President's eUpdate
Dear Saint Paul Community,
The Spring semester began this Monday, January 25. Each semester I read through the course offerings. As I did that over the weekend, two listings especially caught my interest. One is The Black Church in the United States taught by Dr. Angela Sims. When a course beckons me, I turn to the required reading list.
The Divided Mind of the Black Church: Theology, Piety, & Public Witness
The Negro Church in America and The Black Church Since Frazier, E. Franklin Frazier and C. Eric Lincoln
African American Religious History: A Documentary Witness, Milton C. Sernett
The Black Church in the African American Experience, C. Eric Lincoln and Lawrence Mamiya
I was also pleased to see that Rev. Dr. Emanuel Cleaver III, DMin '07, Senior Pastor at St. James United Methodist Church, Kansas City, MO., is leading the practicum Leadership in Ministry: Understanding the Role of the Pastor and the Work of the People. What a marvelous opportunity to learn from a faithful and visionary pastor and alum.
Speaking of leaders for the church, please continue to identify future leaders and tell them about the Fellows program at Saint Paul. Saint Paul Fellows covers tuition, books, and fees for three years. Each fellow will receive a pastoral mentor and a student appointment with a stipend to cover living expenses. Learn more at www.spst.edu/fellows. Deadline for 2016 applications is February 1st.
Last week I received a note with an email that included a list of the 25 fastest growing churches in the United Methodist Church. Rev. Dr. Jack Stephenson MDiv '82 and DMin '94 of Anona United Methodist Church, a multi-site church in Largo, Florida, made the list. I invite you to check out the church's website, www.anona.com.
Last week I received a note with an email that included a list of the 25 fastest growing churches in the United Methodist Church. Rev. Dr. Jack Stephenson MDiv '82 and DMin '94 of Anona United Methodist Church, a multi-site church in Largo, Florida, made the list. I invite you to check out the church's website, www.anona.com.
This is how they describe themselves:
Anona has many members and visitors who would call us their church home. Some are here all year while others make a season home with us in the winter months. All in all, we are a church community that is made up of all generations: parents/single parents, youth, children, elderly, and grandparents even great-grandparents. We are happy to be a church of a very inclusive people: It's our culture.
What does that mean? Some of us are conservative, some liberal, some drink, some don't, some gay, most straight, and some comfortable with that and some not. We are mostly white, but growing in our diversity. What unites us is not how to think, or what to think. It is not our age or gender or race. We are all attracted to the thought of a Christian life that is meaningful and purposeful.
Saint Paul graduates are witnessing to the gospel of Jesus Christ with faith and vision all over the world.
On the journey with you,
Rev. H. Sharon Howell, President
Saint Paul School of Theology
sharon.howell@spst.edu
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Special Events
www.spst.edu/special-events
Dr. Angela Sims, Faculty Chair Installation
Robert B. and Kathleen Rogers Chair in Church and Society
Saint Paul: Church of the Resurrection, Wesley Chapel
Tuesday, March 01, 2016 at 11:07 AM
Dr. F. Douglas Powe, Jr.
Evangelical Society Lecture
Saint Paul: Church of the Resurrection, C050
Wednesday, March 30, 2016 at 11:07 AM
Dr. Stephen Ray
Wertsch Lecture
Saint Paul: Church of the Resurrection,
C050/Video-linked to Saint Paul: OCU
Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at 11:07 AM
Dr. Emilie Townes
Sacred Worth & Women in Ministry Lecture and Workshop
Saint Paul: Church of the Resurrection, C050
Tuesday, April 26 and Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at 11:07 AM
2016 Commencement - Leawood, KS
Saint Paul: Church of the Resurrection, Main Sanctuary
Friday, May 20, 2016 at 11:00 a.m.
2016 Commencement - Oklahoma City, OK
Saint Paul: Oklahoma City University, W. Angie Smith Chapel
Friday, May 27, 2016 at 4:00 p.m.
For further information please contact:
Tracy Miller, tracy.miller@spst.edu
Register online: www.spst.edu/special-events
STAY IN TOUCH
Saint Paul: UM Church of the Resurrection
13720 Roe Avenue
Leawood, Kansas 66224, United States
(913) 253-5000
Saint Paul: Oklahoma City University
2501 North Blackwelder Avenue
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73106, United States
Anona has many members and visitors who would call us their church home. Some are here all year while others make a season home with us in the winter months. All in all, we are a church community that is made up of all generations: parents/single parents, youth, children, elderly, and grandparents even great-grandparents. We are happy to be a church of a very inclusive people: It's our culture.
What does that mean? Some of us are conservative, some liberal, some drink, some don't, some gay, most straight, and some comfortable with that and some not. We are mostly white, but growing in our diversity. What unites us is not how to think, or what to think. It is not our age or gender or race. We are all attracted to the thought of a Christian life that is meaningful and purposeful.
Saint Paul graduates are witnessing to the gospel of Jesus Christ with faith and vision all over the world.
On the journey with you,
Rev. H. Sharon Howell, President
Saint Paul School of Theology
sharon.howell@spst.edu
___________________________________________
Special Events
www.spst.edu/special-events
Dr. Angela Sims, Faculty Chair Installation
Robert B. and Kathleen Rogers Chair in Church and Society
Saint Paul: Church of the Resurrection, Wesley Chapel
Tuesday, March 01, 2016 at 11:07 AM
Dr. F. Douglas Powe, Jr.
Evangelical Society Lecture
Saint Paul: Church of the Resurrection, C050
Wednesday, March 30, 2016 at 11:07 AM
Dr. Stephen Ray
Wertsch Lecture
Saint Paul: Church of the Resurrection,
C050/Video-linked to Saint Paul: OCU
Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at 11:07 AM
Dr. Emilie Townes
Sacred Worth & Women in Ministry Lecture and Workshop
Saint Paul: Church of the Resurrection, C050
Tuesday, April 26 and Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at 11:07 AM
2016 Commencement - Leawood, KS
Saint Paul: Church of the Resurrection, Main Sanctuary
Friday, May 20, 2016 at 11:00 a.m.
2016 Commencement - Oklahoma City, OK
Saint Paul: Oklahoma City University, W. Angie Smith Chapel
Friday, May 27, 2016 at 4:00 p.m.
For further information please contact:
Tracy Miller, tracy.miller@spst.edu
Register online: www.spst.edu/special-events
STAY IN TOUCH
Saint Paul: UM Church of the Resurrection13720 Roe Avenue
Leawood, Kansas 66224, United States
(913) 253-5000
Saint Paul: Oklahoma City University
2501 North Blackwelder Avenue
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73106, United States
(405) 208-5757
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