new church life : september / october 2017
time , adding Latin , Medieval History and Student Support to his workload .
The Rev . Coleman Glenn has taken on the role of teaching sophomore boys religion and will be serving both Bryn Athyn College and the General Church in various capacities .
Keene Blair is the new Boys School Administrative Secretary . She had been serving in this role in a temporary capacity for several months and we are thrilled that she has agreed to stay on in a full-time , long-term capacity . Keene has a great deal of insight , diligence and love for the mission and people of ANC .
Both schools are sad to see Kim Adams depart as Delta Mu advisor this year . She brought a gift for organization to this role and we are sure this will make it easier for her replacement , Molly Cronlund , to step in .
We are also losing a superior costume master with Judy Merrell stepping down . Judy has taught sewing and done a superior job both designing and organizing the costumes for the past several productions . It was a pleasure to work with her .
The Girls School is happy to welcome three new teachers : Angella Irwin will be teaching yoga ; Lori Odhner will replace Judy Merrell teaching costuming and as costume master ; and Christina Orthwein will be teaching photography .
The Girls School Faculty will be discussing the newly printed Conjugial Love Faculty Handbook produced by the Conjugial Love study that took place from 2010 until this spring . We will be determining ways that each teacher can integrate the concepts and ideas of the doctrine on conjugial love into her curriculum .
On September 27 , thanks to a grant from the Cole Foundation , the Secondary Schools and Bryn Athyn Church School will host a speaker at MPAC – Julie Lythcott-Haims , the author of How to Raise an Adult - Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success .
Both the Boys School and Girls School faculty read and discussed this book last year . While it is primarily written for parents , we found plenty of fodder for discussion about how the faculty might be contributing to the phenomena of students who are not prepared for adulthood . The public will be invited to attend this event .
charter day 2017
This year ’ s Charter Day celebration for the Academy of the New Church takes place October 19-23 in Bryn Athyn . Highlights will include the Cathedral address , the banquet , class reunions , sporting events and the annual scholarship golf event .
The Cathedral address will be given by the Rev . Michael K . Cowley , pastor of the Olivet Church in Toronto , Canada . We hope to have a copy of
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