CBF Campus Day

Join the CBFVA staff and Susan Blanchard for campus worship and community lunch. A time for prospective students and pastors to experience UPSem, take a tour of campus, and meet our Baptist students. Also, this is a great opportunity for our students to network with pastors in the CBF VA ecosystem. Please RSVP to sblanchard@upsem.edu …

Seminary for a Day workshop “Black Sacred Rhetoric” led by Dr. Cannon

Register for “Seminary for a Day” to attend this workshop led by Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon Black Sacred Rhetoric: Developing Our Ethical Voices about Engaging Concerns and Difficult Problems in Society Participants in this workshop will study the fundamental principles in Black Sacred Rhetoric, so we can use rhetorical tools which govern effective Christian communication in the Black Church Community …

Sip and See the Charlotte Campus

Sip on holiday spirits. See the Seminary’s Charlotte campus. Meet our new VP/Dean of Students Lisa McLennan. Make some new friends. Learn about the Seminary’s positive impact on the church and region. The campus is located at 5141 Sharon Road, directly behind Sharon Presbyterian Church. Please rsvp by December 5 to Mary Ellen Vernon at mvernon@upsem.edu or 980-636-1661. …

2019 Charlotte Campus Academic Convocation

Join us for the annual academic convocation on Saturday, September 7, at 11:45 AM at our Charlotte campus as we inaugurate another academic year. Tom Currie, retired seminary professor and academic dean of the Charlotte campus, will preach at this year’s convocation. The service will include dedicating the Charlotte building in Currie’s honor as we officially name it the “Thomas …

Dr. Vest to lead Men’s Retreat at Camp Hanover

…been declining in numbers for decades. At the same time, balancing the demands of work and family feels harder than it’s ever been. What does community—especially faith-based community—look like for men in today’s networked world? Deep in the woods of Camp Hanover, we’ll explore this topic together as we engage in some ancient communal activities around campfires and BBQ pits. …

Dr. Cannon to be on panel at Harvard Divinity School’s Bicentennial

…Where it Happened, with Margaret R. Miles, Bussey Professor of Theology at HDS, Dean of the Graduate Theological Union, and panelists Katie Geneva Cannon, Annie Scales Rogers Professor of Christian Ethics, Union Presbyterian Seminary; Karen L. King, Hollis Professor of Divinity; Ping Yao, Professor of History, Director of the Asian and Asian American Studies Program, California State University, Los Angeles …

Passion to help veterans guided Charlie Pratt to ministry

…Carolina, that instinct to help others, particularly veterans, gradually became a call, but not one that he initially sought. “I enrolled in Union Presbyterian Seminary to prove once and for all that God was wrong; that He had called the wrong number.”   Now, the June 2017 graduate of the seminary’s Charlotte campus is certain of that call. Which brings …

1,500 attend Center for Womanist Leadership inaugural gathering

…calendar. Dr. Cannon, Annie Scales Rogers Professor of Christian Ethics at Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, is the center’s driving force. Her vision for a place, both virtual and real, where womanist scholars, ministers, and activists (many are all three) can focus their energies is now realized with big plans ahead. Her work is emblematic of womanism, especially her books, …

They were (are) heard!

…35 youth bent over their cards and scribbled away. When it came time to compose our prayer, I expected half of the cards to contain something I could actually use in the prayer (you know how teenagers can be!)– I could not have been more wrong. Tears filled my eyes as I read their prayers that filled every single card. …

Started UPSem 2012: Rev. Dr. Doug Harr (MDiv 2018)

…Japan. Prior to answering a call to ministry, he attended the University of Missouri for both undergraduate and graduate degrees while adding an additional graduate degree from Central Michigan University. Those early studies led Harr to a variety of careers. Working in fields from health care to higher education, Harr answered a call to ministry not as a second career …

Ghana’s Cape Coast

Today’s Ghanaian journey started early: Breakfast at 7:30, and then we set off for a four-hour bus ride to Cape Coast. Today’s activities consisted of two historic and sensitive tours: Elmina Castle and Cape Coast Castle are located on the shores of the Gulf of Guinea, infamously known for their enslavement trading. Our first tour was of Elmina Castle, built …

Central America Travel Seminar: Our last morning in Guatemala

This is post 12 of 12 in the series “Central America travel seminar” Our Central America travel seminar has landed! Central America Travel Seminar: Silencing Christian Justice Central America Travel Seminar: The War Years Central America Travel Seminar: The day we met Jon Sobrino Central America Travel Seminar: “Power is for the people” Central America Travel Seminar: Echoes of Womanists …

Rubén Arjona called to Union Seminary faculty

…pastoral care of Mexican and Latino men, the intersections of pastoral care and liberation theologies, the care of couples and families, and the relevance of Erik H. Erikson’s psychosocial theory for a justice-oriented framework of care. He has taught graduate-level courses on these subjects, in addition to courses such as “Why the Church,” “Caring with the Oppressed Latinamente,” “Practical Theology,” …

Lilly Endowment Grant to Provide a Bridge for Early Career Preachers

…Lilly Endowment’s Compelling Preaching Initiative, a new program will offer a path to nurture and support 120 early career pastors over five years. The Bridge for Early Career Preachers will help nurture and support 120 new ministers during the next five years to develop their voices for faithful, imaginative, intelligent, energetic, and loving proclamation. The Bridge is being funded through …

Harvard professor, minister urges UPSem graduates to care for fractured world

…built xenophobic walls around ourselves. We need now, as much as ever, men and women who can bear witness to this Jesus,” he said, pointing to the Bible, open to John 4. “This is the One who cares.” “So, who cares that you’re graduating today? God cares,” he said. “When you and I can treat fellow humans with the grace …

Diane Giannola called as chaplain of Union Seminary Charlotte

…at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Sarasota Memorial Hospital, and Boca Raton Community Hospital. “From day one of Giannola’s journey with us, she has carried a deep concern for the pastoral care and spiritual practices of our seminary family,” said Dr. Richard N. Boyce, academic dean of the seminary’s Charlotte campus and associate professor of preaching and pastoral leadership. “This is grounded …

Central America Travel Seminar: Colonization in Guatemala

This is post 9 of 12 in the series “Central America travel seminar” Our Central America travel seminar has landed! Central America Travel Seminar: Silencing Christian Justice Central America Travel Seminar: The War Years Central America Travel Seminar: The day we met Jon Sobrino Central America Travel Seminar: “Power is for the people” Central America Travel Seminar: Echoes of Womanists …

Started UPSem 2018: Jason Smith

…MACE) The following is part of a series of 20 profiles that represent each year that Charlotte has been enrolling students. Pursuing MDiv Local Pastor Piney Grove UMC and Shady Grove UMC Staff Attorney Lexipol Clyde, North Carolina Born and reared in the mountains and foothills of the Carolinas, Jason Smith now calls Clyde, North Carolina, home. Before landing in …

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