INNOVATION CENTER WEBINARS
INNOVATION CENTER WEBINARS FOUR-COURSE LAITY LEADERSHIP INSTITUTION PROVIDED BY BLACK METHODISTS FOR CHURCH RENEWAL ADVOCACY COMMITTEE FOUR COURSES: APRIL 29, JULY 29, SEPTEMBER 30, DECEMBER 9 | 10 A.M.-1 P.M. ET These courses are for persons who want to deepen their understanding and response to God’s call to ministry as a layperson, build skills, and […]
Donor Spotlight: Jim Tharp
DONOR SPOTLIGHT: JIM THARP When Mr. Jim Tharp joined United Theological Seminary’s Board of Trustees in 2009, he had never even set foot in a seminary. “I’m not a minister, never attended, never even walked into a seminary before,” Mr. Tharp said. “I live in Cincinnati, and I’ve gone to the United Methodist church down […]
DONOR SPOTLIGHT: RICK AND VICKI JAMES
Some people are called to give. Over the last three years, Mr. and Mrs. Rick and Vicki James have created three James Master Scholar partnerships, covering three full-tuition scholarships for top students, and have committed $500,000 toward general scholarships at United Theological Seminary — and that’s all on top of other charitable work their foundation […]
Donor Spotlight: Jim and Jan Heinrich
DONOR SPOTLIGHT: JIM AND JAN HEINRICH Mrs. Jan Heinrich ’00, started out at United Theological Seminary as a student in the late 1990s, taking classes part-time. A few years after her graduation in 2000, she and her husband, Jim, took the opportunity to give back to the seminary. “It was in 2006 that the Heinrich […]
Donor Spotlight: Ruth Daughtery
Donor Spotlight: Ruth Daugherty Every year, Ruth Daugherty (United trustee 2011-2017) sends a special letter. This letter is addressed to the current recipient of the Robert M. Daugherty Scholarship, designated for a student pursuing pastoral ministry. She tells each new recipient about her husband of nearly 50 years for whom the scholarship was named. Bob graduated from United […]
Christmas Message 2023
Emmanuel: God Is With Us All this took place to fulfill what had been spoken by the Lord through the Prophet: “Look, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel, which means ‘God is with us.’” — Matthew 1:22-23 December 20, 2023 According to the birth narrative in Matthew’s Gospel, […]