Sprunt Lectures

“Redeeming the Creature: Race, Place, and the Hope of the Church”

Lecturer:  Dr. Willie Jennings, associate professor of systematic theology and Africana studies at Yale Divinity School

“These lectures will be devoted to helping Christians rethink the nature of life together as creatures. Christianity in the west suffers from a defective doctrine of creation that has been plagued with both the racial condition and a horrid understanding of place. Together these problems have rendered the doctrine useless – it does no significant work in shaping the way we understand creaturely life together. In these lectures, I will explore the reasons for this defect and suggest what a robust doctrine of creation should teach us.”

Preacher:  Rev. Jill Duffield, editor of The Presbyterian Outlook
Worship Titles: “Mature Little Children” (Col 1: 15-29 and Mark 10: 13-16) and “Where are you from?” (Isaiah 43: 1-7 and Luke 13: 22-30)

2018 Distinguished Alumnus: Rev. One Ho Park (Ed.D’89), president of the Graduate School of Practical Theology in Seoul, Korea

2018 Black Alumni Association Trailblazer:  Rev. Karen Brown (M.Div.’92), pastoral associate at Grace Presbyterian Church in Baltimore, Maryland, and resource developer for Intersection of Change

Join us for the Third Annual Union Golf Tournament on Monday, May 7th, at Jefferson Lakeside Country Club, 1700 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond, VA 23228.

Register at www.regonline.com/Sprunt2018.

Click here for a link to the event brochure and schedule.