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Watch The Rev. Rosemary Bray McNatt, 7th President of Starr King School for the Ministry, speak about her experience and vision for Starr King School. Why did you decide to become a religious leader? I think I became a religious leader after years of doing a lot of other things, most notably, journalism. I was

The Starr King School for the Ministry is proud to announce that Rev. Dr. Yvette A. Flunder is now a member of our Board of Trustees. Rev. Dr. Flunder is the Founder and Senior Pastor of the City of Refuge United Church of Christ and the Presiding Bishop of The Fellowship of Affirming Ministries. She

Congregational Intern Reflection offers a circle of continued learning and collegial support, which is central to maintaining healthy ethics and boundaries as religious leaders. In this course we will discuss all aspects of the arts of ministry, the ways ministerial call is strengthening and deepening, and ongoing personal spiritual practice. Students will reflect on how

What inspired you to become a religious leader? I’ve been so moved and touched, and my heart has been so expanded by religious leaders that I knew that I wanted to be able to do the same for someone else. It was a long process of discernment. I had a twenty-eight year career— a very

Congregational Internship is where the student practices the skills of ministry under the direct supervision of a teaching minister in Full Fellowship (for UU students). During internship, the student more fully develops their pastoral voice within the ongoing life of a congregation. The internship blends call with community, as the student clarifies their sense of

Derrick Mustelier 1st Year, M.Div. Student What inspired you to become a religious leader? For a long time, I was… I don’t want to say lost, because that sounds cliché. But throughout my undergraduate years, I bounced around between all of these different things that I wanted to do. I had trouble with the idea

Dear Ones— The school year has nearly begun, and Starr King shows all the signs of preparing for a new season.  Workers and staff are grooming the school grounds and redecorating rooms; faculty members are ordering books and revising their syllabi. All of us are looking forward to the school’s annual Symposium with Buddhist teacher

Dear Starr King Friend, It’s been more than a week since I arrived in Berkeley and assumed the duties of President here at Starr King.  There have been lots of introductions and lots of paperwork, and a fair amount of finding my way around.  But mostly, I have been filled with great happiness because I

Educating to “Create Just and Sustainable Communities that Counter Oppressions”(“ECO”) is a core goal of Starr King’s M.Div. and M.A.S.C. degree programs. In this required synchronous online core course, M.Div. and M.A.S.C. students work together to form a framework for counter-oppressive spiritual leadership. We will ask: how can spirituality, ministry, and religious activism respond to

This course is for Starr King students engaged in part-time or full-time Clinical Pastoral Education. Participate in ministry to persons in crisis and engage in individual and group reflection. Didactic sessions draw together theoretical material from theology, the behavioral sciences, and pastoral care. Students learn to integrate theological understanding and knowledge of behavioral science with