Human Growth and Faith Development (Christian Educator Certification Course)
2024-10-15 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-10-22 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-10-29 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-11-05 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-11-12 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
Led by Dr. Lakisha R. Lockhart
October 8-November 12
Synchronous meetings are on Tuesdays from 7-9 p.m.
This intensive course will explore historical and contemporary theories of human psychological, sociological, and faith development. Participants will apply these theories to teaching people of all ages in the church. Theories for human and faith development and their application will be organized around the significant movements of the Christian Life from Baptism to Confirmation to Resurrection.
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Honoring Creation and Embracing Justice
2024-10-16 12:00 - 19:00, 2024-10-17 12:00 - 19:00
OCTOBER 16-17, 2024
Featuring Dr. Norman Wirzba and Dr. Melanie Harris
Two-day event to be held at Second Presbyterian Church of Richmond on October 16, and Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond on October 17
Join us as we explore the vital role of spiritual leadership in caring for creation, especially in the face of climate change.
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Partners in the Event Include:
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Church in the Public Square
Second Presbyterian Church, Richmond, Virginia
Union Presbyterian Seminary
Virginia Interfaith Power and Light

Teaching the Bible, Pathways Online Course
2024-10-17 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-10-24 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-10-31 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-11-07 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-11-14 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-11-21 19:00 - 21:00
Thursdays, October 17-November 21
Instructor: Dr. Cindy Kissel-Ito
This interdisciplinary course examines selected approaches to Bible teaching from the perspectives of biblical scholarship and Christian education. The purpose of this course is to equip participants to develop planning, implementation, and evaluation skills for teaching the Bible.
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Models of Womanist Leadership (Womanist Leadership Institute Course)
2024-10-17 19:00 - 21:00
Thursdays, October 17-November 21
Instructor: Dr. Monique Moultrie
This interdisciplinary course draws on womanist ethics, Black church studies, and other fields to explore womanist leadership focusing on Black women who utilize religion or spirituality as a basis for their social justice commitments. The course will focus on oral histories and autobiographies of various Black spiritual activists and leaders as we study the long Black Freedom struggle as experienced and initiated by Black women. In particular, we will investigate how leader identities are formed or flattened by engagement with the “Black church” or spirituality ultimately analyzing the ways in which individuals and groups resist various forms of oppression and dominance to bring social transformation in secular spaces. Guided by the themes of womanist ethical leadership and womanist spiritual activism, this course evaluates womanist leadership practices specifically highlighting authenticity and truth-telling, justice-seeking, spirituality, and collaborative leadership. Within this course, you will hone skills and insights needed to be critically reflective of leadership models via readings, course lectures, class discussions, and media analysis.
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Preaching, Pathways Online Course
2024-10-22 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-10-29 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-11-05 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-11-12 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-11-19 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-11-26 19:00 - 21:00
Tuesdays, October 22-November 26
Instructor: Rev. Dr. Donna Giver-Johnston
Participants will consider the “why” of preaching and learn the “how” of basic elements of sermon preparation and delivery. The learning will then be put into practice by developing, delivering, and receiving feedback on a sermon preached in the context.
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Introduction to Pastoral Care, Pathways Online Course
2025-01-07 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-01-14 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-01-21 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-01-28 19:00 - 21:00
Tuesdays, January 7-February 11
Instructor: Dr. Rubén Arjona

An introduction to the theories of pastoral care and counseling. The course offers various theological and psychological perspectives and tools to help participants develop confidence in responding to circumstances of pastoral care and counseling in the context of parish ministry and other institutional settings. Topics include the art of listening, loss and grief, pastoral care with couples and families, and the pastoral function of worship and the sacraments.
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Reformed Theology, Pathways Online Course
2025-01-09 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-01-16 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-01-23 19:00 - 21:00
Thursdays, January 9-February 13
Instructor: Dr. Rachel Baard

This course is designed to provide students with knowledge of and appreciation for the Reformed theological tradition in which the PC(USA) is rooted. The course will explore the central tenets of the Reformed tradition, its contemporary significance for the life of the church, and its relationship to the broader ecclesial and social contexts.
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2025 African American Social Justice Preaching Series - Keynote
2025-01-27 18:30 - 20:30 | Union Presbyterian Seminary: Charlotte Campus, 5141 Sharon Rd., Charlotte, NC, 28210, United States

2025 African American Social Justice Preaching Series- Luncheon for Faith Leaders
2025-01-29 11:30 - 13:30 | Union Presbyterian Seminary: Charlotte Campus, 5141 Sharon Rd., Charlotte, NC, 28210, United States

2025 African American Social Justice Preaching Series- Webinar
2025-01-29 19:00 - 20:30 | Online webinar
