1,500 attend Center for Womanist Leadership inaugural gathering

…The conference, “Bearing Witness to Womanism: What Was, What Is, What Shall Be,” began with a free event that demonstrated a wide-open welcome to the local community. About 1,500 people turned out to hear writer and poet Alice Walker speak at Saint Paul’s Baptist Church where white-gloved ushers welcomed each person to the sanctuary as if we were family. That…

BLACK ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER: November 2022

…that the members of the Sanhedrin were actually co-conspirators with the Romans. They were the Supreme Council in charge of Jewish affairs in Roman Palestine. The Sanhedrin was composed of priests and religious teachers who met to decide on legal matters with religious, political, and social ramifications. They did not have the power to crucify Jesus, however, they had enough…

Trinity Ecumenical Parish

Congregational Corner: Take on, An Active Presence

…his friends, or time under a tree, against the need to be actively present with someone. The “fully divine” part is what set Christ apart though, and what we should strive to emulate in our own lives. To be fully and actively present with an individual means that we put our phones away and don’t worry about what notifications might…

A call to serve those in hurricane’s path

…the space for our displaced neighbors.” Lewis graduated from Union Presbyterian Seminary with a Master of Divinity degree in 2005, the same year as his wife, Susan. They are both ordained ministers. He has been pastor at First Presbyterian Church for barely a year, and the 38-year-old says that recent days “have aged me a lot. Several people have pointed…

Civil Rights Activism

…show up on the picket line. Trapped! Fortunately several classmates joined in responding to this “altar call.”36 One evening later, the Seminary community gathered in Watts Chapel for a public reflection led by faculty members. Professor Benjamin Lacy Rose observed that he had been a public opponent of segregation for a number of years. He went on to say that…

25-26 Pathways: Teaching the Bible

Course Description: This interdisciplinary course examines selected approaches to Bible teaching from the perspectives of biblical scholarship and Christian education. The purpose of this course is to equip participants to develop planning, implementation, and evaluation skills for teaching the Bible. Meet the Instructor Dr. Christian Sanchez was called to Union Presbyterian Seminary in 2024. He holds a Bachelor of Arts…

25-26 Pathways: Teaching the Bible

Course Description: This interdisciplinary course examines selected approaches to Bible teaching from the perspectives of biblical scholarship and Christian education. The purpose of this course is to equip participants to develop planning, implementation, and evaluation skills for teaching the Bible. Meet the Instructor Dr. Christian Sanchez was called to Union Presbyterian Seminary in 2024. He holds a Bachelor of Arts…

25-26 Pathways: Teaching the Bible

Course Description: This interdisciplinary course examines selected approaches to Bible teaching from the perspectives of biblical scholarship and Christian education. The purpose of this course is to equip participants to develop planning, implementation, and evaluation skills for teaching the Bible. Meet the Instructor Dr. Christian Sanchez was called to Union Presbyterian Seminary in 2024. He holds a Bachelor of Arts…

Special Course: The Black Teaching Tradition and the Legacy of Proclamation in the Black Church

…settings alike. Study will be taken up through the lens of Sankofa: an African word from the Akan peoples in Ghana. The literal translation of the word and the Sankofa symbol is “it is not taboo to fetch what is at risk of being left behind.” Meet the instructor Rev. Dr. Akosua Lesesne is an educational design leader and creator…

25-26 Pathways: Teaching the Bible

Course Description: This interdisciplinary course examines selected approaches to Bible teaching from the perspectives of biblical scholarship and Christian education. The purpose of this course is to equip participants to develop planning, implementation, and evaluation skills for teaching the Bible. Meet the Instructor Dr. Christian Sanchez was called to Union Presbyterian Seminary in 2024. He holds a Bachelor of Arts…

Special Course: The Black Teaching Tradition and the Legacy of Proclamation in the Black Church

…settings alike. Study will be taken up through the lens of Sankofa: an African word from the Akan peoples in Ghana. The literal translation of the word and the Sankofa symbol is “it is not taboo to fetch what is at risk of being left behind.” Meet the instructor Rev. Dr. Akosua Lesesne is an educational design leader and creator…

Special Course: The Black Teaching Tradition and the Legacy of Proclamation in the Black Church

…settings alike. Study will be taken up through the lens of Sankofa: an African word from the Akan peoples in Ghana. The literal translation of the word and the Sankofa symbol is “it is not taboo to fetch what is at risk of being left behind.” Meet the instructor Rev. Dr. Akosua Lesesne is an educational design leader and creator…

Special Course: The Black Teaching Tradition and the Legacy of Proclamation in the Black Church

…settings alike. Study will be taken up through the lens of Sankofa: an African word from the Akan peoples in Ghana. The literal translation of the word and the Sankofa symbol is “it is not taboo to fetch what is at risk of being left behind.” Meet the instructor Rev. Dr. Akosua Lesesne is an educational design leader and creator…

Special Course: The Black Teaching Tradition and the Legacy of Proclamation in the Black Church

…settings alike. Study will be taken up through the lens of Sankofa: an African word from the Akan peoples in Ghana. The literal translation of the word and the Sankofa symbol is “it is not taboo to fetch what is at risk of being left behind.” Meet the instructor Rev. Dr. Akosua Lesesne is an educational design leader and creator…

25-26 Pathways: Teaching the Bible

Course Description: This interdisciplinary course examines selected approaches to Bible teaching from the perspectives of biblical scholarship and Christian education. The purpose of this course is to equip participants to develop planning, implementation, and evaluation skills for teaching the Bible. Meet the Instructor Dr. Christian Sanchez was called to Union Presbyterian Seminary in 2024. He holds a Bachelor of Arts…

Special Course: The Black Teaching Tradition and the Legacy of Proclamation in the Black Church

…settings alike. Study will be taken up through the lens of Sankofa: an African word from the Akan peoples in Ghana. The literal translation of the word and the Sankofa symbol is “it is not taboo to fetch what is at risk of being left behind.” Meet the instructor Rev. Dr. Akosua Lesesne is an educational design leader and creator…

25-26 Pathways: Teaching the Bible

Course Description: This interdisciplinary course examines selected approaches to Bible teaching from the perspectives of biblical scholarship and Christian education. The purpose of this course is to equip participants to develop planning, implementation, and evaluation skills for teaching the Bible. Meet the Instructor Dr. Christian Sanchez was called to Union Presbyterian Seminary in 2024. He holds a Bachelor of Arts…

Black Alumni Association Newsletter: November 2021

…in this sanctuary, we’ve all been raptured and just haven’t realized it yet. Since I don’t believe in being raptured out of great ordeals but ministering faithfully through great ordeals, I know it’s not a rapture. And since Dr. Brown is sitting here in the flesh, I know it’s not a funeral. So, what am I to do with this…

India travel seminar: Holy ground

…served with the elders and sang along with hymns in Telugu, his native language. Student Erin Burt (3rd from left) conveyed gratitude and sent greetings from all at UPSem. Student Linda Fox read from Exodus. Alumnus Christopher Tweel read from Mark. After the service, we chatted with some teenage congregants. The new sanctuary will house up to 10,000! Rev. Daniel…

A Litany for Black History Month

…We are blessed in the name of God, Source, Word, and Holy Spirit. Aṣẹ. Aṣẹ. Aṣẹ. **Aṣẹ. comes from the Yoruba tradition of West Africa and is likened to “Amen” and “And so it is.” It expresses the power to manifest. © 2020 Jabriel Hasan. Printed with permission of the author. All rights reserved. * Jabriel Malki Hasan, M.Div., ‘22…

Youth Minister–Holy Comforter Episcopal Church–Charlotte, NC

…and their parents/legal guardians/families. ● Lead the evaluation of a core curriculum and develop supplemental curricula for grades 6 – 12th (as needed). ● Lead programming during Sunday School (weekly). ● Organize and lead confirmation activities. ● Plan and organize Youth mission and pilgrimage trips. ● Encourage youth to participate in Diocesan events such as Genesis, Happening, Bishop’s Ball, etc….