La Sierra University celebrates creation with creativity, insight

  Arts+Culture   Archaeology+Religion   Adventist Culture  

With newly created music, exquisite nature photography, poetry, performances and thought-provoking presentations, La Sierra University will host a “Celebration of Creation Weekend” this Friday and Saturday, May 1 and 2.

An Indonesian sunset glows in brilliant oranges and reds. (Photos by Dr. Lee Grismer)
An Indonesian sunset glows in brilliant oranges and reds. (Photos by Dr. Lee Grismer)
A glassy lake in Malaysia mirrors a bright blue sky.
A glassy lake in Malaysia mirrors a bright blue sky.
A bird soars above the earth in Mongolia.
A bird soars above the earth in Mongolia.
Dr. Ron Carter, provost, Loma Linda University, will give a sermon for Celebration of Creation Weekend events.
Dr. Ron Carter, provost, Loma Linda University, will give a sermon for Celebration of Creation Weekend events.

"Celebration of Creation" is a General Conference event held annually on one of the North American campuses of higher education and this year arrives at La Sierra.

Activities will begin during First Service, a weekly student vespers held at 8 p.m. at the La Sierra University Church. The weekend will commence with the world premiere of a composition by La Sierra’s Ariel Quintana, assistant professor of choral studies, performed by La Sierra’s choral groups and the La Sierra University Orchestra. The concert will be illustrated with photography by La Sierra University biology professors Lee Grismer and Lloyd Trueblood, and marketing director Natan Vigna. 

Activities will continue during Sabbath services at the university church. Sabbath afternoon events begin at 2 p.m. at the Museum of Natural History with presentations at 3 p.m. at the Visual Arts Center. A full schedule is available below. For further information call 951-785-2241.

Fri., May 1, 8 p.m., First Service, La Sierra University Church

• In Principio Deus, world premier, Dr. Ariel Quintana

• Homily: “Chaos and Collaboration,” La Sierra University Church Pastor Vaughn Nelson

Sabbath, May 2, 9:30 a.m. and noon services, La Sierra University Church

• The Trombone Choir of La Sierra University performing music by Franz Joseph Haydn and Joachim Neander, directed by Dr. David Kendall, assistant professor of music, La Sierra University

• Reading, “Creation,” from the suite of poems, God’s Trombones (1927), by James Weldon Johnson, given by Dr. Maury Jackson, assistant professor of practical theology, La Sierra University

• Sermon: “The Moral Imperative of Systems Ecology,” Dr. Ron Carter, provost, Loma Linda University

Sabbath, 2 – 5:30 p.m., campus events

• 2-5 p.m., Museum of Natural History open (Cossentine Hall)

• 3-5:30 p.m., Celebrating Creation through the Eyes of Science and Theology (Visual Arts Center 102)

·      Dr. Eugene Joseph, associate professor of biology, La Sierra University, “An Essential Prerequisite Foundation for Creation Celebration”

·      Dr. Fritz Guy, research professor of philosophical theology, La Sierra University, “Creation Is About God—What God Is, What God Does, and What God Wants” 

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