Author: Chloë Westerfield
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Meet Our New Sr. Director of Lifelong Learning
Please join us in welcoming our new Sr. Director of Lifelong Learning, Dr. Katharine (Kate) Lassiter. From among an excellent group of applicants, Dr. Lassiter’s portfolio and interviews with members of MLTS demonstrated her as the ideal candidate for the position. We are thrilled that she said “yes” to our offer! Dr. Lassiter will begin…
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MLTS Leadership Institute
Meadville Lombard’s new lifelong-learning hub Meadville Lombard Theological School is pleased to announce the founding of what we are tentatively calling the Leadership Institute for Justice, Healing, and Liberation. The Institute will be the hub of our lifelong-learning programs that we are developing. These co-curricular programs will include opportunities for clergy and professional continuing education as…
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Meadville Lombard is moving to a new space!
At a special meeting of the Board called in March 2021, the Meadville Lombard Leadership Team — President Ortega, Vice President Lightsey, and Vice President Redman — recommended that Meadville Lombard enter a 12-year lease for space in the 180 N. Wabash building. This was not a decision arrived at lightly, as we have enjoyed…
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Statement of Solidarity with the Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities
Dear MLTS Community, Like many people around the country, I watched last night’s news of the mass killing of 8 people, including 6 Asian American women, in the Atlanta area. My heart ached as I thought of the kind of hatred that pours through the soul of anyone capable of this kind of crime. Investigators…
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The Power of E’s Ideas: Legacy of Elandria Williams for the Fahs Collaborative
A Tribute to Elandria Williams (1979 – 2020) The year was 2012 and the Fahs Collaborative (as it would come to be known) just received a Revitalization Grant from the UU Congregation at Shelter Rock. After months of interviews and focus groups, a culminating Start-Up Conference was convened here at Meadville Lombard Theological School to…
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Evolving Strategies for Promoting Faith-Conscious Communities Online
Friends in faith, As the world moves into deeper phases of the global coronavirus pandemic, we are noticing more than ever the power of our connections and how deeply they sustain us. Gwendolyn Brooks, as noted above, is calling us to the sacred work of attending to the humanness of other human beings. Meadville Lombard’s Fahs…
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Statement From Black Presidents and Deans, Schools and Departments of Theology and Religion
Statement from Black Presidents and Deans Schools & Departments of Theology & Religion We are Black Presidents and Deans serving at schools of theology, departments of religion, and African American Studies across the nation. Our co-signers include but are not limited to Black faculty and administrators who comprise the Black theological and religious intellectual…
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Resourcing Our Mutual Survival
I’ve been struggling over the last few days with finding the right words to share with you in light of recent events in our nation. In recent days, we have witnessed the lives of Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and George Floyd being senselessly and unnecessarily taken from this earth. Each one of them, and others…
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Responding to the Call in These Times (COVID-19)
Dear Meadville Lombard students and alums, These are uncertain and anxious times. What will come tomorrow is not a given. As a faith community, I feel certain that we can say two things. First, the normalcy of the world has been upended. Second, we are called to ministry in times such as these. How…
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In Living Animation
[The following is the final sermon by Rev. Dr. William F. Schulz, delivered on January 9, 2020 at Ingathering worship at MLTS, a reflection on his ministry and service upon his retirement.] Some years ago, a friend of mine received a diagnosis of terminal cancer. He set his affairs in order. He shared the news…