Saturday, May 19, 2018
Acclaimed Educator, Activist, Writer to Deliver Commencement Address
Nikki Giovanni
, The University Distinguished Professor, Department of English, Virginia Tech will be the speaker at the Seminary's Seventeenth Commencement at 10:30 a.m. at Varick Auditorium, Livingstone College.
Read more.
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Honors Awards and Closing Convocation Features
Dr. Daran H. Mitchell
Dr. Mitchell is Adjunct Professor of Pastoral Theology. The Convocation begins at 7:00 p.m. in Varick Auditorium on the campus of Livingstone College, 701 West Monroe Street, Salisbury.
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Thursday, May 17, 2018
6:00 p.m.
- Bishop James Walker Hood Donor and Scholarship Recognition Dinner
(by invitation).
Friday, May 18, 2018
11:30 a.m.- 1:00
p.m. - Milestone Luncheon for Alumni from years ending in 3s and 8s. (Aymer Center)
1:15 - 2:30 p.m. -
Senior Picnic (Aymer Center)
7:00 p.m. -
Honors Awards and Closing Convocation (Varick Auditorium, Livingstone College)
Saturday, May 19, 2018
10:30 a.m. -
Graduation (Varick Auditorium, Livingstone College)
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HTS at UMC Annual Conferences
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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2018 Milestone Luncheon
Friday, May 18, 2018 at 11:30 a.m.
Come fellowship and reconnect! Open to ALL Alumni from classes ending in 3s and 8s.
Chapter and Area Alumni meetings:
- Greensboro, NC Alumni - Thursday, May 3 at 11:30 a.m.
- Fayetteville, NC Alumni - Thursday, May 3 at 6:00 p.m.
- Columbia, SC Alumni - Thursday, May 10 at 6:00 p.m.
- Winston-Salem, NC Alumni - Thursday, May 24 at 11:30 a.m.
- Charlotte, NC Alumni - Thursday, May 31 at 11:30 a.m.
- 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
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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!
New Jersey Annual Conference, AME Zion Church:
May 15 - 19, 2018
St. Stephen AME Zion Church, 1001 Springwood Avenue, Asbury Park, NJ
West Central Annual Conference, AME Zion Church:
May 29 - June 3, 2018
Koury Convention Center, 3121 High Point Road, Greensboro, NC
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:
J
une 27 - 30, 2018
Atlanta, GA
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Scenes from the
MLK50 Panel Discussion
on April 4, imbued with honesty and substance. Thanks to our panelists, Anthony Smith, DeeDee Wright, Conrad Pridgen and Gerald Givens for sharing their diverse experiences so candidly and to all who attended and brought their own perspectives to this vital discussion. Kudos to Dr. Sharon Grant for for convening this significant event which, as Dr. Pridgen said, brings together "sanctuary, seminary and the streets."
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Thanks to all who came to learn about this very special seminary and to those who made them feel welcome at two
Open House
opportunities for prospective students on April 14 and April 17.
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The
Community Blood Drive
on April 21 was a success! We were able to collect the promised 10 pints of blood. Thank you for doing your part to save a life! We will do it again in the Fall semester.
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Brian Johnson and Sheila Wright presented the
Mental Health First Aid Training
class on April 27 at Hood in partnership with Carolinas HealthCare System and the Community Transformation and Cultural Diversity Initiative.The day-long class was funded by a grant from the Salisbury Community Foundation. Thanks to those who attended and benefited from this valuable training.
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Congratulations to the newly-elected 2018-2019 SGA Executive Officers:
Yolanda Alston-Foster
, President;
April Hall
, Vice President;
Eleanor Wilson
,Treasurer;
Angellica Sweat
, Secretary;
Sandra Carter
, member at-large; and
Valtoria Jackso
n,
Alabama representative. Thank you ladies for stepping up to the plate!
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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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Congratulations to
Delton Cooper,
MTS '16, who graduated from the Cabarrus County Sheriff's Department Chaplaincy program on April 19, 2018.
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Rev. D.B. Cannon
, MDiv '12, will deliver the Commencement address at Bladen Community College on May 15 at 7:00 p.m. The public is invited!
Read more
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Shirley Sims Gray, MDiv '15, is managing the impressive collection of art work by her late husband, J. Lee Gray, a self-taught artist from Spartanburg, SC. The original paintings have been shown in major cities throughout the U.S. Original paintings as well as limited edition giclée prints are available. Many can be viewed on the Facebook page
Art by J. Lee Gray. Mrs. Gray can be reached at shirleyjean0839@juno.com.
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Dr. André Resner,
Professor of Homiletics and Worship,
wrote an article entitled, "The Apocalypsed Gospel: Anticipation, Participation, & Contradiction," for the July, 2018 issue of The A.M.E. Zion Quarterly Review. In August, Dr. Resner will lead a seminar at Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis, Indiana, in Rhetoric of the Gospels and Epistles for the Ph.D. program in African American Preaching and Sacred Rhetoric.
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Dr. Vergel Lattimore
,
President
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attended a Bar Mitzvah at Congregations Tifereth Israel in Columbus, Ohio on 2/28/2018.
On April 30, he attended the Collegiate Gathering hosted by Salisbury Mayor Al Heggins, featuring the Student Government Association Presidents of the three Salisbury Colleges and Hood Theological Seminary.
He attended the Commencement program at Charleston Southern University, North Charleston, SC on May 5, 2018.
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Dr. Dora Mbuwayesango
’s essay, "The Bible as a Tool of Colonization: The Zimbabwean Context" was published in
Colonialism and the Bible: Contemporary Reflections form the Global South
edited by Tat-siong Benny Liew and Fernando F. Segovia, Lexington Books, 2018.
Also, Dr. Mbuwayesango was one of the organizers of the Poor People's Campaign rally at First Baptist Church, Kannapolis, NC on March 15, 2018 and participated in The Poor People's Campaign: A National Call to a Moral Revival Non-Violent Moral Action Fusion Direct Action (Non-Violent Civil Disobedience) Training at Mission House, Salisbury, NC, on April 3, 2018. Dr.Mbuwayesango is Dean of Students and the George and Iris Battle Chair
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Dr. Regina Dancy,
Chief Financial Officer and Director of Human Resources
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gave the keynote speech at the Mayor of Salisbury's "Spirit Luncheon" on April 25.
Read more
. Download the text of Dr. Dancy's speech
here
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Dr. Ashley Dreff will present a lecture on the history of The UMC and LGBTQIA persons, Thursday, May 31 at First United Methodist Church, Salisbury, NC. Dr. Dreff is Director of United Methodist Studies and Recruitment.
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Congratulations to
Dr. Sondra Coleman
who received the Honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Livingstone College during the Commencement on Saturday, May 5, 2018. Dr. Coleman is Director of the HTS Alabama Extension Program and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pastoral Theology.
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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 M.Div. student Antoinette Joiner
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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