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Rev. Mairi Renwick called as chaplain of Union Seminary Richmond campus

September 19, 2019

…She also was a program manager for Blessed Earth, a nonprofit that focused on Sabbath and taking care of creation. Renwick holds a Bachelor of Arts in history from Presbyterian College. She has been an Ordained Teaching Elder in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) since 2013. ### Contact: Mike Frontiero Director of Communications Union Presbyterian Seminary mfrontiero@upsem.edu Mairi Renwick high-resolution image …

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Union Seminary announces 2018 Fellowship Award recipients

March 9, 2018

RICHMOND, VA (March 9, 2018) —Union Presbyterian Seminary celebrates with students who have been recognized by the faculty with the following Fellowship Awards for further study and professional development. Through these awards, the faculty recognizes outstanding academic work by students who also show exceptional promise for effectiveness in ministry. The Patrick H. and Mary P. Carmichael Fellowship This award is …

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Former chairman of PSCE Board of Trustees Emile Dieth passes

February 8, 2019

…as executive director of alumni affairs and annual giving from 1996-98. He was called to serve as president of Montreat Conference Center in May 1998 where he served until 2003. His three years in management at Chevron U.S.A., Inc., were preceded by 23 years at Gulf Oil Corporation where, until 1985, he served as manager/national accounts in the Houston office. …

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President Blount to retire from Union Presbyterian Seminary in 2023

April 27, 2022

…Blount has led the seminary through a number of accomplishments, including: Developing the Charlotte campus into a full partner with the Richmond campus, leading the seminary toward the fulfillment of its vision as “one seminary with two campuses.” Collaborating with partners in constructing the Canopy Apartments on UPSem property and subsequently selling these apartments, thus increasing the value of the …

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Union Seminary condemns rising anti-Asian violence

April 5, 2021

RICHMOND, VA (April 5, 2021) – Union Presbyterian Seminary issued the following statement in response to swelling anti-Asian violence in the United States: We, the Union Presbyterian Seminary community, are alarmed at the steady and painful resurgence of anti-Asian sentiments in the recent past resulting in nation-wide violence against our Asian American and Pacific Island siblings. In addition to the …

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New book offers a fresh examination of a critical juncture in Christian history

March 4, 2022

RICHMOND, VA (March 4, 2022) – Union Presbyterian Seminary Associate Professor of Church History Christine Luckritz Marquis has authored a new book that offers a fresh examination of a critical juncture in Christian history and brings into dialogue narrative strands that have largely been separated in the scholarly tradition. ”The book is designed to reunite two parallel scholarly narratives because …

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2024 Graduate Study Fellowships Announced

February 5, 2024

…Presbyterian Seminary who manifests superior academic achievement and possesses outstanding qualities of leadership. Ben Kelly, Richmond Campus Walter W. Moore Fellowship This award was established by the Seminary in honor of its first President, who made a provision in his will in 1926 “for the establishment of a Fellowship of Graduate Study.” The fellowship is awarded by the Faculty to …

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President Blount statement on passing of Rev. Dr. Willie Woodson

December 8, 2020

RICHMOND, VA (December 8, 2020) – Union Presbyterian Seminary President Brian K. Blount made the following statement on the passing of alumnus, former trustee, and President Advisory Board member Rev. Dr. Willie Woodson (M.A. ’84 and D.Min.’08). Woodson died December 4. He was pastor of Trinity Ghanaian Presbyterian Church in Richmond, Virginia.   “Willie was a genuinely kind, gracious, caring …

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Almond Sin called to Union Seminary as Visiting Instructor of Old Testament

June 29, 2021

…“Religious Hybridity: East Asian Artistic Motifs in Islamic Portrayals of Adam and Eve” in the Bible in the Arts of Deutsche Bibel Gesellschaft. Her conference presentations include “Religious Symbolism of Noah’s Ark Imagery between Twelfth and Fifteenth Century” (Nov 2019), “From Pious to Profane: Changing Interpretations of The Wife of Noah from Early Judeo Christian to Islamic Literature” (Jul 2019), …

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Report to Union donors

September 15, 2020

…Even though the Seminary’s database was not directly involved in the attack, to be transparent, we are notifying all our donors. Here is a summary of the incident as reported by Blackbaud on July 15: In May of 2020, we discovered and stopped a ransomware attack. In a ransomware attack, cybercriminals attempt to disrupt the business by locking companies out …

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Legal

February 14, 2018

…you and those who love you. There are a few important legal documents* to get in order (especially if any of the above three categories apply to you). The first is called a Living Will, which expresses your medical preferences and names a health-care proxy (the one responsible for making medical decisions for you, should you be unable). Second is …

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Currie Lecture to focus on pandemics and Protestant missions

April 17, 2020

RICHMOND, VA (April 17, 2020) — This year’s Currie Family Lecture is “I Weep Because I Have A Human Heart: Pandemics, Endemic Infections, and Early U.S. Protestant Missions,” with Dr. Erskine Clarke. The Currie Family Lecture began through a gift from Thomas Currie Jr. and is delivered annually through the Seminary’s Charlotte Campus. Dr. Clarke’s lecture will be held over …

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Tim Moore called to Union Seminary as director of donor development

October 26, 2017

…the University of St Andrews in Scotland, and a Bachelor of Science in Religion and Philosophy from Greensboro College. Moore has served local congregations and campus ministries in the mid-Atlantic and worked in administrative positions at the denominational level of the United Methodist Church. Over the past 20 years, he has been a professor, academic and administrative deans, and college …

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A Year of Seeking Shalom

December 7, 2023

…atonement is that it is deeply theological language. Atonement is not just what people would like; it is what God demands! Atonement holds us all responsible to make right what our actions have made wrong. It takes the concept of obligation from the human realm to the divine realm. It makes redress a divine imperative! We have been using the …

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Looking…

February 15, 2018

…you want to find the best location for your area of interest, this is a great place to start; you can even compare locations. Click here to try for yourself! Finally, don’t underestimate the power of connections! Talk with Dorothee Tripodi & Susan Fox about parish placement or contact Clay Macaulay to connect with alums in your area. Sometimes it’s …

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The Wrong Story

October 31, 2023

…at odds with each other to create endless conflict and therefore make them pliable and easier to control. And it worked! It worked well when the minority Alawite Muslims were put in power in Syria and the Sunni majority was subjugated to them. It worked well when the Sunni Muslims were put in power in largely Shiite Iraq. It worked …

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Working…

February 15, 2018

Whether you are working in a parish setting or not, you are impacting your environment through the training you’ve received in seminary. You are the church in the world. It is an exciting opportunity to bring your expertise and curiosity to your vocational setting. However, just because you have graduated from seminary doesn’t mean that your learning is complete. There …

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“He Has Risen, Indeed”

April 19, 2023

…to an unasked question No, these words mean more than that “He Has Risen, Indeed!” means: Poverty is not intractable Racism is not inevitable Hatred is overcomeable Oppression is overturnable Sickness is healable Victory is achievable It is the “…able” The ability to end evil “He Has Risen, Indeed!” means: We can fight impossible fights and win them We can …

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A Prayer for Justice in the Everyday

November 7, 2022

…since. Emily holds a Bachelor of Arts in Religious and Intercultural Studies from Eastern Mennonite University (2014), which included a full semester in the Middle East. Emily graduated from Union Presbyterian Seminary with a Master of Divinity (2020). She has also since completed a Certificate in Community Storytelling through The Hearth in Ashland, Oregon. Emily has over a decade of …

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Seminarians for Social Justice

November 1, 2022

…What is very clear is that justice is an issue that impacts so many people. There are not many places in our society where justice has no place. And in that spirit, there must always be a willingness to be open as to what participating in justice work may look like. It is written in the book of Micah that …

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