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On-Campus Workshop: The Bible and Film

…8:30-10:30 a.m.: Discussion/Movie Clips 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.: Accessing Digital/Electronic/Streaming Resources of the Seminary 12:30-1:30 p.m.: Lunch (included) 2:30-5:30 p.m.: Discussion/Movie Clips Dinner on own with free evening/optional group movie   Day 3 | Wednesday | March 8, 2023 9:00-11:00 a.m.: Discussion/Movie Clips 11:45-12:30 p.m.: Community Worship (Optional) 12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m.: Community Lunch (Optional) 1:30 p.m.: Depart   Cost (includes Monday…

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Curso en línea “Senderos” (Online Course in Spanish)

Curso en línea “Senderos” El Leadership Institute of Union Presbyterian Seminary, en asociación con el Syngman Rhee Global Mission Center for Christian Education, están patrocinando este curso en línea. Título del curso: Apocalipsis: resiliencia, esperanza y canciones El libro del Apocalipsis es uno de los escritos más eclécticos del Segundo Testamento en la Biblia. Las complejidades, características, teologías y expresiones…

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APCE 2019: “Come to the Water”

This is post 2 of 6 in the series “APCE 2019” APCE 2019: Anticipation APCE 2019: “Come to the Water” APCE 2019: The tide is changing APCE 2019: Engaging young Christians in social justice APCE 2019: How does Jesus respond to generational suffering? APCE 2019: Revived at the Water’s Edge BY JESSIE PARTRIDGE I am so excited to be back…

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Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church–Solo Pastor–South Easton, MA

…for more fully utilizing our website and our general social media presence • Engage members in activities that develop their individual gifts and help them transition into leadership roles in the church. • Foster a church culture that connects with the local community. For more information please contact: Tom Loewald – thomas.loewald@gmail.com or Karen Elsner – kdelsner@comcast.net https://www.goodshepherdpresbyterian.org/ GSPC-Pastor-Job-Description  …

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New Book by James Atwood coming November 2019

…to action to Christians to work together to stop gun violence. An avid hunter for many years, Rev. Atwood enumerates the tragic and far-reaching costs that accrue in a country with more guns than people. Collateral damage includes a generalized fear and loss of trust. Published by Herald Press (www.heraldpress.com), “Collateral Damage” will also be available through Amazon and Kindle….

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Associate Pastor for Education & Growth – Community of Grace Presbyterian Church – Sandy, UT

Our vision for this position is to help our active congregation grow roots both deep and wide, through learning and discipleship, community and fellowship, and by extending our message onto digital platforms. AP Advert…

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Started UPSem 2005: Rev. Noe Juarez-Loayza (MDiv 2010)

…my calling is in the community, places where church ministries intersect with the community.” After graduation, he continued his efforts to link the witness of the church with work in the community. First, he completed a Clinical Pastoral Education residency at Duke University Hospital. Then, he took a call at a multicultural church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Until recently, he…

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Glenn Q. Bannerman (1927-2020): A Tribute

…the basement of the Early Center. They were crafting. Making extraordinary recreational tools and toys from innocuous household items like pantyhose. He invited me to sit and listen. And he and his students opened up a wonderful world of engagement, of using scripture, theological perspective, familiar and not so familiar games, common and not so common domestic and workplace objects…

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Movement Toward Diversity

…arguing that racism was unbiblical. A few years later, a committee of the Board, prompted by student, faculty, and administrative support, made a significant decision. The committee made it clear where they thought Union should stand and presented the Board with a positive policy: A Brief Statement of the Practice of the Seminary in Educating Negro Students (April 4, 1956)….

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President Brian K. Blount: Violence has brought us here

…move our political representatives even when they seem reluctant to move. We must stand when it comes our turn to stand. At present, it is our turn to stand with the people of Charlottesville. They have been hard pressed by the evil of bigotry and racism that forced itself upon their community. Such evil is neither lethargic nor stationary. It…

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Introducing Our New Students

By Michelle Walker, vice president of community life and enrollment management The incoming class of 2017 includes five African American students. They are an interesting group of people: two are second career and three are just beginning their journeys. One is from New York by way of Michigan and everyone else is from the south. Two come to us from…

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Full-Time Installed Minister–First Presbyterian Church–Huntsville, TN

…for growth in each of these program offerings and facilitate our successes. We expect the new minister will work diligently and compassionately with our congregation and community to fulfill our mission and actively engage in church activities (including leading weekly worship), direct our youth group program, work with our congregation’s leadership to develop mission-oriented programs, engage with the community through…

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On-Campus Event: Play, on Purpose Workshop

…grounded in both academic and ecclesial contexts, her students are assigned to participate in their congregations and communities as a part of their educational experience. Her focus on practical pedagogy is not only to develop more committed and knowledgeable educators and ministers, but also more committed and knowledgeable congregants. Workshop Description: In this interactive workshop participants will not only learn…

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Online Course: Black Women’s Mental Health as Resistance

…making mental health accessible and equitable for people in marginalized communities, and equipping mental health professionals to better serve these communities. Dr. Brown’s areas of interest and expertise include the impact of racism and race-related stress on mental health, generational and cultural trauma, and the intersection of faith and mental health. In addition to various peer-reviewed and popular media articles,…

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Online Course: Womanist Ways of Worship

…capped at thirty (30) participants. Continuing education units (CEUs) will be awarded to those participants who complete the courses; however, no course grades or degree credits will be provided. Course participants do not have to be pursuing a certificate of completion in the program in order to take any of the courses listed in the program. Cost: $175 per individual,…

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Memorial for Professor Katie Geneva Cannon

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Online Course: Womanist Social Ethics

…(CEUs) will be awarded to those participants who complete the courses; however, no course grades or degree credits will be provided. Course participants do not have to be pursuing a certificate of completion in the program in order to take any of the courses listed in the program. Cost: $175 per individual, if register by February 6, 2022. (Note: Beginning,…

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Online Course: Womanist Activism & Public Witness

…will be awarded to those participants who complete the courses; however, no course grades or degree credits will be provided. Course participants do not have to be pursuing a certificate of completion in the program in order to take any of the courses listed in the program. Cost: $175 per individual, if register by September 6, 2021. (Note: Beginning, September…

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Union Seminary hosts commencement in a cloud

RICHMOND, VA (May 17, 2020) — Amid the COVID-19 pandemic which suddenly shifted traditional classroom instruction to the virtual cloud, Union Presbyterian Seminary conferred 45 degrees and certificates to 43 students in its Richmond campus community who successfully completed their Master of Arts in Christian Education, Master of Divinity, Master of Theology, Doctor of Philosophy, and Seoul Exchange Fellowship programs….

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Finding God in the Pandemic

…used social media platforms to spread the love of God, minister to people, conduct funeral services on virtual platforms, celebrate birthdays, and host many other virtual meetings. As I reflected upon my pastoral care class, I remembered my professor telling us about being companions in the pastoral ministry. The word companion is derived from Latin com – together with, and…

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Strange Bedfellows: South Africa and U.S.A.

…encouraged to label their old homes. The other site is a neighborhood of brightly colored houses in the Cape Malay neighborhood commonly referred to as Bo-Kapp neighborhood. Restaurants in that community sell dishes common to the people of the area. After almost a week in Cape Town we flew north to Johannesburg and spent almost a week in the nation’s…

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Living COVID While Black and George Floyd

…not have the same privilege. I increasingly became aware that some of our students did not have the internet bandwidth to take their classes online. They also did not have a computer. How could that be? You need to have your own computer to attend college right? Little did I know that some students were relying on the computers in…

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