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An e-newsletter February 2017
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Welcome new and returning students
to the 2017 Spring Term!
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DIVERSITY TALKS
Bi-weekly Tuesdays in The Aymer Center
Next session: Tuesday, February 7
Students, faculty and staff are welcome to join in on Diversity Talks held bi-weekly Tuesdays, between 1:10-1:50 p.m. during community lunch.
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THE FIRM FOUNDATION COVENANT SERVICE*
Wednesday, February 8, 2017
7:00 p.m.
The Aymer Center
Bishop Staccato Powell
of the Western Episcopal District of the
A.M.E. Zion Church will be the speaker
* formerly The Endowment Convocation
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THE BISHOP ALFRED E. & MRS. MAMIE WHITE
ENDOWED HERITAGE LECTURE SERIES
Friday, February 10 at 7:00 p.m. and
Saturday, February 11 at 10:10 a.m.
Room 315
Featuring Dr. Kenyatta R. Gilbert
Associate Professor of Homiletics, Howard School of Divinity
Lecture One: “A Trivocal Hermeneutic for 21st Century Preaching: Justice, Transformation, and Hope (Part 1)”
Lecture Two: “A Trivocal Hermeneutic for 21st Century Preaching: Justice, Transformation, and Hope (Part 2)”
Free and open to the public. All are welcome!
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION
Tuesday, February 28
"An Evening of Music: Celebrating the Role of Education in the History of African Americans"
6 p.m. Reception
7 p.m. Program
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SECOND ANNUAL ALL ALUMNI REUNION SYMPOSIUM AND CELEBRATION
March 16 – 17, 2017
Creative Paradigms in Ministry:
Compassionate, Contextual, and Constructive
Keynote Speaker: Rev. Dr. Cynthia L. Hale, founder and Senior Pastor of the Ray of Hope Christian Church in Decatur, Georgia.
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UPCOMING ALUMNI
AREA MEETINGS
Save the Date!
Greensboro Alumni Gathering
March 30, 2017
6-7:30 pm
Dinner location is forthcoming!
Fayetteville Alumni Gathering
April 6, 2017
6-7:30 pm
Dinner location is forthcoming!
Please RSVP at 704-314-4970 or cwilder@hoodseminary.edu
STAY CONNECTED!
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The Reverend Dr. Joshua Arena Gilliam, DMin '16, has joined Trinity School of Ministry in Ambridge, Pennsylvania as adjunct professor of the Spanish Seminary in 2017.
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The Reverend Dr. Timothy Moore, DMin '09, is a member of the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry (GBHEM) in the United Methodist Church as director of Collegiate Ministry Resources and Training in the Division of Higher Education. Read more...
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Hybrid Courses Part of 2017 Spring Semester Offering
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Hood Theological Seminary has entered the world of online education with two courses in the 2017 spring semester being offered in a hybrid format. Dean Trevor Eppehimer is offering a course in Systematic Theology entitled "Big Questions," and Professor André Resner is offering a course in Pastoral Theology entitled "Theological Reflection on Preaching." The courses have been popular electives so far according to enrollment data. They will use the learning management system, Canvas, to engage students on a weekly basis with readings, quizzes, discussions, video, and other learning strategies. Students in each class will also meet together on campus four times during the semester. President Lattimore has designated Dr. Resner as the Director of Digital Learning and Kay Hines has been appointed as Coordinator of Learning Management System (LMS) Administration.
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Rev. Thomas Grinter, HTS alumnus, AME Zion minister, and current Ph.D. student at Chicago Theological Seminary, returned to HTS as Visiting Instructor in Biblical Ethics for the spring 2017 semester. Rev. Grinter will teach the Seminary’s required Christian Ethics course and serve as Academic Writing Specialist for the Margaret H. Kluttz Writing Center.
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Dr. Trevor Eppehimer
represented the Seminary, along with President Lattimore, at the meeting of the Association of Theological Schools Historically Black Schools Peer Group in Raleigh NC, October 27 - 28. On October 30 he served as guest preacher at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Salisbury NC. During the spring 2017 semester he will be teaching one of the Seminary’s first ever “hybrid courses” (part online, part on-campus), a theology elective entitled “Big Questions.”
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Dr. Dora R. Mbuwayesango
is serving as the 2017 President of the Board of Directors of Family Crisis Council—the Rape, Child and Family Abuse Council of Salisbury-Rowan, Inc. She was one of the organizers of the December 3 Love March in Salisbury that drew over 350 participants. She is also involved with the Women for Community Justice, a group that is working together to change unjust policies in Salisbury, beginning with the no-knock policy that resulted in the shooting death of a young man by the Salisbury police.
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Rev. Dr. Ken Walden
preached at St. Mark United Methodist Church in Charlotte, NC, on October 13, for their Men's Day Celebration. He also preached at Brown Chapel AME Church located in Elloree, SC on Sunday, January 15, in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Weekend. He also preached at Yadkin United Church located in Spencer, NC on Sunday, January 22. Dr. Walden taught a class at First UMC of Salisbury, NC on Sunday, January 29.
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Dr. Vergel Lattimore read the Old Testament scripture at the Ecumenical Breakfast Celebrating Dr. Jimmy Jenkins' Tenth Anniversary at Livingstone College on November 17. He preached "Character Counts" at Young Adult Missionary Society Sunday at Greenville Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church, Charlotte, NC, on November 20. He gave a speech, "God's Timing, Our Gratitude," at the Annual Thanksgiving Breakfast for F & M Bank Employees in November.
Also in November, Dr. Lattimore presented a seminar, "Addressing Grief: Death & Dying," for the Salisbury District of the A.M.E. Zion Church at Moore's Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church. In December, he attended the Second Check-up Meeting of the Piedmont Episcopal District, Camp Dorothy Walls Conference Center, Black Mountain, NC.
Dr. Lattimore attended the meeting of African American Presidents, January 9-10 at Starr King School of the Pacific, Berkeley, CA. Also in January, he attended or participated in a number of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebrations, including giving the keynote speech, "
Setting the Stage for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.," at the Dr. M. L. King Jr. Service, Village Church at Pfeiffer University, Misenheimer, NC on January 18.
President Lattimore participated in the Celebration of Life for HTS alumnus Rev. Liston Sellers, Jr. (1967 M. Div.) Greensboro, NC on January 24 and in the ATS Board of Directors Meeting in Pittsburgh, PA, on January 30.
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The Hood community joins together in prayer for and offers sincere condolences to the families and friends of:
Rev. Liston Sellers, MDiv '67, January 16, Greensboro, North Carolina
Mr. Andrew Barnes, father of Ms. Jess Bellemer, Director of the Library, January 17, Austin, Texas
HTS is deeply grateful for the gifts we continue to receive in memory of Bishop Richard K. Thompson for the Bishop Thompson Endowed Scholarship Fund. If you would like to make a memorial gift in Bishop Thompson's memory, please be sure to make checks payable to Hood Theological Seminary and include “Thompson Endowed Scholarship" on the memo line.
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Job Openings
Residence Hall Director: Hood Theological seminary is seeking a full-time seminary student with excellent relational and social skills to serve as the Residence Hall Director (RHD) for Buildings 400 and 500. The RHD is expected to be mature and should possess excellent organizational and administrative skills. Interested candidates should submit a letter of application (including a summary of experiences and qualifications) and two (2) letters of reference to Dr. Dora Mbuwayesango, Dean of Students (Office # 303, Email: dmbuwayesango@hoodseminary.edu) by March 15th, 2017.
Director/Campus Minister: The Tuskegee Wesley Foundation is seeking a full time Wesley Foundation director/campus minister. Applicants must have a bachelors's degree. Seminary education and/or ordination highly recommended. Position begins June 2017. For detailed application information, please contact Rev. Lisa Pierce lisa@arm-al.org. Position announcement closes February 15th. Click on this link for details: http://www.umc.org/jobs/tuskegee-wesley-foundation-director
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Hood Theological Seminary
1810 Lutheran Synod Drive
Salisbury, NC 28144
704-636-7611
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