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Started UPSem 2019: Ryan Atkinson

…MACE) The following is part of a series of 20 profiles that represent each year that Charlotte has been enrolling students. Pursuing MDiv and MACE Ruling Elder Statesville Avenue Presbyterian Church Charlotte, North Carolina Born in Shelby, North Carolina, and now living in Charlotte, Ryan Atkinson moved to Greensboro after high school to attend Guilford Technical Community College, studying aviation…

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Muslim refugee history to be discussed amid global immigration debate

…in the Christian Kingdom of Abyssinia: Implications for Christian-Muslim Relations Today,” will take place in Lake Chapel at the Early Center, 1106 Westwood Avenue, in Richmond, Virginia. It is free and open to the public. The Migration to Abyssinia, present-day Ethiopia and Eritrea, in the year 613 was an episode in early Islamic history where the first Muslims fled from…

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Activist in Profile: Rev. Dr. Claude Forehand II

…identity, his reality, his spiritualty, and the complexity that comes with each while living under an oppressive system based on race. “It is not that I am against Christianity,” he says. “Rather, I no longer accept the standardized interpretation of Christianity’s traditions—traditions that have come from white male scholarship—as applicable.” Forehand’s need for new traditions and a new theology is…

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Garden Variety

…I will come help you.   [1] Environmental Justice | US EPA [2] ForsythSuccessStory.pdf (ncdhhs.gov) [3] About Us | Piedmont Environmental Alliance (peanc.org) Meg Kelly is a third year M.Div. Student at Union Presbyterian Seminary in Charlotte and serves full-time at Parkway Presbyterian Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She is a Candidate for the Office of Minister of Word and…

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Jane Towner, wife of former professor Sib Towner, dies

RICHMOND, VA (March 2, 2020) — Jane M. Towner, educator, conservation advocate, lifelong Northern Neck community leader, and wife of former Union Presbyterian Seminary Emeritus 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…

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Union Presbyterian Seminary Alumni Luncheon at the 2023 Virginia Annual Conference for the United Methodist Church

…24016 Room – Roanoke G Union Presbyterian Seminary will host an alumni luncheon at the 2023 Virginia Annual Conference. The luncheon will be held on Friday, June 16, 2023 at 12:15 pm Speaker: Dr. Safwat Marzouk, Associate Professor of Old Testament Union Presbyterian Seminary The cost is $20. Registration is required! Click on the following link to register: https://na.eventscloud.com/umc2023  …

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The Wrong Story

…flowed, he could not see in his brother his father’s face, could not hear from his brother’s mouth his father’s voice, could not comprehend in his brother’s ways his father’s welcome. So these two men fought for a common inheritance of a common home on a common land, not knowing that their common father had left all he had to…

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Supervisor Guidelines

…SMVPO Handbook. Complete a required supervisor orientation as a prerequisite for mentoring a student. Orientations are held before the start of the term. Develop a learning covenant with the student. Assist the student in identifying members of the mentoring team. Most will be members of the congregation. Establish and honor regularly scheduled supervisory times with the student and meet with…

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Dr. Richard Voelz awarded grant to strengthen preaching preparation

…in strengthening and nurturing the life of Christian teacher-scholars in many worshipping communities. These projects have a variety of emphases — youth preaching, worship across the spectrum of ability and disability, music and human flourishing, communication systems used in preaching, baptismal practices impacted by toxic water, and more — but have as a common purpose a desire to both deepen…

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Diane Giannola called as chaplain of Union Seminary Charlotte

…of Charlotte. She completed an internship as a hospice and a CPE unit as a palliative care intern. She served as the parish intern on mission outreach ministry at South Mecklenburg Presbyterian Church, where she was also a deacon and assisted in training deacons in offering compassionate care to church members during times of need. She also was a nurse…

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Social Justice Orientation Leads to Missions

…telling others … [and] visits to the homes are made every week by the teachers – this is where we come into the closest contact with them, for here we learn of their daily lives, their joys and sorrows, and bring to them their one great friend, Jesus Christ.27 Further information and archival photos of the Seventeenth Street Mission can…

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Help New Ministers Preach in Today’s World

…a time when the church faces challenges of congregational change and decline, increasing cultural polarization, the lingering effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the demonstrable influence of digital technology and its relationship to worship, new ministers require nurture and support as they craft pastoral and prophetic messages for congregation and community. The Compelling Preaching Initiative aims to offer precisely that…

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Center for Womanist Leadership

…inspire, equip, connect and support Black women divinely motivated to serve as change makers in their community.” The mission statement reflects the visionary insight of the late Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon, Annie Scales Rogers Professor of Christian Social Ethics at Union, who, in 1974, became the first African-American woman to be ordained in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Cannon named womanism…

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Seminary for a Day workshop “Tiptoeing on Eggshells” led by Dr. McFayden

Register for “Seminary for a Day” to attend this workshop led by Dr. Kenneth J. McFayden Tiptoeing on Eggshells? Navigating our Way in Ideologically Diverse Faith Communities If we value the presence of the church in the world, how do we work with the presence of the world in the church? To what degree are members and leaders able to…

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Exploring Laughter and Music in Times of Tragedy and Loss

As part of its fall Sound & Symbol Lecture Series, “INFECTING FAITH & ART,” the Wesleyan Sacred Music Institute at Virginia Wesleyan University presents Dr. Terry Lindvall, C.S. Lewis Chair of Communication and Christian Thought and Professor of Communication at VWU, with Doug Brown, Music Director and Organist at Ginter Park Presbyterian, and Director of Music and Adjunct Instructor in…

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Mission and Evangelism, Pathways Online Course

…But Not Religious) across the religious landscape of America. Students will examine an approach to mission and evangelism that addresses the needs of society, reflecting ways in which a local church continues its commitment to the gospel message (love God and love neighbor) and to the great commission (go and make disciples). For more information or to register, click here….

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“Awakening to Racial Injustice” panel discussion with Dr. Sadler in Charlotte, NC

On Wednesday, February 15th , Dr. Rodney Sadler and Hannah Mitchell (Organizer, Greenpeace) will be leading a discussion at Myers Park Baptist Church, Charlotte, NC about how human neglect of the environment has a greater impact on people of color and people living in underserved communities . No registration required, simply come, all are welcome. Dr. Rodney S. Sadler is…

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Mission and Evangelism, Pathways Online Course

…But Not Religious) across the religious landscape of America. Students will examine an approach to mission and evangelism that addresses the needs of society, reflecting ways in which a local church continues its commitment to the gospel message (love God and love neighbor) and to the great commission (go and make disciples). For more information or to register, click here….

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Mission and Evangelism, Pathways Online Course

…But Not Religious) across the religious landscape of America. Students will examine an approach to mission and evangelism that addresses the needs of society, reflecting ways in which a local church continues its commitment to the gospel message (love God and love neighbor) and to the great commission (go and make disciples). For more information or to register, click here….

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Confession, Repentance, and Restorative Justice: A Presbyterian Perspective with Dr. Jacq Lapsley

…/ 7 pm / Talk and Reception – Sharon Presbyterian Church, Charlotte, North Carolina On Monday evening, Dr. Jacq Lapsley will discuss her work at Princeton Seminary where, in the aftermath of a “race audit,” she helped lead the institution to transform its commitments and curriculum to address a history of racial disparity. Registration information can be found online: https://na.eventscloud.com/csjrfallseminar…

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