Hope Abiding “The Soul While Thus Living for God Does Not Sink Into Indifference by Becoming Dead to the World

Volume 35 • Number 2 Spring 2009

Hope Abiding “The soul while thus living for God does not sink into indifference by becoming dead to the world. No! It rises up with an intense desire for those true objects which it contemplates. The desire is not a blank expectation, but an active anticipation. It is not a self-willed imagination, but an attentive contemplation.”

Richard Meux Benson, founder of SSJE

Cover photo: The Monastery tower, viewed from the cloister garden through a dogwood tree about to burst into bloom.

Hope Abiding Photo Credit: Gary-Andrew Smith

Br. Curtis Almquist, SSJE

he English word “despair” comes know about sailing in uncharted waters. Tfrom the Latin desperare from de- How in the world have you faced what “without” + sperare “to hope.” Without hope, life can easily be too much, and despair comes knocking at the door. Hope is not optimism. Optimism is a mere gloss on the surface. The tradi- tional symbol for hope is an anchor. An anchor will hold you fast and keep you from drifting, and yet, pulled up and stowed, an anchor also travels with you as you sail ahead in life. Hope is a “steadfast anchor of the soul,” we read in the Letter to the Hebrews 6:19. Hope is something that rests deeper in the water than what happens on the stormy surface of life. For Saint Paul, all that we do and every step we take is underlined by hope. We live by hope, he reminds us. Most everything else in life is fleeting, and yet “faith, hope, and love abide.” (1 Cor. 13:13) Hope is fueled by the presence of God, who gives us breath: dum spiro, spero, while I breathe, I hope. Hope is also fueled by the future of God in our lives: a small seed which perhaps we cannot even see right now, planted by God into the ground of our being. We have a sense of it long before we can see it and realize how it will blossom. How can you nurture these A figure on a monument at Mt. Auburn seeds of hope in your soul? Draw from Cemetery in Cambridge holds the anchor your miracle memory what you already of hope in the face of death.

3 Brs. Bruce Neal and Curtis Almquist, SSJE, with Fr. Joseph from Nigeria on their recent pilgrimage to Jerusalem. you’ve had to face to get to be where presence of hope, only in seedling form. you are? You are a walking miracle. Cultivate the gift, which is to co-oper- You are also an experienced naviga- ate with what God is already doing in tor. Recall Saint Paul’s formula, that your life, has done in the past, shall do we “boast in our sufferings, knowing in the future. Breathe in hope, remem- that suffering produces endurance, and ber in hope, anticipate God’s future for endurance produces character, and you in hope. Recall the comforting character produces hope, and hope words of the prophet Jeremiah: “For I does not disappoint us, because God’s know the plans I have for you, declares love has been poured into our hearts the Lord, plans to prosper you and not through the Holy Spirit that has been to harm you, plans to give you hope given to us.” (Rom. 5:3-5) Hope is an and a future.” (Jer. 29:11) anchor amidst the storms of life. Especially during these challenging Hope lies in what is possible, not and opportune times, we brothers seek what is predictable. Hope is adven- to live, pray, and serve with a robust turous. Hope is open for surprise, to sense of God’s hope and God’s suste- enable us to navigate the changes and nance. We invite you to visit us, in chances of life. Emily Dickinson writes person and online: www.SSJE.org. May so playfully: the God of hope fill you with all joy Hope is the thing with feathers and peace. (Rom. 15:13.) That perches in the soul— In Jesus’ love, And sings the tune without words And never stops at all. You do have the gift of hope already. If you feel despair and have only the Curtis G. Almquist, SSJE desire for hope, you have hope. The Superior desire is not an absence but rather a

4 SSJE Men of the Moment Adjusting Our Course

SSJE’s founder, Richard Meux Benson, called the SSJE brothers to be “Men of the Moment.” Interpreting the signs of the times, we clearly see that the moment has changed. In the midst of economic turmoil, many people have lost their navigational bearings, their security, their clarity about the future. We brothers live, pray and minister to be an anchor, a beacon, a source of God’s sustenance especially in a time of stress and distress. We are extending the timeline for our Stone & Light capital campaign. After taking counsel with one another, with advisors, and from our own prayer and pastoral work, we have decided to delay the Monastery renovations to at least June 2011. Many SSJE friends have made financial pledges, totaling $8.3 million to our first phase goal of $10 million, and some have already made financial gifts. These funds are gratefully received and are securely invested. Adjusting our timeline will slow our course but increase our spiritual ballast. Our Monastery and Guesthouse will remain open for retreats workshops, for our daily round of corporate prayer and worship, and for those who seek a holy sanctuary for their personal prayer and meditation. See our website – www.SSJE.org – for more information about our presence and availability. This Eastertide we are offering a sermon series at our 5:15 p.m. Tuesday liturgies, “A World Turned Upside Down: The Experi- ence of Resurrection.” The text and audio recordings of these sermons, and much more, are available from our website. By disposition, monks are grounded in the well-honed spiritual practices of our monastic predecessors who have lived, prayed, and minis- tered in the best of times and in worst of times. To be viable and vibrant, we negotiate our life’s course drawing on the beacons of past, present, and future. As we say in our Rule of Life: “Faithfulness to tradition does not mean mere perpetuation or copying of ways from the past but a creative recovery of the past as a source of inspiration and guidance in our faithfulness to God’s future, the coming reign of God.”

The Society of Saint John the Evangelist 5 God’s Help and Hope From a homily preached at the Monastery

Br. Kevin Hackett, SSJE

few years ago, in a op-ed piece for media are actually possible and plausible? AThe Boston Globe, retired Arch- Or closer to home, my own life—how bishop of Capetown, Desmond Tutu many variations on a theme are possible wrote: for making the same mistakes over and Whenever I am asked if I am optimis- over and over again? tic about an end to the Israeli/Palestinian Hope has been described as the conflict, I say that I am not. Optimism bastard middle child of the theologi- requires clear signs that things are chang- cal virtues—known, and perhaps even ing – meaningful words and unambiguous admired, but not much mentioned actions that point to real progress. I do not and only quietly practiced. Visit any theological library, and you will find a yet hear enough meaningful words, nor vast literature on faith. You will find an do I yet see enough unambiguous deeds to even larger body of writing on love. But justify optimism. you will find surprisingly little on hope. However, that does not mean I am I am not sure why this is so—perhaps without hope. I am a Christian. I am it is because theologians (and we) have constrained by my faith to hope against hope, placing my trust in things as yet un- seen. Hope persists in the face of evidence to the contrary, undeterred by setbacks and disappointment. Archbishop Tutu speaks with the kind of authority that is won only through hard experience, living as he did through some of the cruelest years of South Africa’s apartheid. I find myself humbled by his words, disposed as I am on most days to a kind of compla- cent despair for the state of the world— how many war zones are there today? Israel/Palestine, Iraq, and Afghanistan are only the most immediate. Or if I think of the state of the Church, especially the Anglican so-called Commu- nion—how many variations of the via Tulips in bloom in the cloister garden.

6 SSJE been disappointed so many, many times by unrealized hopes, discouraged by the frank awareness of prayers which God has apparently chosen not to answer, at least as we would like. This intrigues me because I understand and know personally that hope is as crucial to a whole life as either faith or love. Hope, simply defined, is the capacity to imagine a future. Like memory—which we could define as the ability to recall the past—hope is an essential element of what it means to be fully human and fully alive. With- out hope, we die. Researchers in the graduate psy- chology department Duke University Br. Timothy Solverson chats with FSJ documented this a few years ago in a member Lucy Sewall at a reception in the now famous experiment in which they cloister. were trying to identify factors of what and strength in each one. The only scientists call “dynamic coping.” They difference was that one vat was sealed filled two vats equally full of water and (though it did have a concealed source placed a rat of comparable age, weight, of oxygen), and the other was left open. Both began to swim instinctively. The rat in the apparently sealed tank quickly sensed a limited supply of air, saw no visible way of escape, and gave up. The poor creature stopped swimming, sank to the bottom, and drowned in less than four minutes. The other rat, in contrast, seeing the opening at the top, with an apparently unlimited supply of oxygen, swam continuously for an unbelievable thirty- six hours without sleep or food, before the experiment was mercifully stopped. The conclusion was simple: where there is hope, there is life. But we need to name a caveat: while hope imagines a possibility of life, and I would go so far to say, a better life, it is not the same thing as fantasy. We A bed in the cloister garden, viewed from are prone to confuse fantasy with hope, the balcony of the Monastery. I think, but hope is not fantasy. Hope

The Society of Saint John the Evangelist 7 has substance. It has corporal den- I’ve come to believe, however—and sity in a way that fantasy simply does I say this with an amount of caution— not. Fantasy is given to wild flights of that based on the Scriptures, a reading fancy, constructing worlds that have no of history, and my own experience and anchor or grounding in reality. the experience of my family and broth- Hope, on the other hand, is always ers, there is virtually no circumstance rooted firmly in the hard and often in this life that does not contain the harsh realities of the life. And by that seeds of hope. I say this with humility I mean the life that we have actually and some hesitation because I am aware been given, not the life we wanted, of how many people in this world are not the life we think we should have carrying staggering burdens of suffer- had, not the life we think we deserved. ing, most of it born in silence, most of Hope can only be found in the life that it private and quite personal—and very have been given—regardless of the vat painfully real. into which we find ourselves suddenly I was with a group of musicians and unexpectedly dropped, forced to recently, studying the scores and texts swim for our lives, whether that is a of American folk songs—the kind of diagnosis of cancer, HIV, or Alzheimer’s songs that people sing (or used to sing) disease; a debilitating and exhausting in response to the hard realities of life. compulsion or addiction; the loss of a I was fascinated to learn that in some job; a failed relationship; the death of songs from Appalachia, particularly, the a loved one. word hope is often used interchange-

The cloister garden in full spring bloom.

8 SSJE ably with the word help. I was even all people, and respect the dignity of every more intrigued to learn that the two human being? “I will, with God’s help” words derive from the same linguistic is the answer to every one. With God’s stem. Some of us still have etched in help. And God’s hope. our brains the language of God having I’ll offer one more caveat: God’s “holpen his servant Israel,” where the hope for the world and for our own etymological family resemblance is still lives is likely to be different from ours. readily apparent. I find this link quite No one in first century Israel expected comforting—the notion that our hope something so unimaginative and is in God’s help. It’s what enables pedestrian as a child born in a cave just Jeremiah to have hope in the face of over the hill from Jerusalem, and the the overwhelming odds, war, famine, Scriptures tell us that even Jesus hoped and pestilence. It’s what enables the for something different than crucifixion publican to pray for God’s mercy. and resurrection. The better future that Without God’s help, we have no hope. God dreams and imagines and hopes We say those “meaningful words,” for is likely to be very different from the as Archbishop Tutu calls them, regu- one which on we are likely to get fix- larly whenever we reaffirm our baptis- ated. But that’s the way God works. mal covenant (but I know that I for If you find yourself tired or discour- one do not live them out with “unam- aged or ready to give up, don’t. Keep biguous deeds”). Will you continue in swimming. There is plenty of oxygen. the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the The air supply is unlimited. Help breaking of bread and in the prayers? Will and hope are near. You are not alone. you persevere in resisting evil, and when- God is with you. God is with us. The ever you fall into sin repent and return to outward circumstances of life may not the Lord? Will you proclaim by word and give us much reason for optimism, example the Good News of God in Christ? Archbishop Tutu says, but because Will you seek and serve Christ in all God is God, there is every reason for persons, loving your neighbor as yourself? hope. Will you strive for justice and peace among

The Society of Saint John the Evangelist 9 Building Hope Constructing the Monastery during the Great Depression

Br. Eldridge Pendleton, SSJE

n October 1929, the stock market tial financial gifts from Isabella Stewart Icrashed, sending the nation into the Gardner and the Burton family allowed worst economic depression in history, land to be bought and the first building the Great Depression. During this to be built. This building, known as time, Spence Burton, the superior of Saint Francis House, was completed in SSJE, was working with the celebrated 1926. A second unit, with more rooms architect Ralph Adams Cram on plans and a temporary chapel in the base- for the new monastery on Memorial ment, was added to it in 1928. It was Drive. The project, when finished, used for ten years to house the members would not only enable the Society’s of the Society, and is now the Guest- work in the spiritual formation of house of the Monastery. But much was students, lay people, seminarians, left to be built, including the chapel and clergy, but would also be a living and new living quarters for the Broth- monument to the Society’s hope for the ers, as well as a refectory, library, and future. common rooms. The American Congregation of the When the Great Depression first Society of Saint John the Evangelist hit and many banks and companies gained autonomy from the English failed, most building projects in the branch of the order in 1914. When nation came to an abrupt halt. But Spence Burton was elected the second hope persisted among the members of superior of the American branch in the Society that a way forward would 1924, he had high aspirations for its be found. Burton and Cram contin- mission; aspirations that required a ued to work on the plans for the new suitable motherhouse for the Society’s monastic complex, with Cram finish- growing numbers and ministry. The ing his first sketch of the proposed project began to be realized when ini- buildings in 1929. Then, in the early 1930’s, Burton’s parents died, leav- ing substantial funds to continue the project. The new chapel would be built as a memorial to Burton’s mother, Byrd Waithman Spence Burton, as indicated by the memorial stone placed below the Rose Window (now obscured by the current organ). The main unit of the new monastery would be dedicated to Burton’s father, Caspar Burton. Work began on the new buildings St. Francis House, now the Monastery in 1936, with Burton and Cram laying Guesthouse, as it looked in 1928. the cornerstone for the new chapel in

10 SSJE A 1929 sketch by Ralph Adams Cram depicting his original vision for the Monastery and Guesthouse. a public ceremony on the Feast of St. the chapel to the monastery wing. It Mary the Virgin on August 15. Lo- provided for storage space, an incred- cal construction companies were used, ible view of the area from its top floor, and the project provided jobs for many and an organ chamber in the second stone cutters, brick layers, electricians, floor (in which an organ has yet to be plumbers, and artisans in a time when installed). The monastery wing, like unemployment was still extremely high. St. Francis House, was built of brick The chapel was designed along and tile covered with light gray stucco. monastic lines in the Romanesque or Construction was finished within a Norman style, with a monastic choir, year, but no money had been put aside arches, and an apse containing the high for outfitting. Later in the chapel, a altar. It was constructed of granite from baldacchino was added over the high a local quarry in Quincy, with Indiana altar, as well as stained glass from the limestone for the pillars and arches. studio of Boston artisan Charles J. For the floor of the choir and sanctuary, Connick, funded by donations from marble from Tennessee as well as from friends of the Society in New York City. Belgium, France, and Italy was used. Gifts from across the nation provided Cram, who would often reuse materi- furnishings for the Brothers’ cells, the als in his designs, obtained large beams kitchen, and the laundry room. that had once been part of a wooden Cram was aware that the great Eu- bridge over the local Mystic River that ropean monasteries were built gradually had recently been pulled down. These over time, adding buildings when the beams were used in the roof of the need arose and when finances made it chapel, as well as the roof of the new possible. So, with money running low, refectory in the monastery wing. the new monastery on 980 Memorial Cram designed a regal tower, Drive was intentionally left incomplete. eighty-nine feet in height, to connect As the Society continued to grow over

The Society of Saint John the Evangelist 11 The Monastery cloister, with scaffolding for the construction of the tower.

Unidentified stone masons laying the stones for the north wall of the Chapel. time, two additional wings to the monastery would be added to complete the cloister. But decades went past, and no new construction was accomplished. our own day has compelled us to recon- Our buildings are now in drastic sider our priorities. We Brothers have need of repair and renovation, and chosen to see this time as an opportu- added space is desired for offices, meet- nity to strengthen our communal life ing rooms, and common areas. Re- and refocus our ministries. We do not cently the Society launched a capital know what the future holds, but hope campaign, STONE & Light, to address still abides, and we are confident that these needs. But the economic crisis of God will show us a way forward.

Fr. Spence Burton next to Ralph Adams Cram, with three unidentified contractors, at the construction site of the Monastery.

12 SSJE Is God Calling You to serve in monastic life?

For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation. Psalm 62:1

Our 21-month novitiate program offers men between the ages of 21 and 45 the opportunity to explore religious life first-hand. During the novitiate, they will:

• Participate in the common life of the SSJE Brothers • Join the brothers in praying the Daily Office and celebrating the Eucharist • Engage in an ordered program of reading and study, with weekly novice classes • Take on regular work assignments that support SSJE’s life and ministry • Participate in our ministry of hospitality by extending welcome to our guests • Receive spiritual direction and training in prayer from professed Brothers • Be offered opportunities to preach (as they are prepared and able) • Develop friendships with the Brothers

For more information on how to apply for the novitiate, please contact the Novice Guardian at [email protected] or call (617) 876-3037, extension 28.

The Society of Saint John the Evangelist 13 The Art of Living Simply Making more of less

Br. Robert L’Esperance, SSJE “Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never enter it.” – Jesus “Simplify, simplify, simplify.” – Henry David Thoreau, Walden

ules for a simpler lifestyle cannot be when God’s justice will right power Runiversal rules. We are responsible for relationships and resource allocation. their imagination and situation. Nor is a A simpler lifestyle can be an act of ad- simpler lifestyle a panacea for what ails. vocacy for legal changes that will right But, a simpler lifestyle can be an act of corrupted patterns of production that faith as a matter of personal integrity disregard the earth and its creatures and and commitment to a more just distri- over-consumption by a fraction of the bution of the world’s scarce resources. population. It can be a resolution against a mindset Simplifying our demands can align that calls for overconsumption. with our needs, redirecting production Jesus called his disciples to become from Madison Avenue-inspired wants simpler like a child. Withdrawal from toward goods and services that will the often neurotic pressure of our satisfy genuine needs. materialistic society can be a response to that call. It can be an act of solidar- ity with the vast majority of humanity which lacks the range of choices we enjoy. A simpler lifestyle can be a way to share with those who have less and a way of returning to them what is usurped by unjust social and economic structures. Assuming a stance of under- consumption can be provocative invitation to others into a conversation about affluence, poverty and social justice. Our faith is not about authority or rules. It’s about service and relationship. We are asked to bring about the kingdom here and now. Simpler can A Kennedy rocker on the Monastery be a way of anticipating that kingdom cloister.

14 SSJE Do I believe that if I adopt a simpler lifestyle I am going to end poverty and that my actions are going to directly benefit the dispossessed? Maybe yes, maybe no. But any demand for proof of ef- fectiveness only plays into the myth that the poor are the problem and that the rich have the solution. 18th century keys and hinge on the front door Windsor chairs and hutch of Emery House. from the morning parlor at Emery House. Ways to Simplify Your Life: 1. Decide what’s most important to you. What do you value most? 2. List your current commitments and evaluate them in light of these values. What do you want to be doing with your precious time? 3. Simplify work tasks. Focus on the essential tasks and eliminate the rest. 4. Do one thing at a time. Multi-tasking is more complicated, more stressful, and generally less productive. 5. Sort through your stuff. Pick a room or a closet or a work area and do a thorough purging. Separate into three piles: keep, give away, and trash. 6. Simplify your wardrobe. Give away things you haven’t worn in the past year. 7. Limit your purchases. Buy less stuff. Ask yourself if you really need this and if you really need to own this before purchasing it. 8. Have a place for everything. 9. Limit your communications. Decide when and how much time you will devote to email, IM, phone calls, etc. 10. Eat slowly. Slow down to lose weight, improve digestion, and enjoy life more. 11. Exercise. It helps burn off stress and makes you feel better. 12. Spend time with the people you love. 13. Spend time alone. Learn to meditate. 14. Slow down. Live life more deliberately. 15. Always ask: Will this simplify my life? If the answer is no, reconsider.

The Society of Saint John the Evangelist 15 Living with the Land: Emery House Interns Reflect on their Experience

Kristin Hennesy. Kristin is a member of the Fellowship of Saint John and a longtime friend and regular worshipper at SSJE.

From September to December, Tara O’Neil and Rick Richards stayed in the hermitages at Emery House and worked as interns under the guidance and supervision of Brent Was and Windy Dayton, who care for the property. The interns helped bring in the harvest, build trails through the forest, prepare the house and fields for winter, and transform a fallen tree into a pile of firewood and a rustic bench. They also learned a lot about the land and themselves. We asked them to speak about their experiences and we share the highlights with you here. or some kale,” and then we’d run up to the garden and grab it. That was awesome. I think well-cared-for organic food always tastes better, but the fact that I helped this particular food grow, well, that just made it taste even better. Being connected to our food is so important. So many of us work all day and eat food to keep going, but the Rick Richards and Tara O’Neil tending work we do isn’t directly related to the the raspberry canes in the Emery House garden. food we eat to survive. Obviously, we use the money we make by working Working the Land to buy food, but to have your food be directly related to the work you do is Tara: I’d been wanting to learn more so much better. Tasting it, you really about growing food for a long time, so understand what you’re working for. it was great that Rick and I could be at Emery House for the harvest season. Rick: One of the first weeks I was at We picked a lot of squash and a ton of Emery House, we were picking the last raspberries that were in bloom for the of the tomatoes off the vines before first month and a half we were there. pulling the vines out, because we had Toward the end of our time there, we to turn that part of the field over. You started putting in coverage crops, till- have to reach in through the vines to ing, and planting garlic. get the tomatoes, but you can’t re- The situation at Emery House is so ally see what you’re doing. We only ideal; I’d love to live like that all the wanted to pick the tomatoes that were time. When we were cooking dinner, ripe. After a little while, I could tell by we’d just say, “Oh, I need some cilantro touch what was ripe and what wasn’t. It

16 SSJE more whole as a person. To use the language of the church: it makes me feel Living with the Land: more like who I am supposed to be as Emery House Interns Reflect on one of God’s children. Learning these simple tasks and experiencing feelings their Experience connected to the Creation made me feel more realized.

Learning from the Land

Rick: My time at Emery House made me realize how much I value physical Rick Richards adjusts the alignment of a work and how much that work is part chain saw during a work weekend at Emery House. of my prayer life. Because Emery House is a monastic house, you sense that this seemed to me a wonderful, rich thing to is a place for silence and introspection, have that knowledge, just by touch. We even when the Brothers are away. It didn’t want to bring the tomatoes that was the perfect place for me to close my were slightly too ripe into the house, eyes and reflect on the experiences I’d because they would go bad in a day, so I had over the last year. It really helped started putting them in my shirt pocket. me to find the language to speak about I remember walking back to the house them. to get changed for lunch, eating these The central word that keeps coming perfectly ripened tomatoes out of my back to me about that time is “com- shirt pocket. It was an amazing experi- munion.” That’s what we called the ence. Food is so different to me now because I’ve had the experience of growing it and picking it myself. Later in the season, once the greens were gone, Tara and I decided to make a salad, so we went down to the grocery store and bought some salad greens. The salad was fine, but we both thought it felt empty, because we hadn’t walked out to the garden and picked greens ourselves. I’ve also become aware of how much I don’t know about the land and crops. People used to know about growing food; it wasn’t special knowledge. For my generation, that kind of knowledge is mythic, special. We have to take workshops to know when a tomato is ripe. It changed everything for me to A row of early-harvest pole beans in the know that by touch. It makes me feel Emery House garden.

The Society of Saint John the Evangelist 17 ers were really concerned with how Rick and I were doing. They wanted to be sure that we were getting something out of our time with them, as opposed to other jobs where the boss just wants to see what they can get out of you. It was really the most peaceful job I’ve ever had. We took time every day to go to the chapel, at lunchtime, to just sit and reflect. Not many jobs let you do that. Imagine if there were more jobs like that. This time gave me a chance to get in touch with my own spirituality. It allowed me to get closer to God. It was a really hopeful experience for me. Brent and Windy’s desire to help us to connect with the land and to understand things globally, while still putting it all within a Christian perspective, was really beautiful. In the past, environ- Tara O’Neil building a meditation bench mentalists had a radical stigma attached along the Artichoke River at Emery House. to them. But we’re slowly starting to realize that what we do in our life Eucharist when I was growing up. I like the term Eucharist, which is what we say now, but for me it will always be “Communion,” because we come together over this common ritual. My time at Emery was like that, because our daily work was communion. There would be times when all five of us were out in the fields picking raspberries—even Brent and Windy’s daughter, Hannah Maeve—then we’d come in and eat them together. It was such a completely human experience, and felt so important. It’s urgent for people today to have that kind of community and first-hand knowledge of creation.

Tara: This internship wasn’t like a normal job, where you’re working for a Hannah Maeve and her mother Windy boss who doesn’t care about your well Dayton (one of the Emery House caretak- being. Brent and Windy and the Broth- ers) picking raspberries.

18 SSJE every day, even the small things, really Rick: I hope Emery House can be a add up. People think they have to do place where people can go and re- something big to make a difference. member their connection to Creation, But if you just use your own grocery bag which many of us have forgotten. instead of getting a new one, that adds Emery House is a perfectly idyllic New up. It makes a difference. England landscape. You can walk down that main road along the stone wall Loving the Land and feel like you’re taking a walk three hundred years ago. It’s wonderful. It’s Tara: I’m someone who connects with a place that needs a lot of work and a God mostly through nature. A lot of other people feel the same, so it’s lot of love, but it rewards you for that wonderful to have places where people work and for that love with breathtak- like us can go and be in nature and feel ing walks and breathtaking views. It’s that connection. There’s an energy one of the best places I‘ve ever been around those places that people pick up in, and living here is one of the best on. Emery House is just so peaceful; you experiences I’ve ever had. The Brothers can really feel that when you’re there. are a very giving community and Emery Life gets so busy and hectic and bright; House is a very giving place. My experi- it’s so rare to have a place where people ences there echoed my experience of can go and have quiet time, time to the SSJE community as a whole: thor- reflect. I’m happy as long as I’m doing oughly accepting of what you have to physical work and connecting with the give, and only more beautiful because land. That’s what I was able to do every of that. day during my time at Emery House. I loved it there.

The Society of Saint John the Evangelist 19 Hope in the Desert Remembering Antony of Egypt

Br. Andrew Gary, N/SSJE

as God ever spoken to you? Antony, HAbbot in Egypt, a founder of monas- ticism who died in the year 356, would have answered that question with a resounding, “Yes!” And he found hope in the desert based on what God spoke to him. Raised by his parents as a Chris- tian, Antony was dramatically affected when, as a young man, he heard the passage from the Gospel of Mark where Jesus says, “…Go, sell what you own, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.” His response led him to the margins – he went to live in the Egyptian desert, and led a life of solitude, fasting and prayer. Antony was known personally by Athanasius, the great Bishop of Alexandria, who wrote his Life of Antony shortly after Antony’s death. In it, we find this short paragraph: “Having learned that we should always be praying, even when we are by ourselves, he prayed without ceas- ing. Indeed, he was so attentive when Scripture was read that nothing escaped him.”1 Antony was attentive to Scripture, and it was integral to his prayer. Today we might refer to him as a “biblical A depiction of St. Antony of Egypt, from a literalist.” We might even call him stained glass window in the Monastery Chapel.

20 SSJE “extreme,” and we would not be far off if we dubbed him “eccen- tric.” But Antony was spoken to by God through the Holy Scrip- ture – the Word spoke to him. The story that St. Mark recounts in his Gospel is about Jesus speaking to an unnamed rich man. But Antony heard it as if the words had been spoken directly to him. While we might not be biblical literalists – hearing and responding to the Word in the same way that Antony did – God still speaks to us through the Scriptures. Has Scripture spoken to you? Convicted you? Confirmed you? Assured you? Has your encoun- ter with God through Scripture changed your life? Given you hope in the desert? Would you allow it to? We might not be as hasty or Brs. Kevin Hackett and Bruce Neal outside of St. Antony’s cave on Mt. Qumran extreme in action as Antony was, but in Egypt. we can respond when the Word touches our hearts. It might be an enlivened Like Antony, we can cultivate the response to the Gospel imperatives to virtue of attentiveness to the Scriptures, feed the hungry, clothe the naked, visit and make it a part of the praying of our the sick and imprisoned – a renewed lives. I would go so far as to say that our commitment to love mercy, do justice life in Christ depends on it. and walk humbly with God. It might In the words of 1 Peter, and in honor be to follow Jesus more nearly, striving of Antony, “discipline yourselves, keep for Antony’s singleness of heart. Or it alert.” might simply be to hear again that God God is speaking to you. loves us, and to abide in our Christian hope – “to live with confidence in new- ness and fullness of life, and to await the coming of Christ in glory, and the 1Wright, They Still Speak: Readings for the Lesser completion of God’s purpose for the Feasts, Church Hymnal Corporation. New York. world.” (BCP, p. 861) 1993. p. 18.

The Society of Saint John the Evangelist 21 COMMUNITY NEWS Br. James Koester traveled to his na- Brs. Curtis Almquist and Bruce Neal tive Canada and led a retreat for semi- served as chaplains for the Palestine of narians at Queen’s College, St. John’s, Jesus course at Saint George’s College in Newfoundland, January 5-9; and for in East Jerusalem, January 17 – the Diocese of Edmonton, February February 6. 9-13. Br. James also led a retreat for the bishops of Toronto in Washington, D.C. at the College of Preachers from January 12-16.

Members of the Fellowship of Saint John were on pilgrimage to the Holy to the Holy Land with Brs. Bruce Neal and Curtis Almquist: (left to right) Fred Rose (Atlanta, GA); Sarah Buxton-Smith (Buffalo, NY); and Paul McLain (Lawrence, KS). Br. James Koester with retired Archbishop Michael Peers, the former Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada and longtime Br. Timothy Solverson led a retreat friend of the community. for the Province I college students at the Barbara C. Harris Camp and Br. Bruce Neal led a retreat for Christ Conference Center in Greenfield, New Church, Norway, ME, at the Monas- Hampshire, February 20-22. tery, January 6-9.

Br. Curtis Almquist led a retreat for the clergy of St. Mary’s Church, Richmond, VA at the Monastery, January 13-16.

Br. Geoffrey Tristram traveled to Richmond, VA, to serve as chaplain to the New Bishops’ and their Spouses’ Conference, January 19-23. Br. Timothy Solverson at the Monastery Br. Eldridge Pendleton led a weekend with Amy McCreath, Episcopal Chaplain at MIT; Mary Beth DiGenova, a current retreat for St. Stephen’s Church, student at MIT; and Melva James and Richmond, VA, at the Monastery, William Doss Suter, recent alumni from January 30 – February 1. MIT.

22 SSJE Brs. James Koester and Jonathan Br. Geoffrey Tristram, with Phillip Maury traveled to the Kanuga Con- Petree, traveled to Dallas, TX, March ference Center in North Carolina to 4 – 7. Geoffrey led a program for Saint participate in the St. George’s College, Michael and All Angel’s parish; and Jerusalem Reunion, February 18 – 22. Phillip met with several individual parishioners. Brs. Curtis Almquist, Mark Brown, and Eldridge Pendleton, along with FSJ member and consultant Phillip Petree, traveled to Richmond, VA, February 26 – March 1. Curtis led a retreat for St. James’ parish; Mark and Eldridge led a retreat for St. Stephen’s parish; and Phillip did presentations about our development needs.

Br. Geoffrey Tristram with FSJ member and development consultant Phillip Petree.

Br. Jonathan Maury led a retreat for a group of men from Toronto and Ni- agara in Canada, and from the Diocese of Massachusetts, at the Monastery, March 10-14.

Brs. Eldridge Pendleton and Mark Brown.

Br. David Allen represented the Society at the 20th Anniversary Celebration of the Consecration of Barbara Harris as Bishop Suffragan of Massachusetts. David also helped welcome Presiding Bishop Katherine Jefferts Schori to the Boston Chinese Br. Jonathan Maury. Congregation’s Sunday Eucharist at the Brs. Tom Shaw and Geoffrey Tristram Cathedral of St. Paul on March 1. attended the meeting of the Episco- pal House of Bishops at the Kanuga Br. Curtis Almquist led a retreat for Conference Center in North Carolina, a group from Saint Michael and All March 12-18. Br. Tom is the Bishop of Angel’s parish, Dallas, TX, at the mon- Massachusetts, and Br. Geoffrey serves astery, March 5-8. as Chaplain to the House.

The Society of Saint John the Evangelist 23 From March 13 – 15, many friends of Rule. For the second year in a row, the Society gathered at Emery House highlights from Holy Week and Easter for Pruning Weekend. Numerous at the Monastery have been made trees and shrubs were pruned, and the available in audio form on the web. gardens prepared for spring. Visit www.SSJE.org, and see and hear for yourself!

In February James Farrell and Keith Nelson elected to withdraw from the novitiate. We wish each of them well in their individual endeavors.

Friends at Emery House: (left to right) Antony Pretti; Todd McKee; Monica Liberman; Br. Robert L’Esperance; Peter Liberman; Richard Kimball; Tom Peltz; and Br. Andrew Gary. Br. Bruce Neal led a retreat for St. James’ Church, Richmond, VA, at the Monastery, March 19-22.

Br. Bruce with members of St. James’ Church, Richmond, VA. (with our dog Duke)

Br. Timothy Solverson led a Lenten Quiet Day at the Church of Our Savior in Brookline, MA on March 21.

During Lent, the Brothers launched what has become an extremely popular feature on our website, the SSJE Audio

24 SSJE The Society of Saint John the Evangelist The Friends of SSJE

I have a great debt of gratitude to the Brothers. They have freely offered me Friends sanctuary in my distress, guidance in my www.ssje.org perplexities, friendship in my loneliness, wisdom in my ignorance and, perhaps most importantly, they have helped me in innumerable ways to focus freshly on the mind and life of Jesus Christ. They have also taught me about a constant “attitude of gratitude.” The Rev. Dr. Mark Anschutz is former rector of Saint Michael and All Angels, Dallas, TX and serves on the Board of Episcopalians for Global Reconciliation.

Of all the gifts one receives in this life of changes and chances surely friendship is most highly to be valued. The Community has a charism for friendship, as is appropriate given their dedication to the disciple Jesus loved. They meet us as friends do – where we are – and encourage us as we move along, struggling to become our truest selves and to flourish as God so desires. As they love us, so we are called to love them and to offer our gifts to them for their full flourishing. Barbara Braver is a writer and editor who served for nine years as Assistant for Communication to the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church.

In the Gospel of John, we hear Jesus give an invitation to join in an enduring friendship, to abide in him as he abides in us. As you know, the Monastery in Cambridge has been the home for SSJE brothers since the 1920s. For just as long a period, the Monastery has been a spiritual home for countless souls along the way. We could not do what we are called to do without your continued support. Especially during these challenging and opportune times, we brothers seek to live, pray, and serve with a robust sense of God’s hope and God’s sustenance. Thank you for your partnership in the Gospel. Curtis G. Almquist, SSJE Superior A gale arose on the lake of finance this year. Your gifts have rebuked the winds and the sea and there is calm at SSJE to be had. Thank you. Jamie Coats, Director, Friends of SSJE

Please let us know if you would like a copy of the Ways of Giving brochure to learn how you can include SSJE in your estate planning. Friends of SSJE The Society of Saint John the Evangelist 980 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 02138 Tel: (617)-876-3037 ext. 24 E-mail: [email protected] www.ssje.org

The Society of Saint John the Evangelist 25 Becoming a Friend Please consider becoming a Friend today. A tax-deductible contribution may be made by check (payable to “SSJE”), credit card, or a gift of securities. Gifts may also be made online through our website.

U.S.A. CANADA Friends of SSJE “SSJE” c/o Scotia Trust Co. The Society of Saint John the Evangelist Attn: Mrs. Vi Bunclark 980 Memorial Drive Trust Administrator Cambridge, MA 02138 The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Co Tel (617) 876-3037 ext. 24 Exchange Tower, 130 King Street West, 20th Floor, Email: [email protected] PO Box 430, Stn First Canadian Place Toronto, www.ssje.org Ontario M5X 1K1 UK For UK tax deductible donations please donate via the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF). Contact www.cafonline.org or telephone 01732 520 050. Please specify “The Society of Saint John the Evangelist, Boston” when making your gift.

The Friends of SSJE Annual Fund 2009 Information on Giving U.S. Giving SSJE Friends in the USA can make tax-deductible gifts to SSJE. Checks: Please make checks payable to: SSJE and send to: The Society of Saint John the Evangelist, P.O. Box 382601, Cambridge, MA 02238 Online: Credit card donations can be made via www.ssje.org Stock Gifts: Please email [email protected] for details. Monthly Gifts: Please email [email protected] if you would like to make monthly payments by credit card. Pledging: If you like to pledge please email your pledge to [email protected] Tax Receipts: After the end of each calendar year receipts will be sent for Chapel gifts made by check and for all pledge payments received.

Canadian Giving SSJE Friends in Canada can make tax deductible donations through The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust. At this time we cannot accept Canadian gifts paid by credit card. Please make checks payable to: SSJE and send to: “SSJE” c/o Scotia Trust Co., Attn: Mrs. Vi Bunclark, Trust Administrator The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company, Exchange Tower, PO Box 430, Stn First Canadian Place, Toronto, Ontario M5X 1K1

UK Giving SSJE Friends in the UK can now donate through Charities Aid Foundation (CAF). This method allows SSJE to reclaim the taxes paid by the donor as is allowed under UK tax law. You can open a CAF Charity Account either online at www.cafonline.org or by calling 01732 520 050. Please specify The Society of Saint John the Evangelist, Boston when making your gift. Please Remem- ber SSJE in your will.

26 SSJE LEVELS OF GIVING The Brothers rely on Friends who give at all levels. Many Friends, watching over the Society, have stepped up their level of giving. For this we are deeply grateful. In 2008 the Annual Fund was down 7% from 2007. The Brothers have held their budget level for three years in a row. A report on the SSJE’s finances will be available in the summer. In 2009, with the endowment down, the Brothers are ever more reliant on the Annual Fund to meet operating expenses.

The Brothers need our help this year and in the years ahead and, may I be so bold as to suggest, we need to be that generation who by our collective stewardship helps them weather these times and go forward from “strength to strength” in this new century. Thank you for your gifts and please, weigh carefully if you can step up your level of giving in 2009 and join with me and others in continuing to give. – Mark Anschutz

# of Donors 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 • All donors 1,439 1,523 1,516 1,472 1,545 1,525 • $5,000 + 12 11 17 22 24 24 • $2,500 - $4,999 15 13 10 33 35 34 • $1,000 - $2,499 62 50 74 123 128 125 • $500 - $999 96 100 113 183 156 156 Total Donations (US Funds) 512,029 461,656 579,632 829,257 835,539 776,592

The Annual Fund of SSJE is made up of gifts given by the Friends of SSJE and it includes collections in the Chapel, the spring and fall appeal gifts, gifts from members the Fellowship of Saint John, Annual Fund pledge payments, and donations given at other times. It does not include restricted gifts or bequests. SSJE ANNUAL FUND REPORT 2008 This report is based on records of gifts from Friends going back to 2002. Please let us know if our records do not match yours. Many thanks. Welcome New Friends of SSJE Friends of different ages, cultures and walks of life will enrich our humanity. – SSJE Rule

The Brothers welcome new donors who joined the Friends of SSJE in 2008.

It’s important to know that places like the monastery are there. Even if we cannot come as often as we would like, to know that this community of men is there, every day, praying, makes such a difference. We want to support them because it’s such an important thing for the world to have that community of prayer there, lifting up to God every day. It is a safe haven for us when we come. —The Rev. Casey Shobe and the Rev. Melanie Shobe

The Society of Saint John the Evangelist 27 I came away from my retreat experience feeling that this community of Brothers has such a powerful way of proclaiming the Gospel. I really feel a sense of duty to help this community continue. Hopefully enough people like me will be touched by their experiences to do what they can do to help. — Marcia Dodge

NEW DONORS

Anonymous Church of Our Savior, Jamie Hamilton Robert & Barbara Ahlenius Arlington, MA Kim Hardy Laura J. Ahrens Church of Saint John the Evangelist, Jude Harmon Amanda Akes Hingham, MA Brenda L. Haywood Jean M. Alexander Melissa Claughton Fox Dorothy Heinrichs Carol Anderson Bradley Clompus Joanne Hemenway Elizabeth N. Anderson Matthew M. Commons Robert Hennagin William Ankenbrock John Condrey Page Henrion Maryetta M. Anschutz Carolyn Connerat Mrs. Frank Hicks-Walke Richard P. Anthony Justin Cooper Richard T. Higgins Jonathan & Ruth Appleyard Lea F. Courington Judy & Ronald Hoff Clark Ball William Cruse Ruth Hooke Richard Bardusch, Jr Bob & Valerie Dannals Donna Hrub Patsy Barham Beth Darling Lucinda L. Hughes Brent & Kathleen Barrett Richard R. Daves Deborah H. Hunley Jane L. Bartter Anne Davidson Mary Dixon & Jack Hutcheson Prudence Baxter Judy Davis Lillian Hyde Patricia Beamish Alexander C. Diana Ellen Icochea Mark Beckwith Marcia Dodge Laura Inscoe Ellen G. Berndt Doherty Family Fund Carla Layne Jackson Barbara Bertrand Valerie Donati Dorothy Jackson Doug Bidwell Forrest C. Douglas Charles E. Jenkins Stephen Blackmer Melvyn Douglas Andrew Jensen Howard Blunt Herbert Druesel Lloyd Johnson Nell Bolton Jessie Drysdale Mark Johnson Emelie & Dirck Born Cassandra Eckhof Anna-Lisa Johnsson Cameron & Joanie Borton Deirdre Eckian Anne Johnston B. D. & Faye Bouldin Betty Emmons Judith Jones Maureen Bourque William D. Everett Virginia Jordan V. Michael Bousquet Cenita Fairbanks Will Joyner Andrea Bowlby Joseph Farnes Thomas Julian Dianne E. Boyd Donna Farrior Ken Keeton Chris Bridges Betty & Davis Fitzgerald Elizabeth Keith Hill & Peggy Brown Andrew Fortuna Elizabeth T. Kennan Richard L. Brownell Craig A. Foster Katherine Kerley Roberta Bruce Donald Fox George & Nancy Kidder Stephanie Budwey Ann Fraser Sally M. Killman J. Paul Bullock, Jr. Angela Freeman Bob & Mary Etta King Tony Buquor Lindsay & Leonard Freeman Hall Kirkham Reynolds Burgund Clarke French Barbara J. Kittredge Richard Lowndes Burke Robert Furniss Rochelle L. Klinger Lisa Burnes Mary Anne Garland Katherine H. Kyte Philip Burnham Elizabeth Gary Alvin P. Lafon Tom Burrell Joyce Gasparovic Joan Lang Thomas Byrne & Susan Hockfield Page W. Gentleman Ledlie I. Laughlin, Jr. Calvary Church, Tarboro NC Laura Gettys Ramon L. Lavandero David A. Camin Steve Gilbert Bentley Layton Mary & Donald Canby Slater Jane Gilchrist Jeffrey Dean Lee Gene Caputo John Gork Debra Lemieux Robin D. Carlo Margaret Graham Mary F. Leonard Nancy Cash William A. Greenlaw Lisette B. Lewis Christ Church, Swansea, MA Steve L. Griffiths Charles & Blyth Lord Christ Church Parish, Charles Groves Philip B. Lyons Pensacola, FL Nate Groves Beth A. Maier Christ Episcopal Church, Anne Guenzel Laurel P. Malson Charlotte, NC Mary Gulrich L. Howard Maltby Edith Church Joan Haggard Stephen Martin

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Wendy Mathia Louis Powell Verona A. Swaim Martha H. Mauzy Frances M. Preston Anne & David Swanson Stuart McCluer Anne Ramsey Lee Taft Todd S. McDowell Martha Raper Pablo Teodoro, Jr. James McGill Abigail Reynolds E. W. Thomas David McGrail Peter G. Rich Warren N. Thompson Joyce & Ian McIntosh William W. Rich Win Treese Jennifer McKenzie Laurie Rogers Trinity Church, Millford, MA Elizabeth Marie Melchionna Earl & Sandra Roney Eric Turner Andrew Merrow Elizabeth C. Rose Robert Valentine Christopher Miller Patricia & Gordon Roush Gerard Vallone Ricardo Miranda Saint Francis Episcopal Church, Rufus Van Horn Tim Montgomery Holden, MA Dianne Vantomme Richard Morris Rodney G. Sarle Kate Vaughan Donna Mote Philip Schaffner Keith Voets Mary E. Murchion Gwen W. Sears Robert P. Wadley New College Chapel, Oxford, UK Gus & Marillyn Seeberger Chris Walker Linda Nicholls William L. Shaffer Douglas L. Wallace Paula Niedmann James Shannon Sandra Wallace Holmes Barbara Noble William Sheridan Eric York Wallischeck Martha Nossiff Shin Ai Shujo Kai Harry Walton Kathleen O’Doherty Melody & Casey Shobe Wangeci Wamunyu Lydia P. Ogilby Tom Shutt Frederick Warnecke Hannah & Jeff Olivet Blanca G. Silvestrini Angela Welsh Linda & Ronald Olivet Patricia Skibbee Elizabeth West Terrell R. Otis Ian Skoggard Hillary T. West Rick Pagliughi Jay Smith William J. Wigmore Susan W. Paine Thomas Smith Betty H. Williams Bruce Partington Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church, Edward & Karen Williams Scott Paul Casper, WY Caroline M. Keller-Winter Stephen & Kathy Payne St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Diane M. Wright C. Matson Pearce Richmond, VA Mrs. Gratian M. Yatsevitch Aaron & Cynthia Perkins Dawn Stegelmaun Frederic Zagury Emily & John Phillips Malcolm & Marcia Stevens Michael Zahniser Gaylord Pool Elizabeth Stevenson Patricia Zifcak Sam Portaro & Christopher Dionesotes Emily Stimson Sugg & Paul Sugg Paul Zintl & Lisa Frost Manette Pottle Henry & Kimberly Stribling Dirk & Sharon Zuschlag Diane L. Pound Mary Beth & Kevin Sullivan Sarah Zygmunt

Thank You to Abiding Friends of SSJE Christ has promised that if we abide in him …we shall bear fruit that abides. – SSJE Rule The Brothers are grateful for Friends who abide with them, giving year after year.

Giving-wise, the monastery has not been a community that sits off on the periphery for me—“I ought to give a little bit to their good work,” that kind of thing. My connection to the Brothers is as foundational to my life as my parish is, so I give to them in the same way I give to my parish. That attitude changes the type of contribution that I make. You stay on your foundation, you abide on your foundation. I give to help them to abide. —Sam Tallman

I can’t even explain the sense of connection to the community that giving back has created for me. You know, it’s “the price above rubies.” When- ever we reflect back the generosity and graciousness that God has shown us, it does amazing things to us. Giving is a privilege, and you feel that keenly when you can’t. It’s an overflow of gratitude, an expression of gratitude for all that’s been gifted to us, like a circle, a feedback loop. It’s transforming. —The Rev. Anne Ritchings

The Society of Saint John the Evangelist 29 ABIDING DONORS ~ TWO YEARS

Anonymous Jay H. Gordon Cynthia D. Pape Wynne J. Abrams Mary Green Mary Jane Park Wayne T. Adams Richard E. Greenleaf Cameron Partridge & Kateri Paul Eileen & Abbas Adenan Barbara Guvernator Rodger L. Patience Susan Albert Donald L. Hamer Miriam Patrose Mary Beth Alberts Jeannette Hanlon & Stephen Smith Yolanda Patterson-Seawright Jennifer & John Alexander Donald P. Hartz Molly Payne-Hardin & Fred & Martha Alling Donna J. Hicks Michael Hardin Nancy Allison Miranda L. Hipple Paul & Ruth Power David Andrews & Emily Gibson Lola E. Hogeman Rob Radtke Michael Baker Martha J. Horne Susan Ramey David Barney Peter Jacocks Howe Penelope D. Randolph Jane Bartolomei Justin Howson Dana M. Rea Cynthia Bell Stephen A. Huber Susan Reid Dorothy A. Bell Charles S. Hughes Donna J. Reidt Louise & Buck Blanchard Holly F. Hungerford William C. Rhodes Vicki Bonner Carolyn Hynson Beverly Rhymes Anne Bonnyman Richard & Sue Ingram Margaret Ris Eugenia H. Borum Norman H. James Jay Risk Harriet C. Bouchard James K. Jeffrey Emily E. Ritter David & Anita Brensinger Ewart Jones, Jr. Patricia Robertson Charles & Marie Bullock Alice Kennedy Valerie Robinson Betsy Bunn Michael Kinman Fred Rose Anne Burke Rona Kinsley Richard W. Rowland Pamela Busbee Kraig Kissinger & Mark Brown Saint Thomas’ Episcopal Church, Andrew Cadot Cynthia Kittredge St.Petersberg, FL Gary C. Calderone Kenneth Knapp Pamela Sawtell Charles A. Calverley Chilton R. Knudsen Maureen Shea Lynn M. Campbell Daniel Kunhardt Diane Shepard Henry R. Carse Robert A. Languedoc Meg Smith R. A. Chambliss Carole Jan Lee Emma Sparks-Hedman Tom & Kate Chappell Barbara C. Leek Scott A. Spaulding Peter & Virginia Chase Ryan E. Lesh Stephanie Spellers Muriel Chase-Dinardi Carol Lewis Bob Stains Jonathan C. Chesney Judith M. Lidberg Martha Stearns Patricia & Richard Chute Debbie Little Wyman James L. Steele Cathy Conn Thomas V. Litzenburg Robert & Jennifer Stiefel Julie N. Cook Lucia Lloyd Jerrold Thompson Stacey & Andrew Cooper Kathleen G. Lonergan Joan Todd Clayton Crawley Nancy R. Lord Suzanne Tubbs Sealy Cross George & Diana Luck Danielle Tumminio Peggy Daniel Robert & Barbara Ludwig Sophia H. Twaddell Margaret D’Anieri Ronald F. Lund Bonnie Umland Patricia & John De Beer A. C. Marble Francois & Susan Vaillant Doug DeMark Pauline & Gordon Marquis Jonathan D. Vance Gary M. Dickinson Gary & Lydia Mathews Amanda Vaughn Jeffrey & Linda Dienno Catherine Maxwell Dick & Joyce Vecchione Brett & Priscilla Donham Michael McCahill William Wagner Mifflin Dove Michael W. McCann Carolyn K. Walton Emmanuel Duplessis Robyn McCarty Beth & Ted Washburn Harold & Dorothy Dykema V. K. McCarty Thomas E. Weaver, Jr. Susan N. Eaves Scot A. McComas Daniel S. Weir William & Lois Edgerly Ann P. McElroy Chris & Kristen Wendell Karin Elliott Peggy McLoughlin Paul & Joan White Deborah Ervin & Margaret Cardello Andrea McNicholas William F. White Paul Evans Edmund P. Meade Brendan J. Whittaker, Jr. Barbara Faulk Marjorie A. Menaul E. Michael Whittington Stephen C. Fisher Jose W. Mestre Phillip & Donell Wiggins Mark & Laurie Flanagan Michael Moore Chloe Williams Stuart Forman Robert Moore Emily Williams Louise C. Fowler Ian Nettleship Kim-Eric Williams Melissa C. Fox Susan Neves Heather B. Wiseman Martha Frances Kathleen Norris Stephen A. Woggon William George Read & Jill Norton Geralyn Wolf Janet Ghattas Elizabeth O’Donnell Stuart C. Wood Eliza Ellen Gifford Charles & Seater-Margaret O’Hara Peter Wyckoff & Christy Dight George & Gethryn Giles Mirriam M. Oman Kathryn & George Young Mary D. Glasspool Frank Ordiway Mark & Eileen Young James A. Godfrey Louise Packard Cornella P. Zinsser Sally Galdston Richard R. Palmer

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Anonymous Graham Gunnigle Jennifer R. Regan Wallace & Gena Adams-Riley Robert E. Guthrie Stephen Richardson David J. Addington William A. Guthrie Hill C. Riddle Judith Allison Hope Hare Gene Robinson Norm Anderson Cornelius Dewitt Hastie Robert B. Rodgers Fred Ashe Susan S. Hayman John A. Ronveaux Jerry Askew Caroline Hines Sylvia & C. A. Rundell Walter Baer Bev & Michael Horsburgh Renee S. Rutkowski Frances S. Barna Mark & Sarah Howe Margaret L. Schoenemann Keith Bartholomew Gregory Hudson Nancy & John Schullinger John & Caroline Bauerschmidt Darrel Ann Humphrey Michael Seiler Mrs. Henry Beck Alice Hutter Henry M. Shaw Susanne Beck & Bill Parker Fred Jenkins David A. Sheetz Dianne C. Betts Jack P. Jensen John J. Shibley Madelyn L. Betz David P. Jones William A. Short Jody Blackwell Elizabeth & Raymond Kasevich Richard S. Signore Caroline K. Bloy Cary Ann & Kevin Kelly Rich Simpson Ann Boyd Louise D. Kelly Richard & Ida Simpson Lawrence A. Boyle Robert J. Kent John Sivley Grover T. Brinson Benjamin King Andrew D. Smith John A. Bross Phil & Wendy Kistler David A. Smith Jack & Susan Burtch Allan Knight Matilda Smith Ann & Rick Burts Beulah Koulouris Rusty & Jinny Smith Frederick & Katharine Bush Carl N. Kunz J. C. & Jeanne Snead C. Richard & Linda Cadigan Martha W. Lentz William M. Snyder Carol Callaghan Philip Lewis & Sandra Clarke-Lewis Nancy & John Solana Patricia & Leo Campbell Jurgen Liias Adrienne G. Southgate Brenton H. Carey Christine Ann Lojko Jeffrey L. Spahr Mary Carter Sheila Long Jodie Steeves Phillip C. Cato Raymond A. Low Linday & Jackie Stradley Susan Esco Chandler Virginia Lyons Deborah A. Streicker Patricia Chaput Margaret MacKenzie Ralph W. Strohm Sarah Coakley Evelyn Manzella Bernhard Suhm James Coats Christopher & Chloe Martin Mary C. Sulerud Ann S. Coburn David & Margaret Mason William Summers Milo G. Coerper Roy A. McAlpine Susie & Eric Swenson Anne Schoellkopf Coke & Henry Coke Andy McCarthy Owen C. Thomas Carolyn A. Coleman Elizabeth B. McCarthy Michelle & Stewart Thomas Audrey Conard Thomas E. McCullough Sue Thompson Mrs. Thomas M. Constant Tara L. McGraw Charles Till Isobel N. Coulombe Josephine M. McKay Graves Thompkins Jeffrey P. Coulter Peter & Natalie McNerney Randolph Trumbach Sue Crommelin-Dell Deborah Meister Pat Tyler & Bruce Garrison John S. Damm Roy W. Mellish John Van Siclen Michael Davis Edmund D. Meyers Liz Vizza Vickie G. Davis Steven D. Miller Nancy A. Vogele Laurel P. Deery Joe D. Mills Gloria Merry Walker Christie Dennis Judith T. Milone Carol Walsh Bolstad Charles A. Dickinson-Marks Alexander & Charlotte Mitchell Regina & Chris Walton Robert Dickson Karen B. Montagno Ginger & Benjamin Webb Paul R. Dooling & Sandra Danussi Bruce Montgomery Bailey O. Whitbeck Julia B. Dunbar John P. Muller K. Gordon White Philip & Kathy Duncan Richard W. Murphy Nancy A. White Marian Wright Edelman Richard J. Nicholas Dana Whiteside Thomas & Ann Ely Cindy Nottage Joanne E. Wilbert Shirley Mae Epp Elke & Tim O’Donnell Melissa Wilcox & Adam Kradel Laura E. Everett Joan H. & T. Francis Ogilvie Nevin I. Willard Amy L. Fallon Padraic O’Hare Eric M. Williams Margaret J. Faulk John R. Ohmer Marian G. Williams Linda Fischer Mary Ordeman Melissa M. Williams Albin Fogelquist Priscilla Owens Don Wills Alan C. French Prataap Patrose Don & Wendy Wimberly Dahn Gandell Bob & Ellen Peck Jerry & Ann Winterrowd Theresa M. Garofano Susan Pepper David A. Wisner Medora & John Geary Lenette Perra Gloria Lee Wong W. K. Gilders John L. Peterson Stewart Wood, Jr. Nicki Gillis Phillip L. Petree E. Davis Wortman William D. Glass Rene D. Petrine Robin Yergeau Richard S. Gorzela Peter Powell Emily C. Young D. C. Christopher Gosey Lloyd Prator Margaret Young Frank & Phoebe Griswold Richard L. Rasner Anna Zeusler Emily Guimares David M. Ray

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Anonymous Karen Lynn Eversman Colleen M. O’Reilly Billie P. Abraham Paul Fahey Larney Otis Emily C. Acton Kenneth J. Farmer Russell Palmer Meredith A. Allen Terese Finitzo & Kenneth Pool Richard & Joan Payne Gillian S. Ames J. S. Lucas Fleming Stephen Pearson Norton Baker William C. Flewelling John Powell Patty Baker Charles Foster Roland R. R. Pryor R. A. Bamforth Edward Franks Cathy Quinn Carol & Lex Barker William Frazier Chris & Josie Rhodes Tom & Linda Barrington Edward French Nancy & Ross Roberts Ward J. Bauman Ellen M. Frith Hays & Linda Rockwell Paige Blair Edward Garrigan Laurie Rofinot Shirley Blancke Jacqueline Gates Alan Rollins Raymond N. Bligh Maggie Geller S. Wyman Rolph Norma L. Bosse Carlson Gerdau Donald & Margaret Romanik Blair Both Jim Gettel Jack Sawyer David & Nancy Bowman Jennie R. Gould Denise A. Shea Anne A. Brewer William & Hilda Gould Nancy & Thomas Shepherd Frank C. Bridges, Jr. Mary Gustafson Anne B. Shine Susan M. Brown Lyle G. Hall Richard Simeone & Lyn Brakeman Glenn L. Burdick Eileen Harakal Beverly C. Simmons Colette Burghardt Jose A. Hidalgo Susan Singer Leonetta Burns Wallace E. Higgins Reuben & Nelda Smith Moses Buyondo Rob Hirschfeld Maida Dale Soehl & Peggy & Webb Carr Robert B. Horine Robert Jeffrey Broudo Anna H. Caskey Simon & Amy Horsburgh Charles St. Germain Veronica M. Chapman Jane Huntington Sharon Stadtwald Virginia Chase Diana Johnson Nancy Barnard Starr Mary V. Chatfield Marilyn B. Justice Janet R. Stearns Michael & Jane Chesson Frank Karel H. Michael & Margaret Stevens Peter R. Coffin Alex Kern Elizabeth B. Stommel Pat & Jack Coleman Kristin Kopren & Tom Masterson Lewis & Eve Stone Karen & Jamie Coleman Bruce & Sue Lederhouse Jon & Elizabeth Strand Aimee L. Coolidge David & Jo Loomis Jennifer R. Strawbridge A. Cooper Nancy Lowry Ernie & Eden Suguitan Julie E. Coryell William & Liane Luke Charles & Margaret Taylor Roy Coulter Cameron Macdonald John R. Taylor Douglas & Sarah Crabtree William F. Magee Stephen E. Teichgraeber Walter Crissman Robert Martel Jean M. Tucker Hal & Rhonda Culbertson Joan P. Maxwell Alexandra Turner Cheryl A. Cullion John McDargh & Timothy Dunne Robert J. Vanderau Elliott & Ann Curtis Lisa & Moore McLaughlin Richard Vanderlippe Elizabeth & John Dailinger Margaret McNaughton Steven & Gayle Vryhof Ann H. Davis James Meeks William Warburton & Ruth W. Davis John R. Meengs Patricia Cunningham-Warburton Maria DeCarvalho Joan B. Melvin Richard C. L.Webb Anne L. Deneen The Mercier Family Trust Vance L. Wegner Ed Devany Claudia W. Merritt Paula Welling Philip Devens Rodney R. Michel George A. Westerberg Sarah Doering Charles W. Mock Michael S. White Lee Doucette Lisa M. Montuori Arthur B. Williams Jacqueline H. Drapeau Barbara A. Morton Roderic D. Wiltse Michael Dwinell Lois E. Murphey Andrew Wissemann Barbara L. Edgar Mac Murray Dean Elliott Wolfe ElizaBeth Emery Robert K. Myers Lewis Wright Frederick D. Erickson Anna C. Neitzel Todd Estabrook Diana C. Nouri

ABIDING DONORS ~ FIVE & MORE YEARS Anonymous Betsy Anderson Paul M. Bailey Anoma & Rohan Abeyaratne Mary G. Anderson Caroline M. Bain Acham-Fredrick Arts Endownment Nancy W. Anderson Thelma & Phillip Ballew Leroy Adams Mark & Peggy Anschutz Andrew A. Barasda, Jr. Lillian T. Adams Charlene Arzigian Michael & Gretchen Barber Ellen Aitken & William Porter Verna Atwood Gordon A. Bardos Sharon A. Alexander Marc G. Aubertin Jean C. Barker Fred M. Allen Norman E. Aubrey Patricia & William Barrett Don & Bea Almquist Victor Austin J. Barrington Bates

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Lisette D. Baxter Frank & Tracey Clarkson Jane & Arthur Fields Barbara Beinhocker Julie C. Clarkson Michael Fill Joan M. Bengtson Bobby G. Clement & David A. Stout John Finley & Stan McGee Robert E. Bennett William P. Clemmons Andrew Foster Thaddeus A. Bennett Wallace & Jean Clift Richard Todd Foster Laurie Bergamini John F. Cogan & Mary L. Cornille A. Wayne & Anona C. Fowler Anne B. Berkley Suzanne F. Colburn Richard F. Fowler Bruce G. Betts Judith Cole Joseph P. Fratic Alfred Bigelow Elizabeth W. Colton Sharon S. Freeland David J. Billeter Community of Celebration Gary Freeman Henry E. Bird Elizabeth A. Compton Reed H. Freeman Karen Bird Jack & Mary Coogan Kent M. French James & Marcia Birdsall Elizabeth G. Cook John & Nancy Fritschner Betsy & John Bishop Edward & Joy Coolidge Stewart Gamage & Joseph Stettinius Joseph P. Bishop Paul Cooper Julia & John Gatta Jim Blake Mrs. Richard W. Couper Susan S. Gaumer Kalita & Ed Blessing Dorothy F. Cousins Emily & John Gedrick Andrea Bliss-Lerman Jeffrey M. Cox L. John Gillespie Gwyneth & Kenneth Bohr Gretchen Craffey Sylvia R. Gilman Lorae G. Boisvert Mary E. Creighton Shirley A. Gilson Hebert & Elizabeth Bolles David M. Crowe George H. Glazier Mrs. Kenyon C. Bolton Robert W. Cudworth Edward & Anne Gleason Barbara L. Bond Robert C. Cummins Steven R. Godfrey & David Martin Steve Bonsey & Elisabeth Keller James E. Curry Richard Goldhor & Pamela Chester Claudia & Peter Booth James D. Curtis Billie Mae Gordon John & Catherine Booty Tom & Mary Cushman Jane & John Gould Alice C. Bothroyd Ed & Nancy Cyr Gary & Bonnie Graham David & Catherine Boyd William & Claire Danaher Gordon Graham Lawrence H. Bradner Anne P. Davidson Elizabeth Wade Grant Barbara L. Braver Susan P. Davies Roland & Geralyn Gray H. Day Brigham, Jr. Gail Davis Astrida Greco Ellen Signaigo Brockman Katharine B. Davis Drury & Linda Green Sarah Brockmann Sarah Dawson Davis Edward R. Greene James & Mary Jo Brown May & Carl Daw Roger Greene & Naomi J. Brown William B. Day Nancy Hopkins-Greene Roy F. Brown William D. De Silva Robert E. Greenfield Edmond & Patricia Browning Pierre & Wendy De Villiers Patricia Greenwood Jane Bruce Mary M. Decatur J. Clark & Wendy Grew Sally L. Bub G. Gates DeHart Ruth A. Griesel Ruth V. Buckley Margaret Delaplane William K. Gros Norman B. Buckman Stephanie & John Denson Daniel L. Gross Robert L. Buckwalter John & Susan DeWolf Patricia H. Gross Elliott & Doris Buell Guy K. Dice Bonnie P. Gruetzmacher Margaret Bullitt-Jonas & Robert Jonas Darrel & Doris Doane Margaret & Peter Gunness Robert Burlingham John Donaghy James R. Hamill Russell Bush John W. Donnelly Craig R. Hamilton David W. Bustin Terence J. Donovan Ruth F. Hamlen-Howe Sarah Buxton-Smith Thomas & Therese Dowd Constance A. Hammond Guy Buzzell C. Andrew & Joanne Doyle Sanford Z. K. Hampton Valentina & Marshall Cannell Henry L. Doyle Jack H. Haney Clint & Cathy Capers Para R. Drake George & Yvonne Hanford Linda & Stephen Cappers Robert & Deborah Dresser Jacqueline Hansen Paul J. Carling & Cherise A. Rowan Thomas F. Duplessie Virginia B. Harlan Merrill & Timothy Carrington Darcy J. Dye David R. Harper M. Hampton Carver Irene Dygas Rick Harrell Joy & Leo Cass Beverley B. Edminster Andrew S. Harris Paul T. Cassedy E. Viola Elliott Barbara C. Harris Christine Cassels Ingrid & Frank Elliott Edward R. Harris Denise & Louis Cavaliere Doris Emery Gayle E. Harris Ruth Ann & Bud Cederholm John P. English Richard & Sarah Harrison Charles Chace Scott E. Erickson Joseph M. Harte, Jr. and John & Karen Chane Robert W. Estill Susan Brainard Harte Richard & Delia Chang Katharine C. Evans Martha H. Hedgpeth George Chapman Michael & Barbara Evans Charles Hefling Tansy Chapman Thomas A. Faulhaber Katharine L. Heigham Randall Chase Kathy & Bill Faye Joan B. Heilenday Laura & Richard Chasin Edward & Sheila Fellhauer Judith C. Heinrich Mary P. Chatfield G. Douglas Fenton Robin Hendrich Domenic & Annette Ciannella David & Betty Jane Ferner Stephen J. Hendrickson Katherine G. Clark Elise A. Feyerherm Polly Henninger

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Geraldine Herbst Richard Lawler Audrey J. Murdock Susan Hermanson Jeanne & Thomas Leaman Stuart Naegele Robert F. Herrick Yoojin Janice Lee Mark & Abigail Nestlehutt Sam Herring Peter J. Lee Paul Neuhauser Frances H. McNutt Mary & Thomas Lehman Roy & Evelyn Nolen Marcia Hobart, A.L.G. R. Barry Levis David L. Norgard Joan Daniel Hodges Peter & Monica Liberman Daphne B. Noyes Martha Holden Art Lillicropp James Nutter Megan Carr Holding Dora Anne Little Scott Ogilby Tom & Virginia Holleman James H. Litton Ellen O’Hara Mary Hope Neal E. Logue Philip Olander Michael W. Hopkins Anne W. Long Arvid E. Olson Joan & James Hornsby Charles C. LoRe Elaine M. O’Malley Sarah Horton & Gunnar Urang Richard T. Loring Robert & Theresa O’Neill Priscilla & Amory Houghton Janet Lovejoy Elizabeth & John Orens William C. Houghton Ira Lowe Charles Orme-Rogers Estella & George Hovnanian Ann S. Lowell & Mary Steigner Robert Orsi Donna Hryb Richard E. Lundberg Kenneth H. Orth Francis A. Hubbard Patsy R. Lyle Lynn C. Paff Douglas & Sallie Craig Huber Barbara P. MacDougall Roy Palmeri Ginny Huggins Robert & Maria MacFarlane Eleanor J. Panasevich Barbara Hughes Duncan & Eleanor MacQueen Jonathan & Jessie Panek David & Janet Hughes John & Olive Malcolm Gene H. Paradise Sam & Isabel Hulsey Kerry Ann Maloney Jeanne & Scott Paradise Robert F. Hunt Louise Mann G. Palmer Pardington William G. Hurst Patricia A. Mann-Sherman Floyd H. Parkman Derek & Celia Hybels Daniel Marshall Sam & Mary Parkman John Isbell Catherine F. Martensen Bobbi Patterson Joel & Florrie Ives Donald P. Martin Nathan A. Paxton Philip C. Jacobs Bruce & Sandra Mason Edward & Susannah Perkinson Philip & Nancy Jerauld Pam & Stuart Mathews K. Jeanne Person & Kamal Abdullah Frederick Jodry Karen Mathiasen Louise Phelan Agnes B. Johnson Barbara P. Mathues Jennifer Phillips Bruce & Emily Johnson Joseph E. Mazza Lynne R. Pike Curtis & Carol Johnson Ruth Bresnahan McAleer Bruce Pingree Katherine Breadley Johnson Jeff McArn Louis W. Pitt Robert & Julie Johnson Marcia P. McCampbell Karl A. Plank Wayne A. Johnson John & Anne McCausland William & LuAnn Polk Colin Johnstone & John Fong Amy & Brian McCreath Patricia Jean Porter Mary B. Johnstone Anne S. McGhee Dorothy S. Post Anne Shelburne Jones Betty Jo McGrade Neff & Dorothy Powell Gary & Cherry Jones Ellen B. McKinley Fairbairn Powers Helen Jones & Thomas Pike Eleanor L. McLaughlin John C. Powers Jeffrey & Priscilla Jones Robert McMath James T. Prevatt Rick & Gail Kamminga J. Frank & Laura Turnage McNair Thomas W. Pritchard Miltiades A. Karamechedis Thomas & Madeleine McNeely Patricia Progin Vivian W. Kardaras Donald S. McPhail Eleanor B. Pyle Marilyn Keiser Michael Paul Melendez James C. Ransom Nancy E. Kelso Cecily Merrell George C. Rapp Bill & Marsha Kendrick Cama & Robert Merritt Donald A. Reade Richard K. Kimball Pat & Ed Metz Henry & Mary Reath Peter Kinder Elizabeth MacKiernan Miel Anne Rector Prudence C. King Marilyn & David Miller Ruth Redington Thomas D. Kinman Nanci & Richard Miller Maria-Regina Retamal-Farias Mary H. Kitses Roberta & Alan Miller Anna Louise Reynolds James & Esther Knudson Thomas Paul Miller Joe & Elizabeth Reynolds Marian K. Korbet Ann & Scott Mingledorff Edward Rich Paul S. Koumrian Wayne A. R. Mionske Robert & Virginia Riggins Carol J. Kraft Marilyn D. Mitchell Jennifer Cole Ripman & Armand John Kreft James W. Montgomery Richard Munroe Judith Krumme C. J. Moore Anne Ritchings & Kay Hankinson Sheryl Kujawa-Holbrook & Helen & Tom Moore Robert Rizner Paul Holbrook Nancy H. Moore Maria L. Roberts Ted H. Kwan Carlton O. Morales Burton A. Robie Barbara B. Laborde Barbara J. Morgan Suzanne Robinson H. Carter & Ann Land Eleanor Morris Cristine V. Rockwell Erik W. Larsen Eliot Moss Dorothy & William Roderick Susan E. Lassen William & Dianne Moss Cathy Rodgers & Steve Kimbel Gresh Lattimore George H. Moyser Yvonne D. Rogers Jay M. Launt Catherine A. Munz Renate S. Rose

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Winston & Sally Rose Joseph N. Srednicki Ellen Wadsworth Catherine E. Rosen E. Kyle St Claire Katrina R. B. Wagner Graham J. Ross Anne G. Stanley Emmett M. Waits Jane Ross B. Pauline Stanley Robert Walcott Hal & Aline Rubin Steven E. Stanley Arthur & Roberta Walmsley Hildegard S. Ryals Arthur L. Stevenson Barbara L. Walters Christy & Stephen Sacks Andrew P. Stewart D. Delos Wampler Joseph Sala Gerald C. Stoppel Lorna & Raymond Wanta Jonathan Sams Mary & Scott Street George B. P. Ward Barbara Sanderson Lisa Streyffeler W. Thomas Warne Scott C. SanJurjo Kenneth D. Strickler Sally Slade Warner Lois Sauer Benneville & Martha Dunn Strohecker Daniel Warren Betty B. Sawyer Daniel Strong & Nancy Baillie Strong Patricia Warren Eunice & Don Schatz Sally Stuckey Phoebe Dent Weil Stuart A. Schlegel Derald W. Stump Edgar F. Wells Leonard & Janet Scinto Maryalice Sullivan Steven & Elizabeth Wells William Fred Scott Anne V. Summerlin George & Charlotte Wendel John Seddelmeyer Philip H. Talbot Peter Wenner & Barbara Williamson Laurian Seeber Charles Taliaferro & Jill Evans John & Caroline Westerhoff Howard Seip & Nancy Fishell Samuel V. Tallman John & Kathryn White Luanne Selk & Jon Skillman Ann Hemingway Tarlton Roger B. White Lucy Sewall Francis C. Tatem Roger & Maurie White Jane Shaw Linda M. Taupier Mary Lee & Richard Wile Stephen & Linda Shaw Jeanine Taylor Eve C. Williams Nola P. Sheffer Rebecca Taylor & Tom Pease Francis E. Williams Douglas S. Shepler Suzanne & Peter Ten Broeck J. Peter Williamson Steven Shore Janet Teng Mason & Prue Wilson G. Richard Siener Sue Tennant & Kit Wang Louis O. Winkler Catherine J. Simmering Holly & Jerry Tepe Richard H. Winters Ursula B. Simmons Sue Stewart Tidwell Thomas D. Wintle Judith R. Sizer M. Jane Tiernan Reilly Chuck Woehler Eleanor H. Skonberg Maurine & Robert Tobin Maryanne Wolf Susan Joy & Larry Smellie Sam A. Tomlinson Max J. & Olly Wolf Harold Ivan Smith Kai O. Torkelson Lynn K. Woodcock Jen & Charlie Smith Nancy H. Torti Adrienne Wootters Nathaniel & Roberta Smith Murray L. Trelease Alice E. Worman Patsy A. Smith Peter Trenholm Adrian B. Worrell Stephen F. Smith Thomas & Nancy Trueblood Peter L. Yeager Valerie J. Smith Timothy O. T. Ts’o Jonathan Young J. Russell Snapp Faith W. Turner Mark A. Young Celia A. Snavely Arthur H. Underwood Jervis S. Zimmerman T. James Snodgrass A. J. Van den Blink Susan Zorn Kristy Snyder Gerry Von Daacke Herbert W. Sprouse Wesley & Fran Vryhof

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