From @austinseminary ... "The Reed" for March 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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Stations

As you make your way toward Holy Week, you're invited to read Rev. Paul Hooker's Lenten poem, "Stations," HERE ...


MAYM student projects go public!

Stay tuned — two of the final projects completed by student groups in Professor Andrew Zirschky’s January course, “Partnering with Parents in Child and Adolescent Faith Formation,” are being adopted for development by outside organizations. Real Kids Real Faith (a Lilly-funded organization) will be working with one group of students to further develop for public release their project focused on “parent-child questions for wonder.” The Center for Youth Ministry Training (CYMT), which partners with Austin Seminary on the Master of Arts in Youth Ministry (MAYM) program, will be working with a second group of students to market their project focused on parenting curriculum. Dr. Zirschky says, "This opportunity for students to take classroom work and expand it for use in the field gives them great experience, exposure, and even the possibility of royalty income down the road."

Winsome Podcast

Austin Seminary's newest podcast, "Winsome," was conceived by two graduates who now serve in the the administration. Taking their cue from the most cherished word in our Mission Statement, Sarah Allen (MDiv’07, DMin’19), director of ministerial formation and advanced studies, and William West (MDiv’16), director of financial aid, converse with members of the Austin Seminary community about all things faith, life, vocation, and the beloved Polity Bowl.
•  Listen here or on other podcast platforms ...

President Irizarry on TheoEd

 

On February 5, President Irizarry took to the TheoEd stage in downtown Austin to give a talk, "The World We can See: On Discerning God's Vision."

• You can watch the presentation here ....

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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.

• Learn more and register here ...

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