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SUMMARY:25-26 WLI Course: Womanist Leadership & Innovation
DESCRIPTION:Course Description: \nJoin a transformative learning experience that blends womanist ethics\, Afro-futurist imagination\, and strategic innovation. This course centers Black women’s wisdom as a force for visionary leadership and sustainable change. \nFeaturing core texts by Alice Walker\, Katie Cannon\, and Renita Weems\, participants will explore how to lead with purpose\, resilience\, and radical imagination in a rapidly changing world. \n\nIdeal for professionals in ministry\, nonprofits\, education\, entrepreneurship\, and the arts.\nGrounded in justice\, creativity\, and collective care.\nInnovation redefined—not just tech\, but systems of care and cultural visioning. \n\n#WomanistLeadership #Innovation2025 #BlackWomenLead #ContinuingEducation #LeadershipDevelopment \nMeet the Instructor \n \nRev. Dr. Gabby Cudjoe Wilkes is a pastor\, public theologian\, innovation strategist and author. She is the founding-co lead pastor of The Double Love Experience Church in Brooklyn\, New York and The Inaugural Director of The Technology\, Innovation & Digital Engagement Lab Fellowship at Union Theological Seminary. Dr. Gabby has a heart for God’s people and prioritizes creating experiences of connection and love through the physical church\, the digital space and local community engagement. \nHer work has been featured in Essence\, Forbes & The New York Times. She is the co-author of the best-selling book\, Psalms for Black Lives: Reflections for the Work of Liberation. The book has sold over 10\,000 books and counting. She is the recipient of numerous awards and citations including the 2024 National Action Network Woman of Excellence Award from Rev. Al Sharpton\, the Guy R Brewer Religious Leadership Award from their Queens Democratic Club\, The Yale University Charles S Mersick Preaching Prize as well as the Outstanding Graduate Student Award from The Yale Af-Am House. \nDr. Gabby’s voice echoes in the public square. In 2023 she was a featured guest in the HBO Max/Own Docu-Series\, A Time of Essence. She and her church were featured in the 2024 GOSPEL documentary by Skip Gates on PBS & she was a guest speaker in the first documentary film of The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture\, GODTalk. She’s also a frequent guest on the nationally syndicated radio show: Get Up Mornings With Erica Campbell. \nDr. Gabby holds a doctorate from Duke University\, a Masters of Divinity from Yale University\, a Masters of Arts from NYU and a Bachelors from Hampton University. She is the current President of the Yale Divinity School Alumni Board and a member of the prestigious Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. Board of Preachers. \nDr. Gabby is a proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated and is committed to the work of love and justice. She resides in Brooklyn\, New York with her husband\, Rev. Dr. Andrew Wilkes. \nDates: Mondays\, 7-9pm EST\, September 8 – October 13\, 2025 \nRegistration closes 2 business days before the first class meeting on September 4\, 2025 \nOffered by the Leadership Institute at Union Presbyterian Seminary\n \n\nIf you are in financial need of a discounted registration fee\, please contact Deborah Keyes\, subject line “WLIWLI: Financial Aid”. \nUPSem faculty\, staff\, and students can register for this class for free. If you are a UPSem faculty\, staff\, or student\, you can register here using your UPSem email address.
URL:https://www.upsem.edu/event/25-26-wli-course-womanist-leadership-innovation/2025-09-15/
LOCATION:NC
CATEGORIES:KGCCWL,Leadership Institute
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SUMMARY:Compassion Across Borders: A Call for Solidarity and Justice
DESCRIPTION:The Leadership Institute at Union Presbyterian Seminary invites you to Compassion Across Borders: A Call for Solidarity and Justice. \nClick here to view schedule\nSubject to change before September 1\, 2025 \nConference description:\nMigration shapes world history and tests our capacity to respond with compassion or fear. People migrate due to colonialism\, wars\, climate disasters\, persecution\, and economic oppression\, yet in current political discourse they are demonized\, detained\, and deported. \nFaith communities are called to respond with ethics of compassion\, hospitality\, and empowerment. These times demand that we transform anger with oppressive systems into actions of love\, inclusion\, and generosity. \nThis conference brings together religious leaders\, community organizers\, biblical scholars\, theologians\, artists\, and activists committed to migrant empowerment. We seek to connect networks of solidarity during these critical times. \nThe conference will feature plenary sessions exploring how biblical and theological discourse has been both misused to oppress migrants and used to inspire compassionate\, just responses. Participants will learn about legal rights and processes to protect migrants\, while workshops offer opportunities to share expertise and equip one another with knowledge and wisdom for faithful action. \n\nRegister below!\n\n\n\n\nLectures\nMigrant God – Isaac Villegas\nThis lecture will center on immigrant justice activism as Christians put hope into action\, bearing witness to the work of solidarity among people with and without US citizenship. Isaac’s biblical\, theological\, and political reflections help prod our imagination as we consider a holistic vision for life in solidarity with migrants. \nThis lecture will be livestreamed on September 16\, 2025\, from 4:45-5:45pm EST \n \nIsaac Villegas is an ordained Mennonite minister and the author of Migrant God: A Christian Vision of Immigrant Justice. He has served as the president of the North Carolina Council of Churches and on the governing board of the Mennonite Church USA. He is also columnist and contributing editor for The Christian Century magazine. \nCitizenship and the Book of Life – Yii-Jan Lin\nAmerican citizenship has a long and torturous history that is surprisingly linked to the heavenly citizenship described in the Book of Revelation. This lecture explores how the contradictions of U.S. citizenship echo those of the Book of Life and the Book of Deeds from Revelation. \nThis lecture will be livestreamed on September 17\, 2025\, from 3:30-4:30pm EST \n\nProfessor Yii-Jan Lin is an Associate Professor of New Testament at Yale Divinity School. She holds a Ph.D. in New Testament and Religious Studies from Yale University\, an M.A. in New Testament from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School\, and an M.A. and B.A. in English Literature from the University of Chicago and Pomona College\, respectively. She specializes in immigration\, textual criticism\, race and gender\, and the revelation of John. Her publications include Immigration and Apocalypse: How the Book of Revelation Shaped American Immigration (Yale University Press\, 2024) and The Erotic Life of Manuscripts (Oxford\, 2016). \n\nFAQs\nDo I have to attend the whole conference?\nIf you cannot attend the whole conference\, you can select the times you will attend on the registration form above. \nWill anything be offered virtually?\nBoth lectures by Isaac Villegas and Dr. Yii-Jan Lin will be livestreamed\, and four of our six workshops will be available virtually. You can register for the workshops a la carte on the registration form above. Please be sure to check the schedule of workshops on our schedule to check virtual availability and timing. \nHow will I receive the Zoom link to attend the workshops virtually?\nYou will receive a link to the workshop Zoom sessions during the first week of September. The link(s) will be sent to the email you use to register on the form above. \nAre meals included?\nAll refreshments and meals are included in your registration. \nI have dietary restrictions.\nPlease note your dietary restrictions in the appropriate section of the registration form. \nI have questions about the schedule.\nHere is a link to the schedule\, subject to change before September 1\, 2025. This schedule and this website will be kept up to date. \nI need to cancel my registration.\nPlease email Deborah Keyes\, Administrative Assistant at the Leadership Institute. \nI have more questions about the conference.\nMore details will be released as they become available\, and this website will be kept up to date. \n 
URL:https://www.upsem.edu/event/compassion-across-borders-a-call-for-solidarity-and-justice/
LOCATION:NC
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SUMMARY:25-26 Pathways: Polity & Administration
DESCRIPTION:Course Description: \nThis 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\, personnel matters and policies\, financial matters\, presbytery meetings\, annual statistical reports). \nMeet the Instructor \n \nRev. H. Carson Rhyne Jr. served as the general presbyter and stated clerk of the Presbytery of the James for over 21 years\, retiring in 2019. Known for his visionary leadership\, Carson established mentorship programs\, stewardship and evangelism ministries\, and a mission co-worker in Haiti. He is recognized for his deep knowledge of the Presbyterian Church’s polity and his ability to apply it with grace and humor. Carson’s dedication to the church and community is celebrated by colleagues and congregations alike. He holds degrees from Presbyterian College and Union Theological Seminary and has taught polity and practical theology at Union Presbyterian Seminary since 2005. \nDates: Tuesdays\, 7-9pm EST\, August 12 – September 16\, 2025 \nRegistration closes 2 days before the first class meeting on August 10\, 2025. \nOffered by the Leadership Institute at Union Presbyterian Seminary\n\n \n\nIf you are in financial need of a discounted registration fee\, please contact Deborah Keyes\, subject line “PWPA:Financial Aid”. \nUPSem faculty\, staff\, and students can register for this class for free. If you are a UPSem faculty\, staff\, or student\, you can register here using your UPSem email address. 
URL:https://www.upsem.edu/event/25-26-pathways-polity-administration/2025-09-16/
LOCATION:NC
CATEGORIES:Leadership Institute
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SUMMARY:25-26 Pathways: Introduction to Pastoral Care
DESCRIPTION:Course Description: \nAn 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. \nMeet the Instructor \n \n\nDr. Joshua Morris is an ordained minister with the United Church of Christ and a Board-Certified Chaplain. He served in pediatric healthcare for 11 years\, most recently as Assistant Director of Spiritual Services at Children’s Mercy Hospital. Dr. Morris has 15 years of experience as an army chaplain in the United States Army Reserve\, including a deployment to Afghanistan. He has taught at Phillips Theological Seminary\, Claremont School of Theology\, and Saint Paul School of Theology. Dr. Morris is the author of “Moral Injury Among Returning Veterans” and numerous peer-reviewed articles. He speaks nationally and internationally on moral injury\, reintegration\, and spiritual care. Passionate about cultivating compassionate ministers\, he integrates theory and practice to promote love for God and humanity. \n\nDates: Thursdays\, 7-9pm EST\, August 28 – October 2\, 2025 \nRegistration closes 2 days before the first class meeting on August 26\, 2025. \nOffered by the Leadership Institute at Union Presbyterian Seminary\n\n \n\nIf you are in financial need of a discounted registration fee\, please contact Deborah Keyes\, subject line “PWIPC : Financial Aid”. \nUPSem faculty\, staff\, and students can register for this class for free. If you are a UPSem faculty\, staff\, or student\, you can register here using your UPSem email address.
URL:https://www.upsem.edu/event/25-26-pathways-intro-to-pastoral-care/2025-09-18/
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