Above: Long Beach Island as viewed from Barnegat Lighthouse. Photo credit: Fletcher. Used under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ At Pittsburgh Seminary, we seek to participate in God’s ongoing mission in the world by seeing and getting to know people as our neighbors. Challenged by Jesus’ parable of the Good Samaritan and inspired…
Tag: Call to ministry
Called to Preach, Called to Lead—Ministering For Such a Time as This
The Rev. Dr. Patrice Fowler-Searcy ’13/’24 is the first Black woman to chair Pittsburgh Theological Seminary’s Board of Directors. Prior to assuming this role, Patrice served the Board for 12 years in a number of capacities, including vice chair during Sandy Lamb’s leadership, chair of the governance committee, and member of the Executive and Student…
God Invites Me In: A Lay Leader’s Call Story
If you’re reading this, it’s because God has an incredible sense of humor. When I was five years old, I began playing the piano in the living room of my family’s house. Ten years later, when questioned by my piano teacher about my lack of commitment to practicing, I told him that soccer practice was…


