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Womanist Leadership Institute Online Courses

…African Sphere 2022-2023 online courses offered: (Core Course) This Womanist Work: Models of Womanist Leadership (Elective) Womanist Ways of Worship (Core Course) Womanist Biblical Interpretation (Elective) Black Women’s Mental Health as Resistance 2021-2022 online courses offered: (Core Course) Womanist Theology: A Primer (Elective) Womanist Activism and Public Witness (Elective) Proto-Womanist Thought (Elective) Womanist Social Ethics …

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Join us for lunch at APCE Feb 8

…of the Master of Arts in Theological Studies Programs Rebecca Davis (M.A.’90; M.DIV.’91; Ph.D.’07) Professor of Christian Education, Charlotte W. Clay Macaulay (D.Min.’85) Director of Alumni Development Lisa McLennan (M.Div.’14) Associate Director of Admissions, Charlotte Mairi Renwick (M.Div.’11) Director of Admission, Richmond Crystal Sygeel (M.Div/M.A.C.E.’96) Director of Hospitality Ministries Don’t miss this opportunity to fellowship with faculty, staff, alums and …

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Started UPSem 2015: Rev. Gail Henderson-Belsito (MDiv 2020)

…the call of God on their lives, while also wrangling families, careers, church involvement, and other activities. Charlotte needs a place for the study of the Word of God, church history, and the future of the church. And UPSem Charlotte provides a place for preparation for ministry and also for the deepening and strengthening of ministry that is already happening.” …

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The Wrong Story

…making separate promises to the displaced and imperiled Jews. Talk about fostering enmity! It was Western powers (including Americans) that forced Palestinians from their ancestral homes—homes where their families had lived as Muslims and Christians and JEWS since…well, since they ALL were Jews! It was Western forces that created the false equivalencies of Palestinians to Canaanites and Jews to Israelites …

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History: Whose Story? Black Lives Matter! by Rev. William R. Freeman (M.Div.01)

…Garner. Unfortunately, even in 2021 some still see no need to study history nor to read about the accomplishments of the many Black theologians, educators, scholars, journalists, inventors, scientists, writers, preachers, etc. The UPSem Black Alumni Association welcomes all! The Black Alumni Association, in our Constitution and By-Laws, welcome all who stand with us in fighting racism wherever it exists. …

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About Giving: Attitude is Everything

…in order to get? Reflecting on giving in church or giving back to God, such giving is an act of stewardship, as defined in the Westminster Dictionary of Theological Terms— “the responsibility given to humans in creation for managing the resources of the earth. Christian stewardship involves the whole of life since all life comes from God and is to …

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Reformation Tour: Music & Luther

…the several musicians in the group. The tour included a brief recital on several period instruments, including a 300-year-old organ that Bach probably played himself. The demonstration was done with our own Ann Boelzner pumping the pedal bellows to supply the air to the instrument. The day ended with a three-hour bus ride to Koblenz, at the confluence of the …

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Patterning God, The Great Provider

…we have responsibilities too. We are stewards of the provisions. We may use them, but we must take good care of the earth. When we fail to care for the environment, we damage its use by future generations. Just think about it, coal mining on the land, oil drilling in the oceans, clear-cutting the forests, chemically polluting the waters and …

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Fools for Christ

…for the work to happen. And sometimes, in what I am learning are some of the best times, it just might mean that we “act a fool.” How will you be a “fool for Christ” today? Alumna Jordan B. Davis is Transitional Associate Pastor at Kirk of Kildaire Presbyterian Church in Cary, North Carolina, and editor of Congregational Corner. …

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Elizabeth Hinson-Hasty

Theology and Ethics

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Class of 2018 profiles: Bruce McVey faces down challenges to reach the pulpit

…McVey also took some pastoral care classes while at Union to prepare him for his new position. “I’m a raging extrovert so these classes have helped me learn how to try to be more silent and listen to people in these pastoral care situations, which is not necessarily my natural tendency.” While at Union, McVey also had a full-year internship …

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Alumna, pastor calls for action on racism in Charlotte

by Gregg Brekke | Presbyterian News Service LOUISVILLE – Although the streets of Charlotte, North Carolina are now quiet following protests in response to the September 20 shooting death of Keith Lamont Scott by police, area Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) pastors say the historic and deep-seated sentiment that fostered unrest after this killing remains. “Charlotte is a southern city,” says …

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APCE 2019: The tide is changing

…workshops was that of changing tides. The number of youth, and subsequently the adult volunteers, involved with the traditional format of Sunday school is shifting dramatically. Part of Strauss & Howe’s generational theory called “the turning” caused a spiritual snag for me. This idea is a cultural phenomenon caused by a generation’s persona (archetype) unleashing a new era (the turning) …

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McFayden named president-elect of Association of Presbyterian Church Educators

…pastors and educators, paid and volunteer, who will prepare the church for ministry in the world.” The association’s expressed purpose is to advance educational ministries in the church and increase the ongoing witness of our faith in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. APCE encourages professional recognition through certification and/or designation, provides opportunities for improvement of professional skills, supports personal enrichment, …

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India travel seminar: Andhara Christian Theological College

This is post 7 of 11 in the series “India travel seminar” India travel seminar begins India travel seminar: Religious and cultural diversities India travel seminar: Deep care & kindness India travel seminar: A dream fulfilled India travel seminar: Spirit of the Sikhs India travel seminar: Observing faith formation practices India travel seminar: Andhara Christian Theological College India travel seminar: …

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Strengthening Faith Formation Among Children

…the skepticism of Millennial families about organized religion, but also their hopes and fears; » Recognition that future programs need to be holistic and family centered, not child centered, and issues need to be approached as “something we do with the entire family… inter-generational…not segregated by age”; and » Understanding that the religious learning environment should not be focused only …

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Ghana Travel Seminar: Reuniting with alumni

…to seeing Hannah again in September! From left, Union alumnus The Rev. Jonathan Komladzei, The Rev. Hannah Flalor-Abganyo, and Union professors Frances Taylor Gench and James Taneti. Union alumnus Christopher Mawunyo-Nyonyoh, center, with travel seminar students Joaquin Ross and Marcy Wright. Frances Taylor Gench is the Herbert Worth and Annie H. Jackson Professor of Biblical Interpretation at Union Presbyterian Seminary. …

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President Brian Blount statement on passing of Katherine Johnson

…knew of her abilities, but even more importantly, knew that her kindness, generosity, and humility were as mammoth as her talents. Most people will remember her legacy as the NASA human computer whose formulas plotted course and trajectory for some of the most famous early space flights, a recipient of both the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Medal …

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Alphonso Saville Named Assistant Professor of American Religious History and Mission

Richmond, VA (May 2, 2024)—Union Presbyterian Seminary is excited to announce Dr. Alphonso Saville as the newest member of the faculty. Saville is a graduate of Emory University (Ph.D.), Memphis Theological Seminary (M.A.) and New York University (B.A.). He is the author of a forthcoming book, The Gospel of John Marrant: Conjuring Christianity in the Black Atlantic (Duke University Press, …

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Is Gun Ownership a God-Given Right?

…it. We have a mental health problem, all right. It is a mental health problem borne of a spiritual problem. Guns Have Become Our Idol I worry that we also have a god problem—that guns have become false gods, idols in our world today. In Moses’s time, false gods and idols were alternative objects of trust—things that people depended upon …

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Tricia Vesely: Finding Union, Handstands, and Hebrew

…Hebrew learner at Calvin Theological Seminary in Michigan. She was terrified and tried to put it off as long as possible. Classes with a great professor there eventually changed her feelings so much that she later became a teaching assistant to Union Associate Professor of Bible and Biblical Languages E. Carson Brisson. “Learning Hebrew opened my eyes to the complexity …

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Jane Towner, wife of former professor Sib Towner, dies

…Professor of Old Testament W. Sibley “Sib” Towner, has died. She was 81. Towner is responsible for numerous environmental and historical preservation efforts near her home in Kilmarnock, Virginia. She also was a founding officer of the Hospice Program at St. Mary’s Hospital in Virginia. She was married to Professor Towner for 61 years until his death in 2018. OBITUARY …