First Baptist Church, Installation of Susan Blanchard, Baptist House of Studies at UPSem

Dr. Brian K. Blount will speak at the installation of Rev. Susan Blanchard as the Director of UPSem’s Baptist House of Studies. …

Professor Melanie Jones to Preach at Morehouse College

Professor Melanie Jones will be the chapel preacher at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Chapel at Morehouse College at 5:30pm on February 9, 2020. Melanie C. Jones is Instructor of Ethics, Theology and Culture / Director of the Katie Geneva Cannon Center for Womanist Leadership at Union Presbyterian Seminary. …

Professor Jones to Preach at Morehouse College Chapel

Professor Melanie Jones will preach at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Chapel at Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA, on February 9, 2020, at 5:30pm. Melanie C. Jones is Instructor of Ethics, Theology and Culture and Director of the Katie Geneva Cannon Center for Womanist Leadership at Union Presbyterian Seminary. …

Central America Travel Seminar: Buzzing over Guatemalan coffee and a volcano 🌋

…flutes and drums. They also play string instruments that were taught to them by the Spanish. After listening to some music, we entered a replica of the House of Mashimun from Santiago. Mashimun is a Mayan god. Select Mayans take care of the house for a year. People will come with their offerings of money, alcohol, and cigarettes. The house …

Online Event: Clergy Self-Care Virtual Retreat

Clergy Self-Care Virtual Retreat Date: Saturday, September 25, 2021, 11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. EDT Co-leaders: Rev. Phanta Lansden, Associate Pastor, C.N. Jenkins Memorial Presbyterian Church, and Founder, Phanta Lansden Ministries, Charlotte, North Carolina, and Rev. Kamal Hassan, Pastor, Sojourner Truth Presbyterian Church, Richmond, California Workshop Description: This virtual retreat geared towards clergy and ministry caregivers will assist participants in …

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UPSem board of trustees elects new leadership

From left, incoming chairman Alex Evans, UPSem President Brian Blount, incoming vice chairman Edward Roberson. The Reverend Alex Evans (M.Div.’87), pastor for Second Presbyterian Church in Richmond, Virginia, has been named chairman of the board of trustees for Union Presbyterian Seminary. Edward L. Roberson, III, the president of Fountain Roberson Anderson Insurance Agency in Tarboro, North Carolina, has been named …

Pastoral Care & Mental Healthcare Workshop

This workshop is designed to be extremely practical, and participants will leave with resources and responses related to pastoral care and mental healthcare. Location: Union Presbyterian Seminary, Paisley Hall, Richmond, Virginia Led by: Dr. Carol Schweitzer, Associate Professor of Pastoral Care Emerita Dates: Tuesday, March 3 – Wednesday, March 4, 2020 Tuesday, March 3: 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m., includes …

Interim Pastor – Central Presbyterian Church, Des Moines

…the Presbyterian Church (USA), or a denomination in full communion with the PCUSA (UCC, ELCA, or RCA). Ministers in other denominations may apply, but would need Presbytery approval. • 10 years pastoral experience • Training in interim or transitional ministry preferred Job Information • Full-time • Annual salary: $90,000-100,000 (including housing allowance) • Benefits include health insurance and retirement through …

Pulling Out All the Stops with the Seraph Brass

…it. It would be a blessing for a seminary that is 206-years-old to have a new pipe organ for the very first time.” Doug Brown, who has been Union’s director of music and adjunct instructor of church music since 2006, said “The primary objective of purchasing a new pipe organ for Watts Chapel is to show our students that a …

The Gospel of Matthew: Challenges and Resources for Preachers Today

Led by UPSem professors John Carroll, Frances Taylor Gench, and Richard W. Voelz Cost: $250 ($195 for those who register by April 4); includes lunch on May 16. CEUs: 1.2 ******************** Click here to register for The Gospel of Matthew: Challenges and Resources for Preachers Today ******************** Workshop Description: In the early centuries of the church’s life, Matthew established itself …

Leadership Change and Theological Shifts: John Holt Rice and the Spirituality of the Church

…church will be carried along. Under this conviction, I wish the ministers of religion to be convinced that there is nothing in the New Testament which obliges them to take hold of this subject directly. In fact, I believe that it never has fared well with either church or state, when the church meddled with temporal affairs. And I should …

Loss, lament, and gratitude in the aftermath of Florence

…didn’t know whether to offer a lament or thanksgiving. There was reason for both. Hurricane Florence had made landfall on the North Carolina coast on Friday, September 14, and had brought death, destruction, and record-breaking flooding across Eastern Carolina. Hawkins’ inland hometown of New Bern, at the junction of the Trent and Neuse rivers, began feeling the hurricane on Wednesday …

Pause to Pray

Join us in a moment of prayer & thanksgiving as we reflect on the bold work done by UPSem Charlotte over the past 20 years. Holding its first classes as a seminary extension campus on February 2, 2002, this February 2 marks two decades of diligent study, ardent prayer, abundant generosity, faithful engagement, and imaginative risk. Take a moment during …

Associate Chaplain–Sunnyside Communities–Harrisonburg, VA

Job Title: ASSOCIATE CHAPLAIN Department: Chapel Community: Sunnyside – Harrisonburg Reports to: Lead Chaplain FLSA: Exempt Job Summary: The primary responsibilities of the Associate Chaplain are to work with & support the Lead Chaplain, deliver pastoral care, worship services, and offer spiritual and emotional guidance to residents and their families, as well as employees, while supporting the mission of the …

The 2018 Carl Howie Center for Science, Art, and Theology: “It’s Showtime! Art, Organizing, and Building Community One Musical at a Time”

…working on health care, affordable housing, and criminal justice reform. The Carl Howie Center for Science, Art, and Theology sponsors presentations through which church leaders (including seminarians) recognize and engage the insights and implications of the interplay of science, art, and theology for theological expression and the practice of ministry. The Center generously provides funding for lectures, seminars, and displays …

Professor Katie Cannon, first black woman ordained in PC(USA), dies at 68

…Excellence in Theological Education award at the General Assembly of the PC(USA) in St. Louis in recognition of her many achievements. “Teaching is my ministry,” she said in a video played at the award ceremony. “I love teaching to empower, to equip, to set people free.” Cannon is survived by her mother Corine L. Cannon; sisters and brothers Sara Cannon …

6 questions with alumnus Will Robinson

…morality, and the Spirit. It began with questions I had about the role the Spirit plays in Christian conduct, and I chose Romans 8:1-17 partly because it’s considered the pinnacle of Paul’s thought on the work of the Spirit. Cognitive approaches to understanding metaphor constitute the primary lens I use to examine the Spirit’s role in Christian behavior. That lens …

Strategic planning in an uncertain world

…17-20, 2016. ******************** Description of the seminar: The world shifts so quickly that pastors, church educators, church administrators, and other church leaders often wonder whether establishing concrete plans is worth the time and effort. Lengthy studies and voluminous plans seem to be outdated by the time they are complete, resulting in low morale and commitment to a direction that is …

Free Public Lecture to be led by Director of Syngman Rhee Global Mission Center on March 25

…Center for Christian Education and Assistant Professor of World Christianity at Union Presbyterian Seminary. The 2019 Dawe Lecture will take place on March 25 from 7:30 – 9:00 p.m. in Watts Chapel on the Richmond campus of Union Presbyterian Seminary. The event is free and open to the public. ### Contact: Mike Frontiero Director of Communications Union Presbyterian Seminary mfrontiero@upsem.edu …

Online Course: Pastoral Care (Pathways Online Course)

…in a ministry of care. Topics covered in brief are listening, the role of self in a ministry of care, family systems theory, grief (and loss), the significance of ritual in pastoral care, and care as it relates to rites and sacraments in the life of the church. The course will include special focus on what care in a post-pandemic …

Will Change Ever Come?

…(ACA) being declared unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court, many black and brown people will not be able to afford health insurance. A diagnosis of COVID-19 could be labeled a pre-existing condition, thereby, making the cost of insurance even more prohibitive. The striking down of the ACA will mean the end of Medicaid expansion which has been a valuable …