Princeton Theological Seminary

Conversations with Christian Leaders on the COVID-19 Crisis: Part I
2020-03-26 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | NJ
Join the Princeton Theological Seminary Office of Continuing Education on March 26 from 12-1 p.m. ET for a digital panel conversation with Christian leaders on the COVID-19 crisis. Panelists include:

Charlene Han Powell, MDiv ’09, executive pastor, Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church (New York, NY)
Don Lincoln, MDiv ’80, lead pastor, Westminster Presbyterian Church (West Chester, PA), Seminary Board member
Ryan Timpte, MDiv/MACEF ’10, director of children’s ministry, Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian Church (Lafayette, CA)
Mia Chang, lead pastor, NextGen Church (West Windsor, NJ)
Maureen Gerald, MDiv ’06, executive pastor, Shiloh Baptist Church (Trenton, NJ); clinical social worker and spiritual director, Momentum Counseling, Coaching, and Consulting

The panel will be hosted on Zoom, read important registration terms.
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Theological Education in Prisons - Cancelled
2020-03-23 00:00 - 23:59
ALERT: All campus events, lectures, and worship services have been cancelled through May 1. Please read the full statement.

Despite increasing public attention to our current mass incarceration crisis, the United States still incarcerates more people (both in absolute numbers and per capita) than any other nation in the world. Roughly 2.3 million individuals are currently incarcerated in jails, prisons, and immigration detention centers. The call for the Church to care for those in prison is clear but discerning the best course of action to fulfill this call is challenging.
Using frameworks of reform or frameworks of abolition, many civic organizations, educational institutions, and religious congregations have pursued varied responses to the crisis. Churches and church members may work to raise awareness, get involved in political organizing, or volunteer to visit or correspond with those in prison. There is also a growing movement in the Church and its institutions to offer theological education in prisons as a response to this crisis.
This one-day conference, Theological Education in Prisons: The Incarceration Crisis and the Church, seeks to identify and learn from current approaches to theological education in prisons. The Call for Papers closed January 24 and those selected for presentation are noted below.

Selected Papers

Liberative Theological Jail Education, a paper presented by Lejia Johnson, Project Director at McCormick Theological Seminary for Theological Studies at Cook County Correctional Center.
“Something Much Greater”: Transformative Implications of Prison Theological Education, a panel presentation and discussion with Dr. Elizabeth Bounds, Associate Professor of Christain Ethics at Candler School of Theology; Dr. Rachelle Green, Assistant Professor of Practical Theology and Religious Education at Fordham University; and Sarah Farmer, Assistant Professor of Theology and Ministry at Indiana Wesleyan University.
Freeing the Imprisoned and the Nation that Imprisons Them, a paper presented by Dr. Andrew Skotnicki, Professor of Religious Studies at Manhattan College.
Doing Theology in Prison: Academic Theology as Liberation and Resistance a paper presented by Dr. Jennifer M. McBride, Associate Dean of the Doctor of Ministry Programs and Assistant Professor of Theology and Ethics at McCormick Theological Seminary.

Schedule
8:00–9:00 a.m. Registration and continental breakfast9:00–10:15 a.m. Welcome and paper #1 presented with discussion10:15–10:45 a.m. Coffee break10:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Paper #2 presented with discussion12:00–1:00 p.m. Lunch1:00–2:15 p.m. Paper #3 presented with discussion2:15–2:30 p.m. Break2:30–3:45 p.m. Paper #4 presented with discussion3:45–4:15 p.m. Summary and closing

Registration & Fees
Pastors, practitioners, volunteers, scholars, and seminary students are invited to register.
A light continental breakfast, lunch, and coffee break are included. Lodging is available, at an additional charge, at The Erdman Center on the Princeton Theological Seminary campus. Information about booking lodging is included in the registration confirmation. A limited number of seminary students may attend at no charge but must register to secure a place.
Standard Fee: $40Seminary & University Students: No charge
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The Healing Project - Cancelled
2020-03-19 19:00 - 20:00
ALERT: All campus events, lectures, and worship services have been cancelled through May 1. Please read the full statement.

On Thursday, March 19 from 7-8 p.m., the Center for Black Church Studies (BCS) will host “The Healing Project” during our celebration of Women’s History Month.
Even with all the hope a New Year brings, 2020 has already had its share of pain, grief, and tragedy: Kobe Bryant’s untimely death; devastating illnesses across the world; political upheaval; and our personal worries, losses, and stresses. Please join BCS for a seminar to help our community with tools for working through uncertain times.
Rev. Maureen Gerald, MDiv ’06, will lead us in moments of sharing and testimony and help us direct our minds to optimism and healing. She has been highly academically and professionally trained at the College of St. Elizabeth, Columbia University, and Princeton Theological Seminary. She is a credentialed counselor, coach and spiritual director with over twenty years of experience in the mental health field. Gerald is the Founder and CEO of Momentum Counseling, Coaching, & Consulting LLC, a successful private practice located in Princeton, New Jersey, providing holistic mental, emotional, and spiritual wellness. Her community of clients includes adults, adolescents, members of the LGBTQ community, married couples, and families, and she specializes in issues of anxiety, anger, PTSD, defiant behaviors, women’s issues, sexual identity, depression, and complicated grief.
This event will take place in the auditorium of the Mackay Campus Center. It is free and open to the public.

Admissions Q&A - Free Webinar
2020-03-18 13:00 - 14:00
This 1-hour ONLINE webinar is designed for those who are aiming to complete their application before the April 1 deadline. Join us online to learn more about what the admissions committee is looking for in a successful application, tips for the admission process, and ask your questions about financial aid and student life!
Who will be available to share tips and answer your Q’s?

Joel Estes, Director of Admissions
​​​Mike Livio, Associate Director of Financial Aid
Sherry Garrahan, Admissions Assistant
Lydia Tembo, Recruitment Associate

What you’ll learn

What the admissions committee is looking for in a successful applicant
How to complete your application
Resources available for need-based financial aid
What it’s like to be a student and live on campus

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Annie Kinkead Warfield Lectures - Cancelled
2020-03-16 17:00 - 2020-03-19 17:00
ALERT: All campus events, lectures, and worship services have been cancelled through May 1. Please read the full statement.

Dr. Friederike Nuessel will present the 2020 Annie Kinkead Warfield Lecture series, “Afflicted but not crushed: An Inquiry into Theodicy, Human Freedom, and Divine Reconciliation.”
All lectures in this series will take place in the Main Lounge of the Mackay Campus Center at Princeton Theological Seminary.

Monday, March 16, 5:00 p.m., “Against theodicy? Reconsidering the urgency of an age-old question”
Tuesday, March 17, 1:00 p.m., “Suffering, evil, and an eschatological prospect,” and 5:00 p.m., “Thinking about divine omnipotence theologically”
Wednesday, March 18, 5:00 p.m., “Moral evil and the problem of freedom”
Thursday, March 19, 1:00 p.m., “Committing to the Word of reconciliation: God’s virtue toward us?”, and 5:00 p.m.*, “Afflicted but not crushed” – the virtue of reconciliation”

*Reception to follow in Private Dining Room, Mackay Campus Center
Dr. Friederike Nuessel is director of the Marsilius Kolleg and Professor of Systematic Theology and the director of the Ecumenical Institute, Faculty of Theology at Heidelberg University. Her areas of concentration include topics and transformations of Christian dogmatics, concepts of ecclesial unity in Christian denominational cultures, and reception of the Bible in different Christian denominations.
The Warfield Lectures are named in honor of Annie Kinkead Warfield, wife of Dr. Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield who served as professor of theology at Princeton Theological Seminary from 1887 to 1921.

Santo, Santo, Santo / Holy, Holy, Holy - Cancelled
2020-03-13 19:00 - 20:30
ALERT: All campus events, lectures, and worship services have been cancelled through May 1. Please read the full statement.

ALERTA: Todos los eventos del campus, conferencias y servicios de adoración han sido cancelados hasta el 1 de mayo. Lea la declaración completa.
A bilingual festival of singing / Un festival de canto bilingüe

Join us for a bilingual (Spanish/English) festival of singing led by Rebecca Snippe, Carlos Lemagne, and Martin Tel with musicians from the Presbyterian Church in Hato Rey presenting the new hymnal resource Santo, Santo, Santo: Cantos para el pueblo de Dios/Holy, Holy, Holy: Songs for the People of God (GIA Publications, 2019). We will sing songs of tears and laughter, psalms of lament and praise, and hymns that tell the story of Jesus and the Christian journey. We will also be celebrating with the Evangelical Seminary of Puerto Rico in their centennial year. The act of singing bilingually is an expression of our unity. Come, be inspired. ¡Cantemos! Let’s sing!

Únete a nosotros en un festival de canto bilingüe (español / inglés) dirigido por Rebecca Snippe, Carlos Lemagne, y Martin Tel con músicos de la Iglesia Presbiteriana de Hato Rey presentando el nuevo himnario Santo, Santo, Santo: Cantos para el pueblo de Dios/Holy, Holy, Holy: Songs for the People of God (GIA Publications, 2019). Cantaremos canciones de sufrimiento y de alegría, salmos de lamentación y alabanzas, e himnos sobre la historia de Jesús y el camino cristiano. También celebraremos con el Seminario Evangélico de Puerto Rico en su año centenario. Cantar en forma bilingüe es una expresión de nuestra unidad. Ven e inspírate. Let’s sing! ¡Cantemos!

World Christianity Conference - Cancelled
2020-03-11 00:00 - 2020-03-14 23:59
An International, Interdisciplinary Conference organized by The World Christianity & History of Religions Program (Department of History & Ecumenics)

2020 Conference Cancelled
Due to the global outbreak of COVID-19 and the rapid evolution of this disease, including a growing number of confirmed cases in the United States, Princeton Theological Seminary has cancelled the World Christianity Conference, originally scheduled for March 11-13, 2020.
Please know this decision was made with much deliberation and out of an abundance of caution for the wellbeing of our campus community and our guests. There is still great uncertainty about this illness, and this is one of many ways in which the Seminary is taking precautionary measures.
We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you. We share in your disappointment, as a great deal of planning went into coordinating a deeply rich and fruitful event.
Resources from Past Conferences

2019

Conference Program Book (pdf)
Video of Keynote Lectures and Panel
Audio of Keynote Lectures and Panel
Photo Gallery
Event Recap
Conference Report by Shalon Park, PhD Candidate (pdf)

2018

Conference Program Book (pdf)
Video of Keynote Addresses
Audio of Keynote Addresses
Photo Gallery
Conference Report by Briana Wong (pdf)
Conference Reflections by Dr. Jason Bruner

Reverend Alexander Thompson, D.D. Memorial Lecture
2020-03-05 17:00 - 18:00
Juan Hernández will present the Reverend Alexander Thompson, D.D. Memorial Lecture at 5:00 p.m. in the Main Lounge of the Mackay Campus Center at Princeton Theological Seminary. His lecture is titled “Recovering Revelation’s Forgotten Textual History: Josef Schmid’s Magnum Opus for the Twenty-First Century.” A reception will follow in the same location.
Juan Hernández is professor of biblical studies at Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota. His expertise is in the area of the New Testament and early Christianity, with a special interest in New Testament textual criticism, especially the text of the Apocalypse and its reception history. Hernández has published extensively on the scribal activity and textual history of the Apocalypse’s manuscript tradition. He is an alumnus of the Hispanic Theological Initiative.

Princeton Seminar
2020-03-01 00:00 - 2020-03-03 23:59
Prospective students are invited to attend a 3-day seminar for theological exploration and vocational discernment as guests of the Seminary.
During a visit, prospective students will:

Meet with faculty, students, and staff
Learn what makes Princeton Seminary unique
Attend classes and worship with students
Have the option to interview with an Admissions Committee member
Discover opportunities for ministry, spiritual formation, and cross-cultural dialogue

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Student Art Exhibition Reception
2020-02-27 17:00 - 18:00
Join us on February 27 from 5:00-6:00 p.m. for a wine and cheese reception to celebrate student artwork on display in the Main Gallery of the Erdman Center.
Students in Professor Sonia Waters’ course The Creative Unconscious and Visual Life transformed experience into art — painting, sculpture, photography, drawing, and mixed media. Through this exhibit, on display in the Erdman Center’s Main Gallery throughout February and March from 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., students explore the power of visual expression in pastoral ministry, public space, and political protest.
The exhibit and the reception are free and open to the public.

StoryLab: Storytelling for Congregations
2020-02-27 16:00 - 2020-02-29 12:30
At StoryLab, you will learn to tell the story of your life, to connect it with God’s story, and welcome others to do the same. Under the guidance of master storyteller Mark Yaconelli, StoryLab will be an exploration of the power of personal storytelling to build community, address social injustice, and heal individual suffering. Particular attention will be given to storytelling as a form of connection between young adults and Christian communities. Through presentation, contemplative exercises, theological reflection, and a variety of narrative practices, StoryLab participants will encounter the power of personal narratives for spiritual growth, outreach, and ministry. Join us to explore the transformative potential of storytelling. Participants should come with a story to work on.
StoryLab is supported by the Zoe Project, a Lilly Endowment, Inc. initiative at Princeton Theological Seminary that helps congregations build relationships with and support the faith of young adults. Join the leaders and young adults of the 12 Zoe Project churches in this immersive storytelling event.
Please note: Enrollment is limited; early registration is encouraged.
Leadership

Mark Yaconelli is an author, storyteller, speaker, minister, and community activist. He is the executive director of The Hearth, a nonprofit that uses personal narratives to support individual healing and social change. He has helped to start many creative ministry projects including the Center for Engaged Compassion at Claremont School of Theology and the Youth Ministry and Spirituality Project at San Francisco Theological Seminary. He is the author of five books including The Gift of Hard Things: Finding Grace in Unexpected Places; Wonder, Fear, and Longing: A Book of Prayers; and Contemplative Youth Ministry: Practicing the Presence of Jesus With Young People.
Schedule
Thursday, February 27
4:00 p.m. | Registration6:00 p.m. | Dinner7:30 p.m. | Session I
Friday, February 28
8:00 a.m. | Breakfast 9:00 a.m. | Session II12:00 p.m. | Lunch1:30 p.m. | Session III 6:00 p.m. | Dinner 7:30 p.m. | Story Slam (open to the public)
Saturday, February 29
8:00 a.m. | Breakfast9:00 a.m. | Session IV (Debriefing from Friday night) 12:00 p.m. | Event concludes
Registration & Fees
$195 Includes program, meals (Thursday dinner, Friday breakfast, lunch, dinner, and Saturday breakfast) and coffee breaks.
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Space is limited. Register early. Please read the registration and cancellation policy.
Lodging & Site Information
The program will take place on the campus of Princeton Theological Seminary, 64 Mercer St. Princeton, N.J. 08540. Onsite lodging is available at the Erdman Center, 20 Library Place, Princeton, N.J. 08540 for an additional nightly fee. Space is limited.
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 day and overnight participants.

The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture: Tamura Lomax
2020-02-25 17:00 - 18:30
Princeton Theological Seminary welcomes Dr. Tamura Lomax to deliver The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture, February 25 at 5:00 p.m. Lomax’s lecture is titled “We Don’t Need a Black Messiah: The Crisis of Civilization and Aspirational Black Patriarchy.”
The lecture will be held in the main lounge of the Mackay Campus Center and is free and open to the public.

Tamura Lomax received her PhD in religion from Vanderbilt University where she specialized in black religious history and black diaspora studies. She also developed expertise in women, gender, and sexuality studies and black British and U.S. black cultural studies. In 2018, Lomax published Jezebel Unhinged: Loosing the Black Female Body in Religion and Culture with Duke University Press. In addition, she organized and guest edited “Black Bodies in Ecstasy: Black Women, the Black Church, and the Politics of Pleasure,” a special issue published with Black Theology: An International Journal. In 2014, she published Womanist and Black Feminist Responses to Tyler Perry’s Cultural Productions with Palgrave Macmillan, a co-authored edited volume with Rhon S. Manigault-Bryant and Carol B. Duncan. And she is currently at work on a new book, Parenting Against the Patriarchy: Raising Non-Toxic Sons in White Supremacist America (managed by Don Congdon Associates, Inc./Duke University Press). However, Lomax isn’t solely a writer and researcher. She’s a scholar-activist. In 2017, she co-organized “Our History, Our Future: a Multigenerational Human Rights Conference” at Boston University. And in 2011, Lomax co-founded The Feminist Wire (TFW), an online publication committed to feminist, anti-racist, and anti-imperialist socio-political critique. Her vision is to create space for justice work through critical conversation, exchange, mass-mediation, and dynamic accessible education. Her hope is to bring academic expertise to the streets and vice versa. Since its founding, TFW has published close to 3,000 intersectional and justice centered scholarly essays, including the original Black Lives Matter herstory by Alicia Garza in 2014; organized the very first university conference on Black Lives Matter; and coordinated various forums on topics such as black (academic) women’s health; Assata Shakur; Trayvon Martin; disabilities; race, racism and anti-racism within feminism; and Mumia Abu-Jamal, race, gender and the carceral state. In addition to online publishing, TFW has a book series with the University of Arizona Press: The Feminist Wire Books: Connecting Feminisms, Race, and Social Justice. It recently published its first three books: Them Goon Rules: Fugitive Essays on Radical Black Feminism by Marquis Bey; The Chicana Motherwork Anthology edited by Cecilia Caballero, Yvette Martínez-Vu, Judith Pérez-Torres, Michelle Téllez, and Christine Vega; and Black Girl Magic Beyond the Hashtag Twenty-First-Century Acts of Self-Definition edited by Julia S. Jordan-Zachery and Duchess Harris.

Access PTS
2020-02-20 00:00 - 23:59
This one-day event provides an opportunity for prospective students to experience a day in the life of Princeton Seminary by touring campus, visiting a class, attending a worship service, and meeting with current students.
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Inaugural Lecture: Mark S. Smith
2020-02-11 17:00 - 19:00
Mark S. Smith will deliver his inaugural lecture on February 11 at 5:00 p.m. Smith’s lecture is titled “‘What Have Canaan and Babylon to Do with Israel?’: The Problem of Ancient Near Eastern Divinity in the Biblical Godhead.”
The lecture will be held in the Cooper Conference Room at the Erdman Center, Princeton Theological Seminary and is free and open to the public. A reception will follow at the Erdman Center.
Mark S. Smith is the Helena Professor of Old Testament Literature and Exegesis at Princeton Theological Seminary. After obtaining master’s degrees from Catholic University of America, Harvard University, and Yale University, he earned his PhD at Yale. Prior to coming to Princeton Seminary, he served as the Skirball Professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near Eastern Studies at New York University, and also taught at Yale and Saint Joseph’s University. A Roman Catholic layman, Smith also served as a visiting professor at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome and at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
Smith specializes in Israelite religion and the Hebrew Bible, as well as the literature and religion of Late Bronze Age Ugarit. He is the author of 15 books and more than 100 articles. His current research includes a commentary on the book of Judges co-authored with Elizabeth M. Bloch-Smith, which is to appear in the Hermeneia commentary series.

Pastoral Ministry Series - Part III: Martin Tel and María Cornou
2020-02-10 00:00 - 23:59
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Description
This annual three-part series is designed for those serving in congregational ministry. Through three consecutive Mondays, clergy will spend time in community exploring the art of pastoral ministry. Topics in 2020 will touch on World Christianity, ethical leadership, and the bilingual hymnal. Come to one, two, or the full series.

III. Worshiping in Unity | Adorando en Unidad
Monday, February 10, 2020
One of the greatest gifts that Christians have is the ability to worship God together in unity, as the body of Christ. With the global church at our doorstep, many pastors and worship leaders face questions of how to embrace a liturgy that acknowledges and welcomes the increasing diversity in our North American contexts: Might bilingual (multilingual) worship be relevant for my congregation? How can we sing songs in a language we don’t know? What about authenticity and cultural appropriation? Which practical strategies may help my community to practice bilingual worship? Though this seminar will focus on English and Spanish languages and explore the new resource, Santo, Santo, Santo: Cantos para el pueblo de Dios/Holy, Holy, Holy: Songs for the People of God (GIA Publications, 2019), the learning can be applied to all sorts of bilingual and multilingual settings. Come and join us in this fascinating conversation.

Uno de los mayores dones que tienen los cristianos es la capacidad de adorar a Dios juntos en unidad, como el cuerpo de Cristo. Con la iglesia global a nuestras puertas, muchos pastores y líderes de adoración enfrentan preguntas sobre cómo abrazar una liturgia que reconoce y agradece la creciente diversidad en nuestros contextos de América del Norte: ¿Puede ser relevante la adoración bilingüe (multilingüe) para mi congregación? ¿Cómo podemos cantar canciones en un idioma que no conocemos? ¿Qué pasa con la autenticidad y la apropiación cultural? ¿Qué estrategias prácticas pueden ayudar a mi comunidad a practicar la adoración bilingüe? Aunque este seminario se centrará en los idiomas inglés y español, y explorará el nuevo recurso Santo, Santo, Santo: Cantos para el pueblo de Dios / Santo, Santo, Santo: Canciones para el pueblo de Dios (Publicaciones GIA, 2019), el aprendizaje se puede aplicar a todo tipo de entornos bilingües y multilingües. Ven y únete a nosotros en esta fascinante conversación.
The instructors plan to teach primarily in English but can accommodate Spanish speakers.Las sesiones serán conducidas principalmente en inglés, pero se pueden hacer arreglos para incluir a hispanohablantes.

Part I (9:15-10:15 a.m.)—Cooper Conference Room (Erdman Hall)Bilingual (or multilingual) worship isn’t easy. Why should we make the effort?
Parte I (9:15-10:15 a.m.)—Salón de Conferencias Cooper (Erdman Hall)La adoración bilingüe o multilingüe no es fácil. ¿Por qué debemos hacer el esfuerzo?
Part II (10:30-11:15 a.m.)—Gambrell Room (Scheide Hall)Let’s practice! Together we’ll experience some bilingual songs from around the world.
Parte II (10:30-11:15 a.m.)—Salón Gambrell (Scheide Hall)¡Practiquemos! Juntos experimentaremos con algunas canciones bilingües de alrededor del mundo.
Interlude (11:30-noon)—Miller ChapelWe will worship with the Seminary community.
Interludio (11:30-noon)—Capilla MillerAdoraremos con la comunidad del Seminario
Part III (1:00-2:30 p.m.)—Gambrell Room (Scheide Hall)How? What are some strategies and resources for leading bilingual (or multilingual) worship?
Parte III (1:00-2:30 p.m.)—Salón Gambrell (Scheide Hall)¿Cómo? ¿Cuáles son algunas estrategias y recursos para liderar la adoración bilingüe (o multilingüe)?

Co-Leader: María Eugenia Cornou is program manager for international and intercultural learning for the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship. Her areas of responsibility include international programs, curating web and print resources including translations of worship resources into multiple languages, facilitating conversations and networking with scholars, teachers of worship, and other church leaders, and grant making support.  She is from Buenos Aires, Argentina, where she taught biblical studies and was administrative director at International Baptist Theological Seminary. Cornou earned a PhD in theology from the Free University of Amsterdam on the topic of Protestant worship in Argentina as well as degrees in public accounting and theology.
Co-Leader: Martin Tel, Princeton Seminary’s C.F. Seabrook Director of Music, earned an MMus from the University of Notre Dame, an MA from Calvin Theological Seminary, and a DMA from the University of Kansas. Tel is interested in congregational singing and the Psalter. His courses cover musical resources for the congregation, the Psalms in worship, and collaborative worship planning.  His publications include Santo, Santo, Santo: Cantos para el pueblo de Dios / Holy, Holy, Holy: Songs for the People of God (GIA, 2019), contributing editor, Lift Up Your Hearts: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs (Faith Alive, 2013), contributing editor, and Psalms for All Seasons: A Complete Psalter for Worship (CICW/Faith Alive/Brazos Press, 2012), senior editor.

Other Sessions in the Series
I. World Christianity: Elsie Anne McKee (January 27, 2020)
II. Ethical Leadership: Walter Earl Fluker (February 3, 2020)

Schedule
Morning
8:30 – Coffee and registration
9:00 – 9:15 – Introduction and welcome
9:15 -10:30 – Session 1 (class time)
10:30 -11:00 – Coffee and snack break
11:00 -12:15 – Session 2 – (class time)
Afternoon
12:15 -1:15 – Lunch
1:30 – 3:00 – Session 3 – (class time)

Cost & Registration
Daily rate: $65Full series: $175
Includes full program, lunch, and coffee breaks with snacks.
Offered with support from The James G. Emerson Fund.
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The Joe R. Engle Organ Concert
2020-02-08 12:00 - 20:00
“Will You Come and Follow Me?”
a hymn festival inviting us to answer the call
to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with our God
In partnership with the Central New Jersey AGO Chapter, this event will include afternoon workshops and a 7:00 p.m. organ concert at Bristol Chapel, Westminster Choir College, featuring Tom Trenney.
The concert is free and open to the public.

Being Christian and a Leader in an Election Year
2020-02-05 00:00 - 2020-02-25 23:59
Course Description

Americans will be electing a President again soon, and we’re more divided than ever. We all know that in 2016, friendships, families, neighborhoods, bridge clubs, churches, and almost every other community came apart at the seams over politics. So, how can Christian community survive political polarization? And how can we disrupt it together in the name of the one who prayed that those who believe in him “may all be one”? (John 17.20)
Join Dr. Allen Hilton, MDiv ’89, leader of the House United Movement, as he helps us retrain divisive habits and seek the transformation that will help us become robustly “Christ’s body” and “a more perfect union.” The coursework identifies our American Christian predicament and then builds for us new ways of engaging constructively across our differences.

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: A one-hour live online session with Hilton occurs at the end of each weekly module, for a total of three sessions. Participation is encouraged but optional. The three live sessions with Hilton will take place 8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. eastern time on Tuesdays, February 11, 18, and 25, 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, makes political and theological difference an asset to people’s lives rather than a threat. He grew up and went to college in a conservative village in Oregon, did graduate work in the more progressive Ivy East (PTS and Yale University PhD ‘97), taught on strong faculties at St. Mary’s College of California and Yale Divinity School, and then served big-tent churches in the east, west, and middle of the U.S. These experiences incubated the convictions that hatched House United, Hilton’s nonprofit attempt to bust polarization. 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.
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Interested in taking the course with a group at your church? Contact us, at the email below, for information on group rates for congregations.

Pastoral Ministry Series - Part II: Walter Earl Fluker
2020-02-03 00:00 - 23:59
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Description
This annual three-part series is designed for those serving in congregational ministry. Through three consecutive Mondays, clergy will spend time in community exploring the art of pastoral ministry. Topics in 2020 will touch on World Christianity, ethical leadership, and the bilingual hymnal. Come to one, two, or the full series.

II. Ethical Leadership

Monday, February 3, 2020
Dr. Walter Fluker will explore ethical leadership and the qualities of personal integrity, spiritual discipline, intellectual openness, and moral anchoring. Fluker finds these characteristics exemplified in the work and thought of black church giants Martin Luther King, Jr. and Howard Thurman. This course sets forth the context and principles for ethical leadership, particularly for ministries and other professions whose mission directly advances the common good. Fluker grounds leadership in story, the appropriation of one’s roots as a basis for personal and social transformation. He will explore the key values of character, civility, and community for ethical action on the personal, public, and spiritual realms. From these considerations he will share a model of the specific virtues that embody each realm of ethical leadership before applying them to the practical aspects of leadership and decision-making.
Leader: Walter Earl Fluker is the Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Ethical Leadership at Boston University. He is the editor of the Howard Thurman Papers Project and the Director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Initiative for the Development of Ethical Leadership (MLK-IDEAL). He was founding executive director of the Andrew Young Center for Global Leadership Center and the Coca-Cola Professor of Leadership Studies at Morehouse College. Dr. Fluker is a featured consultant, speaker, lecturer and workshop leader at foundations, businesses, corporations, colleges, universities, governmental and religious institutions, nationally and globally.

Other Sessions in the Series
I. World Christianity: Elsie Anne McKee (January 27, 2020)
III. Worshiping in Unity | Adorando en Unidad: Martin Tel and María Cornou (February 10, 2020)

Schedule
Morning
8:30 – Coffee and registration
9:00 – 9:15 – Introduction and welcome
9:15 -10:30 – Session 1 (class time)
10:30 -11:00 – Coffee and snack break
11:00 -12:15 – Session 2 – (class time)
Afternoon
12:15 -1:15 – Lunch
1:30 – 3:00 – Session 3 – (class time)

Cost & Registration
Daily rate: $65Full series: $175
Includes full program, lunch, and coffee breaks with snacks.
Offered with support from The James G. Emerson Fund.
Register Now

Student Art Exhibition
2020-02-01 09:00 - 2020-03-31 16:00
Students in Professor Sonia Waters’ course “The Creative Unconscious and Visual Life” transformed experience into art – painting, sculpture, photography, drawing, and mixed media. Through this exhibit, on display in the Erdman Center’s Main Gallery throughout February and March from 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., students explore the power of visual expression in pastoral ministry, public space, and political protest.
The exhibit is free and open to the public.

Student Art Exhibit – Cancelled
2020-02-01 00:00 - 2020-03-31 23:59
Exhibit Cancelled
All campus events, lectures, and worship services have been cancelled through May 1. Please read the full statement.

Students in Professor Sonia Waters’ course The Creative Unconscious and Visual Life transformed experience into art — painting, sculpture, photography, drawing, and mixed media. Through the exhibit, students explore the power of visual expression in pastoral ministry, public space, and political protest.
This exhibit is on display in the Erdman Center’s Main Gallery throughout February and March from 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Opening Communion for the Spring Semester
2020-01-28 11:30 - 12:00
Preacher: Dr. Hanna Reichel, Associate Professor of Reformed Theology
Scripture: Genesis 32:24-32
Title: “Wrestling with God and the World”
Presiding: Janice Smith Ammon, Bryant M. Kirkland Minister of the Chapel, and Yedea H. Walker, Pastoral Resident

Regional Auditing Program
2020-01-28 00:00 - 2020-04-28 23:59
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all continuing education programs have been suspended until further notice. Please check back for updates
Area pastors, church leaders, and community members 18 years and older are welcome to audit select Seminary courses on a noncredit basis. Registration, through The Office of Continuing Education, is required and there is a fee of $175 per course with a limit of one course per person per semester.
Auditors will sit in on course lectures but should not expect to participate in class discussion, attend precepts, or have work evaluated by professors. All communication about courses should be directed to the Office of Continuing Education. No credit or certification is given for audited courses. However, pastors and church professionals may request verification of continuing education units (CEUs), at the conclusion of the semester, from the Office of Continuing Education.

Course Offerings
NT 2101 Introduction to the New Testament
Dr. Dale C. Allison Dr. George L. Parsenios
This course will provide an introduction to the New Testament by (1) developing a basic knowledge of the New Testament writings with respect to their literary and theological characteristics, (2) providing insight into the cultural and religious matrix of early Christianity, (3) introducing the academic study of the New Testament and the art and methods of exegesis. A consistent concern throughout will be the integration of exegesis, theology, and life in Christ.
CH 1130 Survey of Christianity Since the Reformation
Dr. Heath Carter Dr. James C. Deming
Survey of major trends and movements, including the planting of Christianity in the Americas, the evangelical awakenings, the Enlightenment, the impact of political revolutions, Christianity and changing gender roles, African American Christianity, the modern missionary movement and ecumenism, the emergence of theological liberalism and biblical criticism, the fundamentalist controversy, the rise of Pentecostalism, the changing place of Christianity in European and American societies in the 20th century, and the re-centering of world Christianity to the global south in the 21st century.
CH 3221 St. Augustine, His Confessions, and His Influence
Dr. Paul Rorem
The life and thought of St. Augustine of Hippo, with special attention to his Confessions. Influential theological themes of Augustine’s overall work will be traced through the Middle Ages and Renaissance into the 16th century Reformation. Lectures, small group discussions of the books of the Confessions, examination, and research paper.
TH 2100 Systematic Theology
Dr. Hanna Reichel Dr. Dirk J. Smit
A foundational course covering the major Christian doctrines from revelation to eschatology, emphasizing their biblical basis, evangelical focus, ecclesial context, Trinitarian scope, and contemporary significance for Christian life and ministry.
WR 3129 B The Psalms in Christian Worship
Martin Tel
An exploration of the use of the Psalms in Christian worship. Consideration will be given to liturgical practices of the early church and the Reformation traditions and to the influences of the liturgical renewal movement, as well as to emerging developments in contemporary worship practices. Auditors may also participate in a series of practica on the musical performance of the Psalter with discussion of the experience of singing and journaling through the Psalms.

Registration
Registration requires two steps.
1. Register and pay the required fee ($175) online.
2. Call the Office of Continuing Education to schedule a time to pick up any information for your course and a parking pass. Phone number and office hours are in the email confirmation of your online registration.
Available space in each course is limited and varies course by course.

Pastoral Ministry Series
2020-01-27 00:00 - 23:59
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Description
This annual three-part series is designed for those serving in congregational ministry. Through three consecutive Mondays, clergy will spend time in community exploring the art of pastoral ministry. Topics in 2020 will touch on World Christianity, ethical leadership, and the bilingual hymnal. Come to one, two, or the full series.

Topics, Dates, and Leaders

I. World Christianity
Monday, January 27, 2020
Women have always been active in Christian service, though most of their names have been lost. When we have the opportunity to get “the whole story,” especially from a context very different from our own, it opens new ways to appreciate the communion of saints. Monique Misenga Mukuna, affectionately known as “Maman Monique,” is a remarkable laywoman of the Presbyterian Church of Kinshasa, in her home country, the Democratic Republic of Congo. Elder and activist, teacher and advocate, constantly engaged all her adult life in working to live out Matthew 25, Maman Monique has especially dedicated herself to women and girls, seeking to educate and empower. She is strong and feisty, compassionate, and down to earth. Come be welcomed into an inspiring, on-going story of a sister in the World Christian community.
Leader: Elsie Anne McKee, PhD ’82, is the Archibald Alexander Professor of Reformation Studies and the History of Worship at Princeton Theological Seminary. She also earned the Diploma in Theology from Cambridge University in England. The history and theology of the Reformation are the focus of her research, along with a strong interest in cross-cultural issues developed by experience in central Africa. Themes include the history of Biblical exegesis and spirituality and women in the church.

II. Ethical Leadership
Monday, February 3, 2020
Join Dr. Walter Fluker will explore ethical leadership and the qualities of personal integrity, spiritual discipline, intellectual openness, and moral anchoring. Fluker finds these characteristics exemplified in the work and thought of black church giants Martin Luther King, Jr. and Howard Thurman. This course sets forth the context and principles for ethical leadership, particularly for ministries and other professions whose mission directly advances the common good. Fluker grounds leadership in story, the appropriation of one’s roots as a basis for personal and social transformation. He will explore the key values of character, civility, and community for ethical action on the personal, public, and spiritual realms. From these considerations he will share a model of the specific virtues that embody each realm of ethical leadership before applying them to the practical aspects of leadership and decision-making.
Leader: Walter Earl Fluker is the Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Ethical Leadership at Boston University. He is the editor of the Howard Thurman Papers Project and the Director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Initiative for the Development of Ethical Leadership (MLK-IDEAL). He was founding executive director of the Andrew Young Center for Global Leadership Center and the Coca-Cola Professor of Leadership Studies at Morehouse College. Dr. Fluker is a featured consultant, speaker, lecturer and workshop leader at foundations, businesses, corporations, colleges, universities, governmental and religious institutions, nationally and globally.

III. Worshiping in Unity | Adorando en Unidad
Monday, February 10, 2020One of the greatest gifts that Christians have is the ability to worship God together in unity, as the body of Christ. With the global church at our doorstep, many pastors and worship leaders face questions of how to embrace a liturgy that acknowledges and welcomes the increasing diversity in our North American contexts: Might bilingual (multilingual) worship be relevant for my congregation? How can we sing songs in a language we don’t know? What about authenticity and cultural appropriation? Which practical strategies may help my community to practice bilingual worship? Though this seminar will focus on English and Spanish languages and explore the new resource, Santo, Santo, Santo: Cantos para el pueblo de Dios/Holy, Holy, Holy: Songs for the People of God (GIA Publications, 2019), the learning can be applied to all sorts of bilingual and multilingual settings. Come and join us in this fascinating conversation.

Uno de los mayores dones que tienen los cristianos es la capacidad de adorar a Dios juntos en unidad, como el cuerpo de Cristo. Con la iglesia global a nuestras puertas, muchos pastores y líderes de adoración enfrentan preguntas sobre cómo abrazar una liturgia que reconoce y agradece la creciente diversidad en nuestros contextos de América del Norte: ¿Puede ser relevante la adoración bilingüe (multilingüe) para mi congregación? ¿Cómo podemos cantar canciones en un idioma que no conocemos? ¿Qué pasa con la autenticidad y la apropiación cultural? ¿Qué estrategias prácticas pueden ayudar a mi comunidad a practicar la adoración bilingüe? Aunque este seminario se centrará en los idiomas inglés y español, y explorará el nuevo recurso Santo, Santo, Santo: Cantos para el pueblo de Dios / Santo, Santo, Santo: Canciones para el pueblo de Dios (Publicaciones GIA, 2019), el aprendizaje se puede aplicar a todo tipo de entornos bilingües y multilingües. Ven y únete a nosotros en esta fascinante conversación.
The instructors plan to teach primarily in English but can accommodate Spanish speakers.Las sesiones serán conducidas principalmente en inglés, pero se pueden hacer arreglos para incluir a hispanohablantes.
Part I (9:15-10:15 a.m.)—Cooper Conference Room (Erdman Hall)Bilingual (or multilingual) worship isn’t easy. Why should we make the effort?
Parte I (9:15-10:15 a.m.)—Salón de Conferencias Cooper (Erdman Hall) La adoración bilingüe o multilingüe no es fácil. ¿Por qué debemos hacer el esfuerzo?
Part II (10:30-11:15 a.m.)—Gambrell Room (Scheide Hall)Let’s practice! Together we’ll experience some bilingual songs from around the world.
Parte II (10:30-11:15 a.m.)—Salón Gambrell (Scheide Hall) ¡Practiquemos! Juntos experimentaremos con algunas canciones bilingües de alrededor del mundo.
Interlude (11:30-noon)—Miller ChapelWe will worship with the Seminary community.
Interludio (11:30-noon)—Capilla Miller Adoraremos con la comunidad del Seminario
Part III (1:00-2:30 p.m.)—Gambrell Room (Scheide Hall)How? What are some strategies and resources for leading bilingual (or multilingual) worship?
Parte III (1:00-2:30 p.m.)—Salón Gambrell (Scheide Hall) ¿Cómo? ¿Cuáles son algunas estrategias y recursos para liderar la adoración bilingüe (o multilingüe)?
Co-Leader: María Eugenia Cornou is program manager for international and intercultural learning for the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship. Her areas of responsibility include international programs, curating web and print resources including translations of worship resources into multiple languages, facilitating conversations and networking with scholars, teachers of worship, and other church leaders, and grant making support.  She is from Buenos Aires, Argentina, where she taught biblical studies and was administrative director at International Baptist Theological Seminary. Cornou earned a PhD in theology from the Free University of Amsterdam on the topic of Protestant worship in Argentina as well as degrees in public accounting and theology.
Co-Leader: Martin Tel, Princeton Seminary’s C.F. Seabrook Director of Music, earned an MMus from the University of Notre Dame, an MA from Calvin Theological Seminary, and a DMA from the University of Kansas. Tel is interested in congregational singing and the Psalter. His courses cover musical resources for the congregation, the Psalms in worship, and collaborative worship planning.  His publications include Santo, Santo, Santo: Cantos para el pueblo de Dios / Holy, Holy, Holy: Songs for the People of God (GIA, 2019), contributing editor, Lift Up Your Hearts: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs (Faith Alive, 2013), contributing editor, and Psalms for All Seasons: A Complete Psalter for Worship (CICW/Faith Alive/Brazos Press, 2012), senior editor.

Schedule for Each Monday
Morning
8:30 – Coffee and registration
9:00 – 9:15 – Introduction and welcome
9:15 -10:30 – Session 1 (class time)
10:30 -11:00 – Coffee and snack break
11:00 -12:15 – Session 2 – (class time)

Afternoon
12:15 -1:15 – Lunch
1:30 – 3:00 – Session 3 – (class time)

Cost & Registration
Daily rate: $65Full series: $175
Includes full program, lunch, and coffee breaks with snacks.
Offered with support from The James G. Emerson Fund.
Register Now

Pastoral Ministry Series - Part I: Elsie Anne McKee
2020-01-27 00:00 - 23:59
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Description
This annual three-part series is designed for those serving in congregational ministry. Through three consecutive Mondays, clergy will spend time in community exploring the art of pastoral ministry. Topics in 2020 will touch on World Christianity, ethical leadership, and the bilingual hymnal. Come to one, two, or the full series.

I. World Christianity

Monday, January 27, 2020
Women have always been active in Christian service, though most of their names have been lost. When we have the opportunity to get “the whole story,” especially from a context very different from our own, it opens new ways to appreciate the communion of saints. Monique Misenga Mukuna, affectionately known as “Maman Monique,” is a remarkable laywoman of the Presbyterian Church of Kinshasa, in her home country, the Democratic Republic of Congo. Elder and activist, teacher and advocate, constantly engaged all her adult life in working to live out Matthew 25, Maman Monique has especially dedicated herself to women and girls, seeking to educate and empower. She is strong and feisty, compassionate, and down to earth. Come be welcomed into an inspiring, on-going story of a sister in the World Christian community.
Leader: Elsie Anne McKee, PhD ’82, is the Archibald Alexander Professor of Reformation Studies and the History of Worship at Princeton Theological Seminary. She also earned the Diploma in Theology from Cambridge University in England. The history and theology of the Reformation are the focus of her research, along with a strong interest in cross-cultural issues developed by experience in central Africa. Themes include the history of Biblical exegesis and spirituality and women in the church.

Other Sessions in the Series
II. Ethical Leadership: Walter Earl Fluker (February 3, 2020)
III. Worshiping in Unity | Adorando en Unidad: Martin Tel and María Cornou (February 10, 2020)

Schedule
Morning
8:30 – Coffee and registration
9:00 – 9:15 – Introduction and welcome
9:15 -10:30 – Session 1 (class time)
10:30 -11:00 – Coffee and snack break
11:00 -12:15 – Session 2 – (class time)
Afternoon
12:15 -1:15 – Lunch
1:30 – 3:00 – Session 3 – (class time)

Cost & Registration
Daily rate: $65Full series: $175
Includes full program, lunch, and coffee breaks with snacks.
Offered with support from The James G. Emerson Fund.
Register Now

Making Space
2020-01-24 16:30 - 21:00
Normal Heights United Church and the Seminary’s Women in Ministry (WIM) Initiative invite all who identify as women to join them in San Diego, CA on January 24, 2020 for Making Space, an event highlighting women who are making space for themselves and others in their workplaces, communities, and neighborhoods.
For more information and to purchase tickets, click here.
Schedule4:30-6:00 | Social Hour highlighting local women baristas, brewers, and bartenders6:00-7:00 | Keynote by Dr. Jacqueline Lapsley, Dean and Vice President of Academic Affairs and Professor of Old Testament, Princeton Theological Seminary7:30-9:00 | Panel Discussion with women from various fields
Tickets and VenueGeneral: $20Student: $5(Tickets include food and two drinks. Mocktails, coffee, and tea are available for students and those under 21.)

Santo, Santo, Santo / Holy, Holy, Holy
2020-01-10 19:00 - 20:00
A bilingual festival of singing / Un festival de canto bilingüe
Join us for a bilingual (Spanish/English) festival of singing led by María Cornou, Carlos Colón, and Martin Tel with the Princeton Seminary Touring Choir, presenting the new hymnal resource Santo, Santo, Santo: Cantos para el pueblo de Dios/Holy, Holy, Holy: Songs for the People of God (GIA Publications, 2019). We will sing songs of tears and laughter, psalms of lament and praise, and hymns that tell the story of Jesus and the Christian journey. The act of singing bilingually is an expression of our unity. Come, be inspired. ¡Cantemos! Let’s sing!
Únete a nosotros en un festival de canto bilingüe (español / inglés) dirigido por María Cornou, Carlos Colón, y Martin Tel con el Coro Itinerante del Seminario Princeton, presentando el nuevo himnario Santo, Santo, Santo: Cantos para el pueblo de Dios/Holy, Holy, Holy: Songs for the People of God (GIA Publications, 2019). Cantaremos canciones de sufrimiento y de alegría, salmos de lamentación y alabanzas, e himnos sobre la historia de Jesús y el camino cristiano. Cantar en forma bilingüe es una expresión de nuestra unidad. Ven e inspírate. Let’s sing! ¡Cantemos!

Independent Study for Ministry Professionals
2020-01-07 00:00 - 2020-03-16 00:00
Description
Come to the Princeton Seminary campus to rest, reflect, and study. Need to plan your study leave? This program of self-directed learning is perfect for pastors, Christian institutional leaders, lay professionals, and scholars. Stay in the Erdman Center, steps away from the seminary Library, where you may study and explore its vast resources. Take part in the life of the seminary community by attending daily chapel, taking meals in the dining hall, meeting friends and faculty for coffee in the Brick Cafe, and attending public lectures that may be available. Hosted by the Office of Continuing Education, Independent Study weeks are offered multiple times throughout the year.
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The Book of Acts in Easter Worship
2020-01-05 00:00 - 2020-01-10 23:59
With the leadership of Martin Tel, the C. F. Seabrook Director of Music, and Eric D. Barreto, the Frederick and Margaret L. Weyerhaeuser Associate Professor of New Testament, participants will consider how key passages from Acts can shape a series of worship services from Easter to Pentecost. The group will explore how these passages touch on key public issues such as immigration, racial justice, and the environment, with attention given to Latinx theological perspectives and bilingual worship resources.
Depart having outlined a sermon series based on Acts for the Easter season, including bilingual (Spanish/English) selections for congregational singing. Learning will take place in the classroom, church, city, and the beautiful nearby mountains.
The course is offered in partnership with the Fran Park Center for Faith and Life, a program of Pinnacle Presbyterian Church in Scottsdale, Arizona.

What You'll Learn
Teaching Sessions with Eric Barreto
Enjoy daily class time with Dr. Eric Barreto exploring the Book of Acts in Easter Worship. Class sessions take place in the mornings of January 6, 7, and 10 and in the afternoon, or evenings on January 8 and 9.
The Book of Acts is often associated with worship in the season of Easter, particularly in lectionary traditions. Barreto’s teaching sessions will consider how key passages from Acts can shape a series of worship services from Easter to Pentecost that touch on key public issues, such as immigration, racial justice, and environmental issues. Particular attention will be given to Latinx theology perspectives and bilingual worship resources. Dr. Martin Tel and Dr. Maria Cornou will share in the teaching. Participants will outline a sermon series based on Acts for the Easter season, including bilingual (Spanish/English) selections for congregational singing.
Congregation-based Theological Education Travel to Pinnacle Presbyterian Church for a conversation about congregation-based theological education. At 25 years, Pinnacle Presbyterian has built ministry around doing traditional church programming in innovative ways. Five buildings on 20 acres, including a sanctuary designed to integrate themes indigenous to the Southwest, are a case in point. Their Fran Park Center for Faith and Life is another, developing a national model for congregation-based theological education. On Monday afternoon, January 6, we will explore these themes in a tour and conversation with Rev. Dr. Wes Avram, pastor of Pinnacle Presbyterian Church.
Mexican Baroque Organ Concert Pinnacle Presbyterian Church (PPC) invites us to experience their internationally recognized Richards, Fowkes & Co. pipe organ. We ask, how can a pipe organ build bridges, bond cultures, and open a dialogue around the topic of cross-cultural relationships? PPC’s organist, Illona Kubiaczyk-Adler, will present a concert of Mexican composers from the Baroque to the present and offer a discussion in the evening on Monday, January 6.
Meeting the Challenges of Pastoral Ministry Today Join with Seminary students as Dr. Wes Avram, pastor of Pinnacle Presbyterian Church, leads a conversation about the challenges of congregational ministry in our time, holding traditional visions with a nontraditional spirit. Monday evening, January 6.
Sing for Life Learn about Sing for Life at Pinnacle Presbyterian Church. Sing for Life is a newly formed chorus for individuals suffering with early-stage Alzheimer’s or dementia. Singers are accompanied by a care partner for a two-hour gathering that includes fellowship and singing. Studies show that the results are life-changing for both parties as music is not forgotten for those with the disease. Students and attendees will observe the rehearsal and engage in fellowship with singers and their partners in the morning on Thursday, January 9.

Excursions
Conversation on Religion and Immigration in Arizona Take part in an excursion to Arizona State University for a conversation about religion and immigration, led by Dr. Jason Bruner, associate professor of religious studies in the School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies at Arizona State University. Participants will have dinner on their own in Phoenix. The conversation is planned for Tuesday afternoon, January 7.
Reflection and Hike Dr. Michael Hegeman, associate director of the Fran Park Center, will lead a group on a hike in the beautiful Phoenix mountains, tackling Piestewa Peak. This time will be spent reflecting on the historic place of Native Americans in this region, current immigration concerns, and our call as Christians to address these matters. Participants will hike at their own pace and cover the full hike or only a portion. Finding a shaded spot to read and rest is an option as well. The hike is set for Wednesday morning, January 8.

Course Instructors

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).

Martin Tel is the C.F. Seabrook Director of Music at Princeton Theological Seminary. He earned an MMus from the University of Notre Dame, an MA from Calvin Theological Seminary, and a DMA from the University of Kansas. Tel is interested in congregational singing and the Psalter. His courses cover musical resources for the congregation, the Psalms in worship, and collaborative worship planning. His publications include Santo, Santo, Santo: Cantos para el pueblo de Dios / Holy, Holy, Holy: Songs for the People of God (GIA, 2019), contributing editor; Lift Up Your Hearts: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs (Faith Alive, 2013), contributing editor; and Psalms for All Seasons: A Complete Psalter for Worship (CICW/Faith Alive/Brazos Press, 2012), senior editor.

The Princeton Seminary Touring Choir is a microcosm of the Seminary. Our membership represents the various degree programs and the many cultures and church traditions which thrive at the Seminary. Choristers come from all over the United States. We also have international students from Hong Kong, Korea, and Scotland. This year, members of the touring choir are also enrolled in an academic course, The Book of Acts in Easter Worship. While we will be leading in services of worship in Arizona, we look forward to also learning alongside practicing pastors, preachers, and church musicians.

Supporting Leadership

David Allen

Wesley Avram

Jason Bruner

Eddie C. Calderon

María E. Cornou

Michael Hegman

Allen Hilton

Ilona K.Adler

Eric O. Ledermann

Kelly McGinn

Dayle G. Rounds

Leah M. Sarat

Carols of Many Nations 2019
2019-12-11 15:30 - 20:30
December 11 at 3:30 p.m., 6:30 p.m., and 8:30 p.m.
A service of readings, choral anthems, and congregational carols are led by the Princeton Seminary Chapel Choir, international students, and Seminary staff. The three services are identical and all will be held in Miller Chapel at Princeton Theological Seminary.
NOTE: All three services of Carols of Many Nations are at capacity. Regretfully, we are no longer accepting requests for tickets.

Access PTS
2019-11-21 00:00 - 23:59
The best way to learn about Princeton Seminary is to visit the campus when classes are in session. This one-day event provides an opportunity for prospective students to experience a day in the life of Princeton Seminary by touring campus, visiting a class, attending chapel, and meeting with current students.
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