From @austinseminary ... "The Reed" for February 2023

For the glory of God and to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary is a seminary in the Presbyterian-Reformed tradition whose mission is to educate and equip people for ordained Christian ministry and other forms of Christian service and leadership; to employ its resources for the nurture of the church; to practice and promote critical theological thought and research; to engage a range of voices and perspectives within and beyond the life of the seminary; and to be a winsome and exemplary community of God's people.

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Inauguration

Save the date! The Inauguration for The Reverend Dr. Irizarry, Austin Seminary's tenth president, is scheduled for March 30-31 in Austin, Texas.

Watch a video introducing President Irizarry, read what's planned for the two days, and RSVP if you're able to attend the Inauguration.

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Education Beyond the Walls

Soul Shop™ is a one-day workshop that equips faith communities in suicide awareness and basic conversation skills, and how to extend the invitation to those who have been suicidal in the past to share their stories. Anyone in the Central Texas area who are interested in learning how to effectively minister to those impacted by suicide would benefit from this on-campus event.

Date and Time: Thursday, March 2, 2023, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Cost: $50, includes lunch and refreshments

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Austin Seminary Worship Podcast

Our newest venture is the Austin Seminary Worship Podcast! Here, you can listen to faculty and student conversations about the process of worship preparation. Faculty preachers and leaders from Tuesday chapel services talk with Eric Wall, dean of the chapel, along with the chapel beadles and student worship assistants. We explore preaching texts, music choices, and the collaborative, diverse nature of worship on the Seminary campus. Listen to the first two episodes and come back for more later in the semester.
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Discovery Weekend

February 24-26, 2023
Questions Answered!
Help someone take the next step toward a vocation in ministry.

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Support Our Students

Your gift to our Annual Fund supports the formation of Christian leaders.

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Hesed Lecture

The LatinX Student Group and the African and African Diaspora Student Group present the tenth Hesed Lectures, "Cages," with Rev. Dr. Stephen G. Ray Jr. on March 3-4. The event will be on the Austin Seminary campus and will be livestreamed. The Hesed lectureship was a grassroots effort started by Austin Seminary students in 2014 to bring scholars from black, LatinX, and other marginalized communities to Austin Seminary’s campus. Feeling these voices had been under-represented in other lecture series, students hoped to deepen the community’s conversations in response to issues of justice.

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Teaching Borderlands

April 24-25, join us for a panel presentation and discussion about Latinx theological education from the perspective of a team of Latinx educators who will offer insights on the context of "teaching borderlands." Using their own embodied experience in the classroom, they will discuss a multivalent pedagogy which seeks to uncover the racialized logic that currently prevails in seminary classrooms. Our goal is to work en conjunto (together) and reimagine Latinx learning by thinking more ethically, courageously, and critically about the U.S. borderlands.

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