Convocation is the opportunity for alums to return to the campus. Last night, we had a wonderful service where we conferred an honorary doctorate on Rev. Dr. Malcolm Guite and recognized the achievement of the Rev. Dr. Kate Sonderegger in receiving the Karl Barth Prize. Today, the Alumni Association Executive Committee will be meeting. They […]
This week we celebrate our wonderful alumni as we welcome them “home” for Class Reunions and Alumni Convocation. The Class Stewards and the Alumni Association Executive Committee (AAEC) also hold their fall meetings on campus this week. As we continue to emerge from the COVID-era, it is a particular joy to welcome our alumni back […]
Pilgrimages are very much part of our curriculum for the formation of leaders, lay and ordained. A pilgrimage becomes a community of faithful people who gather together to journey to “thin places.” Last May “Gothic France” was a joint effort of VTS, the American Cathedral in Paris and the Rt. Rev. Mark D. W. Edington, […]
Tomorrow at 10.30am, the community and friends of the Seminary will gather to celebrate the life of Mrs. Su Yieh. The wife of the Rev. Dr. John Yieh and the mother of Ms. Janet Yieh. We sit in the presence of the mystery of the passing of consciousness – from life to the life to […]
It is an honor to welcome Dean Richard Sewell to the campus today. The North American Committee of St. George’s College has a meeting and the Dean will be present. Richard Sewell is the COVID Dean of St. George’s College. The college depends on pilgrims. And COVID saw those pilgrims disappear. He has had the […]
It was Hurricane Ian (my namesake that created havoc in Florida and elsewhere) that has led to a precipitous drop in temperature and almost constant rain. We are all now reaching for our winter coats and carrying our umbrellas around the campus. I suspect the terrace of 1823 is going to be less popular than […]
From time to time, one meets a person where one senses that you are in the presence of a remarkable talent. I fell in love with the art of the Terry Lynn when I first encountered his work in 2018. Great art can be endlessly revisited. New elements are spotted as one looks again at […]
On any given day, there is always something happening at Virginia Theological Seminary. Sometimes it is just friends gathering; it is often children playing together; and the dog park is a hive of constant activity. On Saturday, the campus provided the venue for countless guests at a wedding reception. Our faculty colleague and friend, Dr. […]
Sermons are recorded in Immanuel Chapel. Ms. Tamika Martin does an excellent job with this. Faculty, staff, students, alumni, and guests. There are a lot of sermons that go up. If you go to the VTS Sermon Page (click here), then you can sign up and enjoy revisiting many of them, for example, the beautiful […]
After an amazing capital campaign, it is important to follow the campaign with a gratitude tour. There is a very practical reason why such a tour is needed: pledge redemption requires connection. It is easy for a five year pledge to become a problem after three years: so, we need to remind our friends that […]