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“Re:Imagine”: CBF General Assembly 2024
Join us in Greensboro, North Carolina for “re:imagine” Find details and registration information here: https://cbf.net/general-assembly…
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RISE! Race: an In-depth Spiritual Examination
We invite you to join us for this dynamic two-day workshop, available through the sponsorship of the Center for Social Justice and Reconciliation of Union Presbyterian Seminary. This workshop challenges people of faith to engage deeply and courageously to recognize and combat the effects of race and racism inherent in our systems and institutions. The cost for the workshop…
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Musical group, The Many, to lead 2022 Howie Center Events
On October 6, 2022, The Many will be on the Richmond campus to lead the Howie Center Events. The Many is an uncommon, intentionally diverse collective making music for people to sing together about peace and justice and a world where all belong. Open to the public, The Many will lead workshops and worship centered around eco-justice and climate change….
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Travel Seminar: Witnessing for Freedom – Education & Advocacy as the Ongoing Work of Social Justice
The journey towards Civil Rights continues and requires systemic change. This travel seminar to Washington, DC, emphasizes contemporary efforts to promote Civil Rights and Social Justice. We will leave from Charlotte, NC, stop in Greensboro, NC, to explore the International Civil Rights Center and Museum, and spend an evening at Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, VA, to examine the biblical…
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Admissions Virtual Open Houses
Join us for our monthly Virtual Open House! During this time will gather to discuss a given topic or engage in a conversation with faculty, staff, or students. Here are our upcoming events: September 12, 2024 at 7 p.m.: Get to know us! November 18, 2024 at 2 p.m.: Community January 16, 2025 at 7 p.m.: Get to know the…
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1,500 attend Center for Womanist Leadership inaugural gathering
…The conference, “Bearing Witness to Womanism: What Was, What Is, What Shall Be,” began with a free event that demonstrated a wide-open welcome to the local community. About 1,500 people turned out to hear writer and poet Alice Walker speak at Saint Paul’s Baptist Church where white-gloved ushers welcomed each person to the sanctuary as if we were family. That…
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Black Alumni Association Newsletter: November 2021
…for choosing UPSem and personal friends are alumnae. I came on a weekend about a decade ago and seeds were planted at that time. I’m a slow bloomer! Finishing! Seriously, I am looking forward to learning the skills and practices that will prepare me to open a retreat center. The center’s world class servant leaders will welcome and encourage individuals…
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Presbyterian Polity, Program, and Mission
…program and mission of the PC(USA). Required Reading Book of Confessions, Study edition. Online version is at http://www.pcusa.org/site_media/media/uploads/oga/pdf/boc2014.pdf or on course documents, Blackboard Book of Order, 2013-2015 edition. Online version is at http://www.pcusa.org/resource/book-order-2013-2015/ or on course documents, Blackboard Historic Principles, Conscience, and Church Government, adopted by 195th General Assembly (1983) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) http://www.pcusa.org/resource/historic-principles-conscience-and-church-governme/ or on course…
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BLACK ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER: MAY 2022
…promises. The road to what’s next now opens again, inviting another period of holy rest, reflection, and discernment. I feel much gratitude for my time studying under the red brick towers and for the community within the quad. I wonder where I’ll find the acorn next… You Choose – Proverbs 18:21 BY REV. VERONICA THOMAS MSW Virginia Commonwealth University; MDiv…
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2017 Sprunt Lectures
Program Registration http://www.regonline.com/Sprunt2017 LECTURER Dana L. Robert Truman Collins Professor of World Christianity and History of Mission, Director of the Center for Global Christianity and Mission Boston University Title: Cross-Cultural Friendship and Christian Mission: History and Practices Dana L. Robert is a leading historian of world Christianity and mission. Her books include American Women in Mission: A Social History…
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Online Application
The SONIS application is only one part of the application process. Please visit our applications page for complete lists of application requirements for each degree program. Getting Started With SONIS Steps to complete an online application: Open UPSem SONIS website Select APPLY ONLINE Select CREATE NEW APPLICATION Select the degree program you are interested in applying for from the…
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The reality of God’s presence when storms of life are raging
…gnaws at each of us. Why is it so easy to forget the loving reality of God’s presence when the storms of life are raging? I am reminded of the great hymn, “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing,” and the line “prone to wander, Lord I feel it. Prone to leave the God I love.” Wandering is part of our…
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Center for Excellence in Christian Education Inaugural Symposium
…implementing strategies to help young people live a life of meaning and purpose. In addition to these speakers, presentations by emerging leaders in Christian education from the UPSem community will cover a broad range of topics. The symposium will conclude on Dec. 1 at 3:00 p.m. Registration and the complete schedule for the CECE Inaugural Symposium is online at https://www.upsem.edu/cece/…
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Alice Walker to keynote Center for Womanist Leadership gathering
…be held at The Saint Paul’s Baptist Church, Creighton Campus. Registration is required. For details, visit the Center for Womanist Leadership website. The gathering will explore pressing questions, engage in rigorous inquiry, and open communication essential to the well-being of black womankind. There will be panel presentations, table talks, plenaries and multifaceted, intergenerational and innovative conversations across disciplines and among…
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Dedication of Rhee Global Mission Center for Christian Education
Join us in celebration for the dedication of the Syngman Rhee Global Mission Center for Christian Education Lunch immediately following Set to open in fall 2017, this new center will equip pastors and educators from developing countries such as Kenya, Ghana, India, Indonesia, and Vietnam, as well as students from the United States, with Christian education training. It will provide…
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Division & Reunion Video
…and Walter R. Robins, Jr. Foundation for their support. DVD Copies Available Here Download a discussion guide (PDF) Featuring (in order of appearance): Condoleezza Rice, Professor of Political Economy, Stanford University; former U.S. Secretary of State. Erskine Clarke, Professor Emeritus of American Religious History, Columbia Theological Seminary Walter H. Conser, Jr., Professor of Religious Studies and History, University of North…
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Union Seminary to mandate COVID-19 vaccine for students, employees, visitors
…indicate that the expectations for reopening our physical campuses in the fall are fully realistic and sensible, President Brian K. Blount said in a statement to the seminary community. “We have been and continue to be campus communities of care and concern for one another,” President Blount said. “Protocols will be in place to ensure that we are not only…
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Musical group, The Many, to lead 2019 Carl Howie Center Events for Science, Art, and Theology
…passionate about creating music for people to sing together about peace and justice and where all belong, are coming to the Richmond campus of Union Presbyterian Seminary, October 14 – 15, to lead the 2019 Carl Howie Center Events. Click here to learn more, including the event schedule and registration info. These events are FREE and open to the public….
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Katie Geneva Cannon Center for Womanist Leadership
The Katie Geneva Cannon Center for Womanist Leadership at Union Presbyterian Seminary recognizes the significance of centering Black women’s scholarship as viable sources and resources for theological education. The Center serves as a site of participatory learning for scholars, students, clergy, laity, and community leaders. Contact Information: Union Presbyterian Seminary 3401 Brook Road Richmond, VA 23227…
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Will Change Ever Come?
…on her dog. Those two videos awoke the collective conscious of many in the nation. We saw rallies and protests in record numbers. Rallies and protests where, in many instances, equal numbers of black and white citizens took part. Statues of heroes to Confederates came down. Numerous groups held discussions on both law enforcement and racism. However, because of the…
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Online Course: Proto-Womanist Thought
…African-American women of the 18th and 19th centuries, real and fictional, is the foundation for the development of Womanist thought of the 20th and 21st centuries. Being undergirded with this knowledge allows students to recognize the contributions of Black Women to the struggle for freedom and equality in the United States since 1619. Led by: Rev. Dr. Jean Derricotte-Murphy, Associate…
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Jimmie Hawkins, M.A.’86, Recognized as 2024 UPSem Distinguished Alum
…Executive Committee Leader in the Moral Monday and Poor People’s Campaign Movements In conjunction with the 2024 Sprunt Lectures, Hawkins will be recognized as Union Presbyterian Seminary’s Distinguished Alum for 2024. His recognition on May 8 will occur at 10:00 a.m. on the Richmond Campus of UPSem. # # # Contact: Barb Dodd Director of Communications bdodd@upsem.edu (804) 278-4279 direct…
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