2:00-4:00 p.m. Clergy Workshop (registration required)
5:00-6:30 p.m. Community Dinner (registration required)
6:30-8:00 p.m. Worship Service (free and open to the public)
Our lecturer is Dr. Jennifer Carner, the Director of the Preaching in a Post-Christian Age Initiative and visiting assistant professor of preaching at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. The workshop is titled The Enduring Power of the Folk Homiletic and Ethic in the Practice of African American Preaching and is open to all clergy from all denominations and backgrounds.
Abstract: Since the beginning of Trump’s presidency 2.0, the administration has launched an assault on everything that does not support or affirm a monolithic vision of America. Thus, it can be argued that an attack has been launched on African American Thought, History, and Identity. Dr. Carner will make the case that current and past practices in African American preaching, incorporating a Folk Homiletic or Ethic, help communities in crisis fashion hope toward self-preservation and flourishing.
To register for the workshop and the community dinner to follow, please go to this link: pts.edu/schaff-2025. Registration is open if you scroll down the page. You are invited to register for all the events, but please note that Day #1 is at Pittsburgh Seminary. My understanding is that you can attend the events that day virtually if you register, or in person if you want to travel over. For now, the workshop is intended to be a clergy workshop, but My recommendation to the seminary is to open it to everyone in early April.
The workshop is limited to 50 seats, the dinner is limited to 100, but the worship service is open to all people without registration.
