Wesley Theological Seminary is pleased to announce the appointment of two new faculty members who will begin their tenure at Wesley during the 2013-14 academic year. Paul Kang-Kul Cho will serve as Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible, and Reverend Dr. F. Douglas Powe, Jr. will serve as the James C. Logan Professor of Evangelism and Urban Ministry at Wesley, funded in part by the Foundation for Evangelism as an E. Stanley Jones professorship in evangelism.

Rev. Tom Berlin, chair of Wesley Seminary’s Board of Governors and pastor of Floris UMC in Herndon, VA is currently in Bo, Sierra Leone, Africa leading a Volunteer in Mission trip composed of college students from four United Methodist Churches.  Since 2000, Floris UMC has supported a children's home, the Child Rescue Centre, that cares for children rescued from child labor.  Mercy Hospital and an adjacent research lab are on the same compound.  His team is enjoying time with the children, working on repair and maintenance projects each day and participating in maternal health clinics held by Mercy in the outlying villages near Bo.  Follow Rev. Berlin’s adventures through his blog at http://revtomberlin.com/.

Today Rev. Berlin and Floris UMC are part of a 14 church partnership that works in cooperation with Bishop John Yambasu and the Sierra Leone Annual Conference.  You can find more information about this work at www.helpingchildrenworldwide.org.

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The Course of Study School will soon begin drawing Local Licensed Pastors from the North East Jurisdiction and beyond to the Wesley campus.

The Course of Study School is a program of the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry. Seven United Methodist seminaries host residential regional schools each summer to help licensed local pastors fulfill their disciplinary requirement for education.  Part-time local pastors are also given the opportunity to attend geographically placed extension schools.  Wesley’s program is entering its sixty-third year and includes a mix of spiritual practice, classroom learning and fellowship.

The summer schedule for the July Intensive program:

Term One: July 8 – July 18, 2013 Term Two: July 22 – August 1, 2013 On Wednesday July 31, 2013 at 7pm we will hold a graduation service at Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church.  A reception will follow at the church.

Weekend Course of Study

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“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind; and love your neighbor as yourself.” - Luke 10:27

Rebecca Cole has a passion for living out Jesus’ commandment to love the Lord and her neighbor. Three years ago, this passion led her to move from California to Washington, D.C., to study as an Urban Fellow at Wesley. This month, Cole will graduate with her Master of Divinity degree and dedicate herself to a ministry of justice and community engagement.

Throughout this school year, Wesley invited the public in for a discussion series that offered a taste of the exciting theological growth that happens in seminary classes. This series, the Second Monday events, offered a light breakfast and deep theological questions. 

Wesley Theological Seminary’s Board of Governors and President are pleased to announce the selection of The Rev. Dr. Robert Martin as Dean of the Seminary.

When a building, like Wesley’s new residence hall, is built using the tilt-up construction method, the concrete elements like walls, columns and structural supports are formed horizontally on a concrete slab. After the concrete has cured, the elements are "tilted" to vertical position with a crane and braced into position until the remaining structural components such as roofs, floors and walls are secured. Tilt-up differs from prefabrication in that all elements are constructed on the job site. This eliminates the size limitation imposed by transporting elements from a factory to the project site.

To view recent photos of the tilt-wall construction on Wesley's new residence hall, visit http://www.wesleyseminary.edu/CampusPlan/ArchitectsRenderings.aspx. To watch the dorm construction in real time, visit http://oxblue.com/open/vantage/wesleyseminary. The video...

Sean Devolites has a strong desire to serve God in whatever capacity he is called to pursue. “My desire to learn more about my faith and God, as well as my desire to share this faith as much as possible through my actions and relationships, has led me to seminary.  I'm not quite sure where I want to work yet, but I know that I want to be able to serve God wherever it is I go,” Sean said.

Originally from Northern Virginia, Sean is currently pursuing a Master of Divinity Degree at Wesley and is the recipient of a Bishop’s Scholarship. “The scholarship has impacted my ability to do graduate work simply because it has meant that I could afford to do it. Being one year removed from college I didn't have much money in savings, and the scholarship has meant that I am able to continue to pursue my studies here at Wesley. I had thought a lot about entering...

Wesley Theological Seminary invites all prospective students to attend College Day, a great opportunity for current college students to explore and experience our campus, our faculty, our students, and the numerous programs and resources offered by Wesley’s unique location in Washington, D.C.

College Day will begin with an introduction to the three major degree programs currently offered at Wesley; the Master of Arts, the Master of Theological Studies, and the Master of Divinity degrees; followed by a special presentation about our Practice in Ministry and Mission program, a requirement of our Master of Divinity degree which places students in real-life ministry settings and allows them to apply what they have learned in the classroom by engaging with the world. 

As a visiting student, you will enjoy a tour of campus that will conclude with a question and answer session with a special panel of Wesley’s distinguished faculty.  You will have the opportunity to learn what academic life is really...