Presbyterian Mission Agency samuel robinson award Archives

Presbyterian Study Grant supports seminarian’s sense of call

Posted February 8th, 2023

Emily Dawn Sutphin studied religion from a sociological perspective in college. After graduation, she chose to apply to seminary to have “the opportunity to examine my faith from a variety of angles.”

Samuel Robinson Award winner memorizes Westminster Shorter Catechism

Posted January 8th, 2021

In the summer of 2020, Lydia Miller was feeling somewhat lonely and isolated. Except for her college experience, for the first time she was living away from home — in Grand Rapids, Michigan, as a print design intern at Our Daily Bread Ministries.

Logan Ellis receives 2016 Samuel Robinson Award

Posted April 21st, 2016

When the Rev. Dr. David B. McCarthy, professor of Religion at Hastings College (Nebraska), recommended to his student, Logan Ellis, that he apply for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s Samuel Robinson Award—one requirement of which is to memorize and recite the Westminster Shorter Catechism in the PC(USA)’s Book of Confessions—the college senior was game.