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Norris P. Moses (1926-2018): PSCE trustee & treasurer

…Macaulay, Carolyn Macaulay, Amy Moses Stanley, Monica Moses Knight, and William Moses. He has four great-grandchildren. From his marriage to Ann, he has two stepchildren, Kay B. Sherrin and her husband Jay Sherrin, and Susan B. Peters and her husband Geoffrey Peters and three step-grandchildren, Elizabeth Sherrin, Katherine Peters and Caroline Peters. Moses was preceded in death by his first …

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Dr. Voelz to be on a panel exploring Grief, Stillbirth and Pastoral Care

Sunday, July 9th, 2-3:15pm, a panel including Rich Voelz will discuss “Grieving the Loss of Small Souls: Reproductive and Early Parent Loss” at the General Assembly of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Indianapolis, IN. Dr. Voelz is Assistant Professor of Preaching and Worship at Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, Virginia. …

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President Blount to Deliver Lecture at Tabor Presbyterian Church, Crozet, VA

…Matters,” Dr. Blount will invite those gathered to consider how understanding our “context” might help us to understand and consider the “context” of others, so that we might better engage and love our neighbors. Dr. Brian K. Blount is President and Professor of New Testament in the Walter W. Moore and Charles E.S. Kraemer Presidential Chairs at Union Presbyterian Seminary. …

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Congregational Corner: You are invited!

…encourage others to pass along an invitation while we wait to hear the results. We pray they won’t answer the phone when we call so that we can just leave a quick voicemail and move on. For most churches, these weeks kick off a new Christian Education year. I challenge you to move beyond the bulletin invitation, only seen by …

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What a Difference a Gift Makes!

…but I knew my parents did not have money for that. At the end of my first week at home, an acceptance letter from Temple University arrived. Now what? I needed money to travel to Philadelphia and pay for sundries. Reminded my parents didn’t have the money on hand, I wrote to a couple who gave me a $1,000 scholarship …

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The biggest question

…the church down the street that we forget how to be the best version of ourselves. I pray that each one of us might find new ways to discern what that means in our congregational and personal lives. Alumna Jordan B. Davis is transitional associate pastor at Kirk of Kildaire Presbyterian Church in Cary, North Carolina, and editor of Congregational …

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Why Is The Church Silent On Confederate Statues?

…line Monument Avenue. A drive from the Boulevard, where the Stonewall Jackson monument stands, to Stuart Circle where J.E.B. Stuart sits on his horse, would carry you pass five Christian churches. A walk one block to the east would carry you to another church. Why do I feel that these churches need to make a statement? Wasn’t slavery enacted and …

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6 things about Alex Abdalla’s summer break

During the summer months, our students work, intern, or study in a variety of settings, often earning course credit and learning what it means to be the Church in the World. Some stay near campus, while others move away for a few months. On the blog this summer, we are featuring some of our students and the work they’re doing. …

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Covenant Pastor for Congregational Life–First Presbyterian Church–Richmond, VA

…that engage all members of the congregation, and the membership process. Pastoral care is provided by all pastors as well as active deacons through the Neighbors at First program. Congregation-wide activities include regular programs such as the Sunday’s Cool Café on Sunday mornings September – May and post-worship dinner on Sunday evenings September – May; events such as the annual …

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Glenn Q. Bannerman (1927-2020): A Tribute

…from the Assembly’s Training School, which became PSCE. Glenn began teaching at PSCE in 1958. Upon retiring in 1989, after 31 years of teaching, he and Evelyn moved to Montreat, North Carolina, where Glenn remained active in recreation and conducted leadership training and participatory events throughout the United States as well as overseas. A certified church educator in the Presbyterian …

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Professor Charles Swezey remembered as master theological teacher

…accent, and his always generous care.” Union Presbyterian biblical scholar, John Carroll, who taught alongside Dr. Swezey for many years, writes: “Charlie was meticulous and careful and attentive to process as an academic dean. I still recall well Charlie welcoming me into his office and patiently and graciously listening to my concerns and apprehensions as a young, new member of …

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Online Workshop: Resurrected Church — What Tomorrow’s Church May Look Like Today

…the America of the (near) future? What may be learned from some of the most diverse churches of the Presbyterian Church (USA), blending mixes of race, income level, age, and sexual orientation? What happens when a church has a near-death experience and emerges with a new sense of liberation and comfort with experimentation? Can a congregation be built out of …

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Aspects of Human Growth and Faith Development

…CA: SAGE Publishing, 2010. Kelcourse, Felicity, editor. Human Development and Faith, 2nd ed. St. Louis, MO: Chalice Press, 2015. Select ONE book from the list below to explore more deeply in one developmental area: Adults: Au, Wilkie and Noreen Cannon. Urgings of the Heart: A Spirituality of Integration. New York: Paulist Press, 1996. Young Adults: Parks, Sharon Daloz. Big Questions, …

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President Blount to Preach at Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church

President Brian K. Blount will preach at the 9:45 and 11:15am services at Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church in Mount Pleasant, SC, on Sunday, October 27, 2019. Dr. Brian K. Blount is President of Union Presbyterian Seminary and Professor of New Testament in the Walter W. Moore and Charles E.S. Kraemer Presidential Chairs. …

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Online Course: This Womanist Work– Models of Womanist Leadership

…issued. Online Course Title: This Womanist Work: Models of Womanist Leadership Course Dates: Tuesdays, July 19 – August 23, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. EDT Course Description: Models of Womanist Leadership is a signature course of The Katie Geneva Cannon Center for Womanist Leadership that presents a framework for womanist leadership within families, communities, organizations, and congregations. Utilizing womanist theo-ethical …

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(Online Conference) Called to Justice: Seeking Change within the Classroom, Congregation, and Community

…Registration: Online registration is open. Click here to register. Participants will be able to select the number of workshops to attend. Access to the keynote addresses will be free, with registration required. Registered participants will receive Zoom meeting links ahead of the workshop dates. The keynote addresses will be provided as separate links for participants to view. **************************     …

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Congregational Corner: Take on, Loving Yourself

…and to pure love we will return. Embrace the dust of today, rather than sweeping it away; Love who you are today, rather than hiding your beauty away. Alumna Jordan B. Davis is associate pastor for youth and young adults at Kirk of Kildaire Presbyterian Church in Cary, North Carolina, and editor of Congregational Corner. Photo by freestocks.org from Pexels …

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President’s Top Five

…witness. Let’s consider (in no particular order) why.   Faculty Speakers Bureau   One: They are available. To your church and to your organization. Do you have folks who want to think more biblically, reason more theologically, educate more credibly, practice the faith more pastorally and prophetically? Well, have I got a resource for you! The UPSem faculty. You say …

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W. Sibley Towner, Professor Emeritus of Biblical Interpretation, dies at 85

…year Sib taught there. We all were so privileged. He even made Hebrew fun, as well as relevant. He cared passionately for the Bible and for his students. I am forever grateful for his teaching, his friendship and his inspiration. Rest in peace, my friend. Monica Gould – He was such a fine professor! Old Testament narrated by Sib is …

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A time to give thanks

…they are, who they are telling “Here I am.” On Monday, I lay in bed looking out the window at the changing trees and reflected on the day before. It was full of beauty and heartache, excitement and dread. There were moments when I wondered how anyone could question if there is a God, and there were moments that I …

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Online Course: Womanist Activism & Public Witness

…of the Public Theology and Racial Justice Collaborative, Vanderbilt Divinity School Leader Bio: Dr. Teresa L. Smallwood, a native of North Carolina, earned a B.A. degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she majored in Speech Communications and Afro-American Studies, followed by a Juris Doctor degree from North Carolina Central University School of Law in 1985. …

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Statement from President Blount on passing of Lamar Williamson Jr.

…contributions to PSCE, Union-PSCE, now Union Presbyterian Seminary are most familiar to most of us. He for decades he taught New Testament and much more at PSCE. He helped lead the federation with Union. When I asked him subsequently to join the Board of Union-PSCE he first demurred, worried he was too “old and cantankerous” (his phrase). He did serve …

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