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Pathways Online Courses

…course includes live (synchronous) class meetings as well as asynchronous (at-home) assignments. Class meetings will not be recorded. REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED FOR OUR 2023-2024 COURSES. We anticipate that registration for our 2024-2025 Pathways Online Courses will open sometime in July 2024. Please check back frequently for any updates. ONLINE COURSES: Phase 1 (Foundational) Core Courses Biblical Interpretation Reformed Theology …

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Online Course: Mission & Evangelism (Pathways Online Course)

This is an online course that is open to all. This 6-week course includes weekly online class meetings, on Tuesday evenings, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. EST. In addition to the live class meetings, this course includes both reading and written assignments. Online Course Title: Mission & Evangelism, Pathways Online Course Course Description: During a seminary class in Christian Mission …

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Online Course: Worship & Sacraments (Pathways Online Course)

This is an online course that is open to all. This 6-week course includes weekly online class meetings, on Thursday evenings, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. EST. In addition to the live class meetings, this course will include both reading and written assignments. Online Course Title: Worship & Sacraments, Pathways Online Course Led by: Paul Galbreath, Professor of Theology, Union …

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Online Course: Preaching (Pathways Online Course)

This is an online course that is open to all. This six-week course includes weekly online class meetings, on Thursday evenings, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. EST. In addition to the live class meetings, this course includes both reading and written assignments. Online Course Title: Preaching, Pathways Online Course Course Description: Students will consider the “why” of preaching and learn …

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Online Course: Church History (Pathways Online Course)

This is an online course that is open to all. This 6-week course includes weekly online class meetings, on Tuesday evenings, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. EST. In addition to the live class meetings, this course will include both reading and written assignments. Online Course Title: Church History, Pathways Online Course Led by: Dr. Christine Luckritz Marquis, Associate Professor of …

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Online Course: Mission & Evangelism (Pathways Online Course)

This is an online course that is open to all. This 6-week course includes weekly online class meetings, on Tuesday evenings, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. EST. In addition to the live class meetings, this course will include both reading and written assignments. Online Course Title: Mission & Evangelism, Pathways Online Course Led by: Dr. Adrian Bird, Course Instructor Course …

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Online Course: Teaching the Bible (Pathways Online Course)

This is an online course that is open to all. This six-week course includes weekly online class meetings, on Thursday evenings, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. EST. In addition to the live class meetings, this course will include both reading and written assignments. Online Course Title: Teaching the Bible, Pathways Online Course Led by: Dr. Cindy Kissel-Ito, Associate Professor of …

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Online Course: Preaching (Pathways Online Course)

This is an online course that is open to all. This 6-week course includes weekly online class meetings, on Thursday evenings, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. EST. In addition to the live class meetings, this course will include both reading and written assignments. Online Course Title: Preaching, Pathways Online Course Led by: Dr. Richard Voelz, Associate Professor of Preaching and …

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Online Course: Word & World — A Lectionary Study (Year C), Part I

…or degree credits will be issued. Online Course Title: Word & World: A Lectionary Study (Year C), Part I Led by: Dr. Carson Brisson, Associate Professor of Bible and Biblical Languages, Union Presbyterian Seminary Course Description: This Continuing Education online course will explore selected readings from the Revised Common Lectionary, Year C, beginning with Advent texts and extending into Epiphany …

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Pathways Online Course — Pastoral Care

…Thursdays, January 9 – February 6, 2020, led by Dr. Carol Schweitzer, Associate Professor of Pastoral Care Emerita Tuition: $100 per course. Note: If register within two weeks of the first class meeting, registration increases by $25. To visit our Pathways Online Courses page to view the full schedule, click here. To REGISTER, for a Pathways Online Course, click here. …

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(FREE) Webinar: Death & End of Life Issues

…care and grief counseling for dying patients and their families. Her area of research and practice is trauma-responsive psychotherapy and spiritual care in families and relationships. She is the author of Caring for Single Black Mothers: Unveiling Trauma and Loss (Pickwick Publications, 2021) and Pastoral Care for Grief and Loss in Pandemics, a chapter in an upcoming edited volume for …

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Online Course: Womanist Activism & Public Witness

…of the Public Theology and Racial Justice Collaborative, Vanderbilt Divinity School Leader Bio: Dr. Teresa L. Smallwood, a native of North Carolina, earned a B.A. degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she majored in Speech Communications and Afro-American Studies, followed by a Juris Doctor degree from North Carolina Central University School of Law in 1985. …

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Womanist Leadership Institute Online Courses

…African Sphere   2022-2023 online courses offered: (Core Course) This Womanist Work: Models of Womanist Leadership (Elective) Womanist Ways of Worship (Core Course) Womanist Biblical Interpretation (Elective) Black Women’s Mental Health as Resistance   2021-2022 online courses offered: (Core Course) Womanist Theology: A Primer (Elective) Womanist Activism and Public Witness (Elective) Proto-Womanist Thought (Elective) Womanist Social Ethics       …

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Black Alumni Association Newsletter: September 2021

…for their freedom or were born free, they had their freedom taken away. Others lived in fear after Reconstruction and during the years from 1865 until the passage of the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Bills of 1964 and 1965; because of Jim and Jane Crow. Violence was inflicted upon anyone who dared to be free, or as a warning …

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Online Course: Womanist Biblical Interpretation

…Zoom meeting link the week prior to the course’s first meeting. About the Womanist Leadership Institute Program: To receive a certificate of completion for the Womanist Leadership Institute, participants will engage in four (4) core courses, and two (2) elective courses over a two-year period. However, the program will be on-going, with electives varying year-to-year, allowing participants to complete the …

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Online Course: This Womanist Work– Models of Womanist Leadership

…receive a Zoom meeting link the week prior to the course’s first meeting. About the Womanist Leadership Institute Program: To receive a certificate of completion for the Womanist Leadership Institute, participants will engage in four (4) core courses, and two (2) elective courses over a two-year period. However, the program will be on-going, with electives varying year-to-year, allowing participants to …

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(Self-Paced, Ongoing) Old Testament Bible Survey – Pathways Online Course

This is a self-paced online course that is open to all. All lectures are pre-recorded, with quizzes included. Course: Old Testament Bible Survey Course, Pathways online course Course Description: This online course offers a general introduction to the Old Testament. It surveys the major themes of the Torah, Prophets, and Writings. The lectures and the readings unpack the literary features …

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Online Workshop: Church Communications – During Covid-19 and Beyond

…give option. Your church should receive at least 50% of donations via online giving. We will review: specific action items to increase online giving which online giving tools are most effective how to better communicate your church’s needs   Part IV: Thursday, October 29 | 10 A.M. EST Virtual Curb Appeal Your website is now your front door. (It was …

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Online Workshop: Resurrected Church — What Tomorrow’s Church May Look Like Today

Online Workshop: Resurrected Church — What Tomorrow’s Church May Look Like Today Dates: Mondays, February 7 and February 14, 2022, 11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. ET (Note: This online workshop is a two-part series). Led by: Rev. John Cleghorn, Pastor, Caldwell Presbyterian Church, Charlotte, NC Workshop Description: The landscape of the church is changing. How can congregations prepare now for …

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Polity & Administration II — Pathways Online Course

This is an online course that is open to all. This course includes five (5) online class meetings, on Tuesday evenings, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. EST. In addition to the live class meetings, this course includes both reading and written assignments. Online Course Title: Polity & Administration II, Pathways Online Course (Elective) Course Description: Using the Presbyterian Church (USA) …

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Online Workshop: How To Be A Hybrid Church

Online Workshop: How To Be A Hybrid Church Dates: Thursdays, August 5, 12, and 19, 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. EDT (Note: This online workshop is a three-part series). Led by: Christen Kinard, Founder, Digital Congregations Workshop Description: The pandemic and resultant quarantine taught churches and their congregations that we can worship, learn, pray, and gather online. We learned how …

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Online Workshop: How To Be A Hybrid Church

Online Workshop: How To Be A Hybrid Church Dates: Tuesdays, June 15, 22, and 29, 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. EST (Note: This online workshop is a three-part series). Led by: Christen Kinard, Founder, Digital Congregations Workshop Description: The pandemic and resultant quarantine taught churches and their congregations that we can worship, learn, pray, and gather online. We learned how …

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