Public lecture (virtual): “Entre el llanto y la Palabra: la pastoral de Calvino ante la enfermedad y la muerte” (Between Tears and the Word: the Pastoral Response of Calvin to Illness and Death”

Lenten presentation by Dr. Karen-Marie Yust

One of the biggest challenges congregations have in 2017 is attracting young people. Dr. Yust will talk about youth and emerging adult spirituality and how churches can better understand and minister with young people. The evening begins with a covered dish dinner.

Early Thinking about Slavery: The Hoge Years

…apart. They often spoke out against the abuse of enslaved persons even when the offending owners were neighbors. They also used their own money to re-unite enslaved persons who had married and were subsequently separated.3 Hoge sat with sick and dying enslaved people, was available to talk with them, and welcomed enslaved persons into his home for communion.4 In his…

2017 Sprunt Lectures

…the Five Talent Academy. He served as a delegate to General and Jurisdictional Conferences of the UMC and in 2015 was appointed as the Richmond District Superintendent of VAUMC. Moon and his wife Lynn have been married twenty-seven years and have five children. In his spare time, he enjoys running, cycling, woodworking, and car repair. He recently completed his first…

Associate Pastor (Children & Youth)–Trinity Presbyterian Church– Pensacola, FL

Primary Responsibilities: -To enhance our current programs and to create new opportunities for our children and youth to experience God and to become disciples of Christ -To provide a safe, welcoming, and affirming environment for our children, youth, their friends and the unchurched -To lead and coordinate the parent led Youth Ministry Team and the Children’s Ministry Team -To engage…

Back to School? Race, Faith, and COVID-19

…and communal relationships and then reflect theologically on how the Church might respond constructively to the realities of contemporary life. She wonders about new findings in young children’s moral development that suggest infants and toddlers have moral sensibilities that adults can cultivate through encouraging curiosity and expanding social ideals of kinship to encompass better our human diversity. She is also…

Dr. Cannon to Keynote the 2017 Princeton Women in Ministry Conference

…theology, and women in religion and society. She has lectured nationally on theological and ethical topics and is the author or editor of numerous articles and seven books, including Katie’s Canon: Womanism and the Soul of the Black Community and Black Womanist Ethics. Connect with women in diverse ministries from around the world, raise your voice in solidarity with all…

Admissions Virtual Open Houses

Join us for our monthly Virtual Open House! During this time will gather to discuss a given topic or engage in a conversation with faculty, staff, or students. Here are our upcoming events: Wednesday, April 17th at 2pm: Meeting your Directors. Join Annie Arvin and Ashlee Anderson as they discuss important things to know and think about in the application…

(FREE) Webinar: Death & End of Life Issues

FREE Webinar: Death & End of Life Issues Date: Thursday, September 30, 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. EST Webinar Description: Death and end of life of issues affect all of us, and yet we are often reluctant to address them honestly, even in churches. Rather than facing our mortality, we often talk about ways to prolong our days, surgeries that…

Endurance: Matt. 24:9-14 NRSV

…out as one of the stars of God-fearing endurance. The loss of all his children and all his possessions and the insistence of his wife and friends for him to turn against his God, he did not away. Paul, a strong Christian soldier against all odds, has a testimony to share. He experienced rejection, prison, being stoned, shipwrecked, and bitten…

Dr. Luckritz Marquis leading classes on Lenten Wisdom from the Desert Fathers and Mothers during Lent

Lenten Wisdom from the Desert Fathers and Mothers On the Sundays during Lent, Dr. Christine Luckritz Marquis will be teaching an Adult Education Class (The Dining Room class) at Second Presbyterian Church, Richmond, Virginia. From the beginning of Christianity, Christians have engaged in embodied spiritual practices to deepen their intimacy with God. Modern Christians continue to find inspiration in the…

Dr. Gench to Keynote Sacramental Life Women’s Retreat

The 2017 keynote speaker for the Sacramental Life Women’s Retreat sponsored by the Shenandoah Presbytery and New Castle Presbytery is Dr. Frances Taylor Gench. Her topic is “Reframing Eve”. The Garden Eden has a terrible litter problem! It is knee deep in our prejudices and preconceptions. The retreat will provide an opportunity for women to engage in interpretive litter control…

President’s Top Five

…UPSem a connecting point for groundbreaking international scholarship. The Lilly Endowment awarded a $4.5 million grant for her Children’s Spirituality Research & Innovation Hub at UPSem. This is a big deal! This hub will encourage scholars and practitioners in multiple areas of educational and theological research to identify implications of their work for religious education and children’s faith formation. The…

Class of 2018 profiles: Crystal Harper Fallesen doesn’t let life get in the way

…profiles: Bruce McVey faces down challenges to reach the pulpit Class of 2018 profiles: Crystal Harper Fallesen doesn’t let life get in the way Class of 2018 profiles: David Frost hears a strong call to ministry BY JEFF STAPLETON Seven years ago, Crystal Harper Fallesen was finishing up vacation Bible school at a church in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where she was…

Online Course: Proto-Womanist Thought

…Her Ph.D. dissertation, entitled “A View From the Balcony: Opera Through Womanist Eyes,” traces United States history through the development of opera as a racist genre of cultural entertainment. Examining how African Americans and other marginalized minorities have been forcibly consigned to the balconies of American society, culture, and institutions while peering over symbolic balconies to locate and excavate truth,…

Online Course: Womanist Biblical Interpretation

…a life-long member of Greater Institutional AME Church. There she has been most committed to those ministries that empower women, girls, and those who love them. Russaw shares her gifts as a sought after keynote speaker, workshop facilitator, and preacher. Named one of “Six Black Women at the Center of Gravity in Theological Education” by NBCNews.com, Russaw is an ordained…

Prayer Garden

When you purchase a brick for Union Presbyterian’s prayer garden, you’ll have the opportunity to engrave the name of a loved one for whom the seminary is or was near and dear, or to list your own name as a proud supporter of this special new place on campus and of the seminary in general. Your investment is much more…

McFayden named president-elect of Association of Presbyterian Church Educators

Rev. Dr. Kenneth J. McFayden (D.Min’86), academic dean of Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, and professor of Ministry and Leadership Development has been chosen to serve as president-elect beginning in January 2017 for the Association of Presbyterian Church Educators, Inc (APCE). McFayden will be installed as the president-elect at the APCE Annual Event in Denver, Colorado in January 2017and as president…

Director of Children, Youth and Family Ministries–Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church–Bethesda, MD

Director of Children, Youth and Family Ministries (DCYFM) Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church (BHPC), Bethesda, MD To begin on or around September 1, 2024. Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church seeks an outgoing, creative, faith-filled Director of Children, Youth and Family Ministries (DCYFM) to lead the management and delivery of our growing Christian Education program for children, youth and families. The DCYFM will…

MInister for Children and Youth–Christ Church Christiana Hundred–Wilmington, DE

…to equip them to be able to lead and guide their students Gives prayer, pastoral care, and encouragement to children, youth, leaders, teachers, and families Safeguards and advocates for children and youth in all aspects of the life of the parish Qualifications Previous experience in children’s and/or youth ministry in a Christian congregation Education includes some college level learning or…

Responding to death & end of life issues

Death and end-of-life issues affect all of us, and yet we are often reluctant to address them honestly, even in churches. Rather than facing our mortality, we often talk about ways to prolong our days, surgeries that will restore youthful appearances, and how quickly we can “move on” from the loss of a loved one. Five experts known for their…

Seminary for a Day 2019

  Take this excellent opportunity to engage in important and relevant theological topics with Seminary faculty. Participants will gather for two keynote addresses over the course of the day and select one morning and one afternoon workshop to attend. Cost is $25 (includes lunch), and the event is open to all. To register, please visit: www.eiseverywhere.com/semforaday. KEYNOTES Morning Keynote Rodney…