Thursday, December 10, 2020

PCS Forum - December 10, 2020

Opening Meditation: a beautiful hymn by Jann Aldredge-Clanton called Ancient Wisdom, Mother of Earth.

Presentation: Womanist Theological Approaches to Religion and Society by Dr. Phillis I. Sheppard, Associate Professor of Religion, Psychology, and Culture at Vanderbilt Divinity School and Graduate Department of Religion.

Dr. Sheppard is the author of the Self, Culture and Others in Womanist Practical Theology and her second book Tilling Sacred Ground: Interiority, Black Women, and Public Religion will be published spring 2021.

https://youtu.be/B_SI4H2ILi8

Bridget Mary's Meditation on Hagar

https://youtu.be/vWdPSekwgNg

Closing: Those Who Dream by the Many

https://youtu.be/ZHlDSdYfBmM

Additional Resources:

Journey to Liberation: The Legacy of Womanist Theology

https://youtu.be/PjhtUGqFCWg

What Manner Of Woman - A Short Documentary Film

https://youtu.be/sUlc6L1Z9-k

SAVE THE DATE: Next PCS Forum - February 25, 2021

Womanist topic continued with a presentation by the authors of the book: The Gathering: A Womanist Church, Origins, Stories and Sermons. We encourage you to purchase the book and read it before we gather again.

Monday, November 16, 2020

PCS Forum - December 10, 2020 - Save the Date

SAVE THE DATE – Next PCS Forum – December 10, 2020

PCS FORUM: December 10, 2020

1:00pm and 7:00pm EST

Topic: Womanist Theological Approaches to Religion and Society

Presenter: Dr. Phillis Isabella Sheppard

Dr. Sheppard is the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Associate Professor of Religion, Psychology, and Culture at Vanderbilt Divinity School and Graduate Department of Religion.

She is a practical theologian and her areas of teaching and research foci include womanist approaches to psychology and culture, religious experience, ethnography, sexuality, and spirituality.

Her most recent ethnographies include “This is my Calling: An Ethnography of Black Women’s Vocational Formation,” (funded through a Louisville Institute Faculty Research Grant), her current ethnography underway “An Ethnography of Black Women’s Experience of Multi-religious Belonging,” funded through a Randal Mason Research Award.

Dr. Sheppard is the author of the Self, Culture and Others in Womanist Practical Theology

(Palgrave Macmillan, 2011), and her second book Tilling Sacred Ground: Interiority, Black Women, and Public Religion will be published spring 2021.

She earned her Ph.D. in Theology, Ethics and the Human Sciences (Chicago Theological Seminary, 1997) and the M.A. in Theology (Colgate Rochester Divinity School in Theology, 1988). Phillis also earned certificates in adult psychoanalysis (2005) and pastoral psychotherapy (1993) and has maintained a private practice for over twenty-five years.

Articles and YouTube videos on Womanist Theology will be sent closer to the date.

Wednesday, October 14, 2020

PCS Forum - October 15, 2020

Elena Garcia, ARCWP facilitating Baptism of Grandson

Theme: The Role and Responsibilities of the Ordained in Inclusive, Egalitarian Eucharistic Communities.

Welcome: Mary Theresa Streck, ARCWP

Opening Meditation: Where Did Jesus Go sung by Sara Thomsen
Video by Denise Hackert Stoner, ARCWP

https://youtu.be/biPM_MTQVgI

First Presentation: Bridget Mary Meehan, ARCWP, presents an overview of the historical development of priestly ministry.

https://youtu.be/quwdNJg1b9M

Second Presentation: Sibyl Dana Reynolds, ARCWP, presents a personal response to the question: What is the Role of the Ordained in Inclusive, Egalitarian Eucharistic Communities?

https://youtu.be/BnGM9G-8xMQ

Break (5 minutes)

Question for breakout rooms: What is your role as an ordained person in your ministry/community?

Breakout Rooms (30 minutes)

If you finish early, leave the breakout room and return to the large group by clicking on the leave button.

Large Group Reporting session

https://youtu.be/JmVmiWHD3f8

Open Questions and Comments

Next Forum: December 10, 2020

Theme: Womanist Theology and Racism

Presenter: Dr. Phillis I. Sheppard

Phillis Isabella Sheppard is Associate Professor of Religion, Psychology, and Culture at the Divinity School and Graduate Department of Religion of Vanderbilt University.

Closing Blessing: May the Longtime Sun Shine Upon You by Sara Thomsen

Video by Denise-Hackert Stoner

https://youtu.be/Zgf6CzjAx40