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Speaker’s Bureau

United faculty and some staff members welcome speaking, preaching, and teaching engagements in your congregation.

Below is a list of possible speakers along with their areas of interest and expertise.

Click on a name to learn more about the speaker’s background and how to contact the speaker.
Faculty members are often scheduled at least six months in advance, so sufficient planning and notice is important.
Honoraria are negotiated on a case-by-case basis.

United students are sometimes available to speak to congregations about their call, discernment journeys, and seminary experiences. If you would like to have a United student speak to your congregation, contact Kathleen Remund, church relations coordinator, at 651.255.6112.

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Upcoming Faculty and Staff Presentations

Speakers	Regular Topics for Presentation
Robert H. Albers Distinguished Visiting Professor of Pastoral Care Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	• “All in the Family” (Family Systems Theory) • “Out of the Depths” (depression) • “The Hidden Persuaders” (issues of shame, based on his book, Shame: A Faith Perspective) • “The Many Faces of Grief” (grief issues) • “Caring Community” (based on a study of Ephesians)
Mary Farrell Bednarowski Emerita Professor of Religious Studies Roman Catholic	• American Religious History • Religious Imagination • Women’s Religious Thought/Women’s Religious Experience • Spiritual Autobiography
Paul E. Capetz Professor of Historical Theology Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	• Reformation History • Reformed Theology
Eleazar S. Fernandez Professor of Constructive Theology United Church of Christ in the Philippines	• The Interweaving of Theology and Social Transformation • Spiritedly Engaged Spirituality • The Church and Globalization • Postcolonial Discourse and Critiques of Postmodernity
Glen Herrington-Hall Director of Admissions United Church of Christ	• Call to Ministry and Culture of Call • Ministry in and with Filipino Christians • Human Rights Violations in the Philippines
Cindi Beth Johnson Director of Community Programming in the Arts, Religion and Spirituality Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	• Religion and the Arts • The Church and the Arts • Arts and Theology • Church Environment • Evangelism and the Arts
Barbara Anne Keely Faculty Officer for Masters Admissions Schilling Associate Professor of Church and Economic Life, and Leadership of the Congregation Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	• The spiritual life of the congregation • Spiritual lives of children and youth • Benedictine spirituality for Protestants • “Spiritual Virtues: Hospitality and Community” • “Benedictine Spirituality: An Ecumenical Approach”
Martha Postlethwaite Chaplain Associate Professor of Spiritual Formation United Methodist Church	• Retreats • Group spiritual direction • Adult education • Contemplative practice • Spiritual autobiography • “Listening for God with Pen in Hand” • Meditation
Carolyn Pressler Harry C. Piper Jr. Professor of Biblical Interpretation United Church of Christ	• Women and the Older Testament • Suffering, Hope, and the Hebrew Bible • The Older Testament and Social Issues: War, Peace, and the Older Testament • The Old Testament and the Poor • The Bible and Marriage Equality • Leadership and the Older Testament • Community and the Older Testament • Specific books or passages including: Ruth, the Stories of Promise (Genesis), Micah 6, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Numbers
Marilyn Salmon Professor of New Testament Theology Episcopalian	• New Testament Gospels • Early Judaism • The New Testament and Anti-Judaism • The Historical Jesus
Christine M. Smith Professor of Preaching United Church of Christ	• “Risking the Terror: Resurrection Experiences in this Life” • “Re-Imaging Resurrection” • “The Wonder of God’s Creation: A Call to Spiritual Renewal” • “Creating an Abundant Life: InterPlay and Imagination” • “Living as Weeping, Confession, and Resistance” • “Nurturing the Spiritual Life of the Preacher through the Arts and Imagination” • “Preaching and InterPlay”
Clyde Steckel Emeritus Professor of Theology United Church of Christ	• Guest preaching • Adult education presentations • UCC History and Polity • Religious meaning in the arts • Progress versus eschatology in Christian theology
Sharon Tan Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs McVay Associate Professor of Christian Ethics Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)/Episcopalian	• Ethics – general • Reconciliation and forgiveness • Public life and ethics • Politics and religion • Ethics in the workplace
Jean Morris Trumbauer Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program Roman Catholic	• Gifts discernment • Shared, Volunteer Ministry Systems for Congregations • Theological reflection with groups • Short presentations or group facilitations on issues of discernment • Presentations on processes for effective church meetings
jann cather weaver Associate Professor of Worship, and Theology and the Arts United Church of Christ	• Liturgical consultations with churches • “Styles of Prayers in Life and in Worship” • “Jesus Films” • “Learning to Read the Theology in Film”

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