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(FREE) Webinar: Death & End of Life Issues

…Churches and for the World Alliance of Reformed Churches to the International Eastern Orthodox/Reformed Dialogue. She served on the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Special Committee on Catechism. She published Jesus Christ in the Preaching of Calvin and Schleiermacher (Westminster John Knox, 1996) and is currently editing the New Westminster Dictionary of Christian Theology.   Dr. Joel Kaminsky Joel S. Kaminsky (Ph.D.,…

Online Workshop: Church Communications – During Covid-19 and Beyond

…church websites to assess wins and identify gaps recommendations on updating navigation and content throughout your website without starting from scratch an introduction to SEO (search engine optimization)   Leader bio: Christen Kinard has spent a decade as a professional in communications and marketing. She has helped businesses and organizations as diverse as high-end retail stores and independent schools develop…

Host Site Coordinator/Stated Supply–Presbytery of Transylvania–Eastern Kentucky

The Presbytery of Transylvania is looking for a Host Site Coordinator/Stated Supply position. This person will partner with 5 of our churches in Eastern KY who do not have consistent pastoral leadership, and also welcome disaster recovery groups to the area. These 5 churches are all in communities hit HARD by a significant (and that’s an understatement) flood in July…

Middle East Travel Seminar: Entering the stomping grounds of Jesus

…exploring the ancient city ruins of Beit She’an National Park (top photo), an area containing foundations of buildings dating from the Canaanite period to the Byzantine. While it is not to the sheer scale of a site like Jerash in Jordan, the park exhibits a breathtaking and remarkably well-preserved major city of the Roman Decapolis. Migdal Synagogue From Beit She’an,…

Presbyterian Polity, Program, and Mission

…program and mission of the PC(USA).   Required Reading Book of Confessions, Study edition. Online version is at http://www.pcusa.org/site_media/media/uploads/oga/pdf/boc2014.pdf or on course documents, Blackboard Book of Order, 2013-2015 edition. Online version is at http://www.pcusa.org/resource/book-order-2013-2015/ or on course documents, Blackboard Historic Principles, Conscience, and Church Government, adopted by 195th General Assembly (1983) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) http://www.pcusa.org/resource/historic-principles-conscience-and-church-governme/ or on course…

Union students log 1,000+ miles to vote

…was discouraged by voting. By midnight, I had my bags packed,” Shields says. He woke up at 3 a.m., boarded his plane at 5 a.m., arrived by 9 a.m., and after invalidating the absentee ballot he never received, was finally able to vote at 10:23 a.m. Media outlets published stories on his experience including Sojourners, WWBT-TV, WTVM-TV, and Mic. Samantha…

Passion to help veterans guided Charlie Pratt to ministry

…Mary Kay Cosmetics. BY JOE SLAY By the time of his encounter with a Korean War veteran with something very important to confess, Charlie Pratt (M.Div.’17) was ready. The old man, about to undergo surgery, had been carrying a dark secret since a dark day on a bridge in Korea, more than 60 years ago. The man knew from the…

Interim/Transitional Ministry Training Week 1

Interim/Transitional Ministry Training Week 1 Embodying Transitional Leadership Today: Person, Place, Purpose, and Possibilities DATES: November 14 – 18, 2022 LOCATION: Paisley Hall on the Richmond campus of Union Presbyterian Seminary LED BY: Rev. Nancy Dolan, Rev. Laura Sherwood, Dr. Dorothee Tripodi Full leader bios can be viewed on the registration site, under the Leaders tab. DESCRIPTION: For pastors and…

2019 SPC Joe Ward Scholarship Golf Tournament[3]

Union matters! podcast: God and the sanctuary movement

…Union matters! podcast: Perils of peacemaking How to revitalize a church through music and drama BY JOE SLAY Lana Heath de Martinez, a 2016 graduate of Union Presbyterian Seminary, can, without a moment’s hesitation, name two professors who helped her to define her calling as a “faith-based activist.” Those individuals, Dr. Carson Brisson and the late Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon,…

Our Central America travel seminar has landed!

…Central America Travel Seminar: Illiteracy, human rights, and deportation Central America Travel Seminar: Stories of exile and oppression Central America Travel Seminar: Colonization in Guatemala Central America Travel Seminar: Worship and futbol Central America Travel Seminar: Buzzing over Guatemalan coffee and a volcano 🌋 Central America Travel Seminar: Our last morning in Guatemala BY JOEY HAYNES After nearly eight hours…

Loss, lament, and gratitude in the aftermath of Florence

…at http://www.firstpresnb.org or mail your gift to First Presbyterian Church New Bern, NC 400 New Street, New Bern, NC 28560, or at the same address, Craven County Disaster Relief Assistance. You can also do so through the Presbyterian Disaster Assistance of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), online at http://www.pcusa.org, or 100 Witherspoon Street, Louisville, KY 40202-1396, (David…

On-Campus Workshop: Preaching & Teaching John during the Lenten and Easter Seasons

…Workshop participants are invited to attend Community Worship on campus 12:30pm: Workshop participants can select to attend Community Lunch on campus (additional charge) Location: Union Presbyterian Seminary, Paisley Hall, Richmond, Virginia Workshop Description: For many centuries, dating back to the ancient Jerusalem liturgy, the Church has singled out stories from John’s Gospel for reflection during Lent (the stories of Nicodemus,…

Online Application

The SONIS application is only one part of the application process. Please visit our applications page for complete lists of application requirements for each degree program.   Getting Started With SONIS Steps to complete an online application: Open UPSem SONIS website Select APPLY ONLINE Select CREATE NEW APPLICATION Select the degree program you are interested in applying for from the…

Online Workshop: The Basics of Digital Church Communication

…– how to better communicate your church’s needs   TUESDAY, JUNE 1 | 10 A.M. EST Virtual Curb Appeal Your website is now your front door. It is the first impression you make and it is likely not as welcoming and inviting as you think. Learn what visitors and congregants alike need from your website and how best to meet…

Online Workshop: The Basics of Digital Church Communication

…how to better communicate your church’s needs   TUESDAY, AUGUST 31 | 11 A.M. EDT Virtual Curb Appeal Your website is now your front door. It is the first impression you make and it is likely not as welcoming and inviting as you think. Learn what visitors and congregants alike need from your website and how best to meet those…

Responding to death & end of life issues

…of Old Testament Union Presbyterian Seminary PANELISTS Dr. Trina Armstrong Directer and founder, Lead Wellness Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist at the Center for Wellness Encounters, Chicago, Illinois Duke Superfund Advisory Board Dr. Dawn DeVries John Newton Thomas Professor of Systematic Theology Union Presbyterian Seminary Dr. Joel Kaminsky Morningstar Family Professor of Jewish Studies Professor of Bible in the Religion…

2017 Sprunt Lectures

Program Registration http://www.regonline.com/Sprunt2017   LECTURER Dana L. Robert Truman Collins Professor of World Christianity and History of Mission, Director of the Center for Global Christianity and Mission Boston University Title: Cross-Cultural Friendship and Christian Mission: History and Practices Dana L. Robert is a leading historian of world Christianity and mission. Her books include American Women in Mission: A Social History…

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

…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….

Student Complaints

…Carolina Post-Secondary Education Complaints 223 S. West Street, Suite 1800 Raleigh, NC 27603 (919) 962-4550 To file a complaint with the Consumer Protection Division of the North Carolina Department of Justice, please visit The State Attorney General’s web page at: http://www.ncdoj.gov/complaint. North Carolina residents may call (877) 566-7226. Outside of North Carolina, please call (919) 716-6000. En Espanol (919) 716-0058….