The 2018 Carl Howie Center for Science, Art, and Theology: “It’s Showtime! Art, Organizing, and Building Community One Musical at a Time”

Thursday, October 4, 2018 – 1:30 – 4:30 p.m. and/or 7:30 – 9:00 p.m.

“It’s Showtime! Art, Organizing, and Building Community One Musical at a Time: The Revitalization of Fourth Presbyterian Church, South Boston” – led by  Burns Stanfield, Pastor, Fourth Presbyterian, South Boston, VA.

Free and open to all.

Schedule:

12:00 p.m. – Complimentary Lunch (No cost, yet meal registration is required)
The Holderness Dining Room (Richmond Hall)

1:30 – 4:30 p.m. – Seminar & Conversation, “The Tools of Practice: Shared Stories, Relationships, and Songs” – The Holderness Dining Room (Richmond Hall)

7:30 – 9:00 p.m. – Workshop, “Songs and Stories to Share: It’s Showtime!” –
Lake Chapel in the Early Center on the Richmond campus

Reception to follow in the Rose Reception Room in the Early Center as well.

REGISTER HERE. (Note: Registration is only required for the complimentary lunch and is not needed for the event itself).

There is no cost to attend the lunch, afternoon seminar, or evening workshop – all are welcome!  Feel free to attend one or all portions of the day’s events.

Leading this year’s event is Burns Stanfield, who has pastored Fourth Presbyterian Church, South Boston, for the last 27 years, and leads their after-school offerings in music, art and children’s theater.  He is also a musician and an instructor at Harvard Divinity School and Andover Newton Seminary.  Burns is the current president of the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization, an IAF-affiliated organization working on health care, affordable housing, and criminal justice reform.

The Carl Howie Center for Science, Art, and Theology sponsors presentations through which church leaders (including seminarians) recognize and engage the insights and implications of the interplay of science, art, and theology for theological expression and the practice of ministry.  The Center generously provides funding for lectures, seminars, and displays at Union Presbyterian Seminary once or twice a year, featuring artists, scientists, and/or theologians in conversation about a particular topic.

The Howie Center Events are open to one and all and are designed to bring community members together through the intersection of science, art, and theology.

NOTE:  The evening event will be LIVE-STREAMED through Union Presbyterian Seminary’s Facebook page.  Go to www.facebook.com/UPSem to view the lecture live.  Questions may be sent to tjones@upsem.edu. Additionally, the evening portion of the event will be available for viewing www.youtube.com/user/UPSem within 72 hours of the presentation for those unable to be with us in Richmond.