Rachel Henderlite came to the General Assembly’s School for Lay Workers (later renamed the Presbyterian School of Christian Education) in 1944 as Professor of Applied Christianity and Christian Nurture. She taught courses in Christian Ethics and later became the Director of Curriculum Development for the Board of Christian Education where she was a leading developer of The Covenant Life Curriculum.

Don Griggs served as Associate Professor of Christian Education at the Presbyterian School of Christian Education from 1981-1984. During his tenure he taught courses on Basic Christian Education, Evaluating Curriculum for Teaching, Creating and Using Media in Christian Education, Practice Teaching, and Teaching the Bible. He additionally served as the Director of Continuing Education for PSCE.

 In 1976, Chuck Melchert came to Presbyterian School of Christian Education where he focused his teaching in the foundational disciplines. Melchert helped to create the doctoral program at PSCE and because its first full coordinator from 1983 through his retirement in 1992.

Sara Little began her work at the Presbyterian School of Christian Education in 1951 where she also taught “across the Brook” at Union Theological Seminary. In 1973 she shifted her work to begin teaching full time at Union Theological Seminary while teaching part time at PSCE, keeping her feet in both academic institutions until her retirement in 1989.

Dr. Isabel “Izzie” Rogers served as Professor of Applied Christianity at the Presbyterian School of Christian Education for over 26 years, beginning in 1961. Dr. Rogers was passionate about helping students and church leaders relate their faith to the modern society in their own contexts.

Gwen Hawley came to the Presbyterian School of Christian Education as Associate Professor of Christian Education in September 1981. She taught courses in human development, group dynamics, and interpersonal processes while also supervising student teaching at the Richmond Juvenile Detention Center.

Jane Vann came to Union Theological Seminary in 1995 as the Assistant Professor of Christian Education. She served as a consultant in areas of Christian Education, Presbyterian Worship, teacher training, and the art of working with volunteers while also serving in various positions across the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

Glenn Bannerman joined the faculty of Presbyterian School of Christian Education as an Assistant Professor of Christian Education in 1957 to lay the foundation for recreational ministry classes. He taught courses in recreational crafts, church camping, folk games, and recreational leadership while working to integrate recreation into several areas of the PSCE Christian Education curriculum.

Pamela Mitchell-Legg served as the Sarah Belk Gambrell Professor of Christian Education at Union Presbyterian Seminary on both the Richmond and Charlotte campuses. Her areas of scholarship include educational theory, the history of education, curriculum design, and the contemporary media. During her time at Union, Dr. Mitchell-Legg taught courses in Children’s and Adolescent Literature, Teaching Ministry of the Church, The Christian Life, and the Annual Recreation Workshop Conference at Montreat.

Lamar Williamson, Jr., came to PSCE in 1968 as Professor Biblical Studies. Throughout his life and in his work as a peacemaker, missionary, and educator, he strove to live the gospel honestly and humbly, with love and respect for all peoples. Before coming to PSCE, Williamson served for ten years in the mission field in Africa where he helped to launch a United Theological School. He taught New Testament Interpretation, The Gospel of Mark, Teaching the Bible with Dr. Don Griggs, Joshua and Jesus with Dr. Sib Towner, and more courses than can be listed here.

Lakisha is Assistant Professor of Christian Education at Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, a scholar, and an ordained minister in the non-denominational tradition. She recognizes the importance of teaching Christian education for the strengthening of the church. Her teaching takes seriously the benefits and necessity of play, movement, aesthetics, creative arts, and embodiment. For Lockhart, the body is a locus for doing theology and theological reflection.

Gina is Associate Director of the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion. A scholar and a teacher, Gina’s purpose and passion is to curate brave conversations, particularly among black girls and women, that cultivate insight, intuition, clarity, embodied ways of living, self-awareness, self-actualization, self-determination, and self-love. Her goal is to help people build the life they want to live by becoming the person God created them to be. Gina is a licensed minister in the American Baptist Church pursuing ordination.

Jean, a graduate of the Presbyterian School of Christian Education, is a retired Christian Educator with a distinguished career in congregational leadership. She served congregations in Texas and North Carolina where her ministry focused on children and their families. An early and leading voice in children’s full participation in the whole life of the church, and especially in worship, she was one of the authors of Get Ready! Get Set! Worship! She was Educator of the Year for the Association of Partners in Church Education. Her passion for and deep commitment to Christian education – its theory informed practice and its necessity for the vitality and health of the Church – continues to be a gift to the Center, the Seminary, and all who know her.

Sandra is Associate Minister at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Charlotte, NC. She is a Christian Education and Discipleship specialist with a background in Information Technology and electrical engineering. Her past experiences in the areas of telephone repair operations, Outside Plant Engineering, technical support for regional support operations in the southeast region of BellSouth, as well as a Microsoft certified professional, uniquely equip her for ministry in the church. She heeded the call of God to prepare for full-time ministry in 2001 and left AT&T to enter Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, to earn her Master of Divinity and Master of Arts in Christian Education. She is currently a Doctor of Ministry student on the Charlotte Campus.

Debbie is Presbytery Leader and Stated Clerk of Foothills Presbytery in South Carolina. She is a graduate of Presbyterian College (BA in Religion/Christian Education), and Erskine Theological Seminary (Masters of Arts in Christian Education and Masters of Divinity). She brings over thirty-six years in ministry, plus her work in coaching and consulting to her position. Her passion is challenging communities and people to discover and align their strengths with their purpose, call and context.

Jessica is a Presbyterian minister based in Washington, DC, and a trained leadership coach. Jessica was the founding Director of NEXT Church where she helped shape the energy of NEXT Church into a relational community of Presbyterian leaders who are discerning how to be the faithful church in the 21st century. She currently serves as Associate Pastor at Georgetown Presbyterian Church and with the Presbyterian Foundation for the PCUSA. She earned the Masters of Divinity and Masters of Arts in Christian Education degrees from Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond.

Jenna Campbell is a Certified Christian Educator and serves as the Director of Children and Youth Ministry at First Presbyterian Church of Stillwater, OK. A graduate of Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, she is passionate about engaging children, youth, and their families in a faith that actively pursues justice and compassion in the world. She believes Christian formation brings forth growth by doing the will of God in the here and now, “Formation moves us out of ourselves into the world to do God’s work.” Jenna is the 2023 Association of Partners in Christian Education Enrich Educator of the Year.

DIA is an ordained minister in the Baptist tradition. A theopoet, mystic, and comic book scholar, he examines culture and moral imagination through poetry, performance art, and photography.  His work is grounded in the aesthetic of neo-Appalachian art, the charismatic nature of the Black church, and a multitude of theologies that inspire mysticism. DIA has studied art in Athens, Greece, Guadalajara, Mexico, and Nairobi, Kenya, and is a graduate of Union Presbyterian Seminary, Charlotte, for both theological degrees.

Lynn is an M.Div. graduate of Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond. Shefollowed the call to seminary following art history studies focusing on JohnCalvin’s theology of art. She continues to pursue life at the intersection of art, faith, and education. She has worked as an art educator in museum and classroom settings. Her D.Min. work focused on the theology of church architecture, and her MFA thesis revisited that research in a poetry collection titled Here is the Church. Lynn currently serves as pastor of the Limestone Presbyterian Church, Gaffney, SC.

SarahLee is a Certified Associate Christian Educator who has served at the congregational, presbytery, and synod levels of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) She lives in Lubbock, TX, and firmly embraces a wholistic approach to Christian education and formation. SarahLee holds certifications in spiritual direction and labyrinth facilitation, is an Advanced Instructor in the Wagner Enneagram Styles Scale and is someone who truly enjoyed her Clinical Pastoral Education experience. SarahLee currently moderates a ministry team for the Association of Partners in Christian Education. She is the APCE Council Liaison to the CECE Advisory Council.

Melissa is a final level dual degree, M.Div., M.A.C.E., student on the Charlotte campus of Union Presbyterian Seminary. She is an elder in the PCUSA and serves as a bible study leader at South Mecklenburg Presbyterian Church, Charlotte, NC. She is the student representative to the CECE Advisory Council and co-chair of the Curriculum Collection Editorial Team.

John is the General Presbyter of National Capital Presbytery who serves congregations and ministries through faithful and innovative leadership in developing a unified and shared vision for the Presbytery. He holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from Sterling College and a Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary. John also completed a Certificate in Advanced Executive Leadership for Ministers from Howard University.

Rev. Lolimarta Ros Reiter (or Pastor Loli) is the mother of 2 amazing young women and is happily married to John. She has been the Pastor at the Presbyterian Church of Seffner, FL, for over 15 years where she partners in ministry with a loving and vibrant congregation. She received her Masters of Divinity and Masters of Arts in Christian Education from Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, VA, and her Bachelor in Social Work from University of South Florida in Tampa. She has had the honor and privilege of serving the larger church as Moderator of her presbytery and as a speaker and pastor at a number of conferences in our denomination. “Though not perfect, I do believe the Church continues to be a source of good in our world today, and that one of the things the Presbyterian Church (USA) offers as an extension of Christ’s Church is to widen the circle of love by paying close attention to the details of inclusion, celebrating tradition, and keeping our ‘feelers’ ready to sense the moving of the Spirit.”

Chicano writer, theologian, and executive leader, Patrick B. Reyes, Ph.D., is Auburn Theological Seminary’s Dean, and the award-winning author of The Purpose Gap and Nobody Cries When We Die. He previously served the Forum for Theological Exploration (FTE) as the Senior Director of Learning Design. He provided strategy and direction for FTE’s diverse programs, grants, and teams supporting the next generation of pastoral leaders. In addition, he led the historic fellowships supporting scholars of color, the Institutional Doctoral Network, and partnerships in theological and higher education. He hosted the Sound of the Genuine podcast and spearheaded research and resource design. He is the current board president of the Religious Education Association and serves as the Co-Dean of the Freedom Seminary for the Children’s Defense Fund. Patrick provides leadership on several boards in theological and higher education, publications, and the nonprofit sector, supporting the next generation of Black, Indigenous, and Chicano spiritual and cultural leaders.

Rev. Garland F. Pierce serves as the Executive Director of Christian Education of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. An Itinerant Elder in the AME Church and a member of the Piedmont, SC, Annual Conference, Rev. Pierce has served his denomination and the ecumenical church in a number of different ways and places. He currently is the Chair of the Committee on the Uniform Series of the National Council of Churches, USA.