Middle East Travel Seminar: A great day in Amman

…Middle East Travel Seminar: Diverse cultural perspectives in Roman-era Zippori Middle East Travel Seminar: A day of memory, history, hope… and sweets! Middle East Travel Seminar: The Western Wall, Temple Mount, and Dome of the Rock BY AL ADAMS Jordan is usually a land of hot and dry temperatures, especially this time of year. Yet our group’s first full day …

Reformation Tour: Bridging the Divide

…across the stage to receive my Master of Divinity degree from Union Presbyterian Seminary in 2015, I was relieved to know that I’d submitted the final writing assignment of my seminary career. No more papers or projects! No more deadlines! Freedom never sounded so sweet. Little did I know that three years later, I’d be joining Union’s Tour of the …

Pastor–New Covenant Baptist Church–DeLand, FL

…sermons; guidance and leadership to the church; hospital/sick visits; and spiritual care as needed. The pastor should be an honest and trustworthy person who is a visionary and is passionate about connecting with our community. Interested applicants should submit their resume and cover letter to m13reddish@gmail.com. For more information about New Covenant Baptist Church, go to www.newcovenantbaptist.net. Job-description-Part-Time-Pastor     …

Seminary for a Day 2019

…of Ethics, Theology and Culture and Director of the Katie Geneva Cannon Center for Womanist Leadership at the Richmond Campus (Workshop description to be announced.)       All the Rage: The Dynamic Power of Anger in Conflicted Relationships Kenneth J. McFayden, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Academic Dean, Richmond Campus, and Professor of Ministry and Leadership Development This …

Embodying God’s Story and Our Stories: storytelling, art, worship

A program of the Carl Howie Center for Science, Art, and Theology led by Revs. Shawna Bowman and Nanette Sawyer All events are free and open to the public. Please register for the events you’d like to attend here. …

Started UPSem 2003: Rev. Dr. Ophelia Garmon-Brown (MDiv 2008)

…mother, brother, and sister. Eventually, they all relocated to North Carolina to be closer to her mother’s family. Graduating from North Carolina Central University, she entered medical school at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Garmon-Brown moved to Charlotte to begin a family practice residency at Charlotte Memorial Hospital in 1980. Since completing her residency in the early 1980s, …

Congregational Corner: Take On A Life Out of the Tomb

…of the storms of life. I will give my heart and my life over to God, trusting in God’s active presence and acting through God’s enduring grace. 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 yugdas manandhar from Pexels …

Dr. Richard Voelz awarded grant to strengthen preaching preparation

…the program is generously supported by Indianapolis-based Lilly Endowment Inc. Founded in 1937, the endowment’s major areas of programming are religion, education, and community development. For more information on the grants program, including a complete list of this year’s grants recipients, please see https://worship.calvin.edu/grants/. ###   Richard Voelz photo MEDIA CONTACT Mike Frontiero Director of Communications Union Presbyterian Seminary mfrontiero@upsem.edu …

Aspiring South Korean church leaders visit UPSem

Students from the Graduate School for Lay Leadership Education in Seoul, South Korea, paid a visit to the Richmond campus of Union Presbyterian Seminary to advance their gifts for leadership in the life of the Korean church. In the first year of their two-year program, and as a complement to their studies in Korea, participating elders travel to the U.S. …

Movement Toward Diversity

…its graduates to respond to the times. 28. McComb, 37-38. 29. Peter Hairston Hobbie, Ernest Trice Thompson : Prophet for a Changing South(Ph.D. dissertation., Union Theological Seminary, 1987), 541. 30. Board of Trustees, Minutes, 1950-59, 803. 31. “A Century in the City,” celebrating the centennial of the move of Union Theological Seminary from Hampden-Sydney to Richmond (UTS, 1998), 12. BACK …

Congregational Corner: Take on, A New Perspective

…in one Love. Open our hearts and minds, empower us to our lives, So that together we might shout “Hosanna!” and together we might see you walk by. 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 …

Congregational Corner: Take on A Bit of Kindness

…offering excuse after excuse, may our hearts be opened to difficult change. May we follow Christ’s example, Opening our lives to our neighbors This and every single day. Amen. 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 …

Black Lives Matter! MLK

…28, 1955, in Mississippi. Medgar Wiley Evers, a civil rights activist and NAACP field secretary for the state of Mississippi, was murdered in his driveway on June 12, 1963. Four black girls (Addie Mae Collins, Carol Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley) were killed when four members of the Ku Klux Klan bombed the 16th Street Baptist Church in …

Yaupon Place: A Call To Action

…directing Yaupon Place. You can easily make an online donation to Yaupon Place by clicking on this GiveCampus link. Consider making a multi-year pledge. Or send a check made payable to Union Presbyterian Seminary and indicate on the check the gift is designated “for Yaupon Place.” Mail to Evelyn Terry, Union Presbyterian Seminary, 3401 Brook Road, Richmond, VA 23227. Thank …

It Feels Good to Give!

…line with your name if you give online and on the memo line if you send a check. “For God loves a cheerful giver” (Cor. 9:7b)! See the website for giving opportunities. For tracking purposes, when you give write “BAA” on the line with your name if you give online, and on the memo line if you send a check. …

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Worship, Ecology, and Community Revisited

…faith, Galbreath will return to those congregations and see what has transpired in the intervening years with regard to their environmental commitments, practices, and theology. From his learnings, he will craft a Lenten study focused on earth care habits as integral liturgical practices within a worshiping community, exploring the capacity of such practices to shape theological imagining and to link …

Ordained Minister – Biscoe Presbyterian Church – Biscoe, NC

Biscoe Presbyterian Church is located in Biscoe, North Carolina. We are a member of Coastal Carolina Presbytery. Option of manse or housing allowance. Church Mission/Vision Statement Biscoe Presbyterian Church is a fellowship of believers who share allegiance to the one God- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Our mission is to seek God’s will and to be faithful disciples of Jesus …

Information for Rev. Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon memorial service Sept. 10

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Middle East Travel Seminar: Turning toward Jerusalem 

…and then she stood facing the cars and munching chips with her rife hanging towards the ground. The soldiers’ demeanor seemed noticeably discrepant from the tension associated with a security checkpoint but maybe it was just a daily formality for them. After the white car was cleared, our bus passed with a wave and we proceeded to a section of …