Thanks giving service for Rev. Dr. James Massey and Prof. Dr. Ninan Koshy

The United Theological College, Bangalore and the Board of Theological Education of the Senate of Serampore College will be conducting a thanksgiving service to celebrate the life and witness of the Late Rev. Dr. James Massey and Late Prof. Dr. Ninan Koshy on Friday, March 13, 2015 at 4 P.M. at the Ziegenbalg chapel in the UTC.

The President of the Senate of Serampore Rt. Rev. Dr. Isaac Mor Philaxenos, the former director of the SATHRI, Rev. Dr. K.C. Abraham, Professor of Old Testament in the UTC, Rev. Dr. K. Jesurathnam and Professor in the Department of Mission and Ecumenics, Rev. Dr. Gudrun Loewner will offer tributes.

All friends, partners, pastors, church leaders, lay representatives, alumni and well wishers are welcome to this solemn service to celebrate the life and contribution of two well known and respected figures in the field of theology, church and society.

Book launch tomorrow

The book launch and inaugural sale of the book "Borders and Margins. Re-Visioning Ministry and Mission", edited by Rev. Dr. Dexter Maben will be held tomorrow at 9 A.M. at the Ziegenbalg chapel in the UTC. The book is jointly published by the Publication Committee of the UTC and the Christhava Sahitya Samithi, Thiruvalla.

Those present will include the students and staff of UTC, Fr. Dr. Joseph Benedict Mathias, S.J., Rector of the St.Peter's Pontifical Seminary, Bangalore, Ms. Corine Kumar, Vimochana, Bangalore, Prof. D. Kiran Jeevan, Head of the Department of Social Work, St. Joseph's College, Bangalore, Rev. Dr. John Samuel Raj, principal of the UTC, Rev. Dr. Sahayadhas, Rev. Dr. Dexter Maben, editor of the book and contributors and language editors. The book will be available till March 11, 2015 for an inaugural price of Rs 350.