Westminster Seminars

Westminster Seminars are currently live on Sundays from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. in Galbreath Chapel and on Zoom. Zoom links are available on the church website and in each Friday church email. The Zoom meeting will open at 9:30. Find details on upcoming seminars here.

The seminars welcome all watchers for a time to learn and grow in faith through engaging topics, which change from month to month. Please join us for the live Zoom meeting or watch the video or listen to the audio recordings at your convenience using the links below.

2026 Recordings

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3/8/26 Presented by Donna Giver-Johnston Spiritual Pilgrimage – Part 1
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3/1/26 Presented by Graham Standish Becoming a Grounded Soul
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2/22/26 Presented by Elaine Frantz Pittsburgh Railroad Strike of 1877 and the Role of Churches: Post-1877 Christians Dive into the Labor Question
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2/15/26 Presented by Elaine Frantz Pittsburgh Railroad Strike of 1877 and the Role of Churches: The Great Strike of 1877 in Pittsburgh, America, and the World
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2/8/26 Presented by Elaine Frantz Pittsburgh Railroad Strike of 1877 and the Role of Churches: 1877: America Retreats from the Promises of Reconstruction
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2/1/26 Presented by Elaine Frantz Pittsburgh Railroad Strike of 1877 and the Role of Churches: The Church Confronts Slavery and Wage Labor in the United States from the 1820s to 1877
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1/18/26 Presented by Lou Mitchell C.S. Lewis: Christian Truth through Fantasy Stories for Children
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1/11/26 Presented by Lou Mitchell C.S. Lewis: Defending Christianity from Its Critics
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1/4/26 Presented by Lou Mitchell C.S. Lewis: C.S. Lewis and His Conversions
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2025 Recordings

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12/21/25 Presented by Jim Davidson Philippians: An Epistle of JOY: The Reason for Joy
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12/14/25 Presented by Jim Davidson Philippians: An Epistle of JOY: Our True Hope
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12/7/25 Presented by Jim Davidson Philippians: An Epistle of JOY: Humility, Service to Others, and Love
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11/30/25 Presented by Jim Davidson Philippians: An Epistle of JOY: Thanksgiving in All Things
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11/23/25 Presented by Dr. Stephen Crocco Living Against the Grain: Thinking Against the Grain Leads to Living Against the Grain
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11/16/25 Presented by Dr. Stephen Crocco Living Against the Grain: Thinking Against the Grain
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11/9/25 Presented by Dr. Stephen Crocco Living Against the Grain: The Story of Our Lives
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11/2/25 Presented by Dr. Stephen Crocco Living Against the Grain: Exposing the Half Truths
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10/26/25 Steven Tuell, Professor Emeritus of Hebrew and Old Testament
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
Biblical Responses to Current Questions: The Bible and the Poor
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10/19/25   Antisemitism Discussion
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10/12/25 Steven Tuell, Professor Emeritus of Hebrew and Old Testament
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
Biblical Responses to Current Questions: The Bible and Immigration
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10/5/25 Steven Tuell, Professor Emeritus of Hebrew and Old Testament
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
Biblical Responses to Current Questions: The Bible and Diversity
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9/28/25 Derek Woodard-Lehman, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary Living Faith: Everyday Ethics for Ordinary Christians: Common Grace & Common Cause in a Pluralistic Publice
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9/21/25 Derek Woodard-Lehman, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary Living Faith: Everyday Ethics for Ordinary Christians: Agency & Agony at the Beginning & End of Life
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9/14/25 Derek Woodard-Lehman, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary Living Faith: Everyday Ethics for Ordinary Christians: Order, Justice, Peace in a World at War
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9/7/25 Derek Woodard-Lehman, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary Living Faith: Everyday Ethics for Ordinary Christians: Relationship & Requirement Before God & Neighbor
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6/29/25 Ted Kyle and
Robyn Pashby
The Past, Present, and Future of Trust in Community and Spiritual Life
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6/22/25 Ted Kyle and
Robyn Pashby
The Past, Present, and Future of Trust in Community and Spiritual Life
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6/15/25 Dr. Suzanne Free Deadly Serious Fun: The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis
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6/8/25 Dr. Suzanne Free Deadly Serious Fun: The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis
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6/1/25 Dr. Suzanne Free Deadly Serious Fun: The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis
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5/25/25 John Burgess What Is the Christian Hope?
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5/18/25 John Burgess What Is the Christian Hope?
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5/11/25 John Burgess What Is the Christian Hope?
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5/4/25 John Burgess What Is the Christian Hope?
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4/27/25 John Wilson Puritan and Presbyterian: A British and American History
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4/13/25 John Wilson Puritan and Presbyterian: A British and American History
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4/6/25 John Wilson Puritan and Presbyterian: A British and American History
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3/30/25 John Wilson Puritan and Presbyterian: A British and American History
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3/23/25 Ann Morris U.S. Civil War: How Americans Made Meaning of the Conflict: Counting the Dead & Establishing National Cemeteries
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3/16/25 Ann Morris U.S. Civil War: How Americans Made Meaning of the Conflict: Religion of Free & Enslaved Blacks
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3/9/25 Ann Morris U.S. Civil War: How Americans Made Meaning of the Conflict: Chaplains and Soldiers: Religion in Camp
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3/2/25 Ann Morris U.S. Civil War: How Americans Made Meaning of the Conflict: Theology of the Mid-19th Century
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2/23/25 Scott Hagley Christianity for a Post-Christian Context: New Possibilities for Faith and Practice
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2/16/25 Scott Hagley Christianity for a Post-Christian Context: New Possibilities for Faith and Practice
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2/9/25 Scott Hagley Christianity for a Post-Christian Context: New Possibilities for Faith and Practice
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2/2/25 Scott Hagley Christianity for a Post-Christian Context: New Possibilities for Faith and Practice
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1/26/25 Lou Mitchell Jonathan Edwards: What You Don’t Know About This Puritan Will Surprise You
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1/19/25 Lou Mitchell Jonathan Edwards: What You Don’t Know About This Puritan Will Surprise You
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1/12/25 Lou Mitchell Jonathan Edwards: What You Don’t Know About This Puritan Will Surprise You
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1/5/25 Lou Mitchell Jonathan Edwards: What You Don’t Know About This Puritan Will Surprise You
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2024 Recordings

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12/22/24 John Burgess God in Unexpected Places: Preparing Ourselves to Celebrate Christmas
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12/15/24 John Burgess God in Unexpected Places: Preparing Ourselves to Celebrate Christmas
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12/8/24 John Burgess God in Unexpected Places: Preparing Ourselves to Celebrate Christmas
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12/1/24 John Burgess God in Unexpected Places: Preparing Ourselves to Celebrate Christmas
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11/24/24 Graham Standish Embracing Mysticism, Near-Death Experiences, and Spiritual Encounters
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11/17/24 Graham Standish Embracing Mysticism, Near-Death Experiences, and Spiritual Encounters
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11/3/24 Graham Standish Embracing Mysticism, Near-Death Experiences, and Spiritual Encounters
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10/27/24 James E. Davison Four Gospel Stories through Rembrandt’s Eyes
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10/20/24 James E. Davison Four Gospel Stories through Rembrandt’s Eyes
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10/13/24 James E. Davison Four Gospel Stories through Rembrandt’s Eyes
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10/6/24 James E. Davison Four Gospel Stories through Rembrandt’s Eyes
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9/29/24 John Burgess Faith and Politics: Insights from the Barmen Declaration
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9/22/24 John Burgess Faith and Politics: Insights from the Barmen Declaration
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9/15/24 John Burgess Faith and Politics: Insights from the Barmen Declaration
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9/8/24 Elaine Frantz Black Police in Pittsburgh in the Gilded Age
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6/30/24 Jean Miewald Undue Medical Debt
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6/23/24 Bill Ludwig Those Revolting Presbyterians: What Were They Thinking?
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6/16/24 Suzanne Free The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness by Simon Wiesenthal
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6/9/24 Suzanne Free The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness by Simon Wiesenthal
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6/2/24 Suzanne Free The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness by Simon Wiesenthal
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5/26/24 Derek Woodard-Lehman Democratic Faith: The Witness of the Civil Rights Movement
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5/19/24 Derek Woodard-Lehman Democratic Faith: The Witness of the Civil Rights Movement
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5/5/24 Derek Woodard-Lehman Democratic Faith: The Witness of the Civil Rights Movement
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4/28/24 John E. Wilson The Puritan Vision for New England
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4/21/24 Tucker Ferda Author of Life: The Resurrection of the Dead and the Origins of Christianity
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4/14/24 Tucker Ferda Author of Life: The Resurrection of the Dead and the Origins of Christianity
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4/7/24 Tucker Ferda Author of Life: The Resurrection of the Dead and the Origins of Christianity
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3/24/24 Sandy Conley Entry into Jerusalem
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3/17/24 Steven Tuell God’s Everlasting Covenant Rethought: Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Second Isaiah
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3/10/24 Steven Tuell God’s Everlasting Covenant with Moses and David
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3/3/24 Steven Tuell God’s Everlasting Covenant with Noah and Abraham
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2/25/24 Elaine Frantz Frances Willard and the Women’s Christian Temperance Union
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2/18/24 Elaine Frantz Frances Willard and the Women’s Christian Temperance Union
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2/11/24 Elaine Frantz Frances Willard and the Women’s Christian Temperance Union
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2/4/24 Elaine Frantz Frances Willard and the Women’s Christian Temperance Union
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1/28/24 Leanna K. Fuller One Body, Many Parts: Engaging Difference in Congregations
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1/21/24 Leanna K. Fuller One Body, Many Parts: Engaging Difference in Congregations
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1/14/24 Becky Boyer Disability, Inclusion, and Embrace – The Great Banquet: Who Is Missing from the Feast?
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1/7/24 Becky Boyer Disability, Inclusion, and Embrace – The Great Banquet: Who Is Missing from the Feast?
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