Spencer and Flora Murray Lectures
Over many years, First Presbyterian Church has brought a host of distinguished authors, preachers, teachers, and theologians to Shreveport for the church's annual lecture series. Funded through gifts to the Legacy Fund by Audrey Bolinger Westbrook and others, the lecture series was re-named The Spencer and Flora Murray Lectures in 2006 in honor of Dr. Spencer Murray, a retired associate pastor of this church, and his wife Flora, whose inquiring minds were prime examples of what our lecture series seeks to be about: faith seeking understanding.
Recent lecturers have included Dr. Thomas G. Long, Bandy Professor of Preaching at the Candler School of Theology; Dr. Amy-Jill Levine, Professor of New Testament Studies at Vanderbilt University; Rev. Dr. Michael Jinkins, Academic Dean and Professor of Pastoral Theology at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary; Dr. Daniel L. Migliore, Professor of Systematic Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary.
Spencer and Flora Murray Lectures
Rev. Cynthia L. Rigby
W.C. Brown Professor of Theology
Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Sunday, March 11
9:30 AM, in the Gym/Lecture Hall, "Why Do We Believe in God?"
10:45 AM, preaching in the worship service
6:00 PM, in the Gym/Lecture Hall, "Who is the God We Believe In?"
Reception after the lecture hosted by
Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Monday, March 12
12:00 PM, in the Gym/Lecture Hall, "Martha's Memoirs"
Light lunch to follow (organized by Congregational Life Ministry)
6:00 PM, in the Gym/Lecture Hall,
"How Does Believing in God Help the World?"
Cookies and coffee to follow the lecture
