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Sprunt 2025

Name: Sprunt 2025
Start: 2025-05-07T00:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-05-07T23:59:59-04:00

May 7

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It’s time for the biggest alumni reunion event of the year: the Sprunt Lectures! Please plan to join UPSem alums from the past fifty years for a re-imagined event in Richmond from May 5-7.

Monday 5/5/25

All Day
Richmond Outing Ideas to do on your own: Maymont, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Carytown Shopping, Short Pump Town Center Shopping, Scotts Addition Dining, Virginia Holocaust Museum, Walking/Biking Trails/Golf Courses

10:30 AM – Noon

Seminary Activities:
William Smith Morton Library, Yaupon Place Walks

Morning – 1 or 2 PM

Alumni group or cohort gatherings are possible and on request.
Nearby Restaurants or on campus location TBD

1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Registration & We are Union Fair

Fair Opens with Coffee and refreshments Connection time with others. Come learn more about our Centers, Innovations, Special Initiatives, Faculty Publications in Library, Evening Storytelling Sign-ups, and More!
Holderness Dining Room
Advancement Team and Campus Leaders

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Film Viewing: “Trails of Hope & Terror”

Lake Chapel in the Early Center
Ken McFayden, Dean/VP of Academic Affairs and Professor of Practical Theology

4:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Refreshments & Casual Conversations

Rose Reception Area in Early Center

4:00 PM – 4:30 PM
reUnion Choir Rehearsal

All are welcome to join. This choir will sing for opening worship Monday PM and/or Tuesday AM.
Watts Chapel
Doug Brown with David LaMotte

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Miguel De La Torre: Lecture 1

Reflections on “Trails of Hope and Terror” followed by Q&A
Lake Chapel
Rubén Arjona Asst. Professor of Pastoral Care and Director of Doctor of Ministry Program

5:45 PM – 7:00 PM
Dinner
Honoring Distinguished Alum – Angela Sims

Holderness Dining Room
Jacqueline Lapsley President & Professor of Old Testament in the Walter W. Moore & Charles E. S. Kraemer Presidential Chairs

7:15 PM – 9:00 PM
Live on Stage: True & First Person Stories by Attendees.
Theme: Waiting. Stories about being stuck, unresolved conflict, being trapped with no known way out… almost there but not yet.

Lake Chapel
John Carroll Harriet Robertson Fitts Memorial Professor of New Testament

Tuesday, 5/6/25

6:30 AM – 9:00 AM
Coffee & Connecting Time Registrations Continue

Holderness Cafe

6:30 or 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
Morning Groups:
7am Walking: Jacq Lapsley, Others TBD.
6:30 am Running: Josh Morris & Elizabeth Hinson-Hasty
6:30 am Yoga: Christine Luckritz Marquis Prayer, Bible Study, Other TBD

Meet under the Tent on the Quad
Faculty and Staff

7:30 AM – 8:45 AM
Breakfast

Holderness Dining Room

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Opening Worship
Worship Leaders: Mamie Broadhurst, Doug Brown, reUnion Choir, Students, and David LaMotte

Watts Chapel
Elizabeth Hinson-Hasty Davis Family Chair Professor of Theology & History

10:00 AM – 10:15 AM
Coffee Break & Registration Continues

Rose Reception Area in the Early Center

10:20 AM – 11:35 AM
Miguel De La Torre:
Lecture 2 “An Introduction to the Immigration Crisis”

Watts Chapel
Christian Sanchez Asst. Professor of New Testament

11:45 AM – 12:45 PM
Lunch
Honoring Unsung Staff Hero, Amanda Montague & Rising Star Alum, Megan Argabrite

Holderness Dining Room
Sung Hee Chang Assoc. Professor of Supervised Ministry

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
BAA Annual Meeting and Other Connection Groups (on request during registration)

BAA: Early Center 125
Connection Groups: Under the Tent

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM
Miguel De La Torre: Lecture 3 “A Rejection of Eurocentric Thought” followed by Q & A

Watts Chapel
Safwat Marzouk Assoc. Prof. Of Old Testament

3:30 PM – 3:45 PM
Coffee/ Refreshment Break and Connections

Early Center, Rose Reception Area

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Breakout Groups: Facilitated by Alphonso Saville, Am. Religious History Becky Davis, Christian Education Frances Taylor Gench, New Testament Josh Morris, Practical Theology Karen Marie Yust, Christian Education Melanie Jones Quarles, Ethics Theology & Culture

Early Center: Rooms as Assigned
UPSem Faculty

5:00 PM – 5:45PM
Book Signings & Reception with Miguel De La Torre & David LaMotte and connection time with retired faculty members

Under the Tent on the Quad
Robin McCall Seminary Librarian & Asst. Professor of Bibliography and Research

5:00 PM – 5:45 PM
reUnion Choir Rehearsal– All are welcome to join. This choir will sing for Closing worship Wednesday

Watts Chapel
Douglas Brown Director of Music & Adjunct Instructor in Church Music

6:00 PM – 7:15 PM
BBQ Dinner Honoring Trailblazer Award, Brian Blount and connection time with retired faculty members

Under the Tent on the Quad
Black Alumni Association

7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Concert by David LaMotte

Lake Chapel
Lee Hinson-Hasty Vice President for Advancement