Check in for New Student Day, with a chance to caffeinate and grab a bite before worship.

Join the campus community for a brief worship service to welcome you to campus.

An opportunity for students in the 2025 cohort to get to know one another.

New students will break bread with administrators and continue to learn about each other.

Tour the Louisville Seminary Campus!

New students will have an opportunity to meet their faculty and advisors.

Break bread with the faculty at the President's house to conclude New Student Day.

Welcome to the Mosaic Symposium! Check in, receive your materials, and enjoy a light breakfast while connecting with fellow attendees. This informal gathering time sets the tone for a day of learning, reflection, and community.

Begin the day with a time of shared worship and devotion, led by Louisville Seminary faculty. Through prayer, music, and reflection, we will ground ourselves in the sacred work ahead, open our hearts to the Spirit’s leading while reminding ourselves of our shared calling to be and become a liberating and loving community of God that welcomes all people.

Who is my neighbor?: Embodying Beloved Community Through the Witness of the Black Church
Lecturer: Rev. Dr. Perzavia Praylow
This lecture introduces Mosaic course participants to the theology, mission and witness of the Black Church and its call to embody the liberating love and justice of Jesus Christ. Through lecture and group discussion, participants will explore practices of being and becoming a beloved community of neighbors by exploring the witness of the Black Church at the intersection of faith, action and justice. Finally, course participants will explore models of faith and justice for the work of sustaining community in this time where diversity, equity and inclusion programs are being threatened and eradicated.

Creating art together empowers us to embody the MOSAIC theme and to exercise our collaborative capacities, strengthening community through a shared project.

Gather around the table for a nourishing meal and meaningful conversation. Lunch is provided, offering participants the chance to connect more deeply and continue reflecting on the day’s themes in a relaxed setting.

Participants will learn more about our neighbors and neighborhoods in Louisville, KY so that we live in community beyond the boundaries of our Seminary campus. Mosaic faculty and course participants will visit a local neighborhood organization that embodies our call to love our neighbor as ourselves. The tour will also include a drive through select local neighborhoods in Louisville.

Welcome to the Mosaic Symposium! Check in, receive your materials, and enjoy a light breakfast while connecting with fellow attendees. This informal gathering time sets the tone for a day of learning, reflection, and community.

Begin the day with a time of shared worship and devotion, led by Louisville Seminary faculty. Through prayer, music, and reflection, we will ground ourselves in the sacred work ahead, open our hearts to the Spirit’s leading while reminding ourselves of our shared calling to be and become a liberating and loving community of God that welcomes all people.

Loving Our Disabled Neighbors: Proclaiming a Gospel of Inclusion for All
Lecturer: Academic Dean Debra J. Mumford
In 2025, people with disabilities continue to be discriminated against, marginalized and excluded in public and private sectors and in our churches. In a lecture and group conversations, Dean Mumford will challenge biblical interpretations and theological assumptions that support prejudice against and inequitable treatment of the disabled.

Creating art together empowers us to embody the MOSAIC theme and to exercise our collaborative capacities, strengthening community through a shared project.

Gather around the table for a nourishing meal and meaningful conversation. Lunch is provided, offering participants the chance to connect more deeply and continue reflecting on the day’s themes in a relaxed setting.

Who is my neighbor? Embodying Mutuality and Care in Church and Community
Panelists: Rev. Dr. Marcus Hong, Rev. Amina McIntyre, Sarah Flannery, Rev. Dr. Angela Johnson, Rev. Dr. Perzavia Praylow.
How do we embody practices of mutuality and care in church, community and faith-based contexts that welcome and engage the whole humanity of all people? This faculty led conversation will explore our practices of care and connection as we gather and serve in diverse church, clinical and community contexts. The session invites deeper engagement through discussion, theological reflection, and practical application. Participants will be encouraged to consider how the call to love our neighbor shapes ministry, community leadership, and faithful resistance.

Join the LPTS Community for light refreshments prior to attending the 2025 Caldwell lecture.

“Queering the Neighborhood: Conversations about Expanding Our Practice and Our Presence” featuring Rev. Cassidy Hall—author, filmmaker, podcaster, and contemplative voice—who will explore what it means to queer our spiritual practice and presence in today's divided world. Through personal stories and reflections, Cassidy invites us to consider how queerness can deepen our connection to faith, self, and community.

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Welcome Alums to the Mosaic Symposium! Check in, receive your materials, and enjoy a light breakfast while connecting with fellow attendees. This informal gathering time sets the tone for a day of learning, reflection, and community.

Creating art together empowers us to embody the MOSAIC theme and to exercise our collaborative capacities, strengthening community through a shared project.

Participants will reflect and engage in meaningful conversation around the MOSAIC Symposium, the course theme, and our shared call to love our neighbors as God loves us.

The Annual Alum Meeting will provide space for Alums to meet with one another, be welcomed by President Pomerville, and to hear about Alum related initiatives, grants, and events from Advancement, Lifelong Learning, Black Church Studies, and the Marriage and Family Therapy departments at LPTS.

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Rev. Dr. Praylow’s message titled, ”The Invitation Still Stands,“ will be a theological interpretation of Luke 14: 1, 7-14 informed by the theology and witness of the Black Church. This sermon is a call to people of faith to revision our posture and praxis of hospitality so that our witness is a byproduct of the liberating love of Jesus Christ. As we prepare a table for all the community, we must embody doing the work of inviting beyond the invitation. Rev. Dr. Perzavia Praylow will also be installed as the Director of Black Church Studies, Director of Black Church Cornerstone Collaborative, and Assistant Professor of Historical Theology and Black Church Studies.

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Gather around the table for a nourishing meal and meaningful conversation. Lunch is provided, offering participants the chance to connect more deeply and continue reflecting on the day’s themes in a relaxed setting.

A reception and a time of fellowship for Delta Kappa members of Louisville Seminary. Interested in learning more? Join to learn more about the Upsilon Chapter at LPTS.

Dessert and Happy Hour Reception co-sponsored by Black Church Studies and Alum Engagement.