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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/2025-10-06/
LOCATION:NC
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SUMMARY:Senderos: Motivos Pastorales en el Antiguo Testamento
DESCRIPTION:Descripción del Curso  \nCurso introductorio del Antiguo Testamento desde una perspectiva pastoral. El curso busca proporcionar herramientas exegéticas y pastorales a ministros y personas laicas\, dentro de los parámetros estipulados en el programa de educación continua. \nFechas: Martes\, 7-9pm (tiempo de Nueva York\, en línea) 23 de septiembre – 28 de octubre\, 2025 \nConoce al Instructor  \n \nEdesio Sánchez Cetina\, mexicano \nReside en Coatzacoalcos\, Veracruz\, México \n\nMaestría y Doctorado (PhD) en el Union Presbyterian Seminary de Richmond\, Virginia\, Estados Unidos\nGrado Honorífico de Doctor en Letras Bíblicas (DLB) del Instituto Internacional de Estudios Superiores\, Ciudad de México.\nEs consultor emérito de traducciones bíblicas con las SBU (Sociedades Bíblicas Unidas) en las Américas. He participado en las siguientes traducciones de la Bíblica como Consultor: Maya de Yucatán\, México; ´Tzotzil de Chiapas\, México; Guaraní de Paraguay; Miskitu y Sumo de Nicaragua; Poqomchí de Guatemala; Kuna de Panamá; Biblia de Estudio de la Dios Habla Hoy; Coordinación general de la Traducción en Lenguaje Actual. Responsable del Departamento de Traducciones para todas las publicaciones para niños\, Editor con Esteban Voth de los Comentarios para la Exégesis y la Traducción. Ha editado y publicado los siguientes libros y comentarios: Descubre la Biblia\, Enseñaba por Parábolas\, Sabiduría para Vivir (estudios en el libro de Proverbios)\, Qué es la Biblia\, Antiguo Testamento y América Latina; Comentarios a: Deuteronomio\, Josué\, Jueces y Malaquías\, 1y 2 Reyes\, Proverbios. Autor de muchos artículos sobre exégesis y teología bíblica\, formación y desarrollo de la Biblia y traducción de la Biblia.\nMiembro de la Society of Biblical Literature (USA e internacional)\nMiembro de la Fraternidad Teológica Latinoamericana.\n\n\nRegístrese abajo\n\n\nLas inscripciones cerrarán el 19 de septiembre\, 2 días laborables antes de la primera clase. \nOfrecido por el Leadership Institute de Union Presbyterian Seminary \nSi necesita ayuda financiera adicional\, por favor contacte a Deborah Keyes e indique “Senderos: Ayuda Financiera” en el título del correo. \nMiembros de la facultad\, empleados y estudiantes de UPSem pueden inscribirse para esta clase de forma gratuita. Si usted es maestro empleado o estudiante de UPSem\, puede inscribirse aquí con su email de UPSem.
URL:https://www.upsem.edu/event/scsenderosf25/2025-10-07/
LOCATION:NC
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SUMMARY:25-26 Christian Educator Certification Course: Presbyterian Polity\, Program\, and Mission
DESCRIPTION:CECE Course instructed by Joyce MacKichan Walker and Jenna Campbell: Presbyterian Polity\, Program\, and Mission \nCourse Description: \nThis course provides knowledge of current resources and mission emphases of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and integrates the study of the Presbyterian Constitution (Book of Confessions and Book of Order) and the Program and Mission of the PCUSA into the context of the educator. Scripture\, polity\, and the structure\, mission\, and program of the PCUSA\, as it is described and resourced by presbyteries\, synods\, and the General Assembly\, usually provides the content for this certification course. Critical examination\, guided exploration\, and careful integration of those key resources provide educators an opportunity to draw upon the richness of the Presbyterian tradition as they take leadership roles in their congregations and ministries. The course will provide opportunities for educators to explore how the polity\, program\, and mission of the PCUSA will impact\, guide\, and influence their educational programs and events. \nMeet the instructors \n \nJoyce MacKichan Walker is a Certified Christian Educator who has served the larger church as a keynote speaker and workshop leader. She was honored as the Educator of the Year by the Association of Presbyterian Church Educators in 2008. She taught Presbyterian Polity at Princeton Theological Seminary for eight years and continues to teach the polity certification course for the PCUSA educator certification process\, and “Teaching for Transformation” for POAMN (Presbyterian Older Adult Ministry Network). Joyce served the Nassau Presbyterian Church in Princeton NJ as Director of Christian Education and then\, following ordination to the Ministry of Word and Sacrament in 2007\, as Minister of Education and Mission until her retirement in July 2018. A 1979 graduate of the Presbyterian School of Christian Education (now Union Presbyterian Seminary) in Richmond VA\, she lives in Princeton\, NJ where she continues to write and teach online and travel at every opportunity! \n \nJenna Campbell is a Certified Christian Educator and serves as the Director of Children and Youth Ministry at First Presbyterian Church of Stillwater\, OK. She earned her master’s degree in Christian Education from Union Presbyterian Seminary\, Richmond. She is passionate about engaging children\, youth\, and their families in a faith that actively pursues justice and compassion in the world. Jenna is the 2023 Association of Partners in Christian Education (APCE) ENRICH Educator of the Year. She enjoys life with her husband Casey and their two teenage daughters.\nDates: 9 synchronous online course meetings from 12-2pm EST on Wed. Oct 8\, Fri. Oct 10\, Mon. Oct 13\, Wed. Oct 15\, Fri. Oct 17\, Wed. Oct 22\, Wed. Oct 29\, Wed. Nov 5\, and Wed. Nov 12. \nOffered by the Leadership Institute at Union Presbyterian Seminary \n \n\nRegistration closes on October 5\, 2025\, 2 business days before the first class meeting. \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. If you are in financial need of a discounted registration fee\, please contact Deborah Keyes\, subject line “CEPPM: Financial Aid.
URL:https://www.upsem.edu/event/25-26-christian-educator-certification-course-presbyterian-polity-program-and-mission/
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