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Celebrating the Envisioning the also inside The work and witness of Alumni/æ speak on life in 2008 Ministerial Institute: The history and Thistlethwaite and Edgerton ministry and CTS’ past and future Theology in the Public Square future of CTS facilities The Victor Lawson Tower has been under repairs since it sustained heavy damage Welcome to the Expanded Tower News! during a severe storm in 2006. or many years, this publication has been a newsletter circulated to keep alumni/æ and friends of Chicago Theological Seminary updated on the life of our beloved school. Now we are thrilled to present this expanded form, our first true alumni/æ magazine! FInside you will find the CTS news you have always gotten, as well as articles, essays, alumni/æ notes, donor recognition, and profiles of members of our community. 2008 will be an incredible year for Chicago Theological Seminary. We will welcome our 12th president.We will celebrate new academic resources in the Center for Christian Leadership, the Center for the Advanced Study of Spirituality and Wellness, and the Center for the Study of Black Faith and Life. And we will make important decisions about how to create the physical space in which we train transformative leaders in the 21st Century. New life and fresh opportunities so often open up to us as we are saying goodbye to what we have known and loved. President Susan Thistlethwaite, Dean Dow Edgerton and Chairman of the Board Howard Morgan have been cherished leaders in our community for many years. We send them forth with blessings, but we are sad to see them go. Likewise we are overjoyed with the Seminary’s growth (our programming is expanding and our enrollment is up), and we are excited to contemplate how the Seminary’s physical home will change to meet our community’s needs in the coming years. Will we stay and transform the building at 5757 S. University Avenue into a facility equal to the demands we must place on it? Or will we move into a new building tailor-made to our programming, population, and educational philosophy? The decision-making process is exciting but we know that with either path our home will be changed forever. With these questions in mind, the Tower News team knew from the start that the theme of our first issue of the CTS magazine would beCelebrating the Past, Envisioning the Future. We hope you’ll enjoy reading the perspectives of our contributors on why CTS has been such a special and important school throughout its history. And as we reflect on our past together, let us enter boldly a space of sacred imagination as we wonder what God has in store for us in the days to come. Happy Reading! God bless you!
Sincerely,
Minister for Seminary Relations
Rob Leveridge received his Master of Divinity from CTS in 2007 and is the Seminary’s Minister for Seminary Relations. He builds friendships between CTS and congregations, contributes to the planning of major Seminary events, Roband oversees Leveridge the production of the Tower News.
2 | Tower News >> Chicago Theological Seminary Table of Contents Dow Edgerton Steps Down as Dean...... 4 CTS at YearlyKos...... 5 Student Choir Reborn...... 5 CTS Celebrates Thistlethwaite Presidency...... 6 Finding God in the Wilderness...... 7 CTS People: Don Clark...... 7 CTS People: The Rev. Michael Denton...... 8 Class Reunions at Ministerial Institute...... 8 Essay: The Ministry Journey at 26...... 9 Essay: Ministry as a Third Career...... 10 Essay: Into the Sixth Decade of Ministry...... 11 CTS Vision & Mission...... 12 CTS Seeks 12th President...... 12 CTS Student Senate, Newspaper Celebrate First Year...... 13 CTS Student Government Seeks to Build Unity...... 13 Page 6 CTS People: Waltrina Middleton...... 13 CTS Student Donna Goodnow Aids in River Rescue...... 14 Ancient Art of Immigration...... 15 Center for Christian Leadership...... 16 2007 CTS Faculty Publication...... 18 Ministerial Institute: Theology in the Public Square...... 19 Upcoming CTS Events/Purchase CTS Items/ Publish Yourself in the Tower News...... 21 CTS People: Professor Seung Ai Yang...... 21 Growth and Change...... 22 What’s in a Cornerstone...... 24 Thorndike Hilton Chapel...... 25 Resolution in Honor of Lawson, Fisk, and Davis...... 26 Page 11 The Seminary Co-Op Bookstore/The McGiffert House...... 27 The Cloisters...... 29 Through the Windows of the Past...... 30 The Victor Lawson Tower...... 31 Donors...... 32 Giving Profile: Florence Humphreys...... 36 Alum Notes...... 37 In Memoriam...... 41 The Unimaginable...... 41 Essay: Me and Jesus Both Got Arrested in Lent...... 42 Rev. Kenneth Smith...... 43
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www.ctschicago.edu | 3 by Waltrina N. Middleton and humility makes Edgerton endearing and an invaluable asset at CTS. “There is an important connection between being a teacher and dean. What is the same is his tremendous pastoral presence and spirit of care,” she says. What’s more, his colleagues say, he helps others take a deeper look at themselves and recognize their own gifts. Three years ago, The Reverend Karen Mosby-Avery joined CTS as the Director of the Center for Community Transfor- mation (CCT). She says, “Shortly after I got here, Dow made it a practice of greet- ing me with ‘Good morning, pastor’ or ‘How are you pastor?’.” Mosby-Avery had just completed 18-years as a local pastor. In her mind, she was now moving into a new space—a new position. She says, by Waltrina N. Middleton “It was not clear to me when I came here what I was supposed to do with that set of gifts and that title. I had placed that in a box…” Edgerton taught her that a minister cannot take any one set of gifts and put it in a box because that is a part of who God called her to be. Dean Edgerton Edgerton’s call to lead incorporates the office, the classroom and the pulpit. His gift is his ability to intertwine those Returns to Full-Time Teaching talents as a pastoral leader, academic ot many people can take egrine falcons on top of the CTS tower. administrator and a professor. He once a duck or a peregrine Before long, Edgerton showed up in her wrote, “Preaching, teaching and caring falcon and transform it office with a bird watching telescope and for your people will always be at the into a teaching moment. a tripod. Whenever a falcon was spotted, heart of pastoral ministry…but it calls DowN Edgerton, an avid bird watcher and Edgerton could also be found escorting upon every gift a woman or man has Chicago Theological Seminary’s (CTS) people into her office to check out the been given: gifts of faith, understanding, Academic Dean for the past 8-years, can. view from her window. character, imagination, art, discipline, He has proven to his students and col- Mariah Marlin-Warfield (M.Div., passion, skill and knowledge.” leagues alike that his passion for teaching 2007) took Preaching and Performing Edgerton will once again call upon and celebrating the art of preaching is the Parables with Edgerton as a stu- the gifts of his students following his deeply engraved in his prophetic DNA. dent at CTS. She was among the flock return from sabbatical in spring 2009. Edgerton will hang up his hat as Dean of amateur bird watchers who joined He is scheduled to teach Preaching, this spring, returning to the classroom Edgerton in spotting out falcons from Interpreting Parables, Poetics of Grief, as Professor of Ministry. Theodore W. Jimenez’s office. She was also the student Expository Preaching and Worship and Jennings, Jr., Professor of Biblical and who heard a weird quacking sound com- Preaching Throughout the Christian Year. Constructive Theology, will commence ing from the seminary’s roof. In the meantime, he will unwind at his as Acting Academic Dean beginning A deeply concerned Marlin-Warfield Wisconsin home, surrounded by the spring semester 2008. sought the dean’s help; she laughs now, woods and working on his latest writing Elena Jimenez worked closely with remembering the Dean’s calm demeanor project. There will also be plenty of time Edgerton as an Assistant to the Dean as he explained that yes, ducks really can to dust off those binoculars and catch up and more recently as Assistant Dean. fly that high. on some bird watching. l Jimenez recalls spotting the rare per- Marlin-Warfield says such patience
4 | Tower News >> Chicago Theological Seminary CTS: An Anomaly Student at YearlyKos? by LeAnne Clausen Choir Reborn his summer, CTS students and staff headed to the by LeAnne Clausen YearlyKos bloggers’ convention for the first time, spurring curious looks, a little skepticism, and a lot his year, the new CTS Chamber Choir re-ignited a of good dialogue. long tradition of singing groups at CTS, perform- THeld at McCormick Place in downtown Chicago, YearlyKos ing at Wednesday Chapel services and a unique brought together an estimated1,500 web activists, plus speakers Christmas concert in Graham Taylor Chapel. TThe Chamber Choir started with four first year students and organizations from across the secular progressive movement. Most bloggers passing by the CTS display—including who organized themselves to sing a few hymns during the new recent publications; two laptops displaying the CTS website, student orientation. Interest in forming an ongoing group soon videos, and seminary-related blogs; and one kitschy-cute ‘Last followed, growing to include eight first year MA and M.Div. Supper’ lunchbox for a raffle prize—thought we seemed out students. The choir sings a capella (without accompaniment), of place at a conference for progressive politics. Some tried to and focuses on madrigals and carols. “Our guiding ethos was steer clear of the booth altogether. However, through ‘roving ‘no music written after 1750,’” says Tom Ryberg, one of the reporter’ interviews and similar efforts to demonstrate that group’s founders. CTS shared many of the same values as these activists, interest Although its members are spread out geographically, the soon picked up. Bloggers talked with us about their varied choir finds time to rehearse as a full group during the Tuesday faith backgrounds—including atheist, Jewish, Catholic, and or Wednesday supper break between classes. Otherwise, they Mormon—as hold section rehearsals at other times during the week as well as how they students are on campus. struggle with the Keeping communication up among ten or more people has place of faith in been another challenge for the group, in addition to the logistics political discourse. of scheduling, preparing for, and performing events. However, Some strongly through email and sharing tasks among members, the choir has advocated for a made things work so far. Ryberg admits some in the group have total separation, given particularly generous amounts of time and energy to make while others felt everything run smoothly. their faith positively influenced their activism, but didn’t know The major accomplishment for the choir was the end-of- how to express this among peers. semester Christmas concert. In the meantime, President Susan Thistlethwaite spoke at The choir prepared all the music, and involved other community members in the event. Professors presented and two sessions on faith and progressive politics, including, Is the students told stories and read poetry. A big group came together Religious Right Really Dead? and What to Do About the Religious to set up the chapel, create printed programs, and prepare for Right. Both sessions were well-attended and “lively,” according to reviews afterwards, with many participants in the first session the reception following in the George Commons. staying on for the second. These also generated further interest The broader CTS community responded wonderfully. Says in the mission of CTS, with audience members stopping by the Ryberg, “It was the end of the semester, and there seemed to be booth later to learn more. a sense of gratitude that we had offered some relief from the The event also included a Presidential candidates’ forum end-of-semester stress.” featuring Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and John Edwards, In addition to continuing on-campus concerts this spring, the among others. Other exhibitors included the National choir also hopes to do some singing in the wider community, as opportunities arise. l Education Association (NEA), The Nation magazine, and CODEPINK Women for Peace. You can read more YearlyKos attendees’ comments and more about the convention at the CTS blog, www.wideopenthinking.org. l
www.ctschicago.edu | 5 CTS Celebrates
by Tasha Schroeder he Rev. Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite Presidency Thistlethwaite, Ph.D. is stepping down from her position as President of ChicagoT Theological Seminary at the end of June, 2008. She will return to the faculty of CTS, where she spent 16 years teaching prior to her presidency. Serving as President of CTS has taught her a lot, Thistlethwaite said. “I have been privileged to serve as CTS president for 10 years and I have learned more in this time about what we really can and must do to ‘transform church and society toward greater justice and “There aren’t many jobs where you can say, mercy’ than I ever could have otherwise.” ‘I’m making a difference,’ but at CTS it’s true.” —Susan Thistlethwaite Ad m i n i s t r a t i v e Mi l e s t o n e s Thistlethwaite has accomplished a great deal during her presidency. The Seminary was recently re-accredited by Im p a c t i n g St u d e n t s ’ Li v e s Lo o k i n g t o t h e Fu t u r e the Association of Theological Schools Throughout her time as professor and With her own presidency drawing to (ATS) for ten years. president, Thistlethwaite has touched a close, Thistlethwaite is optimistic as “Our 150th Anniversary was also a the lives of students. Alumnus Rev. Bob CTS seeks its next president. “I hope big success for us,” Thistlethwaite said. Wang (1989) said of Thistlethwaite, “She that people with great ability will be “We had a very successful capital cam- was always Susan, no matter her titles of attracted to the position,” she said. “It is paign, and a lot of people came together Reverend, Doctor, Professor or Presi- a lot of work, but it’s also very reward- and devoted a lot of time to raise aware- dent; she never expected to be addressed ing. CTS faces all the challenges of both ness about CTS.” as anything but Susan, in spite of her a church and an institution of higher position. Her candid nature was always education that can seem insurmountable, A n e w p la t f o r m a s a l e a d e r reinforced in her relationship with stu- but it is very, very rewarding to tackle In addition to leading in the seminary dents of the seminary. I have always been these big issues as a community and solve community, Thistlethwaite has been ac- impressed with her keen intellect and her them together. There aren’t many jobs tive in the public sphere. “As a seminary compassion for and concern for others. where you can say, ‘I’m making a differ- President, I’ve been thrust into a new, Moments of grace offered by Susan have ence,’ but at CTS it’s true. The seminary unexpected kind of public theology,” she made a lasting impression on me.” community as a whole is constantly urg- said. “This position gave me a new plat- Thistlethwaite also feels a deep ing themselves and each other to lift one form as a religious leader. Without that connection with the students at CTS. another up. We do this for one another platform, I would not have appeared on “There’s no passivity here — we have a at CTS, and that is why I have been here Nightline or been able to write a column lot of very bright students who are fully for 25 years.” l for The Washington Post and op-ed pieces engaged in the life of the seminary. And for other nationally known newspapers.” there’s diversity here that goes far beyond rhetoric. These things cause people to be transformed in very good ways.”
6 | Tower News >> Chicago Theological Seminary Don Clark is Chair of the Board of Trustees at CTS and Nationwide Special Counsel for The United Church of CTS Celebrates Finding God Christ. Husband of Ellen, father of Bethany and Alex, he lives in Glenview, Illinois, and is the Moderator of Glenview Community Church, UCC. Don is also the former Chairman of the Board at in the Wilderness the Adler Planetarium in Chicago. by Tasha Schroeder Thistlethwaite Presidency s a result of his own life- Introduce us to Don Clark. changing experience of God in What can I say? Lawyer, life-long Chicago Blackhawks fan, the wilderness, John Lionberger, caffeine of choice is Coca-cola. a former agnostic and a 2001 M.Div.A graduate, founded a ministry called If I asked your friends to give me Don Clark in a nutshell, what Renewal in the Wilderness (RITW). would they say? Following the 4000+ year-old tradition of Feel free to ask them. John Lionberger most of the world’s religions, John takes people to God’s natural places to seek a relationship with God that seem nearly impossible in more Really? civilized settings. They’d probably say that Don is dedicated to the Church, always Since 2002 nearly 250 people have accompanied John into busy, and that if you really want something done, ask Don. the wilderness, and almost all have been deeply affected. “My hope is to help other people to have a similar, soul-opening What’s something about you that people probably wouldn’t guess? experience of God that I had, when I took a dogsled trip in Hmmm. I always look forward to events where I can wear one northern Minnesota. I went as an agnostic, strictly for the of my kilts. adventure, and I left knowing I’d been undeniably touched by God. It changed everything. I left a 25-year business career to Excellent! Now tell us how you became a friend of CTS. come to CTS, to ultimately help others find what I found. And I was asked to do legal work for CTS in the 1990s, served seeing how astonishingly similar the experience has been for briefly on the Board, and was later invited by Susan to be people from very diverse religious and cultural backgrounds, general counsel for the Seminary. Now I’m back with the Board. I’ve come to believe that perhaps this wilderness spiritual experience is a universal ‘language’ we could all use to What do you think that CTS should celebrate about its past? speak of God without shedding That it has always sought—often successfully—to define the blood.” frontier of progressive Christianity. Asked by SkyLight Paths Publishing in Woodstock, What are your hopes for CTS’ future? VT, to write a book about Broadly, that we be sufficiently self-aware as we continue the the wilderness as a powerful special ministry that is CTS. One of my concerns is that we spiritual conduit, Renewal in not be self-congratulatory, not rest on our laurels, but rather the Wilderness: A Spiritual hold ourselves to account always. Every day we have to Guide to Connecting with God challenge ourselves by our own mission, vision, and in the Natural World, came out commitment statement. I want CTS to be the in June, 2007. It has received leading seminary for progressive Christianity. I excellent reviews from Publishers want the best students to come here, and I don’t Weekly, Library Journal and want any worthy candidate to be turned away Presence, and has seven 5-star reader reviews on Amazon. for a lack of finances. RITW has been featured in five newspaper articles in 2007, including two in the Chicago Tribune. And on January 6, 2008, Last question: What’s the way to Don Clark’s heart? John’s ministry was featured on WTTW, Chicago’s PBS station. Tell me it can’t be done. l If you’d like to learn more about Renewal in the Wilderness, read the articles or view the WTTW feature, visit RITW’s website: www.renewalinthewilderness.org. l
www.ctschicago.edu | 7 THE REV. Mike Denton graduated from CTS in 1999, and is Conference Minister for the Pacific Northwest Conference of the UCC. He also served Faith United Church of Christ in Dayton, Ohio and was Association Co-Minister for the Chicago Metropolitan Association of the Illinois Conference of the UCC.
Introduce us to The Reverend Michael Denton. I love my work, and I keep a sense humor about it. I come from six generations of ministers in my family. (Laughs) We call that the family curse. But I love it. I do lots of social justice work, including antiviolence initiatives and labor negotiations. I also read and write quite a bit.
Would you recommend a good book to us? I just finished readingUnChristian , by Kin- naman and Lyons, looking at the attitudes CTS Class of 1958 that 16 to 29 year-olds have about Christi- anity and the Church. I’ve found it helpful as a Christian who wants the Church to be a good place for young people. Class Reunions at Michael Denton Tell us a great memory of your time at CTS. Ministerial Institute I used to study in the cloisters, and listen to the bells from Rockefeller Chapel, and talk to people passing by. I helped Classes Gathering: Jackie Belile and Carla Riggs preparing meals for community 1958, 1968, 1978, 1988, 1998 lunch - we had a great time. I got to respond to the charge from by Rob Leveridge the faculty at my graduation, which was very special. tarting this year, Chicago Theological Seminary will host reunions for classes celebrating their 10, 20, 30, 40 and What about CTS’ history makes you proud? S50 year graduation anniversaries. CTS understands the need to adjust to different places and For many years, CTS has held a reception at each times. Whether that’s adjusting the faculty, curriculum, our Ministerial Institute to honor the alumni/æ who graduated educational philosophy, our physical location or the context in 50 years beforehand. These events have been enjoyed by their which we do theology. I’ve always appreciated that. Ministry for participants tremendously. the real world means adjusting to reality. “But boy, 50 years is a long time to wait!” says VP for Development Ed Pratt. “We ought to be providing folks a What are your hopes for CTS in the future? chance to get together before then.” During the past several decades, the generational diversity of I hope for an emphasis on youth and young adults. We need to the Seminary’s student body has increased a great deal. It is no envision new churches and a new Church. In some ways, the longer the case that most students graduate from CTS in their institutional Church is stuck. CTS can prepare the leaders who twenties. Alumni/æ will have a better experience remaining will help it get unstuck. connected to CTS and their classmates with sooner and more regular reunions. You came to Chicago as a young person, left, then came back and Make plans to attend the Ministerial Institute on April 1st now you’re leaving again. Isn’t it true that we are the center of and 2nd, 2008! Class reunion activities will be scheduled for the your universe, and you will be back soon? evening of April 1. (laughs) I love Chicago! But I tell people all the time that this To learn more about CTS Class Reunions, and to get in whole church thing works the best when you go where you’re touch with the chair of your class’ reunion committee, called. And I feel a strong call to the Pacific Northwest. But I’m contact Rob Leveridge, Minister for Seminary Relations, at gonna miss Chicago like crazy. l 319.594.9548 or [email protected]. l
8 | Tower News >> Chicago Theological Seminary The Ministry Journey at 26 by Matt Emery
s I write, the Church has do we who grew up in the Church invite just celebrated Epiphany— new people into Christian faith? How do that closing day of the we deepen the faith and formation of our Christmas season when people who for too long have been de- weA tell the story of ‘magi from the East’ fined by what we donot believe? How do following a star to meet the Christ child. we bear prophetic witness in the world I imagine those magi coming to quite a without simply being a political action few crossroads on their journey. At some, committee or a social service agency? it was probably fairly obvious which way How do we offer time-tested traditions to go. At others, the way may not have of the Church as gifts to a hungry post- been as clear—they did first end up in modern world? Jerusalem instead of Bethlehem, after all. The interesting thing about a crossroad Certainly the way has not always is that when you don’t know which way seemed obvious as I follow the ongoing to go, there’s often a direction sign there. ‘starlight’ of God’s call. I grew up all my As CTS faces this moment in its history, life in the mainline Protestant church— I am thinking of a ‘sign’ at its literal street Presbyterian until joining the UCC in corner. At 58th and Woodlawn, there sits college. As a 20-year-old computer sci- what looks like a cornerstone, but what ence senior at Michigan State University, might actually be a road sign: Christo et though, when the winds of the Spirit ecclesiae. For Christ and the Churches. began leading me to seminary, navigating It is not so much the cornerstone that set of crossroads seemed not only itself—this motto was with CTS long unclear, but downright scary. More cross- before that cornerstone was laid and roads came at CTS, of course, like the hopefully its inspiration and challenge one that took this white, gay, high-litur- will long outlast any building. Instead, it gy-loving farmtown boy to an inner-city is the direction it gives. My hope is that Puerto Rican congregation in Chicago’s CTS will follow where it points, reclaim- The Rev. Matthew Emery, 26, M.Div. Humboldt Park neighborhood. Or the ing a passionate faith in the crucified- ‘06, is an ordained minister in the United one that had me break from seminary and-risen-One and a deep connection Church of Christ and currently serves for a year and move half way across the to—no, rather, rootedness in—the Church as the associate pastor of Second country be a full-time pastoral intern at a as the core of its communal identity. Congregational United Church of Christ Washington DC area congregation. CTS was founded because the churches in Rockford, Illinois. l My most recent major crossroads of the 19th-century frontier Midwest brought me to a congregation that itself needed it. Today, CTS needs them, the is very much at the crossroads. With actual Church in all its messiness, the real a proud history of who and what they places where the people gather to tell the are no longer, they are in the midst of a stories and wash in the waters and feast at journey to discover again what they are Christ’s table. In turn, the Church needs called to be. I am very excited to travel seminary graduates both formed by CTS with them on this journey. and deeply in love with the Church— Being so early in what I hope to be a and passionate about being leaders in long career in ministry, there are more it. Only together, church and seminary, crossroads ahead of me, major and we can be as Epiphany’s “morning star”, minor. I can already see some challenges beaming forth in truth and light, leading that intersect my ministry and the main- travelers far and near to meet God’s Word line Protestant church as a whole. How made flesh.
www.ctschicago.edu | 9 Ministry as a Third Career by Camilla Scott Tanner hicago Theological Semi- In the years that followed, I earned a I give spiritual care to clients and nary teaches Transformative Masters Degree, became a psychothera- family in houses, hospitals, and nursing Theology, and CTS truly pist for the University of Illinois, and a homes, sometimes with other clergy, transformed me. When I professional volunteer for the American sometimes not. As I journey with clients, Centered to take a few classes, I insisted I Red Cross. I often become their Pastor, confidant, and friend. I have helped families recon- cile and clients reach a place of peace. I hear confessions, offer baptism, admin- ister communion, and even perform weddings. I once marveled at God working with a client who lived in an un-safe area. There was drug activity in the home, and our Hospice Team had to visit with armed security. After three visits with the client, she expressed a desire to be baptized. A week later, 20 people attended the baptism. I conducted a full wor- ship service and invited all to come to Christ. I baptized nine people that day. God took control and the atmosphere changed. Peace came over that home and the illegal activity within ceased. I saw would not become a minister. I remem- But following the illness and death of God bring peace to a dying woman and ber Dr. Dow Edgerton telling me I my husband of 27 years, I began to hear change the lives of eight others. would be one of the best educated lay and answer a call to ministry. God was Working with the terminally ill is my people around - perhaps he saw some- telling me He had plans for my life. calling from God. It is my privilege to be thing I didn’t. I spoke with CTS president Dr. Ken- with clients and family during the most God is calling men and women from neth Smith, and soon enrolled. At first, intimate final hours, and I am often able all walks of life to do His work. And He I planned to just take a few courses to to participate in transformation. is calling some to CTS when they least help me as a therapist, to add a spiritual When time is short, people often expect it, preparing them to be preachers, aspect to my counseling. I insisted I was reconcile, finish things left undone, and teachers, scholars and chaplains. not there to be a minister. to say things they might not have said to I have strong spiritual and religious But by the year 2000, I had chosen each other. At the moment of transi- roots, but I did not plan on being a min- a new career in Hospice Chaplaincy. tion, we all experience something truly ister. My background is Baptist through In this I honor my husband. Hospice spiritual. I thank God every day for using my Godparents, and I attended a Baptist provides support for the terminally ill, me, and I wonder at the transformation college. I thought I might become the their family, and friends when a patient that is still in store for me, for CTS and wife of a minister. But God had plans for has less than 6 months to live. I describe for the world. my own ministry. Hospice as helping a person to live, as To God be the glory! In 1965 I moved to Chicago and long and as well as they can live, and to taught in the public schools. In 1968, I have a pain-free, “good death.” I believe Camilla Scott Tanner, M.Div., 2000, is a married Dr. Mack C. Tanner, and joined a “good death” happens when one has Hospice Chaplain with Heartland Hospice him at St. Edmund’s Episcopal Church. made peace with God. l
10 | Tower News >> Chicago Theological Seminary Into the Sixth Decade of Ministry by Robb Lapp t’s now more than fifty years later. started the first congregation of the new conversations with faculty, students and I graduated from CTS in June, UCC in Colorado. My call to disciple- board members. During trips to Chicago 1957, in a service held in Graham ship, so clearly redefined at CTS, then I worked on organizing and structuring Taylor Chapel. I don’t remember took new forms. what I actually believe about the nature Iwhat the speaker said; I was in the hall- For forty years I worked developing of God and human existence. I was able way talking with Martin Luther King, Jr., housing for low and moderate income to bring a lifetime into focus, and I’m who received his first honorary graduate degree that night, and besides, my six- month-old first born was crying nearby in my wife Jan’s arms. I had been recruited to CTS by President Cushman McGiffert. As a Methodist, I had intended to attend Boston University School of Theology. My last-minute switch was an accident of fate that has had tremendous impact on my life. Those were the days of the Feder- ated Faculty, and the main thrust was Biblical and theological scholarship and the training of professors of religion. I quickly learned that I was not, and did not want to be, a scholar. I was more interested in changing people’s lives, families and seniors, and I continue to- now ready to rewrite that constructive individually and collectively. day as a volunteer. I have worked on the theology paper. I found myself gravitating toward development of new towns in Texas and On Christmas day of 2005, Jan and CTS faculty like Ross Snyder, Perry New York, and mentored young people I commenced raising our then 2-year- LeFevre, and Phil Anderson. I learned starting businesses focused on hiring old great-granddaughter. We now have to analyze human experiences with the unemployed women and minorities. I permanent custody, and plan to be alive question, “Can we learn anything here focus on racial and economic justice, when she graduates from high school. about the holy?” We hypothesized about and I’ve been fired twice for doing the For me, CTS was formative of the God’s role in current events, in relation- right thing. insight and courage it took to rescue a ships, in tragic turns, in history. This was Virtually every day I have asked myself, little girl who did not deserve what was fundamental to developing my faith in a “What is God trying to do in this situa- happening to her. living God of justice and mercy. In Old tion? Where and how is good expressed? One never gets old enough to escape and New Testament studies I learned What dynamics of human sin need to be God’s call to the ministry of justice and to think critically about both texts and confronted here? Am I really listening to mercy. Similarly, CTS is on the cusp of church doctrine, which was enormously God, or are these answers self-contrived?” definitive transformation. Because forms liberating. Understanding the reality be- More than anything else, CTS prepared of relevant ministry in the 21st Century hind the myths of our faith has allowed me for this spiritual journey. are changing radically, CTS is rethinking me to stay in the church and has driven Eleven years ago I was invited to be a the entire theological educational and my ministry. trustee of CTS. I served for nine years, nurturing process. We will go places of I left CTS thinking I would spend a and am now honored as a Life Trustee. which we never dreamed. life in parish ministry. I lasted ten years, CTS did more for me as a trustee than during which time I was ejected from the as a student. Back then I borderline Robb Lapp is a 1957 graduate of CTS and Methodist Church, given standing in the flunked constructive theology. As a an ordained minister in the Rocky Moun- Congregational Christian Church, and trustee I thrived on theological and faith tain Conference of the UCC. l
www.ctschicago.edu | 11 CTS Seeks CTS 12th President by Tasha Schroeder hicago Theological Seminary’s Presidential Search Committee has continued its work in securing the Vision & Mission school’s 12th president, and has begun the process of interviewing candidates for the position. CThe 15-member committee, composed of current CTS students and faculty, advisory trustees and current trustees, met biweekly throughout the fall. In addition to meeting with staff, faculty, students, trustees and close friends of CTS to gather input and suggestions for candidates, the committee has also engaged the services of BoardWalk Consulting, a professional Vision Statement executive search firm. With the support of BoardWalk, the Chicago Theological Seminary shall be an international force committee expects to remain on schedule to have a new presi- in the development of religious leadership to transform society dent in place by July 1 of this year. toward greater justice and mercy. The search committee has created a job description seeking a president who will, among other responsibilities: • lead CTS with courage and confidence, articulately Mission Statement communicating the strength of its academic programs Chicago Theological Seminary, a seminary of the United and its unique vision of inclusion and justice both to the Church of Christ, serves Christ and the churches and the wider Seminary’s constituencies and the wider world; faith community by preparing women and men in the under- • represent CTS before donors, clergy, alumni/æ and standings and skills needed for religious leadership and ministry the broader community, building a sense of excitement to individuals, churches and society. about the Seminary’s mission and being actively involved in raising money for ongoing annual, capital and endow- ment needs; • encourage sound processes for making major insti- tutional decisions, calmly shepherding the Seminary through a time of change; and • build a positive internal culture at CTS, encouraging transparency and collaboration. Many resumes have been reviewed and sorted down, and interviews began in early February. Thus far, the committee says, the slate of prospective candidates identified is a diverse and well-qualified group. The Presidential Search Committee welcomes additional suggestions for candidates or referrals. Suggestions may be emailed to [email protected]; visit the Presiden- tial Search page on the CTS website for the complete Leader- ship Profile and further updates: www.ctschicago.edu/general/ pressearch.php. l
12 | Tower News >> Chicago Theological Seminary Waltrina Middleton is CTS Student Senate, a first-year M.Div. student at CTS. A native of Yonges Island off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina, she has a B.A. in Broadcast Journalism from Howard University and an M.A. Newspaper Celebrate in Public Service and Nonprofit Management from DePaul University. First Year by LeAnne Clausen Tell us about your passions. his past fall, The CTS Prophet student newspaper celebrated its first year of publication. Students voted I’m passionate about love and life and everything those two to create a paper to improve communication within the things offer. I love people and animals, especially dogs. I’m T always trying to find my purpose — What is it that God has whole community of CTS, and especially for students to have a defined forum for expressing themselves on a variety of topics, called me here to do? How is God going to interests, and concerns. Le Anne Clausen was elected to serve as use me today? What can I take away from the organizing editor for the first academic year, on a volunteer each experience? basis. By the end of the 2006–07 year, the newly-formed Student Senate had successfully petitioned Administrative How did you come to CTS? Council to fund the printing of copies and a stipend for future After college I started a ministry in South editors as part of the annual Seminary budget. Carolina called Walk on Water Global This year’s editor, Waltrina N. Middleton, brought her Ministries. We did dance, service projects, journalism expertise to the paper, along with improved retreats, and community events, for the technology, allowing for more photos, graphics, and pages each empowerment of people. I came to DePaul week. Articles regularly include campus announcements, current in Chicago to learn more about running events, opinion columns, community profiles, recipes, and even non-profits successfully. While there, I gave an advice column. Since its inception, the paper has proven in to a long-time interest in theology and popular, often running out of copies within a few days. took a look at CTS at the recommendation Waltrina Middleton Even if you’re not on campus, you can read copies of the of Dr. Cain Hope Felder from Howard U. Prophet via the CTS library’s webpage: http://www.ctslibrary.org/ The vision to teach and transform appealed to me, and I felt a collections/prophets.php. l connection to faculty and students. It was a good fit.
How do you understand your ministry at this point? CTS Student Government Ministry for me is non-stop. It’s about being open and available to people’s needs, whether they need someone to share in cel- Seeks to Build Unity by LeAnne Clausen ebration or grief or anything else. I think that ministers should not go to the people with a prescription for their lives, but he CTS Student Senate is the student governing instead be open to their needs. Sometimes that’s helping people body. Started in 2006, the Senate brought together uncover what they can be. Ttwo previous student leadership groups, including representatives of each degree program and each student organization. Senate also introduced representatives for special What should CTS be proud of? populations on campus, such as non-degree students, long- I celebrate the Sankofa theme, looking back to move forward. distance commuters, part-time students, and family/partner CTS teaches transformation, so it has needed to celebrate diver- concerns. This was initiated by student concerns for the loss sity and have an inclusive mission. This has enabled it to become of community following the closing of McGiffert Hall. While the special place it is today. challenged by finding time and space for the all-commuter student body to meet, the Senate is nonetheless growing and What are your hopes for CTS’ future? progressing on its goals of building cooperation among That the community will listen. Transformation is possible students, building better relationships between CTS students when you listen. To map out the future, you must make sure and faculty, administration, trustees, staff, and the wider world you’re hearing what’s going on, and what is needed. The future community. l unfolds as you embrace the voices of the present. Listen to the lives that are transforming right now. That’s the key to our future. l
www.ctschicago.edu | 13 CTS Student Donna Goodnow
Aids in River Rescue by Rob Leveridge round 4:25 p.m. on the car had sunk to the bottom of the You’re talking December 14, 2007, river. Thankfully, none of the family or about a spiri- “There’s only CTS M.Div. student rescuers were seriously injured. tual clarity? Donna Goodnow was Rob Leveridge spoke to Donna about Absolutely. In one thing drivingA from a shopping mall to her the experience. a crisis, all the home in Iowa City, IA, when the car in pressures and that matters, front of her suddenly stopped and its What were you thinking as the events deadlines and driver got out and began running down were unfolding? judgments of and that’s a steep incline to the bank of the Iowa Actually, I wasn’t thinking much. It was others go out helping the River, which runs parallel to the road. the window. Donna immediately stopped, got out like an instant reflex — People in need. Must help. I just ran, jumped in, and did Honestly, it’s in people who of her car, and followed him. moments like Later she learned that an area woman, everything I could to get them out. It’s in the weeks since that my thoughts have that that I feel need you.” Michelle Kehoe, was driving in her car closest to God. when she became distracted by her kids run away with me. —Donna Goodnow in the backseat, and struck the curb on Have you had the side of the road. Because of recent How so? other experiences like that? winter storms in Iowa, the curb, shoulder The experience has caused me to ask and grass near the road were covered by deeply spiritual questions about what In 53 years of life, sure! I’ve helped with ice, and Kehoe lost control of her vehicle. God wants from me. Where am I being several automobile accidents, and I’ve The car was off the street in an instant, led? What is God trying to tell me? utilized my first-aid training a number of and plummeted down the slope into the times. When hurricane Katrina hit, there was so much to do I couldn’t rest. I feel river, where it quickly began to sink, even I’ve heard others describe how a moment like I’m wired to respond, and God puts as it was being swept downstream by the of raw physical crisis has changed their me where I’m needed. current of the water. way of thinking and their feelings about Only as Donna was running down to life. Why do you suppose that is? But honestly, isn’t jumping into an icy the bank herself did she realize what had As a seminarian I can say that there are river a pretty big deal to you? happened, and within moments she was expectations for how you are supposed in the freezing water lifting a six-year-old to be as a developing minister. And once Well yes, my body was pretty angry at child up and out to safety. you graduate, there are presumptions me after I came down from the adrena- There were five rescuers in the water about what you’ll do with ordination and line rush. Actually, I was just recovering before the emergency crews arrived. Four church work. Like a model trajectory for from pneumonia when all this happened. men had swum out to the car where the ministry, and I’m not comfortable with So I’ve been hurting, without a doubt. mother was frantically freeing her chil- that. Even at a very open and diverse But I’d do it again in a heartbeat. I think dren from their carseats. After Donna place like CTS, you’re not above those that if God told me to do something, received and handed off the six-year-old, pressures. But in an emergency situation even if there was a much greater cost, I she moved downstream to assist the like with this family, all those pressures couldn’t say no. mother, who was coming ashore by that melt away. There’s only one thing that time. matters, and that’s helping the people Donna Goodnow led the CTS outreach to The other child, an infant, was res- who need you. Katrina evacuees in 2005 and 2006. She cued by the others, and within moments plans to graduate this year. l
14 | Tower News >> Chicago Theological Seminary Ancient Art of Immigration CTS Class Collage Used in Service of the Word in Wisconsin by Simone J. Nathan
ast month a large artwork created by CTS students aided a UCC congregation reflecting on the spiritual dimensions of contemporary immigration issues. The collage was a collaboration between Dr. Timothy Sandoval of Chicago Theological Seminary and his “Bible and Economic Ethics” class, who explored the complex, multi-layered issue of immigration in conjunction with issues of Christian witness and social justice. LSenior Minister Laura McLeod of the United Church of Christ (Congregational) of Delavan, WI and Associate Minister Ricardo Broach encouraged their pastoral intern, Simone Nathan, (CTS 2nd year M.Div) to lead a service that utilized the collage as an altarpiece. Nathan is a former art educator who organized the project so students could create the 5’ x 3’ collage on a stretched canvas background, suitable for hanging in the seminary or use as an altarpiece. The contents include photos, poems, biblical, literary and historical timeline quotations, snippets of family stories, contemporary news clips, quotations from texts studied, and White House briefs. Students created the assemblage during the final class session, reflecting the entire discussion of immigration, especially from the U.S. Southern border, at this time in history. The piece is meant to be permanent, so that it can travel to other institutions and/or chapels for use in liturgies and/or discussions, on loan from CTS. Every effort was made to create a “professional work of art that is also a living, lively piece of communication about this complex and critical issue,” said Nathan. l
www.ctschicago.edu | 15 Seminary-Style Education in Local Churches Center for Christian Leadership Offers Spring Courses
Chicago Theological Seminary’s Center for Christian Leadership is offering three new courses to equip Christian leaders for church and world through a series of continuing education, enrichment and skill-building courses in conjunction with a number of Chicago-area churches. Courses are taught by CTS adjunct faculty, and students receive academic credit toward a Certificate in Christian Leadership.
The Rev. Sally Iberg, Minister for Mission and Ministry at CCL partner Glenview Community Church, is excited about Glenview’s collabortaion with Chicago Theological Seminary and other congregations. “This partnership offers access to excellent educational programs, tailored to the needs of the adult learner, not only to members of our churches but also to the wider community,” she said. “There is growing interest in how we might more effec- tively live our faith and that is seen in a desire to enhance our understanding of the Bible, of other religious perspectives, of stewardship for the environment, and many other issues. We are grateful to the Center for Glenview Community Church the quality and variety of courses offered in our churches.”
Courses available this spring:
“Faith in the Public Square” with CTS President Dr. Susan Thistlethwaite Examines how people of faith can practice and apply their deepest held convictions in the public square. We begin with a Saturday workshop and then continue the discussion through audio lectures and online discussion. Flex your faith this election year and join us in the public square.
Saturday, February 23, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. (lunch included) Audio lectures and online discussion for the weeks of February 25, March 3, and March 10 Winnetka Congregational Church, 725 Pine St., Winnetka, IL
“Introduction to Islam” with Dr. Ghada Talhami, Professor of Political Science at Lake Forest College Begins by sketching the historical background of the second-largest faith in the world and its early relationship with the other main Abrahamic religions. Special emphasis will be placed on basic rights and obligations of Muslim men and women. The Sunni-Shia split will be explained, as will the emergence of Sufi Islam. This course also examines the impact of modernity on the life and tradi- tions of this community and looks at the jihad, the rules of war, Islamic ethics, and the roots of the Islamic resurgence.
Mondays 7–9 p.m., March 31 to May 12 (no class April 21) Western Springs Congregational Church, 1106 Chestnut St., Western Springs, IL
“Does God Grow? Ecology, Theology, and the Nature of God” with the Rev. Clare Butterfield Explores the relation between the ways we think about God and the ways we think about nature, and applies them to how we live our lives. We’ll look specifically at the biological idea called “emergence”: how complex systems create new capacities from the interaction of their parts. This implies a vast latent capacity among living things to grow, and change, and to do more than we have done. It also provides an avenue for God’s activity that modern, scientifically oriented people can believe in.
Mondays, 7–9 p.m., April 7 – May 12 Glenview Community Church, 1000 Elm St., Glenview, IL
Visit www.ctschicago.edu/academic/ccl.php for more information and registration forms. Registration forms are also available at partner congregations. Mail your form and a check for $300, payable to Chicago Theological Seminary to: Center for Christian Leadership , c/o Chicago Theological Seminary, 5757 S. University Ave., Chicago, IL 60637.
Registration-related questions should be directed to Cheryl Miller, CTS Registrar, at [email protected]. l
16 | Tower News >> Chicago Theological Seminary www.ctschicago.edu | 17 2007 CTS 2007Faculty CTS Faculty Publications Publications In Other Words Towards Liturgies Incarnational Translation That Reconcile for Preaching Race and Ritual Among Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2007 African American and European American W. Dow Edgerton Protestants Academic Dean & Professor of Ashgate, 2007 Ministry
Co-written with Charles H. Scott Haldeman Cosgrove Assistant Professor of Worship
Contesting Texts Beyond Jews and Christians in Monotheism Conversation About the A Theology of Bible Multiplicity Fortress, 2007 Routledge, 2007
Tim Sandoval, co-editor Laurel Schneider Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible Associate Professor of Theology, Ethics, and Culture Edited with Melody D. Knowles, Esther Menn, and John Pawlikowski
Off the Menu Asian and Asian North American Womens Religion and Theology Westminster John Knox, 2007
Seung Ai Yang Associate Professor of New Testament
Co-edited with Rita Nakashima Brock, Jung Ha Kim, and Kwok Pui-lan
18 | Tower News >> Chicago Theological Seminary Ministerial Institute: April 1st and 2nd, 2008 Theology in the Public Square Join us for two days of questioning and teaching so that we might Ahrens has become a strong and respected voice in the transform the world into a place of greater justice and mercy. community, building relationships with other religious and social leaders to work for improved education, fair housing, Th e o l o g y in t h e Pu b l i c Sq u a r e health care reform, equal rights, and abolition of the death Throughout history, the prophetic voice of the church penalty. In 2006, he co-founded We Believe Ohio has created, influenced, and inspired public debates and (www.webelieveohio.org), uniting diverse religious voices struggles, lending moral authority, courageous leadership, and statewide to achieve social justice. Over 400 religious leaders organizational power to movements around abolition, women’s and hundreds more lay people have joined We Believe Ohio’s suffrage, civil rights, abortion, and same-sex marriage. efforts to strengthen the voice of religiously diverse people in the public square. How should theology be used in the public square, and how is religious faith most effectively channeled toward social change? Ahrens will be speaking on Tuesday, April 1, at 1pm in Graham Speakers and attendees of Ministerial Institute 2008 will be Taylor Chapel, and giving a workshop immediately following at exploring these vital questions. 2pm.
The Rev. Calvin Morris, Ph.D. is executive Sp e a k e r s director of Community Renewal Society in The Rev. Susan Thistlethwaite, Ph.D. is the Chicago, which works to eradicate racism and eleventh president of Chicago Theological poverty through sustained and strategic efforts Seminary, and a leading voice in peace and toward systemic change. His career spans decades justice issues. She is the author or editor of ten of advocating for social transformation. Dr. Morris has been books, including: Casting Stones: Prostitution Associate Director of Operation BreadBasket in Chicago, and Liberation in Asia and the United States with Dr. Rita now Rainbow PUSH; Director of the Afro-American Studies Nakashima Brock (Fortress, 1996) and The New Testament Program and Assistant Professor of History at Simmons College and Psalms: An Inclusive Translation (Oxford University Press, in Boston, Massachusetts; Executive Director of the Martin 1995). Her newest work is Adam, Eve and the Genome: Theology Luther King, Jr. Center for Social Change in Atlanta, Georgia; in Dialogue with the Human Genome Project (Fortress Press, professor and administrator in the Howard University School of 2003). Divinity; and Executive Vice-President and Academic Dean at Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Thistlethwaite has appeared in numerous media, including ABC News Nightline, the Chicago Tribune, and the Dallas Dr. Morris will be giving the closing keynote address on Morning News. She is also a regular columnist for On Faith, Wednesday, April 2, at 2:30pm in Graham Taylor Hall. a joint project of Newsweek and the Washington Post. During the nomination hearings of Chief Justice John Roberts, she testified before Congress on the importance of freedom of conscience. Wo r k s h o p s “How to Speak Truth to Power and Still Grow Your Dr. Thistlethwaite will be speaking on Tuesday, April 1, at Church,”with The Rev. Timothy Ahrens, Tuesday, 2pm. 11am in Graham Taylor Chapel. “Putting on Your Media Hats” with Ann Craig, Director of The Rev. Timothy C. Ahrens is senior minister Religion, Faith and Values, Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against of First Congregational Church in Columbus, Defamation (GLAAD), Tuesday, 3:30pm OH. Under his leadership the church became Open and Affirming and is engaged in a myriad “Becoming Spokespeople”, with Ann Craig, Wednesday, of justice issues. As the church has increased its 10:30am. focus on social witness it has grown tremendously, doubling membership and stewardship since 2000. “Crashing the Pearly Gates: Web Community and Progressive Faith”, with The Rev. Dan Schultz of StreetProphets.com. l
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20 | Tower News >> Chicago Theological Seminary PROFESSOR Seung Ai Upcoming CTS Events Yang, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of New Testament at CTS. She has taught at St. Paul Seminary in the APRIL Twin Cities, The Graduate Theological Union, and Sogang Tuesday, April 1 & Wednesday, April 2 University in Seoul, Korea. Dr. Yang came to CTS in 2007. Ministerial Insitute: Theology in the Public Square Introduce yourself to us—what are your interests, what brings you joy? MAY For me, absolute joy is in relationship and community. And my Thursday, May 1 children are an amazing grace to me; they help me grow every Castaneda Lecture with Bo Myung Seo moment. I am deeply concerned about how the Bible impacts society, and greatly interested in post- Saturday, May 17 colonial feminist hermeneutics. European CTS Commencement colonialism imposed a certain understand- ing of Christianity and Biblical interpreta- SEPTEMBER tion. A post-colonial lens is a great tool to Thursday, Sept. 25 enable us to deconstruct binary thinking Advent Lectionary Workshop with Ken Stone which divides communities and the world into the superior “in-group” and inferior NOVEMBER “other”. Sunday, Nov. 16 What background do you have with CTS? Interfaith Concert with Rachel Barton Pine I have known Dr. Lee Butler and Dr. Julia Dr. Seung Ai Yang Speller through my work with the As- sociation of Theological Schools. Several years ago, CTS hosted my organization Pacific Asian Northern American Women in Purchase CTS Items Theology and Ministry. President Thistlethwaite and the CTS community showed wonderful hospitality.
What drew you to CTS and what makes you proud to be on the faculty here? I had done a lot of observation of theological schools, and I was struck by the commitment of CTS - the faculty, staff, students and trustees - to the mission and vision that the institution espouses. CTS has a history and record of going against the tide of numb society, no matter how difficult it is, and that pulled Apparel, mugs and other gift ideas are me here. My first semester confirmed my conviction, as I got to available at www.cafepress.com/chicago_sem. know my students. Why did they come here? It was not because of career, but because of a concern for justice and transforma- tion. We, the CTS community, have many disagreements, but Publish Yourself not about our mission. That is so beautiful. What do you hope for in CTS’ future? in the Tower News! Increasingly I realize that this is a very important and exciting time in our community. There is anxiety as we contemplate important choices for our future. But this anxiety can be, and Alums, students and friends of CTS are invited should be, a catalyst for unique opportunity. The community is to submit essays, op-eds, book reviews, poetry, ready for even more creativity and innovation in pursuing our and/or visual art to be printed in future issues mission and vision. The future is unknown, but with full excite- of Tower News. Email your submissions or ment I’m looking forward to seeing how it unfolds. l questions to: [email protected]
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n 2008, Chicago Theological would mean a total transformation of Seminary is examining options for the current space. On the other hand, In t h e Be g i n n i n g … how to update its physical space to building a new facility would be a Chicago Theological Seminary first opened meet the demands of its vision to no-less-massive undertaking. its doors on October 6, 1858, when two Ibe “an international force in the develop- Either way, 2008 will present choices faculty and ten students, along with ment of religious leadership to transform to the CTS community that will change some members of the Board of Direc- society toward greater justice and mercy.” the Seminary’s physical space forever. tors, met in the parlors of First Congre- For some time, it has been clear that The following article is an abridged gational Church, on the corner of Green the current CTS facilities are in need of tale of the Seminary’s facilities. As you Street and Washington Boulevard. renovation and upgrade. The Strategic read these pages, you may discover that, (There was another faculty member and Plan calls for continued growth in the as impressive as the current building may about nineteen other students, but they institution, which will require a building be, it does not define CTS. Rather, like were unable to be present). tailored to education in the 21st Century. every aspect of this institution, it is a The Seminary had spent two years Updating the current building to be story of growth and change. looking for a place to put down its roots, sufficiently equipped for the training debating between rural, suburban (in- of leaders for the next several decades cluding the suburb of Hyde Park, ruled
22 | Tower News >> Chicago Theological Seminary To w a r d s Hy d e Pa r k The buildings in Union Park are, for the most part, forgotten now. Only Carpen- ter Hall still stands, now as part of First Congregational Baptist Church. Before long, attention to the expense of running the school and discussion about how to best fulfill its mission opened the ques- tion of relocating. Financial problems had been with CTS from the beginning. The Seminary Fisk Hall, Old Campus was founded in the midst of a financial scare with assets amounting to only out because it was too far from the city), became Union Park Congregational $140,474 (about $3.1 million today). and urban locations. Nearly fifty differ- Church — which the faculty had served This caused one Board member to quip ent locations had been offered, inspected, as ministers for its first seven years, until at the time that opening the school with and debated before the Seminary it called its own minister. The Seminary so little money was like “a steamship decided on the area of Union Park on now had land, though still no buildings starting to cross the ocean from New Chicago’s rapidly growing West Side. of its own. While it could still rely on the York to Liverpool with only enough coal The Seminary itself had no buildings. goodwill of First Congregational Church to last half-way.” Adam Kedzie, the financial agent of the and Union Park Congregational Church, In 1861, the Board was unable to Seminary, was charged with finding a it was recognized that the Seminary make payments on the land it had ob- permanent location. After an unsuc- needed a place of its own. tained. Moreover, the treasurer couldn’t cessful attempt to secure the corner of This was especially true when it came pay the professors, who voluntarily Ashland Avenue and West Lake Street, to student life. For the first six years of reduced their salaries to $500 per year he was able to purchase the entire front the Seminary, students lived with local for the next three years (about $12,000 of the next block south on Washington, families, usually at no expense. Having per year today). If it hadn’t been for the facing Union Park. Payment on this loca- students scattered throughout the city, great assistance of a few donors – no- tion proved difficult, but with the help however, made the formation of a com- tably Philo Carpenter – as well as the of people whose names and faces grace munity difficult, and in 1864 students dedication of the faculty and the Board the current location — Philo Carpenter, were housed in a wing of the Union Park of Directors, who solicited for funds and C.G. Hammond, E.W. Blatchford — Hotel. Finally, in 1865 — ten years after reduced expenses, the Seminary would the Seminary was able to hold onto the it was founded and eight years after it have whimpered out of existence fairly southern 75 feet, where its temporary opened — the Seminary built its first quickly. building stood. building, Keyes Hall. In 1868, Carpenter But despite the troubles that CTS In 1865, Philo Carpenter gave the Chapel was built. Between them, these faced, the practical work of the Seminary Seminary a piece of land on the north- two buildings provided studies, dorms, was quite successful. By its quarter- west corner of Ashland and Warren, a chapel, a library, and one lecture hall. century mark, the Seminary had eight fronting Union Park. The building at Hammond library would be added in professors and had instructed more the corner of Ashland and Washington 1884, and Fisk Hall in 1890. than 400 students from around the continued on page 24
www.ctschicago.edu | 23 Growth and Change, continued from page 23 world, who were serving in twenty-eight states and nine foreign countries. The alumni had formed an association which met What’s in a each year at the Seminary to “renew their old discussions, review their experiences, compare notes, submit to their teachers the new questions which have arisen in practical life, and in all Cornerstone? expedient ways to seek to re-fit themselves for their work.” — a tradition that continues today in the form of Ministerial he cornerstones of Taylor and Hooker halls are Institute. In 1902, the Seminary founded the Chicago School of more than cornerstones. They are also time cap- Music. And by 1903, the Seminary had three Foreign Language sules. According to 1927 Register: “The contents Institutes, educating German, Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish of the two cornerstone boxes are almost a history immigrants. inT themselves. What will our successors say when the present In the early 20th century, however, the greater concern was Seminary buildings give way, perhaps a thousand years from one of mission. In 1901, Dr. Joseph Henry George became now, to a building of ‘more stately mansions’?” President of the Seminary, and almost immediately began work- ing on finding ways to cooperate with other institutions. Presi- dent George believed that the denominational seminary was on the way out, and that seminaries ought to be institutions whose “great purpose is to teach the truth and equip the student for his mission. The methods are so scientific that denominational lines have been obliterated, save in an historic sense, and the institutions find themselves in practical accord concerning the teaching of the Bible, the History of the Christian Church, fun- damental Doctrines and the practical purpose of the ministry.” Moreover, he stated “the churches have a right to look to the Theological Schools for light and guidance as well as for comfort and restfulness in this tremendously intellectual age. The Seminaries cannot afford to be the followers in educational matters or even in research work.” President George sought various opportunities to join with other institutions. He felt that university divinity schools might be well-equipped for the work he envisioned, but he did worry Taylor hall, built in 1926 that an irresponsible university might take the credit for all of The cornerstone boxes contain: the work done by the Seminary. • A picture of Dr. Graham Taylor After several seminaries (including the YMCA Training • A picture of Mr. Henry M. Hooker School in Chicago, Atlanta Theological Seminary, and Andover • The inauguration address of Dr. Taylor at his installation Theological Seminary) declined invitations to partner with as Professor of Christian Sociology, April 18, 1893 CTS, the University of Chicago (then a mere thirteen years old) • An address given at the funeral of Mr. Hooker approached CTS — supposedly at the request of Laura • Book plates used in Hammond Library Celestia Spelman Rockefeller, the wife of John D. Rockefeller. • A Memorial Sketch of Charles Goodrich Hammond, Negotiations with the University broke down, however, as 1804-1884, published in 1887 outside sources questioned whether Rockefeller’s fortunes were • A letter from Dr. Lorado Taft regarding new buildings on gained unethically. the University campus In 1908, Ozora S. Davis became President of CTS. Davis • Current Divinity School material of the University believed the Seminary needed a university affiliation in order • Current material and publicity of the Seminary to provide an effective education for its students. By 1910, • The November 16, 1926 copy of the Daily News CTS was the only Congregationalist seminary without ties to a • US stamps (one to ten cents) university. Some felt that as a consequence of this, the dimin- • US coins (cent, nickel, dime, and quarter) ishing student population at CTS was made up increasingly of • Signatures of the faculty, staff, and employees of the students without college degrees. Moreover, Union Park was Seminary l turning into a neighborhood of factories, warehouses, tene- ments, and noisy traffic — not the ideal place for an educational institution.
24 | Tower News >> Chicago Theological Seminary Three possibilities were brought to the floor: union with Mc- Cormick Theological Seminary, affiliation with Northwestern University, and affiliation with the University of Chicago. The Thorndike Hilton Chapel union plan was rejected amed after the son because McCormick’s of Mr. and Mrs. neighborhood— then Henry H. Hilton Lincoln Park—was no and built in 1925, better than Union Park. theN Thorndike Hilton Chapel was Affilliation with the Uni- conceived of as a “sanctuary and versity of Chicago seems shrine for the devotional life of the to have been chosen Seminary and the neighborhood… because of the U of C’s like the small chapels in old castles well-known location. and sacred buildings.” The chapel It was generally felt was built before Taylor and Hooker that the affiliation would halls as a small, separate building. benefit both institutions, It was meant to “minister to the soul and was decided that the in devotion,” with Gothic style stone, University would provide rich wood and artistic windows. The the Seminary with the chapel has always been open to the space it needed while neighborhood, symbolic of the Semi- allowing the Seminary to nary’s openness to the community. keep its full autonomy. Originally, the chapel hosted daily The University would be services led by faculty and students able to put more of its “prepared with the greatest care and energy into its plan for carried out with the utmost atten- a postgraduate school tion to reverence and inspiration.” of religion and ethics, These services and the building were and the Seminary would Hilton Chapel Altar conceived so that, “the influence of a increase its faculty and young life will be perpetuated in gra- prestige while also gaining access to the resources of the cious and permanent benediction, long after all those who may University. read these sentences will have passed to where ‘beyond these The Board of Directors unanimously approved such an voices, there is peace.’” agreement in May of 1914, and the Seminary relocated the next Thorndike Hilton himself was a student at Dartmouth, year. The decision to move and the move itself took a total of where he studied literature. It is believed that this sonnet, about six years. entitled “Adoration”, was written by him after contemplating da Vinci’s Head of the Redeemer: Th e Ma i n CTS Building Our Christ, who made the immortality On September 30, 1915, Chicago Theological Seminary official- Of sweet da Vinci, painter, leal and true, ly opened its doors in Hyde Park, and found itself in a position Who from on high received th’ ambrosial dew, reminiscent of 1858. Fifty-seven years after first opening, the The pigment which he formed that we might see Seminary again had no buildings of its own. The grandeur of his soul, and what he dreamt Classes were held in University lecture rooms. Students To be the best conception of our Lord, lived in University housing. Faculty lived on the West Side, and Who e’er was humble here and shunned the sword, taught there in the Seminary’s undergraduate departments and With which the unprovided do content, the Foreign Institutes while also teaching in Hyde Park. Our Lord, the latest bud and yet the root In 1916, the Seminary’s German Institute moved to South Of David’s line, sweet Mary’s son. With lute Dakota and joined Redfield College (and eventually became And timbrel may all nations kneel the theological school of Yankton College). After the moving Before their sovereign, and let organs peal! of the Institute, the Seminary elected to close the undergradu- But for myself the blessed’st hour of day ate department. The department organized itself into Union Is when before da Vinci’s Christ I pray l Theological College, which continued until 1934. continued on page 26
www.ctschicago.edu | 25 Growth and Change, continued from page 25 In Hyde Park, the Seminary’s first building priority was a Seminary dormitory, and a cornerstone was laid on June 5, Resolution in Honor of 1923, eight years after the move to Hyde Park. When it was Lawson, Fisk, and Davis dedicated on September 24, 1924, the “new dormitory” – as it was known for some time - provided rooms for eighty students, On November 18, 1926, the day that the cornerstones for Tay- including living rooms with folding beds, a common room, lor and Hooker halls were laid, the Board of Directors passed a a temporary library, a guest chamber, an infirmary, showers, resolution to name the previously constructed buildings: and washrooms. This is the current Davis Hall, which housed WHEREAS, It is always a convenience in Administration students through 2001. that various buildings of an Institution should be named; and The next building to go up was the Thorndike Hilton WHEREAS, The dormitory tower now named for the late Chapel, a gift from Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Hilton, in memory Victor Fremont Lawson seems scarcely worthy of his influence of their son. This small chapel was in use by 1926, open to the on the Seminary’s life; and entire community for daily services and individual meditation WHEREAS, It was intended that the name of our first great and prayer. Later, this building was incorporated into the main President, Franklin Woodbury Fisk, who served the Seminary structure of the Seminary. nearly 50 years, should be preserved through the erection of On November 18, 1926, the cornerstones for the other Fisk Hall on the West Side, but that memorial has now been two buildings, Graham Taylor Assembly Hall and Henry M. lost to the Seminary; and Hooker Library Hall, were laid. WHEREAS, Through the kindness of The First Congrega- The completion of Taylor and Hooker halls and the addition tional Church of St. Louis, Missouri, the name of the Semi- of the Victor Lawson Tower, brought the Seminary buildings nary’s second beloved President, Dr. Joseph Henry George, is to into their present shape, from east to west: Davis Hall, Fisk be preserved to the Seminary in the naming of the Commons in Hall, Hooker Hall (with Lawson Tower rising from it), and his memory; and Taylor Hall (with the Thorndike Hilton Chapel attached). WHEREAS, No recognition has been planned for the Seminary’s third President, Dr. Ozora S. Davis, under whose McGi ff e r t Ho u s e administration of more than 17 years the Seminary has come to Single men lived in Davis and Fisk Halls, and single women lived in its present development; Therefore be it Fensham House, which was located where McGiffert House now Resolved: stands. Married students and their families, however, were cramped 1. That we name the Seminary’s new tower, The Victor in single family houses around the neighborhood: Dorchester Fremont Lawson Tower. House, Fisk House, Kimbark House, and Montgomery House. 2. That the West Entrance to the Seminary’s Dormitory bear These houses had been remodeled to accommodate multiple the name of Fisk Hall. families, but they were still too small (up to nine families might 3. That the East Entrance to the Dormitory bear the name live in any one of them). Because of the pressing need for mar- of Davis Hall. ried student housing, plans were made to build a new residence Thus all of the buildings will be named, and the memory of our for married students and their families: McGiffert House. three beloved Presidents, whose total service has extended over Planning for McGiffert proved problematic. At the time, Fen- a period of more than 70 years, will be preserved. sham House and the Conference House (now Robie House) stood where McGiffert was going to be built. Fensham House could be replaced, but the Conference House had become some- thing of a landmark, as an example of Frank Lloyd Wright’s early architecture. CTS could not afford to buy new land, or to repair and renovate the Conference House. But the building of a new residence hall could not be postponed. The problem was solved by renting the Conference House to a construction company working in the Hyde Park/University area, and later giving it to a foundation that could repair and maintain it. Ground was broken for McGiffert House on Oct 8, 1958. When McGiffert was dedicated on Oct 15, 1959, it supplied 42 apartments for married students, a dining hall, a lounge, a multipurpose room, and a laboratory style nursery school administered by the Seminary. Prior to 1926, Davis Hall was known simply as ‘the new dormitory’ 26 | Tower News >> Chicago Theological Seminary Se p a r a t i o n f r o m t h e Un i v e r s i t y The Seminary Co-op Bookstore In April of 1943, the Board of Directors had approved an agree- very student today is familiar with the Seminary Co-op ment between the Seminary, the University, Disciples House, Bookstore, with its winding shelves and huge selection and Meadville Seminary to create a Federated Theological of books. While today it operates as a separate entity, Faculty. This was essentially a way of forging a common core E the bookstore began as a project of two Chicago Theological curriculum and a faculty pool among the four schools, and it Seminary students — John Mendonca and James Cavenaugh allowed CTS to share responsibilities with these other institu- — as a discount buying service for theological books. In 1961 tions. However, there was a recognized risk of the three smaller the bookstore was incorporated as a consumer cooperative. schools being absorbed by the University. The directors were all CTS students except for Perry LeFevre It was precisely concerns over autonomy and the role of each (faculty), James Nichols (faculty), Kenneth Hougland (business of the member institutions that led to the dissolution of the manager), and Robert Moore Federated Faculty on September 30, 1960. After such a long (Dean of Students). The store period of close cooperation with the University, the Semi- has grown steadily since its nary found itself in a familiar situation. While the Seminary founding, and today holds maintained the main CTS buildings and McGiffert, it had more than 100,000 titles. no classrooms, and risked being without a faculty (only three Jack Cella began working at decided to stay on), a curriculum, or any students (as students the bookstore in the ‘60’s, and could choose to “remain” at the University or “transfer” to the became manager in 1969. Under Seminary). his leadership, the bookstore The classroom problem was given a temporary solution by has become an international using rooms 430, 432, and 433 in Hooker Hall, as well as the institution, and today is recognized as one of the best academic Victor Lawson room for smaller classes, while larger classes bookstores in the United States, if not in the world. Cella has met in the dining hall at McGiffert. Over the summer of 1964, received a Professional Achievement Citation from the University the business offices on the first floor of Taylor Hall were also of Chicago and a Doctor of Letters (honoris causa) from CTS. l converted into classrooms. In order to attract a first-rate faculty, the Seminary also built a set of townhouses on the corner of 58th Street and Dorchester, known as the Faculty Quadrangle, which was When McGiffert House opened, the dining hall dedicated on May 20, 1963. The aim was that faculty living in may have been the biggest cause for celebration. close proximity to students, and integrated into the Seminary’s From the March 1960 Register neighborhood, would drive a new curriculum and strengthen ealtime around The Chicago Theological Seminary CTS’ community identity. used to be “The Great Dispersion,” when students Mscattered from Enrico’s on 53rd to Tai Sam Yon’s Ch a n g e s on 63rd street, to Hutchinson Commons at the University of The story of Chicago Theological Seminary’s physical loca- Chicago and to the Tropical Hut, or perhaps to their separate tion is itself a window through which one can view its past and rooms to construct clandestine sandwiches (eating in the imagine its future. dormitory is against regulations). Except for a few small “co-op” Over the years, of course, the buildings have changed. Some groups preparing their own meals and eating together in the —Dorchester House, Fisk House, Kimbark House, Fensham basement — the “Black Hole of Calcutta” — or the first floor House, and Montgomery House — have disappeared from the of Davis Hall, C.T.S. students saw little of each other in the life of the Seminary. Others — McGiffert and the main build- breaking of bread. ings — have undergone the renovations normal in the life of any The beautiful new dining room – the “refectory” in proper building: offices have been moved, walls have been erected and theological terminology – in the Hales Student Center knocked down. of McGiffert House has changed all that. Beginning Large changes have also occurred: Davis Hall and the upper February 22, students who live in the dormitory have had all levels of Fisk Hall were rented out to the University, necessitat- their meals (except Sundays) together. They are joined at least ing a move to McGiffert for those students who lived in Davis once a week — usually Thursday evening at All-Seminary Night Hall. In 2006, McGiffert was rented out to the University as — by married students and their wives who live in apartments well, after years of being under-inhabited. in McGiffert House and other Seminary buildings. Faculty The reasons for these changes are, unsurprisingly, com- and staff members and students from the other schools of the plex: changes in Seminary programming, financial concerns, Federation also drop in frequently. l continued on page 28
www.ctschicago.edu | 27 Aerial view of the CTS campus
Growth and Change, continued from page 27 and changes in the student body have all played a role. Such Park, as well as in Hyde Park; CTS had it when it was closely concerns and changes are nothing new, nor are they unique to affiliated with the University, and has had it since. As CTS Chicago Theological Seminary. moves and changes its various houses, it is the Seminary com- At the start of the 21st Century, CTS celebrates the creation munity and its dedication to that mission and vision that has of new programs — the Center for the Study of Black Faith and made it a home for so many people – students, alumni/æ, staff, Life and the LGBTQ Religious Studies Center, for example — faculty, trustees, and friends. and the evolution of its mission and work will constantly place If CTS stays in the current Hyde Park location, can the new demands on the space for the Seminary. mission continue? Certainly, with necessary modifications to the Financial concerns have always been with the Seminary. buildings to provide the physical space needed for that mission. After all, CTS was founded on a vision and a mission, not an Can the Seminary continue its mission elsewhere? Certainly, endowment. In the two books on the history of the Seminary as facilities are built around the concerns and needs of that mis- — Arthur McGiffert’sNo Ivory Tower and Perry LeFevre’s Chal- sion. lenge and Response — as well as in old copies of The Register and Chicago Theological Seminary is meant to be more than other texts that reveal the history of this institution, questions mortar and stone. Its mission and values constitute and anchor about money arise again and again. the community. But CTS has continued its mission for over 150 years Just over the Fellowship Bench in the Cloisters, a quote from because students, faculty and board members heard not only the Scrooby Covenant is engraved in the wall. It reads: the warnings of troubled times, but also the words of visionaries As the Lord’s free people joined themselves by a covenant of the and prophets, such as the psalmist who wrote, “Better the little Lord into a church estate, in the fellowship of the gospel, to walk in that the righteous have than the wealth of many wicked; for the all his ways, made known or to be made known to them according to power of the wicked will be broken, but the Lord upholds the their best endeavor, whatever it should cost them, the Lord assisting righteous.” (Psalm 37:16-17). them. While the story of the CTS property makes for fascinating Strengthened and assisted by God, Chicago Theological reading, it does not define the essence of the Seminary. CTS has Seminary boldly enters the next chapter of its institutional life. l a vital and glorious mission and vision; CTS had it in Union
28 | Tower News >> Chicago Theological Seminary The Cloisters he Clarence Sidney Funk Wartburg Castle (where Wyclif and Cloisters are dense with Luther worked on their translations of the history and symbolism the bible, respectively) mark the begin- of the Seminary, Congre- nings of Protestantism; those from the gationalism,T and the Christian faith. As Isles of Shoals, the Great Divide, and one student in the DEPTH program Plymouth Church mark our history in noted, it is much like the Seminary’s North America; and the stone from scrapbook, and that is an apt description. China reminds us of our mission Any attempt to list the vast number of throughout the world. symbols and relics of the Cloisters would Co r b e l s be bound to fail — something would The pieces of stone jutting out from the necessarily be left out — but it is worth Cloister St. George and the Dragon wall that support weight — known as noting a few items. corbels or consoles — carry the sym- bols of the Kansas City Statement of s h e s A Faith. Adopted by the Congregational Stones on the floor mark the ashes of Churches in 1913, this statement still several important figures in the Semi- echoes in the United Church of Christ. nary’s history: President Ozora Davis The corbels show representations of the and Grace Davis, Dean and Professor of crucifixion, divine inspiration, evange- Religious Education Frank Ward, Pro- lism, baptism, sacrificial love, peace, the fessor of Church History Henry Walker wisdom of God, the goodness of God, and Helen and Florence Walker, Profes- the triumph of good over evil, the gifts sor of New Testament Benjamin Robin- of the spirit, the resurrection, justice, and son, and Research Associate in Psychol- the triumph of Christianity. ogy and Religion Anton Boisen. Each of these people dedicated a part of their life Ot h e r Sy m b o l s to the Seminary, and even if their ashes Other stones throughout the Cloisters weren’t here their spirits would remain show the representations of Matthew with us. That they each cared enough to (the winged man), Mark (the winged have a portion of their earthly remains in lion), Luke (the winged bull), John (the Cloister crucifixion the Cloisters is a testament to the mean- eagle), self-sacrifice (the pelican), the ing of the Seminary. church (a ship), and the crucifixion.l St o n e s The Cloisters are marked with stones from around the world, marking impor- tant points in the history of our tradi- tion: Stones from the agora at Corinth, Crusader Church in Bethel, Solomon’s quarries, and a cornerstone from a fourth century church in Hebron mark our an- cient history; those from Scrooby Manor House, Bradford Cottage, and Plymouth Rock remind us of the struggles our fore- bears went through in order to practice their religion freely; the Wyclif tile from Queen’s College, Oxford, and that from Cloister pilgrim boat
www.ctschicago.edu | 29 Through the Windows of the Past by Henry Walker, Jr. Reprinted from the CTS Register, January 1925, Vol. 15, No. 1
indows have as many filled the life of Harry Deiman in the known him all my life.” The Japanese aspects as the light which class of 1911, for the guns that made boys could tell, perhaps, about Jerome D. Wcomes through them. the world safe for democracy are part Davis, of ’69, who was associated with When you hurry into the Common of my own experience. But the boys Neesima in establishing the Doshisha in Room for a look at the morning paper like Carl Sober and David Stenberg, Japan. Mrs. P.H. Clark could tell about before eight o’clock, there are the who were caught in the Boxer trouble her uncle Caleb Gates, who went out windows, filled with the fresh, clear light of China and killed, graduated here in ’81, and whose father was a sponsor of a new day. When you drop in after the year I was born. And back of them of the Seminary in its early days. The lunch, the warmth and radiance of the were Alexander Thain and the boys of name of Truman Douglas is familiar to noonday sun streams through them in ’61, who wore blue before they earned our boys from Iowa, where he was state great squares of gold made even richer their B.D.’s. Dean Ward has told about superintendent for many years. And time by the little scenes of gold scattered on Dwight Henry Platt, who can from a would not fail to tell of Reuben Breed, the panes. And when you sit down with home where the “underground railway” a graduate and the son of a graduate, of a cup of tea before lamps are lit, the ran, and whose father preached the first Miss Florence Fensham, who came to the early twilight of a winter day throws a sermon in Wichita, Kansas, back in the Seminary from service in Turkey, and of softened glory over all the tracery and the early days when he stood on a box where all the others. symbols that the windows bear. the cowboys passed by and had his box Would that all the members of the For these are more than mere of medicines handy too. The name of Seminary fellowship, past and present, windows for the light. They picture for Thomas L. Riggs, ’72, is there, he who could sit down together by the windows you the great things of Faith, Hope, has lived and labored so long among the with a cup of tea. l Justice, and the rest. You can see the Sioux of the Dakotas; Philip Frazier Mayflower sailing on the ocean, you can told me just the other day, “Sure, I’ve watch John Eliot preaching to the Indians, you can ride with Marcus Whitman while he saves Oregon for Christ. You do not realize that a wealth of meaning is pictured on the glass until it is pointed out to you. I wish that sometime, over a cup of tea or two, someone could tell me more about the men whose names are on the panels. These were students in the Seminary, just as those whose faces are familiar in this room today, yet they finished and went out – some of them so long ago An old photo of the Joseph Henry George Commons, the they made part of what space that inspired Walker’s these windows tell. I can reflections in 1925 almost picture for myself some of the things that
30 | Tower News >> Chicago Theological Seminary The Victor Lawson Tower he Victor Lawson tower Davis to come to the Seminary. During the main tower of the building was dominates both the his time on the Advisory Committee, constructed it was named the Victor Tarchitecture of the Seminary he gave $50,000 to the Building and Fremont Lawson Tower. and the skyline of Hyde Park. It is not, Endowment Fund (the equivalent of The base of the tower is 76 feet however, the first tower at Chicago over $500,000 today). Shortly before underground, and it stands 160 feet tall. Theological Seminary to be named after his death in August of 1926, he allowed In the early drawings of CTS building, Victor Lawson, a long time owner of the orig inal Victor Lawson Tower to there is no tower at all. There was debate the Chicago Daily News and one of the be named after him, the tower on the over whether the building should have a Seminary’s greatest benefactors. southeast corner of Davis Hall. spire (usually associated with churches) Mr. Lawson had a great dedication At his death, Mr. Lawson left the or a tower (usually associated with to truth, to religion, and to CTS. His Seminary an outright gift of $100,000 educational institutions). The ultimate support did not waiver even when he (about $1.1 million today), as well as design of the Lawson Tower featured a disagreed with some positions of the making the Seminary a legatee of his compromise structure of a tower with a Seminary. Lawson made it possible estate. The bequests eventually yielded lantern. l for both Professor Graham Taylor (by more than $3 million (the equivalent of underwriting his salary) and President more than $33 million today). When
www.ctschicago.edu | 31 Chicago Theological Seminary thanks the following individuals for financial contributions in 2007.
Christine Abbeduto Gordon Baker Barbara Bolsen Brian Byrne Thelma Cohen Sharon Ellis Davis John Abbott James Baker Patricia Bombard David Cagle Franklin Cole James Dawkins Ralph Abele Richard Ballard Arthur Bomers George Cairns James Cole Beth Day Jerome Abeles Stephen Ballis Robert Bond Karen Calhoun Emily Coleman-Edwards Charles Day Yvonne Aburrow Edward Banks Stephen Bonzak Nancy Callaham Cyril Colonius Mary Day Rodger Accardi Ronald Banks Adrian Boone John Callaway Z. Colson Philip Day Mark Achtermann Mark Barclay Harold Bott Lucius Calloway B. Conforti Cornelius de Stigter David Ackerman Larry Barden Donald Bourne Willie Calvin Kathleen Conner Ann Deakyne Satoko Ackerman H. Barefield Jim Boushay William Cameron Patrick Conover Francis Debernardo Samuel Acosta Troy Baresel Stephen Bowen Stephen Camp Stanley Conover Andy DeBraber George Adams William Barndt Gus Bowers Charles Campbell Nan Conser Paul Degener Joanna Adams Enid Baron Mark Bowman Connie Campbell Kevin Convery Yvonne Delk Leroy Aden Geraldine Barrow Daniel Boxwell Henry Campbell Phillip Conyers Gregory Dell James Adinamis David Barstow Jessie Boxwell John Campbell Ann Cook Jade Dell Marjorie Adkins George Basta Alice Boyack Edythe Campo Samuel Cook John D’Emilio Ingeborg Ahrens Joy Ann Baumgartner James Boyack David Cann Shirley Cooper Henry Demler Mary Louise Akaka Lavon Bayler Eunice Boyer Lauren Cannon Lorin Cope Elaine Demzien Faisal Alam Verda Beach Mary Boyer Dennis Carlin Verlee Copeland Louise Dengler Robert Albertson Donald Beal Arsene Boykin Richard Carlin Ardis Corey James Denny William Albrecht William Beardslee Terry Bozich Arthur Carlson Jeanette Cosey Michael Denton Jean Alexander Joseph Beattie Charles Bradley Jeff Carlson Jason Coulter Cyndie DeRidder Robert Alexander Catherine Beaty Nancy Braund Boruch Lee Carlson John Cowan Leonard DeRoche Joseph Alfred Robert Beck Robert Brauninger David Carmen Gary Cox Virginia DeRolf Barbara Allen Ruth Beck Roger Brewin Michele Carr Kenneth Cox John Deuth Craig Allen Becky Beckwith Susan Brittain Iva Carruthers Frederick Crabb Robert Dewey Leslie Allen Robert Beckwith June Bro Jim Carson John Craib-Cox Jeffrey Dey Marjorie Allen Judith Beineke Charles Broadbent Nancy Carter William Craig Elizabeth Dickerson Thomas Allen Lowell Beineke John Broeksmit Harold Case Harriet Cramton Evelyn Dickerson Verdi Allen Jacki Belile John Brooke Ronna Case Mary Crane Charles Dickinson Joan Allinder Donald Bell Zenobia Brooks Elaine Casquarelli Laura Crawford Irma Dietert Rebecca Alpert Grace Bell Annie Brown Jerry Cassiday Mary Crayton Clifford DiMascio Mary Altenbaumer Jo Bell Anthony Brown Robert Caswell Carol Creitz Susan DiMascio Edith Alward Louis Bender Danita Brown Robert Cedar Arthur Cribbs Joslyn DiPasalegne Robert Alward Donald Benedict David Brown James Cerone Douglas Criner Eloise Disseler Edsel Ammons Richard Berard Joanne Brown Hyun Hoe Cha Hilary Critchfield Samuel Dixon Erna Anderberg Barbara Bere Lorolie Brown Jason Cha Larrimore Crockett Sandra Dixon Denise Andersen Sandra Bergeson Marie Brown Rosemary Chaffee Robert Cronin Mary Doan Mary Andersen Mary Bergin Mary Brown Roy Chamberlin John Crowe Margaret Doane Albin Anderson Edward Bergstraesser Matthew Brown David Chambers Susan Crown William Dodd Barbara Anderson Robert Berquist Patricia Brown Gloria Chambers Josefina Cruz G. Dodder Carthral Anderson Donald Berry Penny Brown David Chaney Katherine Cudlipp Elizabeth Dole Davis Anderson James Berry Ronald Brown James Chang John Culver Stanley Dole Deborah Anderson William Best Whitney Brown Gary Chapman Carol Cuniberti Beth Donaldson Elaine Anderson Lloyd Bettis Willia Brown William Charland Donald Curtis Barbara Naom Donica James Anderson Daniel Beushausen Suzanne Brownell Otis Charles Edward Curtis Nancy Donovan John Anderson Linda Beushausen Walter Brueggemann Ellie Charlton Thomas Cutting H. Dorsett Mark Anderson Miltoria Bey Carol Brumer Candace Chellew-Hodge Roger Dahlen Waltee Douglas Philip Anderson James Bidle Ron Brunk Wesley Chenault Alfred Dale Edith Downing Ralph Anderson Paula Bidle John Buchanan Kittredge Cherry Beverly Dale Robert Downing Robert Anderson Robert Bilheimer John Buck Kristine Chiafos Michael Daly Timothy Downs Ruth Anderson Anne Billings Julianne Buenting Richard Chrisman Charlotte Damron Robert Dowrey Virginia Anderson Beryl Bills David Bueschel Donald Christensen Lawrence Damron Dale Dressler Wilbur Anderson Roy Birchard Thomas Bull Jack Christensen George Daniels Craig Duchossois Nigel Andrews Colleen Birchett Allan Bulley Christephon Christmas Maeola Danielson Ruth Duck Virl Andrick Conrad Bischoff Ann Burdette Arthur Christofersen Robert Darnall Connie Duckworth Stephan Angel Constance Black James Burford Thomas Chulak Deborah Ann Daro Martha Due Alan Anixter William Black Cheryl Burke Donald Clark Anita Darrow Maureen Duffy-Guy Mark Anthony John Blackburn Dewey Burkey Doretha Clark Harriet Dart Gerald Dumas David Archer Charlotte Blackman Margaret Burkey Robert Clark Roger Dart Marian Duncan Charles Armstrong Phyllis Blackmon Barbara Burrell Tena Clark Mark Daugherty Frances Dunn George Arquilla Jerry Blakemore Catherine Burris-Schnur Irving Clarke Cindy Davenport William Durland Helen Asher Gabriel Blau Robert Burson Robert Cleland Raymond Davenport Alfred Dwenger Robert Asher Kathleen Bleyaert Howard Burton Avis Clendenen Leslie Davies Joseph Dye Afri Atiba Joan Blocher Marion Burton Marlyn Close Charles Davis Elaine Eachus Jacqueline Atkins Lucille Block Richard Bushnell Greg Cmunt Deborah Davis Elizabeth Easley Margaret Atkins Roswell Blount David Buss Robert Coates Janet Davis Frances Eddy Carla Babiarz Neil Bluhm Paulos Buthelezi Leona Cochran Janice Davis Nancy Edgar Michael Bachmann George Bodeen Elizabeth Butler Donn Coddington Jonathan Davis Julia Edgerley Rufus Baehr Nancy Bodeen W. Butler Alan Coe Keith Davis Dow Edgerton Lawrence Bain James Boler Eleanor Butterfield Kim Coffing Milton Davis Laura Edwards Diane Baker Sandra Boler Ted Byers Linda Cohen Paul Davis Laurence Edwards Elmer Baker Carl Bollinger Edgar Byham Marvin Cohen Robert Davis Robert Eggers
32 | Tower News >> Chicago Theological Seminary Chicago Theological Seminary thanks the following individuals for financial contributions in 2007.
Pinchas Eisenbach Mary Frances David Grainger Ruth Harrison Serge Hummon Garrett Kamerling G.W. Eklund Dean Francis Jeannine Gramick M. Clark Harshfield Florence Humphreys Karlyn Kamm Jane Elkins Donald Francis Carolyn Gramley Willie Hart Robert Hundley Cyka Kamp Robert Elkins James Frank Robert Grant Richard Harter Helen Hunt Gladys Kapenga Dorothy Elliott Melvin Frank Karl-Theodor Grashof Lincoln Hartford Mary Hunt Sokoni Karanja Jeanine Elliott Willard Frank Nicolle Grasse Jim Hartley Loraine Hunter Carmen Kates Joan Ellis Armin Franke Barbara Graves Wilton Hartzler Ernest Huntzinger Kurt Katzmar Nancy Elsenheimer Richard Franklin Laurence Gray William Harvey Albert Hurd Marie Kautsky Theodore Elsenheimer Robert Frederick Mary Gray Shakeela Hassan Russell Hurd Roy Kehl Jocelyn Emerson John Freeburg Neil Gray Selmer Hatlestad Richard Huskey David Keil Ruth Emory Walter Freedman Richard Gray John Hawk Ronald Hutchinson Jeanette Keiser R. Endicott Cyrus Freidheim Kim Greenberg Edward Hawley George Hyde Julian Keiser Michel Engelhard Stephen Frew Sharon Greenburg Quinn Hawley Marjorie Hyer Dennis Keller Arnold Enslin William Frey Earle Greene William Hay Judith Hylen John Keller Patricia Erens Michelle Fried Ronald Greene Patrick Haynes Francis Hymel Judy Keller Charles Erickson Taizo Fujishiro Gail Greener Elaine Hazard Bruce Inglis Robert Keller Richard Erickson Kiyoko Fujiu Edith Greenlee John Hazelton Richard Ingram Diane Kelliher Alice Evans Virginia Fullman Richard Greenwood Barbara Heard Paul Irion Donald Kelly Joseph Evans Aleece Fulton Geraldine Gregersen Doris Heartwell Frances Isaac Kathleen Kelly Melbalenia Evans Josephine Fulton Dorothy Gregory Edward Heininger Frank Isaacs Pamelia Kelly Thomas Evans Thomas Fulton June Grevatt David Heinz Alfred Isenberg Judith Kelsey-Powell Marcia Eveland Bryan Fulwider Walter Grevatt Richard Heiss Molly Isenberg John Kemp Valerie Everett Anita Fussell Harry Grider Alan Hejnal Dorsie Ivy Robert Kemper James Ewing Francis Gagliardi Jan Griesinger David Held Hurchail Jackson Judith Kennedy Ruth Ewing Ramona Galitz Arthur Griffin Randolph Hellwig Larry Jackson Winston Kennedy Franklin Faine Daniel Gallagher Enid Griffin Audrey Helminiak Rudolph Jackson Lin Sanford Keppert Gordon Fairchild Susana Gallardo Horace Griffin Jean Hempstead Richard Jaffee Anne Kern Howard Falb Robert Gamble Russell Griffin Barbara Henderson Judith Jahnke James Ketcham Judith Falkinburg John Gardner Richard Griffis Robert Hendrickson Robert Jais Moray Kiehl George Fargo Christopher Garriott Virginia Griffith Fenton Heninger David Jamieson Richard Killough Donald Farley Rudolph Gartner John Grisham Colleen Henry Jean Jammes Chang-Joo Kim Russell Fate Mary Gast Kent Groff Thomas Henry Lenore Janecek Jin-Kyoung Kim Nancy Faus Joseph Gastiger Robert Grossman Charles Herion Suk-Min Jang Joong Kim Paulette Feeney James Gates Leland Groves Diane Herr Jeannine Janson Constance King Frank Fehsenfeld Cyndi Gavin Katheryn Grow John Hershman Nathaniel Jarrett Hazel King Charles Feldstein Ron Gebhardtsbauer Susan Grubb Gladys Herzog Marguerite Jenkins Josephine King Raymond Felson Frances Genung Marjorie Grunewald Susannah Heschel Mary Frances Jenkins Naomi King Elizabeth Ferguson Louis Gerdes Pauline Guest Wesley Hessler Lyle Jenks Ron Kinnamon Diana Fields Neil Gerdes David Gunning Emily Hewitt Billye Jennings Barbara Kinsey Tom Fields Gary Gerson James Gustafson Edward Heyer Carol Jennings Robert Kinsey Samuel Fifer Tom Gerstenlauer Michael Gustafson Edwin Higginbottom Theodore Jennings Richard Kiphart Karen Fink Paul Gettinger Robert Gwynne Beverly Hildreth James Jensen Richard Kirchherr Martin Finkelman Lillian Gibbs Alfred Hackbarth Dorothy Hill Robert Jewett Gwendolyn Kirkland Harold Finley Raymond Gibson Helen Haddick Katherine Hill Arlene Johnson Ethel Kissin Jean Finley Betsy Gidwitz John Haddick William Hinchliff Delores Johnson Ralph Kistner John Fish Nancy Gielow Robert Hadley Melinda Hinners-Waldie Henry Johnson William Kitchen Gordon Fishburn Laura Gilbert Scott Hafner William Hirschfeld Howard Johnson Paul Kittlaus Frank Fisher Martha Gill Alan Hagstrom Bernard Hirsh Jed Johnson Bruce Kittle Richard Fisher Carl Gillett Glen Halbe JoAnne Hoagland Mary Johnson Glenn Klaassen Charles Fisk Sheila Gilley Scott Haldeman Martha Hoaglund Mykel Johnson Elaine Klemen Frederick Fiske Harry Gilmer Charles Hale William Hobbs Olanda Johnson Carl Klimek Jane Fisler Hoffman Christopher Gilmore Beatrice Halfaker Janice Hodge R. Johnson Kenneth Kline Leta Fitts Otha Gilyard Victor Hallberg Gregory Hoekstra Walter Johnson Donald Klinefelter Lyn Fitzgerald Richard Glessner Herman Haller Gloria Hoeller William Johnson James Klutznick Karen Flake Del Glick Gary Halstead Russell Hofmann Willis Johnson Margaret Knittel Hugh Flemming Ana Gobledale Diane Hamburger Thelma Hogg J. Johnston Harry Knox Vladimir Flowers Theodore Gobledale John Hannay Anthony Hollins Alice Jones James Knox Morris Floyd Sandra Godich Philip Hanni Linda Holtzman Bradford Jones Arthur Koch Richard Flynn Yoshitaka Goh D. Hanson Alan Hommerding Catharine Jones Timothy Koch Pieter Fockens Patricia Goldberg Jeanne Hanson Nicholas Hood Constance Jones Robert Koenig Mary Foley Marvin Goldblatt Thomas Hanson Gloria Hopewell Dawn Jones Deborah Kohler Christine Fontaine Jerry Goldman R. Hargitt James Hoppert Frank Jones Marjorie Kooy James Foody William Goldstein Philip “Harper, Jr.” Kenneth Houghland Mark Jordan William Korsvik Carl Foote Judith Gooch Alice Harper-Jones George Houser Victor Jordan Carol Koskelowski Laurinia Ford Edward Goode Mary Harrington Emma Housner Melemadathil Joseph Ronald Krahenbuhl John Foss Roberta Goodell Darryl Harris Allan Howe Elaine Joyner-Sanders Elizabeth Kranz David Foster Timothy Goodsell Irving Harris Susan Howe David Juday Herbert Kraus James Fouther Sameul Gordon Joan Harris Wilbur Huck Eugene Juday Frederick Krehbiel Roberta Fowler Mitchell Gould Mark Harris Kevin Huddleston Patricia Juday Anne Kreml Kathy Fox Cliff Gower Mary Harris Edsel Hudson Rogerta Julien-Slauf Warren Kreml Michael Fox Mary Gower Brenda Harrison Joseph Hughes Patricia Jung Arthur Kretchmer David Foxgrover Martin Gradman Maureen Harrison R. Humke John Kalas Nancy Krody
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Judith Krohn Marcia Lipetz Bobby McCarroll Craig Modahl Jessalyn Nicklas Lowell Paxson Emmett Kronauer Robert Livingston Cedric McCay Ruth Moerdyk Donald Niederfrank John Payne Terry Krouskoupf Charles Lloyd Robert McClernon Edward Mogul Charles Nisen Kirsten Peachey Ellen Krueger Kong-hi Lo Barbara McCornack Wookbin Moh Donald Niswander Carleton Pearl Jeanette Krueger Hubert Locke Gene McCornack Virginia Mollenkott John Noer Brenda Pelc-Faszcza Kermit Krueger Walter Lockhart Gordon McCoy Thomas Moller Walter Noffke George Pennell Carlisle Krusi David Logan Hugh McCulloch Warren Molton Richard Nolan Hugh Penney William Kurtis Barbara Lohrbach Robert McDermott Virginia Monroe Nels Nordstrom Stephen Pentek Vernon Kurtz Awilda Lomax David McDonald James Montgomery Armella Norton Emery Percell Joel Kushner Mary Elizabeth Long Cartha McDowell John Montgomery Mary Nowicke-Vos Lawrence Perkins Henry Kutz-Marks Helene Loper Mary Ann McDowell Michael Montgomery Robert Nugent Robert Perkins Annie Kwock Charles Lord William McDuffie Carol Montgomery-Fate Dorothy Nyberg Roberta Perkins Joseph La Du Velda Love Donald McGaw David Mook Nancy Nyberg Troy Perry Dorothy Lackey William Lovell B. McGhee Arthur Moore Richard Nye William Persell Andre LaCocque Charles Lowder T.J. McGiffert David Moore Robert Nykamp Wanda Peters John Ladowicz Robert Lowery Joan McGuire Michael Moore Kathryn Obenour Michael Petersen Milton Laib Penny Lowes John McIlwain Robert Moore Jana O’Brien Richard Peterson Robert Lake Shana Lowitz David McKeag Viola Moore Kevin O’Brien Robert Peterson Wendy Lalli David Luckes Marian McKinney William Moore Mary O’Brien William Peterson Kate Lambertson Linda Luckey Cynthia McLachlan H. Moorman Frazier Odom Ruth Pflager Ruth Lamka Sandra Luders Ann McLaughlin Owen Moran Connell O’Donovan Judith Phillips Evelyn Lamon Aari Ludvigsen David McMahill Mary Elizabeth Seido Ogawa Joseph Pickle Elizabeth Lampert Karen Ludwig Jane McMahill Moran-Cross Folorunsho Ogundele Dolphine Pierce Mary Lamprech David Luecke Horace McMillon Brooks Morgan Chiaki Okamoto Lea Pierce Robert Landauer Andrew Lumm Andrew McNally Dorothy Morgan Daniel O’Leary Martha Pierce Alan LaPayover Stanley Lundberg Anne McNamara Howard Morgan Samuel Oliver Arthur Pierson Robinson Lapp Linda Lundeen John McNaughton Charles Morkin Barbara Ollila Shirley Pierson Annabel Larzelere Ronald Lundeen Bennett McNeal James Morrill Keran Olm-Stoelting Christine Pifer-Foote Stephen Laser Richard Lundy Peter McQueen Calvin Morris Annette Olsen William Pifer-Foote John Lassiter Stephen Lusk Anastasia McRae Robert Morris Donald Olski Hadley Pihl Robert LaTousek Paul Lutter Rita McVey Elanor Morrison Katharine Olski Gregory Pine Ruth Lauer William Lynch Frances McWilliams Kate Morrison Frederick Olson Michael Pine Susan Laurie Kathryn Lyndes Josephine Means Truman Morrison Karl Olson Douglas Pinney Katherine Lawes Bayard Lyon Kenneth Means William Morrison Raymond Olson Hollis Pistole Laura Lea Mark Lyons Roger Meiller Corinne Morrissey Sarah Olson Patricia Pizzo Ora Leatherman Paul Maca Robert Meissner Richard Morrow Gail O’Neal Judith Plaskow Kathryn Ledesma Elizabeth Mack Thomas Meites Carl Moser Barbara O’Neill John Platts Bum Lee William MacKenzie Jacquie Meli Carol Ann Mosley Mary O’Shea Troy Plummer In Lee Janet MacLean John Melton Craig Mousin William Otis William Plummer Judith Lee Susan MacLean Dorothy Mendonca Joseph Mow Deborah Owen Eunice Poethig Jung-Kee Lee Grace MacMillan John Mendonca William Moyer Ensie Oyakawa George Polk Barbara Leedy Wayne MacPherson Arthur Mertz Cynthia Mueller Kimie Ozaki John Porter Margaret Leedy Leland Mahood Moses Mescheloff Daniel Mulhauser Marilyn Pagán Doris Powell Richard Leet Doris Malkmus Betty Meyer Julia Munger Clarence Page Eleonore Powell Phyllis Leeth Diane Maloney Margot Meyer Anne Murphy Kimball Page Oliver Powell Carol LeFevre Charlotte Manes Mabel Michael Michael Murphy Nicholas Page Stephanie Powell Perry LeFevre Peter Manis Sadie Mickle Anthony Myers Rodney Page Joseph Powers Elliot Lehman Susan & Dick Mann Conrad Miczko Karen Nachtigall Martha Page Green Michelle Prentice-Leslie Glenn Lehman William Manseau Joan Mier A. Janelle Nash Edward Page-El Barry Preston Paul Lenihan Florence Manthei Thomas Mikelson Jo Nathan Jung Su Pak Martin Preston Mary Lenox Leonard Marcilous Ruth Milavetz Walter Nathan Dorothy Palmer Iva May Prevot David Leonard S. Marder Aurelius Miles David Neff Philip Palmer Ronald Pribyl Gerhardt Less Lilton Marks Martha Millar Karen Negronida Diane Palumbo Alfred Price Blaise Levai Jeanne Marsh Amy Miller Arlene Nehring Stephen Parelli Rosalyn Priester Robert Leveridge Susan Martersteck Cheryl Miller Howard Nelson Everett Parker Quintin Primo Blossom Levin Donald Martin Christopher Miller Timothy Nelson Janet Parker Rhoda Pritzker Jonathan Levine Ned Martin Clyde Miller Jordan Nerenberg Ruth Parker Ephraim Prombaum Michael Lewis Rose Etta Martin Ernestine Miller Lori Nerenberg Desmond Parragh Jay Proops Murdale Leysath Robert Marx Lana Miller Howard Ness Anne Parrott Timothy Prowse Joseph Liang Carol Marychild Lawrence Miller David Nestor Barbara Parsons Jane Pullen Scott Libbey Simeon Maslin Martha Miller Catherine Neveling Horace Parsons Kathryn Purcell Claudia Lickfelt Andrea Mason Norman Miller Arnold Newberger Ebrahim Patel Christopher Purdom Gary Lickfelt Moses Mason Betty Miller-Green Duncan Newcomer Daniel Patte John Puth Robert Lifton Gary Massoni Matthew Mimlitz Bruce Newman David Pattee Lillian Putney David Lindstrom William Matson Thomas Minar Ernest Newsom Charles Patten Deborah Pyne Joanne Lindstrom Kathleen Matsushima Linda Miner Greg Newswanger Harcourt Patterson John Queen William Lindstrom Alden Matthews Donald Minnick Norman Newton Kaleo Patterson Jacqueline Quern Laura Linger Leah Matthews Judith Mintel Paul Nicely Rebecca Patterson Kelley Raab Bettylou Linke Farley Maxwell Douglas Mitchell John Nichols Alison Patton Sylvia Radov Edwin Linn Precious Mays-Matthews Otis Mitchell Mack Nichols Ann Patton August Ramhorst James Lintner Steven McArthur Russell Mitman Robert Nickerson Jerry Paul John Ramsey John Lionberger John McCall Jim Mitulski William Nickerson John Pawlikowski Keith Rasey
34 | Tower News >> Chicago Theological Seminary Chicago Theological Seminary thanks the following individuals for financial contributions in 2007.
Rudolph Rasin Alvin Scaff Bruce Simons Robert Sullivan Barbara Van Eck William Wilcox Emma Rasoarivonjy Marilee Scaff Keith Sisson Lois Sundeen Carol Van Houten Henry Wildberger Albert Ratner Carolyn Scanlan Charles Skinner George Sutherland Kristina Van Liew Richard Wildberger Marilyn Rayner Roberta Schaafsma Michael Sklar Nancy Sutherland Bonnie Van Overbeke Margaret Wilke James Reagan Daniel Schadt JoAnn Slater John Sutters Judith Van Riemsdyk Frances Wilks Eula Redenbaugh James Schaefer Percy Slaughter Eleanor Swanson Betty Vanderlaan Carolyn Willey G. Rediger Susan Schaefer Andrew Smith Elaine Swartzentruber Omega Varma David Williams William Redlich Robert Scheevel Curtis Smith Michael Sykes Lois Vaught Dorothy Williams Donald Reed Donald Schierling E.J. Smith Dorothy Talbert Leslie Ventsch Eric Williams Lincoln Reed Daniel Schifeling Eva Smith Richard Tally J. Benjamin Verhoek Howell Williams Marjorie Reed Eric Schiller Gregory Smith Camilla Tanner Marguerite Verhoek Joan Williams Michael Reed Barbara Schimberg Kenneth Smith Kathryn Tanner Elvenord Vertus Joseph Williams Regina Reed Martha Schimmelpfenneg Rosemary Smith Sarah Tanzer Jeanne Vetere Ruth Williams James Reid Edward Schlachtenhaufen Russell Smith Gwendolyn Tate Dorothy Vetter Geneal Wilson Christine Reimers Ann Schleiffarth James Smucker A. Taylor Donald Vincent Karl Wilson William Reitmeier David Schlieter Linda Smucker Barbara Taylor Harry Vincent Nancy Wilson Betty Reneker Marlayna Schmidt Matthew Smucker Elworth Taylor David Vitale Robert Winegarner Cathey Rennick Vyron Schmidt Del Snow Kent Taylor Rebecca Voelkel William Wineke Thomas Reynolds Gregory Schneck-Skiba Andrew Snyder Lori Taylor Carl Vogel Douglas Wingeier Syngman Rhee Bonnie Schneider Ruth Snyder Nancy Taylor Robert Vogele Jean Winther Yong Rhee Kent Schneider Cara Sodos Richard Taylor Elizabeth Voigt Maynard Wishner Robert Rhodes Laurel Schneider Calixto Sodoy John Teerlink Sally Ann Voreacos Samuel Withers Joan Richman Stella Schoen Clyde Solander Garrett TenHave- Earl Vorpagel Richard Wolf Glenn Ried Howard Schomer Wendy Solem Chapman Peter Vos Charles Wolfe Richard Rinearson Hazel Schoonmaker Genet Soule Matthew Teolis Margaret Vredeveld Paula Wolff Richard Rison Michael Schorin Richard Sparrow Theodore Tetzlaff Marlea Waber Robert Woods Patricia Rittenhouse John Schott Andrew Spaulding Susan Thistlethwaite Murray Wagner Hazel Workentine Charles Robberts David Schrader Robert Speer Almetha Thomas Masayoshi Wakai Mildred Worthy David Robberts-Mosser Thomas Schrader Julia Speller Betty Thomas Linda Walker Louis Wren Leah Robberts-Mosser Delbert Schrag C. Sprague Constance Thomas Thomas Walker Jeremiah Wright David Roberts Sara Schreiner Sara Spurlark Grafton Thomas David Wallace Robert Wright Howard Roberts Carl Schroedel Harris Stafford Penny Thomas James Waller Wilbur Wright Frank Robertson Carol Schroedel James Stahler Arrie Thomas-Williams Robert Wang Paul Wrightman Mary Helen Robertson Karl Schultz John Stahler Bert Thompson Avena Ward Flora May Wuellner Raymond Robertson Robert Schultz Patricia Stanford Beth Thompson Ed Ward Addie Wyatt Roy Robertson Larold Schulz Barbara Stanley David Thompson Welton Warkentin Gerald Wyche Arthur Robinson Velma Schulz Carl Stanley Susan Thorne Steve Warner David Wywialowski Claudia Robinson Harold Schumacher Jimmy Stanley Eric Thorsen Ruth Wassenich Susumu Yamane Dana Robinson June Schuster Lawrence Stanton Robert Thurrell Beth Watson Martha Yamasaki John Robinson Myron Schwartz Alvin Star Susan Thurston Elizabeth Watson Renée Yates Jay Rochelle Geraldine Schweppe Kathleen Stayton Selim Tideman Joe Watson Iver Yeager Frederick Roden Louie Schweppe Clyde Steckel John Tien David Weaver Phillip Yeager John Rodgers Donald Scott Arvel Steece Tommy Timm Herbert Webb Mark Yim William Rogers Mary Scott Karen Steffens Allen Tinkham Cleveland Webber John Yoakam John Rohde Walter Scott Lynn Stegner Phyllis Toback Susan Webeler R. C. Yoder Albert Ronander Marilee Scroggs Fredric Stein Laurie Tockey Donna Weichbrodt Darreyl Young Carl Roos Jane Seaborg Irving Stenn J. Todd Elaine Mae Weidemann Elizabeth Youngberg Edgar Roosa Carole Segal Frankie Stephens Barbara Toffler Alan Weiler Don Yungclas José Rosa Gordon Segal George Stephenson Mary Tolbert Kinzie Weimer Cory Zanin John Rosander David Seidman Jane Stern John Tolley Sol Weiner Dennis Zavac John Ross Bo Myung Seo Lorri Steward Mark Toole John Welles Caroline Zaworski Patricia Ross Frank Sereno David Stewart Emmett Torney Donald Wenstrom David Zaworski Charles Roth Donald Sevetson Marc Stewart Patricia Torney Virginia Wenstrom James Zaworski Noel Rothman Richard Sewell Robert Stickney Emilie Townes Anne Wepner Joel Zemans Kenneth Rowe Theodore Seweloh Carl Stiefel James Toy Cheryl Wertheimer Ray Zemon Douglas Runnels James Shapiro B.J. Stiles Janny Travers Lee Wesley Frank Zerilli Howard Russell Pauline Sharpe Nina Stillman Donald Treese Newton Wesley Calvert Zethraeus Henry Rust Diana Shaw James Stocker David Trembley Paul West Walter Ziegenhals Allan Ruter Bradley Sheares Kenneth Stokes Joan Trump Dorothy White Barbara Zikmund Paul Rutgers Madison Sheely Dorothy Stone William Tuck Heather White Daniel Zilm Becky Ruthven John Shelby Jerome Stone Earl Tucker Jane White Doug Zimmerman Barbara Sadtler Timothy Sherck Kenneth Stone Robert Tucker Warner White John Zinn Betty Sadtler Franklin Sherman Robert Stone Coleman Tuggle John Whitehead Bonita Zobeck David Safeblade Saul Sherman Donald Stoner Robert Tully Bennie Whiten Ky Zobrist Richard Sales Richard Sherrell Sheena Straughter-Hunter Jeanne Tyler Paul Whitley Thomas Zoelzer Eva Salmons Paul Sherry Walter Stroh Carla Tyson Clayton Whitmarsh Edward Zolla Paul Saltzman Sharon Shields James Stuckey Don Tyson Richard Wichlei Gerald Zumalt Olgha Sandman Beth Sholly CleoraMae Stunkel Larry Ulrich Phil Wicklander Timothy Sandoval Douglas Showalter Angelica Sturm Reinhard Ulrich Bruce Wiggins Sandra Sanford Jeremy Showers Mark Sudeith Elizabeth Upton Rita Wilbur Bob Sankovich Steven Siegel Markay Suevel Arthur Urie Melissa Wilcox Yolanda Saul John Simmons Isaac Suh Douglas Van Doren Sara Wilcox
www.ctschicago.edu | 35 Chicago Theological Seminary Glenview Community Church thanks the following churches in Glenview, IL Giving Profile for financial contributions Immanuel United Church of by Rob Leveridge during 2007. Florence Humphreys Christ in Evergreen Park, IL n September of 2007, CTS received a gift of $400,000 from Bostwick Lake Congregational Immanuel United Church of Church in Rockford, MI Christ in Papineau, IL the estate of Florence Humphreys, a single woman from a Community United Church Kenilworth Union Church small town in Ohio who lived into her 90s. This incredible of Christ in Haslet, MI in Kenilworth, IL gift completed the endowment of our new Schaalman Chair Congregational Church Naples United Church of Christ Iin Jewish/Christian Studies. of Jefferson Park UCC in Naples, FL in Chicago, IL Our only problem: We didn’t know Florence. North Berwyn Congregational A little research introduced us to her. Congregational United Church Church in Berwyn, IL Of Christ in Decorah, IA Florence Humphreys (1912–2006) Pilgrim Congregational Church At some point, Congregational United Church in Oak Park, IL was a faithful member and a great Of Christ in Saint Charles, IL Plymouth Congregational UCC lover of Christ’s Church. She never unbeknownst to Dearborn Congregational in Grand Rapids, MI married and she outlived all of her Church in Dearborn, MI Samil United Church of Christ immediate family, but she was at anyone but herself, Edgebrook Community Church in Des Plaines, IL in Chicago, IL home in church. A life-long member St. Peter’s United Church of Florence, a devoted Edwards Congregational Christ in Elmhurst, IL of Gomer United Church of Christ in Church Trinity United Church of Gomer, OH, she engaged every aspect UCC in Davenport, IA Christ in Chicago, IL of church life and was attentive to the Congregationalist, First Congregational Church Union Church of Hinsdale, IL needs of her community. She visited of Asheville, NC looked up Congrega- Union Congregational United the homebound, and gave to neighbors First Congregational Church Church of Christ in of Des Plaines, IL facing hard times. Somonauk, IL tionalist Seminaries, First Congregational Church “Florence was deeply knowledge- United Church of Hyde Park of Glen Ellyn, IL in Chicago, IL able and deeply caring,” says the The and wrote CTS into First Congregational Church United Church UCC Rev. Dr. Robert Quillen, Gomer of Western Springs, IL in Chapel Hill, NC UCC’s pastor during the 1970s. “She her will for 20% of First Congregational Church Universal Fellowship of of Wilmette, IL seemed to know everything about Metropolitan Community everything in the community, but she her estate. First Congregational Church Churches in UCC in Downers Grove, IL West Hollywood, CA wasn’t a gossipper. She had discretion, First Congregational Church Winnetka Congregational and used her knowledge to help others.” UCC in Hastings, NE Church in Winnetka, IL On one occasion, Florence notified Dr. Quillen about a church First Congregational Church member’s serious car accident so quickly after it happened that he UCC in La Grange, IL Chicago Theological Seminary was able to meet the family at the hospital only minutes after the First Congregational Church is grateful for the estates of: UCC in Scribner, NE ambulance arrived. Florence Humphreys First Congregational United The current pastor at Gomer, The Rev. Brian Knoderer, describes Church of Christ in Akron, OH Father Jean Marie Jammes Florence as a sweet woman who loved Sunday worship and holy First Congregational United Ray Olson communion, especially during her later years. Church attendance was Church of Christ in Louise Gunn Smith one of the things she held onto until the end of her life. Jackson, MI More than 30 years ago, Dr. Quillen spoke to Florence about First Congregational United Church Of Christ in estate planning and the importance of strengthening the Church. Naperville, IL At some point, unbeknownst to anyone but herself, Florence, a First Congregational devoted Congregationalist, looked up Congregationalist seminaries United Church of Christ in Sarasota,FL and wrote CTS into her will for 20% of her estate. First United Church “Florence would have been overjoyed that her money was used of Oak Park, IL for a professorship at CTS,” says Rev. Quillen. “But I’m not sur- Glencoe Union Church prised that she gave the money as unrestricted funds. That’s who in Glencoe, IL she was. She supported her church, and the UCC, with absolute trust in how they would use her gifts. To me, that’s the highest form of benevolence.” CTS thanks Florence for her investment in our mission. l
36 | Tower News >> Chicago Theological Seminary 1930sThe Rev. Dr. Barbara Warren McCall, a pioneering clergy woman in the United Church of Christ, died October 26, 2007, in Claremont, CA, She was 93. Barbara and husband The Rev. Dr. Clarence Field McCall, Jr., were ordained together in the Congregational Church of Roundup, Montana, in 1938, where they served as co-pastors. Later, she focused on raising their four children, while contributing to various ministries. After Clarence’s death, Barbara ministered at First United Church of Oak Park, Il, on the staff of the UCC Council for Lay Life and Work, and with churches and conferences in New England. She was special assistant to UCC President Robert Moss as executive for the Task Force on Women in Church and Society, working to empower ordained and lay women at all levels of the church. Barbara was also UCC editor of A.D. Magazine. She was a pastoral therapist in private practice in Concord, MA until retiring to California in 1982. In 1973 Barbara was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Chicago Theological Seminary and in 1987 she received the national Antoinette Brown Award for outstanding leadership by a woman within the United Church of Christ. (Submitted by John B. McCall)
Serge1940s Hummon (1945) writes: A word from Vermont. Doris Taylor and Serge Hummon met at the Seminary in 1941. We were both Methodists, she from Kansas, I from Ohio. We were married in 1942. We owe Chicago Theological Seminary immeasurable thanks for our union, and now for our marriage of 65 years. We retired from the Board for Homeland Ministries in 1982. My work with the Board had been that of National Town and Country ministry with rural churches, Native American churches, new church development, and Black and Hispanic church planning. After seminary we served parish churches in Michigan and Wisconsin. As Assistant Superintendent of the Wisconsin Conference the work with small churches continued, until in 1958 the ministry with the UCBHM began. I retired in 1982, thankful for the wonderful witness of the United Church of Christ nationally. The Rev. Edward K. Heininger (1949) was ordained in Chicago in 1949. He served churches in Edelstein-Speer, Rockton, Bloomington, IL; Campus Ministry, Drake University, Des Moines, and Iowa City, IA. He earned his Doctor of Ministry degree from Claremont Seminary, CA. He has 2 daughters, 2 sons, and 9 grandchildren. He served on World Board, Africa Committee, retired to St. Louis, MO 1989; worked with The Interfaith Alliance 6 years; and with Dismantling Racism Task Force and CTS grad The Rev. Bentley de Bardalaben.
Donald1950s L. Berry (1950) writes: After 37 years as chaplain and teacher at Colgate University, I retired in 1994 as the Harry Emerson Fosdick Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Religion. My most recent book is Through A Glass Darkly: The Ambiguity of the Christian Tradition (2006). I am an Episcopal priest canonically resident in the Diocese of Central New York, and have just completed 15 months as Supply Priest during an interim at St. Paul’s Church, Chittenango, NY.
Dorothy Dale (1973, studied in early 1950s)writes: I have been retired since 1990, following a year as Missionary in Residence at 475 Riverside Dr. NY for United Methodist Global Ministries. In the 1990s I made three trips to El Salvador and two trips to Cuba and helped build Bellingham El Salvador Sistor Organization and Belligham Friends of Cuba. The peace movement is an important part of my life. We have a weekly peace vigil which started in 1968. We started a Peace and Justice Center years ago, which recently honored Al and me as Lifelong Peace Activists. Our three ordained offspring continue the work for peace and justice, as do our grandchildren: one serving in Nepal and one working with migrants in Chicago.
Alfred Dale (1952) writes: Dotty and I attend the UCC church here in Bellingham, WA, and are both very busy protesting the illegal war in Iraq. In 2004 we were arrested for protests in our Congressman’s office here. We received a special peace award for a lifetime of activism at a rally in our church. We also received a similar award from Jobs with Justice for being active in the support of Labor. All of our three offspring: Eric Dale, PSR; Dan Dale, Chicago; and Ana Gobledale (Disciples House) were ordained to the Disciples of Christ. Two served Board of Missions, Ana in Africa & Austrailia, Dan in El Salvador during the civil war. We send our blessings to our CTS friends.
www.ctschicago.edu | 37 Don Sevetson (1957) retired in 1997 and continues to live in Portland, OR. Don had an article published this fall in the Oregon Historical Quarterly, titled “George Atkinson, Harvey Scott and the Portland High School Controversy of 1880”. Sevetson is work- ing on a full biography of George Atkinson, the first Congregational Home Missionary to the Oregon Territory. The article can be found at www.historycooperative.org/OregonHistoricalQuarterly/Fall2007.
Richard1960s L. Heiss (1964) writes: In my fourth year of “official” retirement, I am finding fulfillment as a student mentor in an elemen- tary school, serving on several non-profit boards, teaching, preaching and some non-profit organization consulting work. God has blessed me with good health and numerous opportunities to continue to serve. I am grateful to CTS for the ministry preparation I received.
Pat Conover (1964) writes: I am re-retired from working with Justice and Witness Ministries of the United Church of Christ over the last 20 years. My heart and a great deal of my time and energy are in Seekers Church, a wonderful independent congregation that functions very well without clergy: www.seekerschurch.org. I also have a personal website with sermons, worship resources, creative writing, and more: www.patconover.com. Despite a significant mix of health issues I’m having a very good time with senior softball, senior basketball, and a lot of working out at a YMCA.
David1970s and Jane McMahill (1970) have recently retired. Jane retired in March 2006 from being Senior Pastor of Parkview UCC in White Bear Lake, MN. In January 2006, David concluded his time as Acting Conference Minister for Minnesota. He now teaches UCC History and Theology at United Theological Seminary.
Craig Rennebohm (1970) writes: I serve as chaplain with the Mental Health Chaplaincy in Seattle, doing outreach on the streets with individuals who are homeless and mentally ill and helping congregations develop ministries which welcome the most isolated and vulnerable of our neighbors into healing community. In May, Beacon Press is publishing Souls in the Hands of a Tender God, written with the help of my colleague David Paul. Souls is deeply rooted in the constructive theology, pastoral counseling and social transformation traditions which have been gifts to so many of us over the years at CTS. Ross Snyder challenged us not simply to be transmitters of religious culture, but creators of language and story, sign and celebration of God’s presence and the Spirit’s movement in our time. I’d welcome your reading of Souls and your responses, to [email protected].
Glenn Lehman (1971) began to serve an interim worship and music position at Zion Mennonite Church, Souderton, PA. Zion is known for its 1968 building designed by Edward Sovik. It’s tracker pipe organ is by Charles Fisk. Lehman will also coordinate worship teams, Zion’s public concert series, and instrumental groups. Lehman has worked at congregational, regional, and national levels in music and worship since CTS and his studies with Mondello in Rockefeller Chapel and getting a master in music degree at Westminster Choir College in 1977.
John B. McCall (1971) was ordained by the Chicago Metro Association in 1971 and married the Rev. Andrea Thompson McCall in 1986. He was Senior Minister of South Congregational, UCC, Concord NH, from 1978-1989, and has been Senior Minister of First Congregational UCC, South Portland Maine, since 1989.
Sally Scheib (1971) writes: I am currently an associate pastor at Bethel United Church of Christ in Elmhurst, IL, and director of social work at Esperanza Community Services. Both areas are a calling for me. The year 2007 ended tragically with the sudden death of my husband Bill, who had been enjoying a second career as a math teacher in Cicero, IL. Bill leaves behind three wonderful sons and five grandchildren. Several of his students spoke at his funeral.
Tom Blossom (1972) is in his 23rd year at urban Garfield Park UCC, Indianapolis (www.gpucc.org). Married to Susan 35 years - daughter Sarah, OTR, also a UCC pastor, daughter-in-law programs worship at her urban Atlanta mega-church. Tom is learning his way in the US Coast Guard Auxilliary and will one day take on another ID, after “the pastor of…”
Barbara Henderson (1973, 77) writes: I have a new career. Beginning next week, I will be teaching music appreciation at Northern New Mexico College in Espanola, New Mexico.
38 | Tower News >> Chicago Theological Seminary Rick Ballard (1974), is working as Director of the Office of Community Development in the Michigan State Housing Development Authority in Lansing, Michigan. In this capacity he is responsible for state and federal funding of community-based housing development and neighborhood revitalization throughout the state of Michigan. He is a member of the CTS Visiting Committee and has recently been elected Vice President of the Council of State Community Development Agencies in Washington, DC, where he is also chairing an effort to develop a national training academy for state-level community development profession- als. He also does free-lance writing for Capital Gains, an internet magazine on the creative economy in the greater Lansing area, and enjoys getting away to fly fish for trout in northern Michigan’s pristine cold-water streams whenever possible.
The1980s Rev. Maria Dancing Heart Hoaglund (1983) writes: I am a specialized minister and author of The Last Adventure of Life: Sacred Resources for Transition. This is a compilation of material I have used as a hospice spiritual and bereavement counselor to help people live fuller and deeper spiritual lives. 1st edition copies are available directly at: 4417 152nd Pl. SW; Lynnwood, WA 98087. A 2nd edition of the book will be available soon through Findhorn Press of Scotland. See also www.thelastadventureoflife.com for details.
Dr. Gwen J. Curts (1984) is the author of Politics, Prophesy, and Prostitution, published by AuthorHouse. Written in prose and poetry with mandellas where words create physical pictures. An easy 100 page read. Available at Authorhouse.com. Warning label: will provoke thought!
Joy Baumgartner (1987) writes: After serving churches in Illinois and Michigan and recently, ten years at United Church of Marco Island Florida, I retired from settled ministry in April, 2007. I completed Interim Ministry training and accepted a call from First Congregational Church in Nantucket, Massachusetts, which I began in Sept., 2007. It is a church in transition, searching for a new identity to blend with it’s magnificent history. The 2 church buildings and parsonage were built in the 18th and 19th Centuries, and are truly beautiful. I love the people of Nantucket - warm, loving, gracious and generous, who love their God and their church. I look forward to assisting them in preparing for their new long-term pastor and then waiting to hear from God once more!
Bonnie1990s Van Overbeke (1991) writes: I am serving a UCC church in Fitchburg, Wisconsin and have been here over 10 years. I also serve on the Back Bay Mission Board (a vital UCC mission in Biloxi, Mississippi) whose executive director was a classmate of mine at CTS, Shari Prestemon. I and my church are also involved in a partnership with Christians in the West Bank, Palestine. Since 2004, we have supported and been involved in mission with Christmas Lutheran Church in Bethlehem. I have led groups to the Holy Land to see the sites and to learn more about the struggles and hopes of people on both sides of the barrier wall.
Alison Buttrick Patton (1999) writes: I have accepted a call as Associate Pastor for Parish Life and Outreach at First Church of Christ, UCC of Simsbury, CT in September. I am one of three clergy serving this 1200-member congregation — and love having clergy colleagues (although I miss my CTS colleagues!). My ministry emphasizes mission and outreach, pastoral care, hospitality, adult education and worship leadership. I also continue to look for ways to support those discerning a call to ministry. I’m looking forward to beginning a Hartford Seminary mini-course called: “Cutting-Edge Social Ministries: The Future of Community Witness.”
Dawn2000s E. Jones (2000) is the Director of United Campus Ministries at Northern Illinois University. UCM is an Open and Affirming ministry of the United Church of Christ and is the “Progressive Protestant Presence” at NIU. UCM is in partnership with the Canterbury Episcopal campus ministry and the Lutheran (ELCA) campus ministry at NIU.
Laura Lea (2005) writes: I am a full time student at United Theological Seminary pursuing a Doctor of Ministry Degree. I am “In Care” of the Chicago Metropolitan Association journeying toward ordination in the UCC. I completed a Chaplain Residency at Saint Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, South Bend, Indiana in August 2006. My love and work in the ministry include: Preaching and teaching Sunday school, attending church services and ministry in my community. I could not accomplish any of this without the love and support of my family and most of all God’s direction.
www.ctschicago.edu | 39 Stephanie Day Powell (2005) and her partner and former CTS staff member, The Rev. Jocelyn Emerson are currently living and working in the Philadelphia area. Stephanie currently serves as Chaplain and Associate Director of Student Life, at Gratz College, a small Jewish institution in the Northeast. Jocelyn is completing a Clinical Patoral Education residency at Lancaster General Hospital where she works with the palliative care team. While they both miss Chicago, Stephanie and Jocelyn are enjoying being back on the East Coast and closer to many family members and old friends.
The Rev. Dr. Becky Beckwith (2005) is the Senior Pastor of St. John’s United Church of Christ, Fullerton in Whitehall PA. She is also an adjunct facility member of Moravian Theological Seminary in Bethlehem, PA. She teaches courses in Preaching and Chris- tian Education. Becky and her husband Bob look forward to becoming grandparents in April.
Anastasia McRae (2006) has been working toward the completion of a Masters in Social Work with a concentration in individual, group, and family psychotherapy at Smith College School for Social Work, since graduating from CTS with an M.Div. With her planned graduation this August, she hopes to get back into the workforce somewhere in the midwest, northeast, or southwest.
Felicia Moller (2007) and Dave Inglis (2006) welcomed their son, Zachary, into the world on September 19, 2007. Zach is healthy, happy, and cute as he smiles a lot and learns how to screech. Felicia is at home with Zach at the moment, and searching for a call in the Presbyterian Church (USA). She hopes to find a call and be ordained sometime this summer. The family moved to Crystal Lake, Illinois as Dave started his new job as Associate Minister for Children, Youth, and Families at the First Congregational Church, UCC, Crystal Lake, IL. Dave was installed there by the Fox Valley Association on February 3. Felicia preached at the installation.
Marta Johnson (2007) moved to Prague, the Czech Republic, at the beginning of September. She’s working very happily as an English teacher, and she finds her job both fun and enjoyably challenging. She loves the endless opportunities for goofiness and creativity that it provides.
Patricia Morton (2007) writes: On December 16, I was ordained at St. Paul’s UCC in Monee, IL. I have been called to First Congregational UCC, 200 W. Delaware, Dwight Il. 815-584-1260. The congregation is about 275 and primarily senior citizens. My home address is: 26004 S. Ridgeland AV, Mone
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40 | Tower News >> Chicago Theological Seminary The Unimaginable Image
See the wind in action as it provokes the clouds in the sky to dance across the heavens. Look at the wind as it rustles amongst the leaves in the trees.
Feel its enchanting pulse as it flows wildly and unstoppable above, below, around, and through your whole being mind, body, and spirit.
Smell the wind as it plucks the scent of flowers never seen or smelled before. In Memoriam Hear the wind as it makes the water of the sea clap in perfect harmony. Chicago Theological Seminary celebrates the lives and legacies of Taste the beauty of the image, these graduates who passed away in 2007. which is unimaginable
Don Wenstrom (1945) What is this unimaginable image? Landis McAlpin (1981) Barbara McCall (1938) God is The Unimaginable Image Anthony Hollins (2006) we can see, hear, feel, smell, and taste God We invite members of our extended as we acknowledge The Image which is unimaginable. community to submit the names of other CTS alumni/æ and friends who have passed away. Written memorials submitted to Tower News Damon Renard Jones in memory of our graduates will be printed CTS Alumnus with the permission of family.
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www.ctschicago.edu | 41 Me and Jesus Both Got Arrested in Lent by David Reese t felt like Lent. It was Lent, and it first hundred. My friends and I stood not that risky, and not that useful. felt like it, as I knelt there on the quietly, for a while, watching the park And it didn’t stop the war. Here’s cold pavement, praying in front of police handcuff each one, put them on where I feel like I should end with an the White House, after midnight. the waiting bus. We sang peace songs, uplifting note. “It didn’t stop the war, but I knelt there praying as I waited to be we sang hymns, we prayed. We wept hopefully some people changed their and raged at the White House. I started minds” “It didn’t stop the war, but it preaching to keep warm. I preached the let me use my very body to register my parable of the leaven, hoping that our outrage and faith.” Maybe. small action would spread and grow in It’s holy week, as I write this. Once unexpected ways. I don’t know if it did. again, it feels like Lent. Lots of fear. Lots Someone suggested, earlier, that we of anger. Lots of feeling like whatever I keep silence while under arrest. Only a do doesn’t matter much, lots of feeling few hours, and a solemn silence would like I don’t have the courage to really put us in solidarity with those who make a difference. And Holy Saturday’s have been so finally silenced by this coming, a day that will speak to the war. Moreover, it was an opportunity to desperation that so much of the world reflect on Holy Saturday, someone said, feels every day. that cold, mute, hopeless day between But then comes Sunday, and the stone the shock of crucifixion and the shock of will be rolled away. And we’ll see what resurrection. resurrection can come to this world of But when I got on the bus, people death. We’ll see whether the attempts of were talking. In our handcuffs, we shared Empire to vanquish its divine/human signs and words of peace. When the bus foe were successful. Vamos a ver…We’re filled up, well after midnight, someone going to see. called for “an Our Father.” I suspect the Lord’s Prayer was written for those David Reese is a second year M.Div. under arrest. student at CTS l So we drove out to a distant police station. 220 people were arrested that night; it took them perhaps seven hours to process us all. The folks with me on the bus- sharing songs and strategies and arrested. It was good to be holding hands jokes. Community breaking out under with my friends, there on the pavement, a situation specifically designed to deter and good to have them behind me in line it. It was a crazy kind of church. Easter as the police officer stood me up, had me enough for me. empty my pockets, and tightened plastic Then they let us go. A couple days handcuffs around my wrist. later, I went to the police station, paid my We were out for a couple hours before hundred bucks, and that was that. Huh. we even crossed the police line; it took It strikes me that the whole time them a long time to process the first I was so much safer, so much more com- hundred. We were all there as part of a fortable than folks in Iraq. Hardly any Christian Peace Witness for Iraq; the media even reported much on the Vigil, directors of Sojourners and the National or the arrests. I pretty much kept my vast Council of Churches were both in the privilege the whole time. My arrest seems
42 | Tower News >> Chicago Theological Seminary The Rev. Kenneth Smith, Ed.D. 1931-2008
As this magazine was going to print, CTS learned of the passing of our beloved 10th President, Rev. Ken Smith. An article honoring Rev. Smith will appear in our next issue. Below, please read the resolution offered on behalf of the Seminary at his funeral.
On behalf of the President, the Board, the faculty, students, staff, and alumni/æ of The Chicago Theological Seminary.
Whereas Kenneth B. Smith lived a life of service to the values of full inclusion and empowerment of all peoples both in church and in society, never seeking honor for himself but dedicated to knitting all together in service to the common good,
Whereas by his personal integrity, his clarity of vision, his gentle generosity of spirit, his courteous nobility of character he brought out the best in all he encountered,
Whereas his commitment to public service in the Urban League, the Community Renewal Society, the Chicago Community Trust, and as president of the Chicago Board of Education in its most challenging times gave eloquent and effective testimony to the one who comes to make all things new,
Whereas his service to Christ and his churches through wise pastoral leadership of Park Manor, Trinity and Good Shepherd congregations and service with the executive committee of the United Church of Christ invited congregations and denominations alike to embody the vision of the holy city of God,
Whereas no matter how great his responsibilities he never lost the pastor’s heart for any who were sick, or despairing or bewildered but always took time for any of the least of these.
Whereas for nearly 30 years he led the Chicago Theological Seminary first as a member of its board and then for 14 years as its tenth president preparing women and men to be transformative servants of justice and mercy in church and society,
Be it therefore resolved, that the Chicago Theological Seminary commits itself to honor his name and his ministry though the perpetuation of his commitment to public ministry in this city and in the world so that the name of Christ may be honored; and be it further resolved that all those here gathered give thanks to God for the life, the service, the gentle integrity of this noble servant of God and shepherd of God’s people who has now entered into the communion of saints. l
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