Project Burning Bush is the youth ministry initiative of Union Presbyterian Seminary. The Project Burning Bush summer program is for high school youth who have gifts for ministry. It is a place to imagine and explore how their talents can be used for God’s purposes, alongside others their own age who are experiencing the same type of call. Learn More.
“Being surrounded by such and intense fellowship of believers was incredible.
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— Anonymous
On the plains of Moab, a very old Moses gave his final words to a people who were no longer known as slaves, but as God’s chosen. The book of Deuteronomy is dedicated to his final charge to the masses with whom he wandered in the desert for forty years. What he tells them boils down to one word: Remember.
During our final Project Burning Bush Chapel on August 17, 2011, we presented a slide show of the students from the past 10 years. Thank you all for making it possible and for all the amazing times we had! Blessings to you!
Most of you all know by now that Project Burning Bush is ending as of August 31, 2011. I had the privilege to be the director of the program from 1999-2005 and Joy Crawford took over in 2006 until now. It’s been a tremendous twelve years and I am grateful for all of the people I’ve met and all the experiences we’ve had together.
As one time ends and another begins, I always find it helpful to reflect on what I learned in my experience. And then I offer thanks for the learning I received and try to find a way to use it in whatever ministry is coming next. So here’s a first crack at what I learned in Project Burning Bush.
This morning in Spiritual Practices we wrote midrashes. Midrash is a new story remaking an old story; the ones I have heard of were using the Bible stories. My remake of the story of Moses and the Burning Bush was from the perspective of the fire and was sort of like the Rudolf the red- [...]
These past days at Project Burning Bush have been amazing. Today we went to many interesting workshops. The morning started out with Spiritual Practices, where we discussed the topic of reconciliation and debriefed on the Walk of the Enslaved. After Spiritual Practices we went to Ethics where we learned how classes and backgrounds affect our [...]
Happy fourth everyone!! Today was a very eventful day at PBB This morning me and a housemate of mine made pancakes for everybody in our house, which was quite an exciting breakfast. After that we went to spiritual practices and we learn about narrative theology which was very interesting and could be used with any [...]
Project Burning Bush is sponsored by Union Presbyterian Seminary.
Our high school programs are held on the campus of Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, Virginia.
