alumni updates
Dr. G. Michael Hagan, President of Sioux Falls Seminary
at First United Methodist Church in Sioux Falls for the past year.
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Several seminary graduates from the 1960’s gathered in May 2013 at the Retired Christian Workers Retreat in Sumas, WA, to celebrate their years in ministry. Pictured (left to right) in the top row are: Bill Neuman (‘63), Dick Paetzel (‘63), Milton Zeeb (‘60), Ken Schmuland (‘60), Ron Mayforth (‘63), LeRoy Kiemele (‘63), Don Decker (‘63), and Dave Priestley (‘62). Pictured in the bottom row (left to right) are: Gene Kern (‘66), Fred Penner (‘62), Wilf Weick (‘65), Al Harsch (‘61), Wally Kroguletz (‘63), and John Hisel (‘64).
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Elder at the 2013 Dakotas Annual Conference and began an appointment at Perham-Dent United Methodist Parish in Perham, MN.
Melissa Hiatt has been working as a Chaplain Resident at the Department of Veterans Affairs in Sioux Falls since September 2012 to meet the requirements in Clinical Pastoral Education for board certification as a chaplain.
Mike Goldade is serving as a co-part-time pastor at Napoleon Baptist Church in Napoleon, ND.
Steve Behrens is now serving Steele/Tuttle/Robinson United Methodist Churches in North Dakota.
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Tammy Buseman is the Director of Hospice of Mercy in Marion, IA, where she previously served as a chaplain.
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Susan O’Connell has retired from her ministry at Flandreau and Egan, SD, UMC.
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Gerald Bass served Wesley UMC in Grand Forks, ND, for the past 8 years. He transitioned to the status of Retired Full Sioux Falls Seminary impact
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Nola Conner and Scott Conner ‘08 are the parents of a baby girl, Emmy Grace, born on April 1, 2013.
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Bob Duemig is serving at the Belle Fourche, SD, United Methodist Church.
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David Penn, his wife, Allison, and their children, Natalie and Jonah, are moving to Boston, MA, where David has been accepted into a Ph.D. program in theology at Boston University. David has been serving as the Youth Coordinator
Thomas Bowsher was ordained as an elder at the 2013 Dakotas Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church on June 7. He is serving Flame of Faith UMC in West Fargo, ND. Sarah (Hagan) Loane and husband, Rob, of Sioux Falls, SD, welcomed a son, Elliot Thomas, on March 9, 2013. Sarah is a coordinator for Gateway Teams, an organization that helps churches participate in short-term missions. Gwen Mader was ordained as an elder at the Dakotas Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church on June 7, 2013. She is serving Dell Rapids UMC in Dell Rapids, SD. Sara Nelson was ordained as an elder at the Dakotas Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church on June 7, 2013. She is the Associate Pastor at First UMC in Watertown, SD. Christina O’Hara is the new halftime Canon of Lifelong Formation at Calvary Episcopal Cathedral in Sioux Falls, SD. She also serves as the Children and Youth Ministry Coordinator at Church of the Good Shepherd in Sioux Falls, SD.
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Jenna Hoff has secured 100% funding for her position at Mental Health Grace Alliance in Waco, TX, and is now working full time. She and husband, Kyle, are looking forward to the arrival of their first baby in October.
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