{"id":24463,"date":"2024-11-12T08:30:59","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T13:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/?p=24463"},"modified":"2024-11-11T13:03:11","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T18:03:11","slug":"creative-ministry-kendra-buckwalter-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/creative-ministry-kendra-buckwalter-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Worship in Life and Practice: The Rev. Kendra Buckwalter Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>At Pittsburgh Theological Seminary\u2019s 2024 Alumnae\/i Days gathering, four alums were honored for their work and recognized as this year\u2019s distinguished alumnae\/i or received The Fred Rogers Award for Creative Ministry. In this blog series, meet these alums and discover the ways in which they serve God and neighbor in their communities and across the nation. The 2024 recipient of t<\/em><em><span class=\"fontstyle0\">he Fred McFeely Rogers Award for Creative Ministry is The Rev. Kendra Buckwalter Smith &#8217;12\/&#8217;13.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"fontstyle0\">The Fred McFeely Rogers Awardee for Creative Ministry: The Rev. Kendra Buckwalter Smith<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-26597 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/KLBS-Headshot_medium-285x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/KLBS-Headshot_medium-285x300.png 285w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/KLBS-Headshot_medium-972x1024.png 972w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/KLBS-Headshot_medium-768x809.png 768w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/KLBS-Headshot_medium-1457x1536.png 1457w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/KLBS-Headshot_medium-1943x2048.png 1943w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/KLBS-Headshot_medium-300x316.png 300w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/KLBS-Headshot_medium-850x896.png 850w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/KLBS-Headshot_medium.png 1948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/>The Rev. Kendra Buckwalter Smith has served since 2012 as the director of the Worship Program at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, equipping students for Christian ministries as faithful, thoughtful, and hospitable worshipers and worship leaders through weekly chapel services and additional seasonal worship services. During the academic year, Kendra directs up to a dozen student worship leaders in planning and leading all aspects of worship. In 2022, she secured a Vital Worship Grant from the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship for use in the Seminary\u2019s Worship Program.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">Since 2019, Kendra has also been the associate pastor of discipleship at Shadyside Presbyterian Church (Pittsburgh), where she provides spiritual care to youth and families and participates in worship leadership. Her primary responsibilities include oversight of the Sunday morning Christian education classes and curriculum for students in 6<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">th<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">-12<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">th <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">grades as well as the afternoon Shadyside Presbyterian Youth Sundays (SPYS) program. She has previously worked as director of children and youth ministry at Glenshaw Presbyterian Church, as the children\u2019s bell choir director at Shadyside, and as a sermon researcher for Docent Research Group.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_26598\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26598\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-26598 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Kendra-at-Lords-Table-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Kendra-at-Lords-Table-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Kendra-at-Lords-Table-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Kendra-at-Lords-Table-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Kendra-at-Lords-Table-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Kendra-at-Lords-Table-850x478.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Kendra-at-Lords-Table.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26598\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kendra serving as conference liturgist at the 2023 PAM Worship and Music Conference<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">Kendra has also been a leader in a variety of ways in the PC(USA). She was on the editorial advisory board for the <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Book of Common Worship <\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">from 2015 to 2018, is active in leadership roles for the Presbyterian Association of Musicians, and is on the Pittsburgh Presbytery\u2019s Commission on Preparation for Ministry. Kendra has instructed multiple students at PTS in independent studies related to spiritual formation, liturgy, music, and worship. She is frequently sought after to plan and lead worship for large gatherings and conferences in the PC(USA) and to speak and lead workshops on liturgy and worship arts. She has written pieces published in <\/span><em><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Connections Worship Companion<\/span><\/em><span class=\"fontstyle0\">, <\/span><em><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Call to Worship<\/span><\/em><span class=\"fontstyle0\">, <\/span><em><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Hymns and Hymnody: Historical and Theological Introductions<\/span><\/em><span class=\"fontstyle0\">, <\/span><em><span class=\"fontstyle2\">These Days: Daily Devotions for Living by Faith<\/span><\/em><span class=\"fontstyle0\">, <\/span><em><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Presbyterians Today<\/span><\/em><span class=\"fontstyle0\">, and <\/span><em><span class=\"fontstyle2\">Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States<\/span><\/em><span class=\"fontstyle0\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">Kendra earned a B.A. in music and religious studies and a certificate in medieval and Renaissance studies at the University of Pittsburgh and both a Master of Divinity and Master of Sacred Theology at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. As a PTS student in 2011, she received the Valentour World Travel Fellowship, allowing her to travel to Africa to study worship music. She was also awarded the Watson Samuel Boyce Music Prize for the most outstanding contribution to the life of the Seminary in the area of church music and the Walter P. and Anna L. McConkey Award in Homiletics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Read Next<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23875\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23875\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/pastoral-ministry-sheila-johnson\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23875\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Sheila-Johnson-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Sheila-Johnson-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Sheila-Johnson-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Sheila-Johnson-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Sheila-Johnson-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Sheila-Johnson-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Sheila-Johnson-1-850x638.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23875\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leading in Ministry, Empowering the Community, and Praising the Lord: the Rev. Dr. Sheila Johnson (Hunt), Distinguished Alumna in Pastoral Ministry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25997\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25997\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/who-is-my-neighbor-antonio-lawrence\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25997\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/speaking-with-gesture-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/speaking-with-gesture-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/speaking-with-gesture-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/speaking-with-gesture-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/speaking-with-gesture-850x479.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/speaking-with-gesture.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25997\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Who Is My Neighbor? \u2013 The Rev. Antonio Lawrence on Prophetic Problem Solving and Bi-Vocational Ministry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24900\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24900\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/specialized-ministry-graham-standish\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-24900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Graham-Standish-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Graham-Standish-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Graham-Standish-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Graham-Standish-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Graham-Standish-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Graham-Standish-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Graham-Standish-1-850x638.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24900\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Walking With Others toward Revitalization: The Rev. 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