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Dr. Roger Gench to Present 2022 Dawe Lecture
March 1, 2022 @ 7:30 pm - 8:45 pm
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Lecture Title: Cruciform Mindfulness
Presenter: Dr. Roger Gench, Retired Pastor of The New York Avenue Presbyterian Church and current Theologian in Residence at Second Presbyterian Church
Date: Tuesday, March 1, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
Location: Watts Chapel, Union Presbyterian Seminary, 3401 Brook Road, Richmond, Virginia.
The lecture will be live-streamed as well.
About the Lecture: Dr. Roger Gench will explore the connection between the Buddhist notion of mindfulness and Christian theology and spirituality of the cross. It will articulate a foundation for the Christian life in which activism and spirituality are integrally related, part of the same footprint, rather than disconnected or addenda to each other.
About the Presenter: Roger Gench retired in 2019 from seventeen years of service as the senior pastor of The New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington DC. He has also served as the pastor of Brown Memorial Park Avenue Presbyterian Church in Baltimore, Maryland. He has spent the last thirty years connecting the contemplative arts and theological reflection to the practice of community organizing. He currently serves as Theologian in Residence at Second Presbyterian Church in Richmond, Virginia. He is an alum of Union Presbyterian Seminary, where he completed a Ph.D. in Theological Ethics.
The Dawe Lecture is FREE and open to the public, yet registration is requested. The lecture will be presented on campus and livestreamed as well.
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The Dawe Lecture series is funded through The Donald and Nancy Dawe Fund for Emotional and Ethical Growth. The Fund was established thanks to a generous gift from Dr. Coleman Longan honoring Donald and Nancy Dawe. Dr. Dawe was professor emeritus of Union Presbyterian Seminary until his death in 2012.
The lecture series, which is held annually at Union Presbyterian Seminary, pays tribute to Dr. and Mrs. Dawe and promotes ethical and religious understanding. Because of Professor Dawe’s long-standing interest and commitments in the area of multi-religious and multi-cultural understanding and interfaith dialogue, this lecture series seeks to contribute to deepened awareness and insight in these areas of intellectual and especially practical religious concern.
