Monday, September 2: We pray for guidance and energy for all those participating in the Registration and Orientation Week and the annual ICS Community Fall Retreat later this week.
Tuesday, September 3: This is Registration Day for our returning Junior Members. We pray for safe travel for all new and returning Junior Members who are coming to study at ICS this fall. As the students arrive, we ask God to help with energy and flexibility for their back-to-school transition.
Wednesday, September 4: Today is ICS's Community Fall Retreat. This event has traditionally served as a wonderful start to another year of our life together at ICS and we pray that this year will be no exception.
Thursday, September 5: Today is Registration Day for our eight new Junior Members. We offer prayers of thanks for the addition of eight new Junior Members to the ICS community this fall. Please continue to remember them in your prayers as they make the final preparations and transitions this summer in order to begin their program studies here next week.
Friday, September 6: We thank God for all of our Junior Members and ask God to bless them as they begin another year of studies at ICS.
Monday, September 9: The first week of classes begins today! The first course of the new academic year starts today: "Biblical Foundations" with Senior Member Nik Ansell. We ask for God's blessing on all the course participants.
Senior Member Bob Sweetman begins radiation treatments today. Please pray for strength, patience and for good results from this treatment.
Tuesday, September 10: Today is the first class of the new course “Theories of Language and Interpretation: Gadamer, Kristeva, and Searle” with Dr. Lambert Zuidervaart. We offer prayers for God's blessing on all the course participants.
Wednesday, September 11: Today is the first day of the new course “Religion, Life and Society: Reformational Philosophy” with Dr. Lambert Zuidervaart. We pray for God's blessing on all the course participants.
Today the new Junior Members will be visiting the Toronto School of Theology and the University of Toronto Library. We pray for an informative experience for all the participants.
Thursday, September 12: Today the new course “Wittgenstein: Language and the Philosophy of Religion” with Dr. Ron Kuipers begins.
Friday, September 13: Today is the first day of the new course “Facing the Darkness: The (Human) Nature of Evil” with Dr. Nik Ansell. We ask God to bless all the participants.
Monday, September 16: Two distance education courses begin this week: “Curriculum: Organising the World for Learning” with Dr. Doug Blomberg and “Creative Communication: Culture, Art and Politics” with Dr. Allyson Carr. We pray to God to bless all the course participants.
Tuesday, September 17: We offer prayers of thanks for the many people who have presented ICS with gifts of prayer, money, and expressions of appreciation, especially throughout these quiet summer months. We are blessed with your interest and support.
Wednesday, September 18: Today is the first Academic Council meeting of the 2013-2014 academic year. We pray for God's wisdom to guide the discussions and decisions at this meeting.
Thursday, September 19: We ask God's help and guidance for all those who are doing advancement work for ICS. Please pray that support for the vision and mission of ICS continues to grow.
Friday, September 20: Please pray for the ICS Board recruitment process, that committed and able candidates for Board vacancies will be offered to the ICS membership for approval this fall.
Saturday, September 21: Today Cal Seerveld will be speaking at a workshop at Willowdale CRC in Toronto. We ask for blessings for all the participants.
Monday, September 23: We pray for blessings for the Friends of ICS Board and all those who are doing advancement work in the US.
Tuesday, September 24: We continue to pray for blessings and energy for ICS Presidents, Tom and Dawn Wolthuis, as they manage their many responsibilities.
Wednesday, September 25: Today is the first Faculty meeting of the 2012-2013 academic year. We pray for God's wisdom to guide this meeting.
Thursday, September 26: We pray for stamina and wisdom for Senior Member Doug Blomberg as he continues in his role as Academic Dean.
Friday, September 27: We ask God to bless Senior Member Ron Kuipers as he continues his work as Director of our Centre for Philosophy, Religion and Social Ethics.
Monday, September 30: We pray for energy and enthusiasm for those who are involved in planning the upcoming issue of Perspective.
