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August 22 | Horizons Bible Study: Into the Light: Finding Hope through Prayers of Lament | P. Lynn Miller | Join us for this annual training for leaders of the Horizons Bible Study led by its author. You may find that recovering lament may be one of the church’s most timely gifts to the world.
September 2 | What am I going to say? Preaching through the Election Season | Leah D. Schade | In this workshop clergy will learn how to approach preaching in this politically divisive climate using two tools: a “dialogical lens” for interpreting scripture and the “Five Paths for Prophetic Preaching.” Together, participants will workshop sermon topics for the five Sundays preceding the national election using these tools.
October 5-7 | Dipping Deeper into the Well of PC(USA) Ministries | Stephanie Fritz | in partnership with SCRAPCE | Discover the wide array of resources available for use in Christian formation and educational ministry. Attendees will experience first-hand the many options for church school studies, mission enhancement, programming for intergenerational or age-and-stage educational and spiritual formation.
October 19-23 | Tending the Soul of a Community: A Workshop on Storytelling for Communities of Faith | Mark Yaconelli and Melissa Wiginton | How do we tend the soul of our faith communities in the midst of a pandemic, unstable political leadership, unmasking of racial discrimination, and unprecedented change? We will explore the sacred power of stories to heal, connect, enrich, and mobilize communities for good. Through experiential exercises, individual skill-building, spiritual practice, and theological reflection we will learn how stories can be a radical and deeply spiritual practice for strengthening relationships, raising up common values, and inspiring compassionate action.
Grant programs for rural Texas pastors and Latinx churches
In 2021 EBW is launching a Pastoral Leadership for Public Life (PLPL) cohort with a focus on pastors in rural Texas. We recognize that many clergy in rural settings lack connection to supportive colleagues within their region and beyond. Woven throughout this cohort program are opportunities to deepen relationships with peers, engage in practical action, and reflect theologically on issues of the common good. PLPL Rural is a 12-month commitment to learning in a community of sixteen pastors with five to fifteen years in practice. This cohort will meet online and in-person throughout 2021. Read more here ...Read more here ...
Being a leader in ministry is noble service and it can be rewarding, but it can also be hard. Leaders often lose energy over time and burn out, hurting themselves and their congregation. We want to help leaders stay alive in their ministries, for their own sakes and for the sake of the church. This grant is for the renewal and refreshment of leaders of Latinx churches—to be used in the way each congregations’ leaders believe will serve them best. We hope leaders will prayerfully use their imaginations to discover what it is that they need. Contact Monica Tornoe for more information ...
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Meet Our Graduates!
Carrie has been very active in the Seminary community since the first day she set foot on campus. She served as student body president during her middler year while completing an internship at Hope Presbyterian Church, Austin. Her call into ministry has grown from a strong focus on pastoral care, developing throughout her studies, including ministry to persons with PTSD, grief and loss, Alzheimer's and dementia, and hospice and palliative care. Carrie is a member of Covenant Presbyterian Church, San Antonio, and is under care of Mission Presbytery. She received a bachelor's degree in business management from Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi. Carrie lists squirrels as a hobby, along with traveling, nature photography, fishing, and singing. She was honored with the Donald Capps Award in Pastoral Care. Following graduation she returns to her home state of Indiana to serve as pastoral resident at First Presbyterian Church, Fort Wayne.
Born and raised in Maryland, Debbie earned a BA in social work and health science and policy at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and an MA in adulthood and aging with a concentration in health care administration from the College of Notre Dame of Maryland. Before seminary Debbie had extensive experience working with the elderly and in health care administration. She first moved to Austin to work with the Literacy First program of AmeriCorps. Of her time in Seminary, Debbie notes that in addition to the curriculum, “the staff, professors, and my fellow students also gave me some real-life education in the meaning and importance of community when in early 2017, I was diagnosed with cancer. The community, along with my doctors and some friends and family from Maryland, got me through several years of cancer treatment and to graduation!"
Courtney is from Austin and is a member of Tarrytown United Methodist Church where she enjoys directing VBS. She earned a BA in English from UT Austin where she was chaplain of her sorority. Before coming to seminary Courtney was executive director of the West Austin Youth Association. Her interests include being an active community leader in Tarrytown and the west Austin area. In 2011 The University of Texas Elementary School honored her with the Star of Texas Award for significantly enhancing the programmatic efforts and goals of the school. Courtney started courses at Austin Seminary as a special student and then matriculated into the Master of Arts (Theological Studies) degree program.
Dane was born in New Albany, Mississippi, and he is a member of First Presbyterian Church in Tupelo, Mississippi, under care of St. Andrew Presbytery. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Blue Mountain College. Before coming to seminary, Dane served as hospital corpsman in the U.S. Navy. He and his wife, Emily, came to Austin as a couple but leave as three; their son was born during their time living on the Austin Seminary campus.
Jeremiah earned a bachelor's degree in youth ministry from Asbury University in Kentucky. He’s an active member of the Chinese Christian Church and has worked as a youth pastor at Foundry United Methodist Church, in Houston, Texas, while studying for the youth ministry degree at Austin Seminary. Jeremiah is especially interested in multi-cultural environments and racial backgrounds/reconciliation. He speaks Chinese and English fluently and he loves to dance. He is now the youth pastor at Foundry.
Jean grew up in Conway, Arkansas, where she is a member of First Presbyterian Church. She is under care of Arkansas Presbytery. Jean received a Browns Fellow Scholarship to attend Centre College where she earned a BA in religion and English. She was a Jean Brown Fellow at Austin Seminary and won the David L. Stitt Fellowship, the highest honor given a graduating senior. She interned at University Presbyterian Church, Austin, and was a research assistant and instructional aid for several professors. Jean is now a pastoral resident at Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church, Dallas.
Wilson is a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Dallas, Texas; he is under care of Grace Presbytery. Before coming to seminary he served on staff at three different churches in three different roles: as communications coordinator at First Presbyterian Church, Dallas; as director of Christian nurture and contemporary worship leader at Oak Cliff Presbyterian Church; and as associate director of youth ministry at First Presbyterian Church, San Antonio. He completed an internship at Eastminster Presbyterian Church in Dallas. Wilson is particularly interested in the areas of local mission, pastoral care, and worship. He graduated with a BS degree from Texas A&M University. He is married to Adrienne who serves on staff at The Stewpot (First Presbyterian Church of Dallas Community Ministries) as volunteer services manager.
Kara is from a non-denominational background and grew up in San Antonio. She attended Park Community Church in Chicago, Illinois, while earning a BA from Moody Bible Institute with a major in youth ministry and a minor in evangelism and discipleship. Before coming to seminary, Kara served on missionary teams in England, Honduras, Japan, Kenya, and China. While in the MAYM program, Kara has served as co-director of discipleship with youth and their families at First United Methodist Church, Hurst, Texas. In addition to youth ministry and mission work, Kara has a passion for the San Antonio Spurs (Go Spurs go!).
Ryan is from Prosper, Texas, and before coming to seminary he served at Tulsa Indonesian Christian Church. While studying, Ryan has been a Center for Youth Ministry Training Resident at Bethany United Methodist Church in Austin. Ryan has a particular interest in ministry to youth who are on the Asperger's spectrum, and during the summers in seminary he worked on staff at Quest Academy, a special-needs summer camp that works with people who are on the spectrum. He has also spoken at workshops on the topic, "Ministering to Students on the Autism Spectrum: Practically, Theologically, and Everything in Between." Ryan enjoys playing board games and looking at all the dogs he cannot yet adopt.
Meet Our 2020 Doctor of Ministry Graduates!
Lisa Patterson
Associate Pastor
St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, Denton, Texas
James Roberts
Senior Pastor
Oak Hill United Methodist Church, Austin, Texas
Dawn Northcutt Rosignol
Senior Minister
Monte Vista Christian Church, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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What's new at AustinSeminary.edu?
With the arrival of the Covid-19 pandemic, we wanted to share resources with the broader church. Taking the title from a video from Pastoral Care Professor Phil Helsel, we added a page on our website in the Congregational Resources section called "Resources for Desert Times." You'll find professors' videos as well as some of the video messages President Ted Wardlaw has delivered during these uncertain times. It is continually being updated so take something, share something.
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