Hood Seminary will be closed Monday, September 3, in Observance of Labor Day.
We hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday!
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Sunday, September 9, 2018
HTS will be lifted up at
Stewards Chapel AME Zion Church
(198 Anderson Rd, Rural Hall, NC) on Sunday, September 9, at 11 am! Thanks to
Rev. Antoinette Joiner
'18 (
left
).
Rev. Johnny Sellers
'18 is the morning messenger and
Dr. Gloria L. Thomas
'15 is the afternoon messenger. All alumni, friends and prospective students are invited to join us!
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Friday, September 14, 2018
Opening Convocation
The Aymer Center
6:00 pm
Reverend Dr. Robert C. Scott
is the speaker for this service which marks the beginning of the academic year and is a time when the Seminary community joins together asking God’s guidance throughout the coming academic year. It is also a time that new students sign their names in a document which serves as a part of the historical record of the Seminary. The public is invited to attend the service.
The service will be preceded by a heavy hors d'oeuvre reception in The Aymer Center from 5:00 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.
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September 20 - November 17, 2018
FAITHFUL FAMILIES: EATING SMART AND MOVING MORE
Hood Seminary campus (room TBD)
Session 1: Thursdays from 9:30 - 10:45 a.m.
Session 2: Saturdays from 8:45 - 10:00 a.m.
For clergy and other church leadership as well as any individuals interested in offering wellness related activities to their congregation and family. This FREE 9-week class connects healthy eating and physical activity to religious or spiritual beliefs. Presented by Cabarrus Health Alliance's
Lifestyle Medicine for Your Wellness Ministry
. Free registration is now open!
Read more
here.
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Friday and Saturday, October 5 and 6, 2018
The Ruben L. Speaks Memorial Lecture Series
This year’s featured presenter is the distinguished professor and author,
The Reverend Dr. Arun W. Jones
, the Dan and Lillian Hankey Associate Professor of World Evangelism, and Director of the Master of Theology Program at Candler School of Divinity at Emory University.
The lectures, which are free of charge and open to the public, will be held at 7 pm on Friday, October 5 and 10:10 a.m. on Saturday, October 6, in room 315 on the Seminary campus in Salisbury, NC.
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Mental Health First Aid Training
October 15, 2018, from 8 am - 3 pm
HTS, in conjunction with Carolinas HealthCare System, will host this mental health training session which will give you the know-how you need to identify signs of mental illness and respond to someone experiencing a mental health crisis.
Registration is free!
To register, please contact Rev. Dr. Lamont Foster at foster.lamont@gmail.com.
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New Workshop Series Launched
September 11, 2018 at 6:30 pm.
The Rowan IDEA Center launches its 2018-2019 Workshop Series with new facilitators, programming and guest speakers!
Dr. Renée Just
, Director of the Center for Entrepreneurial and Experiential Development at Catawba College, will be the program facilitator.
Featured guest speaker is local entrepreneur Gil Zino, founder and CEO of Charlotte-based NetFoundry, winner of the
2017 IoT Innovation Leader award
at the NetEvents Global Press and Analyst Summit, a Shark-Tank panel of Silicon Valley Venture Capitalists.
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President Lattimore Travels to Israel
On August 4 - 11, 2018,
President Vergel Lattimore
was a participant in an invited delegation of eight Presidents and Deans of U.S. Theological Schools sponsored by Project Interchange, an institute of the American Jewish Committee. This educational seminar connects leaders worldwide and aims to broaden understanding, culturally and educationally. The seminar was intensive and expansive, including conversation with diverse professionals, community representatives, non-government, and government leaders. The delegation enjoyed lively and insightful presentations on the following topics: Israeli history and society; Israel and international law; academic diversity in Israel; Secular approach to Judaism; Arab Israeli society; Interfaith relations in Israel; Life in Kibbutz near Gaza; Perspectives on the Israel-Palestinian Conflict; Overview on the Northern Border; Islamic Law; Mood in the Palestinian Street; the Peace Process; the Jewish Heritage; and Life of Christian Palestinians.
Although the seminar delegation was fully engaged from early morning until dark, we found rich periods to visit historic sites such as Christian sites hear the Sea of Galilee, the Western Wall Tunnels, the Old City of Jerusalem (including the Mount of Olives and Gethsemane. The seminar was deeply inspiring and vastly illuminating into the dynamics of how history interfaces with contemporary hope lends itself to humanity and group co-existence, at minimum, and social peace, as a maximum.
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Hood Participates at the 24
th
Proctor Child Advocacy Institute
Six students (
Helen Lacewell, Rona Watson, Michelle Shadden, Cathy Jones Johnson, Nathaniel Cox and Major Kay
) shared the experience with Adjunct Professor
Mary Love
. They had the opportunity to engage with students from sixteen other seminaries around the theme, “Realizing Dr. King’s Vision for Every Child: Ending Child Poverty.”
Faculty from fourteen seminaries and three organizations led the teaching sessions addressing justice issues that affect the welfare of children. Information was given regarding the needs of children, engaging in Child Advocacy, Freedom Schools, and Children’s Sabbaths. Students had the opportunity to engage in dialogue with historic legends to include Dr. Marian Wright Edelman, pictured below -
near center -
with Dr. Love and HTS students. Dr. James Lawson (an advisor to Dr. King) and Rev. Dr. Otis Moss, Jr. Worship experiences were very diverse and introduced students to the dual preaching style of father and son team (Rev. Dr. Otis Moss, Jr. and Rev. Dr. Otis Moss, III) and the Spoken Word team (Rev. Dr. Gregory Ellison II, Minister Tavares Stephens and Mr. Julian Reid).
In memory of the anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin L. King, Jr., Dr. Love was honored to provide a photographic collage showing various scenes of Dr. King’s life and the Civil Rights Movement. This 48 piece collection was displayed in the Riggio-Lynch Chapel which is shaped like Noah’s Ark.
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Scenes from
College Night Out
in downtown
Salisbury on August 23. Lots of good folks came by the HTS table to visit and for hot dogs and drinks. Thanks to SGA Officers
Yolanda Alston-Foster
and
Eleanor Wilson
, HTS Alumni President
Lamont Foster,
and
John Everett, Carmen Harper, Dora Mbuwayesango, Johnny Sellers,
and
Derrick Nichols
for all their help!
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Some scenes from the faculty/ staff retreat held at the U.S. National Whitewater Center in Charlotte in August. It was a great team building, bonding, fun experience!
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Congratulations to Rev. Jeff A. Person
, '17, (
right
) who completed his 4th Unit / Residence of CPE on August 8, 2018 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst, NC. With Rev. Person is Rev. Dr. Beverly C. Jessup, D. Min., FAPC, Chaplain Clinical Director, (CPSP).
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Rev. Dr. Michael Fongemy, ' 17, was featured in a recent Salisbury Post article "Two local churches have a new way of doing church." Read the story
here.
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Congratulations to
Vickie L. Hughes,
'18, who has been accepted into the Chaplain
Residency Program at University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville, TN.
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Rev. Dale Swofford
, '04, has a new book out - "Goin' South." He will be on campus for a book signing on Friday, September 14, from 4:30 - 6:00 p.m. prior to Opening Convocation.
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Tom Mabry, '05, and
Charles Curtis, '12, were featured in a story in the Salisbury Post on July 17 - "Mission trip strengthens bond between churches."
Read the story here.
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Dr. M. Andrew Davis
, '12, has released his first book "Church Without Limits: Connecting to the Millennial Generation." Read more about Dr. Davis and his book on his website
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Dr. Vergel Lattimore
,
President
, will lead Holy Communion Chapel Worship at HTS on September 1 and 5, with meditation topic – “Hope Dealers.” On September 6 and 7, he will participate in the Association of Theological Schools (ATS) Commission Task Force on the Redevelopment of the Standards, Pittsburgh, PA.
Dr. Lattimore will participate (with Dr. Clay Barrow) in the 2018 Educational Models and Practices Innovation Grant Forum sponsored by ATS, Pittsburgh, PA. He will also offer the opening prayer for one of the two plenary sessions.
President Lattimore
will be the guest teacher for the All Men's Bible Class at First Presbyterian Church, Salisbury, NC, on September 23. On September 27-28, he wi
ll attend the coordination meeting of the six Historically Black Theological Schools (HBTS) presidents sponsored by InTrust for Theological Education, in Philadelphia, PA.
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Dr. André Resner
has published an article in the
July 2018 A.M.E. Zion Quarterly Review titled “An Apocalypsed Gospel”.
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The Hood community joins together in prayer for and offers
sincere condolences to the families and friends of:
Leon Dré Carmon
Nephew of Presiding Elder Erlinda Dobson, '04
July 25, 2018, New Bern, NC
George Chavis
Cousin of John Everett, Director of Institutional Advancement
August 9, 2018
Jeff Jones
Father of Patrick Jones, M.Div. ’18,
August 13, 2018,West End, NC
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SHOW YOUR HOOD PRIDE!
Get your Hood gear
online! Shirts, jackets, hats, etc. available.
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Create Your Legacy with a Planned Gift
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Do you have an IRA?
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Are you at least 70 1/2 years of age?
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Would you like to help HTS in its mission to
prepare women and men for bold and creative leadership for the Christian church for a diverse world
?
If you answered ''Yes" to all three questions, please consider an IRA Charitable Rollover.
In an IRA Charitable Rollover, the distribution of up to $100,000 annually made directly from the IRA custodian to a qualifying public charity, such as HTS, is excluded from gross income and counts toward the required minimum distribution.
For more information, contact John Everett at jeverett@hoodseminary.edu or (704) 636-6545, or visit our
Planned Giving
website for lots of helpful information.
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Hood's Herald - Vol.XVI
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It's so easy to
donate securely online
! Or mail your check to the Seminary at 1810 Lutheran Synod Dr., Salisbury, NC 28144. Your gift to the Annual Fund is essential in promoting the mission of the Seminary and in helping keep tuition as low as possible for our students.
Every
gift, small and large, is greatly appreciated and stewarded responsibly.
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PLANNED GIVING
Create your legacy through a planned gift by remembering Hood Theological Seminary in a bequest or will with gifts of stocks and bonds, gifts of real estate or personal property, life insurance, charitable trust, retirement funds/IRA or life income gifts. By making a planned gift, you will become a member of the
Hood Legacy Society.
Visit the new
Planned Giving website for helpful information and valuable resources to help you determine the ideal planned giving option for you. For more information contact John C. Everett, Director, Institutional Advancement, at 704-636-6545.
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Hood Theological Seminary
1810 Lutheran Synod Drive
Salisbury, NC 28144
704-636-7611
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