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CE Certification Online Course – Worship & Sacraments

…Presbyterian Seminary Course Dates: This course will meet online April 5 – May 12, 2021. Course Format: This course will meet entirely online, both asynchronously and synchronously. Each week, asynchronous online course work will be assigned. Those assignments and course documents will be posted on Blackboard. Each registered participant will receive login credentials to Blackboard, the seminary’s learning management system….

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Pathways Online Course — The Christian Life

Pathways to Learning and Leadership is an online program of nine courses offered over a two-year period to provide educational preparation toward leading a congregation as a Commissioned Ruling Elder (CRE). These online courses are open to all, one does not need to be pursuing to become a CRE in order to participate. Courses aim to enhance knowledge and discipleship,…

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Pathways Online Course — Pastoral Care

Pathways to Learning and Leadership is an online program of nine courses offered over a two-year period to provide educational preparation toward leading a congregation as a Commissioned Ruling Elder (CRE). These online courses are open to all, one does not need to be pursuing to become a CRE in order to participate. Courses aim to enhance knowledge and discipleship,…

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(Self-Paced, Ongoing) New Testament Bible Survey – Pathways Online Course

…courses are asynchronous; that is, you can access lessons and quizzes online at your own pace. At the end of each of the 11 sessions, there is a quiz to test your understanding of the material. In this course, a score of at least a 75% must be achieved on each quiz in order to move on to the next…

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CE Certification Online Course – Human Growth & Faith Development

Online Course Title: Human Growth & Faith Development, a Christian Educator certification course This online course meets the requirements for the Christian Educator certification in the PC(USA), but is open to all. Led by: Dr. Cindy Kissel-Ito, Associate Professor of Christian Education, Union Presbyterian Seminary Course Dates: This course will meet online August 31 – October 4, 2020. Course Format:…

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Curso en línea “Senderos” (Online Course in Spanish)

…with a stable internet connection, a webcam, microphone, and speakers. Led by: Dr. Rubén Arjona, Assistant Professor of Pastoral Care, Union Presbyterian Seminary Dates: Thursdays, February 11 – March 18, 2021, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time Cost: INDIVIDUAL REGISTRATION FEES: Early Individual Registration (ends January 27, 2021): $75 Standard Individual Registration (begins January 28, 2021): $100 *GROUP…

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Biblical Interpretation – Christian Educator Certification online course

This is a hybrid course which will meet requirements for Christian educator certification in the PC(USA). The hybrid format includes at-home/online work as well as in-class time on Union Presbyterian Seminary’s Richmond campus. Asynchronous online learning (at-home work) begins on February 24, 2020; online synchronous learning (live online class meeting) is March 24-26, 2020. Location: Union Presbyterian Seminary, Paisley Hall,…

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Curso en línea “Senderos” (Online Course in Spanish)

…feminist theologian Dates: Thursdays, April 21 – May 26, 2022, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time (6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Central Time) Cost: Early Individual Registration (ends March 31, 2022): $45 USD Standard Individual Registration (begins April 1, 2022): $55 USD Registrations will be accepted up until 7 a.m. on the day the course begins, April 21. Be…

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Curso en línea “Senderos” (Online Course in Spanish)

…and Presbyterian Churches and Professor of Bible and biblical interpretation methodologies Dates: Mondays, November 1 – December 6, 2021, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time (6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Central Time) Cost: Early Individual Registration (ends October 25, 2021): $45 USD Standard Individual Registration (begins October 26, 2021): $55 USD Registrations will be accepted up until 7 a.m….

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Online Event: Clergy Self-Care Virtual Retreat

…online in order to allow for presentations by the leader as well as full engagement among participants. The session will meet on Saturday, September 25, from 11:00 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. EST. Participants will need an electronic device equipped with a reliable internet connection, built-in or external microphone, and a built-in or external webcam. Each registered participant will receive the…

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Online Event: Virtual Clergy Self-Care Retreat

…the leaders on spiritual practice, small group work and large group discussion and sharing, as well as grounding exercises incorporating basic yoga techniques and the arts. Online Format: This virtual retreat will use Zoom technology to meet online in order to allow for presentations by the leader as well as full engagement among participants. The session will meet on Saturday,…

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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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한국 목회자들을 위한 온라인 세미나 (Online Seminars in Korean)

…February 28 and March 1, 2022, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (US) Format: Zoom online meetings, with lecture and conversation (90 minutes) and worship (30 minutes) Event Description: This online conference will seek to find new resolutions and perspectival changes as well as new attitudes and methods with regard to preaching and worship in the post-corona era….

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Civil Rights Activism

…More information on this event can be found here. 35. Sweetser, 322. 36. George M. Conn Jr., “96 Steps and Turn,” personal memoir, 1989, 1. 37. Conn, 1. 38. Conn, 2. 39. “Some Students from UTS Join Picket Line at Downtown Store,” Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA), 6 March 1960, D-1. 40. Conn, 2. 41. McComb, 79. 42. Sweetser, 323-24. BACK…

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Polity and Administration, Pathways Online Course

Mondays, August 26-September 30 (asynchronous only on Labor Day, September 2) Instructor: Rev. Carson Rhyne This course will examine the Presbyterian Church (USA) Book of Order, its underpinnings, and its implication for mission and ministry. As part of the course, participants will review administrative tasks which grow out of the Book of Order (e.g., session meetings, committee meetings, stewardship season,…

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Polity and Administration, Pathways Online Course

Mondays, August 26-September 30 (asynchronous only on Labor Day, September 2) Instructor: Rev. Carson Rhyne This course will examine the Presbyterian Church (USA) Book of Order, its underpinnings, and its implication for mission and ministry. As part of the course, participants will review administrative tasks which grow out of the Book of Order (e.g., session meetings, committee meetings, stewardship season,…

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Polity and Administration, Pathways Online Course

Mondays, August 26-September 30 (asynchronous only on Labor Day, September 2) Instructor: Rev. Carson Rhyne This course will examine the Presbyterian Church (USA) Book of Order, its underpinnings, and its implication for mission and ministry. As part of the course, participants will review administrative tasks which grow out of the Book of Order (e.g., session meetings, committee meetings, stewardship season,…

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Polity and Administration, Pathways Online Course

Mondays, August 26-September 30 (asynchronous only on Labor Day, September 2) Instructor: Rev. Carson Rhyne This course will examine the Presbyterian Church (USA) Book of Order, its underpinnings, and its implication for mission and ministry. As part of the course, participants will review administrative tasks which grow out of the Book of Order (e.g., session meetings, committee meetings, stewardship season,…

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Polity and Administration, Pathways Online Course

Mondays, August 26-September 30 (asynchronous only on Labor Day, September 2) Instructor: Rev. Carson Rhyne This course will examine the Presbyterian Church (USA) Book of Order, its underpinnings, and its implication for mission and ministry. As part of the course, participants will review administrative tasks which grow out of the Book of Order (e.g., session meetings, committee meetings, stewardship season,…

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

RICHMOND, VA (December 11, 2019) — Union Presbyterian Seminary will use a $400,000 grant to lift the voices and perspectives of Black women in the church, academy, and the world. The three-year grant was awarded by the Henry Luce Foundation to the Katie Geneva Cannon Center for Womanist Leadership, which was established at the seminary in April 2018 to inspire,…

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Conferencias en línea: En el Umbral de Algo Nuevo (Online Conference in Spanish)

…the Leadership Institute, are sponsoring this upcoming online conference. To learn more about the Global Mission Center, contact Dr. James Taneti, Assistant Professor of World Christianity and Director of the Global Mission Center. Dates: Thursday, August 19, and Thursday, August 26; 7 to 9 pm (ET) Format: Zoom; lectures and conversation (90 minutes) with worship (30 minutes) Description: the Covid-19…

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James Hawley McKinnon, Jr. (1940-2018)

Former PSCE Trustee James Hawley McKinnon, Jr., 77, died Sunday morning, March 11, with his wife Louise by his side. Born in Hamlet, North Carolina, August 30, 1940, Rev. McKinnon received his B.D. in 1967 from Union Theological Seminary of Virginia (today Union Presbyterian Seminary). Ordained as a minister of Word and Sacrament in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) on September…

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