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Online Workshop: The Basics of Digital Church Communication

Online Workshop: The Basics of Digital Church Communication Dates: Tuesdays, August 10, 17, 24, and 31, 11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. EDT (Note: This online workshop is a four-part series). Led by: Christen Kinard, Founder, Digital Congregations Workshop Description: This 4-part course is designed for church leaders—from pastors to communications managers—to learn to navigate the complexities of digital church communication…

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BLACK ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER: November 2022

…2022 at 7:00 P.M. EST. Our focus will be skill and discernment of the Search Committee who is charged with identifying and recommending to the Board of Trustees the person who will serve as the next president of the Seminary. We anticipate another gathering of Prayer Warriors for the newly elected president in early spring 2023. We will then be…

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Racism and Freedmen: Robert Lewis Dabney and Benjamin Mosby Smith

…the only one to feel anxious about the increasing ownership of land by freedmen. Both seminary and college felt under siege, especially when freedmen owned land adjacent to the south edge of the Seminary grounds. In the minutes of the Spring 1876 meeting of the Board of Directors of Hampden Sydney College, there is a paragraph entitled “Colored Population”: Resolved,…

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Online Workshop: Teaching Social Justice in Comfortable Congregations and a Deeply Divided World

…a Certified Christian Educator in the PCUSA. For over thirty years Becky served in congregations and on presbytery staff. She now teaches those preparing for leadership and advocacy in church and world. Her passion for child advocacy led her to serve as staff at the Children’s Defen*]}*se Fund and the National Council of Churches Committee for Justice for Children and…

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Online Course: Awakening the Church to Social Justice

This is an online course is co-sponsored by the Center for Social Justice & Reconciliation (CSJR) and the Leadership Institute of Union Presbyterian Seminary. Online Course Title: Awakening the Church to Social Justice Course Dates: Mondays, May 2 – June 13, 2022, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. ET (No class meeting on May 30) Course Description: This six-week, online course…

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Online Event: Virtual Clergy Self-Care Retreat

  Virtual Clergy Self-Care Retreat Date: Saturday, January 30, 2021, 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. EST 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 care-givers will offer self-care…

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Online Workshop:  Social Media Deep Dive for Churches (Section 2 added)

Online Workshop: Social Media Deep Dive for Churches (Section 2) A second section of this workshop was added after the first section reached full capacity. Dates: Tuesdays, January 26, February 2, 9, & 16 , 2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. EST (Note: This online workshop is a four-part series). Led by: Christen Kinard, Founder, Digital Congregations Workshop Description: This 4-part…

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Preaching the Bible (Section 1) — Pathways Online Course

This is an online course that is open to all. This course includes five (5) 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 the Bible, Pathways Online Course Course Description: Students will consider the “why” of preaching…

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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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Worship & Sacraments (Section 2) — Pathways Online Course

This is an online course that is open to all. This course includes five (5) 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. Course: Worship & Sacraments, Pathways Online Course Course Description: This course provides an introduction and overview of a…

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Worship & Sacraments (Section 1) — Pathways Online Course

This is an online course that is open to all. This course includes five (5) 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. Course: Worship & Sacraments, Pathways Online Course Course Description: This course provides an introduction and overview of a…

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Online Course: Womanist Theology (A Primer)

This is an online course is offered as part of the Womanist Leadership Institute, a program co-sponsored by The Katie Geneva Cannon Center for Womanist Leadership and the Leadership Institute of Union Presbyterian Seminary. This program is a series of online courses to promote and support Womanist scholarship and leadership within a continuing education and lifelong learning environment. Participants can…

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Online Workshop: Social Media Deep Dive for Churches (Section 1)

Online Workshop: Social Media Deep Dive for Churches (Section 1) Dates: Thursdays, January 21, 28, February 4, & 11 , 10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. EST (Note: This online workshop is a four-part series). Led by: Christen Kinard, Founder, Digital Congregations Workshop Description: This 4-part workshop is designed for anyone who communicates—or wants to communicate—on behalf of a church via…

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Online Event: Clergy Self-Care Virtual Retreat

…online in order to allow for presentations by the leader as well as full engagement among participants. The session will meet on Saturday, September 25, from 11:00 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. EST. Participants will need an electronic device equipped with a reliable internet connection, built-in or external microphone, and a built-in or external webcam. Each registered participant will receive the…

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Online Workshop: Understanding Climate Change as a Biblical Mandate

Online Workshop: Understanding Climate Change as a Biblical Mandate Dates: Thursdays, September 23, 30, and October 7, 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. EDT (Note: This online workshop is a three-part series). Led by: Dr. Stephen Jurovics Workshop Description: This 3-part online series will draw on the instructor’s book, Hospitable Planet: Faith, Action, and Climate Change (Moorehouse Publishing, an imprint of…

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Online Course: Reformed Theology (for Christian Educator Certification)

…Union Presbyterian Seminary Course Dates: This course will meet online October 4 – November 12, 2021. Course Format: This course will meet entirely online, both asynchronously and synchronously. Each week, asynchronous online course work will be assigned. Those assignments and course documents will be posted on Blackboard. Each registered participant will receive login credentials to Blackboard, the seminary’s learning management…

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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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Online Workshop: Email Communication — A Crash Course

…International Relations and French Literature from the University of South Carolina. Online Format: This two-session workshop will use Zoom technology to meet online in order to allow for presentations by the leader as well as interaction among participants. Participants will need an electronic device equipped with a reliable Internet connection, built-in or external microphone, and a built-in or external webcam….

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Online Course: Biblical Interpretation (for Christian Educator Certification)

…Union Presbyterian Seminary Course Dates: This course will meet online January 6 – March 1, 2022. Course Format: This course will meet entirely online, both asynchronously and synchronously. Asynchronous online course work will be assigned. Those assignments and course documents will be posted on Blackboard. Each registered participant will receive login credentials to Blackboard, the seminary’s learning management system. Additionally,…

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CE Certification Online Course – Worship & Sacraments

…Presbyterian Seminary Course Dates: This course will meet online April 5 – May 12, 2021. Course Format: This course will meet entirely online, both asynchronously and synchronously. Each week, asynchronous online course work will be assigned. Those assignments and course documents will be posted on Blackboard. Each registered participant will receive login credentials to Blackboard, the seminary’s learning management system….

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Online Workshop: Feminist Theologies– What They Are, What They Say, What They Do

…to Nazism, and in particular their perspectives on Judaism. She is a member of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Online Format: This three-session workshop will use Zoom technology to meet online in order to allow for presentations by the leader as well as interaction among participants. Participants will need an electronic device equipped with a reliable Internet connection, built-in or external…

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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…

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