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SUMMARY:Sprunt 2025
DESCRIPTION: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. \nMonday 5/5/25\nAll Day\nRichmond 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 \n\n10:30 AM – Noon \nSeminary Activities:\nWilliam Smith Morton Library\, Yaupon Place Walks \n\nMorning – 1 or 2 PM \nAlumni group or cohort gatherings are possible and on request. \nNearby Restaurants or on campus location TBD \n\n1:00 PM – 3:00 PM\nRegistration & We are Union Fair \nFair 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!\nHolderness Dining Room\nAdvancement Team and Campus Leaders \n\n3:00 PM – 4:00 PM\nFilm Viewing: “Trails of Hope & Terror” \nLake Chapel in the Early Center\nKen McFayden\, Dean/VP of Academic Affairs and Professor of Practical Theology \n\n4:00 PM – 4:30 PM\nRefreshments & Casual Conversations \nRose Reception Area in Early Center \n\n4:00 PM – 4:30 PM\nreUnion Choir Rehearsal \nAll are welcome to join. This choir will sing for opening worship Monday PM and/or Tuesday AM.\nWatts Chapel\nDoug Brown with David LaMotte \n\n4:30 PM – 5:30 PM\nMiguel De La Torre: Lecture 1 \nReflections on “Trails of Hope and Terror” followed by Q&A\nLake Chapel\nRubén Arjona Asst. Professor of Pastoral Care and Director of Doctor of Ministry Program \n\n5:45 PM – 7:00 PM\nDinner\nHonoring Distinguished Alum – Angela Sims \nHolderness Dining Room\nJacqueline Lapsley President & Professor of Old Testament in the Walter W. Moore & Charles E. S. Kraemer Presidential Chairs  \n\n7:15 PM – 9:00 PM\nLive on Stage: True & First Person Stories by Attendees.\nTheme: Waiting. Stories about being stuck\, unresolved conflict\, being trapped with no known way out… almost there but not yet. \nLake Chapel \nJohn Carroll Harriet Robertson Fitts Memorial Professor of New Testament \n  \nTuesday\, 5/6/25\n6:30 AM – 9:00 AM\nCoffee & Connecting Time Registrations Continue \nHolderness Cafe \n\n6:30 or 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM\nMorning Groups:\n7am Walking: Jacq Lapsley\, Others TBD.\n6:30 am Running: Josh Morris & Elizabeth Hinson-Hasty\n6:30 am Yoga: Christine Luckritz Marquis Prayer\, Bible Study\, Other TBD \nMeet under the Tent on the Quad\nFaculty and Staff  \n\n7:30 AM – 8:45 AM\nBreakfast \nHolderness Dining Room \n\n9:00 AM – 10:00 AM\nOpening Worship\nWorship Leaders: Mamie Broadhurst\, Doug Brown\, reUnion Choir\, Students\, and David LaMotte \nWatts Chapel \nElizabeth Hinson-Hasty Davis Family Chair Professor of Theology & History \n\n10:00 AM – 10:15 AM\nCoffee Break & Registration Continues \nRose Reception Area in the Early Center \n\n10:20 AM – 11:35 AM\nMiguel De La Torre:\nLecture 2 “An Introduction to the Immigration Crisis” \nWatts Chapel \nChristian Sanchez Asst. Professor of New Testament \n\n11:45 AM – 12:45 PM\nLunch\nHonoring Unsung Staff Hero\, Amanda Montague & Rising Star Alum\, Megan Argabrite \nHolderness Dining Room\nSung Hee Chang Assoc. Professor of Supervised Ministry \n\n1:00 PM – 2:00 PM\nBAA Annual Meeting and Other Connection Groups (on request during registration) \nBAA: Early Center 125\nConnection Groups: Under the Tent \n\n2:15 PM – 3:30 PM\nMiguel De La Torre: Lecture 3 “A Rejection of Eurocentric Thought” followed by Q & A \nWatts Chapel \nSafwat Marzouk Assoc. Prof. Of Old Testament \n\n3:30 PM – 3:45 PM\nCoffee/ Refreshment Break and Connections \nEarly Center\, Rose Reception Area \n\n4:00 PM – 5:00 PM\nBreakout 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 \nEarly Center: Rooms as Assigned\nUPSem Faculty \n\n5:00 PM – 5:45PM\nBook Signings & Reception with Miguel De La Torre & David LaMotte and connection time with retired faculty members \nUnder the Tent on the Quad\nRobin McCall Seminary Librarian & Asst. Professor of Bibliography and Research \n\n5:00 PM – 5:45 PM\nreUnion Choir Rehearsal– All are welcome to join. This choir will sing for Closing worship Wednesday \nWatts Chapel \nDouglas Brown Director of Music & Adjunct Instructor in Church Music \n\n6:00 PM – 7:15 PM\nBBQ Dinner Honoring Trailblazer Award\, Brian Blount and connection time with retired faculty members \nUnder the Tent on the Quad \nBlack Alumni Association\n \n\n7:30 PM – 9:00 PM\nConcert by David LaMotte \nLake Chapel\nLee Hinson-Hasty Vice President for Advancement \n\n  \nWednesday\, 5/7/25\n6:30 AM – 9:00 AM\nCoffee & Connecting Time Registrations Continue \nHolderness Cafe \n\n6:30 or 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM\nMorning Groups:\n7am Walking: Jacq Lapsley\, Others TBD.\n6:30 am Running: Josh Morris & Elizabeth Hinson-Hasty\n6:30 am Yoga: Christine Luckritz Marquis Prayer\, Bible Study\, Other TBD \nUnder the Tent on the Quad \nFaculty and Staff \n\n7:30 AM – 8:30 AM\nBreakfast \nHolderness Dining Room \n\n9:00 AM – 10:30 AM\nMiguel De La Torre: Closing Lecture “Ethics Para Joder” followed by Q & A \nWatts Chapel\nRachel Baard Asst. Professor of Theology & Ethics & Dir. of MA in Public Theology \n\n10:30 AM – 10:45 AM\nCoffee Break \nWatts Lobby \n\n10:45 AM – Noon\nClosing Worship \nWatts Chapel \nMamie Broadhurst \n\n12:15 PM – 1:30 PM\nLunch with Community by Reservation \nHolderness Dining Room
URL:https://www.upsem.edu/event/sprunt-2025/2025-05-07/
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CATEGORIES:Leadership Institute
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