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Remembering Elizabeth Rose Vates

Posted on May 24, 2022May 24, 2022 by ptsblog

  Elizabeth Rose Vates, Member of The McMillan Society of Planned Giving Elizabeth Vates was a dear friend of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. Over the years she was an active member of the PTS community, participating in various Seminary activities including our Leading Women Tea events and Miller Summer Youth Institute engagements. Elizabeth was a graduate…

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Praying with Someone Experiencing Depression

Posted on May 17, 2022 by ptsblog

If your prayer list has more than a few names on it, chances are that you are lifting up someone who suffers from depression. And if you do not know depression first hand, you may wonder how to pray with and for someone who does. It is easy to think, “Well, I will just pray…

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Women’s History at PTS: Lee Anna Starr

Posted on March 31, 2022March 31, 2022 by ptsblog

In celebration of Women’s History Month, Pittsburgh Seminary remembers its first female graduate, Dr. Lee Anna Starr (1853-1937). Dr. Starr graduated in 1893 from the Allegheny Theological School, an antecedent institution of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. She was ordained in the Methodist Protestant Church in 1895 and became an accomplished pastor, a leader in the Women’s…

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Founded in 1794, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary is a graduate theological school of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), offering master's and doctor of ministry degrees as well as certificate programs. Participating in God's ongoing mission in the world, Pittsburgh Seminary is a community of Christ joining in the Spirit's work of forming and equipping people for ministries familiar and yet to unfold and communities present and yet to be gathered.

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