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Austin Seminary President Theodore J. Wardlaw announces plans to retire in 2022

Posted November 3rd, 2021

The Rev. Theodore J. Wardlaw, the ninth president of Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, has announced plans to retire in 2022.

‘We spent the last year literally and figuratively walking on the sidewalk avoiding each other’

Posted June 29th, 2021

“Just being here, being here together is what I’m most looking forward to,” said Eric Wall.

‘Attending with faithfulness to the church’s worship and community’

Posted June 21st, 2021

The first-ever hybrid version of the Presbyterian Association of Musicians’ Worship and Music Conference began in person Sunday from Montreat Conference Center and includes an entirely online offering June 27 through July 2. View the conference livestream schedule here. Register for the online conference here.

A new tradition amid both joy and sorrow

Posted November 23rd, 2020

After seeing the latest edition of Everyday God-Talk, the Rev. Dr. David Gambrell, associate for Worship in the Office of Theology and Worship, was filled with an overwhelming sense of gratitude and rejoicing.

Finding the divine in moments of pandemic dullness

Posted September 29th, 2020

A recent New York Times story tells of a Catholic priest in Queens who decided not to let the coronavirus-mandated closure of his church keep him from worshiping with, and ministering to, his parish. “He decided that if people can’t come to church, the church ought to find a way to go to the people,” explained the Rev. Dr. Ted Wardlaw, president of Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary.

PAM’s online 2020 Worship and Music Conference is ‘kind of a miracle’

Posted June 24th, 2020

The fact that the 2020 Presbyterian Association of Musicians Worship & Music Conference, which is being held online this week with live broadcasts from Montreat Conference Center, is happening at all is “kind of a miracle,” said conference co-director Eric Wall.

Finding the divine in moments of pandemic dullness

Posted May 26th, 2020

A recent New York Times story tells of a Catholic priest in Queens who decided not to let the coronavirus-mandated closure of his church keep him from worshiping with, and ministering to, his parish.

Just Worship event coming to Austin seminary Sept. 30-Oct. 2

Posted August 9th, 2019

The second annual Just Worship event will be held Sept. 30-Oct. 2 at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary. Like the first one at Columbia Theological Seminary this promises to an extraordinary time led by stirring preachers, exceptional musicians and talented workshop leaders.