Union Theological Seminary & Presbyterian School of Christian Education
3401 Brook Road
Richmond, VA 23227
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Glenn Birch
Phone: 804.278.4306
FAX: 804.355.5648
E-mail: gbirch@union-psce.edu
How Do I Register for the Sprunt Lectures?
Richmond, VA — March 18, 2008 — Please register and plan to attend the Sprunt Lectures, May 5-7, 2008.
Richard B. Hays, George Washington Ivey Professor of New Testament at Duke Divinity School, will lecture on "Israel’s Scripture Through the Eyes of the Gospel Writers." He will deliver four lectures over three days. The first will provide an overview of his topic; the next three will concentrate on the gospels of Matthew, Luke, and John.
Preachers for worship will be Michael Livingston, immediate past president of the National Council of Churches, and Nora Tubbs Tisdale ('79) Professor of Homiletics at Yale Divinity School.
A full schedule of activities for the Sprunt Lectures is online. All attendees are asked to register.
Alumnae speakers for the Tuesday lunch and banquet are Fairfax F. Fair ('88) pastor of Highland Presbyterian Church in Louisville, KY, and Gay Mothershed ('63), executive presbyter for the Presbytery of West Virginia.
There will be a presentation of a portrait of James Luther Mays ('49), professor emeritus of Hebrew and Old Testament Interpretation, on Tuesday at 2:45 p.m. The portrait unveiling will be held in Watts Chapel.
Reunions of graduating classes ending in 3 or 8 are planned. Reunion classes are recognized at Tuesday's alumni/ae luncheon and alumni/ae banquet.
The inauguration of Brian Blount as president of Union-PSCE, and as professor of New Testament in the Walter W. Moore and Charles E.S. Kraemer Presidential Chairs, will take place at the conclusion of the Sprunt Lectures on Wednesday, May 7, at 4 p.m. The inauguration will be held on the seminary quadrangle. To register your attendance for the inauguration ceremony, please call (804) 278-4245.
