Bishop Gregory Vaughn Palmer to be Guest Lecturer at the Virtual Ruben L. Speaks Lecture Series

Hood Theological Seminary will hold its annual Ruben L. Speaks Endowed Memorial Lecture Series on Friday and Saturday, October 4 and 5, 2024. This year’s featured presenter is Bishop Gregory Vaughn Palmer, who is the former (now retired) Presiding Prelate of the West Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church and, previously, the longest serving active UMC bishop. The lectures, which are free of charge and open to the public, will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, October 4, and 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 5. This year the lecture series will be virtual through Zoom. *Please note there are two Zoom links, one for Friday and one for Saturday.* Go here for further information: https://www.hoodseminary.edu/news/fall-2024-virtual-speaks-lecture-series

The Ruben L. Speaks Endowed Memorial Lecture Series is named in honor of the late Bishop Ruben Lee Speaks, a gifted African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church leader acknowledged on numerous occasions for his leadership and creative engagement in ministry. Speaks received the Chancellor’s Award from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and the Distinguished Citizen Award from the Brooklyn Advisory Committee of the New York Urban League.

Hood Theological Seminary, located at 1810 Lutheran Synod Drive in Salisbury, NC, is a graduate and professional school sponsored by the A.M.E. Zion Church and approved by the University Senate of The United Methodist Church. Its student body, faculty and staff currently comprise persons from many different denominations. Hood's mission is to prepare women and men for bold and creative leadership for the Christian church for a diverse world.