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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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Various Positions–St Luke’s UMC–Indianapolis, IN

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The Rev. Dr. Edwin W. Stock Jr., Union alumnus & campaign fundraiser, dies at 82

The Rev. Dr. Edwin Witte Stock passed away peacefully due to heart failure on November 2, 2019. Stock graduated from Union Theological Seminary (now Union Presbyterian Seminary) with a Master of Divinity degree in 1962. Stock retired as Senior Pastor for First Presbyterian Church in Raleigh, North Carolina, after serving from 1988-2002. Because of his love for the seminary, he …

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Response to immigration ban

…for the earliest followers of Jesus. Certainly, this was the case with an infant child, born in Bethlehem into a misunderstood and maligned faith, on the run, a refugee in the care of his parents from his homeland, where the ruling power sought to kill him. The concern before us is not one of partisan politics, but of emulating the …

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The reality of God’s presence when storms of life are raging

Students Letarshia and Eric Robinson explore Denver during the APCE conference.   M.A.C.E. student Letarshia Robinson shares her reflections on attending the Association of Presbyterian Church Educators (APCE) 2017 Annual Event in Denver, Colorado. The theme of this year’s APCE conference was “God with us in the chaos.” In their plenaries, Nadia Bolz Weber and Dr. Larron Jackson offered encouragement …

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Ghana Travel Seminar: Seeing the magnificence of God’s love

…got to the canopy bridge walk, we were, for the most part, ready to tackle what lay ahead…the high rope bridges. Wow! What adventure, what beauty indeed. Once you were on the bridge, you just had to take in the beauty and magnificence of the rain forest. This travel seminar group is made up of eclectic ecumenical people. But all …

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Director of Youth Ministry–Unity Presbyterian Church–Fort Mill, SC

  Unity Presbyterian Church, Fort Mill, SC, a 1150 member congregation just south of Charlotte, NC is seeking a full-time Director of Youth Ministry to join other staff members and many congregation members in ministering to and with youth in grades six through twelve and their families; develop, organize, and implement programs and activities that enable youth to encounter Jesus …

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Union publishes beloved professor’s collection of heartfelt prayers

Union Presbyterian Seminary has published a book of public prayers by Professor Emeritus of Biblical Interpretation Wayne Sibley Towner, who taught at Union for more than two decades. Towner’s prayers were always delivered from the heart, revealing his deeper sensitivities and commitments. Yet they were also works of theopoetical craftsmanship — carefully designed to focus minds and imaginations in lifting …

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Associate Pastor for Children and Adult Ministries–Forest Hills Baptist Church– Raleigh, NC

…for the young adult’s ministry, the men’s and women’s ministries, and the senior adult ministries of the church. The minister will work closely with appropriate teams, committees, and staff to realize the overall mission of Forest Hills Baptist Church: Love God. Love People. Live the Gospel. This is a full-time position. To apply for this position, visit: foresthills.org/careers. Associate-Pastor-for-Children-and-Adults   …

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Associate Pastor–Rolling Hills Presbyterian Church–Overland Park, KS

…and located in Overland Park, KS, a suburb of Kansas City. Niche.com, Livability.com, and others have ranked Overland Park, KS as one of the top ten US cities in which to live for 2023. To learn more, visit us at https://rhckc.org/careers Resumes may be sent to APNC, Rolling Hills Church at 9400 Nall Avenue, Overland Park, KS or apply on …

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APCE 2018: How we ought to present scripture

BY JESSIE PARTRIDGE This week while attending APCE I attended a workshop entitled, “Sharing God’s Hospitality with Children.” In this mini-plenary, we talked about how we can encourage children to interact with the stories that the Bible tells us. One of the leaders, Carol Jones, demonstrated her storytelling method for us. She sat on the floor with a gold box …

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Central America Travel Seminar: Silencing Christian Justice

…Central America Travel Seminar: Illiteracy, human rights, and deportation Central America Travel Seminar: Stories of exile and oppression Central America Travel Seminar: Colonization in Guatemala Central America Travel Seminar: Worship and futbol Central America Travel Seminar: Buzzing over Guatemalan coffee and a volcano 🌋 Central America Travel Seminar: Our last morning in Guatemala BY CHERI DENNIS Today was a day …

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Dinner on the Nile

On Wednesday, we were in the lobby at 3:30 a.m., lucky to maybe have 4 to 5 hours of sleep. We packed our carry-ons and got a bagged breakfast before hopping on the bus to head to the airport for our flight to Luxor. After a coffee pit stop, we visited the temple of Karnak. We beat the crowd and …

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“How amazing are the deeds of the LORD! All who delight in him should ponder them.” Psalm 111:2 (NLT)

…Some of the greatest losses I have experienced have been in autumn, a season that I look forward to after the long hot Carolina summers. The loss of a child, a parent, a mentor, a friend are indeed painful and sometimes traumatizing, yet, the colors that I love which have brought me such joy in autumn, are there to console …

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Rebecca Davis named APCE Educator of the Year

…responsibilities for educational ministries at Central Presbyterian Church in Mobile, Alabama. Davis next served as solo pastor and executive director of the early childhood development center at First Presbyterian Church in Monahans, Texas, before being called to Peace River Presbytery in North Port, Florida, as the associate presbyter for congregational programming and leader development. While at Peace River Presbytery, she …

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Dr. Richard Voelz publishes book on preaching in challenging times

…of preaching and teaching, and equips the reader to accomplish both. It will be the newest addition to a collection called The Artistry of Preaching Series. In a divided and weary world, preachers struggle with the choice of any number of “images” to describe their preaching identity. Responding to social crisis after social crisis, preachers most often lean toward the …

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Union Seminary awarded $400,000 grant to support womanist leadership

…equip, connect, and support Black women divinely motivated to serve as change-makers in their community. “The Katie Geneva Cannon Center for Womanist Leadership is the first and only effort of its kind in the country,” said director Rev. Melanie C. Jones. “This grant will support our programmatic agenda to shape the next generation of Black women seminarians, graduate students of …

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Womanist Resources Named During the Just Talk/Talk Just Webinar

The term womanist comes from the Black idiomatic expression “you actin’ womanish” derived from Black Southern folk culture of a mother speaking to her girlchild. Alice Walker, a brilliant poet and novelist, most notably known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Color Purple, defined the term, in her classic 1983 collection of essays, In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens: Womanist …

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Just Preach / Just Act: The 2022 African American Social Justice Preaching Series

On January 10 and 12, 2022, the Center for Social Justice and Reconciliation, at Union Presbyterian Seminary’s Charlotte campus, hosted a second African American Social Justice Preaching Series and welcomed Rev. Dr. William C. Turner Jr. of Durham, North Carolina, and Rev. Nelson Johnson and Joyce Johnson of Greensboro, North Carolina, for three online events, featuring sermons, lectures, and a …

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