Commencement: Honoring the class of 2021
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Baccalaureate was held May 15, with Professor David Johnson preaching.
Commencement was May 16, with the Rev. Dr. Brian K. Blount as Commencement Speaker
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2021 Master of Arts in Ministry Practice graduate Danita Nelson |
“I am proud of what these students have accomplished through unprecedented circumstances. This is perhaps the most resilient and indomitable class we have ever graduated from Austin Seminary.”
– Theodore J. Wardlaw, President
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Jesse Hinds Receives the 2021 First Presbyterian Church, Malvern, Chidester Preaching Award
Jesse and his wife, Ann, were called to ministry out of West Salem Trinity United Methodist Church in Mt. Vernon, Illinois; they served congregations as licensed local pastors prior to moving to Austin. Jesse began his studies at Austin Seminary in 2018 where he was the recipient of the Trull-Herlin Fellowship. While in seminary he served at Bertram First United Methodist Church. He loves to preach: “I find that the preaching event is the divine intersection of myself, the congregation, and what God has to say to us each Sunday. I can say that when I have been faithful, God has never let me down. God always delivers. I pray that I will be found faithful in my ability to listen in the years ahead.”
The Chidester Award is given annually to recognize a graduating student who shows greatest potential in the area of preaching. The candidate for the award is recommended by the Seminary’s homiletics (preaching) faculty: President Theodore J. Wardlaw, Professor Jennifer Lord, and Professor Carolyn Helsel.
“Jesse is a natural preacher who also seeks to hone his skills,” says Reverend Dr. Carolyn Helsel, Associate Professor in the Blair Monie Distinguished Chair in Homiletics. “In the many preaching courses he took during his seminary education, he showed the ability to preach on the fly, telling stories that connected to scripture, while also always eager to learn how to craft his sermons more faithfully. He demonstrates the experience of a weekly preacher, since he served a congregation throughout his time in seminary, and he will continue to bless the congregations he will serve in the future with his gifts for relating the gospel with our everyday lives.”
Jesse received the Master of Divinity degree from Austin Seminary on May 16. Following graduation, he has been appointed to be the pastor of Benton First United Methodist Church in Benton, Illinois.
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Faculty Installation
On April 29, The Reverend Bobbi Kaye Jones (MDiv’80) was installed as Professor in the Louis H. and Katherine S. Zbinden Distinguished Chair in Pastoral Ministry and Leadership.
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