The Baptist House of Studies will hold a workshop led by Dave Odom, executive director of Leadership Education at Duke Divinity School, for students seeking work in the Free Church tradition after graduation. The discussion will be geared toward third-year students. Student registration begins at 8:30 a.m. in 0012 Westbrook, following by moving to 0015 Westbrook after the morning devotion. Lunch will be provided, but reservations are required.

To register

Bishop Hope Morgan Ward of the Mississippi  Conference will meet with students interested in learning more about the conference. For more information, contact Debra Woodell or stop by 150 Langford (Dean’s Office).

Brian Milford, a representative from the Iowa Conference, will meet with students interested in learning more about the conference. To register for a meeting or for more information, contact Debra Woodell or stop by 150 Langford (Dean’s Office).

Representatives from the Western North Carolina Conference will meet with students interested in learning more about the conference. The representatives will be Kim Ingram, Duke Ison, Wesley Smith, C.M. Worthy Jr., and Toni Ruth Smith. Meeting times on Sept. 13 will be 8:30-11 a.m. and 1-6 p.m.; and on Sept. 14 from 8:30 – 11 a.m. and 12:30 – 2:30 p.m. To register for a meeting or for more information, contact Debra Woodell or stop by 150 Langford (Dean’s Office).

John Simmons, a representative from the North Georgia Conference, will meet with students interested in learning more about the conference. To register for a meeting time or for more information, contact Debra Woodell or stop by 150 Langford (Dean’s Office).

The Divinity Student Council will  hold a planning session for members of its executive board.

Sacred Worth, a Duke Divinity School student group, will hold an information session and brown bag lunch.

HOLD, (Holding Ourselves and Each Other in Living and Dying), a Duke Divinity School student group and the Institute on Care at the End of Life will hold a screening of a newly released documentary, “Consider the Conversation: A Documentary on a Taboo Subject.”

The documentary examines multiple perspectives on end-of-life care and includes interviews with patients, family members, doctors, nurses, clergy, social workers and national experts from across the country. The film’s goal is to jump-start the conversation between husband and wife, doctor and patient, minister and parishioner, and parent and child. This is not a story about death – it’s a film about living life to its fullest up to the very end. A light dinner will be provided.

Duke Divinity School will hold a community picnic to launch the new academic year for its students, faculty, and staff. This also will be an opportunity to welcome the new students. Families are welcome.

There will be a free barbecue lunch catered from Q-Shack (with vegetarian options provided) and an afternoon of games and fellowship. The food line will form in the 00 level hallway of the Westbrook Building, at the bottom of the stairs. Drinks and desserts will be under a tent on the lawn space between Duke Chapel and the Divinity School.

The Divinity Student Council will hold a planning session for members of its executive board.