www.utsnyc.edu/.
Though Keller joined Union after my graduation ad though I have not seen her personally as a member of the Union family, I am saddened by her death. We lost a great feminist scholar.
Jacob Thomas
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Rev. K.T. George
Rev. Dr. T. Jacob Thomas