The Disciples Divinity House of the University of Chicago
Vol. 89, No.2 DDH Bulletin Fall 2019
He worked closely with Disciples in 125th year entering House Scholars K-State’s ecumenical campus ministry— and also with InterVarsity as one ex- pression of his commitment to bridge divides. He is co-founder and chair of the board of Community CORE, a community development non-profit for people in rural communities. Monica Carmean (MDiv) grew up in Fresno, California. She earned a BA from Northwestern University (2007), and a JD from Georgetown University Law Center (2012). She has worked in policy and legislative advocacy, espe- cially at the intersection of health care and justice, in the US Senate and on Front: Landon Wilcox, Emily Springer, Ross Allen, Danny Sanchez, Paige Spencer. campaigns. After the 2016 election, she Back: Monica Carmean, Benny VanDerburgh, Aneesah Ettress. moved to Chicago, where she became Eight individuals were named entering State (BS, Economics), where he was a active at Gilead Church and has con- House Scholars for the 2019-20 year: Truman Scholar and a Rhodes finalist. tinued to pursue interests in religion Ross Allen (MDiv) is a summa He grew up in the Church of Christ and public discourse. cum laude 2015 graduate of Kansas and later joined a UCC congregation. (continued on page 4)
more global engagement when he first 125th Celebration continues at GA came to Chicago.” DDH’s 125th anniversary celebration also its breadth.” Beau Underwood and Tim Lee, continued at the biennial General Mr. Gilpin and Mr. Vargas each who helped lead the Assembly as its Assembly of the Christian Church spoke in response to the award, and First and Second Vice Moderators, (Disciples of Christ) in Des Moines, their remarks are published here. Garry were acknowledged. Disciples General Iowa. Alexis Vaughan Kassim, Alumni/ Sparks, Associate Professor of Religious Minister and President Terri Hord ae Council co-president, welcomed Studies at George Mason University, Owens brought greetings and spoke of about one-hundred alums and friends introduced them. Nodding to Mr. her admiration of the honorees. Dean to a luncheon on July 23. Gilpin’s book, A Preface to Theology, Kris Culp sounded the theme, “Grate- The Council wanted to mark Mr. Sparks made his own ethnographic ful for what is to come,” in her remarks the anniversary in a special way, and turn by focusing on what Gilpin and (excerpted here). decided to honor two individuals as Vargas (and implicitly, other alumni/ Continuing the anniversary Distinguished Alumni. “So many al- ae who they may represent) have done theme, President of the Board of ums are doing great work in academia, in relation to three publics: the church, Trustees April Lewton invited participa- local churches, in justice and mission academy, and civic society. Noting, tion in the 125th anniversary cam- organizations, and our Disciples gen- too, the numerous alumni/ae who paign. The goals support the enduring eral ministries,” she explained. “David have spent time with overseas mission mission of the House: to provide Vargas and Clark Gilpin exemplify not partners, he observed that Mr. Vargas scholarships and immersive learn- only the excellence of that work, but “brought with him this decolonial and (continued on page 5) 2 Inaugural Dr. Geunhee Yu and Mrs. Geunsoon Yu Scholarship awarded faith, love, and leadership have pro- Gaylord Yu, a trustee of the foundly shaped the Christian Church Disciples Divinity House, and his (Disciples of Christ) and their own brother, Gideon Yu, together with their family. From 1992 until his retirement families, were inspired to establish the in 2011, Dr. Yu served as the inaugural scholarship to honor their parents, to Executive Pastor of the North Ameri- celebrate the long partnership between can Pacific Asian Disciples (NAPAD). DDH and NAPAD, and to ensure He had been the first among the innovative pastoral and intellectual NAPAD community to earn a PhD in leadership for future generations. Religion. Ms. Ettress was nourished by a Dr. Yu carried forward and imagi- richly diverse theological heritage, Aneesah Ettress and Gaylord Yu natively extended a legacy passed on to including four generations of leader- him from the founders of NAPAD, Da- ship in the Church of God in Christ Aneesah Ettress, a second-year MDiv vid and JoAnne Kagiwada, Soongook on her mother’s side and her paternal student, has been named the first Choi, and Harold Johnson. Under his grandmother’s membership in the Na- recipient of the newly endowed Dr. leadership, the number of new congre- tion of Islam in the 1960s, where she Geunhee Yu and Mrs. Geunsoon Yu gations grew exponentially, many new found a faith tradition that empowered Scholarship. The scholarship recogniz- cultural and language groups became the blackness of her family. Aneesah’s es high promise for innovative pastoral part of NAPAD, diverse young leaders own experiences as a child and teen in and intellectual leadership, especially were nurtured, and educational initia- a megachurch in Southern California, within multicultural contexts. tives were created. Among the leaders and global experiences and interna- Selection of the recipient is guided whom Dr. and Mrs. Yu have encour- tional study provoked discernment and by the examples of Dr. Geunhee Yu aged are alumni/ae Sandhya Jha, April engagement through her undergradu- and Mrs. Geunsoon Yu, two remark- Lewton, Timothy Lee, Vy Nguyen, and ate studies in religion and art history. able individuals whose intelligence, John Roh. (continued on page 5) Scholarships recognize promise, achievement “Hundreds of alumni/ae and friends of the House have contributed to these scholarship funds out of a commit- ment to this institutional idea and association,” observes House Scholar Mark Lambert. “It is truly humbling to recognize how much Disciples Divinity House has invested in me.” This year, twenty Disciples Divinity House Schol- ars receive significant support for their masters and doctoral studies. Additional scholarship funds are being raised in conjunction with DDH’s 125th anniversary. The newly established Dr. Geunhee and Mrs. Geun- soon Yu Scholarship is awarded for the first time to Aneesah Ettress. See the Front row: Sarah Zuniga, Rachel Abdoler, Emily Springer, Mark Lambert, Aneesah accompanying article. Ettress, Victoria Wick. Back row: Landon Wilcox, Paige Spencer, Danny Sanchez, Ross A significant gift from the estate Allen, and Hiatt Allen. of Katherine A. Dey, a remarkable and Eleanor Tenant Scholarship, which Mark Lambert is this year’s Edward woman from Arlington, Virginia, adds remembered dear friends. Paige Spen- Scribner Ames Scholar. A PhD candidate in to two scholarships that she established cer and Emily Springer, both first- Theology, his dissertation is titled, “The during her lifetime: the M. Elizabeth year Masters students, received these Sacramental Sickness: The Perceptual Dey Scholarship, which remembers her awards. See the related articles. Interplay between the Eucharist and the grandmother, and the Florence Drum The following students also re- Leper-Christ in Medieval Theology.” He ceived special recognition: (continued on page 4) 3 Katherine Dey extends an extraordinary legacy During her lifetime, Katherine A. Dey 1993 and 1995), with their recipients. established two scholarships at the Dis- “Dear Dean Culp,” she wrote in ciples Divinity House: the M. Elizabeth 1995. “To start off with, please call me Dey Scholarship in honor of her grand- Katherine. My grandmother, M. Eliza- mother, and the Drum and Tenant beth Dey (which is pronounced DIE) Scholarship in honor of dear friends. and I always refer to her as Mom, was When she died in October 2017, at age born on December 17, 1876, the 4th of 96, she had provided for a final gift 10 children, on a farm in the Shenan- through her estate of $465,601.88. Her doah Valley of Virginia. Being 4th in gift increased the total endowment for line she quickly learned how to care for the Dey Scholarship to $365,576, and others.” for the Drum and Tenant Scholarship She continued, “Mom died in July to $299,616. 1968 at 91½ years old and because of Ms. Dey was a lifelong member of her life, her concern for others, her the Disciples of Christ in part because religious convictions and insight into her grandmother, who raised her, had human nature and what she meant to seen the need for a congregation in me I felt something should be done to legacy Katherine Dey has passed on to northern Virginia and had become mark this. … In 1979, I saw the oppor- next generations of ministers and co-founder of the Wilson Boulevard tunity to establish a memorial to Mom leaders from her grandmother, her Christian Church in Arlington. Kath- in a way I thought best reflected her church, her dear friends, and through erine would become one of the first impact upon the church and humanity the accumulation of her steadfast two women elders of that congregation in general. Thus, the establishment of “doing,” generosity, and faithful and the first female board chair in the the M. Elizabeth Dey Fund.” attention. Capital Area region. DDH alumnus Ray Schultz had Like her grandmother, and also been the minister at Wilson Boule- like her friends Florence Drum and vard since 1966. His pastorate was DISCIPLES DIVINITY HOUSE of Flo’s mother, Eleanor Tenant, Kather- important to Ms. Dey, as well as to Ms. the UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO ine Dey was a doer in the church and Drum, who had served on the pulpit in life. She lived modestly in a two- committee that called him. 1156 East 57th Street bedroom home across from the public The first recipient of the Dey Chicago, IL 60637 library in Arlington, Virginia. But, to Scholarship was Stephanie McLemore, 773.643.4411 use a phrase from the parable in Luke who has now served for many years as ddh.uchicago.edu 12, she was rich toward God and oth- the chaplain of the University of Lynch- ers. burg. Danielle Cox, one of Stephanie’s Dean Kristine A. Culp Associate Dean Yvonne T. Gilmore She knew what dedication and students who is now a senior minister Administrator Daette G. Lambert hard work meant. During World War in Avon, Indiana, became a recipient Director of Finance Parag Shah II, she had moved to Florida to serve as of the Drum and Tenant Scholar- a “Wendy the Welder”—that is, welding ship. Perhaps most gratifyingly, Lee Board of Trustees parts of ships and planes before “Rosie Hull Moses, another Dey Scholarship President April J. Lewton the Riveter” could even begin. She recipient, became one of Katherine’s Vice President Pamela James Jones drove a car pool for the long commute own ministers at the First Christian Secretary Paul A. Steinbrecher Treasurer Mareta J. Smith to Fort Meade, Maryland, during Church of Falls Church, Virginia. (Lee her 32-year career with the National is now chief of staff in the Office of the Security Agency. After retirement, General Minister and President.) Constance U. Battle Verity A. Jones she volunteered full-time for the local “Wow! You sent us a winner!!,” Joan Bell-Haynes Angela A. Kaufman Red Cross and supported the humane Katherine wrote on September 19, Larry D. Bouchard Cynthia G. Lindner society and the church. 2004. “Rev. Lee preached today and Thandiwe Dale-Ferguson Chad H. Martin Her generous estate gift was pre- I think she went over great…. And Julian DeShazier María Pérez ceded by great generosity and attention do you know what—it’s an irony—or Teresa Dulyea-Parker James E. Stockdale during her lifetime. She built the schol- whatever you want to call it—but today J. Marshall Dunn David A. Vargas arships through annual gifts, begin- would have been Florence’s (Drum) W. Clark Gilpin Clark M. Williamson ning in 1979. She corresponded with 80th birthday!! Wow—if that’s not successive deans at DDH and, after something—!!!!” Allen V. Harris Melinda K. Wood the scholarships were first awarded (in What an extraordinary gift and Claudia A. Highbaugh Gaylord Yu 4
Entering Scholars Christianity, and feminist approaches Landon Wilcox (MDiv) is a (Continued from page 1) to religion and religious ethics. She magna cum laude graduate of the plans to pursue a PhD. University of Lynchburg (2017), where Aneesah Ettress (MDiv) is the first Emily Griffith Springer (MDiv) he was a religious studies major and a Dr. Geunhee and Mrs. Geunsoon Yu is a 2019 summa cum laude graduate fellow in the Westover Honors College. Scholar (see the related article). of Bethany College, where she was His studies took him to China, Cam- Danny Sanchez (MDiv) is a 2011 co-valedictorian of her class, and re- bodia, Vietnam, and England. He is a graduate of the University of Chicago, ceived the Harold and Evelyn Watkins native Virginian, a musician, a lover of where he earned a BA in political Pre-Ministerial award, among other the outdoors, and a member of First science with general honors. He has honors. She was an interdisciplinary Christian Church of Lynchburg. He worked in digital media as a manager studies major with a concentration in was a 2017-18 NBA XPLOR Resident, and in marketing and campaign man- psychology, religion, and culture, and interning at the Network of Commu- agement. He comes to the Disciples is considering further pursuit of these nity Ministries in Richardson, Texas. from his experience at Urban Village interests through a dual degree. She A ninth student, Ellie Leech, UM Church, Hyde Park-Woodlawn. interned at Bethany Memorial Church, has been granted a free room as a He is interested in the why and how of and was engaged in numerous extra- House Scholar. She is currently a CPE gathering as a human and a religious curricular activities. resident at Northwestern University phenomenon. Benny VanDerburgh (MDiv) is Medical Center and studying Disciples Paige Spencer (MA) is a 2019 a 2015 Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum History. She is a 2019 MDiv graduate graduate of Texas Christian University. laude graduate of Bates College, who of the Divinity School, and a 2016 She began TCU as a chemistry major majored in English and was honored graduate of the University of Virginia. but added a religion major after find- for creative writing. After graduation, While living at DDH as an ecumeni- ing the academic study of religion to be he worked in Portland, Maine, in social cal resident, she began teaching the intellectually transformative. Disciples work and education, through Ameri- children at Chicago Christian Church; on Campus and University Christian corps and later with public and private those experiences led to her decision to Church, Fort Worth, welcomed her, schools. He graduated from the Univer- pursue ordination as a Disciple and to and DDH alumna Patricia Duncan sity of Chicago’s MAPH program last join the congregation. She is the cur- became a pivotal role model. She is summer. rent House Council president. interested in classics and the history of
Scholarships tion for female scholars of religion. her study of Arabic in Amman, Jordan. (Continued from page 2) Her outstanding promise has also been Second-year MDiv Hiatt Allen was recognized by the Walker Ministerial awarded the M. Ray and Phyllis Schultz is teaching “Religion, Medicine, and Award, University Christian Church Scholarship, which recognizes prom- Illness” in the College as the recipient in Fort Worth, and as a recipient of ise for congregational ministry. He of the Divinity School’s Alma Wilson the Edgar DeWitt Jones Scholarship, interned with the Division of Overseas Teaching Fellowship. Central Woodward Christian Church, Ministries in Indianapolis this sum- The William Barnett Blakemore Troy, Michigan. mer. He is DDH’s worship coordinator Scholarship, which recognizes academic The Bernard F. and Annie Mae and treasurer of the Divinity Students promise and ecumenical vision, was Cooke Scholarship, established by a Association. His field education site is awarded to Jack Veatch for study at spirited lay woman from Houston LaSalle Street Church. the WCC’s Ecumenical Institute in who prized excellence in ministry, was Three additional entering scholars Bossey, Switzerland. The award supple- awarded to Sarah Zuniga, a second-year have been recognized with named ments funding through the Council MDiv student. She is completing field awards: The Oreon E. Scott Entering on Christian Unity of the Christian education at Chicago Regional Orga- Scholar is Landon Wilcox; the William Church (Disciples of Christ). He is a nization for Anti-Racism. She co-leads N. Weaver Entering Scholar is Ross Allen. 2019 MDiv graduate who was ordained DivOut, a student organization that The Rolland and Laura Frances Sheafor at the First Christian Church of Stow, supports the LGBTQIA+ community Scholarship, which was established by a Ohio, in July. in Swift Hall. longtime DDH trustee who was the The Alumni/ae Council selected The Henry Barton Robison Schol- founding president of the Christian Victoria Wick, third-year MDiv student arship has been awarded to Rachel Church Foundation and his wife, was and member of the Christian Temple Abdoler, a third-year PhD student in awarded to Danny Sanchez. Read more in Baltimore, as the William Daniel History of Christianity, and an MDiv about them in the accompanying Cobb Alumni/ae Scholar. She is DDH’s alumna. Her work focuses on medieval article on new scholars. Head Resident and co-president of Ivy, Christian texts from majority Muslim the Divinity School student organiza- contexts. This summer, she continued 5
125th celebration continues (Continued from page 1) Preparing for what is to come ing opportunities, and to make the historic building more accessible and Remarks by Kris Culp, July 23, 2019 welcoming. Nearly $3 million is already pledged or committed. “Each and every One hundred twenty-five years ago, Herbert gift conveys hope for and belief in a Lockwood Willett, the newly appointed dean of future where community, curiosity, and the newly created Disciples Divinity House of the courage continue to shape the world.” University of Chicago, welcomed the first entering Associate Dean Yvonne Gilmore class of Disciples Divinity House Scholars. and current student Victoria Wick con- There was no physical “house” when the cluded the program, leading the hymn fall quarter opened – nor would there be one for of gratitude: O God, we praise thy holy another 35 years. In fact, neither was there much name; God of Love, O God of Love. Our of a university. gratitude we here proclaim, hand in hand The founders had an idea of what it could mean to bring Disciples students to and heart to heart. For every gift, for every this promise of a great university, and they set about preparing for what was to come. friend, for fellowships that never end…. We are grateful for what their preparations would mean for the next genera- tions. We are grateful for the legacy that we have been given from deans Willett, Garrison, Ames, Blakemore, Browning, and Gilpin; grateful for the legacy that Yu Scholarship has been passed to current students from distinguished alumni/ae including Ar- (Continued from page 2) thur Azlein, Dan Genung, Bob Thomas, Frank Mabee, Ian McCrae, Bill Crowl, Michael Kinnamon, and David Vargas, and others in this room. As an MDiv student, she asks how Today we honor two of these alumni/ae, David Vargas and Clark Gilpin. works of art have allowed for “sacred We are grateful for their teaching and leadership, for what their work and lives attunement” (Michael Fishbane’s have meant for us and for so many others, and for what we know of loyalty and term), and “how we might learn from faithfulness because we know Clark and David. these historical practices to make We are grateful for emerging leaders who receive and are still transforming sacred attunement possible to those this legacy – including recent graduates Jack Veatch and Ellie Leech, who are who are marginalized or excluded from here, and the eight members of the entering class of 2019. the church today.” She is pursuing And yet, when we say today that we are grateful for what is to come, we are this question in a dual field educa- still a lot like our founders. We cannot possibly know what the next 125 years tion placement at the University’s will bring. What will ministry be like? What will teaching and learning be like? Smart Museum of Art and at Root We do know that circumstances mostly beyond our control will create chal- and Branch Church, a new Disciples lenges and possibilities in a future that we can only begin to imagine. There are congregation in Wicker Park where she reasons enough to be afraid or anxious. To say that we are grateful for what is to is now a member. come does not mean simply to be optimistic about what may come. Ms. Ettress is a 2016 graduate of Our charge in this 125th anniversary year is to set about preparing for what Occidental College. A post-baccalaure- is to come: to imagine what ministry and leadership may be needed, to transform ate fellowship supported her work on the gifts of the past into footholds for the future, and to prepare women and men an initiative to transform Occidental to be the critical thinkers and bold, creative leaders that the church and wider College’s Arts & Humanities curricu- world need now – and for whatever comes. lum. She is co-president of Alchemy in Color and serves on the Diversity Com- mittee at the Divinity School. Recently she was selected as the Hannah Hol- born Gray Graduate Student Fellow in Digital Scholarship at the University of Chicago Library. The newly endowed Dr. Geunhee and Mrs. Geunsoon Yu Scholarship will help to ensure full tuition, stipend, and housing for innovative religious leaders and emerging scholars and to make possible opportunities for extended internships and study-travel for generations to come. Hyein Park, Sarah Zuniga, Aneesah Ettress, Jack Veatch, Hiatt Allen, Victoria Wick. 6 David Vargas: “Sacred Spaces” and Altars of Hope Response to the 2019 Distinguished Alumnus Award; Introduction by Garry Sparks The son of a pastor within the Iglesia Cris- listen and learn from the congregation much chapter in my ministerial journey. tiana (Discípulos de Cristo) de Puerto Rico, more than to teach or lead. When I moved to Chicago, I was David Vargas’s leadership in congregational The Distinguished Alumnus Award accompanied by my lovely wife, Margie, ministry began in 1966; he was ordained in commended David A. Vargas “…for voicing and our twenty-two month-old son, 1970. He pastored three Discípulos congrega- and exemplifying the call to acompaña- Dabdy; but also, I was accompanied by tions before he, Margie, and their young son miento through partnership, solidarity, a dream and a very detailed blueprint moved to Chicago in 1971 for him to pursue and critical presence; for service to the of what I wanted to do with the rest of further graduate studies. Even during his time global church through Overseas Ministries, my life. at the Divinity School, he served as interim especially in the work of presiding and It was an amazing moment in my pastor of First Hispanic Lutheran Church, ad-ministering, going before and with others life, a moment when I looked into a Chicago. in mission and witness; for sustaining and future that seemed to have no limita- Within the Christian Church (Dis- being a living bridge between Disciples in ciples of Christ) of the US and Canada, he Puerto Rico and in the US and Canada.” tions. Besides my love for the Church has served the general expression in DHM It also cited his “distinguished service to and its ministry, very early in my life I and Obra Hispana, and, most visibly, the the Disciples Divinity House as alum- also became passionate about the arts Division of Overseas Ministries (DOM) and, nus, trustee, and passionate advocate for and, especially, about architecture. And by extension, Global Ministries with the theological education and its necessary role that’s the reason why, after complet- United Church of Christ. Beginning in 1983, in shaping critical pastoral knowledge and ing my basic seminary training, my big he served DOM as the Area Executive to engagement.” dream was to explore ways to establish Latin America and the Caribbean, as Vice a relationship (a connection) between President, and then as President until his re- my theological knowledge and my pas- My dear Disciples Divinity House tirement in 2011. In recent decades and until sion for architecture and the arts. family, it is an honor for me to share the last few years, David Vargas, along with When in my second year of with Clark Gilpin the 2019 Distin- Dennis Landon, has been the face of DDH on seminary I read for the first time some guished Alumnus Award. Clark has the denomination’s general stage. of Mircea Eliade’s writings, I became been a great inspiration for me; a bril- In his mission to make the Disciples a so fascinated with his understanding liant scholar and a great friend. Many more global church, he translated the Latin of how important “sacred spaces” have years ago, he was also a patient and American liberationist concept acompaña- been throughout the history of human- miento not just into a praxis of interpersonal tolerant neighbor, when we both lived ity, that I said to myself, “Ok! This is it! solidarity, but as a structural vocation of in the same apartment building on Chicago is the right place to work on “critical presence.” 61st Street. Also, with Nancy’s help, my dream and to accomplish my goal,” He majored in history at the University he was an excellent baby sitter for our without really knowing how cloudy and of Puerto Rico and earned his MDiv at the son, Dabdy, who will be 50 years old cold Chicago was most of the time, Evangelical Seminary of Puerto Rico, where in three weeks. and not even knowing what was the he also received an honorary doctorate in Believe it or not, in 1971, the Disciples Divinity House. 2003. Almost like an academic dean, Mr. year I arrived at DDH and the For me, to go to Chicago meant Vargas’s tenure at DOM emphasized a very Divinity School of the University of pedagogical approach to the global mission an opportunity for in-depth research Chicago, I was a young, slender, good field, one predicated on mutual relationships (continued on page 8) looking short guy with curly black of trust, in the vein of Paulo Freire, with mis- sionaries more as students than teachers. His hair – in good health and commitment to popular education has ranged with a lot of energy. In from the funding of scholarship programs for 1969, I had completed indigenous youth to earn university degrees in my MDiv degree at the medicine, law, and education, to providing Evangelical Seminary of refuge in the US to Latin American, and espe- Puerto Rico, and a year cially native, intellectuals who were violently later I was ordained by targeted for what they teach. the Christian Church When time came for a sabbatical, which (Disciples of Christ) in he could have taken anywhere in the world Puerto Rico. Having given his global relationships, he went to a accomplished those two Disciples congregation in Hammond, Indiana, milestones, I was con- Hope Christian Church. Like the Disciples vinced by that time that and UCC missionaries that he shepherded I was ready for the next through the Americas for 28 years, he went to David Vargas and Garry Sparks 7 W. Clark Gilpin: The “Unfinished Highway” Response to the Distinguished Alumnus Award, July 23, 2019 W. Clark Gilpin is the Margaret E. Burton rather than an implicitly normative approach. Divinity House across its 125-year his- Distinguished Service Professor of the History For many of us, he interlaced this approach tory. of Christianity and Theology, emeritus, at through courses where he strove to diversify The Disciples religious educator the University of Chicago Divinity School. the readings on the public church, shepherded William Clayton Bower introduced the A native of Oklahoma, he received his MDiv senior ministry projects, and compelled purpose of the book by stating that the undergraduate degree from the University many of us to continue to research on our own authors conceived the task of Christi- of Oklahoma, before earning his MDiv at in this vein, such as Sandhya Jha and her anity “in its relation to society to be cre- Lexington Theological Seminary. He earned antiracist history of the Disciples of Christ.” ative. Its work is not only to be carried MA and PhD degrees from the University of The inscription on the award cites him: on in the present changing social scene, Chicago Divinity School, where he entered “For contributions to the historical, cultural, but if it is to exert an effective spiritual as a Disciples Divinity House Scholar in and theological study of religion that have influence upon society, it must relate 1970. Upon graduation in 1974, he taught shifted perceptions and reoriented practice itself in a dynamic and creative way to at Kenyon College in Ohio and then at the and reflection; … for exemplary leadership Graduate Seminary of Phillips University, of the Divinity School of the University of the other social forces that are at work returning to Chicago in 1984 as the sixth Chicago and in theological education and the in the modern world.” dean of the Disciples Divinity House. wider academy; for distinguished service to the Edward Scribner Ames, dean of Mr. Gilpin served as a member of the Disciples Divinity House as alumnus, dean, Disciples Divinity House, minister Divinity School faculty from 1984 to 2011. and trustee, including teaching a generation of University Church, and professor As Dean of the Divinity School from 1990- and more of Disciples Divinity House Scholars of philosophy at the University of 2000, he oversaw the establishment of a new to think deeply, broadly, and critically about Chicago—casting about for a way to fill curricular structure, a transition from the their own tradition’s legacies, empowering his spare time—took up the challenge DMin to a flourishing MDiv program, and them to preserve and to transform what they of interpreting Christian worship and numerous faculty appointments, including in have received.” its “work in the modern world.” I find the study of Judaism and Islam. Subsequently, it the most evocative essay in the entire he directed the Martin Marty Center at the Eighty-four years ago in 1935, a group volume. Divinity School and the University’s Nich- of Northern Baptists and Disciples of “Religion,” Ames wrote, “is an ex- olson Center for British Studies, and served Christ affiliated with the University of perience of individuals, but it involves as a member of the executive council of the Chicago published a compact volume an associated life with other persons” University’s Scherer Center for the Study of entitled The Church at Work in the in a “never completed” process of American Culture. He was also appointed in Modern World. If we were to publish a growth and aspiration that defines “the the College and, from 1992-1996, Clark and similar book today, I suppose we would drama of human life.” This collective Nancy Gilpin were the resident masters of need to name it “The Church at Work pilgrimage has “no finished highway Burton-Judson undergraduate residence hall. Clark Gilpin studies the cultural history in the Post-Modern World.” Nonethe- ahead,” its goals are sometimes “disas- of theology in England and the US in the less, that earlier generation of writers trous,” and they regularly fall short of modern era. His first book was an intellectual and religious leaders captured a vision realization. Yet, throughout the centu- biography of Roger Williams, the seventeenth- of the church-in-the-world that evokes ries, pilgrims held fast to “a vision of century advocate of religious freedom. His for me the crucial features of Disciples (continued on next page ) second book, A Preface to Theology (1996), focused on the relation between religion and education in American culture. His more recent research has explored the relationships among religion, theology, and literature, in- cluding Religion Around Emily Dickinson (2014), a recently completed study entitled, The Letter from Prison: Testimony and Literary Form in Early Modern England, and, with Catherine Brekus, the co-edited vol- ume American Christianities: A History of Dominance and Diversity (2011). Garry Sparks observed, “A testament to Clark Gilpin’s vision within the academy is the proliferation of the use of this plu- ral—Christianities or Catholicisms—by other scholars that signals a diversely descriptive Alexis Kassim, Clark Gilpin, David Vargas, and Kris Culp 8
Vargas remarks came to my rescue. And thanks to the abruptly left the Divinity School, I now (Continued from page 6) prophetic vision and ministry of our realize that discovering and experienc- on the history and nature of “sacred church, a few years later I found myself ing those other “sacred spaces” that spaces” throughout the world, but also not only resuming but also expanding we don’t find registered in text books it meant the possibility of visiting one the research project I started in the Di- of religious art and architecture was day and experiencing firsthand the vinity School, by discovering and being precisely what I needed to complete greatest houses of worship we see very a witness to other very different “sacred the project I left unfinished the day often only in magazines and calendars, spaces” in our world which had not I decided to conclude my academic the famous (and ancient) cathedrals of been listed in the official text books work at that prestigious and beloved Europe, and the magnificent temples of the academia. I began to discover, educational institution. of other cultures and religions. for instance, places in our own nation Therefore, it is with that under- Very soon after I entered the where poor and undocumented sisters standing and profound personal con- Divinity School, I found myself on the and brothers worshiped and felt the viction, that I accept today with deep way to reach that goal, thanks to the presence of God (my God, your God) gratitude the gracious decision of the knowledge and influence of great teach- with tremendous faith and strength, Alumni/ae Council of the Disciples ers and mentors, such as Martin Marty, not necessarily in impressive build- Divinity House of the University of Robert Grant, Charles Long, Dean ings, Gothic temples or cathedrals, but Chicago.Thank you. Gracias. Blakemore of DDH, Mircea Eliade, of rather in dilapidated storefront rooms course, and many other great scholars. turned into holy houses for the Divine At that time, I certainly could not – places without pipe organs, without think of a better place to be than where colorful stained glass, and even without Gilpin remarks I was. a heating system or an air conditioner. (Continued from page 7) One day, however, around 1973- Thanks to my church’s prophetic the great life of which they were a part, 74, my life began to change drastically. vision and ministry, during the past and by which they were sustained” At a time when it seemed that every- four decades I have been forced out of in the “comradeship” of the journey. thing was moving smoothly and in the my comfort zone to meet areas of the Ames urged that “religious ceremoni- right direction, I felt a deep vacuum world devastated by war, hurricanes, als”—hymns, sermons, baptism, the in my life. Suddenly, I decided to leave tsunamis, economic misery, racial Lord’s Supper—should be “conceived as the Divinity School and DDH, and put discrimination and political repression. the imaginative representation” of “the on hold indefinitely my academic plans And there, in the midst of tragedy, in creative and expanding life” of human- and expectations. To be honest, that refugee camps, in detention centers, ity. has been one of the most difficult deci- and even in garbage dumps and other Ames’s striking refrain is that wor- sions I have made in my life, especially dangerous and neglected corners of ship celebrates our collective pilgrim- because I was convinced that such deci- our planet, I have discovered altars of age, the “highway” on which we are sion would mean that my possibilities hope, true “sacred spaces,” where the travelling, and the destination that we to reach the great dream and goals that presence of the resurrected Christ is seek. Ames counsels us, in short, to be brought me to Chicago were over. evident, both within Christian com- “grateful for what is to come.” But that was not what happened, munities, as well as among Muslims, thanks to God! Jewish, Buddhists, and people of other Which reminds me of the present Instead, when I least expected faiths. day: In the weeks since the 125th anni- it, the rest of my church (that is, the Today, I have to thank God for versary celebration for Disciples House, church of which DDH is part of) the intellectual insight, the spiritual May 24-26, I have been reflecting on freedom and the openness that the Larry Bouchard’s keynote address, on Divinity School and the Disciples the whole series of thought-provoking Divinity House brought to my life as a panelists and storytellers, and on the Puerto Rican young minister who was celebration’s theme, “Grateful for what trying to discern academically what is to come.” The 125th anniversary it really meant throughout history to resonated with many themes from the worship and feel God’s sacred presence writings of our early deans—not only in our physical world. But also, I am Edward Scribner Ames, but also Her- grateful today for the opportunity I bert Lockwood Willett and Winfred have had to witness to Jesus the Christ E. Garrison—and it honored that early in those other extra-curricular and less vision by creatively transforming it. sophisticated “sacred spaces” I have The transformation of the MDiv experienced in God’s creation. program described by Cynthia Lindner, Joan Bell-Haynes and Angela Kaufman Almost half a century after I (continued on next page) 9 Gilpin remarks Uncommon good: (Continued from previous page) suggests to me that respectful, sus- Remembering Esther and Carl Robinson tained multi-religious dialogue could Esther L. Robinson, widow of become the model around which Dis- alumnus Carl B. Robinson (1944), ciples House might conceive “what is to died in Ojai, California, in early come” for its role as a residential educa- August 2019, just shy of her 101th tional center. Bonnie Miller-McLemore birthday. Esther and Carl, who commented that “learning thrives amid died in October 2013, had shared narrative,” in no small measure because 71 years of marriage. They raised stories both evoke and orient emotions. two daughters, Jo Ann and Jean, Stephanie Paulsell emphasized learn- who survive them. ing as an experimental space, which Esther Lhamon and Carl is both reflective and open to creative Robinson were born in Iowa and possibility. Robert Franklin urged married in 1942. Two years later moral reckoning with “the full past” they moved to Chicago where as an integral component of orienting Carl enrolled in the University of ourselves toward the future. Otherwise, Chicago Divinity School through we may well be “destined to produce the Disciples Divinity House. At chaplains of the status quo.” that time, neither women nor mar- I initially thought of these trans- ried men were eligible for House formative ideas enunciated at our an- scholarships. However, Dean Ames Esther and Carl Robinson niversary celebration as contemporary granted a provisional scholarship to echoes of our history, as exemplified in Carl, which was later extended. Mr. terfaith work. Esther also worked with “the drama of human life” portrayed Robinson completed the three-year BD the League of Women Voters, Church by E. S. Ames. But echo is the wrong degree in 27 months. In 1949, they re- Women United, and the regional metaphor. We—the Disciples Divinity turned to Iowa, where Carl ministered Christian Women’s Fellowship. House of the University of Chicago— in Red Oak and Des Moines. Esther In 2005, Fresno Metro Ministry, are a living body, travelling what Ames drew on her background in music and together with the Interfaith Alliance called the “unfinished highway.” And business in the decades of leadership in of Central California and the Fresno the experience of our communal the church that followed. Ministerial Association, established pilgrimage deepens and extends both The Robinsons shared an unshak- the Carl and Esther Robinson Award our social engagement and our sense of able commitment to justice, peace, the for the Common Good. In 2009, self. integrity of persons, and the well-being the Robinsons were named the third Living toward the future is thus a of society. Their commitments came to recipients of the Northern California- collaborative act of moral imagination, exemplary expression in Fresno, where Nevada region’s Martin Luther King Jr imagination arising from an attentive they moved in 1962. Some observed Es- Award to recognize their lifelong work receptivity to our spatial and temporal ther as being more low-key and patient for justice and reconciliation. “surroundings.” It dares to be receptive than Carl, who pushed for immediate, Esther and Carl Robinson were to the future as sheer promise; to feel concrete results – though both pre- faithful to the House in small and large an obligation toward it; to invest our ferred to call attention to the challenges ways. They planned for a bequest from mental and physical resources in the at hand rather than to themselves. their estate – “not to pay a debt, but future, even if its contours are largely The Robinsons marched with to ensure a future,” as they explained. unknown. Moral imagination does not Martin Luther King Jr and organized Their planned gift arrived in late Octo- fear that institutions will stifle it but, for low-income housing. Some leaders ber, totaling over $40,000. During their instead, builds them in the confidence of the congregation Carl was serving long lives, they kept their eyes on the that those institutions are the “earthen became unhappy with his involvement future. They were uncommon agents vessels” in which and through which it in the community and fired him. The for the common good of all. will create and re-create, yet again. Robinsons then joined with others to I am grateful for the many ways start the Fresno House Church (Dis- that the creative imagination of Dis- ciples of Christ). ciples Divinity House has shaped my In 1970, they were founding life across forty-nine years; I am grateful members of the Fresno Metro Ministry. to share with David Vargas this honor They each worked with area peace and today; but most of all I am grateful for justice groups and were pioneers in in- what is to come. 10 Lee P. Hull Moses and Robert Moses Vy and Linh Nguyen A recognition of generosity B. Ernest and Judy C. O’Donnell Rory G. Osborne The Disciples Divinity House of the University of Chicago is pleased to present our annual Stephanie A. Paulsell and Kevin Madigan report and our interim report on the 125th anniversary campaign in the following pages. Samuel C. and Mary C. Pearson We are deeply grateful for gifts received from the following individuals, churches and foun- Angela Pfile and Douglas Job dations between July 1, 2018, and June 30, 2019. Don A. and Nancy C. Pittman
G. Philip and Loris Points Annual gifts from individuals totaled $99,105, and permanent gifts totaled $767,010. Thomas H. and Jane Quigley We received annual support of $40,435 through the Disciples Mission Fund of the Chris- Katherine M. Raley tian Church (Disciples of Christ). Katherine Raley Fund, CCF
Laura Jennison and Joshua C. Reed Gifts from alumni/ae and friends continue to grow, as do opportunities for learning, Marilyn Robie and Arthur Shechet thinking, and sharing the legacy of DDH. These generous donors helped to foster excel- John Roh and Sook-Ja Roh lence in ministry, leadership, and scholarship. Rolland H. and Laura Frances Sheafor Fund, CCF Yvonne Gilmore, Associate Dean George W. and Marsha Shields H. Fredrik Spier Richard E. and Marcia D. Starkey Robert G. Sulanke Fund, CCF Trustees Kristel Clayville and Mandy Burton Michael K. Stone and Patricia Perry Constance U. Battle Warren R. and Clara C. Copeland Bradford T. Stull and Maggie Kim Joan Bell-Haynes Robin Danielle Cox and Samuel Bateman Michael R. and Rebecca Swartzentruber Larry D. Bouchard and Peggy Galloway Lee A. and Margaret G. Crawford Nancy L. and Roger E. TannerThies Julian and Mallory DeShazier William E. and Patricia V. Crowl Laird A. and Evelyn B. Thomason Teresa Dulyea-Parker and Albert Keeney Kristine A. Culp Laura Jean Torgerson and J. Marshall and Barbara J. Dunn John C. W. Curry Timothy Donaghy W. Clark and Nancy Gilpin Bernard C. Dorsey Mark G. and Jeffica L. Toulouse Allen V. Harris and Craig V. Hoffman Kent and Janice Dorsey Beau T. Underwood and Casey Osterkamp Claudia A. Highbaugh Kristin M. Johnson and John P. Dow Shawn Van Dyke Pamela J. and Theodore Jones Patricia Duncan and Brandon Cline Stanley L. and Deborah Van Etten Verity A. Jones and William S. Wagnon John Dungan and Jennifer Jesse Norman A. and Katharine M. Wells JoAnne H. Kagiwada Stephen C. and Clara I. Duvall Robert L. and Eunice Welsh Angela Kaufman and Jack Poehlman Adam Frieberg and Heidi Haverkamp Donald H. and Ann Wheat April J. Lewton and Garry G. Sparks Russell M. Fuller Raymond B. and Lois R. Williams Cynthia G. Lindner Liv Gibbons and Elijah Buck Robert and Juli Wilson-Black Chad H. and Crista Martin Elaine A. Giermak and Frank L. Hoss Maria Perez and Nancy Brink Yvonne T. Gilmore Friends Mareta J. Smith Ana and Tod Gobledale Montee and Audrey Akers Paul A. Steinbrecher Brian W. and Claudia E. Grant Tom R. Akers David A. and Aida M. Vargas Marvin Hardy Griffith Don and Peggy Allan Clark M. Williamson Timothy J. and Donna S. Griffin Ron Allen and Linda McKiernan-Allen Melinda K. and Lanny Wood Judith Guy Mark Anderson Gaylord and Jenny Yu W. David Hall Thomas W. Andrews Lowell Handy and Erica Treesh Wayne and Sharon Anglim Alumni/ae Cheryl and Larry Jackson Pierre V. and Jeanette E. Autrey Roger R. and Barbara Adams Sandhya R. Jha Arvil Bass Rebecca Anderson Michael K. Kinnamon and Mardine Davis Donna Y. Barr Robert S. Bates Michael E. Karunas and Amy Zeittlow Julia P. Bean Amy and Roger Bertschausen Edward H. Kolbe Ben Bohren Kenneth Jake and Katy Bitner Mark and Daette Lambert Sherry D. Bouchard Charles and Barbara Blaisdell Dennis L. Landon and Bernard and Carol Jean Brown Robert L. and Ann K. Bromley Lana Hartman Landon James Brandt Kenneth T. and Donald A. and Joyce Leak Karen R. Brown Emily H. Brooker Langston Timothy S. and Yeahwa C. Lee Wallace Bubar and Gabriele K. Albrecht Erica Brown Amy E. Lignitz Harken and Bruce Harken Ann W. Burns Harold and Alberta Brown Fund, CCF Jeffrey S. and Paula R. Lindner L. Del and Lois Butterfield Peter D. and Carol Browning Colton Lott Jane Cahill Browning Family Fund K. Brynolf Lyon and Ann Taylor John and Barbara Cheadle Jonathan Cahill and Kristina Walter Allison B. Lundblad Brian J. and Ruth Ellen Cooper In celebration of our engagement Katy L. McFall and David E. Cobb Ann C. Cole and Caroline Jackson Stephanie McLemore 11
Disciples Divinity House, fall 2019. First row (l-r): Joselyn Walsh, Andrew Packman, Danny Sanchez, Virginia White, Ellie Leech, Yinxuan He. Second row (l-r): Sarah Zuniga, Rachel Abdoler, Emily Springer, Mark Lambert with Valen, Administrator Daette Lambert with Mary Mattie and Hogan, Dean Kristine Culp, Victoria Wick, Cheryl Jackson. Third row (l-r): Joel Brown, Monica Carmean, Paige Spencer, Linden Smith, Landon Wilcox, Trustee Paul Steinbrecher, Aneesah Ettress, Kate Gerike, Abdullah Naveed, Associate Dean Yvonne Gilmore, Savannah Gross. Fourth row (l-r): Luke Soderstrom, Ross Allen, Hiatt Allen, Yi Liu, Dhruv Nagar, Sarath Pillai, Benny VanDerburgh. Not pictured: Jaewoong Jeon, Hyein Park, Ania Urban, and Jiayi Zhu.
Robert W. and Elizabeth Crowe Janice Lord William Schweiker Terry W. and Ann Daniel Jerry D. and Donna H. Martin Parag and Jayshree Shah Bruce and Helen Ervin Richard J. and Mary S. Martin Scribner and Pat Sheafor Jacquelyn L. Foster and David L. Boger In memory of George L. Seaton Rolland H. and Laura Frances Sheafor John R. and Marilyn L. Foulkes to the W. Barnett Blakemore Fund Fund, CCF Fuller Family Fund, CCF Martin E. and Harriet J. Marty Jeri Sias Ronald† and Judith Gano Elsa Veligdan Marty and Christine and Thomas Siegfried Kesha Gilmore and Mark Rich Matthew Marty Veligdan Nathan S. and Karen L. Smith Neil Gilpin Jerry D. and Ginny McCoy Garry and Pam Sparks Richard O. and Carolyn R. Gray Cynthia R. McCrae Richard and Diane Spleth Louise G. Griffin Holly C. McKissick and Joe Hatley Patricia A. Stockdale Lori Hale Ron McNeill Jack and Pat Sturgeon Arthur A. and Susan Hanna Geraldine Miller Irene Van Boskirk Fund, CCF Ronne Hartfield Sandy Norbeck Leila Ward Lana and Gilbert A. Hasenyager Bill and Pat Nottingham Charles and Jane Watkins Bahar B. Hess Estelle V. O’Connor Evelyn N. Watkins Dolores Highbaugh Omega Chapter of Psi Upsilon Fraternity In memory of Rolland and Laura Sheafor Richard J. and Linda Hull Willemien Otten and Derk Jansen Karin Weaver Charles T. and Judith M. Jenson Stephen H. Pavy William Weaver Fund In memory of Thomas and Evelyn Marsha G.-H. and Walter Peeler Jim and Lois Whitaker Jensen Michael and Valerie Pennanen Ann White Janette C. Jha Albert M. Pennybacker John N. and Lucy S. Williams Ray and Cynthia Johnson Larry R. and Kathy Pepper In honor of Clark Williamson Jane Johnston Damaris Peters Pike Carol Wilson In memory of William A.E. Spies James H. and Carol J. Pinson In memory of Dan and Frances Genung Mary Lu Johnston and Ted White James L. and Peggy Powell Deborrah and Johnny Wray Mary Ruth Kennedy Paul and Abigail Pribbenow In honor of Tabitha and Shane Isner John A. Knight, Jr. and Melody D. Knowles James A. Rurak James and Peggy Langford Dennis and Sandy Sasso Adelle E. Lemon In honor of Clark Williamson Ralph E. Lindner Fund, CCF Elizabeth Schmidkunz and Glen Gibbons 12 Churches Austin Boulevard Christian Church, Legacy The Gertrude Gary Sutcliffe Society Fund, CCF Established in 1994, the Sutcliffe Society recognizes individuals who ensure the mission of Bethany Christian Church, Fort Washington, Disciples Divinity House by providing for a gift through their estate. It is named in tribute MD Christian Church Capital Area to the woman whose vision and gifts built the original endowment, furnished the building, Christian Church Foundation, Inc. and completed the chapel. The Society encourages others to follow her example and honors Disciples Mission Fund those who carry forward the tradition of vision and action. Irving Park Christian Church Fund, CCF Pension Fund of the Christian Church Reconciliation Ministries grant Polly Scribner Ames† Robert V. and Bonny Andelson† Foundations Arthur A. and Norma Jane Azlein† Microsoft Matching Gifts program John R.† and Julia P. Bean Miriam Bellville† Amy A. Northcutt Scholarship Benjamin F.† and Ann W. Burns Nancy T. Alcalde L. Del and Ann† Butterfield Anita and Ralph Blackman Gene R. Cleveland† Susan M. Brook and Robert Johnson Annie Mae Cooke† Peter D. and Carol Browning Robert W. and Elizabeth Crowe Melissa H. Cragin William E. and Patricia V. Crowl Kristine A. Culp Roger L. and Beverly S. Dahlin Kristine A. Culp Katherine A. Dey Ann Dunkin † Chris Halka Burrus Dickinson Diane M. and M. Scott Hedden J. Marshall and Barbara J. Dunn † Carrie and Thomas LaVigne F. McDonald and Jean Ervin Douglass and Shirley Lewis Malcolm S. and Ruth M. Ferguson† Gail C. and Danny L. McDonald Samuel F. Freeman, Jr.† Ashley McGowan W. Clark and Nancy Gilpin Cynthia E. McGowan Elizabeth H. Guonjian and Holly C. McKissick Joseph S. Pettit Bob and Fern Melton John W. Harms† Jack V. and June E. Reeve† Craig H. Middlebrook Harvey C. and Ruth S. Hartling† Lester and Mary Catherine Rickman† Victor and Harriet Middlebrook Isabelle Havens† Paula K. Ritchie Ty Newberry Wilbur S. Hogevoll† Carl B.and Esther L. Robinson† Suzanne and Joseph O’Malley Dorothy Hunter† Edward M. and Charlotte Romine† Frances E. Oney Lewis G. Joachim† Melvin Ray and Phyllis Ann Schultz† Douglas R. and Kimberly S. Owen JoAnne H. Kagiwada Wayne A. and Geneve R. Selsor† Magdalena Pettey Leslie L. and Elizabeth M. Kingsbury† Rolland H. and Laura Frances Sheafor† Nancy Raley Maurice F. Knott† George W. and Marsha Shields Thomas Rayburn † Ellen M. and Clyde Curry Smith† David and Helaine Reid Edward H. and Mary Ruth Kolbe Mareta J. Smith Paula K. Ritchie Ned R. and Sibyl M. Lavengood † Paul A. Steinbrecher Gabriel Ritz Saphar Ralph E. Lindner † J.E. Sullivan C. Harvey and May Sweet Lord Thomas V.† and Patricia A. Stockdale Thomas Taylor and Daniel Drolet Frank C. and Winifred A. Mabee† James E. and Patricia G. Stockdale Nancy and Winston Trench John and Maxine† McCaw Robert and Frances Sulanke† Lou M. and Pamela E. Vovk Holly McKissick Charles H. Swift, Jr.† Katie Wahlert Craig H. Middlebrook Marlin E.† and Janice I. Thomas Barbara L. Watts Bonnie J. and Mark Miller- McLemore Robert A. and Marjorie M. Thomas† Shirley Weeks K. Everett and Virginia L. Munson† Joseph J. and Irene Van Boskirk† Kay L. Northcutt Paul G. and Ruth S. Wassenich† Estate B. Ernest and Judy C. O’Donnell Woodrow W. and Marie Wasson† Katherine A. Dey† Angela E. Pfile and Douglas Job Norman A. and Katharine M. Wells Esther L. Robinson† G. Philip and Loris E. Points John Norton and Grace Lord Willams† Grace Lord Williams† Marjorie Powell† Ruth M. Wollesen† Thomas and Jane Quigley 13 Permanent Funds The following represent gifts to the endowment fund or to build, furnish, or renovate the building of $10,000 or more ($5,000 or more before 1975). These gifts sustain the mission of the Disciples Divinity House. Endowment Funds Lloyd V. and Vera G. Channels Memorial Fund 1999 Jerry and Donna Martin Family Scholarship Fund 1999 Year established Jo M. and Rebecca M. Riley Fund 1999 Ellen M. Thomas Fund 1901 Arthur A. and Norma Jane Azlein 2000 Old Endowment Fund 1906 Mable Topping and Samuel F. Freeman, Jr., Fund 2000 R. A. Long 1906 Clyde Curry and Ellen M. Smith 2002 Ella L. Ford 1906 Charles H. Swift, Jr. 2003 Nell B. Ford Torrey 1906 P. Hunter Beckelhymer Fund 2003 Stella D. Ford Schlottman 1906 Robert and Frances Sulanke 2004 W. S. Brannum 1906 Bernard F. and Annie Mae Cooke Scholarship 2004 E. MacDonald Bowman 1906 Orchard Street Christian Church Ministerial 2004 New Endowment Fund 1913 Education Fund Philip H. Gray 1913 G. L. Andy and Dorothy Coffman Messenger Fund 2005 Gertrude Gary Sutcliffe 1930 Lewis G. Joachim 2005 William Henry Hoover Lecture Fund 1945 The Baringer-Butterfield Fund 2005 Lizzie K. Schermerhorn Memorial Fund 1949 Norman A. and Katherine M. Wells 2005 Harry R. Moore 1958 John and Maxine McCaw 2010 Arthur Burton Keller Memorial Fund 1964 Rolland G. and Leverne B. Pfile Fund 2011 Samuel M. Jasper 1968 Hugh T. Morrison 1973 William E. and Patricia V. Crowl Fund 2015 W. Barnett Blakemore Scholarship Fund 1975 Woodrow W. and Marie T. Wasson 2015 Henry Barton Robison Scholarship 1979 Kristine A. Culp Scholarship Fund 2017 Edward Scribner Ames Scholarship 1979 Amy A. Northcutt Scholarship Fund 2017 M. Elizabeth Dey Scholarship 1979 Jean L. and F. McDonald Ervin Fund 2017 Melvin Ray and Phyllis Ann Schultz Scholarship 1982 Dr. Geunhee Yu and Mrs. Geunsoon Yu Scholarship 2018 Drum and Tenant Scholarship 1983 Jim and Peggy Powell Scholarship Fund 2018 Oreon E. Scott Entering Scholarship 1987 Edward H. and Mary Ruth Judd Kolbe Fund 2018 William N. Weaver Entering Scholarship 1987 Carl B. and Esther L. Robinson Fund 2019 William F. Rothenburger Memorial Scholarship Fund 1987 Illinois-Wisconsin Scholarship Fund 1989
Established as part of the Centennial Endowment 1993-96 John R. and Julia P. Bean Fund The Browning Family Fund David and Margie Bryan Fund Solomon and Victoria David Fund H. Robert Gemmer Fund Gordon W. and Anne Hoerner Hagberg Fund Wilbur S. and Marcia Hogevoll K. Barton Hunter Fund David T. and JoAnne H. Kagiwada Fund Clarence E. Lemmon Fund Frank and Winnie Mabee Fund Eugene May Fund Building Funds Lotus M. McLemore Fund Year established Chester I. and Lois Miller Fund Myrtilla A. Colbert Jones 1923 Thelma Vaden Northcutt Fund William Darnell MacClintock 1923 Kunihiko and Rebecca Onishi Fund Samuel Sweeny MacClintock 1923 Jack V. and June E. Reeve William Henry Hoover 1923 Dennis and Mary Lou Savage Fund Gertrude Gary Sutcliffe 1928 Rolland H. and Laura Frances Sheafor Scholarship Fund Illinois-Wisconsin Capital Funds Appeal 1965 James E. and Patricia G. Stockdale Burrus Dickinson 1992 Robert A. and Marjorie M. Thomas L. Del and Ann Butterfield 1994 Paul G. and Ruth S. Wassenich Fund Hoover Foundation 1995 John Norton and Grace Lord Williams Fund Herbert L. Willett, III 1995 S. F. and Mary Elizabeth Freeman, Sr., Fund 1998 Chapel 75th Anniversary Renewal 2005 Barbara and Clark Williamson Fund 1998 Capital Area Library Refurbishment 2009 14 Grateful For What Is To Come Interim 125th Anniversary campaign report
The trustees have launched a Estelle V. O’Connor Angela Kaufman and Jack Poehlman Bonnie and Irami Osei-Frimpong Mark and Daette Lambert $4 million campaign to under- Stephanie Paulsell and Kevin Madigan Bethany Lowery and Joseph Zelinski gird scholarships and immer- James H. and Carol J. Pinson Lee Hull Moses and Robert Moses G. Philip and Loris E. Points Vy and Linh Nguyen sive learning opportunities Paul C. and Abigail C. Pribbenow Bonnie and Irami Osei-Frimpong Glen and Sharon I. Rabe Stephanie Paulsell and Kevin Madigan and to enhance the welcome Katherine Raley Mareta J. Smith and accessibility of DDH’s Esther L. Robinson† Gaylord and Jenny Yu John D. and Sook-Jah Roh historic building. Parag and Jayshree Shah M. Elizabeth Dey Scholarship George W. and Marsha Shields Katherine A. Dey† Nathan L. and Karen L. Smith Ann C. Cole Gifts and pledges as of Paul A. Steinbrecher November 1, 2019: Bradford T. Stull and Maggie Kim Drum and Tenant Scholarship Shelly L. Tilton Katherine A. Dey† Laird A. and Evelyn B. Thomason Caroline Jackson UNRESTRICTED GIFTS Beau T. Underwood and Casey Osterkamp Thomas W. Andrews David A. and Aida M. Vargas Martin Family Scholarship Pierre V. and Jeanette E. Autrey Carol Wilson Chad and Crista Martin L. Arvil Bass Melinda K. and Lanny Wood Jerry D. and Donna H. Martin Joan Bell-Haynes Donna Barr Amy and Roger Bertschausen FOR ENDOWMENT FOR Amy A. Northcutt Scholarship Ben Bohren SCHOLARSHIPS AND See previous report on giving during the Larry D. Bouchard and Peggy L. Galloway INTERNSHIPS 2018-19 fiscal year Maria Perez and Nancy Brink Kenneth and Emily Brooker Langston Unrestricted Endowment Jim and Peggy Powell Scholarship Robert L. and Ann K. Bromley L. Arvil Bass Jerry L. and Eva T. Bohannon Peter D. and Carol Browning Kristine A. Culp Leigh Britt Ann W. Burns J. Marshall and Barbara Dunn Kathleen P. Burger Lawrence D. and Lois A. Butterfield W. Clark and Nancy Gilpin Steven Caress Kristine A. Culp G. Philip and Loris E. Points Robert L. and Joyce B. Coalson John C.W. Curry Katherine Raley Christa Crane Julian and Mallory DeShazier Mareta J. Smith Leah Estes Teresa Dulyea-Parker and Albert Keeney Shirley E. Estes Brian W. and Claudia Grant J. Marshall and Barbara Dunn Kristine A. Culp Scholarship Doug Halverson Stephen C. and Clara I. Duvall Constance U. Battle Richard L. and Melinda Hamm Russell M. Fuller Ben Bohren Arthur A. Hanna Richard O. and Carolyn R. Gray Donald V. and Margaret C. Burk Marilyn Holloway Louise G. Griffin Kristin M. Johnson Dow and John P. Dow Joe and Alice Kawan Allen V. Harris and Craig V. Hoffman Verity A. Jones and William S. Wagnon Bahar Hess Kathryn S. Keough Claudia Highbaugh Dolores Highbaugh Laura Hollinger Antonelli Richard J. and Linda Hull Jennifer Jesse and John Dungan Angela Kaufman and Jack Poehlman Michael Kinnamon and Mardine Davis Edward H. Kolbe Timothy S. and Yeahwa C. Lee Cynthia G. Lindner Bethany Lowery and Joseph Zelinski Ron McNeill Geraldine C. Miller Lee Hull Moses and Robert Moses 15
Thanks to the generosity of a trustee, Teresa M. Gilmore Fund gifts to help create the Jim and Peggy David and Margo Gilmore Kesha Gilmore and Mark Rich Powell Scholarship and the Kristine A. Yvonne T. Gilmore Culp Scholarship will be matched dol- Siona and Sam Henderson lar for dollar. David T. and JoAnne H. Kagiwada Fund Mark and Daette Lambert JoAnne H. Kagiwada Bethany Lowery and Joseph Zelinsky Dan Moseley Edward H. and Mary Ruth Judd Kolbe Fund Drew and Veronica Powell Brian J. and Ruth Ellen Cooper Edward H. Kolbe James and Peggy Powell Jennifer L. and Charles E. Thornton-Kolbe Richard and Jayna Powell Tom Kolbe and Laura Salem IT’S NOT TOO LATE Than and Meg Powell To date, nearly $3 million has been com- Lincoln Richardson Eugene May Fund mitted. Will you join us with your gift or Rebecca Richardson Raymond B. and Lois R. Williams pledge by December 31? Jane and Mark Richardson Hilary Richardson Lotus M. McLemore Fund We are grateful for you, for your consider- Stephen Michael Reinhardt Chester I. and Lois Miller Fund Laura Rodriguez Bonnie and Mark Miller McLemore ation, and for your partnership. Morgan and Lillian Stoddard Jeff Sultan Lewton Sparks Family Fund WAYS TO GIVE Joanne Verburg April Lewton and Garry Sparks Cash gifts may be made through pledges Garry and Pam Sparks Eric E. Witt that will be fulfilled over the next three Jeffrey and Elizabeth Young John Norton and Grace Lord Williams Fund years. And any estate gift that evidences Philip Young Grace Lord Williams † the House as a future beneficiary will be Gaylord and Jenny Yu included in the campaign. FOR ACCESSIBILITY & WELCOME Give a gift online at ddh.uchicago.edu, L. Arvil Bass set up a recurring gift, give a gift by trans- Amy and Roger Bertschausen fer of stock or mutual funds, arrange for Robin Danielle Cox and Samuel Bateman a gift through your will or other planned Wallace W. Bubar and Gabrielle Albrecht Stasia and Scott Fine giving instrument or mail a check to Dis- Rosemary Ervin Verity Jones and ciples Divinity House, 1156 E 57th Street William S. Wagnon Chicago, IL 60637-1536 Dennis Landon and Lana Hartman Landon Bethany Lowery and Joseph Zelinski Barbara and Clark Williamson Lee Hull Moses and Robert Moses Scholarship Stephanie Paulsell and Kevin Madigan Ron Allen and Linda McKiernan Allen Katherine Raley Warren R. and Clara C. Copeland Laird A. and Evelyn B. Thomason Brian W. and Claudia E. Grant Bethany Lowery and Joseph Zelinski K. Brynolf Lyon and Ann Taylor Dennis and Sandy Sasso Clark M. Williamson
Dr. Geunhee and Mrs. Geunsoon Yu Scholarship Gaylord and Jenny Yu Gideon and Susie Yu
Named Funds within the General Endowment William E. and Patricia V. Crowl Fund Pierre V. and Jeanette E. Autrey William E. and Patricia V. Crowl
F. McDonald and Jean Ervin Fund Bruce and Helen Ervin
16 Reviving Our Passion for Faith Seeking Understanding: The Wilderness Imperative for Now Allen V. Harris, Regional Minister, Christian Church in the Capital Area, and DDH Trustee Convocation Address, June 14, 2019 Is.43.18-21, Ps. 119.15-27, and Mt. 6:25-33 “Wilderness” is an epic theme that and many, many persons who were but in a constitutionally different way spans history, geography, and the living on the barest of means and were than I had before. mind/body/spirit continuum. As such, marginalized by society because of their The reasons to do so were all the there are wildernesses, and there are race, age, sexual orientation, mixed- more pressing. I found a deep hunger wildernesses. race relationship, gender identity, for a type of Christian faith that was Plop me in the middle of any mental health condition, citizenship both plain-spoken and inclusive. They major city in the world and, while it status, or income-level. These are folks were committed to living the faith might take some time and a patient who, while incredibly faithful, could without the trappings of racism, sexism, interpreter, I believe I would be confi- not help but worry, saying, “What will ageism, ableism, classism, and heterosex- dent, happy, even giddy exploring my we eat?” or “What will we drink?” or ism/homophobia that seemed inherent new terrain. But parachute me into a “What will we wear?” in most of the established church. rural or even suburban setting, and my Cleveland was a new wilderness I stayed for fourteen years. I taught palms get clammy. territory that, quite frankly, took me by them, and they hungered for more. I But even in cosmopolitan loca- surprise. I had to speak the vernacular believed these people, written off by tions which so seem to be my natural of the social location in which I found the church and society alike, deserved habitat, I discovered that there are still myself. It is fair to say my learning the very best quality education in the wilderness qualities for me there. For curve was steep. I still remember pain- faith that everyone else deserved. But example, even though I arrived at my fully the time that in an early sermon, as much as I taught them, it was also first ministry at Park Avenue Christian attempting to use the language of the my job to live among them, learn from Church in New York City directly out people, I referenced a type of auto them, laugh with them, love them – be of seminary and considered myself repair to illustrate a point. After the changed by them – so that together we pretty intelligent, I never imagined worship service a woman came up to would build the Beloved Community being pastor to seminary professors, me, shook my hand and, grinning from about which Christ spoke and worked nonprofit executives, Broadway stars, ear to ear, explained that what I had de- so eloquently. investment bankers, and philanthro- scribed was actually “wheel alignment,” The founders of the Stone-Camp- pists. but that my point was still understand- bell movement found themselves on Alas, I wasn’t prepared when, after able. I blushed. what European Americans called and one of my very first sermons, a top When I moved to Cleveland, I thought of as the western “frontier.” chemist at a major biochemical com- had to get smarter and more educated, Many of the folks they met and hoped pany walked up to me after the service with my sermon in hand (it was the practice at that congregation to have the printed sermon at the door of the church for worshippers to read along). He had marked my grammatical and factual mistakes, extensively, with a red pen. As he handed the red ink-laden paper to me he said matter-of-factly, “I anticipate this will improve in the future. Am I correct?” It would be fair to say I felt deep in wilderness territory. My next parish, while also in a world-class city, was very, very different. Franklin Circle Christian Church near downtown Cleveland was filled with retired automobile workers, steel mill Front row: Noriko Kanahara, Jack Veatch, Ellie Leech, Yvonne Gilmore employees, bricklayers, assembly line Back row: Allen Harris, Paul Steinbrecher, Cynthia Lindner, Cinthia Kim-Hengst, and Allison Lundblad laborers, elementary school teachers, 17
and Alexander Campbell would call biblical interpretation, or a geeky policy for a reasonable faith and a common wonk who maintained that God works understanding of the biblical text. better outside church walls than within. Ronald Osborn reminds us that when We must be deliberate about the early Disciples popularized the how we seek to integrate an active love slogan, No creed but Christ, no book of God with a deeper knowledge of but the Bible, no law but Love, they God. I’m not asking you simply to be never intended for the “Christ” in that exposed to other cultures, to go on motto to be vacuous, but rather a term another mission trip, for that risks given richness of content by the vibrant tokenism and fetishism rather than and profound witness of Scripture. deep understanding, and actually may Allen Harris Likewise, Boring urges us to hear “com- reinforce the divides of our world. to attract to the church were persons mon” in “common understanding” as I’m not asking you simply to im- who did not necessarily have the same the wisdom and good sense possessed merse yourself in another culture, as educational credentials or cultural in community, the sensus communis. happens with so many field education background that they did. But they still This same urgency to integrate experiences, important as they are. yearned to know God, follow Christ, faith and understanding is seen Short-term experiences risk giving us and experience the transforming power throughout the Hebrew and Chris- the sense that we know another culture of the Holy Spirit. tian scriptures themselves. Psalm 119 without having to truly live its peoples’ Those early Disciples spoke of reminds us that we can be revived from joy, feel their pain, cry out at their faith seeking understanding. I like how the dust only by understanding the way pathos, and believe in their possibility. author Thomas Williams interprets of God’s precepts and meditating on What I’m asking you is nothing Anselm’s phrase to mean something God’s wondrous works. short of incarnation. This requires akin to “an active love of God seek- What I discovered in my move being in relationship with the people ing a deeper knowledge of God.” This from New York City to Cleveland, and around you in life-changing ways. As goal was a challenge at the beginning reaffirmed in my move from Cleveland those who follow the Christ may un- of the 19th century as leaders like to the Capital Area, was not that I had derstand instinctively, this is the only Barton Stone, Thomas and Alexander to acquire new skill sets, or new knowl- way: to become one with those who are Campbell, and Walter Scott sought to edge, or even a new perspective in my so different from us but whom we are hold in balance the spiritual ecstasy of new geography, although some of all called to love with an unconditional the Second Great Awakening with the three came along in the process. What love and whom we must allow to love intellectual curiosity of the Enlighten- I discovered was the central importance us. The Apostle Paul captured this ment. of relationships to the goal of faith when he wrote, Let the same mind be I would propose that not simply seeking understanding. Because, as you in you that was in Christ Jesus, who, balancing but also integrating and liv- already realize, the territory to which I though he was in the form of God, ing an active love of God with a deeper had ascribed the label “wilderness” was did not regard equality with God as knowledge of God is the wilderness not, in fact, a wilderness to those who something to be exploited, but emptied imperative for NOW, for HERE, and were already residents there nor was it himself, taking the form of a slave, for us ALL. wilderness to those who had inhabited being born in human likeness (Phil. In his work, Disciples in the Bible: A those lands generations before them. 2:5-7). History of Disciples Biblical Interpretation, If it was wilderness, it was only wil- While this wilderness work must M. Eugene Boring reminds us that our derness to me and, dare I say, primarily transform our heart, mind, soul, and forebears in the Stone-Campbell move- wilderness within me. body, I do think it begins and ends ment held a clear ambivalence towards Born and bred Disciples of Christ, with language, with what we say and theology, even as they were consum- I knew instinctively that the key to how we say it. The recent movie, Ar- mate theologians themselves. Barton exploring and traversing the wilderness rival, comes to mind. In it several alien W. Stone, who would hold in resilient within and around me was to dig even crafts have arrived to earth and simply tension the charismatic preaching and deeper into the Holy Scriptures and hover over the surface – one could say ecstatic conversions of the Cane Ridge to renew my faith in the God who was they “abide with us.” One character, revival with his extensive theological Emmanuel, “God With Us.” I knew to Ian Donnelly (Jeremy Renner), affirms treatises warned of a “scholastic divin- listen deeply to the “common under- with Dr. Louise Banks (a stunning per- ity” which seemed to dismiss scripture standing” of the indigenous residents formance by Amy Adams), “Language as authoritative and reinforce a divide of my new land, whether it was a chem- is the foundation of civilization, it is between the everyday believer and the ist with a penchant for checking gram- the glue that holds the people togeth- very God explored and expounded mar, a retired steel mill worker who er.” But as Ian quickly acknowledges, upon in those scriptures. Both Stone questioned my flippant confidence in (continued on next page ) 18 Edward H. and Mary Ruth Judd Kolbe Fund
The Edward H. and Mary Ruth Judd souri, and Kentucky. Kolbe Fund has been created to Mary Ruth Judd Kolbe received celebrate the 125th anniversary of the a Bachelor’s degree in nursing from Disciples Divinity House, and as an Indiana University, and a Master’s 85th birthday celebration of Ed Kolbe. degree in nursing from the University “I was the last Disciples student of Nebraska. She taught nursing on of Dr. W.E. Garrison while he was the community college and university teaching religion and philosophy at level in Indianapolis, Indiana; War- the University of Houston,” Mr. Kolbe rensburg, Missouri; Lincoln, Nebraska; reflects. “This was the catalyst for a life- Corvallis, Oregon; and retired from time of influence of Disciples House in Tarrant County College in 2002. She my life.” also worked as a director of nurses in In the fall of 1956, after graduat- nursing homes. She died on March 27, ing from the University of Houston, 2016 in Arlington, Texas. She was 79. Ed Kolbe entered the University of The Kolbes, who were married Edward and Mary Ruth Kolbe Chicago as a Disciples House Scholar. for 55 years, led educational tours to bined with a generous gift in memory W.E. Garrison had served as dean of Israel and Europe, and volunteered in of Mary Ruth Kolbe to create the fund. Disciples Divinity House from 1921-28. many clubs and organizations. They The Edward H. and Mary Ruth After receiving his BD degree, Mr. supported the mission of the Disciples Judd Kolbe Fund will provide income Kolbe began forty years of congrega- Divinity House, and encouraged many to support the work of the House tional ministry, primarily in university prospective students, including Amy and its scholars for years to come. In towns including Lincoln, Nebraska, Artman and Vy Nguyen, to consider addition, the fund will bear witness and Seattle, Washington. In 1977, he DDH. Mr. Kolbe served three terms on to Ed and Mary Ruth Kolbe’s service earned a DMin degree from Christian the Alumni/ae Council. and leadership, and thereby encourage Theological Seminary. He retired in Gifts from the Kolbes’ three adult and embolden future Disciples House 2000 from Saint Andrew Christian children, Ruth, Charles, and Tom, and Scholars in the pursuit of their voca- Church in Arlington, Texas. He has their families on the occasion of their tions. since served interims in Texas, Mis- father’s 85th birthday in June com-
Convocation address other’s language, without the value of with, learn from, be changed by the (Continued from page 17) relationship-building between cultures, people (or even aliens!) you meet in ev- language is also fraught with peril, “it is and words are being drawn as swords in ery context in which you find yourself. the first weapon drawn in a conflict.” a mounting conflict. Others are follow- In doing so, you may save the world. I still believe in the power of ing the lead of Dr. Banks. My beloved Disciples Divinity the sermon, of spoken word, and of The mandate to integrate word House graduates, may you be inspired storytelling. We live in an age where and spirit is needed whether you find in everything you do and say and are so language is being used in ways and yourselves in academics, nonprofit that the integration of faith and under- at a speed and to a magnitude never institutions, politics, health care, social standing always remains central to your before imagined in the history of our work, the corporate world, the church, identity. If you do so, this will truly be species. Some are choosing to move or wherever. I pray that you are at the a new thing springing forth, rivers in quickly before understanding each forefront as you seek to integrate your the desert, a way in the wilderness. May faith with your understanding and live it be so. Amen. Happy Birthday, University Church! University Church Chicago celebrated its 125th anniversary with a celebra- tion October 18-20, 2019. Although they are two entirely separate institutions, the House and the church are linked in many ways, including by adjacent buildings and a common courtyard, and a history of mutual engagement. They also have the same founder, Herbert Lockwood Willett. In the summer of 1894, the American Christian Missionary Society agreed to form a new congregation in Hyde Park and to call Wil- lett as the founding pastor. He had been named the founding dean of the Disciples Divinity House months before. The church, then named the Hyde Park Church of Christ, began to gather in a rented hall down 57th Street, and the “House” met in a University building. Julian DeShazier, DDH Trustee, serves as the Senior Minister. 19
(1976), Kris Culp (dean; 1982), Teresa Wadsworth Church of Christ, Wad- News Hord Owens (1999), and Sandhya Jha sworth, Ohio. George and Alice served Find more news and more details (2001). Christian Churches and Churches of at ddh.uchicago.edu and on Christ in Canada, England, Missouri, Facebook and Virginia. Survivors include his House Scholar Rachel Abdoler spoke wife, Alice; his son, Jim, and a host of at Congregation Beth-El Zedeck in extended family. Indianapolis as Scholar-in-Residence on November 2. She completed an DDH alumna and former trustee, internship with the congregation and Stephanie Paulsell (1985), has been was supervised by Rabbi Sasso a few appointed the interim Pusey Minister years ago. Congratulations to PhD student Joel at Harvard University. She is the Susan Brown and Erin on the birth of Mar- Shallcross Swartz Professor of the Prac- The third GA StoryHour was a big got Lynn Brown on September 10. tice of Christian Studies at Harvard “FAIL” – in theme. Hosted by Rebecca Divinity School. Anderson (2007) and Yvonne Gilm- Congratulations to Jonathan Cahill ore (2001; associate dean), stories (2015) and Kristina Walters who were Congratulations to Katherine Raley chronicled “those times when we got married on November 15. Cynthia (2008) and Nate Alexander who were it all wrong, and how it’ll (mostly) be Lindner officiated the wedding. married on October 18. all right.” It featured storytellers from DDH-UC, DDH-Vandy, and Week Danielle Cox (2012) has been called Congratulations to PhD student Luke of Compassion including Judith Guy to be the Senior Minister of Avon Soderstrom and Stephanie on the (2013), Colton Lott (2015), Alexis Kas- Christian Church in Avon, Indiana, a birth of Roark Walker Soderstrom on sim (2009), and Jack Veatch. suburb of Indianapolis. May 31.
Garry Sparks (2001) was promoted to Marshall Dunn (1965) retired from Associate Professor of Religious Studies Sympathy to Robert Bates (1950) on being chaplain at senior high church with tenure at George Mason Univer- the death of his wife, Margaret Sue camp at 50 years in August. sity in Fairfax, Virginia. Bates, in Indianapolis, Indiana, on March 26. Beginning in 1957, the Bates Ana Gobledale (1975) traveled to served in India as Mission Co-workers, Zambia July 17 to October 1, to create appointed by the United Christian and publish liturgy and worship mate- Missionary Society, a predecessor rial beneficial to the United Reformed mission body to what is today Global Church in Great Britain and the Ministries. The Bates returned to the United Church of Zambia. United States in August of 1970. Ms. Bates then worked as a counseler, and Judith Guy (2013), pastor of Mackinaw Yvonne Gilmore (2001; associate office administrator for Saint Meinrad Christian Church, delivered the Bac- dean) preached for the opening of the Seminary and School of Theology in calaureate address at Eureka College 125th academic year on October 7. She St. Meinrad, IN. She also worked as an on May 10 where she is also an alumna. read Jeremiah 29:1-7 as charging the English as a second language teacher, inhabitants of Babylon and of DDH and taught at Christian Theological George Ewing Massay (1950) died in with an abundance of care for human Seminary. Virginia Beach, Virginia, on Septem- flourishing; a robust vision of vulner- ber 1. He was 92. He is a graduate of ability that moves them to re-calibrate Seeking God’s Design honors the 50th Bethany College and entered the Uni- their capacities; and a call to mutually anniversary of The Design of the versity of Chicago as a Disciples Divin- constructive ways of inhabiting vast and Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). ity House Scholar in 1950. He married complicated harmonic ideas about life It features essays by Chuck Blaisdell Alice Crook on August 18, 1951, at before God. 20
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