APCE 2018: Touring the Presbyterian Center

…Corporation, Presbyterian Foundation, and Board of Pensions. Our last activity was a fun Presbyterian Trivia game. The categories were Book of Order, History, Statistics, Beliefs and Practices, and a bonus category identifying in which U.S. state various Presbyteries were located. Just like children and youth would in our respective ministries, I found myself as an adult getting very excited about…

APCE 2018: What Bible stories do we tell?

…Special attention should be given to lighting, seating and instruments such as microphones should be in good working order before the service starts. A Meal: Sharing of meal should always be part of congregational activities (not only on special occasions), for sharing meals reveals Christ in us. Congregants should be assigned randomly to tables by colors or coding numbers so…

Dr. Taneti to Present 2019 Dawe Lecture

Dr. James Taneti will provide an in-depth look into how and why the socially marginalized groups bring together disparate faith traditions to evolve new spiritualities. He will do so by narrating the tale of the Telugu Pentecostals in India with special focus on how these dissident Dalit Christians, at the edges of the Protestant Christianity, drew theological resources from the…

Dr. Carroll to keynote 2016 Poamn and Armss Conference

John T. Carroll, the Harriet Robertson Fitts Memorial Professor of New Testament, to deliver keynote addresses entitled “Gospel Portraits of the Disciples and Discipleship” and “People of the Spirit, People of Hope: The Vision of the Apostle Paul” for the conference of ARMSS (Association of Retired Ministers, Spouses and Survivors) and POAMN (Presbyterian Older Adult Ministry Network)….

Charlotte Campus 20th Anniversary Chapel Service

Save the date and watch this space for details!

“Re:Imagine”: CBF General Assembly 2024

Join us in Greensboro, North Carolina for “re:imagine” Find details and registration information here: https://cbf.net/general-assembly…

2025 African American Social Justice Preaching Series- Webinar

2025 African American Social Justice Preaching Series- Luncheon for Faith Leaders

2025 African American Social Justice Preaching Series – Keynote

Theological Education Sunday 2022

We give thanks to God for our seminary community. Theological education is essential to the health and vitality of churches. Laity and clergy study, prepare, and become faithful witnesses in our local communities and congregations. On September 18, join Union Presbyterian Seminary as we celebrate Theological Education Sunday. For your convenience, we have created a downloadable bulletin insert and slide…

2024 Dawe Lecture

Presenter: Dr. Hadia Mubarak | Assistant Professor of Religion | Queens University | Charlotte, North Carolina Title of Lecture–“Unlearning Islamophobia: Exploring Muslim Representations in Film” Click here for more information or to register….

2019 Charlotte Campus Academic Convocation

Join us for the annual academic convocation on Saturday, September 7, at 11:45 AM at our Charlotte campus as we inaugurate another academic year. Tom Currie, retired seminary professor and academic dean of the Charlotte campus, will preach at this year’s convocation. The service will include dedicating the Charlotte building in Currie’s honor as we officially name it the “Thomas…

Ghana Travel Seminar: Hospitality and kindness

…to us. Everybody, whether we are on the street, in a store, or at a seminary, always greet us with a smile and welcomes us to their country. There is a lot of joy that exudes from every person in Ghana and that in turn has spread to the group including myself. So when we visited Nenyo Harboror — a…

Union students log 1,000+ miles to vote

…Zeigler Meanwhile, Zeigler was experiencing car troubles and was able to obtain a ride from fellow student Catherine Parler to a Fed-Ex store so she could mail in her ballot. Upon inquiry, however, she was told her ballot likely would not make it to its destination in time to be counted. She decided immediately that she would simply have to…

Ghana Travel Seminar: Love and anger are the key

…of Accra, Ghana, on the banks of the Korle Lagoon that has achieved notoriety as one of the most polluted slums in the world, hosting one of its largest electronic waste dumps. It is populated by roughly 40,000 migrants from the Sub-Saharan north and rural areas who have journeyed south to Accra, fleeing tribal conflict in northern Ghana with the…

Middle East Travel Seminar: Entering the stomping grounds of Jesus

…we drove 40-minutes north to Tiberias where we ate lunch, with many of our group eating fish from the Sea of Galilee. Then, almost on a whim, we visited the first-century Galilean town of Magdala, the likely home of Mary Magdalene from the Gospel narratives. At the site, we explored the Migdal Synagogue, the oldest synagogue in the Galilee and…

Collaborative Youth Minister–First Presbyterian & Trinity Episcopal– Florence, AL

…in ministry whether volunteer or paid Theological training a plus but not required Time Commitment 40 hrs week Salary and Benefits Salary: $58,000 (negotiable) Employee benefits: health insurance, pension, continuing education allowance, four weeks vacation To apply: Send a cover letter and resume to The Rev. Brandon Miles (bmiles@fpcflorence.org) and The Rev. Callie Plunket-Brewton (callie@trinityflorence.org) by June 15, 2024  …

UTS Entering Class of 1979 Reunion

A great idea and concept came to fruition this fall as some of our UPSem alumni returned to the Richmond campus for a ‘mini-reunion’! Members of the Union Theological Seminary entering class of 1979 made plans to reunite on campus, September 23 – 25, 2019. Spearheaded by a trio of alums from that class, Susan Forrester DeWyngaert, Sally Hughes, and…

Central America Travel Seminar: Our last morning in Guatemala

…to museums that happened less than a week ago, but feel like they took place three months ago. It has been a long trip. Many miles. Many stories. Many faces. Many names. It has been a short trip. Much of what we have heard and seen here has taken place in the past 40 years. And all of this has…

Racism and Freedmen: Robert Lewis Dabney and Benjamin Mosby Smith

…that Dr. J. D. Eggleston be requested, on behalf of this institution, to aid the faculty in any feasible plan of preventing the settlement of an undesirable population in the vicinity of the Seminary.18 In 1874 the faculty had ordered that the students and “the Seminary servants” be informed “that no freedmen can be admitted to the Seminary, for service,…

UPSem announces new Master of Arts in Theological Studies program

…work that graduates are already doing, and prepares them for new vocations as public theologians. The program is approved by the Commission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada and Union Presbyterian Seminary is accredited by The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (www.sacscoc.org/). More information is available at https://www.upsem.edu/admissions-aid/new-master-arts-theological-studies/….

Professor Emeritus Jim Smylie (1925-2019)

RICHMOND, Va. (January 7, 2019) – James Hutchinson Smylie of Richmond, Virginia, died peacefully on January 5, 2019. He was 93 years old. An ordained minister, seminary professor, and church historian, his ministry took him around the country and the world. A memorial service is planned for February 1, 4:00 pm at Westminster Canterbury, 1600 Westbrook Avenue, Richmond, where he…