President Bucklin delivered the Seminary of the Southwest’s annual Payne-Harvey Lecture on Monday, March 3 at 6:30pm CT. Her lecture was entitled, “Not my Grandfather’s Church: Forming Leaders for Today.”
“I am excited to welcome the Rev. Lydia Kelsey Bucklin as our Payne-Harvey lecturer this year,” said Dr. Scott Bader-Saye, dean and president of Seminary of the Southwest. “She brings a wealth of experience working with churches to imagine fresh models of ministry for the changing landscape we face. As the new President and Dean of Episcopal Divinity School, she is bringing their resources to bear on projects that will help the church expand collaborative ministry, uplift lay leaders, engage communities, and to witness for justice. We are so pleased that she is going to join us and share her wisdom.”
President Bucklin delivered the lecture on March 3, 2025. You can watch the recording below.
Highlights from her lecture are available on our Facebook and Instagram.
Hosted by Seminary of the Southwest’s Board of Trustees, and led by the students of Seminary of the Southwest, the Payne-Harvey Lecture is an annual event that focuses on mission and the relationship between pastoral leadership and contemporary issues confronting the church. It honors the Rt. Rev. Claude E. Payne, former chair of the seminary’s board and bishop of the Diocese of Texas, retired, and the late Dean Hudnall Harvey, who died unexpectedly in 1972, after serving as the seminary’s dean for just five years.
Over the years, these Lectures have become a lasting and vital resource for the seminary, bringing important and diverse theological voices to our campus.