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Mary Krambeer | Admissions Counselor
The Allender Center at The Seattle School
mkrambeer@theseattleschool.edu | 206.876.6149

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Remembering a Year with Gratitude This past year marked many changes within our community and around the world, and we are ever grateful for God’s faithfulness. Many of you showed up to support us by making an end of year gift—thank you! We are thrilled to announce that we as a community have exceeded our fundraising goal for the end of the year and are filled with wonder and thanksgiving for your investment in our mission. We look forward to welcoming new learners and growing in our service to God and neighbor in the year ahead! Before jumping headlong into 2020, we spent some time remembering the past year and revisiting the many milestones we celebrated together as a community. We began the year by joining with The Allender Center and The Impact movement in Montgomery, Alabama to engage the realities and impacts of racism and trauma. In the realms of research and academics, Resilient Leaders Project released its first research report in February and the new MA in Counseling Psychology Concentration in Trauma & Abuse was announced in April. You can read more about our highlights (and most-read articles) by visiting the Intersections blog. Dr. J. Derek McNeil’s appointment as President of The Seattle School was a significant moment in 2019. Our community is privileged to have Dr. McNeil step into a role he has been faithfully stewarding and we continue to look forward to his leadership in the years to come. Please save the date for a Presidential Inauguration Ceremony coming up in April 2020 and anticipate a formal invitation coming soon.

Lean Into Your Calling: Priority Consideration Deadline Today, more than ever before, the world is in need of thoughtful, courageous leaders who are able to offer spiritual, emotional, and relational care for the sake of collective flourishing. Our unique graduate degree programs which include a MA in Counseling Psychology, MA in Theology & Culture, and Master of Divinity help to equip pastors, therapists, and social entrepreneurs to serve God and neighbor through transforming relationships. Learners graduate from our programs to pursue innovative, restorative work that—for such a time as this—offers hope and healing to both individuals and communities around the world. Our priority consideration deadline for the 2020 cohort is January 17. Begin your application and explore your calling today. APPLY TO THE SEATTLE SCHOOL

Welcoming Learners to The Seattle School: Spring Preview Are you ready to explore how your calling intersects with both the deep beauty and heartache of the community around you? We welcome the opportunity to learn and explore alongside you. Preview is a wonderful opportunity for anyone who seeks to understand what learning looks like at The Seattle School. At Preview, you’ll hear brief lectures from current faculty members such as Dr. Doug Shirley, Assistant Professor of Counseling, listen to alumni speak about their experiences, and ask any questions you may have. Take a step towards your calling and who you might become at The Seattle School and register for our upcoming Preview on Saturday, March 14. JOIN US FOR PREVIEW

Pastors Breakfast As a community, we are deeply committed to serving the local church. President J. Derek McNeil would like to invite you to join with other church leaders for a gathering on Thursday, February 13. Attendees will be able to sit down for breakfast and have honest conversation about the challenges of leading and being the church in Cascadia today.. RSVP TO ATTEND THE PASTORS BREAKFAST

Welcoming Winter “This birthing and making Spirit knows – is – both sea and land, both treasured ship and treasured reef, both the calling from the shore and the delivering tide, both the storm and the rainbow reminder that – always, even in Winter – the rain does indeed end. This Spirit welcomes our dread of the dreariness, disruption, and doom, even while it welcomes, and helps us welcome, Winter.” Whether you are a new transplant to Seattle or a tried and true veteran of the city, the darkness of winter affects everyone in a different way. In this post, Brian Bard, Institutional Support Coordinator at The Seattle School, reflects on how embracing the change in seasons reminds us to welcome the changes within ourselves and that yes, this darkness indeed has an end. READ WELCOMING WINTER

Upcoming Events at The Allender Center Navigate the depths of your own story and the stories of those around you through one of our sponsored events with The Allender Center. Effective Trauma Care February 6-8, 2020 in Orange County, CA Effective Trauma Care is a seminar for therapists, practitioners, ministry leaders, and advocates desiring a deeper understanding of the impact of trauma and abuse and a stronger grasp of the tools to engage individuals with courage and care. Register for Effective Trauma Care Intimate Mystery March 6-7, 2020 at Christ Community Church in Franklin, TN Intimate Mystery is a conference designed to invite you to an honest exploration of who you are, how your story impacts your style of relating, and what you and your partner create together in light of your unique stories. Register for Intimate Mystery Story Workshop April 24-26, 2020 at Sheraton Suites Chicago O’Hare in Rosemont, IL August 20-23 at The Seattle School in Seattle, WA Story Workshop is a three-day event that invites you into the themes of your life, offering encouragement and wisdom as you seek to understand, write, tell, and live your story in deeper and more transformative ways. This offering is central to our mission and purpose, and we’d love for you to be a part of this transformative weekend with us! Apply to be a part of Story Workshop

Ending and Beginning: Regret As we enter a new year, Dr. Dan Allender and his wife, Becky Allender, address the issue of regret on The Allender Center Podcast and how so often our regret inhibits us from reflecting well on the past. LISTEN TO ENDING AND BEGINNING: REGRET

About The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology is a progressive, multi-denominational graduate school and seminary located in the Belltown neighborhood of Seattle, WA. Our mission is to train people to be competent in the study of text, soul, and culture in order to serve God and neighbor through transforming relationships.

Partner With Us The continued investment of people like you enables us to form pastors, therapists, artists, and leaders committed to being light-brighters and truth-tellers in a broken world. SUPPORT OUR MISSION

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Dear Friends, As we find ourselves in a season of disruption and uncertainty, I believe it is increasingly important to link - to find ways to join in our struggle and confusion, joys and hopes. This virus is particularly insidious because it puts our needs for connection at odds with our instinct to withdraw to avoid the contagion. I'm keenly aware that people don't survive disaster in isolation. I find myself wrestling with what it looks like to serve G-d and neighbor in the time of COVID-19. How do we practice social linkage and social solidarity in a time of physical distancing? How do we collectively lean into the tension of connection as both the threat and the cure? I am reaching out to connect with you. How are you navigating this global crisis? Where have you witnessed service, resilience, and hope amid the hardship and loss? How might we link to one another in service of G-d and neighbor? I am mindful of our students and alumni serving as pastors, priests, therapists, trauma responders, chaplains, counselors, artists, case workers, and advocates. Many in our community are on the front lines of this pandemic and I am deeply grateful for their service. Our alumni are uniquely equipped to tend to spiritual, emotional, and physical needs within our communities. This is sacred work and so necessary in this season. I am grateful for our community's impulse to find creative ways to serve the world through dialogue, information sharing, and collective action. Earlier this month, we moved our fully in-person graduate school completely online in a week's time. We had a holy conclusion to this year's Narrative Focused Trauma Care Level I cohort via Zoom and look forward to facilitating our first online Story Workshop in April. I have been profoundly proud of our faculty and staff for their efforts in this unprecedented time and moved by the ways our students and learners have shown up and engaged. Dr. Dwight Friesen, Professor of Practical Theology, is offering Toward a Spirituality of Contextual Listening Amidst COVID-19 in our spring term, beginning April 21. Our entire spring term is being offered online and we invite you to learn with us-wherever you are in the world. Learn more on our website. Our Office of Students & Alumni is creating a virtual Night of Lament on April 8 at 6:30pm PDT. Kate Davis and Resilient Leaders Project are facilitating a (free) webinar on Resilience for Spiritual Caregivers on April 16 from 3:00-4:00pm PDT. Dr. Dan Allender and Rachael Clinton Chen have been offering a trauma-informed conversation in The Allender Center podcast series Love and Courage in a Global Pandemic. Please share these resources with your communities and to reach out with opportunities for us to join and partner with you. The impacts of the virus are layered and profound. I'm grateful for those of you who have offered support as we pivot our learning community online and face financial losses and gaps due to the virus. If you are able, I ask you to make a gift to our annual fund. We need your support as we work to offer quality learning-without interruption-as we close out this academic year and as we work to serve our students, alumni, and communities in need. MAKE A GIFT TODAY As we navigate this season, I pray for us and the weariness we hold in our bodies and souls. I ask for spiritual, physical, emotional, and relational renewal in this dry and dark season. We are in Holy Week and I'll admit I'm having a hard time connecting. The rhythms that prepare me have been cancelled or have shifted to something that doesn't feel familiar. I resent having to do it this way. And even so, perhaps this is the one of the messages of the Resurrection - that hope isn't foolish, redemption is possible, and death doesn't have the final word. May this message link us to one another. May we be people marked by our faith, hope, and love in this time. Grace and peace, J. Derek McNeil, PhD President & Provost Subscription Center | Profile Center | One-click Unsubscribe This email was sent by: The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology 2501 Elliott Ave | Seattle, WA, 98121, US

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In less than 10 days we moved a fully "offline" school to a completely "online" school. It was truly a remarkable feat, made possible by a host of exceptional people. Though we are discovering how to connect and communicate in new ways, we are even more so driven by our mission to provide high-quality learning and build transforming relationships. These are truly unprecedented times, made even more strenuous by the necessary call for distancing. Even so, our fears cannot be the source of our drivenness, nor all that is important in this moment of human history. We must pause and steady ourselves and keep asking: Who in this time is it important to connect with? What are the redemptive spaces that we are being called to serve? During this strange season, we invite you to pray for our students, our school community, our Seattle community, and our world. May we offer grace and compassion to one another as we lean into social connection in a time of physical distancing, adapt to new ways of learning together, and welcome the unexpected opportunities that emerge. Grace and peace, J. Derek McNeil, PhD President & Provost Join Our Learning Community Online this Spring You have the unique opportunity to join our learning community by registering for one of our Spring Term courses. As a community that is committed to relational and experiential learning, we are determined to continue to provide rich and engaging content through this changing season. Featured courses for the Spring Term cover topics such as developing a practical spirituality amidst COVID-19, exploring the literary legacy of C.S. Lewis, and using the Bible in relation to contemporary social issues. All are welcome to apply for audit, non-degree, or transfer credit. EXPLORE FEATURED COURSES Lean Into Your Calling-Fall 2020 Admissions Deadline We are at a pivotal moment in history. The world is in need of courageous leaders who will respond to build transforming relationships in new, innovative ways, in the service of God and neighbor. Our unique graduate programs, which include a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology, Master of Arts in Theology and Culture, and Master of Divinity , help to equip pastors, therapists, artists, and social entrepreneurs to walk alongside communities in need of restoration and healing. Our General Admission deadline for the Fall 2020 cohort is May 11. Begin your application and explore who you are becoming with us today. APPLY TO THE SEATTLE SCHOOL Join Us for a Virtual Preview Join prospective learners and MACP student Gabes Torres (MATC '18), for a Virtual Preview Event on May 8 at 2:00pm. You can ask questions and learn more about our unique, relational learning community. At the end of each presentation, there will be time to connect with our Admissions Team and other learners who are curious about beginning their graduate journey at The Seattle School. ATTEND VIRTUAL PREVIEW Encounter Healing and Connection through Your Story Even in the midst of isolation, there is opportunity for deep connection. You can find community and equip yourself to enter your story by signing up for one of The Allender Center's online courses. In a situation that feels powerless, these online courses will help to combat disconnection and enter your story with curiosity and care. Use the discount code HOPE20 to take 20% off of your course, expert teaching, and a downloadable workbook. Wherever you are in this journey, you have the power to take a step, to engage what is being stirred in you, and to experience healing. ENROLL IN STORY SAGE ENROLL IN HEALING THE WOUNDED HEART Read & Listen Hearts and Minds: Connection in a Season of Disruption "May we find our way forward, not in fear, but with a moving compassion." President J. Derek McNeil offers a timely reflection and an encouragement to connect amidst great disruption and isolation. Read "Hearts and Minds" Love and Courage in a Global Pandemic on The Allender Center Podcast In light of recent, world-altering events, Dan and Rachael sat down to check in with each other and have an honest conversation about the traumatic impact of COVID-19. Listen to "Love and Courage in a Global Pandemic" About The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology is a multi-denominational graduate school and seminary located in the Belltown neighborhood of Seattle, WA. Our mission is to train people to be competent in the study of text, soul, and culture in order to serve God and neighbor through transforming relationships. Partner With Us The continued investment of people like you enables us to form pastors, therapists, artists, and leaders committed to being light-brighters and truth-tellers in a broken world. SUPPORT OUR MISSION Subscription Center | Profile Center | One-click Unsubscribe This email was sent by: The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology 2501 Elliott Ave | Seattle, WA, 98121, US

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Dear Friends, Today we’re partnering with GivingTuesday for a new day of global action of giving and unity in response to COVID-19.   The Seattle School - through the Allender Center, Resilient Leaders Project, and our degree programs train and send skilled practitioners out into the world; therapists, pastors, entrepreneurs, leaders, and artists capable of bringing healing and restoration to individuals and communities. This global pandemic has caused many of our students to be laid off or furloughed from their jobs. Some are struggling with day-to-day expenses to care for themselves and their families–whether it is to cover the gap for rent, groceries, or receiving immediate professional care. We anticipate these challenges facing students to continue as the effects of the pandemic reach even further into the coming weeks. Your special gift to our Benevolence Fund today will help meet their needs and will allow them to continue their education and training. By partnering with organizations around the world today for Giving Tuesday, your gift will go to the relief of students facing a personal financial crisis so they can care for themselves and their families. You will directly alleviate the financial stress of our students in need. Please give today and celebrate this day of giving and unity, joining us in our mission of serving God and neighbor. With hope,  Andrew Greene Director of Advancement One-click Unsubscribe | Subscription Center | Profile Center  This email was sent by: The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology 2501 Elliott Ave | Seattle, WA, 98121, US

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Lean Into Your Calling—Fall 2020 Online We are committed to our student’s safety and providing a rich and robust education that reduces barriers to learning. We’ve made a decision to continue all coursework online for our Fall term through December 2020. This unique season opens the door for prospective students, who may not live in the Seattle area, to more easily join us for our incoming Fall 2020 cohort. And right now, the world is in great need of courageous leaders to help mend society, to become agents of change in the service of God and neighbor. Our graduate programs which include a Master of Divinity, Master of Arts in Theology and Culture, and Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology , help to equip pastors, therapists, artists, and social entrepreneurs to walk alongside communities in need of restoration and healing. Join our Fall 2020 cohort and apply! Our Summer Application Deadline is July 3.  APPLY TO OUR GRADUATE PROGRAMS Watch: Resilience in Crisis—Webinar Series For the past several months, Resilient Leaders Project has cultivated a “Resilience in Crisis” webinar series, which exists to support, resource, and encourage leaders and practitioners through the pandemic crisis. Topics that have been featured so far include resilience for spiritual caregivers, mental health professionals, and viewing the pandemic as a change catalyst.  WATCH THE RESILIENCE IN CRISIS SERIES Move Toward Healing with The Allender Center We''re encouraged to hear of all who''ve been impacted by beginning an online course these past few months. These participants are all incredibly brave for stepping into their stories of harm and heartache. If you have not yet had the opportunity, through June 30, you can use the discount code HOPE20 to take 20% off The Allender Center’s online courses: Story Sage, Healing the Wounded Heart, and new course To Be Told. You will receive expert teaching and a downloadable workbook, and each course has the option to be completed individually at your own pace or as a small group. Enroll in an online course and take a step to engage in and experience healing. ENROLL IN AN ONLINE COURSE Responding to Racial Trauma The Work Ahead of Us: Addressing Racial Trauma and Systemic Injustices President J. Derek McNeil, PhD, addresses the systemic injustices and the most recent horrific racial trauma against Black bodies. “As a nation, we are at a crossroads. The status of our mistrust and divisions will tear us apart and we will not recover. This society will not hold together through coercion nor anarchy, but only through the rebuilding of trust.” Read “The Work Ahead of Us” I Can’t Breathe by Linda Royster “We know that we are suffocating, too. I wrote this article, and you are reading it, because we have not yet reached the end stage of suffocation’s death march toward us, in us, over us, around us, and through us.” Linda Royster writes on The Allender Center’s blog about the body’s fundamental work of breathing, and how Jesus is intimately acquainted with the suffocation of George Floyd and Eric Garner. Read “I Can''t Breathe”  Partnerships in Racial Justice Work  Dr. J. Derek McNeil and Jimmy McGee, President and CEO of our partner The Impact Movement, have a conversation on The Allender Center Podcast about attending to racial trauma and injustice with people who will help us grow. Listen to “Partnerships in Racial Justice Work" Anti-Racism Resources for White-Majority Churches Our community compiled a list of resources for churches that are predominantly white to engage race, no matter where they are in the conversation. The purpose of this list is to serve as a guide towards examining privilege, healing from fear and division, and making progress towards the invitation to justice and peace. Explore “Anti-Racism Resources”??????? Chronic Stress as Trauma: Resilience in the Time of Covid-19 Many of us are experiencing heightened levels of disorientation and stress. Andrea Sielaff, a researcher in Resilient Leaders Project, calls us to be understanding with ourselves in this uncertain season. Read her strategies for mitigating the effects of chronic stress and ways we can find wellbeing.  READ RESILIENCE IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 Equip Future Leaders and Changemakers Over the past 22 years, we have been committed to leading a movement of transformation through relationship, connected by faith in the person of Jesus, and engaging personal and collective trauma for the sake of social change. From our graduate degree programs, we train and send skilled practitioners out into the world—therapists, pastors, entrepreneurs, leaders, and artists.  Now, more than ever, the world is in need of leaders who will mend the fragmentation in our world. Your gift before the end of our fiscal year on June 30 allows our students to continue their specialized training, uniquely equipping them to provide for the health of our communities. You will also support unique learning and practice in resilience through The Allender Center and Resilient Leader Project, and concentrations that allow learners to specialize in the treatment of trauma and the strengthening of community bonds—all increasingly vital as our world navigates this present turmoil. Will you partner with us? SUPPORT OUR MISSION The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology is a multi-denominational graduate school and seminary located in the Belltown neighborhood of Seattle, WA. Our mission is to train people to be competent in the study of text, soul, and culture in order to serve God and neighbor through transforming relationships.

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