UTI 30th Anniversary - Gala Reception and Banquet Oct. 15
GALA BANQUET & RECEPTION
Friday, October 15, 2010, 6:30 pm
The Rev. Dr. James A. Forbes, Jr., Guest Speaker
The Brossman Center, The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, 7301 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19119
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Watch Dr. Forbes' banquet address:
about the speaker
The Rev. Dr. James Alexander Forbes, Jr., Senior Minister Emeritus of The Riverside Church, New York City, is founder and president of the Healing of the Nations Foundation. In 2007 he was the host of "The Time is Now" on Air America Radio.
Forbes, who was installed as the fifth senior minister of Riverside, was the first African American to serve as minister of this multicultural ongregation. He is an ordained minister in the American Baptist Churches.
Dr. Forbes earned his Doctor of Ministry from Colgate-Rochester Divinity School; his Master of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary; and a Bachelor of Science in chemistry from Howard University. He earned his clinical pastoral education certificate from the Medical College of Virginia. His honorary doctorates include degrees from the following colleges and universities: Princeton, DePauw, Colgate, Fairleigh Dickenson, Lehigh, and the University of Richmond.
From 1992 to 2007, Dr. Forbes was co-chair of A Partnership of Faith, an interfaith organization of clergy among New York's Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, and Muslim communities. He is on the board of the Interfaith Alliance, Children's Defense Fund, Mailman School of Public Health of Columbia University, and the United Way. He is a past president of The Martin Luther King Fellows.
SPONSORS
Proceeds benefit The Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Sr., Chair in African American Studies
DIAMOND Sponsors: $30,000 or more
Dr. William R. Miner & Mrs. M. LaVerne Miner
Trinity United Church of Christ
The Rev. Otis Moss III, Senior Pastor & The Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr., Pastor Emeritus
GOLD Sponsors: $3,000-$9,999
The Rev. Dr. Wayne E. Croft, Sr. & Dr. Lisa Croft
Church of the Redeemer Baptist
The Rev. Jocelyn K. Hart
Hickman Temple AME Church
The Rev. Dr. G. Daniel Jones
Grace Baptist Church of Germantown
The Rev. Dr. Philip D.W. Krey, President
The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia
The Rev. William B. Moore ‘85
Tenth Memorial Baptist Church
Bishop Ernest C. Morris, Sr.
Mt. Airy Church of God in Christ
Bishop Richard Franklin Norris, Sr.
First Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal ChurchSILVER Sponsors: $600-$2,999
The Rev. Dr. Bernice Baxter
The Rev. Keon A. Gerow
Catalyst for Change Church
The Rev. Dr. Kevin R. Johnson
Bright Hope Baptist Church
The Rev. Cedric H. Jones
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
The Rev. Dr. W. Arthur Lewis ‘86
Lutheran Theological Center in Atlanta
The Rev. Audrey E. Moody ‘88
Bishop Kermit L. Newkirk, Jr.
Harold O. Davis Memorial Baptist Church
Dr. Kent & The Rev. Janet S. Peterman
The Rev. Dr. J. Paul Rajashekar, Dean
The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia
Dr. Stephen G. Ray & Mrs. Susan Parris Ray
The Rev. Dr. Quintin L. Robertson
The Rev. Dr. William Staton, Jr. ‘87
The Rev. Dr. Mark K. Tyler
Mother Bethel AME Church
BRONZE Sponsors: $100-$599
African American Lutheran Association-Philadelphia Chapter
Dr. Addie J. Butler
Bishop Claire S. Burkat
Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
The Rev. Jacqueline Gale Capers ‘05
Ruffin Nichols AME Church
The Rev. Joseph A. Conner, Sr. ‘88
New Beginnings Sanctuary of Praise Church of God in Christ
The Rev. Guy L. Glimp ‘04
Sanctuary Church of God in Christ
The Rev. Curtis A. Haynes, Jr. ‘05
Mr. & Mrs. J. Lawrence House
The Rev. Alonzo T. Johnson
Oak Lane Presbyterian Church
The Rev. Vernard R. Leak, Presiding Elder
Philadelphia District of the Philadelphia Annual Conference of the
African Methodist Episcopal Church
The Rev. J. Wendell Mapson, Jr.
Monumental Baptist Church
The Rev. John V. Puotinen
Bishop Dwayne D. Royster ‘10
Living Water United Church of Christ
The Rev. Dr. Esther L. Seales ‘96/'02/'10
Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Staples
State Senator LeAnna M. Washington
4th Senatorial District of Pennsylvania
All funds raised during the celebration benefit the Jeremiah A. Wright, Sr., Chair in African American Studies. Gifts to the Wright Chair are gratefully accepted.
