Solo Pastor–Wabash Presbyterian Church–Wabash, IN

The Wabash Presbyterian Church, established in 1863 and set in the center of a culturally rich small city in Indiana, is seeking a new pastor as we approach the beginning of our third century of faith in Jesus Christ and service to the community. MPD # 10327 on the CLC Website….

Church Administrator–Georgetown Presbyterian Church–Washington D.C.

…including supervision of third party bookkeeper; ensure proper payment of vendors; facilitate receipt of stewardship donations; assist in budgeting process. – Security: Be an active contact and participant on the church security team. – Sunday morning: Assist with logistics around Sunday morning activities. REQUIREMENTS – Proven experience as an Administrator or similar role. – College degree or equivalent required. –…

Black Lives Matter

…Staten Island, New York in 2014, Mr. Floyd is heard saying aloud, “I can’t breathe!” But, apparently it doesn’t matter, because Mr. Garner is also Black! If those two “lynchings” are not enough on the night of Friday, June 12, 2020 another Black man, Rayshard Brooks, asleep in his automobile, in the drive-thru lane at a Wendy’s in Atlanta, is…

APCE 2019: Engaging young Christians in social justice

…action for social justice include letter or email writing campaigns to public officials, boycotting organizations that are acting in inappropriate ways in the community and participating in marches and rallies to magnify the issue through bodies in the street. The message was clear – there is still work to be done in the fight for social justice in America. Those…

APCE 2018: Touring the Presbyterian Center

…the floors in each building. An insight that just popped into my mind that may parallel this symbolically is that the Presbyterian denomination also used to be separated into two different branches (one representing the North and one the South) before uniting together in 1983 into what we know today as the PC(USA). The Presbyterian Center location was the new…

Pastor–Northville United Presbyterian Church–Northville, NY

Solo Pastor to lead a small congregation, located in two locations but only one service per week. See Note-to-Seminaries-PDF for further details. Presbytery Church Leadership Connection, Albany Presbytery, Albany, New York Ministry Discernment Profile ID #11394…

Professor Schweitzer retiring at end of June, 2019

…such, this May term will be her final teaching term wherein she and Professor Richard Voelz will co-teach Preaching and Worship as Pastoral Care. With this course, and others she has offered, it is clear that her experiences in pastoral ministry, and continuing involvements in her current congregation, have been a rich resource for her teaching ministry. Please join us…

A Message from Dr. Blount

…of the coronavirus pandemic mandates that our 2021 graduation be done as a virtual exercise. We lament the inability to greet you in person and celebrate in the same sanctuary with you and your families. But, like Paul who wishes dearly that he could visit with the Roman church in person, we trust that we are linked spiritually with you…

Racism and Freedmen: Robert Lewis Dabney and Benjamin Mosby Smith

…to be in the best interests of the Negroes, the South, and the nation as a whole. Dabney’s legacy is one of sad insularity. He constructed an inflexible theology and nurtured a seething hatred for the North. It was his all-consuming racism, however, that seared his view of life. Immediately after the war, he was alarmed over the freedmen in…

Wife of former PSCE professor, Mildred Sneeden McIver, passes

RICHMOND, Va. (April 29, 2019) – Union Presbyterian Seminary has just learned of the passing of Mildred Sneeden McIver, wife of late PSCE professor Malcolm C. McIver, Jr.. She died April 24, 2019 in Wilmington, NC. Mildred Sneeden McIver, 98, died Wednesday, April 24, 2019, at New Hanover Regional Medical Center. She was born July 17, 1920 in Wilmington, North…

Union Seminary announces faculty promotions

…contexts. A graduate of Vanderbilt University’s Graduate Department of Religion with a doctorate in homiletics and liturgics, Dr. Voelz brings expertise and scholarly interest in contemporary homiletic theory, preaching and critical pedagogy, preaching and youth, pastoral identity, preaching in the Stone-Campbell Movement, and contemporary liturgical theology. He has authored three books, including “Preaching to Teach: Inspire People to Think and…

Movement Toward Diversity

…Professor Ernest Trice Thompson taught church history for over 40 years, but he was not interested in studying the past for its own sake; he saw in history a means to encourage involvement in current issues and “light the way toward a better future.”29 In the March 21, 1949 issue of The Presbyterian Outlook, Thompson published a landmark Bible study…

Employment

…is a graduate educational institution of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and an EO/AA employer committed to increasing the gender, racial-ethnic, and international and cultural diversity in its faculty, staff, and student body. Since its formation in 1812, it has sustained the intention of its founders to provide education for Christian ministry that is scholarly, pastoral, and engaged with contemporary life….

President Blount statement on passing of Rev. Dr. Willie Woodson

…human being whose joy of life and passion for Christian discipleship shone through in everything he did and with everyone whom he engaged. Filled with an abundance of gratitude for how God had moved in his life, he responded by being abundant in love with others. A devoted pastor who retired from one pastorate into the ministry of another, he…

Alumni Spotlight: Amanda Hill called to WVU Medicine as chaplain

…be the chaplain in a cancer center makes sense. “I really have been steeped in care to patients and families experiencing trauma. I’ve taken previous positions on proudly because this is, specifically, what I do. I know about trauma and how it affects families. Making the switch to cancer is a big transition for me but it’s also very exciting.”…

Sharing the Quiet: Strengthening Intergenerational Relationships

…could hear your voice and heart. Over the years, I have learned that listening is paramount to dialogue, learning, thinking, and that one is often heard even when one feels they are not, which is necessary for intergenerational relationships. You are reminding my generation that there are some stories that should not be hidden and how important it is to…

Class of 2018 profiles: Christopher Manunyo-Nyonyoh prepared to make a difference in Ghana

…community. He was also impressed with prayer time, which is much different than prayer time in Ghana. He said that many times, it’s too noisy to pray back home. Taking what he has learned in the brief time that he’s been in the U.S., Manunyo-Nyonyoh hopes to bring about a radical change in the classroom in his home country. “In…

Rev. Dr. James Forbes speaks on ‘COVID-19: A Parable of Plagues before Deliverance’

Congregational Corner: Time to Slow Down

By Rev. Jordan B. Davis (M.Div.‘14) Congregational Corner Over the past week, I have been reminded just how hectic and exhausting the season around Thanksgiving and Christmas can be for a pastor. This is a season of both thanksgiving and lament, and pastors are incredibly privileged to walk with individuals through it all. In my own experience, this is probably…

Campus Minister/Director–Winthrop Wesley Foundation–Rock Hill, South Carolina

…Higher Education and Campus Ministry Pastoral Care Duties • Welcome students of all backgrounds, faith traditions, races, gender identities, and sexual orientations into the Wesley community • Be available for conversations and short-term counseling, make appropriate referrals Supervisory and Administrative Duties • Selection of Student Leadership Team and any part-time staff hires (ie: interns, cleaning staff, Wesley House Manager) •…

Sharon & Brook: Spring 2020 issue

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Just Act: Spring 2019 Issue 1

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