Transcultural Program

Contact: Reneé Stefan, Coordinator of Student Services
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United offers trips to various destinations in January, June, and July of each year as part of their Intercultural Program. These trips are a requirement of the Master of Divinity program but are open to all Masters Students, their spouses, alumni/ae and friends of United.

Each student in the Master of Divinity program at United must complete an approved overseas intercultural experience.

Anyone traveling abroad must secure a current/valid passport as soon as possible.

• Purpose

  The purpose of the Intercultural Program at United Theological Seminary is:

  To create in students a greater awareness of global Christianity, a sensitivity to interreligious complexities, and an understanding of shared, compassionate discipleship.

  To equip students with skills for recognizing and receiving diverse ways of thinking and living in other contexts, those with cultural and theological assumptions significantly different from their own.

  To invite students to reflect critically and collaboratively on the interdependence of  faith communities within God’s leading and to respond with compassion to the lives, needs, and faith of people in different parts of the world.

  To integrate the immersion trip experience into future effective ministry by recognizing the diverse nature of Christian community in the local parish and/or church context.

• Requirements for Trips

  Students are required to take WR601 prior to taking an Intercultural trip. Please speak with your advisor or the Registrar about prerequisites fo rthis course.

• Thoughts on Previous Trips

  “I saw faith and hope in people who experienced much suffering. And I felt their love and acceptance.”
  – Mick Dawes
  M.Div. 2008

  “My intercultural experience taught me a great deal about myself and the world around me. In a world of suffering, oppression, and poverty, there is hope for a tomorrow of peace and equality. My experience challenged me to make the realization of this hope central to my ministry.”
  – Justin Williams
  M.Div. candidate

• Scheduled Trips

  Jan. 2 – 12, 2012
  Wonders of Petra: Israel, Palestine, and Jordan 4-day Extension

  Price: $3,223 plus incidentals

  Prerequisite: WR601

  Contact:
  Course registration: Marti Anderson
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  Paperwork for trip: Reneé Stefan
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  Summer 2012
  France

  More details to follow

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  Jan. 2013
  Italy

  More details to follow

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  Summer 2013
  Russia

  More details to follow