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Solo Pastor–First Presbyterian Church of Port Huron–Port Huron, MI

…new pastor will find themselves preaching in a 137-year-old sanctuary nestled in an evolving neighborhood close to the city’s downtown and waterways as well as along a sunlit Lake Huron beach during the summer. If you know someone that would be a great fit, please ask them to send their resume to portpresby.pnc@gmail.com or apply directly at www.pcusa.org/clc. https://www.fpcporthuron.org/pastoral-search/ First-Presbyterian-Minister-Discernment-Profice-MDP …

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Director of Christian Education–Highlands United Presbyterian Church–Jacksonville, FL

…grow from strong Christian Nurture offerings. **Duties:** – Attend Sunday morning worship weekly, participating and leading as needed; attend worship on Christmas Eve, Easter, and other important services during the year – Facilitate Christian Nurture ministries for all ages, including (but not limited to) Sunday School, Wednesday evenings, Youth Group Meetings and special events, Vacation Bible School, Women’s Bible Study, …

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

…area. These 5 churches are all in communities hit HARD by a significant (and that’s an understatement) flood in July 2022. This is a 3 year, ordainable position with a manse. It will be hard work, but we believe this person has the real ability to shepherd lasting change for these congregations and communities. For more information please visit: https://clc.pcusa.org/mdp/10361/view/ …

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Director of Ministry with Youth and Families OR Associate Pastor for Youth and Families–Highland Presbyterian Church–Louisville, KY

…logistics. Outreach and Community Engagement: Establish connections with organizations and organize and participate in community outreach and service projects. Event Planning and Coordination: Organize & oversee special events, retreats, mission trips, and other activities for youth members. Events include Sunday Night Youth Groups, Overnights- Middle school (2–3 per year) & High school (2–5 per year) Summer Trips High School Conference …

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Susan Hickok, first Charlotte campus employee, former associate VP, dies

CHARLOTTE, NC (April 14, 2021) – Susan Grubbs Hickok, the first employee of Union Presbyterian Seminary’s Charlotte, North Carolina, campus and former Associate Vice President for Advancement, died April 3 at home with family. She was 70-years-old. A virtual memorial service was held April 11 at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Charlotte. This service can be viewed on the Covenant website. …

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Head of Staff–Central Presbyterian Church–Anderson, SC

The head of staff would provide leadership for a 600 member congregation. They will be expected to preach, teach, and provide pastoral care and while shepherding the congregation in outreach, service, mission, and all other aspects of church leadership. Full information can be found on MIF in the CLC system of the PC(USA). …

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Solo Pastor–Sixth Presbyterian Church–Pittsburg, PA

Sixth Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh is looking for a full-time installed Pastor. The duties and responsibilities are as follows: 1.Lead worship and preach at regular and special worship services, providing for substitute preachers when necessary 2. Officiate at sacraments, weddings, and funerals 3. Coordinate with the Director of Children and Youth Ministry, the Director of Music, the Worship Committee, and …

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Accreditation

…Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, GA 30033-4097, by calling 404-679-4500, or by using information available on SACSCOC’s website. Union Presbyterian Seminary’s accreditation was reaffirmed by the SACS Commission on Colleges in December 2022 for a period of ten years, until 2032. Union Presbyterian Seminary’s accreditation was reaffirmed by the ATS Commission on …

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Congregational Corner: When the world changed

…pray for and long for the day when we can say that we are not only the United States of America, but the United Kingdom of God. 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 Axel Houmadi on Unsplash …

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Started UPSem 2021: Matt Wiedle (pursuing MDiv and MACE)

…MACE) The following is part of a series of 20 profiles that represent each year that Charlotte has been enrolling students. Senior Business Development Manager Wickfire, LLC Asheville, North Carolina Born in Indiana but raised in Illinois, Matt Wiedle now calls Asheville, North Carolina, home with his wife and one “fur baby.” Receiving his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Millikin …

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5 African-American students to graduate

…Edloe Graduating with a Th.M. is the Rev. Dr. Leonard Edloe. Leonard has had a long career as a pharmacist and has pastored New Hope Fellowship for many years. Edloe asserts that the most important thing he learned at Union is the conscientization process, taught by Dr. Katie Cannon that allows him to use theological resources to develop norm clarifications …

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Union matters! podcast: God and the sanctuary movement

…life of domestic abuse and life-threatening danger in Honduras. That woman, Abbie Arevalo-Herrera, is seeking asylum in the United States. She is an undocumented immigrant who lives now with her eleven-year-old daughter and two-year-old son in the basement of a Richmond church. If she steps outside the sanctuary of the church, she faces almost certain deportation. De Martinez is part …

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Started UPSem 2014: Rev. William Joseph “Joey” Haynes III (MDiv 2019)

…MACE) The following is part of a series of 20 profiles that represent each year that Charlotte has been enrolling students. Chaplain Queens University of Charlotte Charlotte, North Carolina Born and reared in Monroe County, West Virginia, Rev. Joey Haynes (MDiv 2019) now calls Charlotte home. Proudly Baptist by heritage and ordination, Haynes left the state in the mid-2000s to …

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Congratulations to Alumna Rev. Dr. Angela Sims (Ph.D.’08), Newly Inaugurated President of Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School

…in your life. Places where you can find rest and refuge from the rigors and expectations associated with this wonderful, but challenging role, as seminary president. As I begin my 14th year as president of one of your theological alma maters, Union Presbyterian Seminary, I have learned many valuable lessons. The lesson that remains primary for me is the one …

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Associate Pastor–First Presbyterian Church–Vero Beach, FL

…committees, and providing pastoral care to members of the Congregation. In addition, the Associate Pastor will directly manage and oversee growing youth and young family ministries programs. This position encourages and supports the multi-generational ministry of the church, and through it connects the body of Christ across all age groups. The Associate Pastor will serve as a generalist in the …

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President Blount statement on passing of Rev. Dr. Ophelia Garmon-Brown (MDiv 2008)

…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, she held numerous roles at Novant …

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Financing Seminary

…you’ll get an offer of financial aid from the seminary. If you accept the offer, you will need to complete entrance counseling (available online for UPSem) and sign a loan agreement. Grants/Scholarships: You could qualify for a UPSem scholarship or matching grant, denominational scholarship, a PC(USA) Study Grant, or a myriad of other options. Head over to the financial aid …

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Ghana Travel Seminar: May Day

…Grace Presbyterian in Ghana. Then we visited the nearby Patmos Retreat Centre in Akropong-Kuapem, founded by Grace PC’s dynamic Catechist, Abboa Offei (Offei is in white with us in top photo). The retreat centre began as a prayer camp, has expanded its facilities, and has become an oasis where individuals, congregations, para-church organizations are welcome to gather free of charge …

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Reaffirming – Black Lives Matter!

BY WILLIAM R. FREEMAN (M.Div.‘01) On the morning of May 21, 2018, I took out my smartphone and swiped across the face to wake it up; what I saw on the screen was a church sign, on a church lawn, that read, “Black Folks Need To Stay Out Of White Churches.” I was shocked! I did not know what to …

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6 things about Marcy Wright’s summer break

…year. Learning the original languages just adds richness to study of scripture and the narratives of biblical faith that we have been told since we were children, narratives that we continue to share today. Our Greek professor, Megan Strollo, sent the class an article before class started in July in which the author declared that as ministry leaders, one of …

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