Princeton Theological Seminary

Virtual Open House: Master Degree Program - Tips on Applying
2020-10-08 13:00 - 14:00, 2020-09-17 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | NJ
You are invited to attend our virtual open house session to ask questions, learn more about Princeton Theological Seminary’s degree programs, and meet admissions representatives. Open house sessions are held on Thursdays. Register by clicking here to complete a simple registration form. When you submit your registration form, you will receive an email with instructions and a link to join the meeting. See you soon!

Journey to the Mountaintop: The Conversion and Faith Development of Martin Luther King, Jr.
2020-10-05 14:30 - 2020-10-06 16:00
The night before he was assassinated on April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr. stood in the pulpit of the Mason Temple (Church of God in Christ) in Memphis, Tennessee, to deliver what would become his eulogy. As the hall’s air fills with reverberating “Amens” and “Hallelujahs,” King attempts to share with the eager crowd that he had come to a place in his life where he wanted to do only one thing: “Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place.” And then he says, “But I’m not concerned about that now. I just want to do God’s will.” King testifies that he was inspired to do God’s will, that is, to continue the struggle for social justice, because “[God] allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I’ve looked over, and I’ve seen the promised land.”
This two-part online course will explore King’s religious conversion experiences and stages in the development of his faith that facilitated his journey to the mountaintop. Participants will be challenged to reimagine the mountaintop not just as a promise — i.e., a vision of the approaching beloved community — but as a performance — i.e., the doing of God’s will in the here and now.

Leader

Jay-Paul M. Hinds, ThM ’08, MDiv ’07, is assistant professor of pastoral theology at Princeton Theological Seminary. He received his Doctorate of Philosophy in religion and Certificate of Psychoanalytic Studies from Emory University, with a concentration in religious practices and practical theology. He earned his Master of Divinity and Master of Theology from Princeton Theological Seminary. Hinds earned a Bachelor of Arts: religion, cum laude, from Felician College.
Before returning to Princeton Seminary, Hinds served as assistant professor of pastoral care, practical theology, and psychology of religion at Howard University School of Divinity.
Select Publications

“The Son’s Fault: Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Search for and Recovery of Sonship,” Journal of Religion and Health, 57, no. 2 (2018): 451–69.
“A Gift Grows in the Ghetto: Reimagining the Spiritual Diagnosis of Black Men,” Pastoral Psychology, 67, no. 2 (2018): 141–54.
“Shame and Its Sons: Black Men, Fatherhood and Filicide,” Pastoral Psychology, 63, no. 5-6 (2014): 641–58.
“Redemptive Prose: Richard Wright’s Re-Authoring of the Patricidal Urtext,” Pastoral Psychology, vol. 62, no. 5 (2013): 687–707.
“The Prophet’s Wish: A Freudian Interpretation of Martin Luther King’s Dream,” Pastoral Psychology, vol. 61, no. 4 (2012): 467–84.
“Traces on the Blackboard: The Vestiges of Racism on the African American Psyche,” Pastoral Psychology, vol. 59, no. 6 (2010): 783–98.

Cost & Registration
Fee: $55
Participants will be given access to the session recordings after the course.
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The Art of Transitional Ministry - Cancelled
2020-10-05 00:00 - 2020-10-09 23:59
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ALERT: All conferences, events, and public lectures for the fall semester have been cancelled, postponed, or moved to digital formats. Please read the full statement.

Leading a congregation through transition is challenging and rewarding. Whether it is a change in leadership or a changing neighborhood, it takes knowledge, skill, and spiritual strength to navigate the waters of transition in a way that allows a congregation and its leaders to thrive. The Art of Transitional Ministry offers training in the skills and understanding necessary for leading a congregation in transition. There are two week-long courses of study. Both weeks are being offered concurrently.
Week one is the basic education course for pastors and congregational leaders who are serving or are considering serving in congregations that are in the midst of transition. This intensive 30-hour course provides basic understandings for consciously leading congregations through changes in context, identity, and leadership. The week one training is appropriate for any temporary transitional ministry leaders, including interim and designated pastors, as well as installed pastors serving congregations in the midst of change.
Week two is for pastors and leaders serving in congregations in the midst of transitions in leadership, culture, context, and ministry. Participants will use their current ministry situations to reflect on the leader’s role and tasks in times of transition. Completion of week one and current service in a transitional or interim ministry position is required for participation in this course.

Leadership

Julie Donohue Thompson
Julie Donohue Thompson currently serves as transitional pastor at The Presbyterian Church on the Hill in Ocean, New Jersey. She has served in churches large and small, in settings urban, suburban, and rural, but primarily in “tall steeple” churches in Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Georgia, and New Jersey. Thompson is a graduate of Miami University (Ohio) and Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, where she attended while working in campus and youth ministry.
Thompson enjoys long-distance running and racing and finds them to be apt metaphors for pastoral ministry.

Stu Ritter
Stu Ritter has served as a transitional pastor in the PC (USA) since 1999, leading congregations of 250 to 1,500 members in 10 presbyteries. He is currently stated clerk of Northeast Georgia Presbytery. Earlier, he worked as a city planner, administrator, and consultant in organizational development. He also taught social research and leadership development at the University of New Hampshire, the University of Judaism, and Cornell University. Ritter is a graduate of Cornell (BA), UNC-Chapel Hill (MA), and San Francisco Theological Seminary (MDiv).

Barry Williams
Barry Williams’ roots are in southwest Louisiana, where he grew up learning a bit about Cajun culture and cooking. He attended Centenary College in Shreveport, Louisiana, earning a BS in business, then attended seminary in Austin, Texas, and went on to serve churches in the suburbs of Houston, Dallas, and Ft. Worth before moving to work with a congregation in Salina, Kansas. In 1996, the Williams family moved to southwest Missouri. Springfield has functioned as “home base” for Barry as he served as an interim/transitional pastor in the region. He has been part of the PC (USA) interim ministry education faculty since 2000. His interests include fly fishing; cooking; and staying in contact with family, friends, and colleagues.

Bill Carter
Bill Carter loves his work as a pastor, which he has done since 1985. Serving as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania, Bill is a jazz pianist who frequently weaves his music into his ministry. A faculty member of CREDO and longtime moderator of his presbytery’s committee on ministry, he has played piano duets with Dave Brubeck, presented a jazz concert based on the psalms with Walter Brueggemann, and sung improvisations with Bobby McFerrin. He may be the only pastor in the PC (USA) who takes a week of vacation to tour with his jazz quartet (www.presbybop.com).

Libby Rollins
Libby Rollins has been involved in interim ministry for 17 years, serving seven congregations of various sizes, settings, and needs. She joined the teaching team 10 years ago and has taught weeks one and two at a number of sites.

Registration and Fees
Week I: The cost is $495 and includes the program and meals (three breakfasts, three lunches, three dinners) and daily coffee breaks.
Week II: The cost is $495 and includes the program and meals (three breakfasts, three lunches, three dinners) and daily coffee breaks.
Please read the registration and cancellation policy before registering.

Lodging and Site Information
Due to campus construction, the program will take place in two locations: Princeton Theological Seminary’s Erdman Center, 20 Library Place, Princeton, New Jersey, and Nassau Presbyterian Church, 61 Nassau Street, Princeton, New Jersey. It is a 10-minute (1/2 mile) walk from the Erdman Center to Nassau Church. Location details will be noted in the schedule sent to you by email before your arrival.
Onsite lodging is available at the Erdman Center for an additional nightly fee. Information on booking a room for this event is included in the registration confirmation.
Free parking in the Seminary’s library lot is provided for participants. There is no parking available at Nassau Church. Transportation between the venues will be arranged for those requesting an accommodation.
Meals included in the program will be offered at Nassau Church and the Mackay Campus Center on the Seminary campus.

Virtual Open House: Learn About The Farminary
2020-10-01 13:00 - 14:00

Virtual Open House: Discerning Your Call
2020-09-24 18:00 - 19:00

Executive Certificate in Religious Fundraising - Cancelled
2020-09-21 08:30 - 2020-09-24 15:00
ALERT: All conferences, events, and public lectures for the fall semester have been cancelled, postponed, or moved to digital formats. Please read the full statement.

The Executive Certificate in Religious Fundraising (ECRF), a four-day intensive program with a practical application project, provides the research, tools, and customized training to meet the growing needs of leaders in religious communities and fundraisers of faith-based organizations. The focus of the ECRF is on the cultural, organizational, and philanthropic practices unique to religious institutions that in turn enable donors motivated by spiritual and religious values to experience the joy of generous giving.
Who should attend
Religious leaders in faith-based organizations and institutions who wish to learn more about the spirituality of fundraising and gain a core foundation in fundraising principles.
ScheduleMonday, Sept. 21, 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 22 and 23, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.Thursday, Sept. 24, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
What’s included

Certificate curriculum
Breakfast, lunch, and refreshments each day of the course
One group dinner

What’s not included

Lodging
Other meals
Personal travel expenses
Required and recommended reading material

Registration and Cost
Early Bird rate $1,300 through July 27.Regular rate $1,550 starting July 28.
A deposit of $300 is required to register.Full payment for Early Bird rate is due July 27.Full payment for regular rate is due September 7.
Lodging is available in the Seminary’s Erdman Center. Reservations can be made, after you register, by calling the front desk at 609.497.7990.
Cancellation & Refund Policy for ECRF
Cancellations made by July 27 will receive a full refund of the amount paid less a $15 processing fee. Cancellations made July 28 – September 7 will receive a refund less the $300 deposit.There are no refunds for any cancellations made after September 7.

Conversation with the Authors of The Toni Morrison Book Club
2020-09-16 19:00 - 21:00
On Wednesday, September 16 from 7-9 p.m., the Center for Black Church Studies (BCS) will host a conversation on The Toni Morrison Book Club with authors Dr. Juda Bennett, Dr. Winnifred Brown-Glaude, Dr. Cassandra Jackson, and Dr. Piper Kendrix Williams. This virtual event is free and open to the public.
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About The Toni Morrison Book Club
In this startling group memoir, four friends and scholars — black and white, gay and straight, immigrant and American-born — use Toni Morrison’s novels as a springboard for intimate and revealing conversations about the problems of everyday racism and living whole in times of uncertainty. Tackling everything from first love and Soul Train to police brutality and the Black Lives Matter movement, the authors take up what it means to read challenging literature collaboratively and to learn in public as an act of individual reckoning and social resistance.
Framing their book club around collective secrets, the group bears witness to how Morrison’s works and words can propel us forward while we sit with uncomfortable questions about race, gender, and identity.
Participants
Dr. Juda Bennett, English department chair at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ), received degrees in creative writing at Binghamton University and a PhD in American literature from Washington University in St. Louis. He teaches courses on queer literature and theory, African American literature, and transgender theory. He is the author of Toni Morrison and the Queer Pleasure of Ghosts and The Passing Figure: Racial Confusion in Modern American Literature. His scholarly essays on race and sexuality have appeared in The African American Review, Biography, ImageText, and other journals, and his creative work has appeared in Laurel Review, Quarterly West, Wisconsin Review, and other literary journals.
Dr. Winnifred Brown-Glaude, associate professor of African American studies and sociology and anthropology at TCNJ, received her PhD in sociology from Temple University (2003). Her primary fields of research include race and ethnicity in the Anglophone-Caribbean, race, gender and informal economies, and gender and globalization. Her most recent book is Higglers in Kingston: Women’s Informal Work in Jamaica. Her other publications include several articles and an edited collection, Doing Diversity in Higher Education: Faculty Leaders Share Challenges and Strategies. She is currently working on her third book, Neoliberalism in a Small Place: The Case of Jamaica.
Dr. Cassandra Jackson, professor of English at TCNJ, received a BA in English from Spelman College and a PhD in English from Emory University. Her research and teaching interests focus on African American literature, critical race theory, and visual culture. She is the author of Barriers Between Us: Interracial Sex in Nineteenth-Century American Literature and Violence, Visual Culture, and the Black Male Body. In 2010 she co-curated a TCNJ Art Gallery exhibit, “Wounding the Black Male: Photographs from the Light Work Collection.” This exhibit has also been shown at the Light Work Gallery (Syracuse) and the CEPA Gallery (Buffalo). Professor Jackson is an alum of the OpEd Project, a nonprofit organization that aims to increase the number of women and minority thought leaders in key commentary forums. Her public commentary on race in American culture can be found on the Huffington Post. She is currently working on a book of creative non-fiction on race and infertility.
Dr. Piper Kendrix Williams, associate professor of English and African American studies at TCNJ, received a BA from Spelman College and an MA and PhD from Rutgers University. She teaches various classes on topics in 19th and 20th century African American literature, African diaspora literature, and multicultural studies. Her book, Representing Segregation: Toward an Aesthetics of Living Jim Crow, and Other Forms of Racial Division, co-edited with Brian Norma, was published by SUNY Press in 2010.

Virtual Open House: What to Expect in Seminary - A Conversation with Students
2020-09-10 13:00 - 14:00

Virtual Open House: Tips on Discerning Your Call
2020-08-20 18:00 - 18:45
You are invited to attend our virtual open house session to ask questions, learn more about Princeton Theological Seminary’s degree programs, and meet admissions representatives. Open house sessions are held on Thursdays for 45 minutes. Register by clicking here to complete a simple registration form. When you submit your registration form, you will receive an email with instructions and a link to join the meeting. See you soon!

Center for Black Church Studies Short Course
2020-08-17 00:00 - 2020-08-21 23:59
Defiant Joy: A Storytelling and Dramatization Course on Joy Embodied in Blackness
Description
What kind of joy causes one to smile and laugh despite the fact that circumstances tell them to wallow in despair? That is a common question many Black people from around the world are often asked. Dr. Imani Perry, scholar and professor of African American studies at Princeton University, has the proper response. In “Racism Is Terrible. Blackness Is Not.,” an article published by The Atlantic in June, Perry wrote, “Blackness is an immense and defiant joy.” The joy that is embodied in Black people is defiant. Taking that idea a step further, biblical joy is also defiant. Biblical joy is God-given, it does not hinge on circumstances around us but rather, it is an outpouring of gladness and fortitude that God gives to those who place their trust in the word of God. In other words, the more we embrace God’s word, the more we also embody defiant joy. This was the wisdom of our ancestors, who sang song lyrics like, “This joy that I have, the world didn’t give it to me. The world didn’t give it and the world can’t take it away.” This is also why Ezra, in Nehemiah 8:10, states, “the Joy of the Lord is our strength.” The truth is, however, as wonderful as singing is, it was not the only way our ancestors embodied defiant joy. Two of the most powerful avenues in which Black people, past and present, use to express defiant joy are storytelling and dramatizations.
Using storytelling and theatre techniques rooted in African/African American culture, this three-day workshop centers on acknowledging, celebrating, and commemorating the various ways in which Black people all around the world express defiant joy despite death, trauma, and drama. We invite you to dig deep into the well of our ancestors as we center defiant joy in the following three areas:
Monday, August 17, 4:00–6:00 p.m. EDTDefiant Joy in Black Culture
Participants will reflect on cultural ways in which joy is observed and/or experienced despite the death of Black bodies now and before the pandemic and current racial unrest (e.g., music, dance, rituals, community).
Wednesday, August 19, 4:00–6:00 p.m. EDTDefiant Joy in Black Childhood
Participants will reflect on their childhood and experiences of joy despite the trauma faced as a result of society’s denial of Black children and of their childhood.
Friday, August 21, 4:00–6:00 p.m. EDTDefiant Joy in Black Congregations
Participants will reflect on joy within their congregations before and after the pandemic and current racial unrest.
In each session, participants will be equipped with the skills and techniques of theatre and storytelling that can be used at home, online, and within your own congregations. Note that each session of this short course builds on the other and enrollees should plan to attend all three workshops.

Leadership

Dontá McGilvery is a PhD Theatre for Youth & Communities student at Arizona State University (ASU), a scholar-activist, a teaching artist, and an ordained minister. His primary focus is to continue using theatre as a tool for liberation. His research focuses on decentering white supremacy in theatre programs in higher education and amplifying the voices and theatrical contributions of Black scholars and practitioners.
McGilvery has received several prestigious awards and recognition at ASU, including the 2019 ASU Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Student Servant-Leadership Award and 2019 recognition as an ASU “Changemaker.” Most recently, McGilvery was a keynote speaker at the American Alliance for Theatre Education conference (AATE), a national theatre conference where he shared his experiences and expertise on issues of narrative and representation, community engagement, and dismantling white supremacy in our institutions.
McGilvery is a co-founder/co-artistic director of Sleeveless Acts, a drama company whose mission is to join communities to co-create theatre with radical imagination. He holds degrees from the University of North Texas, Southern Methodist University, and Aspen Christian College & Seminary. During the 2020-2021 academic year, McGilvery will assume the role of Dean’s Fellow and Coordinator for Culture and Access in the Herberger Institute at Arizona State University.

Cost and Registration
Cost: $75 for short courseBTLI fellows can use a promotional code. Please inquire about the promotional code at btli@ptsem.edu.
Registration is open until 1 p.m. EDT on 8/17.
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Virtual Open House: Field Education
2020-08-06 13:00 - 13:45

Virtual Open House: Tips on Applying for International Students
2020-07-23 18:00 - 18:45

Black Theology and Leadership Institute (BTLI) Webinars - Part III
2020-07-17 00:00 - 23:59
COVID-19 has focused us to rethink and reimagine the meaning of worship and the experience of engaging in worship without physical community. Join us as we delve deeper into these reimaginings and look at artistic practices; innovative theologies; and critical, ethical questions about worship during this critical time of health crisis and racial upheaval.

Description
Monday, July 13, 2:45–4:00 p.m. EDTTHE ART OF WORSHIP: PROCLAMATION, PRACTICE, AND PROTEST IN A PANDEMICLeader: The Rev. Dr. Alisha Lola Jones
“Tragedies are commonplace, all kinds of diseases, people are slipping away, economies down, people can’t get enough pay,” are timeless gospel lyrics by Bishop Walter Hawkins that point to the complexity of our times. Hawkins’ gospel song “Thank you, Lord” (1989) provides an opportunity for us to reflect on the ways in which our worship leadership must be both artful and just. Taking into account the current sociopolitical climate, believers and seekers need music that equips them to face structural issues in everyday life. This webinar introduces and reorients thinking around justice-minded worship leading that takes into account the local and international sociocultural climate. Using ethnomusicological tools, participants will examine the question: What does justice sound like in worship?
Wednesday, July 15, 2:45–4:00 p.m. EDTTHE THEOLOGY OF WORSHIP: PROCLAMATION, PRACTICE, AND PROTEST IN A PANDEMICLeader: The Rev. Dr. Brad Braxton
The COVID-19 pandemic compels religious leaders to rethink the role of preaching and worship in times of significant social turmoil. Personal and communal suffering, significant economic dislocation, and an acute sense of anxiety constitute serious “public health” threats to the body politic. In the face of such threats, there is an urgent need for competent “doctors of the soul” who dispense healing balm through careful and courageous religious rhetoric and imaginative religious rituals. This webinar will explore the impact of preaching and worship on personal and social transformation. It also will offer perspectives for constructing a more effective public ministry of healing and justice.
Friday, July 17, 2:45–4:00 p.m. EDTTHE ETHICS OF WORSHIP: PROCLAMATION, PRACTICE, AND PROTEST IN A PANDEMICLeader: The Rev. Dr. Eboni Marshall Turman
How ought our worship of the Creator compel responsibility to creation? Is there an integral connection between piety, preaching, and Black protest? What constitutes worship in a pandemic? This webinar will interrogate these critical questions, among others, toward consideration of prophetic worship and the contemporary crisis. Emphasis will be placed on the moral problem of the Black body and worship as theorized through the origins of the Black Church as slave religion, the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, and the more recent massacre at Mother Emanuel AME Church. Consideration of the theo-ethical trajectory of African American social Christianity and its varied rhetoric, practices, and protest in the long movement toward Black freedom will deepen participant understanding of the radical doing of worship, which is a distinct inheritance of Black faith in the U.S.

Leadership

Dr. Alisha Lola Jones is an assistant professor in the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, and an adjunct in the Religious Studies and the African American and African Diaspora Studies departments at Indiana University (Bloomington). Jones is a graduate of University of Chicago (PhD), Yale Divinity School (MDiv), Yale Institute of Sacred Music (ISM) , and Oberlin Conservatory (BM). Jones is a council member of the Society for Ethnomusicology’s (SEM) and the American Musicological Society (AMS). She is also a co-chair of the Music and Religion Section and the SEM liaison to the American Academy of Religion (AAR). Dr. Jones’ forthcoming book Flaming: The Peculiar Theo-Politics of Fire and Desire in Black Male Gospel Performance (Oxford University Press) breaks ground by analyzing the role of gospel music-making in constructing and renegotiating gender identity among Black men. Additionally, as a performer-scholar, she consults seminaries and arts organizations on curriculum, programming, and content development. For more information, you may visit her website DrAlisha.com.

Dr. Brad Braxton is the chief diversity, equity, and inclusion officer at St. Luke’s School, a coeducational independent school in New York City. He also is the curator for living religions in 21st century America at the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage in Washington, DC. He holds a PhD in New Testament studies from Emory University, where he was a Woodruff Fellow, a master’s degree in theology from the University of Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar, and a BA degree in religious studies from the University of Virginia, where he was a Jefferson Scholar.
His publications, which include three books and numerous essays, explore the intersection of religion and social justice. Braxton’s expertise in religion, diversity, and inclusion has made him a highly sought-after public speaker. He also is a seasoned educator who has held professorships at Southern Methodist University, Vanderbilt University, and Wake Forest University, as well as lectureships at Georgetown University, Harvard Divinity School, and McCormick Theological Seminary.
Braxton’s leadership has extended beyond the academy to the arenas of museums, philanthropic organizations, and faith-based communities. He formerly served as the director of the Center for the Study of African American Religious Life at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC; the program officer for religion in the Public Sphere at the Ford Foundation in New York City, and the senior minister of the Riverside Church in New York City. In 2011, Braxton founded The Open Church of Maryland, a culturally inclusive congregation in Baltimore. He continues as a visionary pastoral leader at The Open Church amid his duties at St. Luke’s School and the Smithsonian Institution.
His wife, Lazetta Rainey Braxton, is a nationally recognized certified financial planner and co-founder and co-CEO of 2050 Wealth Partners, a firm that provides wealth management and comprehensive financial planning. They are the proud parents of a daughter, Karis, an inquisitive high school student who loves to dance and draw. The Braxtons also enjoy the company of Sampson, their Labrador retriever/terrier. Learn more about Braxton at bradbraxton.com.

The Reverend Dr. Eboni Marshall Turman is the assistant professor of theology and African American religion at Yale University Divinity School in New Haven, CT. A first-career concert dancer and ordained National Baptist preacher, her research interests span the varieties of 20th century U.S. theological liberalisms, most especially Black and womanist theological, social ethical, and theo-aesthetic traditions.
An author, minister, professor, and public theologian, Turman is a refreshing addition to our most pressing national discussions of faith, race, and gender. With a decidedly womanist point of view, hers stands out as one of very few scholarly millennial voices offering moral perspective on issues facing the Black community.
At a time in our history when the Black church and Black lives are once again under constant siege, Dr. Turman has committed her research, scholarship, and platform to a nuanced exploration of the most marginalized among us. Learn more about Turman at marshallturman.com.

Cost and Registration
Cost: $25 per webinar, $60 for all threeBTLI fellows can use a promotional code. Please inquire about the promotional code at btli@ptsem.edu.
Registration is open until 12 p.m. EDT the day of each webinar.
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Black Theology and Leadership Institute (BTLI) Webinars - Part II
2020-07-15 00:00 - 23:59

Black Theology and Leadership Institute (BTLI)
2020-07-14 00:00 - 2020-07-17 23:59

Black Theology and Leadership Institute (BTLI) Webinars - Part I
2020-07-13 00:00 - 23:59

Virtual Open House: Financial Aid Information
2020-07-09 13:00 - 13:45

Virtual Open House: Tips on Applying
2020-06-25 18:00 - 18:45

Faith and Leadership Digital Seminar
2020-06-13 10:00 - 2020-06-27 12:00
This seminar is an offering from Aspen Institute Executive Seminars and Princeton Theological Seminary.

Description
What are we made for? Who am I called to be? How does faith inform my leadership?
The Faith and Leadership digital seminar invites participants of all faiths, and those who see themselves as seekers, to engage in thoughtful text-based dialogue about the spiritual resources of leadership, the integration of faith and reason, and the place of transcendent values in common life.
In an online, interactive, small-group seminar over three consecutive weeks, participants will engage in dialogue about the deep role of faith in leadership and civic life.
Format: Online, interactive conversations, combining the best of the Aspen Institute’s method of moderated, text-based dialogue and Princeton Theological Seminary’s theological and vocational expertise. The two-hour seminars include intentional fellowship, devotion, moderated discussion, and benediction. Participants are asked to bring their full selves to this challenging, confidential dialogue.
Participants: Leaders from business, the nonprofit sector, government, education, and clergy
Readings: Drawn from classic and contemporary authors, including Abraham Joshua Heschel, Martin Luther King, Jr., John Paul II, Victoria Safford, Simone Weil, and John Wesley; approximately 20 pages of reading per seminar session

Moderators

Anne StewartVice President for External Relations,Princeton Theological Seminary

Jay MarshallManaging Directorand Chief Learning Officer,AlixPartners, LLPand Senior Moderator,Aspen Executive Seminars

Schedule
Saturday, June 13, 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. EDTSeminar One: Looking Up — CreationThis seminar explores the relationship between faith and reason in framing our origins and our ends. What are we made for? How do we think about transcendent values in a materialistic world?
Saturday, June 20, 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. EDTSeminar Two: Looking In — VocationThis seminar explores the ways in which faith informs individual callings to the love of God and the love of neighbor. Who am I called to be? What am I called to do? Where am I called to be of service?
Saturday, June 27, 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. EDTSeminar Three: Looking Out — AffirmationThis seminar explores faith and reason in the workplace and the common square. How can faith inform my leadership? How can faith inform politics, commerce, and social life within a pluralistic society?

Cost and Registration
Cost to attend three seminars: $375
Participants are asked to commit to all three seminars in order to honor the cumulative integrity of the discussions.
A limited number of partial scholarships are available to those for whom the full tuition is truly prohibitive. For further information, contact Todd Breyfogle.
Registration is limited to 18 participants on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration closes June 8.
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Virtual Open House
2020-06-11 13:00 - 13:45, 2020-05-28 13:00 - 13:45

Being Christian and a Leader in an Election Year
2020-06-02 00:00 - 2020-06-23 23:59
Course Description

What role will Christians play as the events of 2020 strain the threads that hold Americans (and American Christians) together? A controversial presidential election campaign would have stretched us enough on its own, but now the Coronavirus adds a battle between the “Let’s get back to work and lay masks down!” people and the “Stay at home and mask up!” people. Same armies, new battle – but now waged mostly on Zoom. Amid all these factors driving right and left further away from one another, Jesus people need to hear again and courageously reckon with Jesus’ “do unto others”, Jesus’ “Love your enemy”, Jesus’ “Blessed are the peacemakers,” and Jesus’ prayer “…that they all may be one!”
The tasks of being and leading Christians have not been this difficult for decades. Join Rev. Dr. Allen Hilton (MDiv ’89), leader of the House United Movement and co-founder of the new House United Academy, as he helps us explore what it is to be Christian in the Divided States of America. We’ll train together for a new calling: to help this nation and this church turn around before we revisit Fort Sumter or the holy wars of Europe. Dr. Hilton will help us envision how to preach, pray, pastor, and lead in the divided congregations God has given us.

Who May Enroll
Any curious Christian seeking deeper theological understanding and personal enrichment may take part in this online course. People with a desire to bridge the divides in our communities and churches will find this course helpful. We encourage groups from congregations and communities to take the course together.

What to Expect
Learning Community: You will be immersed with a community of learners. Just as you would in a traditional classroom, you will engage the course material with your peers, faculty, and teaching assistants.
Course Platform: The inviting environment of the online course platform engages students in active learning. The weekly modules guide you, step by step, through videos, readings, written reflections, and peer discussions.
Live Sessions: Dr. Allen will offer three 90 minute live online sessions during the course. These richly enhance the learning and community for students. The three Live Sessions with Dr. Allen will take place 7:30–9:00 p.m. eastern time on June 2, 9, and 16, 2020.

Time Commitment: Complete course material on your own schedule while meeting weekly deadlines. Teaching assistants follow your progress and respond weekly to your work in the learning path. You will exchange ideas with peers in the discussion board. Expect to spend six to eight hours per week on course modules and the live sessions.
Instruction and Review: Written course work is reviewed by the instructor and teaching assistant. Hilton will engage with students in the online discussions.
Successful Completion and CEUs
Those who satisfactorily complete all steps of the three modules will receive a notice of completion and earn 2.5 continuing education units (CEUs).

About the Instructor
Rev. Allen R. Hilton, PhD, helps Americans come together across differences for the common good. He does this (in non-Corona days) by flying 40 wks/yr to churches, schools, corporations, and any other communities who request help navigating red-blue division. He leads the House United Movement (church and broad culture est. 2016) and co-leads House United Academy (K-12 est. 2019). The mission joins Dr. Hilton’s blended evangelical and progressive Christian experience of conservative village Oregon (Young Life and George Fox University) and the progressive Ivy East (M.Div. at Princeton Seminary and Ph.D. + faculty at Yale U and Div) as well as pastoral work East (CT), West (WA), and Middle (MN). His book, House United: How the Church Can Save the World (Fortress, 2018), captures that vision; his book, Illiterate Apostles: Uneducated Early Christians and the Literates Who Loved Them (T&T Clark, 2018) grounds it in Scripture. Hilton lives in Austin, Texas with his beloved, Liz, and their two sons, Sam and Isaac.

Fees and Registration
The fee for the course is $110 per person.
Registration closes May 27, 2020.
Interested in taking the course with a group at your church? Contact us, at the email below, for information on group rates for congregations.
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Commencement 2020 (POSTPONED)
2020-05-23 10:00 - 12:00
Regretfully, we will not hold the commencement service in May. This was a very painful decision because this is a culminating moment for which our graduates have worked so hard, and it is one of our most sacred services of the academic year. Yet our first responsibility is the health of our community, family members and guests, and the wider public.
We will hold a postponed commencement celebration for the class of 2020 next year, May 10, 2021, in the Princeton University Chapel. We hope that as many graduates as possible will be able to return to campus to celebrate. More details of the festivities will be forthcoming.

The Digital Forum on Youth Ministry
2020-04-29 11:30 - 16:00
Revisioning Youth Ministry: Failure, Grief, and Hope
Join the Princeton Theological Seminary Institute for Youth Ministry on Wednesday, April 29, from 11:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. EST (with scheduled breaks) for a digital event on revisioning youth ministry. Plenary leaders include Kenda Creasy Dean and Eric Barreto. Small group leaders include Aqueelah Ligonde, Marcus Hong, Kermit Moss, Erin Raffety, Shari Oosting, Erik Leafblad, and more.
Registration for this event is $40.Registration is now closed as we have reached our maximum number of registrants of 250.

Unpacking Our Theme
We are in a vulnerable moment.
The COVID-19 pandemic poses particular challenges for youth ministry leaders. We are hearing stories from the people we serve, which include new realities: digital youth group and small groups, meal delivery for youth who rely on hot lunches from schools, the reimagination of worship for a digital context, and the loss of employment as churches face financial instability. Youth ministry leaders, like all ministry leaders, are serving people in their communities who have fallen sick or lost loved ones. Many of us have even suffered loss in our own families and communities.
Join us for a conversation where we will dig into biblical and theological foundations for navigating not only this cultural moment, but the calling to minister with young people in a moment of shared vulnerability. We will provide theological reflection, small groups, worshipful practices, and resource giveaways.

Leadership

Kenda Creasy Dean, PhD ’97, is an ordained United Methodist pastor and the Mary D. Synnott Professor of Youth, Church, and Culture at Princeton Theological Seminary. She directs Princeton’s Young Adult Innovation Hub and is an advisor to the Log College Project, an initiative that promotes intergenerational forms of youth ministry. She co-founded Ministry Incubators, a consulting group that helps Christian communities try new things. A graduate of Wesley Theological Seminary and Princeton Theological Seminary, Dean’s books include Almost Christian, The Godbearing Life (with Ron Foster), and Delighted: What Teenagers Are Teaching the Church About Joy (with Wesley Ellis, Justin Forbes, and Abigail Visco Rusert).

Eric Barreto is the Frederick and Margaret L. Weyerhaeuser Associate Professor of New Testament at Princeton Theological Seminary. As a Baptist minister, Barreto has pursued scholarship for the sake of the Church, and regularly writes for and teaches in faith communities around the country. He has also been a leader in the Hispanic Theological Initiative Consortium and is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature and the National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion. Barreto has also authored several books meant to bridge the church and the academy, such as Thinking Theologically (Foundations for Learning).
Small Group Leadership

Wes Ellis

Justin Forbes

Marcus Hong

Matthew Laidlaw

Erik Leafblad

Aqueelah Ligonde

Lakisha Lockhart

Kermit Moss

Shari Oosting

Erin Raffety

Lucie Shuker

Nate Stucky

Gabby CudjoeWilkes

JessicaWinderweedle

Kevin Wright

Schedule
Wednesday, April 29
(all times are in EST)
11:30 a.m. | Main Session I12:15 p.m. | Break12:45 p.m. | Small Group Session I 1:45 p.m. | Break 2:00 p.m. | Main Session II3:00 p.m. | Small Group Session II

Registration and Fees
Registration for this event is $40.Registration is now closed as we have reached our maximum number of registrants of 250.

The Medieval Pursuit of God
2020-04-27 00:00 - 2020-05-18 00:00
Course Description

What can we learn about seeking God in our lives and communities from the medieval pursuit of God? For most medieval people, learning about God was a holistic activity. They pursued God with their minds, bodies, and spirits. Stained glass windows taught biblical stories, prayer positions connected the mind to the heart, and new objects and everyday activities became vessels of theological wisdom. Even for the literate, reading wasn’t just passive reception of information. Usually, texts were read aloud in a community and the audience was invited to make connections between words and concepts, creating endless chains of meaning from a single verse. In light of COVID-19 and “streaming church,” how might we make community through medieval learning processes? How might we, too, utilize new technologies to convey the richness of the Christian tradition and to pursue God more deeply?

Who May Enroll
Any curious Christian seeking deeper theological understanding and personal enrichment may take part in this online course.

What to Expect
Peer learning: You will be immersed with a community of learners in an online environment.

Weekly modules: The weekly modules guide you, step by step, through videos, readings, written reflections, and peer discussions. Expect to spend 6 – 8 hours per week.

Instruction and review: Course work is reviewed by the instructor and teaching assistant. Dr. Reibe will engage with students in the online discussions.

Live session: The course concludes with an optional live session with Dr. Reibe on Monday, May 18, 2020, 7:00–9:00 p.m. EDT.
Successful completion and CEUs: Those who satisfactorily complete all steps of the three modules will receive a notice of completion and earn 2.5 continuing education units (CEUs).

About the Instructor
Nicole Reibe completed her MDiv at Princeton Theological Seminary in 2008. While at PTS, she developed a deep love for church history and questions about how to make history relevant for congregations. After a year of ministry at Tualatin Presbyterian Church, Nicole set off for Boston College to pursue a doctorate in historical theology with a concentration in medieval theology. Nicole sees it as her mission to discover and highlight historical voices that have been forgotten or ignored. She has published on the sermons and treatise of Achard of St. Victor and is currently working on a project exploring the theology of Teresa de Cartagena. Dr. Reibe is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore.

Fees and Registration
This course is being offered at this time for no charge.Please note that registration is required and closes at noon on Friday, April 24.
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Presidential Lecture: Robert M. Franklin
2020-04-23 17:00 - 18:00
The Office of the President welcomes Dr. Robert M. Franklin, former president of Morehouse College (Atlanta, GA), who will deliver the 2020 Presidential Lecture.
The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will be held on April 23 at 5:00 p.m. in the Theron Room of the Princeton Theological Seminary Library.

Land, Faith, and Identity - Cancelled
2020-04-22 18:00 - 19:15
ALERT: All campus events, lectures, and worship services have been cancelled through May 1. Please read the full statement.

The event will be held at the Farminary and is open to the public. Join us for Kaitlin’s reflections on land, faith, identity, and justice.
Kaitlin Curtice is a Native American Christian author and speaker. As an enrolled citizen of the Potawatomi Nation and someone who has grown up in the Christian faith, Curtice writes on the intersection of Indigenous spirituality, faith in everyday life, and the church.
Curtice’s new book, Native, comes out May 5, 2020. She is currently working on her second book with Brazos Press, set to come out in 2020. Native is about identity, soul-searching, and being on the never-ending journey of finding ourselves and finding God. In this book, she shows how reconnecting with her Native American roots both informs and challenges her Christian faith. Native has been named by Publisher’s Weekly as a Religion and Spirituality book to watch for. Her first book, Glory Happening: Finding the Divine in Everyday Places (2017), is a series of 50 essays and prayers focusing on finding the sacred in everyday life.
Curtice has contributed to OnBeing, Religion News Service, USA Today and Sojourners, among others, and she was interviewed for the New Yorker on colonization within Christian missions. In 2018 she was featured in a documentary with CBS called “Race, Religion and Resistance,” speaking on the dangers of colonized Christianity.
Curtice travels around the country speaking on faith and justice within the church as it relates to Indigenous peoples. She has been a featured speaker at Why Christian, Evolving Faith, Wild Goose Festival, The Festival of Faith and Writing, and more.
The lecture will be followed by a wine and cheese reception, sponsored by the Women in Ministry Initiative, from 7:15–8:30 p.m.
This evening is sponsored by the Center for Theology, Women, and Gender, The Farminary, and the Office of Diversity and Multicultural Relations.

Spring Choral Concert - Cancelled
2020-04-18 19:00 - 20:00
ALERT: All campus events, lectures, and worship services have been cancelled through May 1. Please read the full statement.

Join us at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Trenton on Sunday, Apr. 18 at 7 p.m., featuring the Princeton Seminary Chapel Choir directed by Martin Tel and accompanied by Michael Gittens.
NOTE LOCATION: Westminster Presbyterian Church is located at 1140 Greenwood Avenue, Trenton, NJ 08609
This concert is free and open to the public. Tickets are not required

Reimaginar La Predicación para una Nueva Era | Reimagining Preaching for a New Era
2020-04-18 00:00 - 23:59
Un Evento del Instituto Engle de PredicaciónAn Event of the Engle Institute of Preaching
En general, el objetivo del Instituto Engle es fomentar y fortalecer el oficio de quienes predican. El Engle en Español, a través de talleres interactivos, seminarios, sesiones plenarias y conversaciones, examinará las realidades de la experiencia de la vida congregacional y comunitaria hispana y la manera en que la predicación puede ser aún más relevante. Esperamos que aquellos que participan en Reimaginar la Predicación dejen este programa con energía y apoyo renovados en su vocación de predicación.
Overall, the Engle Institute’s goal is to nurture and strengthen the craft of those who preach. The Spanish Engle, through interactive workshops, seminars, plenaries, and conversation, will examine the realities of the Latinx congregational and community life experience and the manner by which preaching can become even more relevant. We hope that those who participate in Reimagining Preaching will leave this program with renewed energy and support in their preaching vocation.
Registro | Registration

Leadership

Victor Aloyo
Princeton Theological Seminary
Como Administrador Principal de Diversidad en Princeton, Aloyo es directamente responsable ante el presidente del seminario sobre asuntos de diversidad, equidad y excelencia inclusiva. Aloyo también se desempeña como Funcionario Escolar Primario Designado de la institución con el Servicio de Aduanas e Inmigración de los Estados Unidos, es Coordinador de Título IX y Título VI y el Director de la Oficina de Relaciones Multiculturales. Aloyo tambien es miembro del Concilio Ejecutivo del Seminario Teologico de Princeton. Aloyo lideró a la institución en el desarrollo de un Plan de Acción de Diversidad que detalla metas, objetivos y criterios de evaluación específicos. Actualmente se desempeña como personal del Comité Asesor de Facultad sobre Diversidad, miembro del Comité de Admisiones, presidente del Comité de Admisiones Internacionales, Coordinador de las Conversaciones Valientes del Seminario sobre Raza, Poder, Privilegio, Estereotipos y Justicia. Durante su tiempo en Princeton, Aloyo ha cultivado un modelo de plataforma estructural donde los asuntos de diversidad y excelencia inclusiva se caracterizan por la colaboración entre departamentos, profesores y estudiantes. Recientemente, además de asumir su papel como Decano Asociado para la Diversidad Institucional, Aloyo se desempeñó como Director Interino de Relaciones con Ex-alumnos dentro del departamento de Avance, es miembro del Comité de Acreditación, Grupo de Trabajo sobre Auditoría Histórica de la Esclavitud y Cohorte Estratégico de Largo Alcance. Después de los huracanes Irma y María, Aloyo también encabezó la solidaridad del Seminario Princeton con Puerto Rico al organizar cuatro viajes misioneros de servicio compuestos por equipos con estudiantes del Seminario, personal de la propiedad, facultad y administradores.
As the Chief Diversity Administrator at Princeton Theological Seminary, Aloyo directly reports to the president of the Seminary on matters of diversity, equity, and inclusive excellence. Aloyo also serves as the institution’s primary designated school officer with the United States Customs and Immigration Service, the Title IX and Title VI coordinator, and director of the Office of Multicultural Relations. Aloyo led the institution in the development of a Diversity Action Blueprint detailing specific goals, objectives, and assessment criteria. He currently serves as staff for the Faculty Advisory Committee on Diversity; is a member of the Admissions Committee; chair of the International Admissions Committee; and Coordinator of the Seminary’s Courageous Conversations on Race, Power, Privilege, Stereotypes, and Justice. During his tenure at Princeton, Aloyo has cultivated a matrix structural platform where matters of diversity and inclusive excellence are characterized by faculty, students, and interdepartmental collaborations. Recently, in addition to assuming his role as associate dean for institutional diversity, Aloyo served as interim director of alumni relations within the Advancement department, and as a member of the Committee on Accreditation, the Task Force on the Historical Audit on Slavery, and Long-Range Strategic Cohort. Aloyo is also directing the Seminary’s Urban Ministry and community engagement efforts by cultivating sustainable partnerships with community organizations, educational institutions, worship centers, and community residents in the City of Trenton and the Greater Mercer County.

Pablo Jimenez
Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary
El Dr. Pablo Jiménez es Profesor Asociado de Predicación y Decano Asociado del Programa de Ministerios Hispanos en el Seminario Teológico Gordon-Conwell. Antes de unirse a Gordon-Conwell, el Dr. Jiménez se desempeñó como Pastor Principal de la Iglesia Cristiana (Discípulos de Cristo) en Espinosa, Dorado, Puerto Rico. Posee un B.A. de la Universidad de Puerto Rico; un M. Div. del Seminario Evangélico de Puerto Rico; un S.T.M. del Seminario Cristiano Teológico en Indianápolis, IN; y un D.Min. del Seminario Teológico de Columbia en Decatur, GA.
Entre otros datos, Pablo es coautor de Púlpito: Una introducción a la predicación hispana (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2006). Previamente, El Dr. Jiménez se desempeñó como pastor del CCDC en Sonadora, Guaynabo, PR; Director de la “Rev. Instituto Bíblico Juan Figueroa Umpierre del CCDC en Puerto Rico: Director Ejecutivo de la Asociación para la Educación Teológica Hispana (AETH) y gerente del Programa Hispano de Verano (HSP). Además, ha enseñado a través de numerosas posiciones, como profesor de Nuevo Testamento y predicación en el Seminario Bíblico Latinoamericano en San José, Costa Rica, y como Instructor de Homilética en el Seminario Teológico Episcopal del Suroeste, en Austin, TX.
Dr. Pablo Jiménez is Associate Professor of Preaching and Associate Dean of the Hispanic Ministries Program at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Prior to joining Gordon-Conwell, Jiménez served as senior pastor of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Espinosa, Dorado, Puerto Rico. He earned a BA from the University of Puerto Rico; an MDiv from the Evangelical Seminary of Puerto Rico; an STM from Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis, IN; and a DMin from Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, GA.
Jiménez is the co-author of Pulpito: An introduction to Hispanic Preaching (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2006), among other materials. Dr. Jiminéz previously served as pastor of the CCDC in Sonadora, Guaynabo, PR; as director of the Rev. Juan Figueroa Umpierre Bible Institute of the CCDC in Puerto Rico; as executive director of the Association for Hispanic Theological Education (AETH); and as manager of the Hispanic Summer Program (HSP). In addition, he has also taught in numerous positions, as Professor of New Testament and Preaching at the Latin American Biblical Seminary in San José, Costa Rica and as Instructor of Homiletics at the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest, in Austin, TX.

Lis Valle-Ruiz
McCormick Theological Seminary
La Revda. Lis Valle-Ruiz se unió al Seminario Teológico McCormick en 2018 desde Nashville, TN. Obtuvo su doctorado en Homilética y Liturgia en la Universidad de Vanderbilt, donde también estudió género y sexualidad. Su disertación, “Como uno entre muchos: afirmando una multitud de prácticas de predicación encarnadas”, analiza la predicación del púlpito a través del discurso público, la predicación callejera a través de la acción simbólica y la predicación a través del teatro y propone que estos son tres paradigmas entre muchos otros en el repertorio incorporado en las prácticas de predicación cristiana entre las cuales los predicadores pueden elegir.
La Revda. Valle ha investigado la teología de los sermones del clero latino y también es autora de “Hacia la predicación litúrgica poscolonial: dibujo de la religión caribeña precolombina de los taínos”. Homiletic Online Journal, 2015.
La Revda. Valle se desempeñó como profesora de teología y escritura en el Lux Summer Youth Institute en Monmouth College, IL, brindó liderazgo en adoración y capellanía en reuniones interdenominacionales y posee antecedentes como actriz y abogado.
La Revda. Valle recibió una Maestría en Teología en Homilética del Seminario Teológico de Princeton y un Maestría en Divinidad del Seminario Teológico Presbiteriano de Louisville. Ella también tiene un JD de la Universidad de Puerto Rico. Con una licenciatura en educación con énfasis en teatro, Valle ha seguido combinando su estudio de teología y pasión por la justicia con su trabajo como actriz y directora artística.
La Revda. Valle es miembro de la Academia Estadounidense de Religión, la Academia de Homilética y el ARC (Arte, Religión, y Cultura) Colaboración Creativa para Teopoetas, entre otras organizaciones profesionales. Ha sido miembro del Foro para la Exploración Teológica y la Iniciativa/Consorcio Teológico Hispano.Lis ha sido ministro ordenado en la Iglesia Presbiteriana (EE. UU.) desde 2013.
Rev. Lis Valle-Ruiz joined McCormick Theological Seminary in 2018 from Nashville, TN. She earned her PhD in Homiletics and Liturgics from Vanderbilt University, where she also studied gender and sexuality. Her dissertation, “As One Among Many: Affirming a Multitude of Embodied Preaching Practices,” deals pulpit preaching through public speech, street preaching through symbolic action, and preaching through theater, and proposes that these are three paradigms among many others in the repertoire of embodied Christian preaching practices among which preachers may choose.
Rev. Valle has researched the theology of the sermons of Latina clergy and is also the author of “Toward Postcolonial Liturgical Preaching: Drawing on the Pre-Columbian Caribbean Religion of the Taínos.” Homiletic Online Journal, 2015.
Rev. Valle has served as Professor of Theology and Scripture at the Lux Summer Youth Institute in Monmouth College, IL, has provided worship and chaplaincy leadership in interdenominational gatherings, and possesses a background as both an actor and a lawyer.
Rev. Valle received a ThM in homiletics from Princeton Theological Seminary and an MDiv from Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. She also holds a JD from the University of Puerto Rico. With a BA in education with an emphasis in theater, Valle has continued to combine her study of theology and passion for justice with her work as an actress and an artistic director.
Rev. Valle is a member of the American Academy of Religion, the Academy of Homiletics, and the ARC Creative Collaborative for Theopoetics, among other professional organizations. She has been a fellow with the Forum for Theological Exploration and the Hispanic Theological Initiative/Consortium.
Rev. Valle has been an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA) since 2013.

Damaris D. Whittaker
Fort Washington Collegiate Church
Damaris D. Whittaker es una ministra de la Iglesia de Cristo Unida (UCC) y un teóloga público profundamente apasionado por la justicia social. Aunque creció en la tradición Pentecostal, su viaje personal de fe ha sido diverso. Se graduó en el Seminario Teológico de Nueva York (D.Min.) y tiene experiencia en el manejo de las finanzas del ministerio, el aumento de la administración y la asesoría y orientación al personal de la iglesia. Ella tiene un estilo de predicación dirigido por el espíritu y dirige servicios de adoración que reflejan la diversidad cultural de sus congregaciones. Predica en inglés y español.
Damaris D. Whittaker is a United Church of Christ (UCC) minister and a public theologian deeply passionate about social justice. Although raised in the Pentecostal tradition, her personal faith journey has been diverse. A graduate of New York Theological Seminary (DMin), she is experienced in managing ministry finances, increasing stewardship, and providing mentorship and guidance to church staff. She has a spirit-led style of preaching and leads worship services that are reflective of the cultural diversity of her congregations. She preaches in English and Spanish.

Programa | Schedule
8:30–9:00 a.m.
Registración (café y desayuno continental estarán disponibles a esa hora).Registration (coffee and continental breakfast will be available at this time).
9:00–10:00 a.m. PlenariaPlenary
10:00–11:45 a.m.Taller de la mañanaMorning Workshop
12:00–1:00 p.m.AlmuerzoLunch
1:00–2:45 p.m.Taller de la tardeAfternoon workshop
3:00–4:00 p.m.Culto de clausuraClosing Worship

Details and Registration
Costo: $40.00Cost: $40.00
Hora: 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.Time: 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Ubicación: The Erdman Center, 20 Library Place, Princeton, NJLocation: The Erdman Center, 20 Library Place, Princeton, NJ
Un calendario completo está incluido en la confirmación de registro.A complete schedule is included in registration confirmation.
Registro: próximamenteRegistration: Coming Soon
