Womanist Leadership Institute Course: Introduction to Africana Religions

Led by: Iya Dr. Funlayo E. Wood Six-Week Elective Course | Thursdays, January 11-February 15, 2024 | 6-8 p.m. Eastern Time Africana Religions include indigenous traditions of Africa like those of the Akan, Yoruba, Ndebele, San, and Fon peoples, as well as related traditions of the Americas like Candomblé, Palo, Lukumi, Hooodoo, Obeah, and Haitian Vodou. In spite of factors…

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…

Sprunt 2025

…to the Immigration Crisis” Watts Chapel Christian Sanchez Asst. Professor of New Testament 11:45 AM – 12:45 PM Lunch Honoring Unsung Staff Hero, Amanda Montague & Rising Star Alum, Megan Argabrite Holderness Dining Room Sung Hee Chang Assoc. Professor of Supervised Ministry 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM BAA Annual Meeting and Other Connection Groups (on request during registration) BAA: Early…

Sprunt 2025

…to the Immigration Crisis” Watts Chapel Christian Sanchez Asst. Professor of New Testament 11:45 AM – 12:45 PM Lunch Honoring Unsung Staff Hero, Amanda Montague & Rising Star Alum, Megan Argabrite Holderness Dining Room Sung Hee Chang Assoc. Professor of Supervised Ministry 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM BAA Annual Meeting and Other Connection Groups (on request during registration) BAA: Early…

Womanist Leadership Institute Course: Introduction to Africana Religions

Led by: Iya Dr. Funlayo E. Wood | Six-Week Elective Course | Thursdays, January 11-February 15, 2024 | 6-8 p.m. Eastern Time Africana Religions include indigenous traditions of Africa like those of the Akan, Yoruba, Ndebele, San, and Fon peoples, as well as related traditions of the Americas like Candomblé, Palo, Lukumi, Hooodoo, Obeah, and Haitian Vodou. In spite of…

Womanist Leadership Institute Course: Introduction to Africana Religions

Led by: Iya Dr. Funlayo E. Wood Six-Week Elective Course | Thursdays, January 11-February 15, 2024 | 6-8 p.m. Eastern Time Africana Religions include indigenous traditions of Africa like those of the Akan, Yoruba, Ndebele, San, and Fon peoples, as well as related traditions of the Americas like Candomblé, Palo, Lukumi, Hooodoo, Obeah, and Haitian Vodou. In spite of factors…

Union Seminary to mandate COVID-19 vaccine for students, employees, visitors

…several weeks. A comprehensive campus reopening plan is currently being developed and will be published throughout the seminary community soon. I hope that plan will answer many of the questions I am sure this note has raised. Know also, though, that I remain always ready to respond to questions and concerns as you have them. I am an email, phone…

Statement by Union Seminary faculty on oppression, systemic racism in U.S.

…racial disparity and white supremacy. Narola Ao McFayden Linda Birtley Susan Blanchard Marianne Blickenstaff Jennifer Britton Erin Burt Jamie Cook Ryan Douthat Beth Ferguson Mike Frontiero Susan Griner Stan Hargraves Wes Holland Lisa Janes Deanna Janss Tinsley Jones Clay Macaulay Lisa McLennan Sheila McVey Jane Mitchell Tim Moore Paula Parker Mairi Renwick Christopher Richardson Dora Rowe Paula Skreslet Rick Smith…

2023 Sprunt Lectures May 1 -3, 2023

…four-story apartment buildings for students, endowment for faculty chairs, and the renovation and expansion of the Mary B. and Robert J. Wright Learning Information Center. He has presided over the selection of many new faculty members and staff members, and he preaches and teaches widely across the country. He has contributed to a number of edited books and has written…

President Blount to retire from Union Presbyterian Seminary in 2023

…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…

Dr. Richard Voelz publishes book on preaching in challenging times

…of preaching and teaching, and equips the reader to accomplish both. It will be the newest addition to a collection called The Artistry of Preaching Series. In a divided and weary world, preachers struggle with the choice of any number of “images” to describe their preaching identity. Responding to social crisis after social crisis, preachers most often lean toward the…

Former chairman of PSCE Board of Trustees Emile Dieth passes

…An ordained elder in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Dieth served both church and community in a number of appointed and elected capacities, including president of the National Council of Presbyterian Men and as a member and chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Presbyterian School of Christian Education in Richmond, Virginia (now Union Presbyterian Seminary). Dieth leaves to cherish…

Union Seminary awarded grant to map children’s faith formation

…developments, including the rising popularity of social media, smartphones, and digital gaming and entertainment, have encouraged new forms of social identity formation, most notably that of ‘networked individualism’. Religious participation has continued to decline in North America, leading to higher numbers of persons who describe themselves as ‘spiritual but not religious’ or who are identified by scholars as ‘religious but…

Tinsley Jones called to direct Leadership Institute at Union Seminary

…sports and recreation ministry leaders. Her employment background includes experience in sales and marketing for a fast-growing packaging equipment and engineering company, where she managed advertising and marketing details for the industrial sales division for a number of years. She believes one of her primary responsibilities within The Leadership Institute is showcasing the great resource Union Presbyterian Seminary is for…

Dr. Jacqueline Lapsley Named Next President of Union Presbyterian Seminary

…Theological Seminary, a position she has held since 2018. She joined the Princeton faculty in 1998. A noted Old Testament scholar who has authored or co-edited a number of works, including A Women’s Bible Commentary, Lapsley earned her Ph.D. from Emory University, an M.Div. from Princeton Theological Seminary, an M.A. from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and…

Professor Schweitzer retiring at end of June, 2019

…in America (ELCA) and over five years of experience as a pastoral counselor and family therapist. For the past 18 years, she has served as a teacher and mentor to a vast number of students and has been actively engaged in many aspects of our seminary’s community life. Professor Schweitzer will retire from our faculty on June 30, 2019. As…

$4.5M grant to address religion in families

…hub will offer resources to the community through its website, publications, education consultancy, and course offerings. The project will consist of a main hub and a number of mini-hubs. The mini-hubs will be a space for encouraging members within their networks to experiment with new methods and strategies and then reflect on their practice with one another and other mini-hubs….

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Tricia Vesely: Finding Union, Handstands, and Hebrew

…balance class. For Tricia Vesely, finding Union in 2005 helped her to find a path for her future. She found her calling to be a professor while studying and teaching at Union. “Once I started teaching, I knew this is really what I want to do.” Top photo: Dr. Tricia Vesely doing a handstand in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park…

India travel seminar: Leaving our shoes at the door

…the door — the doors of temples, of tombs, of churches, even of homes. United Theological College So it came as a bit of a shock to find only one lonely pair of sandals sitting outside the door of the chapel where one of the senior students was about to preach his trial sermon before the student body and us!…