Linger at the Levine Museum

…kid, I loved summer. In part, because it was that time of the year I got to slow down a bit and try some new things. This summer, we are trying something new, and I am thrilled to invite you to share in it. On August 18, we will hold our first Charlotte gathering of Union Presbyterian Seminary Alumni. Starting…

L.B. and Mavis Reavis Ministry Lecture

Dr. Stanley H. Skreslet, F. S. Royster Professor of Christian Missions, will present a lecture entitled “Migration and World Christianity.” The event will be conducted virtually. Participants will need to register to receive the link to the event page which contains the recorded lecture. After viewing the lecture, participants are invited to join Dr. Skreslet for a live Q &…

Dr. Blount to preach on Revelation in Ivy, VA

On Sunday, December 11, 2016, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Ivy, Virginia, will welcome Dr. Brian K. Blount as the guest lecturer for the Adult Forum at 9:30 a.m. in the Parish Hall. Dr. Blount will be lecturing on Revelation. Dr. Blount is the President and Professor of New Testament in the Walter W. Moore and Charles E.S. Kraemer Presidential Chairs…

Professor Charles E. Brown announces retirement

RICHMOND, Va. (April 24, 2018) – The Rev. Dr. Charles E. Brown, who has served as a teacher and mentor to decades of students, will retire from the faculty of Union Presbyterian Seminary on June 30, 2018. This May term is his final teaching term. In 1987, Brown joined the faculty of Union Theological Seminary of Virginia (now Union Presbyterian…

14th Annual Inter-Seminary Ultimate Disc Tournament at UPSem

…three games throughout the day on March 23rd, 2019. Each participant will be playing with a team affiliated with their own school. The games will be played 7 on 7 with substitutions after a score. Each game will have two 20-minute halves. There will be no play count (no time limit for throwing). A detailed event schedule is on the…

William Klein, former trustee, dies

…call to serve as the pastor of the Black Mountain Presbyterian Church in Black Mountain, North Carolina. He was ordained July 25, 1954, by Asheville Presbytery. He served the Black Mountain Church until he accepted a call to the Oakland Avenue Presbyterian Church in Rock Hill, South Carolina, in 1959. Eight years later he received a call to his third…

Mission Possible: Embracing the task of strategic visioning

October 9-12, 2017 – Richmond campus Cost is $250 ($195 for those who register by September 25) This four-day workshop features Olanda Carr, Ministry Relations Officer for the Presbyterian Foundation. He and the participants will explore critically and statistically the state of today’s mainline churches, who we are in relation to the larger church, and help develop a mission strategy…

UPSem Corine Lytle Cannon Colloquy

…In partnership with the KGC Center for Womanist Leadership, contributors to the journal will present their papers at the Corine Lytle Cannon Colloquy held Thursday, April 4, 2019, on Union’s campus in the Early Center. The reception is from 6:00 – 7:00 pm. followed by the colloquy 7:00 – 8:30 pm. Free and open to the public. Registration is requested….

Visions of Strategic Planning: Navigating a Way from Mission to Impact

…includes lunch on both days CEUs: 1.3   This seminar will engage a number of topics in relation to the ministry contexts of participants: Mission. Vision. Design thinking. Leveraging priorities. Implications for financial, human, building, and technological resources. Readiness for change. Resistance. Impact. Participants can expect to depart from this seminar with new perspectives on how to craft a strategic…

Union Forum: Why do racist symbols have to go?

The removal of statues honoring Confederate heroes and Christopher Columbus, and the Confederate flag has long been viewed by some as an infringement upon freedom of speech and erasing history. But what happens when that same freedom of speech is not afforded equally to all? What happens when such freedom of speech incites violence against others? What does it mean…

Statement from President Blount on the death of George Floyd

…asked, that I nonetheless feel compelled to answer. I feel compelled because I am afraid. I am afraid because I fear that my voice is too insignificant to matter. I am afraid because I fear that while what I say bears insufficient weight to make a difference, it carries just enough potency to get me in trouble. I am afraid…

Union Seminary condemns rising anti-Asian violence

RICHMOND, VA (April 5, 2021) – Union Presbyterian Seminary issued the following statement in response to swelling anti-Asian violence in the United States: We, the Union Presbyterian Seminary community, are alarmed at the steady and painful resurgence of anti-Asian sentiments in the recent past resulting in nation-wide violence against our Asian American and Pacific Island siblings. In addition to the…

Union Seminary honored for fundraising performance and improvement

…(CASE) recognized UPSem for “overall performance” as well as “overall improvement” among private professional and specialized institutions. It is a rare distinction for a school to win both awards in a single category the same year. The Overall Performance Award is given to colleges and universities that show solid program growth, breadth in the base of support and other indications…

Union Seminary awarded grant to map children’s faith formation

…With her particular research foci on children’s spirituality, faith formation, and use of technology in the educational enterprise, she is uniquely poised to lead this effort and draw other scholars and practitioners into it.” Participants include scholars and reflective practitioners whose current work and/or avocation focuses substantially on children’s faith formation from a variety of perspectives and locations. They represent…

‘The Many’ to perform at Union Seminary

…Sessions Tuesday, October 15, 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. – Creative Workshop Choices (participants select one) What in the world are we singing? Finding and creating songs for worship that better reflect our theology and calling to justice and inclusion. Doing liturgy as if our lives depended on it. How to create inclusive, anti-racist, poetic and moving liturgy that helps us…

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Central America Travel Seminar: The day we met Jon Sobrino

…group visited the Pastoral Center of Monsignor Romero at Central America University in San Salvador, El Salvador. It is the site where six Jesuit priests and two women were murdered in 1989. We were taken through the museum, garden, and Chapel to see and learn the story of this atrocity. In the midst of our tour, we were invited to…

Our Reformation Tour lands in Berlin

…professor in Biblical Hebrew at Union Presbyterian Seminary. She is leading a “Tour of the Reformation” through Union’s Leadership Institute in partnership with First Presbyterian Church of Virginia Beach. Participants are traveling to Germany, France, and Switzerland, following in the footsteps of Martin Luther, Ulrich Zwingli, and John Calvin in commemoration of the 500th year anniversary of the Protestant Reformation….