CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 2018!
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Master of Divinity, Doctor of Ministry and Deacon Studies graduates with Faculty
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HOOD'S SEVENTEENTH COMMENCEMENT - May 19, 2018
Hood Theological Seminary (HTS) celebrated its seventeenth commencement on Saturday, May 19, 2018, in Varick Auditorium on the Livingstone College campus. The threat of rain could not dampen the excitement as graduates
prepared to receive their degrees. Dr. Vergel Lattimore, President of the Seminary, reminded them that while it was the end of one era, it was the beginning of another. “It is a change in the road signs, not a change in the journey,” he said.
Twenty-six Master of Divinity degrees were conferred as well as eight Doctor of Ministry degrees and one Certificate in Deacon Studies. Professor Nikki Giovanni, University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech University, delivered the address. Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degrees were awarded to
Professor Giovanni
, to HTS alumna
Rev. Dora Atlas
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and to
Mrs. Delores Brisbon.
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Photos from Honors Awards/Closing Convocation and Graduation may be viewed and prints ordered
here
through Gordon Photography.
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HTS AT UMC ALUMNI EVENTS
Dr. Ashley Dreff, Mr. John Everett and Mrs. Carmen Harper will be representing Hood Seminary at the the following Annual Conferences of The United Methodist Church in June. They will be looking forward to meeting prospective students and reconnecting with alumni. If you are attending the conferences, or are in the area, please be sure to stop by the HTS table and say hello!
- South Carolina Annual Conference, June 3-5, Greenville, SC (Alumni and Prospective Student Luncheon - June 5 @ 12:30 pm).
- South Georgia Annual Conference, June 3-5, Jekyll Island, GA.
- Holston Annual Conference, June 10-13, Lake Junaluska, NC.
- North Carolina Annual Conference, June 14-15, Greenville, NC (Alumni and Prospective Student Luncheon - June 14 @12:30 pm)
- Virginia Annual Conference, June 15-16, Hampton, VA.
- Western North Carolina Annual Conference, June 21-24, Lake Junaluska, NC (Alumni and Prospective Student Dinner - Friday June 22 @ 5:30 pm)
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Chapter and Area Alumni meetings:
- South Carolina UMC Conference - Alumni & Prospective Students Luncheon - Tuesday, June 5 at 12:30 p.m.
- DC, Maryland & Virginia Alumni - Thursday, June 7 at 6:00 p.m.
- North Carolina UMC Conference - Thursday, June 14 at 12:30 p.m.
- Western North Carolina UMC Conference - Alumni & Prospective Student Dinner - Friday, June 22 at 5:30 p.m.
Click
here to download complete list with l
ocations and RSVP dates.
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UPCOMING RECRUITING EVENTS
Is seminary in your future?
Come visit with our staff and learn more about Hood Seminary at these locations during upcoming AME Zion and AME Conferences!
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Eastern North Carolina Leadership Institute:
June 20 - 22, 2018, Greenville Convention Center, 303 Southwest Boulevard, Greenville, NC.
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AME Christian Education Convention and Youth Conference:
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une 27 - 30, 2018
Atlanta, GA
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HTS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN ATS COMMITTEE ON RACE AND ETHNICITY (CORE)
Hood Theological Seminary is honored to be one of the 20 schools invited by the Association of Theological Schools (ATS) to participate in the Committee on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) initiative program on "
Cultivating Educational Capacity
." This exciting initiative is highly congruent with the mission of HTS.
The participating CORE team members from HTS are Dr. Sharon Grant,
Associate Professor of the History of Christianity
, Ms. Angela Davis-Baxter,
Director of Financial Aid
, and Dr. Jim Wadford,
Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program
. We look forward to contributing to this two-year effort to develop our capacity to educate racial/ethnic students more effectively or work on educational practices with white students to better prepare them for ministry in multiracial culture.
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Patrick Jones, 2018 MDiv graduate,
and his wife, have been traveling almost every year or every other year since 2008 to Maua, Kenya, to work at the Methodist Hospital there. Here is his report from their trip earlier this year: Read his full story
here
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SGA NEWS
Get your Hood gear - shirts, jackets, hats, etc. -
online!
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Create Your Legacy with a Planned Gift
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Do you have an IRA?
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Are you at least 70 1/2 years of age?
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Would you like to help HTS in its mission to
prepare women and men for bold and creative leadership for the Christian church for a diverse world
?
If you answered ''Yes" to all three questions, please consider an IRA Charitable Rollover.
In an IRA Charitable Rollover, the distribution of up to $100,000 annually made directly from the IRA custodian to a qualifying public charity, such as HTS, is excluded from gross income and counts toward the required minimum distribution.
For more information, contact John Everett at jeverett@hoodseminary.edu or (704) 636-6545, or visit our
Planned Giving
website for lots of helpful information.
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Hood's Herald - Winter 2017-2018
If you would like to be on our mailing list, please contact Carol Palmer at cpalmer@hoodseminary.edu.
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Dr. Vergel Lattimore
,
President
,
offered the closing Litany at the Poor People's Campaign Gathering at the Statehouse in Raleigh, NC on May 29. He greeted the West Central Annual Conference of the A.M.E. Zion Church on May 31. On June 11, he will participate in an InTrust Planning Session with the six Historical Black Theological Schools (HBTS) at the Howard University Divinity School.
President Lattimore will be the commencement speaker for the P.T.P. School of Christian Education, Charlotte, NC, on June 17.
As a member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Theological Schools (ATS) in the U.S. and Canada, he will attend the Biennial Conference in Denver, Colorado, June 19 - 21. He will also participate in the Innovation EXPO for Programs for Historically Black Schools, highlighting Hood and the Interdenominational Theological Center (ITC). Dr. Lattimore will also be one of the 19 persons recommended to serve on the two-year Task Force for the Redevelopment of the Standards and Practices of ATS.
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Rev. Dr. Clay Barrow,
Assistant Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling,
will serve as the
Director of Supervised Ministry at Hood Theological Seminary
, effective July 1, 2018. Dr. Barrow is very familiar with the mission of HTS, having completed his Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) degree (2017) with distinction as the first graduate with the
Theology and Care Specialization
.
Dr. Barrow is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a B.A. in Psychology and Political Science. He completed his M.Div. at Candler School of Theology at Emory University, with a concentration in Black Church Studies and Pastoral Care. Read more
here
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The Hood community joins together in prayer for and offers
sincere condolences to the families and friends of:
Patricia Joiner
Sister of Antoinette Joiner, MDiv '18
May 10, 2018
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It's so easy to
donate securely online
! Or mail your check to the Seminary at 1810 Lutheran Synod Dr., Salisbury, NC 28144. Your gift to the Annual Fund is essential in promoting the mission of the Seminary and in helping keep tuition as low as possible for our students.
Every
gift, small and large, is greatly appreciated and stewarded responsibly.
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PLANNED GIVING
Create your legacy through a planned gift by remembering Hood Theological Seminary in a bequest or will with gifts of stocks and bonds, gifts of real estate or personal property, life insurance, charitable trust, retirement funds/IRA or life income gifts. By making a planned gift, you will become a member of the
Hood Legacy Society.
Visit the new
Planned Giving website for helpful information and valuable resources to help you determine the ideal planned giving option for you. For more information contact John C. Everett, Director, Institutional Advancement, at 704-636-6545.
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Hood Theological Seminary
1810 Lutheran Synod Drive
Salisbury, NC 28144
704-636-7611
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