On February 2, the community at Seminary of the Southwest will gather for an afternoon of fun-filled BBQ competition at the seminary campus. The teams have been preparing for weeks, honing their BBQ skills around the grill and are now ready to show each other who the real grill masters of the seminary really are!

The best part of the event: all of the profits from the event are going directly to support the mission of Episcopal Relief & Development!

You are cordially invited to attend the 2013 Payne Lecture and reception on February 7, 2013.

The Rev. Canon Stephanie Spellers, author and popular speaker, will give the lecture at 7:00 p.m.

"Of Babies and Bathwater: Navigating the Death of Establishment and the Rebirth of a Missional Episcopal Church"

2013 Program and Schedule of Events
On Saturday, February 23, Seminary of the Southwest will host the annual Central Texas Colloquium on Religion Research Conference. The schedule is 8:45 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Lunch is included and Dr. Oliver Freiberger, associate professor of religious studies and Asian studies at University of Texas at Austin will give the keynote.

You are invited to join us for the 2013 Harvey Lectures and Dessert Reception

Master of Divinity & Diploma in Anglican Studies Visitors Weekend
April 12 - 14, 2013 

Hispanic Church Studies at Seminary of the Southwest is partnering with Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary and Lutheran Seminary Program in the Southwest to offer "Crossing the Border: Themes of Resurrection" on Saturday, April 27, 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. at APTS's McCord Community Center.

The registration fee of $15.00 includes lunch.

Authors of the blog "Dirty Sexy Ministry", Laurie M. Brock and Mary E. Koppel, will sign their book Where God Hides Holiness--Thoughts on Grief, Joy and the Search for Fabulous Heels, at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, April 29 in the Weeks Campus Center.

All are welcome. Books will be available for purchase in the seminary's bookstore.

The Rev. Laurie M. Brock is rector of Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church in Lexington, KY and the Rev. Mary E. Koppel is Priest for Outreach at Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd in Austin, TX.

Seminary of the Southwest held its Sixty-second Commencement on Tuesday, May 14, at 10:00 a.m. at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church in Austin. The Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina, the Rt. Rev. Michael B. Curry, preached at the service of Holy Eucharist.                                  

You are invited to register now for Seminary of the Southwest's annual continuing education session.

Is preaching just one more item on your to-do list, or is it part of your identity, part of  your self? We'll be looking at this topic and others, including the preacher alone and in community, the place of the preacher in the sermon, and the preacher as sermon. Join us for this practical and philosophical look at the role of the preacher in today's church. 

Seminary of the Southwest invites all clergy who are involved in Latino/Hispanic Ministry to the 2013 Clergy Latino Ministry Conference to be held in Austin on August 12 –14, 2013 at the seminary’s campus in Austin, Texas. Southwest has been sponsoring this popular annual conference for the last ten years.