Monday and Tuesday, January 29-30, 2024
Alexander & Adelaide Hall - Conference Room 110
If you’ve ever wondered whether seminary was for you, Seattle Pacific Seminary invites you to explore your calling and vocation at Discernment Days. This year, we're hosting a two-day event. The event is free and food is included!
Get a $1,000 or $3,000 SPS Scholarship for Attending Discernment Days
If you attend Discernment Days and then are admitted to and enroll in Seattle Pacific Seminary in Autumn 2024, you will receive a $1,000 scholarship for your first year of seminary or a $3,000 scholarship if you begin seminary in 2024. You must apply for admission, be admitted to, and enroll at SPS to qualify. This scholarship is given above and beyond any regular scholarship award that students receive. The average first-year student receives $7,500 in scholarship awards. Email seminary@mediadsa.com for details.
Coming from Out of State?
If you will be traveling from out of the state of Washington or more than 100 miles away to attend Discernment Days, we will reimburse you up to $150 for your traveling expenses. You must live a minimum of 100 miles from Seattle Pacific University to receive the reimbursement and you must have a receipt for a reimbursable expense (flight or gas). If you're coming from out of town and need lodging and/or a ride from the airport, we can arrange that for you, as well! Email seminary@mediadsa.com for details.
Thursday, January 25, 2024 | 7:00 - 8:30 pm
First Free Methodist Church (Fine Center) | 3200 3rd Ave. W, Seattle, WA 98119
Book Talk with Dr. Ronald White
Co-Hosted by the School of Theology and the History Department
Pulitzer-prize winning author, historian, and theologian, Dr. Ronald C. White, will be with us to share about his new book on Joshua L. Chamberlain, the famous Civil War general who was also a committed Christian and abolitionist. This latest release is an important companion for his previous books on Lincoln, Grant, and the social gospel. Enjoy significant conversations around issues of racial justice and Christian participation in war. This event is free; no registration required. This event will not be live-streamed.
The Prudential Means of Grace: Arts for Holy Living
Wednesday, April 17, 2024 | 6:00 - 9:00 pm
First Free Methodist Church (Sanctuary)
3200 3rd Ave. W., Seattle, WA 98119
Presented by Rev. Dr. Douglas Strong, the current Walls Endowed Chair.
No registration is necessary. This event will be video-recorded (not live-streamed).
Tuesday, November 7, 2023 | 8:30 am
First Free Methodist Church | 3200 3rd Ave W, Seattle, WA 98119
Join us for a special all-day conference. Rev. Dr. Joy Moore, from Luther Seminary, will provide a keynote, “Preaching from a Flawed Legacy.” We’ll enjoy breakout sessions on related topics with Rev. Peter Chin, Rev. Dr. Scott Dudley, Dr. Stephen Newby, Rev. Ashley Skinner-Creek, and Rev. Mike Thomas.
The conference will take place at First Free Methodist Church (across from SPU’s campus) from 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM, with a public lecture following the conference at 6:00 PM. Our Keynote Speaker for the conference and evening lecture is Rev. Dr. Joy J. Moore, an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church and the Professor of Biblical Preaching at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. We will have an additional keynote message from Rev. Dr. Scott Dudley, Senior Pastor at Bellevue Presbyterian Church, preaching by Rev. Peter Chin, Senior Pastor at Rainer Avenue Church, and a panel led by Rev. Michael Thomas, Senior Pastor at Radiant Church. Additional breakouts will be led by Dr. Stephen Newby and Rev. Ashley Skinner Creek.
Livestream link for SPU's Chapel with Peter Chin - 11/7 @ 11:10 AM - “Reconciliation and Revival: The Centrality of the Holy Spirit's Role in the Work of Reconciliation”
Livestream link for Mark Abbott Lecture with Joy J. Moore - 11/7 @ 6:00 PM - "Preaching Forgiveness in an Age of Contempt” by Joy J. Moore
June 8 | 7-9 PM
Please join us as we honor and commission our Seminary graduates. Family and friends are welcome. We'll enjoy a reception afterward so our graduates' families and friends can celebrate together.
Business casual attire is suggested.
This event is free and will include a reception afterward. We will video-record and live-stream this event (http://spu.zoom.us/j/99529867316).
Tuesday, May 2, 2023 | 4–5:30 pm I- Fine Center (First Free Methodist Church)
Join us as we feature and celebrate books recently published by School of Theology faculty.
May 16, 2023 - 7:00 pm - Upper Gwinn
Rev. Dr. Richard Steele will offer a lecture entitled, “Theological Education as Therapeia Psychēs,” as he anticipates his retirement.
April 25, 2023 - 7:00 pm - Upper Gwinn
Join us for our annual Walls Lecture, “Holiness Abolitionism: Christians Modeling Racial Justice,” a Dialogue on Race and Faith. This lecture will be live-streamed and video-recorded.
Discernment Days Autumn 2022
If you’ve ever wondered whether seminary was for you, Seattle Pacific Seminary invites you to explore your calling and vocation at Discernment Days on Wednesday, November 9, or Thursday, November 10. Discernment Days offers teaching, prayer, discussion, and thoughtful challenge with Seattle Pacific Seminary faculty, along with others who are considering seminary.
Nov. 9, 2022 - 7:00 p.m. - Upper Gwinn (Third Floor)
Dr. Frank Spina will offer his inaugural lecture at the Frank Anthony Spina Lectureship on Christian Scripture. His presentation is entitled, “Multiplying Divisions: A Divided Israel, A Divided Church, A Divided University.”