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United offers trips to various destinations in January, June, and July of each year as part of their Intercultural Program. These trips are a requirement of the Master of Divinity program but are open to all Masters Students, their spouses, alumni/ae and friends of United.

Each student in the Master of Divinity program at United must complete an approved intercultural experience.

Anyone traveling abroad must secure a current/valid passport as soon as possible.

  • Purpose

    The purpose of the Intercultural Program at United Theological Seminary is:

    To create in students a greater awareness of global Christianity, a sensitivity to interreligious complexities, and an understanding of shared, compassionate discipleship.

    To equip students with skills for recognizing and receiving diverse ways of thinking and living in other contexts, those with cultural and theological assumptions significantly different from their own.

    To invite students to reflect critically and collaboratively on the interdependence of  faith communities within God’s leading and to respond with compassion to the lives, needs, and faith of people in different parts of the world.

    To integrate the immersion trip experience into future effective ministry by recognizing the diverse nature of Christian community in the local parish and/or church context.

  • Requirements for 2011 Trips

    If you would like to take a trip in January 2011, all M. Div students are required to take IP 201 during the fall semester.

  • Thoughts on Previous Trips

    “I saw faith and hope in people who experienced much suffering. And I felt their love and acceptance.”
    – Mick Dawes
    M.Div. 2008

    “My intercultural experience taught me a great deal about myself and the world around me. In a world of suffering, oppression, and poverty, there is hope for a tomorrow of peace and equality. My experience challenged me to make the realization of this hope central to my ministry.”
    – Justin Williams
    M.Div. candidate

  • 2010 Trips

    Biblical Backgrounds, Christian Origins and Cultural Dimensions of Modern Turkey with a 4-Day Elective to Athens and the Peloponnese

    Date(s): June 13 – 23; Elective June 23 – 27

    RSVP Deadline: March 5, 2010

    Cost: $3446

    Syllabus/Itinerary

  • 2011 Trips

    Exodus Experience: A Pilgrimage throughout Areas in Egypt with a Final Destination of Bethlehem

    Date(s): Jan. 3 – 13; Elective 4 more days in Jerusalem and Galilee

    RSVP Deadline: Sept.17, 2010

    Contact: Reneé Stefan
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    Cost: $2,500 – $3,000

    Eligibility: If you are an M.Div. student that will have earned 30 hours of Master’s credit by the end of the Fall 2010 semester you are eligible to take an Intercultural Trip.

    Vietnam

    Date(s): Early January

    Contact: Reneé Stefan
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    More details should be available soon.