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Presidential Search

The President Search Team seeks an individual as our new president to partner with our faculty, staff, and students to shape the direction for the school into the future.
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175th Anniversary

We are celebrating our 175th anniversary. Browse through this section for anniversary reflections, stories of notable alums, photo album, and information about the gala.
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Ministry of Language

Alex Kapitan

When we launched our new website, we contacted Alex Kapitan, the Radical Copyeditor extraordinaire, to do intentional copyediting of all of our contents. Here in this interview, Alex talks about the work ze was called to do.
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Jussie Smollett, Believing the Victim, and Deep National Wounds

Rev. Dr. Pamela Lightsey

Faculty
Dr. Lightsey reflects on America's deep wounds of racism in this essay originally published in Newsweek Magazine.
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The Drum Major Instinct: MLK Service

ML Students

A group of students put together and delivered a powerful service in honor of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during January Intensives.
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Getting Proud

Mariela Perez-Simons

MDiv
At 2019 January Ingathering, Mariela gave this passionate sermon about her experience of becoming nobody as a political refugee from Cuba, and then decades later finding herself again during her ministerial training.
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Dr. Lightsey Protests on the Border

Rev. Dr. Pamela Lightsey

Faculty
Rev. Dr. Pamela Lightsey helped organize and participated in a protest and teach-in event, El Grito de la Frontera/The Cry From the Border, in El Paso, Texas.
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Meadville Lombard at GA 2018

The Meadville Lombard community was as busy as ever at General Assembly in Kansas City. Watch (or read) Mark Morrison-Reed's retirement speech in this post.
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American Immanence: Democracy for an Uncertain World

Dr. Mike Hogue

Faculty
Dr. Hogue's new book is his response to these increasingly uncertain times, calls for building democratic communities of responsibility, resistance, and resilience.
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Red Bubble Letters

Rev. Misha Sanders

MDiv '18
Misha shared her memory of a profound lesson she learned in Kindergarten Sunday School class.
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Empowering Refugees: Teen Motherhood Project

Gur Milandou Mouanga

MALS
For a project during his community site internship, one of our students who lives in South Africa developed a program to support refugee teen mothers.
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Blessed at PrideFest

Kimberlee Tomczak Carlson

MDiv
At PrideFest in Milwaukee, ML Community members were among the clergy who set up a Blessing Booth, knowing many who identify as LGBTQ carry spiritual wounds from their past.
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173rd Commencement

Class of 2018

On May 20, 2018, Meadville Lombard celebrated our 173rd Commencement.
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Is Your Love Political?

Rev. Dr. Pamela Lightsey

Faculty
Rev. Dr. Pamela Lightsey delivered a rousing sermon at Spring Intensives Opening Worship, March 19, 2018. This is a must-read.
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Calling Out Prejudice in Power

Rev. Erik Carlson

MDiv '09
Erik, as a co-chair of Religious Leaders' Caucus of Congregations United to Serve Humanity, has issued a statement against remarks made by Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth.
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In Solidarity with Immigrants

Rev. Monica Dobbins

MDiv '17
Monica led the First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake City to become the first sanctuary congregation in Utah, taking in a mother who was being deported.
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Prospective Student Conference

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Sunday, March 24 - Monday, March 25, 2019. Our doors are open to all who are considering attending theological school, regardless of denomination or religious affiliation.

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175th Anniversaey

Join the celebration of our 175th Anniversary

Browse through for anniversary reflections, stories of notable alums, photo album, and information about the gala.

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All Are Called

Engage Your Passion for a Just and Sustainable World

Our Contextual Learning model combines an innovative curriculum, intensive courses for low residency, and integrated internships. Pursue your degree from wherever you live, across North America and beyond, while learning from our distinguished faculty.

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Master of Divinity

Our Master of Divinity degree program provides the academic and experiential grounding you need to minister effectively in our multifaith, multicultural world. Students seeking Unitarian Universalist ordination are guided step-by-step through the process.

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Master of Arts in Leadership Studies

Focusing on the theory and practice of leadership in our multifaith, multiracial, and multicultural world, this 18-month degree program equips you to be an effective leader in community-based ministries.

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Justice, Equity, and Compassion

Meadville Lombard educates students in the Unitarian Universalist tradition, empowering you to embody liberal religious ministry and live out your values through leadership in Unitarian Universalist congregations and every other corner of the world.

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