Ghana Travel Seminar: Hospitality and kindness

…to us. Everybody, whether we are on the street, in a store, or at a seminary, always greet us with a smile and welcomes us to their country. There is a lot of joy that exudes from every person in Ghana and that in turn has spread to the group including myself. So when we visited Nenyo Harboror — a…

Let’s change the discussion

…and grocery store acquaintances, who have raved about their church experiences and faith. I was jealous of their excitement and freedom to tell anyone and everyone about something so personal, but then I realized that I have no less freedom than they do, and really I have no less excitement. With all of this rolling around in my head, I…

Shalom Farms: An agricultural learning lab in Northside

…food from the Northside Farm has been going to FeedMore, a Richmond based non-profit that works to distribute food to people in need. This summer Shalom will begin distributing Northside crops to its home-grown programs such as The Richmond Healthy Corner Store Initiative and The Prescription Produce Plan. Last year, 10,000 pounds of food were harvested from the Northside Farm….

Ghana’s Canopy Trail

…experience We shopped in a souvenir store near the National Park. We tried to bargain as the locals taught us. Unfortunately, it didn’t go well. We eventually got assistance from locals. At the end of the day, we returned to Accra to attend Sunday’s sunrise service at Grace Presbyterian Church. However, we got stuck in a traffic jam, which took…

Black Lives Matter

…figures grab them by the arm and tell them where and where not to go jogging or walking to the store for “skittles” or driving a car “while Black.” Mayor Bottoms said what this writer believes is at the crux of these “lynchings,” “Mr. Arbery’s death is a bigger issue that extends beyond the state of Georgia. With the rhetoric…

Union students log 1,000+ miles to vote

…Zeigler Meanwhile, Zeigler was experiencing car troubles and was able to obtain a ride from fellow student Catherine Parler to a Fed-Ex store so she could mail in her ballot. Upon inquiry, however, she was told her ballot likely would not make it to its destination in time to be counted. She decided immediately that she would simply have to…

UPSem announces new Master of Arts in Theological Studies program

…work that graduates are already doing, and prepares them for new vocations as public theologians. The program is approved by the Commission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada and Union Presbyterian Seminary is accredited by The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (www.sacscoc.org/). More information is available at https://www.upsem.edu/admissions-aid/new-master-arts-theological-studies/….

“What Will We Do Now?”

…of 16th Street Baptist Church, where four little girls were murdered in a Klan bombing in 1963; in Little Rock, Arkansas, where, after worshipping at Second Presbyterian Church, we spent time at Central High School, where the Little Rock Nine integrated the student body in 1957; in Jackson, Mississippi, at Medgar Evers’s home (where many tears were shed as we…

Gems for the Journey: Keep Playing Even When You’re Hurt

…and if it is genuine faith, testing and trials develop its persistence. God tests us in order that He might produce patience in our lives. It is patience which will make you a full grown Christian, but how does God produce patience in you? You will never become patient by simply trying it; but neither will the Holy Spirit place…

Ghana Travel Seminar: Time for church!

…couldn’t imagine what they would do with all that time until I realized that in order to speak to everyone gathered, the three scripture texts would be read in four languages — three distinct Ghanaian tongues plus English. The sermon would also follow this pattern. Then how is it that each of us hears them in our native language? Acts…

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Black Alumni Association Newsletter: February 2022

…‘07 “The people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and they camped in Gilgal on the east border of Jericho. Those twelve stones, which they had taken out of the Jordan, Joshua set up in Gilgal, saying to the Israelites, “When your children ask their parents in time to come, ‘What do…

Campus Minister/Director–Winthrop Wesley Foundation–Rock Hill, South Carolina

…Hold regular meetings with student leadership to plan and execute ministry functions • Work with the Board on creating a yearly budget, remain conscious of budget when spending throughout the year • Work with the treasurer to manage financial matters (ie: deposits, donor records, financial reports) • Maintain an orderly and welcoming space (ie: organization of building storage areas, set…

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Class of 2018 profiles: Sara Pantazes can’t wait to dive in

…she has this piece of advice for those who may be in the same situation she was. “Follow the Lord. If God calls you to this, then God will make it possible. If you have a calling, it’s not going anywhere, be true to what God is calling you to do.” When Pantazes started her online program at Union, she…

Class of 2018 profiles: Pamela Fusting will close no door

…serve, and a Master of Arts in Christian Education degree she earned conveniently online from her home in Baltimore, Maryland. A California native, Fusting’s career path began as an economist after graduating from UCLA before working in a church. In 2008, she stepped in to assist as an interim director of family ministry at her church in Severna Park, Maryland,…

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Director of Child and Youth Christian Education–Bethany Presbyterian Church–Tacoma, WA

…expected. To apply send a letter of interest and a resume/CV to jobs@bethanytacoma.org Applications will be received until the position is filled. Bethany Presbyterian Church does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veterans’ status. For more information, please contact the Bethany Presbyterian Church personnel committee at jobs@bethanytacoma.org or 253-752-1123. https://www.bethanytacoma.org/about-us/job-opportunities 2024020-Bethany-Dir-Child-and-Youth-Job-Description…

Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministry–First Presbyterian Church–Greensboro,

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Black Lives Matter!

…Love (1897 – Pencil Sharpener); William B. Purvis (1894 – Electric Railway and 1897Electric Railway Switch); Frederick M. Jones (Thermostat and Temperature Control System); Granville T. Woods (1888 – Railway Telegraphy). My research produced eight and one-half single spaced pages of the names of African-American inventors from 1845-1980. You may get a copy of the list at http://www.Smith-Lenoir.com. Finally, I…