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PUBLIC THEOLOGY FORUM
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2022
To be Held at Union Presbyterian Seminary
Early Center
3401 Brook Road
Richmond VA 23227
ABOUT THIS FORUM
Open to all, the Public Theology Forum is an exciting event focused on public theology and witness, what it means, and what it looks like for those in ministry.
Participants will leave with practical ideas for advocacy and activism within their own contexts. Experienced practitioners (pastors, community activists, non-profit leaders, and seminary faculty) will share how they engage forms of public theology in their own community settings. A broad range of topics and issues will be covered, including social, racial, and economic justice, food equity, and theological, ecological, and climate concerns.
Each registered participant will select two (2) workshop choices. Event registration includes lunch, followed by a panel discussion.
The panel, moderated by Dr. Samuel L. Adams, Professor of Old Testament and Director of Community Engagement at Union Presbyterian Seminary, will feature leading Richmond pastors, non-profit leaders, and professors at the seminary. Topics of discussion will include effective organizing in churches, creating change in “purple” congregations, successful lobbying with city and state governments, developing church partnerships around the globe, and confronting structural racism. Panelists will address concrete strategies as well as the witness of Scripture and Christian ethics on community organizing.
Workshop leaders and panelists include academic scholars, theologians, and community activists.
REGISTRATION FEE (includes lunch): $25
Financial assistance is available upon request. Please direct inquiries to our Program Coordinator.
Registration will close Monday, September 12, 12:00 p.m. ET.
HOUSING:
Limited housing on campus is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Participants may select housing, for an additional cost, during registration. On-campus housing includes single and double occupancy rooms, with each room having a private bath. The current cost per night for one person is $50. The cost per night for two people in a room (shared room) is $37.50 per night, per person. If you are interested in on-campus lodging, during the registration process there will be a "Hotel Reservation" page/tab. For more details on housing, please click the "More Info" link next to "On-Campus Loding" during your registration process.
If you try to register for housing and would like a single or double occupancy room but it indicates that your room choice is not available, please send an email to twortman@upsem.edu to verify occupancy status.
The Public Theology Forum is jointly sponsored by Union Presbyterian Seminary's Master of Arts in Public Theology degree program and the Leadership Institute. This event is generously funded by a grant from the Lily Endowment made through its Pathways for Tomorrow Institute.
