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New Columbia Connections blog site was launched

in May to better integrate social media efforts and refer readers back to the main website. The blog is truly a full community site with categories for faculty, staff, student, alumni/ae and church partners to participate both as authors and readers. These stories were among the most viewed on the blog. For these and more great articles, please visit the site at www. columbiaconnections.org/.

by Israel Galindo, Associate Dean for Lifelong Learning I r e c e i v e d a n e m a i l f ro m a pa s to r a s k i n g a b o u t c h i l d r e n ’ s s e r m o n s .

He just accepted a call to a church at which he’ll need to deliver a children’s sermon as part of the worship service pastoral duties. I think that’s a great thing. And I appreciate his seeking counsel on how to do it well.

I’m not quite sure about what makes children’s sermons such a universally bad practice in congregations. I suspect a lot of it has to do with two things: (1) a lack of understanding of the developmental characteristics of children, and (2) a lack of a clearly articulated theology of children in the church. A little effort in those two areas can go a long way in helping church leaders and members be more effective in the way they minister to, and with, the children in their congregation. For suggestions, see page 58.

COL UMBIA THEOLOGI C AL SEMINARY AWARDE D ONE O F TEN AAAS “SCIEN C E F OR SEMINARIES ” GRANTS This week, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) awarded grants totaling $1.5 million to 10 Christian seminaries for pilot programs integrating science into core theological curricula. Curricula with integrated science for at least two core theological courses (such as those in systematic theology, biblical studies, church history, and pastoral theology) will be developed by each school and implemented over the next two years. This integrated approach will bring science into the core of seminary theological education, impacting individual seminaries as well as the ministries in which graduates serve. Sciencefocused, campus-wide activities will complement these courses, and resources from the project will be made available to interested seminaries as the project unfolds. For full story, see www. columbiaconnections.org/.

THE NEW GLOBAL LEAD ERSHI P EN DOWMENT In Honor of President Stephen A. Hayner Ninth President of Columbia Theological Seminary and Professor of Christian Leadership Development

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Supporters of Columbia Theological Seminary have sought a way to honor Steve Hayner and his many years of service in a tangible way. Given Steve’s commitments to cultural diversity, global outreach, instructional technology and relational leadership, a new Global Leadership Endowment was proposed. This endowment would build on the legacy of his presidency to attract leaders from all walks of life and to send them out into the world for renewed service to God and the Church. For full story, see www.columbiaconnections.org/.

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C r e at i n g S o mething New… F o r Suc h a Time as T his

by Deborah Flemister Mullen Executive Vice President & Dean of Faculty Editor’s Note: From April until October of this year, Dr. Mullen served as Acting President.

A s m o s t o f y o u k n ow b y n ow , this summer has had its challenges in the life of our seminary. The irony was not lost on any of us that our president Steve Hayner first experienced symptoms on Easter weekend. The diagnosis that followed of an inoperable pancreatic tumor was sad news indeed. Yet, ever since that time, both Steve and Sharol Hayner have faithfully updated the community about God’s joy, present in their life even on the most challenging days. If you haven’t already, you can catch up with their story on Steve’s CaringBridge website found at: http://www. caringbridge.org/visit/stevehayner.

From the start, the phrases that have returned to me over and over (which I keep sharing with the community) are: “God is doing something new in our community,” and “For such a time as this.”

Of course, God is always doing something new. God is on a mission to “make all things new.” That has certainly been true for Steve and me, as we have worked together on redefining Columbia Theological Seminary’s vision and programs. It is no less ironic that, at a time when Steve has needed to step back, so much of what he has worked for has begun to surge forward.

Steve has stated on numerous occasions, “I’m not worried about Columbia, because Columbia has never been about me. With all that we have put into thinking about our mission and curriculum and plans for the future, this is not a time to wait. It is a time to walk in hope and joy and faithfulness.”

I hope you will read and keep reading about the great things unfolding at Columbia Seminary. The article immediately following this one is from our Interim President Bill Scheu about our plans for the coming year. The Center for Lifelong Learning is offering a number of new programs including certificates for Older Adult Ministry and for Spiritual Direction. The John Bulow Campbell Library has grown its oversight of both rare books in the archives and access to the best in instructional technology. Two

great new developments have been the “Science for Seminaries” grant from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the creation of the Stephen A. Hayner Global Leadership Endowment (see page 2).

The “Science for Seminaries” grants have been made available to only ten institutions in the entire country. Congratulations are in order for Professor Bill Brown who directed this project, as well as professors Mark Douglas, Bill Harkins, and Martha Moore-Keish. This program will help Columbia Seminary integrate the findings of science broadly into its curriculum, including the teaching of Bible, systematic theology, pastoral care, and Christian ethics. Top scientists in various fields will help students explore the intersections of biblical creation and modern cosmology; theological anthropology and human evolution; Christian ethics and neuroscience; eschatology and astrophysics.

As for the Hayner Global Leadership Endowment, Columbia Theological Seminary has a long history of world mission, but it has grown in recent years with a renewed focus on partnering with other institutions in other parts of the world for our mutual benefit. Professors John Azumah and Raj Nadella are actively shaping our international partnerships, and are great gifts to the Church along with so many others on our faculty. Because of Steve’s passion for diversity and global leadership, Columbia Seminary now looks more like the world. This endowment will better empower us for future initiatives.

Addressing the community in chapel earlier this year, I noted, “God does not call any of us to be great. But God calls the greatness out of all of us.” I truly believe that is happening, here, today. God is at work in each and every one of us and the communities we represent…

“For such a time as this!”

Gratefully,

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by Bill Scheu, Interim President T o d ay , s t u d e n t s at C o l u m b i a T h e o l o g i c a l S e m i n a ry are learning to be imaginative and resilient leaders, and God’s changing world is already anticipating their service. Of course, God has powerfully been at work doing this long before today, and God will do the same long into the future. Yet, as I meet with faculty and students here at the seminary, it is clear that as an institution we are moving beyond our roots to be a national and even international community for theological inquiry.

Going forward, our call is to help Columbia Seminary’s faculty and staff continue to do well in what they already excel. Columbia Seminary is in a strong and healthy place, thanks to the leadership already provided by the faculty, staff and the Board of trustees. My wife Peggy and I feel privileged to serve and to be part of this very Christ-centered community. Among our many mission emphases for this community, we seek to witness to:

and outside this community have desperately needed care and have received it in abundance.

Equally inspiring is the diverse excellence of our community. In the New Testament, Peter calls us to be “stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.” God’s grace is “manifold” and “multi-colored” in the way it presents itself through the many experiences and gifts present in our community. To witness this first hand is one of the surest ways we know God’s creative power is at work among us.

We expect that the Presidential Search Committee will finish its work in time to have a new president in place before the new fiscal year starting July 1, 2015. In the meantime, we ask for prayers for Steve and Sharol, for the entire Columbia community and for the Church and world. May God’s Spirit shine in and through us to inspire a new generation.

By God’s Grace,

• G od’s creative power seen in the wonder and beauty of creation; • G od’s reconciling love demonstrated in the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ; and • G od’s redemptive action and transforming justice visible through the Church and in the broad work of the Holy Spirit in a pluralistic and interdependent world.

These will be themes for us throughout the year as we build on the great work done under Steve’s and Deb’s leadership and prepare the way for a new president. But underneath all of these grand ideals is the simple truth that we are first a caring community. We are the Body of Christ. We are a place that proclaims the Table is large, and all are welcome.

I am so inspired by the many ways people have shown love for Steve and Sharol Hayner these last few months.

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William (Bill) Scheu is a ruling elder at the Riverside Presbyterian Church in Jacksonville, FL, where he has served as clerk of session, deacon, trustee, and church school teacher. He received an undergraduate degree in history at the University of the South and a juris doctorate with honors from the University of Florida. He currently serves as a member of the Rogers Towers, P.A. firm in Jacksonville and specializes in commercial real estate and business transactions. He will take a leave of absence from the firm with plans to return there at a later time. Bill has also served in numerous ways in the greater Jacksonville community including supervisor of elections for Duval County and chair of the Jacksonville Retirement Reform task force at the invitation of the mayor of Jacksonville. He has received a number of honors and awards including twice being recognized as lawyer of the year by the Jacksonville Bar Association and the humanitarian award by the National Conference of Christians and Jews. He is married to Peggy, and together they are the parents of three adult daughters and grandparents of six.

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i nfo r m at i o n servi ces: An ac t of c hristian stewar d shi p Kelly Campbell is the Associate Dean of Information Services and Director of the John Bulow Campbell Library (JBCL). She is passionate about equipping people for learning and life, strategizing to develop best practices, and providing high quality service.

Her current research focuses on leading others to strive for excellence and contributing to organizations by helping develop future leaders. We asked her to share about her role at Columbia Theological Seminary and the recent name change of her area to “Information Services.”

S i n c e c o m i n g h e r e l a s t y e a r , we have spent much time deliberating about how best to grow our ability to serve the campus and the surrounding community. In renaming our area “Information Services,” we chose to emphasize that we are serving people rather than running programs. It is our calling to serve individuals by collecting, organizing, accessing and even evaluating the best information we have available. That information no longer comes just in the form of books, magazines and newpapers. Programs across the country have moved from teaching “library science” to

offering “information science.” Curating the large volume of electronic information available, in addition to printed material, is an extraordinary task.

I was raised in the Gutenburg generation, where the printed word held the highest value. Most students today are part of an emerging Google generation which depends on electronic media for most information. This shift has meant a movement from individual responsibility for curating information to it becoming more of a community task. With such great access, information has democratized learning in powerful ways. We have become a “library without walls.”

The greater challenge now is to assess the value of the information we receive: What is the source? Is it true? Is it relevant? Is it what we want? Critical thinking skills are essential in answering these questions. Not all information is equal in value. If a New Testament Professor assigns a report on the first Temple in Jerusalem, the student’s only source may not be an expert in the field. The student needs a “library skill set” to process and synthesize the information rather than just “copy and paste.”

I have an unusual educational background in Elementary Education where I was taught about learning theory and rubrics. In the spirit of our Center for Lifelong Learning, we recognize that we are all lifelong learners. Some of our staff audit classes to learn material alongside of our students and to fit it with our resources.

Later, I worked for a public library where the value was continued on following page

The American Theological Library Association Serials (ATLAS) research database is available to Columbia alumni/ae. The database provides online access to more than 150,000 articles and citations – and to the full text of hundreds of peer-reviewed journals.

Columbia’s library provides funding for this valuable resource for alumni/ae.

It is a key tool for lifelong research, study, and sermon preparation.

For more information — and a login ID and password — contact Erica Durham (404-687-4661 or durhame@ctsnet.edu).

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in providing access to the community. While JBCL primarily serves students and faculty here at Columbia Seminary, members of the public do come on occasion. We want to make sure that everyone feels welcome and is comfortable asking any question. The library is a community hub where we can experiment and explore together.

The one exception for public access is the databases because of the limitations on the licenses we carry to use them.

Before coming here, I was at Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary which was comprised of five locations in four states and had a variety of methods and information. Now I am in the process of obtaining a Doctor of Education in Organizational Leadership. We want to create leaders here. That requires not only knowing information, but knowing how to use it.

With the growth in online education, Columbia Seminary is implementing its own initiatives for instructional technology. This, too, now falls under the role of Information Services.

Our current and future plans include more services within the library to access information electronically; a new instructor for interactive teaching to help develop online curriculum and pedagogy; and a new writing center to help connect information literacy and cultural literacy as well as serve ESL students (English as a Second Language).

Everything we do here with information is an act of Christian Stewardship. Students spend their time and resources to be exposed to the best scholarship. Information moves fast, and libraries must be on the cutting edge. We need to provide access to information that will fully allow freedom to present all viewpoints. We want our donors to know that we are making the best use of the funding we receive. We add value to the community and enrich it.

I hope you will visit our page on the website at http://www.ctsnet.edu/library-resources to learn more. Feel free to contact one of our staff using the information found there, should you have any questions.

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An Unc ommon E nco unter with Common Plac es in T heology

by Linda Davis, Rare Books Librarian Eager to increase my stats for the day, I took up the small thin volume, hoping to inventory it quickly. A chunk was missing from the fore-edge of the vellum binding. I opened the book and gave it a quick glance. Lots of tiny, difficult-to-decipher scribbling covered the paste-down and title page. The title was printed in Latin…fun, but might take longer.

Hmm…No author, no publisher, just the place: VVittembergae.

That seemed oddly familiar.

And the date: AN. M. D. XXI. Let’s see AN stood for Anno Domoni (year of our Lord) and M = 1000, D = 500 and xxi was 21. Adding up to 1521. Wait. What?! 1521?!

Can that be correct? I double check. Yes, I’m correct. 1521, Whoa.

This is one of the oldest books I’ve ever handled. I slow my pace. Rushing on a book like this would be unpardonable. This is a treasure. I begin to research in earnest.

The book’s proper title: Loci Communes rerum theologicarum sev hypotyposes theologicae translated into English means “Common Places in Theology” or “Fundamental Doctrinal Themes.” This title can also be understood to mean basic concepts in theology. It was written in Wittenberg in 1521 by Philip Melanchthon. It is remembered in history as the first Protestant systematic theology. It is also the first systematic theology to be based solely on scripture. The basis for the book was formed out of exegetical lectures on the book of Romans, given by the author, Philip Melanchton. The book is organized around three topics: Sin, Law and Grace. Martin Luther was so pleased with Melanchthon’s work that he declared it should be canonized.

Melanchthon, who was only 24 at the time of publication, was something of a prodigy. In 1518 after broad studies in Pforzheim, Heidelberg and Tubingen, Melanchthon accepted a position teaching Greek at the University of Wittenberg. It was around this time that Melanchthon changed his last name. Born Philip Schwarterdt, he took the Greek form of the word which means “black earth”. It was in Wittenberg that Melanchthon first met Martin Luther and fell under his influence, soon becoming a close friend and colleague.

Not long after publication Melanchthon began the first of many revisions of his work and even translated it into German. He became well known in the Reformation movement as a theologian, writer, and educator. He has been called the Prelate of Germany for the many schools he founded there.

Provenance For reasons of safekeeping, this volume was moved with others from Columbia Seminary to Montreat, NC, in the 1980s. Now it has moved back and is being held in my hands. I feel the rush of nearly 400 years of history. If only this book could speak. What stories would it tell?

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This fall begins the 187th year for Columbia Theological Seminary.

There are 345 students enrolled in degree programs, as well as exchange students and others. Over one-third represent racial-ethnic minority populations.

m i n i s t ry i n t he motherlan d Brandon Perkins (’16) and Micah Dowling (’16) both went to Africa for summer internships.

Brandon was in Accara, Ghana. Micah was in Durbanville, South Africa. We asked them to share their experiences.

Vantage: How easy or difficult was it for you to fit in?

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Brandon: Before I traveled to Ghana, a fellow African American colleague and friend from Yale Divinity School informed me that I should not expect Ghanaians to embrace me as their brother just because I have Black skin. I carried that advice with me and learned very quickly that to the average Ghanaian I was simply American. There was no distinguishing clarifier needed because for most Ghanaians the fact that one is born in the United States means that you are blessed with all the stereotypical privileges that are shown through American media outlets. The perception, which I gleaned from my host family, is that Americans are all wellto-do, arrogant know-it-alls. Americans think they know what life is really like in Africa, and furthermore, know how to make the entire African continent better. After hearing this, it is no surprise that there was no proverbial welcome mat laid out for me in the communities where I worked and visited.

Furthermore, there was distance created between myself and the parishioners I encountered on a daily basis because of language. Although the official stated language of Ghana is English, the vast majority of Ghanaians hold on vigorously to their native regional languages such as Ga, Twi, or Fanti. Thus, in our church an overarching majority of the worship life was done in the regional language of Ga. Throughout my time in the church and in the community, I tried to pick up some simple words and phrases. But with no one to teach me the components of the language, I was never able to be conversational in this tongue. Therefore, my “Americaness” and linguistic inabilities distanced me from being able to fully live life with my sisters and brothers in Ghana.

Ghanaians the fact that one is born in the United States means that you are blessed with all the stereotypical privileges . . . . that Americans are all well-to-do, arrogant know-it-alls.”

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Brandon stands before Umbrella Rock in the Yilo Krobo District, Ghana.

Micah: My time in South Africa was enveloped in a hospitality that was both familiar and unfamiliar. Coming from a tradition of what is called “Southern hospitality,” it was interesting to note the differences and similarities in the ways hospitality is expressed and embodied.

From the warm greeting at the airport, the many homemade meals, and the way I was welcomed into so many homes, I quickly realized that the American South has no monopoly on hospitality.

But something in the way South African hospitality was expressed wasn’t as familiar to me. There was an intimacy, a personal connection, a warmth in the way I was received and welcomed. There was a humility that is difficult to articulate, but felt deeply on those grounds. I thought hospitality just meant being offered a meal and a comfortable place to stay, but the South Africans offered themselves. They shared themselves in their stories. I found that many of my most profound ministry moments were in listening to the sacred history, the haunted histories, and the complex life decisions made in lived past and present experience.

These journeys and stories were so graciously shared with a stranger, and the humility in the way they were offered will stay with me forever.

Vantage: Would each of you share a short story from the trip and discuss how it impacted you?

brandon “I spent countless hours learning and then reflecting on the colonial legacy left by the multitude of European powers that exerted dominance and influence on the Ghanaian soil.”

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Brandon: The best way I can describe my eleven weeks in Ghana this summer is in the language of it being a scared journey. The summer before my sophomore year at Fisk University, the world-renowned Fisk Jubilee Singers traveled to Ghana to carry our sacred Negro Spirituals back home to Mother Africa. In the same vein of my fellow “Fiskites,” the mother continent called me home to glean wisdom from her teat.

From an inter-disciplinary scope, I spent the summer doing much more than working in Peniel Presbyterian Church, although that was a key part of my time there. I spent countless hours learning and then reflecting on the colonial legacy left by the multitude of European powers that exerted dominance and influence on the Ghanaian soil. One of the key case studies of this history proved to be that of the Presbyterian legacy left by the Basel Missionaries who first brought Presbyterianism to Ghana in 1828. On the one hand, it was disheartening to worship with some persons who had been so enculturated with Presbyterianism that they forsook some of the practices in Traditional African Religions. On the other hand, it was fascinating to see how many congregants fused the two paradigms into a union that was not disingenuous to either worldview.

Outside of my daily church duties I tried to explore Ghana to the fullest. As many on the Columbia campus will attest, I invested in a new Ghanaian wardrobe while in the country, as means to honor my own African heritage and to support the informal economy of the women and men who support their families on the sale of beautiful fabrics and the tailoring of garments. I also explored two “pilgrimage” sites in the W.E.B. DuBois Memorial Center for Pan-African Culture and the Slave “Castles” at Elmina and Cape Coast. Unlike any other

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experiences I had in Ghana, these two historic sites will forever remind me of how Black bodies are continually striving to arise from the depths of despair to ascend to the heights of unlimited possibilities.

Micah: One such moment was having the opportunity to meet Franklin Sonn, who worked with President Mandela in the 90’s as South African ambassador to the United States.

Sonn spoke about racial reconciliation in post-apartheid South Africa at a conference entitled “Hope for Africa: The Next 20 Years.” I experienced a prophetic moment with Sonn as he told a roomful of mostly white South African ministers that “we haven’t even begun reconciliation.” This reconciliation, Sonn explained, can only happen “in my circle” or “krall” (a traditional tribal meeting place for a community). For Franklin Sonn, reconciliation is conversation, faith that the other person can be trusted, and the ability “to recognize each other.” He went on to explain that what was upheld at the moment was a “peace-settlement” instead. Sonn explained we must say the truth in the confessions, yes, but this truth is in the heart and eyes.

There was something in the transparency of the way ministers and ministries in South Africa are dealing with the complexity of problems on a racial, social, cultural, and economic level that spoke to my own context. Although there is much to be done in post-apartheid South Africa, there is a sense that they are dealing with the many issues in honest and authentic ways as communities and Churches. It seems in my own context in the southern United States, we have become quite skilled at pretending these problems don’t exist. We’re just nice to each other. The “peace-settlement” is in full form, but the cracks of lack of true intimacy in our “kralls” are starting to reveal themselves, and the need for a different kind of hospitality and reconciliation is clear.

That moment with Franklin Sonn was a message for me to my own context. I felt a disconnect between the place of pain and raw honesty in which South Africans are deeply invested, and the conformability within the “post-racial” America myth found here. My cultural experience there was one of people attempting to deconstruct and detangle histories and traditions of oppression, although in imperfect ways. I feel the people in South Africa have spoken truth to our context here, about what it means to embrace the tension of genuine efforts of reconciliation with the disciplines of hospitality and humility.

Micah encountered Desmond Tutu at a local bake shop in Durbanville, South Africa.

MICah “There was something in the transparency of the way ministers and ministries in South Africa are dealing with the complexity of problems on a racial, social, cultural, and economic level that spoke to my own context.”

Vantage: In what ways did you experience culture shock (going there or coming back)?

Brandon: Having been back in the States for a couple of months at this point, I honestly equate culture shock and reverse culture shock with continual jet lag. There were days in Ghana where my host father and I would be driving to the church, and I would see young girls and boys urinating outside in public view of everyone. I would have to catch myself before I said, “Why don’t they go use the bathroom in their house?” On the other side of the equation, it was shocking to see my host mother cook dinner in the evenings, and know in the back of my mind that the tilapia on my plate was not bought in a grocery store, but from a vendor on the street who most likely caught this fish earlier that day. It was also a difficult VANTAGE Fall 2014

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culture change for this full-time student who regularly eats dinner after 8 p.m. and then normally eats again in the wee hours of the morning to eat dinner at 5:30 p.m. knowing that this was his last meal for the day.

When I came back on this side of the Atlantic, I remember telling my mother on the ride back from the airport that it was shocking seeing all paved roads as this was not the norm by any stretch of the word in Ghana. Furthermore, using an electric stove again was strange because we had a gas one in Ghana due to the instability of the electrical grid in the country.

In many ways, I’m still adjusting daily to being back in this country. I am no longer able to take for granted the resources and privileges I might have taken for granted before my time in Ghana, and for that I say thanks be to God. Micah: I would say that my major adjustments took place in my first two weeks there. It was slow, and there was enough familiarity in my location to never really feel its full effect. After a month there, I was much more comfortable. I began to look back on that first week and realize that it was harder than I let myself believe. You could say I experienced “culture-shock denial.�

Vantage: Some great stories and insights here!

Thank you both for taking time to share them.

A Dwelling Place for God: Discerning Anew the Relations between Creation, Eschatology, and Ecology | February 12-15, 2015 with Stan Saunders

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Dr. Deb Mullen welcomes Dr. Syngman Rhee to the Columbia community.

Disting uished Visiting Pro fessor, Dr. Syngman R h e e

by Sungyuhn Ham ’16 Taking

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to which Columbia Theological Seminary remains committed, Rev. Dr. Syngman Rhee, the Former Moderator of the PC(USA), has graciously accepted an invitation to join our staff as administrative faculty. His appointment, a first for Columbia Seminary, is as the Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Practice of Global Leadership Development. Dr. Rhee is also serving as Acting Director of Korean American Ministries while Dr. Paul Huh is on sabbatical this fall. This is not only a great honor for Columbia Seminary to have a former moderator, renowned for his ministry of global leadership development on our staff, but especially for our increasingly diverse student body, whom Dr. Rhee seeks to serve as “pastorteacher-mentor.”

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“For the love of Christ urges us on, because we are convinced that one has died for all; therefore all have died. And he died for all, so that those who live might live no longer for themselves, but for him who died and was raised for them.”

2 Corinthians 5:14-15

Syngman Rhee was born in 1931, a son of a parish minister Rev. Tae Suk Rhee in Pyongyang, North Korea. In 1948, Rhee was thrown out of his high school in Pyongyang, because his father was a Christian minister. His father was martyred in North Korea after being imprisoned in 1950, and later buried in a mass grave with other Christian leaders.

After his father’s execution, and with the arrival of Chinese troops to join the Korean War, Rhee’s mother who was a teacher at a Christian mission school was fearful for the lives of her two sons, 19 and 17. She arranged for them to be evacuated and walk with hundreds of other refugees in the freezing cold toward South Korea. The boys never saw their mother again, but they also never forgot her last words. She told them that amidst the difficulties of war and hardship, they should continue to pray to God wherever they went. And if they were never to see one another again, then they would surely see each other in their prayers.

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“But strive first for the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.”

Matthew 6:33

Korea were learning Russian in school. He was selected in 1953 to come to a United States Marines school in Quantico, VA because of his English. He returned to South Korea and was discharged from the Korean Marine Corps in 1955. With the help of a close Christian friend and classmate at Quantico, Lt. Gunner Hanson, he was sponsored to come back to the United States for further education in 1956. After graduating from Davis and Elkins College, he finished his MDiv at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary and was ordained as a Presbyterian minister. He began his campus ministry at the University of Louisville. He also received his STM at Yale University, and Doctor of Religion degree from Chicago Theological Seminary.

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King told Rhee that the oppressed, rather than the oppressors, have the initiative to create a new just society.

“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you.”

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During his tenure at the University of Louisville in the early 60’s, the United States was actively engaged in the Civil Rights Movement. “Jim Crow Laws” were being challenged throughout the South. Blacks were banned from entering restaurants, hotels, and other public places. Dr. Rhee served as the first faculty advisor to the Black Student Union and marched with them to pass the “Public Accommodations Ordinance.” During the protests, whites would openly confront him about why he was involved as a Yellow in a Black and White issue.

Dr. Rhee replied “Because racial justice is an issue for all of us.” One man struggled to come up with some way to insult Dr. Rhee saying, “You…yellow negro!”

Dr. Rhee participated in the Civil Rights Movement with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and learned that the Civil Rights Movement was not only for the liberation of the blacks, but also for the liberation of the whites from their prejudice, and to create a new society of justice and freedom. King told him that the oppressed, rather than the oppressors, have the initiative to create a new and just society. The oppressed have a choice: to seek revenge for their hurts or to forgive and seek a new relationship. For years Dr. Rhee had felt enmity and hostility for the North Korean regime, but Dr. King’s words challenged his heart with forgiveness and reconciliation for a new vision of Korea and he has contributed much for reconciliation of a divided Korean people. He confessed, “I do not think that human suffering is a gift from God, but Christian faith to overcome suffering is indeed a gift from God.” S Dr. Rhee was called to the World Mission Department for the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (UPCUSA or the Northern Presbyterian Church) starting in 1973 for the next 25 years. For the first seven, he served as Mission Coordinator in the Middle East including: Israel, Palestine, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon and Egypt. He had applied to serve in Asia, but was told, “We need some new insight for our mission in the Middle East. Your experience in Korea with conflict and war, persecution and suffering will be useful there.”

Later, he did overseas mission work in East Asia for 7 years. For 11 years he was the Associate Director for the Worldwide Ministries Division and established mission partnerships with churches around world. His passion, of course, was for North Korea and he helped to rebuild churches there and led efforts for North-South reconciliation.

Dr. Rhee retired from the General Assembly in 1998 and was appointed as Distinguished Professor of Mission and Evangelism and Director of the Asian American Ministry and Mission Center at Union Presbyterian Seminary for 15 years before retiring last year. This

past July, Acting President and Dean of Faculty, Dr. Deborah Mullen invited him to consider coming to Columbia Theological Seminary to become the first Distinguished Visiting Professor for Global Leadership Development.

Among his other accomplishments, Dr. Rhee served as the President of National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America (NCCUSA) in 1992 and 1993.

During that time, President Bill Clinton invited him, along with other religious leaders, to be part of a Religious Advocacy Group where they were asked for advice on domestic and global policy issues. When asked about North-South relations in Korea, he told President Clinton, “There cannot be another war in Korea. Military solution is no solution.”

Many years ago Dr. Rhee, along with his mother, was led to the site of the mass grave where his father was buried. They retrieved his father’s body and were able to give him a Christian funeral and burial. At his father’s funeral, Rhee had asked God with anguish, “Why are the righteous people suffering, while evil seems to prosper?” A small voice came to him saying that as his father was not able to complete his task as a young pastor of 49, “Shouldn’t you continue in your father’s work.” These thoughts have guided his work ever since.

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Faculty’s online journal atthispoint. net discussed “Women In Ministry” and “This Imagination Life”. Developed for

church members, the journal is available only online at www.atthispoint. net. Each issue focuses on a particular topic from a variety of theological perspectives and includes a lead article, response articles, and teaching resources to guide further discussion. All the content can be downloaded and reproduced without charge.

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Miguel Chavez, Facilities Coordinator, was presented the Betsey Burgess Staff Award.

May 4-6, 2015 at the Center for Lifelong Learning at Columbia Theological Seminary Dr. Anna Carter Florence, Peter Marshall Associate Professor of Preaching, puts a twist on dramatic theory and invites us to read the biblical script by focusing on the verbs What new things will we see and hear in both our sacred text and our human drama when we connect the verbs?

How can that, in turn, change and renew our preaching?

Betsey served Columbia Seminary faithfully for 22 years, and upon her retirement established this award for one “who has demonstrated faithfulness, dedicated service, and Christian character upholding the Seminary’s purpose and mission.”

Miguel has worked at Columbia Seminary since May 2002. In his role, he provides customer service and hospitality for students, faculty, staff and countless guests meeting here through Lifelong Learning and other events.

visit ctsnet.edu/lifelong-courses-and-events or call 404-687-4577 for more information on this and other great courses

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Bisho p Dr. Károly T óth and Dr. Ru ssel B otman

by Erskine Clarke, Professor Emeritus, U. S. Religious History D u r i n g t h i s pa s t s u m m e r t wo d i s t i n g u i s h e d f r i e n d s o f C o lu m b i a T h e o l o g i c a l S e m i n a ry d i e d . In June Bishop Dr. Károly Tóth of the Hungarian Reformed Church died at the age of 84. In July Dr. Russel Botman, Rector of the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, died in his sleep at the age of 60.

Bishop Tóth had experienced the horrors of World War II with the bitter fighting of the German and Soviet armies across Hungary and the intense bombing of Hungarian cities by British and American planes. He was a teenager when Hungary came under a Communist government and Soviet control and a young pastor during the Hungarian Revolution. The Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, said of Bishop Tóth that having grown up during World War II, he “spent most of his life and ministry within the post-war context of East-West conflict. He dedicated himself to healing divisions among peoples and seeking peace through open dialogue.” In the early 1990s, Bishop Tóth spent a sabbatical on the Columbia campus.

He became not only our friend, but also our teacher. He helped faculty and students catch a glimpse of the struggles of the Hungarian Reformed community during much of the twentieth century and of the faith that sustained the community. In particular, he helped us understand something of the complex decisions and hard realities that leaders face as they seek to nurture the life of the church under threat from a hostile government. His funeral was held in the Calvin Square Reformed Church in central Budapest.

Dr. Botman, who had been deeply involved as a young pastor in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, became in 2002 the first black South African rector of the University of Stellenbosch, an institution long associated with elite members of the white Afrikaner regime. South African President Jacob Zuma said that with Dr. Botman’s death “South Africa has lost one of the leading lights of our higher education transformation.”

Dr. Botman stayed on the Columbia campus on several occasions, most notably as a Campbell Scholar, fall semester 2000. He was a part of a particularly brilliant group of Campbell Scholars who were focused on the mission of the church in the twenty-first century. In the summer of 2000, Dr. Botman led five Columbia faculty and ten Columbia students in a travel seminar on “Race and Religion” in South Africa. The seminar, while exploring its theme in South Africa, reflected much on race and religion in the U. S. Participants found Dr. Botman and his wife Beryl to be not only passionate about issues of justice but also persons of good humor and of contagious Christian faith. All those at Columbia who knew him grieve his untimely death and give thanks for all the ways his life was a witness to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

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T h i s i s N ot H ow I t Was Supposed to End

by Andrew Foster Connors ’01 2014 Columbia Theological Seminary Convocation held on September 4, 2014 Text: Mark 16:1-8 Y o u d o n ’ t h a v e t o h a v e b e e n i n s e m i n a r y for long to know the way this Easter story is supposed to end: “He is not here. He has been raised. Christ is Alive!

Hallelujah!” If you don’t know the way this story is supposed to end they probably shouldn’t have let you into seminary in the first place. So it’s a shock to hear the actual ending of Mark’s Gospel. “So they went out and fled from the tomb, for terror and amazement had seized them; and said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.”

That is not the way this story is supposed to end. It can’t end here — not like that.

We’re counting on Mary, and Mary and Salome to demonstrate to us that the gospel message — he is raised — makes all the difference for them and for all of us.

That’s why we’re here, I hope, at this convocation. Because somewhere along your journey, you got the notion that “he is raised” changes everything. That “he is raised” means you weren’t sick in the head when you decided to throw your lot in with Jesus and his troubled church.

“He is raised” changes everything, right? “He is raised” means you don’t have to fear Pharaoh’s ubiquitous message — there’s not enough. It means when the marriage falls apart, or the doctors tell you there’s nothing more they can do, or your local Mayor tells you and your ministerial colleagues she’s got money to invest in casinos but not afterschool programs, you know there is a different story that trumps them all. A story that will pull you through this life triumphantly!

Victoriously! A story that will end the way it’s supposed to — that’s why we all gather here from east and west and north and south: to hear those words that are supposed to change everything.

But it doesn’t end that way in Mark’s Gospel. The first three witnesses say nothing to anyone.

It can’t all end like this. We can’t all go home with Jesus’ closest followers seized by terror and amazement, unable or unwilling to tell anyone about what they had seen. We can’t leave it like this. Not at a time when our church is already shaking at the knees. Not at a time when our world is desperate for undeniably good news. This is not the way the story is supposed to end.

Apparently we’re not the only ones who refuse to leave without a better ending. More than once in the life of the early church, somebody added a different ending to the Gospel of Mark. Right there past verse 8, there are two optional endings. I’m not making this up. Right in my Bible it says “the shorter ending of Mark” and “the longer ending of Mark.” It’s one of the only places in the Bible where you can choose which ending you like better!

The shorter add-on ending is just two sentences. According to this ending, the two Marys and Salome didn’t stay silent for very long. One verse after they fled in silent fear, they find their courage after all. In the original ending, there is no proclamation of the good news. The witnesses are too afraid to tell anyone. But with this supplemental ending the proclamation is carried on from east to west.

The second addition is a little longer, but also gives a happy ending. There are some weird bits about handling poisonous snakes and drinking poisonous drinks unharmed, but by the time Jesus ascends into heaven, the disciples go out and proclaim the good news everywhere and everyone lives happily ever after.

You take your pick – two different supplemental endings to choose from, because some in

It means when the marriage falls apart, or the doctors tell you there’s nothing more they can do, or your local Mayor tells you and your ministerial colleagues she’s got money to invest in casinos but not afterschool programs,you know there is a different story that trumps them all.

A story that will pull you through this life triumphantly! victoriously!

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Peering inside the empty tomb, with Jesus somewhere on the loose, I begin to feel what these women might have feared — not only is Jesus’ Gospel mission is not dead — part of it is on the shoulders of three witnesses who didn’t come to the tomb that day to take on any mission!

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the early church couldn’t believe that Mark really means to leave us in terror and fear, unable or unsure of whether or not the first witnesses to the resurrection would find the courage to say something to anyone. Two different add-on endings, all because we can’t leave the Resurrection story uncertain as to whether the good news is going to keep going after Jesus’ death.

Even some of the scholars who readily admit that these supplemental endings do not belong to the earliest manuscripts have a hard time believing that Mark would really end the gospel right here. People do not end stories with conjunctions, like this one. Mark ends like this: “and going out they fled from the tomb, for fear and trembling had seized them, and they said nothing to anyone. They were afraid, because. . .” Part of it must be missing, they say.

Part of it must have been misplaced because there is no way that the gospel can end right here — not like this, not in the middle of an unfinished sentence, not without a happy ending.

But I can see why Mary, and Mary, and Salome would be afraid. They came to the tomb to sprinkle a few spices. They came to the tomb to pay their respects to a dead man. They came to anoint their friend and give him a decent burial. They came like so many come to church on Easter Sunday — to pay respects to the faith of the past; to sprinkle a few spices on a freshly dug grave where the faith of our ancestors is now buried; to anoint a dead man who used to mean something special to the world — to anoint him with our presence before getting back to our old routines.

And I don’t think that just because most of us here are seminarians, or pastors or professors, or church workers that we come with expectations that are all that different. Sometimes I think we prefer Jesus dead in the tomb — embalmed in 16th century confessions, entombed in rigid orthodoxies — liberal or conservative, buried in simple, stale theologies that lead us to believe we can handle Jesus and keep him right where we choose to put him. The church sometimes prefers our Jesus as dead as we can get him so we can prop him up for a viewing whenever we feel like we need to use him for one of our agendas, or whenever we feel like we need to pay our respects to the faith of the past, whenever we feel like spending some extra money on a few spices to sprinkle on the grave of a cold, dead faith.

There’s not much for a disciple of Christ to fear with Jesus dead in the tomb. There’s nothing for us to fear with the outrageous claims of the kingdom of God now put to rest.

There’s no reason to be afraid with Jesus’ demand for courage in the face of the cross now buried in the ground. There’s nothing to fear with Jesus’ call to follow him nonviolently into the corridors of power standing up with the poor, the aliens among us, the oppressed — with that call hidden safely underground. There’s no reason to fear God’s claim on your life with Jesus locked away in the tomb.

But a Jesus who is not here in this tomb? — who is loose in the world? — who’s already gone ahead to Galilee expecting these three women — to run and tell the powers that crucified him that he is not dead? That the vision of the kingdom is not dead? To run and tell a beleaguered church that the expectation of courage still stands? That the expectation of witness is still alive?

Peering inside the empty tomb, with Jesus somewhere on the loose, I begin to feel what these women might have feared — not only is Jesus’ Gospel mission not dead — part of it is on the shoulders of three witnesses who didn’t come to the tomb that day to take on any mission! They didn’t come because they felt they were uniquely qualified to preach the dangerous Gospel that led to the cross. They didn’t come because they had any inkling of an idea that they could carry on the work begun by their Lord. They came with a few spices to pay their respects, to anoint a dead friend, to remember his stories, and his healing, and his courage. They didn’t expect it to become their own. Of course they were afraid!

“He is not here. He is risen!” He’s already gone ahead of us and he expects us to meet him there — in the dangerous world that crucified him for his faith.

And that is enough to make me afraid every time I hear this story. Afraid because I’m not always so sure I have the guts to keep announcing God’s way of peace in a nation so invested in the ways of war. I’m not always sure I have the courage to proclaim Christ’s Lordship in a world that bows down to the invisible hands of the market that still hasn’t saved us. I’m not

always sure I have what it takes to announce the good news of God’s power to the community of the church so accustomed these last decades to lamenting what we can’t do instead of telling the people just what miracles God performs when a people find themselves in the wilderness.

I’m not always sure I have the strength to announce God’s grace when my own family and yours gets hit by illness out of the blue that leaves the people we love suffering.

And maybe that is why Mark’s Gospel leaves us in fear and trembling. Maybe Mark leaves us afraid because that’s what every disciple feels at some point when you realize just what Christ has called us to do. When you realize that Jesus believes in your capacity for radical discipleship more than you do. When you realize that Jesus has some crazy notion that the church has much more of a future than most of us allow ourselves to believe. When you realize that Jesus didn’t call us here for us to sprinkle our respects on the grave of God’s salvation story. Jesus called us here to carry on what Jesus taught; to bear the burden of discipleship; to take up his cross; to announce news of his resurrection that changes everything.

It’s no wonder Mark’s Gospel ends with a conjunction. The story’s not over with the announcement that he is raised. It’s only begun and who knows where it will lead you! I don’t know where that story will lead in your lives anymore than we are told where it finally led in the lives of those three women.

I can only testify to what “he is risen” means to the lives of those who hear and receive that announcement. I know what it means to a city like Baltimore addicted to many things, but most of all to a narrative of cynical despair. I can only testify to what it means to a family that lost their college-aged child; to a congregation that’s been told it’s dying; to a married couple that can’t repair the wounds. I’ve seen what it means to a CEO who’s decided to risk the bottom line for what is right; to a city kid who’s lost 13 of his family members to murder; and to a wellrounded, kind atheist who was as astonished as I at how Jesus drew her into the church. I know what it means to the teacher who refuses to give up on his students, to a breadwinner who’s lost her job. I know what “he is risen” means to me — cancer survivor this year, walking with my brother through the hell of pancreatic cancer — “he is risen” means everything.

And I don’t know where this story ends. This vocation would be so much easier if Mark or someone else had given us that information. I only know where it begins — Do not be alarmed; you are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has been raised; he is not here. Go on ahead and tell the others what you’ve seen. Go on ahead and follow him into the contested spaces of the world. Go on ahead and proclaim release to the captives, recovery of sight to the blind. Go on ahead and live your calling with a courage that only comes when your future isn’t clear, when life isn’t assured, when death is close at hand. Go on ahead and heal the sick, strengthen the fainthearted, support the weak, hold fast to what is good. Go on ahead and stand up with outcasts, with the newest immigrants when it might cost you something fierce. Go on ahead and preach like you’re desperate for justice to roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. Go on ahead and talk about love in the middle of a world consumed with hate; preach forgiveness in a nation that can’t find satisfaction in retaliation; announce Christ’s peace in a world torn by never-ending war. Go on ahead — answer your calling — and do not be alarmed in this fear-full world. Do not be alarmed — Jesus has already gone ahead of you — there you will see him, just as he told you.

“They were afraid because. . .” The last words of Mark are not the ending, they’re only our beginning. The ending still has to be written.

And I don’t know where this story ends. . . .

I only know where it begins — Do not be alarmed;you are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified.

He has been raised, he is not here . . . .

Go on ahead and heal the sick, strengthen the fainthearted, support the weak, hold fast to what is good.

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Khalia Williams was appointed Chapel Coordinator and Adjunct Professor.

She is a liturgical artist and a current Ph.D. candidate at Graduate Theological Union in Liturgical Studies with a focus on womanist theology and worship.

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class of 2014 awards

Not pictured Carrie Ann Bowers

Kate Brearley Jennifer Carlier Buckley

William Rivers Waddey Award

Columbia Graduate Fellowship

Fannie Jordan Bryan Fellowship

David Luis Fuentes

Sungyoung Huh

William Rivers Waddey Award

Jeanne Anne Swink Simpson

Jeffrey William Banks

Katherine DeBruhl Blankenship

Samuel A. Cartledge Biblical Studies Award (NT), Ludwig Richard Max Dewitz Biblical Studies Award (OT)

Stephen Michael Fearing Emma Gaillard Boyce Graduate Fellowship

Thomas W. Shirley, Jr. Emma Gaillard Boyce Graduate Fellowship

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The TomsMcGarrahan Award

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Shawn Michael Duncan

Jason Corey Edwards

Maggie Kate Chandler

Lauren Kay Dieterich

Harvard A. Anderson, Wilds Book Prize, Florrie Wilkes Sanders Prize in Theology

The Robert Ramey, Jr. Christian Leadership Award

James T. and Celeste M. Boyd Book Fund

Angelle Marisa Jones

Rebekah Abel Lamar

Anna Church Whitner Fellowship

William Dudley Fund Awards

Columbia Graduate Fellowship

Oluwamuyiwa Arnold Ogunmoyero

Marion Young-Me Park

Jennie Frances Sankey

William Dudley Fund Awards

George and Sally Telford Award

James T. and Celeste M. Boyd Book Fund

YoungShin Song

Karen Teresa Briscoe Stevenson

Carol Marie Underwood

Daniel William Wiard

Sarah Ashley Wolf

William Thomas Woodall, Jr.

Marcus Christopher Yates

James T. and Celeste M. Boyd Book Fund

Fannie Jordan Bryan Fellowship

St. Andrew Presbytery Preaching Award

H. J. Riddle Memorial Book Award

Florie S. Johnson Award

The John Nelsen Award, Julia Abdullah Award

Abdullah Award (Bible in Public Schools)

Lyman and Myki Mobley Prize

Indiantown Country Church Award

Lisa Marie Schrott Samuel A. Cartledge Biblical Studies Award (NT)

j oy f u l G i f t s to t h e S e m i n a ry July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2014 This Annual Report includes donors whose gifts were received July 1, 2013-June 30, 2014.

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Partners in Ministry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Peter Marshall Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

William Marcellus McPheeters Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Woodrow Wilson Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Agnes Law Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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board of trustees 2014

Emily J. Anderson Maryville, Tennessee

Joseph S. Harvard III Durham, North Carolina

Philip S. Noyes Atlanta, Georgia

Bennett A. Brown Carrollton, Georgia

Susan N. Haskell Mountain Brook, Alabama

Richard A. Oglesby, Jr. Atlanta, Georgia

Eva O. Carter Birmingham, Alabama

George J. Hauptfuhrer III Atlanta, Georgia

Travis V. Olmert Greer, South Carolina

Ann D. Cousins Atlanta, Georgia

Stephen A. Hayner Decatur, Georgia

Pendleton B. Peery Charlotte, North Carolina

Laura A. Cunningham New City, New York

R. Hayne Hollis Dothan, Alabama

J. Derrick Quattlebaum Greenville, South Carolina

Thomas R. Daniel IV Austin, Texas

Billy M. Honor Atlanta, Georgia

Margaret C. Reiser Atlanta, Georgia

Pam G. Driesell Atlanta, Georgia

James M. Jeter Moultrie, Georgia

William E. Scheu Jacksonville, Florida

Lucie B. Eggleston Columbia, South Carolina

Andrew P. Kintz Nashville, Tennessee

Kimberly Skeen Decatur, Georgia

Florida S. Ellis Atlanta, Georgia

Dennis M. Love Atlanta, Georgia

Ruth Millie Snyder Charlotte, North Carolina

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J.Todd Speed Decatur, Georgia

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Partners in Ministry

The Partners in Ministry is an initiative started in 2003 to raise awareness of Columbia Theological Seminary and encourage direct and generous giving to our annual fund. Our partners’ gifts have been generous and consistent; in fact we have raised more than $4.5 million from this initiative. The events have focused on all the ways God is at work at the seminary, in our churches, homes and communities.

For more information about the Partners in Ministry program, please contact Pam Cottrell, Office of Institutional Advancement at 404-687-4588.

Leadership Partners Pledged $50,000 or more over five years Mr. and Mrs. Howell E. Adams, Jr. Ms. Jocelyn C. Bauer John T. Benton, Jr. and Suzanne B. Benton Mrs. Florida S. and Mr. W. Douglas Ellis Mrs. Nancy P. and Dr. Jeffrey K. Giguere Mrs. Gail S. and Mr. Marion B. Glover Mr. and Mrs. George J. Hauptfuhrer Dr. Stephen A. and the Rev. Sharol R. Hayner Mr. and Mrs. Dennis M. Love Mr. Jeffrey D. McEwen

Faith Partners Pledged $25,000 or more over five years Fulcrum Equity Partners, Inc. Mr. David H. Gill, Jr. The Rev. Elizabeth C. and Mr. T. Michael Goodrich Mr. and Mrs. T. Michael Goodrich Gay and Erskine Love Foundation Mrs. Gay M. Love Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey S. Muir Roswell Presbyterian Church, Roswell, GA St. Luke’s Presbyterian Church, Dunwoody, GA

Impact Partners Pledged $5,000 or more over five years Capt. and Mrs. Edward L. Alderman Dr. and Mrs. E. Lane Alderman Mr. and Mrs. Douglas P. Armistead Mr. and Mrs. William R. Bassett Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Bedford Mr. and Mrs. Victor A. Bell Dr. Cynthia M. and Mr. Steve N. Benz Mr. W. Howard Boyd, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Bennett A. Brown III The Rev. Mary Miller Brueggemann Dr. M. Rebecca and Mr. John F. Burton Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Carr, Jr. Dr. Connie L. Carson Mrs. Charlotte M. Connah Mr. James C. Connah Mr. and Mrs. William J. Ditzel, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. J. Walter Drake The Rev. Pamela G. Driesell and Mr. L. Joseph Loveland, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. H. Alan Elmore

The Rev. Jane E. Fahey Drs. Catherine G. and Justo L. Gonzalez Mrs. Rutledge I. Gross Mr. and Mrs. Ted S. Gum Mr. and Mrs. Dexter V. Hancock Susan and Wyatt Haskell The Rev. Morgan M. and Mr. Robert S. Hay, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Richard V. Hechenbleikner The Rev. Alexandra K. and Mr. Charles V. Hedrick Dr. C.P. Huang The Rev. and Mrs. In Soo Jung Dr. and Mrs. Ben C. Johnson Mrs. Dianne L. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Ronald K. Johnson Mrs. Catherine D. Jones Dr. Charles C. Knox Dr. and Mrs. Robert P. Lagrone Mr. and Mrs. E.G. Lassiter III Ms. Jane Boyd Lee Mr. and Mrs. William J. Martin, Jr. Mr. Jack L. McGinnis Dr. Belle Miller McMaster Mr. and Mrs. Thad L. McNulty IV Mr. and Mrs. William H. Moore, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Moriarity Dr. Deborah F. Mullen Myers Park Presbyterian Church Dr. and Mrs. Charles R. Nash Dr. and Mrs. William O. Nisbet, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Norris Mr. and Mrs. Ellis R. Norton Mr. and Mrs. Philip S. Noyes Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. O’Brien Mr. and Mrs. John F. Oglesby Dr. and Mrs. Douglas W. Oldenburg Dr. and Mrs. Paul M. O’Neal The Rev. W. Larry Owens Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Patrick, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Perkins, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James D. Philips, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. John R. Ragsdale II Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Reed Mr. and Mrs. S. Mark Roberson Mr. and Mrs. N. Allen Robertson Ms. Mary L. Rogers Mr. Ross C. Royce Mr. and Mrs. David R. Rozier Mr. William E. and Mrs. Margaret C. Scheu The Rev. and Mrs. William M. Schotanus Mr. and Mrs. Roland H. Seaman, Jr. Mr. Thomas L. Shields, Jr. and Ms. Charlotte G. Montague The Rev. Lib McGregor Simmons and Mr. W. Gary Simmons Mr. B. Franklin Skinner Mr. and Mrs. R. Lee Smith Dr. and Mrs. William A. Smith, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Cary G. Speaker Mrs. Frances S. St. John Mr. and Mrs. James S. Stokes Mr. and Mrs. Douglas E. Taylor Mr. George E. Thurmond

* Includes gifts from Presbyterian Women to Columbia Friendship Circle

† Raised to the Church Triumphant

Mr. and Mrs. William M. Timberlake Mr. and Mrs. Eric B. Toole Mr. and Mrs. Herbert T. Uthlaut, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James P. Van Pelt Mr. and Mrs. Kennon D. Walthall The Revs. Deborah D. and John D. Wells Mrs. Almonese B. Williams Mrs. Sue S. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Wolters Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Zwier

Contributors Commitments to the Partners in Ministry program at other levels Anonymous Dr. Ann Clay Adams and the Rev. C. Fritz Bogar Mr. and Mrs. Tom A. Adams Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Albright Ms. Ashley P. Alderman The Rev. Mary G. and Mr. Anthony L. Amos Mrs. Deborah Ashendorf Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Ashurst Mr. Stephen W. and Dr. Carolyn S. Ashworth Rick and Beth Atkerson The Rev. and Mrs. Juventino R. Ballesteros The Rev. and Mrs. Alan D. Bancroft Dr. and Mrs. David L. Bartlett Mr. and Mrs. N. William Bath Dr. and Mrs. Dwight S. Bayley II Mr. and Mrs. Brian Beaubien Ms. Terri D. Beck Mr. Bryan B. Bolton Mr. Marc D. Brinks Mr. and Mrs. John A. Brooke III Mr. Herbert H. Browne, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ashby Q. Burks Mrs. Barbara C. Cade Mr. and Mrs. Stokely G. Caldwell, Jr. Ms. Jeanne C. Camp Mr. and Mrs. Clark E. Candler Lee and Betty Carroll Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin E. Carswell Mr. James R. Carter Ms. Suma M. Clark Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Clarke Mr. and Mrs. Andrew B. Coburn Mr. Shane C. Coldren Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Cole Mr. and Mrs. William R. Coles Dr. Deborah M. Conner and Mr. Stephen D. Conner Mr. and Mrs. Daniel S. Corlew Mr. and Mrs. W. Reynolds Couch Mr. and Mrs. Andrew D. Crichton The Rev. and Mrs. William A. Crosland Mr. and Mrs. C. Richard Crutchfield Mr. and Mrs. J. Michael Davis Mr. and Mrs. Brian K. Dixon Ms. C.J. Drymon Dr. and Mrs. William T. DuBose Mr. and Mrs. J. Frazer Durrett, Jr. The Rev. and Mrs. Joseph C. Eckstine

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Partners in Ministry

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph G. Edwards, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. F. Alex Erwin The Rev. Debra D. Feagin The Rev. Catherine E. Foster Mr. and Mrs. William K. Fuller The Rev. Lauren L. Furr-Vancini and Mr. Jeffrey T. Vancini Mr. and Mrs. Ben Garren Dr. and Mrs. J. Sherrick Gilbert Mr. and Mrs. John H. Goff, Jr. Dr. Cheryl A. Gosa Mr. and Mrs. John C. Grant-Dooley Ms. Elizabeth G. Greaves Mr. and Mrs. Willie J. Green Mr. and Mrs. Torsten J. Greife Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Grier Dr. and Mrs. Guy D. Griffith Mr. and Mrs. Harry G. Haisten Mrs. Nell F. Hall Mr. and Mrs. Philip R. Hamilton Mr. and Mrs. J. Ronald Hankins Mr. and Mrs. Larron C. Harper Mr. and Mrs. Sylvan L. Harris Ms. Mary Ann Hartman The Rev. Morgan M. and Mr. Robert S. Hay, Jr. The Rev. and Mrs. Robert S. Hay Ms. Valerie S. Hayes The Revs. Marilyn T. and Ingram P. Hedgpeth Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Hiett Dr. and Mrs. James E. Hinkle The Rev. and Mrs. John A. Hinkle, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Hodges The Rev. and Mrs. William H. Hoff Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Holcomb Mr. Billy R. Holley, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. J. Blair Hollis Mrs. Cecile M. Hooks Mr. and Mrs. Jethro H. Irby III The Rev. and Mrs. James H. Irwin, Jr. The Rev. Derrick L. Jackson Mr. and Mrs. Ralph H. Jenkins Mr. Ezra B. Jones III Colonel and Mrs. LaVert W. Jones Mr. W. Seaborn Jones The Rev. Caroline M. Kelly and Mr. James F. Mooney Ms. Mary Alice Kemp Mr. Yong H. Kim Mr. and Mrs. Kiman Kim Mr. Soon Y. Kim Mr. Andrew P. and Mrs. M. Towles Kintz Dr. Stuart J. Knechtle Dr. and Mrs. William P. Lancaster, Jr. Mr. Charles B. Lassiter Mr. Moo H. Lee Mr. Robert M. Lewis, Jr. Mrs. Mary Caroline Lindsay The Rev. and Mrs. Cyrus S. Mallard, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Paul N. Marston Dr. and Mrs. Donald H. McClure Mr. and Mrs. William J. McDaniel Dr. and Mrs. Allen P. McDonald Mr. and Mrs. Pender R. McElroy

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Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. McGimsey Dr. and Mrs. James E. McGriff, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth B. McIntyre Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. McLeod Mr. Donald W. Millen Mr. Walter W. Miller Mr. David Y. Moran Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Morgan Mr. and Mrs. Terry W. Muirheid Mrs. Leigh S. and Mr. Carroll E. Mullis II Mr. and Mrs. Terry W. Nall The Revs. Lisa Traynham Nelson and Ron E. Nelson Mr. and Mrs. James L. Newsome The Rev. and Mrs. H. Gudger Nichols, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Oglesby, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Daeki W. Oh Mr. and Mrs. Douglas B. Orr Mrs. Elizabeth B. and Mr. Charles A. Orth The Rev. and Mrs. Richard W. Paddon Mr. and Mrs. Carl A. Parlato Mr. and Mrs. Macon G. Patton, Jr. The Revs. Pendleton B. and Lindsey W. Peery Dr. Jeri Parris Perkins and Mr. Phillip D. Perkins Ms. Nancy Phillimore and Mr. Brian Barkley The Rev. Dr. and Mrs. J. David Pierce Mr. and Mrs. Rex T. Pless Mr. and Mrs. David B. Plyler Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Price, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Pritchard Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Quillian III Dr. Sandra L. Randleman The Rev. and Mrs. Ross M. Reddick Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Reed The Revs. Kathryn M. Wolf Reed and Nicholas K. Reed Dr. and Mrs. W. Harrison Reeves The Rev. Catherine Cavazos Renken and Mr. Bradley J. Renken Mr. Nathan H. Ridley Mr. and Mrs. David L. Robertson, Sr. Dr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Roddy Mr. and Mrs. W. Joseph Rowland Mr. and Mrs. David H. Rue The Rev. and Mrs. Matthew E. Ruffner Drs. Carson L. and Janet T. Salyer Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Sanders

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Mr. Michael T. Sandwith Mr. Chris Schroder Mr. Emory A. Schwall Mr. and Mrs. Gary C. Shockley Mr. M. Earle Simmons Ms. Betty G. Slater Mrs. Anna C. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Bridges W. Smith Mrs. Carolyn T. Smith Mr. John E. Smith II Ms. Judy B. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Marriner Smith Mr. Rush S. Smith, Jr. The Rev. Dr. R. Millie Snyder and Mr. Leif T. Aus Dr. and Mrs. J. Todd Speed Mr. and Mrs. Al O. Stacer Mrs. Betty Marie Stewart Mr. and Mrs. Davis C. Stewart Mr. and Mrs. James S. Stokes Mr. and Mrs. John A. Tate III Mrs. Caye W. Teegarden Ms. Jane A. Thomas The Rev. Michelle and Mr. David Thomas-Bush Ms. Elizabeth R. Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Elmore C. Thrash, Jr. Mr. John C. Tuck Mr. and Mrs. Ronald M. Turbayne Mr. William E. Turnipseed Mr. and Mrs. Earl T. Tveit Mr. and Mrs. Herbert T. Uthlaut, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. R. Scott Uthlaut Dr. and Mrs. Stephen R. Vance Mr. David A. VanderMeer and Mr. Brent Ivey Ms. Mary-Ellen H. Vian Mr. James L. Vowell Dr. and Mrs. Charles R. Walker Mr. Peter M. Wallace Mr. Richard L. Walthall Dr. and Mrs. G. Dana Waters III Dr. and Mrs. David T. Watson Mr. and Mrs. John E. Webster The Rev. and Mrs. John E. Westlund, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. David M. Wilkinson The Rev. Khalia Jelks Williams and Dr. Damon P. Williams Mrs. Reid Willingham

Partners In Ministry (PIM) events scheduled in Birmingham, AL and Charleston, SC. With decreasing support from denominational

sources, we are connecting with alumni and key donors to build up the Annual Fund which supports student scholarships. To date, the PIM events remain the most cost effective measure of raising money for our Annual Fund, with an average cost of eight cents on the dollar. Let us know if you would like to host a PIM event for your area: please contact Pam Cottrell at 404.687.4588 or CottrellP@ctsnet.edu.

* Includes gifts from Presbyterian Women to Columbia Friendship Circle

†Raised to the Church Triumphant

Deb Mullen, Skip Johnson, and Kim LeVert welcome international students to the Columbia campus.

Columbia Gift Societies

Presidents’ Society $15,000 or more I n d i v i d ua l s Anonymous Ms. Jocelyn C. Bauer Mr. and Mrs.† Irwin Belk John T. Benton, Jr. and Suzanne B. Benton Mr. and Mrs. George E. Cates Mrs. Ann D. and Mr. Thomas G. Cousins Mrs. Florida S. and Mr. W. Douglas Ellis Mrs. Gail S. and Mr. Marion B. Glover Mr. and Mrs. T. Michael Goodrich Mr. and Mrs. George J. Hauptfuhrer The Rev. Louly F. and Mr. Samuel B. Hay, Jr. Dr. Stephen A. and the Rev. Sharol R. Hayner Mr. and Mrs. Dennis M. Love Mrs. Gay M. Love Mr. Edwin Malloy, Jr.†, Mr. and Mrs. William S. Morris III Dr. Betty Scott Noble Dr. J. Phillips Noble Mrs. Florrie I. Palmer† Mrs. Lou H. Reaves Mr. and Mrs. John H. Weitnauer, Jr.

Churches

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Campbell Trust, Atlanta, GA First Presbyterian Church, Quincy, FL Florida Presbytery, Chipley, FL* Presbyterian Church (USA), Louisville, KY Synod of the Sun, Irving, TX Betty Scott Noble Credit Shelter Trust, Atlanta, GA

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The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations The Betts and Dennis Love Family Foundation Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Community Foundation of Northeast Alabama Cully A. & Lois Dowdle Cobb Foundation Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund Gay and Erskine Love Foundation John I. Smith Charities, Inc. Printpack, Inc. Synod of the Sun Presbyterian Foundation Texas Presbyterian Foundation Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

Peter Marshall Society $5,000 to $14,999 I n d i v i d ua l s Mrs. G. Scott Candler, Jr. Mr. Curtis W. Cheshire Mrs. Lucie B. and Mr. Robert D. Eggleston The Rev. Jane E. Fahey Mrs. Nancy P. and Dr. Jeffrey K. Giguere Mr. David H. Gill, Jr. The Rev. Elizabeth C. and Mr. T. Michael Goodrich Susan and Wyatt Haskell Mr. and Mrs. R. Hayne Hollis Mrs. Dianne L. Johnson The Rev. and Mrs. In Soo Jung Ms. Jane Boyd Lee Mr. Laurence E. Mansfield IV Mr. and Mrs. William J. Martin, Jr.* Mr. Jeffrey D. McEwen Mrs. Ellen R. Mitchell Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey S. Muir Mr. and Mrs. Philip S. Noyes Mr. and Mrs. James D. Philips, Jr. Mrs. Margaret C. and Mr. Robert E. Reiser Mrs. Helen C. Richardson† Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Shelton, Sr.† Dr. B. Lynn Stall and Mr. G. Edward Bruce Mrs. Almonese B. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Wolters

* Includes gifts from Presbyterian Women to Columbia Friendship Circle

† Raised to the Church Triumphant

Churches

and

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Bayside Presbyterian Church, Virginia Beach, VA Covenant Presbyterian Church, Athens, GA Dugald W. Hudson Charitable Trust, Atlanta, GA ELCA - Southeastern Synod, Atlanta, GA Erin Presbyterian Church, Knoxville, TN First Presbyterian Church, Greensboro, NC First Presbyterian Church, Knoxville, TN* First Presbyterian Church, Marietta, GA First Presbyterian Church, Nashville, TN First Presbyterian Church, Shreveport, LA First Presbyterian Church, Spartanburg, SC First Presbyterian Church, St. Petersburg, FL* First Presbyterian Church of the Covenant, Erie, PA Foothills Presbytery, Simpsonville, SC* Greater Atlanta Presbytery, Atlanta, GA* Independent Presbyterian Church, Birmingham, AL Kairos Church, Atlanta, GA Myers Park Presbyterian Church, Charlotte, NC North Avenue Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, GA* Peachtree Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, GA* Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church, Augusta, GA Roswell Presbyterian Church, Roswell, GA* St. Luke’s Presbyterian Church, Dunwoody, GA White Memorial Presbyterian Church, Raleigh, NC

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The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Fulcrum Equity Partners, Inc. H.P. Bridges Ministers’ Trust Lyford Cay Foundation Missionary Emergency Fund The National Christian Foundation The Noyes Foundation Patrick Family Foundation Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund SEI Giving Fund VANTAGE Fall 2014

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Columbia Gift Societies

William Marcellus McPheeters Society $1,000 to $4,999 I n d i v i d ua l s Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Dr. Joanna M. and Mr. Alfred B. Adams III Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Adle* Mr. and Mrs. Douglas P. Armistead Mrs. Randolph N. Armstrong The Rev. Christie L. and Mr. William H. Ashton III Mr. Stephen W. and Dr. Carolyn S. Ashworth Mr. David D. Baird Mr. and Mrs. James S. Balloun Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Barrow, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. David L. Bartlett Mr. and Mrs. William R. Bassett Dr. and Mrs. Dwight S. Bayley II Mr. and Mrs. Victor A. Bell Mr. and Mrs. Barry C. Blackburn Drs. Janice L. and Mr.† Joseph A. Blissit Mr. W. Howard Boyd, Jr. Mrs. Mary Kate Brearley Glasser Mr. and Mrs. Bennett A. Brown III The Rev. Mary Miller Brueggemann Dr. and Mrs. Edwin L. Bryan Dr. M. Rebecca and Mr. John F. Burton Ms. Margaret C. Cairnes Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Carini Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Carr, Jr. Dr. Connie L. Carson Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin E. Carswell Dr. and Mrs. J. Calvin Chesnutt Dr. Kimberly L. Clayton The Rev. Martha J. Clinkscales and Mr. David R. Forquer Mrs. Charlotte M. Connah Mr. James C. Connah The Rev. Pamela Cooper-White, Ph.D. and the Rev. Michael Cooper-White,D.D. Mr. and Mrs. W. Reynolds Couch Dr. and Mrs. Charles B. Cousar Mr. and Mrs. Andrew D. Crichton Mr. and Mrs. John J. Cross Mr. and Mrs. C. Richard Crutchfield Ms. Barbara J. Daniels† Dr. Kathy L. Dawson Dr. Mary Lynn Dell Mr. and Mrs. David H. Dillard Mr. and Mrs. William J. Ditzel, Jr. Dr. Mark A. Douglas and the Rev. Lindsay P. Armstrong Mr. and Mrs. J. Walter Drake The Rev. Pamela G. Driesell and Mr. L. Joseph Loveland, Jr. The Rev. Christine K. Dungan Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. DuPre Mr. and Mrs. Ralph G. Edwards, Jr., Colie Neidlinger and Tyler Gardner

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Dr. and Mrs. H. James Free Mr. and Mrs. William K. Fuller Mr. and Mrs. John W. Gandy Mr. and Mrs. Ben Garren The Rev. Eleana M. Garrett Drs. Catherine G. and Justo L. Gonzalez Mr. and Mrs.† William M. Graves Dr. Joan S. and Mr. William A. Gray Mr. and Mrs. Torsten J. Greife Mrs. Rutledge I. Gross Dr. Thomas H. Guthrie Mrs. Vivian H. Guthrie Mr. and Mrs. Harry G. Haisten Mrs. Nell F. Hall The Rev. and Mrs. C.J. Hammet, Sr.* Mr. and Mrs. Dexter V. Hancock Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery B. Hansen Mr. and Mrs. C. Miner Harrell Mr. and Mrs. Richard V. Hechenbleikner The Rev. Alexandra K. and Mr. Charles V. Hedrick Mr. Nicholas G. Hill Dr. and Mrs. James E. Hinkle Mrs. Cecile M. Hooks The Rev. and Mrs. Ray A. Howe Dr. C.P. Huang Dr. and Mrs. D. Orvin Jenkins Mr. and Mrs. James M. Jeter Dr. and Mrs. Ben C. Johnson Dr. E. Elizabeth Johnson and the Rev. Peter M. Paulsen Mr. and Mrs. Ronald K. Johnson Mrs. Catherine D. Jones Mr. John R. Jones, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Jones* The Rev. and Mrs. Walter M. Jones, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Harvie C. Jordan III Mr. Andrew P. and Mrs. M. Towles Kintz Mrs. Nancy C. and Mr. Mark W. Kinzer Ms. Virginia H. Klettner† Mr. and Mrs. John B. Kline Dr. Stuart J. Knechtle Dr. and Mrs. Robert P. Lagrone Ms. Jennie P. Langer Mr. and Mrs. E.G. Lassiter III The Rev. and Mrs. William F. Lee Mrs. Jean M. McCarter Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. McGimsey Mr. Jack L. McGinnis Dr. and Mrs. Hamilton W. McKay, Jr. Dr. Belle Miller McMaster Mrs. Catherine G. McNair Mr. and Mrs. Thad L. McNulty IV Dr. Margaret G. and Mr. Charles E. Miller The Rev. and Mrs. A. Cecil Moore, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Moore† Mr. and Mrs. William H. Moore, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Moriarity Dr. and Mrs. Robert R. Morris Dr. Deborah F. Mullen The Rev. Cecil B. Murphey Dr. and Mrs. Charles R. Nash Dr. and Mrs. William O. Nisbet, Jr.

Dr. Rodger Y. Nishioka Mr. W.J. Noonan III Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Norris The Rev. Margaret R. Northen Mr. and Mrs. Ellis R. Norton Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. O’Brien Dr. Kathleen M. O’Connor Mr. and Mrs. John F. Oglesby Dr. and Mrs. Douglas W. Oldenburg Mr. and Mrs. John A. O’Neal Dr. and Mrs. Paul M. O’Neal The Rev. W. Larry Owens Mr. and Mrs. Ashley D. Pace, Jr. Dr. Kevin Park Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Patrick, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Perkins, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Perrin Dr. and Mrs. John R. Ragsdale II Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Reed Mr. and Mrs. S. Mark Roberson Mr. and Mrs. David L. Robertson, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. N. Allen Robertson Dr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Roddy Ms. Mary L. Rogers Mr. Ross C. Royce Mr. and Mrs. David R. Rozier Mr. and Mrs. David H. Rue Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Sanders Dr. Stanley P. Saunders and Ms. Brenda L. Smith Mr. William E. and Mrs. Margaret C. Scheu The Rev. and Mrs. William M. Schotanus The Rev. and Mrs. John T. Schuldt Mr. and Mrs. Roland H. Seaman, Jr. Mr. Thomas L. Shields, Jr. and Ms. Charlotte G. Montague Mr. William A. Sibley, Jr. Mrs. Betty C. Simmons* The Rev. Lib McGregor Simmons and Mr. W. Gary Simmons Dr. Bertram C. Sippola Mr. B. Franklin Skinner Mrs. Elizabeth B. Sloop Mr. John E. Smith II Dr. and Mrs. William A. Smith, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Cary G. Speaker Dr. and Mrs. James O. Speed, Jr. Mrs. Frances S. St. John Mr. and Mrs. James S. Stokes Mr. and Mrs. Shellie S.Stroman, Jr.* Dr. Raymond L. and Mrs. Jan O. Swetenburg Mr. and Mrs. Douglas E. Taylor Mrs. Sally S. Telford Mr. George E. Thurmond Mr. and Mrs. William M. Timberlake Mr. and Mrs. W. Bradley Turner, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Earl T. Tveit Mr. and Mrs. James P. Van Pelt Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey R. Vaughan Mr. and Mrs. Walter W. Waddey Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Wallingford Mr. and Mrs. Kennon D. Walthall Mr. Richard L. Walthall Dr. and Mrs. G. Dana Waters III

* Includes gifts from Presbyterian Women to Columbia Friendship Circle

† Raised to the Church Triumphant

Columbia Gift Societies

Drs. Ralph C. and Vanessa C. Watkins Dr. and Mrs. David D. Weitnauer Mrs. Sue S. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Glen E. Williamson Mr. R. Dan Winn, Jr. Mrs. Bonnie P. and Mr. Stephen E. Wurzbacher Ms. Pamela A. Yetunde Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Zwier

Churches

and

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Blessed Earth, Inc., Lexington, KY Briarwood Presbyterian Church, Jackson, MS* Cedarwood Holdings, Inc., Jacksonville, FL Center for Scholarship Administration, Inc., Taylors, SC Central Florida Presbytery, Orlando, FL* Covenant Presbyterian Church, Albany, GA* Decatur Presbyterian Church, Decatur, GA* First Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, GA First Presbyterian Church, Casper, WY First Presbyterian Church, Charlotte, NC First Presbyterian Church, Greeneville, TN First Presbyterian Church, Moultrie, GA First Presbyterian Church, Sumter, SC* First Presbyterian Church, Vero Beach, FL* Flint River Presbytery, Albany, GA* Fountain Inn Presbyterian Church, Fountain Inn, SC Germantown Presbyterian Church, Germantown, TN Gretna Presbyterian Church, Gretna, FL Immanuel Presbyterian Church, McLean, VA Indian Nations Presbytery, Oklahoma City, OK John Knox Presbyterian Church, Greenville, SC Korean Community Presbyterian Church, Duluth, GA Korean Presbyterian Church, Columbus, GA Madison Presbyterian Church, Madison, GA* Mississippi Presbytery, Hattiesburg, MS* Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian Church, Mt. Pleasant, SC* New Harmony Presbytery, Florence, SC* Northeast Georgia Presbytery, Bogart, GA* Palma Ceia Presbyterian Church, Tampa, FL Providence Presbytery, Rock Hill, SC* Real Estate Management Services Group, Naples, FL Redeemer Church, Snellville, GA Riverside Presbyterian Church, Jacksonville, FL* Sandy Springs Christian Church, Atlanta, GA Schwab Charitable Fund, San Francisco, CA Shallowford Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, GA* Sheppards and Lapsley Presbytery, Birmingham, AL* South Highland Presbyterian Church, Birmingham, AL Southminster Presbyterian Church, Taylor, MI St. Augustine Presbytery, Jacksonville, FL* Starmount Presbyterian Church, Greensboro, NC Trinity Presbytery, Lexington, SC* W.J. and Jane C. Noonan Charitable Trust, Pensacola, FL Westminster Presbyterian Church, Durham, NC Westminster Presbyterian Church, Greenwood, SC Wyoming Presbytery, Casper, WY

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Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund Community Foundation of South Georgia, Inc. Brad and Sally Turner Fund, Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley, Inc. Dr. P. Phillips Foundation Eaton Deadening Plantation, Inc.* Foundation for the Carolinas The Fuller Foundation Blake P. Garrett, Sr. Foundation The Graves Foundation National Christian Foundation Tampa Bay National Philanthropic Trust Personal Care, Inc. Presbyterian Foundation Regions Bank The Spartanburg County Foundation Waccamaw Community Foundation Wheaton College William E. and Audrine C. Honey Foundation

Woodrow Wilson Society $500 to $999 I n d i v i d ua l s Dr. Ann Clay Adams and the Rev. C. Fritz Bogar Ms. Ashley P. Alderman Capt. and Mrs. Edward L. Alderman The Rev. Mary G. and Mr. Anthony L. Amos Dr. Emily J. Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Ayres The Revs. Amy L. and Ryan J. Baer Dr. and Mrs. William R. Barron Mr. and Mrs. Larry D. Bishop The Rev. Dorothy T. and Dr. Russell S. Blackwelder Dr. Susan L. Boardman-McKissack and the Rev. William F. McKissack Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. Bollinger Mr. Marc D. Brinks The Rev. Janet Ann Briscoe and Dr. R. Page Shelton Mr. and Mrs. John A. Brooke III Dr. and Mrs. Walter A. Brueggemann Mr. John A. Bullard and Ms. Kathryn Scofield The Rev. and Mrs. Randolph S. Calvo, Jr. Mrs. Margaret H. Carr Dr. and Mrs. William B. Carr, Jr. Lee and Betty Carroll Dr. Janet N. Carter Dr. and Mrs. Huw M. Christopher Mr. and Mrs. William R. Coles Dr. Yvonne M. Collie-Pendleton The Rev. and Mrs. Pemberton I. Cooley III The Revs. Sarah Cooper Searight and William H. Searight Mrs. Pamela W. and Mr. Chris L. Cottrell, Sr. The Rev. Mary P. and Mr. William L. Cox Ms. Linda D. Davis Drs. W. Thomas and Dabney W. Dixon Dr. and Mrs. William T. DuBose Dr. and Mrs. Dan A. Dunaway

* Includes gifts from Presbyterian Women to Columbia Friendship Circle

†Raised to the Church Triumphant

Dr. and Mrs. R. Ellis Dunbar Mr. Nathaniel J. Dunlap Drs. M. Julian and Sue M. Duttera The Rev. and Mrs. Joseph C. Eckstine Mrs. Ruth B. Eckstine Dr. Sarah F. Erickson Mr. and Mrs. F. Alex Erwin Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Evans* Mr. Matthew F. and the Rev. Mandy Sloan Flemming Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Foster Dr. and Mrs. Clarence D. Fouse, Jr. Dr. Jerry A. Gladson Mr. and Mrs. John H. Goff, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James C. Graves Dr. and Mrs. H. Scott Gregory Mr. and Mrs. Ted S. Gum Mrs. Anne M. Haltiwanger Mr. and Mrs. Philip R. Hamilton Mr. and Mrs. J. Ronald Hankins Mrs. Shirley C. Harris The Rev. Carolyn Robinson Hart and Mr. Charles T. Hart Ms. Mary Ann Hartman The Rev. Morgan M. and Mr. Robert S. Hay, Jr. Drs. Susan M. Heafield and Brian A. Wren Mr. Curtis T. Henson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William P. Hoffman III Dr. and Mrs. Wayne W. Hoffmann Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Holcomb Dr. and Mrs. Wade P. Huie, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold T. Hulteen Mr. and Mrs. Hugh F. Hunter, Jr. The Rev. and Mrs. Jeffrey L. Hutcheson Mr. and Mrs. Ralph H. Jenkins The Rev. and Mrs. J. Ernest Johnson Mr. and Mrs. A. Thomas Jones Mr. Ezra B. Jones III The Rev. Susan Dobbs Key The Rev. and Mrs. Howard Y. Kim Mr. and Mrs. Kiman Kim Mr. Yong H. Kim The Rev. Zeta T. Lamberson Dr. and Mrs. John W. Larson Dr. and Mrs. John H. Law Mr. and Mrs. Julian S. LeCraw, Sr. The Rev. and Mrs. S. Edwin Lewis The Rev. and Mrs. James S. Lowry The Rev. and Mrs. Cyrus S. Mallard, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. C. David Markle The Rev. Anna H. and Mr. Bryan R. McArthur Dr. and Mrs. Donald H. McClure The Rev. and Mrs. John T. McCrea The Rev. and Mrs. Frank G. McDonald III Mr. and Mrs. Alex J. McFarland Mrs. Adele D. McKee The Rev. William F. McKissack and Dr. Susan L. Boardman-McKissack Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. McLeod Dr. and Mrs. Charles L. Moffatt The Rev. Cynthia M. and Mr. James L. Montgomery Mrs. Betsy Broyles Moore and Mr. Calvin B. Moore The Rev. and Mrs. H. Gudger Nichols, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn B. Ogden

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Columbia Gift Societies

Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Oglesby, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas B. Orr Mrs. Elizabeth B. and Mr. Charles A. Orth The Rev. Laura E. Palmer Mr. and Mrs. William P. Payne The Revs. Pendleton B. and Lindsey W. Peery Dr. and Mrs. William C. Pender Dr. and Mrs. W. Jefferson Pendergrast, Jr. The Rev. and Mrs. Roland P. Perdue III Dr. Jeri Parris Perkins and Mr. Phillip D. Perkins The Rev. Dr. and Mrs. J. David Pierce Mr. and Mrs. A. Marvin Quattlebaum, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. David A. Quattlebaum III Mr. and Mrs. Milton L. Redd* Dr. and Mrs. W. Harrison Reeves Dr. and Mrs. J. Steve Rhodes Dr. and Mrs. William D. Russell The Revs. William H. Searight and Sarah Cooper Searight The Rev. Martha C. Sexton Dr. R. Page Shelton and the Rev. Janet Ann Briscoe The Rev. and Mrs. William F. Shouse Mr. T. Clark Simmons* Mrs. Carolyn T. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson V. Smith, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Marriner Smith Mr. and Mrs. Carl M. Stewart Ms. Elizabeth R. Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Michael K. Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Eric B. Toole Mr. and Mrs. C. Brent Trexler Mr. and Mrs. Herbert T. Uthlaut, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Walker Dr. Haruko N. and Mr. Peter H. Ward Dr. and Mrs. David T. Watson Mr. and Mrs. James A. Webb III Mr. and Mrs. John E. Webster The Revs. Laurie Taylor Weicher and John V. Weicher Mr. Thomas J. Wigley Mr. and Mrs. David M. Wilkinson Mr. and Mrs. Neal L. Williams, Sr. Mrs. Emily C. Wood* Mr. and Mrs. John W. Woods

Churches

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Black Mountain Presbyterian Church, Black Mountain, NC First Presbyterian Church, Cleveland, MS First Presbyterian Church, Covington, GA First Presbyterian Church, DeFuniak Springs, FL First Presbyterian Church, Durham, NC First Presbyterian Church, Greenville, MS First Presbyterian Church, Springdale, AR First Presbyterian Church, Talladega, AL First Presbyterian Church, Tuscaloosa, AL First United Presbyterian Church, Fayetteville, AR Fourth Presbyterian Church, Greenville, SC Holston Presbytery, Kingsport, TN* Korean American Presbyterian Church, Sumter, SC* Korean Presbyterian Church Council, Suwanee, GA Korean Presbyterian Church of South Bay, Gardena, CA

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Network for Good, Bethesda, MD North Alabama Presbytery, Huntsville, AL* Oconee Presbyterian Church, Watkinsville, GA Savannah Presbytery, Brunswick, GA* St. Andrew Presbytery, Oxford, MS* St. John’s Presbyterian Church, Reno, NV Synod of Living Waters, Spring Hill, TN* Synod of South Atlantic, Jacksonville, FL* Trinity Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, GA Walhalla Presbyterian Church, Walhalla, SC Westminster Presbyterian Church, Greensboro, NC Williamston Presbyterian Church, Williamston, SC

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and

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Beard Payne Family Foundation The CBT Charitable Trust JTM Minerals, LLC

Agnes Law Society $250 to $499.99 I n d i v i d ua l s Dr. and Mrs. Jefferson K. Aiken, Jr. The Revs .Travis R. Allen and Sydne Check Allen Rick and Beth Atkerson Dr. and Mrs. John A. Azumah Dr. Stephen A. and Mrs. Edna M. Bacon The Rev. Alexander K. Barnes Dr. and Mrs. John N. Bartholomew The Rev. and Mrs. Eric W. Barton Mr. and Mrs. Richard N. Baxter The Rev. and Mrs. Teddis H. Beasley, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Bedford Dr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Berry The Rev. Ewell C. Black, Jr. The Rev. and Mrs. Frank I. Blankinship III Mr. and Mrs. Bruce R. Blincow Drs. Martha M. and Richard L. Blount Mr. Bryan B. Bolton Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Boyer Mr. and Mrs. John A. Bradley, Sr. Dr. Loretta G. Brown Dr. and Mrs. William P. Brown Mr. Herbert H. Browne, Jr. Mrs. Tara W. and Mr. Brian R. Bulger Ms. Ann W. Bullard Mr. and Mrs. Ashby Q. Burks Mrs. Gretta W. Burns* Mr. and Mrs. Stokely G. Caldwell, Jr. Drs. James W. Calhoun and Alice C. Feist Mr. and Mrs. Clark E. Candler Mrs. Eva O. and Dr. Clyde L. Carter Dr. Anna and the Rev. W. David Carter Florence Drs. Anna L. Case-Winters and R. Michael Winters III The Revs. Sydne Check Allen and Travis R. Allen Mr. James E. Cheeks, Jr. Ms. In Soon Chi Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Clarke Mrs. Gwendolyn M. Cleghorn Ms. Julie M. Cline and Mr. Thomas E. Frey

Mrs. Gretchen A. Cloud The Rev. Sharon K. Core and Mr. Nicholas J. Kuhn The Rev. and Mrs. William A. Crosland Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Cross Dr. and Mrs. Christopher L. Crotwell Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Cunningham The Rev. MaryAnn McKibben Dana and Mr. Robert M. Dana Perky Daniel, PhD and Mr. J. Wallace Daniel III Ms. Mary Lynn Darden The Rev. Jean L. Davidson Dr. and Mrs. Dennis D. Denning Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Denny The Rev. Andrew J. Ditzel Mr. and Mrs. Brian K. Dixon Mrs. Diane L. and Mr. Thomas K. Duane Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. DuBose The Rev. Karen R. Dukes and Mr. Marc W. Johnson The Rev. Mary Kathleen Duncan and Mr. David Duncan Mr. and Mrs. J. Frazer Durrett, Jr. The Rev. Virginia Simmons Ellis and Mr. Harry W. Ellis Dr. and Mrs. H. Alan Elmore The Rev. Debra D. Feagin Dr. Victor A. Feliberty-Ruberte The Rev. and Mrs. George H. Fitzgerald Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Flowers The Rev. and Mrs. M. McCoy Franklin Mr. James D. Galloway, Jr. The Rev. Joan W. Gandy Mr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Gignilliat, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. J. Sherrick Gilbert Mr. and Mrs. John W. Gilmore The Rev. and Mrs. Ronald J. Gilreath The Rev. Marcella A. and Dr. Justin A. Glass The Rev. C. Annette and Mr. Jeffrey S. Graham Dr. and Mrs. Guy D. Griffith Dr. and Mrs. D. Raymond Guterman The Rev. and Mrs. Thomas R. Hagood, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. D. Scott Hargrove Dr. George D. Harper, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Albert G. Harris, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Sylvan L. Harris Mrs. Ruth D. Hatcher The Rev. and Mrs. Robert S. Hay The Revs. Marilyn T. and Ingram P. Hedgpeth The Rev. and Mrs. Roy W. Hicks The Rev. Sandy and Mr. Robert M. Hill Dr. and Mrs. Douglas W. Hix Mr. Billy R. Holley, Jr. Mrs. Martha Ann B. Howell The Rev. Leah R. Hrachovec Dr. and Mrs. Ramon E. Hunt The Rev. Glen F. Hutchison Mr. and Mrs. Jethro H. Irby III Dr. and Mrs. Richard T. James, Jr. Mr. W. Seaborn Jones The Rev. Barbara P. Jordan Mrs. Mary Jane Jordan Dr. Sara C. and Dr. Daniel P.† Juengst The Rev. Caroline M. Kelly and Mr. James F. Mooney

* Includes gifts from Presbyterian Women to Columbia Friendship Circle

† Raised to the Church Triumphant

Columbia Gift Societies

Mr. James C. Kieffer Mrs. Nancy C. and Mr. Mark W. Kinzer Mr. and Mrs. K. David Lake, Jr. The Rev. Laury W. Larson The Rev. Richard G. Laurens Mr. Moo H. Lee The Rev. and Mrs. Myung Jong Lee Mrs. Rebekah Close LeMon and Dr. Joel M. LeMon Mr. Robert M. Lewis, Jr. Mrs. Mary Caroline Lindsay Mr. and Mrs. J. Steedman Lyles, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald F. Mace Mr. and Mrs. Joe F. Mattison The Rev. Elizabeth D. McAliley Dr. and Mrs. G. Daniel McCall, Sr. Ms. Sara S. McDaniel Dr. and Mrs. Douglas S. McLeroy Dr. Paige M. McRight Mr. Donald W. Millen Dr. Robert L. Montgomery Dr. Martha and the Rev. Chris Moore-Keish The Rev. and Mrs. Robert O. Moss III Drs. Laurey Hartwell Murphy and Robert F. Murphy, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Neldon The Rev. Laurel D. Nelson and Mr. N. Rick Castor Mr. and Mrs. James L. Newsome Mr. and Mrs. Daeki W. Oh Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. Oldenburg The Rev. Kathryn E. Owen The Rev. and Mrs. Richard W. Paddon Mr. and Mrs. Macon G. Patton, Jr. The Rev. Gail R. Perkins The Rev. Robert P. Piephoff Mr. and Mrs. Rex T. Pless The Revs. Nicholas K. Reed and Kathryn M. Wolf Reed Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Reed The Rev. Catherine Cavazos Renken and Mr. Bradley J. Renken Dr. Marcia Y. Riggs Dr. Mardee D. Rightmyer Dr. and Mrs. A. Don Robb III Dr. Stephen C. Robertson Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Rogers* The Rev. Jane C. and Mr. John D. Rose Mr. and Mrs. J. Martin Sadler Mrs. Kathryn H. and the Rev. Joe W. Sandifer, Jr. Mrs. Jody D. and Mr. D. Ed Sauls Dr. and Mrs. Paul S. Seelman Dr. Patricia L. and Mr. Jack H. Senterfitt The Rev. and Mrs. R. Paul Sherwood, Sr. Mrs. Edith M. Simmons Mr. M. Earle Simmons Mrs. Dorothy D. and Dr. Robert E. Smith Mr. Rush S. Smith, Jr. Mrs. Barbara M. Snelling Dr. and Mrs. J. Todd Speed Mr. and Mrs. James W. Spradley, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. James I. St. John Mr. and Mrs. Al O. Stacer Mrs. Betty Marie Stewart The Rev. and Mrs. Dean R. Strong

Drs. George W. and Donna F. Stroup Ms. Sandra D. Taylor Mrs. Edythe T. Tebbs The Revs. Jannan Wertzberger Thomas and James H. Thomas III Dr. and Mrs. Ernest T. Thompson III Mrs. Martha B. Tissington* The Rev. Joyce C. Tucker The Rev. Jerry L. Utt II Dr. and Mrs. Stephen R. Vance Dr. and Mrs. William B. Wade, Jr. The Rev. Monica L. Wedlock Kilpatrick and Mr. Jonathan G. Kilpatrick Mrs. Auwina S. Weed The Rev. and Mrs. Andrew C. Whaley Dr. and Mrs. John E. White The Rev. J. Mark Wilburn Drs. R. Michael Winters III and Anna L. Case-Winters The Revs. Kathryn M. Wolf Reed and Nicholas K. Reed Dr. Christine Roy Yoder and Mr. Reinald S. Yoder

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Allenhurst Presbyterian Church, Allenhurst, GA American Theological Library Association, Chicago, IL East Tennessee Presbytery, Knoxville, TN* First Presbyterian Church, Athens, GA* First Presbyterian Church, Beaufort, SC First Presbyterian Church, Gainesville, GA* First Presbyterian Church, Huntsville, AL* First Presbyterian Church, Murfreesboro, TN Georgia Baptist Convention, Duluth, GA GHMLJ, Inc. DBA Lakeview Cafe, Atlanta, GA Maitland Presbyterian Church, Maitland, FL* McDonough Presbyterian Church, McDonough, GA Middle Tennessee Presbytery, Nashville, TN Morrow Presbyterian Church, Morrow, GA Newnan Presbyterian Church, Newnan, GA Peace Memorial Presbyterian Church, Clearwater, FL* Peace River Presbytery, North Port, FL Philadelphia Presbyterian Church, Forest Park, GA* Rock Spring Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, GA* Shandon Presbyterian Church, Columbia, SC South Aiken Presbyterian Church, Aiken, SC St. John Presbyterian Church, Fayetteville, TN Trinity Presbyterian Church, Gadsden, AL Venice Presbyterian Church, Venice, FL* Ysabel Odom Sunday School Class, Newnan, GA

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†Raised to the Church Triumphant

Charles A. Stillman Society $100 to $249 I n d i v i d ua l s Drs. Fahed L. Abu-Akel and Mary S. Zumot Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Adams Dr. and Mrs. Normer M. Adams Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Adams Mr. and Mrs. Tom A. Adams Mr. and Mrs. John R. Addison The Rev. Ann F. and Dr. Frank C. Aichinger The Rev. and Mrs. Wyatt M. Aiken, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Albright Mr. and Mrs. Harris M. Allen The Rev. Kelly S. Allen and Mr. John P. Rezentes Mrs. Beth Scott Clayton Amos and Mr. Timothy L. Amos The Rev. Jaina W. Anderson Dr. and Mrs. J. Eade Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Warren K. Anderson Dr. and Mrs. Michael L. Andrews The Rev. and Mrs. Paul O. Ard, Jr. The Rev. and Mrs. Robert L. Armistead Drs. William V. Arnold and Margaret Anne Fohl Mrs. Deborah Ashendorf Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Ashworth Mr. Walter D. Bach, Jr. The Rev. and Mrs. Juventino R. Ballesteros Ms. Shirley L. Ballowe The Rev. and Mrs. Alan D. Bancroft Dr. and Mrs. Robert C. Bankhead Dr. and Mrs. Earle P. Barron, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. N. William Bath Dr. and Mrs. Sidney F. Batts The Rev. and Mrs. C. Frank Beall The Rev. C. Benjamin Beasley Mr. and Mrs. Brian Beaubien Ms. Terri D. Beck The Rev. and Mrs. Gerald L. Bell, Jr. Dr. Carol T. and Mr. Michael S. Bender Mrs. Clark D. Benson Mr. and Mrs. David E. Betts Dr. Barbara D. Bishop Dr. and Mrs. Linton H. Bishop Dr. and Mrs. R. Jerome Boone Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin S. Booth Mr. and Mrs. David E. Boozer, Jr. The Rev. and Mrs. Robert W. Boston Dr. and Mrs. Ronald A. Botsford Dr. and Mrs. David L. Boumgarden Dr. and Mrs. Charles C. Bovee The Rev. and Mrs. James E. Bowden Mrs. Theodora L. Bowen The Rev. Georgianna V. Brabban-Johnson and Mr. Larry Johnson Dr. and Mrs. John C. Brearley Dr. Frank M. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Brown Dr. and Mrs. J. Malcolm Brownlee, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. F. Sibley Bryan, Jr. Ms. Susan D. Buell The Rev. and Mrs. Malcolm M. Bullock

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The Rev. and Mrs. James H. Bumgardner Ms. Patricia H. Bunzl* Mrs. Elizabeth B. Burgess Dr. and Mrs. William W. Burns The Rev. Catherine Neelly Burton and Mr. John Burton Dr. Ella F. Busby Mrs. Jimmie M. Byal Mrs. Barbara C. Cade Mrs. Zoe Anne Henderson Cagle and Dr. David A. Cagle The Rev. Amy Lehr Camp and Dr. W. Hunter Camp II Ms. Jeanne C. Camp The Rev. John D. Campbell, Jr. Ms. Kelly D. Campbell Dr. and Mrs. William S. Campbell Dr. and Mrs. John S. Carothers III Dr. and Mrs. C. Leslie Carpenter The Rev. Jennifer Sumner Carswell Mr. James R. Carter Mr. and Mrs. James F. Casselberry Dr. and Mrs. Gregory D. Chapman Mrs. Roberta F. Childress The Rev. Molly C. and Mr. Colquitt I. Clark III Ms. Suma M. Clark Mrs. Dollye F. Clayton Mrs. Marjorie M. Claytor Mr. and Mrs. Andrew B. Coburn Mr. Robert W. Coggin The Rev. Franklin D. Colclough, Sr. Mr. Shane C. Coldren Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Cole Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. Collinsworth, Jr. Dr. Deborah M. Conner and Mr. Stephen D. Conner Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Cook, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Edwin M. Cooley Mrs. Loralee C. Cooley Mr. and Mrs. William A. Coombs* Mr. and Mrs. Melvin G. Cooper Mrs. Sharon H. Cooper Stone Mr. and Mrs. Daniel S. Corlew The Rev. Mary Jane K. and Mr. Gary A. Cornell Dr. and Mrs. David B. Cozad The Rev. and Mrs. Kenneth P. Craig Ms. Miriam G. Craig Dr. and Mrs. John W. Craven The Revs. Laura A. Cunningham and H. Scott Ramsey The Rev. and Mrs. Michael A. Daffin The Revs. Mary D.P. and David J. D’Alessio Mr. and Mrs. Howard E. Daniel* Mrs. Rose M. Daniel Drs. Thomas R. Daniel IV and Beth M. Daniel The Rev. Joe Ella Darby Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Darden The Rev. and Mrs. Archie Davis Mrs. Catherine R. Davis The Rev. E. Rebecca Davis Ms. Linda K. Davis and Mr. Mark A. Maharg Mr. and Mrs. J. Michael Davis The Rev. Elizabeth M. and Dr. Richard I. Deibert

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Dr. and Mrs. Robert S. Dendy The Rev. and Mrs. James F. Dickenson Ms. Lois E. Dickey Mr. and Mrs. Larry W. Dorman Dr. Laura W. Dorsey Dr. Barbara D. and Mr. Lou J. Douglass Mr. and Mrs. Clarke B. Dowling Ms. C.J. Drymon Dr. Priscilla B. Durkin The Rev. Martha M. and Mr. Paul E. Ebel Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Eldridge Dr. and Mrs. James W. Eller Mrs. Iris H. Eskew The Rev. Katherine S. Evans Mr. and Mrs. Timothy R. Exley Mr. Richard D. Ezell and Mr. J. Michael Morgan The Rev. and Mrs. L. Franklin Fant, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. James O. Farmer, Jr. Ms. Mary M. Farmer Mr. and Mrs. George W. Farr Dr. and Mrs. Michael L. Fitze The Rev. Mary M. Flannagan The Rev. Kaye L. and Dr. Joseph A. Florence The Rev. and Mrs. James H. Foil, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Folks Mr. and Mrs. Calvin N. Ford* The Rev. Catherine E. Foster The Revs. Rodney A. and Jody P. Foster Dr. and Mrs. Donald R. Frampton Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Friese* The Rev. Lauren L. Furr-Vancini and Mr. Jeffrey T. Vancini The Rev. and Mrs. James C. Gable Mrs. Cheryl F. and the Rev. Andrew J. Gans The Rev.† and Mrs. Irwin P. Gates, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. T. Schley Gatewood, Jr. Ms. Barbara A. Gifford The Rev. Lynn M. Gifford Dr. and Mrs. John J. Gleason Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Gooding Dr. and Mrs. Gregory A. Goodwiller The Rev. Katelyn M. Gordon Dr. Cheryl A. Gosa Mr. and Mrs. John C. Grant-Dooley Mr. and Mrs. Willie J. Green Dr. and Mrs. Wayne D. Griffin Ms. Kelly K. Gunter* The Rev. Leroy P. Gwaltney III Mrs. Peggy K. Hallman The Rev. Barbara B. Hamilton Ms. Mary A. Hammett Mr. and Mrs. Darrell R. Hankins Mrs. Frances K. Hardcastle Dr. and Mrs. J. William Harkins III Mr. and Mrs. Larron C. Harper Mr. and Mrs. Herbert L. Harriss Ms. Mary Clark Caldwell-Hartsfield Ms. Martha L. Hatcher Dr. and Mrs. Richard D. Hawks Dr. and Mrs. Lewis S. Hay Dr. and Mrs. Samuel H. Hay Ms. Valerie S. Hayes Dr. and Mrs. Armand E. Hendee

The Rev. and Mrs. A. Kyle Henderson The Rev. and Mrs. William F. Henning, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ross W. Hester The Rev. and Mrs. Norman W. Hibbard The Rev. and Mrs. Masaya Hibino Mrs. Mary D. Hicks Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Hiett Mrs. Gladys C. Hiles The Rev. Fred Hill Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Hill Drs. Peggy C. Hinds and Mark D. Hinds Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Hodges Ms. Vivian J. Hodo The Rev. and Mrs. William H. Hoff Mr. and Mrs. Bruce W. Holcombe Dr. and Mrs. Adlai C. Holler, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Hollingsworth Mr. and Mrs. J. Blair Hollis The Rev. and Mrs. Billy M. Honor The Rev. and Mrs. Gary E. Howell Mr. and Mrs. George W. Howell Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson T. Howell III Dr. and Mrs. R. Steven Hudder Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Hudson Dr. and Mrs. James H. Huffaker Mr. and Mrs. Arthur D. Hufford II Dr. and Mrs. John A. Hunter Dr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Huntley, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Edwin G. Hurley The Rev. and Mrs. Clyce H. Hurst, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John J. Huss, Jr. The Rev. Dawn Martin Hyde and Mr. Timothy A. Hyde Dr. and Mrs. Robert F. Inman The Rev. and Mrs. James H. Irwin, Jr. Mr. Brent Ivey and Mr. David A. VanderMeer The Rev. Derrick L. Jackson The Rev. C. Anderson James Dr. and Mrs. Gerald P. Jenkins Dr. and Mrs. William L. Jenkins, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Alvin S. Jepson The Rev. Alice A. Johnson Mrs. Betty N. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Donald B. Johnson Dr. Paul J. Johnson III and Ms. Dale Ann Joslin Colonel and Mrs. LaVert W. Jones* Dr. and Mrs. G. William Jones, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Jones, Jr. Dr. Eun-Gee Jun Mr. and Mrs. Steven C. Kapp Dr. and Mrs. Fred L. Keith Dr. and Mrs. Jasper N. Keith, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Leland C. Keller Mr. and Mrs. John M. Kelly* Dr. Sandra M. and Mr. David L. Kern The Rev. Shannon J. and Mr. Gregory J. Kershner Dr. Bettina B. and Mr. Norman W. Kilburn Dr. and Mrs. Jin S. Kim The Rev. Dr. Myong Sun Kim and the Rev. Michael W. Woods Mr. Soon Y. Kim The Revs. Andrew P. King and Melissa L. McNair-King

* Includes gifts from Presbyterian Women to Columbia Friendship Circle

† Raised to the Church Triumphant

Columbia Gift Societies

The Rev. and Mrs. Gerald H. Kirby Dr. Deborah A. Kirk The Rev. and Mrs. John A. Kirstein The Rev. Mariko M. Koike Mr. Robert F. Krause, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Calvin W. Kropp Dr. and Mrs. William P. Lancaster, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. J. Stuart Land Ms. Ellen B. Landers Ms. Tammy L. Lane Dr. and Mrs. Paul H. Lang Mrs. Griselda N.C. and Dr. Emmanuel Y. Lartey Mr. Charles B. Lassiter Dr. and Mrs. Gene Lassiter The Rev. Mary Beth Lawrence Dr. and Mrs. Sheppard D. Lawrence The Revs. Caroline Leach and Gibson P. Stroupe Mr. Ernie E. Lewis, Jr. The Rev. and Mrs. Robert M. Lewis, Sr. The Rev. Jacqueline H. Lindberg The Rev. and Mrs. W. Marvin Lindsay III The Rev. Emily Zeig Lindsey and Mr. Rodney P. Lindsey II The Rev. and Mrs. Clayton K. Little, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Loftis The Rev. and Mrs. Jerry W. Long Drs. Kimberly B. and Thomas G. Long Mr. and Mrs. Daniel B. Lott, Jr. Mrs. Elizabeth F. MacNair Dr. James F. MacNair The Rev. and Mrs. Michael D. Manaugh Mr. and Mrs. Paul N. Marston Dr. Albert F. Masters III Mrs. Jacqueline W. Mathes The Rev. M. Beecher Mathes The Rev. Rebekah A. and Mr. Derek S. Maul The Rev. and Mrs. Arvie L. Maynard Dr. and Mrs. Steve A. Mays The Rev. Fred W. McDaniel, Jr. The Rev. and Mrs. Emmett S. McDowell Mr. and Mrs. Pender R. McElroy Dr. and Mrs. James E. McGriff, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth B. McIntyre The Rev. and Mrs. Woodrow McKay, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. E. Lynn McLarty Mr. and Mrs. William A. McManus Ms. Emily F. McMullen The Revs. Melissa L. McNair-King and Andrew P. King The Revs. Nancy E. Meehan Yao and James C. Yao Mr. and Mrs. William C. Miller* Dr. and Mrs. Roger G. Miller Mr. Walter W. Miller The Rev. Sandra E. and Mr. Eugene F. Monroe Mr. James H. Montgomery The Rev. and Mrs. Lardner C. Moore, Sr. The Rev. and Mrs. Park H. Moore, Jr. Mr. David Y. Moran Mr. J. Michael Morgan and Mr. Richard D. Ezell Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Morgan Mr. and Mrs. J. Harry Morgan, Jr. The Rev. and Mrs. Edwin L. Morrison Mrs. Leigh S. and Mr. Carroll E. Mullis II

Chaplain† and Mrs. Roy R. Myers, Jr. Mrs. Lisa N. and Dr. Eric T. Myers Dr. Sara J. Myers and Dr. David L. Petersen Dr. and Mrs. Raj Nadella Mr. and Mrs. Terry W. Nall Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Gordon Neville III Dr. and Mrs. Robert G. Newman The Rev. and Mrs. A. Stuart Nickles, Jr. Dr. J. Phillips Noble Drs. Melanie G. and James D. Nogalski Dr. and Mrs. Jack C. Oates III Dr. Nancy Graham Ogne and the Rev. Paul M. Ogne Mr. Richard A. Oliver, Sr. and Ms. Marjorie H. Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Travis V. Olmert Dr. and Mrs. William D. O’Neal Mr. and Mrs. Carl A. Parlato Mr. David B. Parsons and Ms. M. Theresa Ball Ms. Christopher A. Paton Dr. and Mrs. John H. Patton The Rev. and Mrs. John N. Payne Dr. William J. Pendergrast Dr. and Mrs. John H. Per-Lee Dr. and Mrs. Walter W. Peters Dr. and Mrs. Bobby E. Pettit Ms. Nancy Phillimore and Mr. Brian Barkley Ms. Jimmie G. Phillips Mr. and Mrs.† Gary W. Phipps The Rev. Rupert H. Pickett, Jr. The Rev. Lori E. Pistor and Mr. Terry L. Allebaugh The Rev. Ann L. Pitman The Rev. and Mrs. James W. Platt Mr. and Mrs. David B. Plyler Mrs. Barbara G. Poe* Dr. and Mrs. John B. Ponder Dr. A. Lamar Potts Ms. Elizabeth D. Preston Mrs. Elizabeth S. and Mr. John M. Preston V Mr. John M. Preston VI Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Price, Jr. Ms. Betsy Primm Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Pritchard The Rev. Joy W. Pruett Ms. Joan W. Quattrocchi Ms. Linda S. Quick Mr. and Mrs. James G. Rakes Dr. and Mrs. George W. Ramsey The Revs. H. Scott Ramsey and Laura A. Cunningham Dr. Sandra L. Randleman Mrs. Gwendolyn L. Randolph Mr. and Mrs. James B. Reaves The Rev. and Mrs. Ross M. Reddick Mr. and Mrs. J. Mark Reed Dr. Walton H. Reeves, Jr. and Dr. Catharine A. Enright Dr. and Mrs. Robert P. Reno Dr. Jeanne C. and the Rev. Jeffry L. Reynolds Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Rhodes Mr. and Mrs. Joshua F. Rice Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence B. Richardson, Jr. Mr. Nathan H. Ridley Mrs. Mary Martha and Mr. J. Kenneth Riviere

* Includes gifts from Presbyterian Women to Columbia Friendship Circle

† Raised to the Church Triumphant

Mrs. Hilda C. Roberts Dr. and Mrs. Raymond R. Roberts Mrs. Rachel R. Robinson The Revs. Judith Gabel Roeling and Ted W. Roeling Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Rogers The Rev. and Mrs. David W. Rogers Dr. Richard F. Rouquie, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. W. Joseph Rowland Mrs. Jervey D. Royall The Rev. and Mrs. Matthew E. Ruffner Mr. Shannon B. Sanders Mr. Michael T. Sandwith Mrs. Suanne B. SauerBrun Dr. and Mrs. John A. Schmidt Mr. and Mrs. G. Dal Schreck Mr. Chris Schroder Mrs. Sandra J. Schrohenloher Mr. Emory A. Schwall Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Seaborn II Dr. and Mrs. Paul S. Seelman Dr. and Mrs. Rex R. Selters The Rev. Mindy S. Serafin Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Sessions Dr. and Mrs. Angus R. Shaw III Mrs. Florence H. Shelor Dr. Wade H. Sherard III The Revs. Rebecca S. and John D. Shillingburg Mr. and Mrs. Gary C. Shockley The Rev. and Mrs. Earle F. Sickels Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Sides Mr. and Mrs. John S. Sirockman, Jr. The Rev. and Mrs. Thomas A. Sizemore Ms. Betty G. Slater Mrs. Anna C. Smith Dr. and Mrs. Bradley D. Smith Ms. Carolyn T. Smith Dr. and Mrs. Earl J. Smith Dr. and Mrs. H. McCord Smith Ms. Judy B. Smith Dr. Steven R. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Bruce E. Snyder The Rev. Dr. R. Millie Snyder and Mr. Leif T. Aus Mrs. Ann M. Speer Dr. and Mrs. W. Anderson Spickard, Jr. Mr. J. Wesley Starnes Mr. and Mrs. Davis C. Stewart Mr. and Mrs. George A. Stewart, Jr. The Rev. Jan Stewart-Tolbert and Mr. Jerry C. Tolbert Dr. and Mrs. Harold M. Stone Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Streetman* The Rev. and Mrs. Donald E. Stribling The Revs. Gibson P. Stroupe and Caroline Leach Dr. and Mrs. James G. Stuart Dr. Augustus E. Succop III The Rev. Tina E. Sweet Mrs. Patricia Talley Newbold Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth S. Taratus Mr. and Mrs. John A. Tate III Dr. Barbara Brown Taylor Dr. and Mrs. John G. Taylor, Jr.* Dr. and Mrs. L. Jackson Taylor Mrs. Caye W. Teegarden The Rev. Sally-Lodge Henderson Teel and Mr. Thomas W. Teel

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The Rev. and Mrs. Kenneth J. Terrell Ms. Jane A. Thomas The Rev. Michelle and Mr. David Thomas-Bush Mrs. Diane K. and Mr. Ralph Y. Thorne, Jr.* The Rev. Yvonne M. Thurmond Mr. and Mrs. B.T. Tillman, Jr. Mrs. Meredith E. and Mr. Robert Torre Dr. Jeffery L. and Mrs. Cherlyn A. Tribble, Sr. Mr. John C. Tuck Mr. and Mrs. Ronald M. Turbayne Mrs. Anne S. Turnage Mr. William E. Turnipseed Dr. Robert M. Urie Mr. and Mrs. George E. Uthlaut Mr. and Mrs. R. Scott Uthlaut* The Rev. Dr. Augusta B. Vanderbilt Mr. David A. VanderMeer and Mr. Brent Ivey The Rev. Earl M. Vaughan Dr. and Mrs. T. Mark Verdery Ms. Mary-Ellen H. Vian Dr. Carolyn J. and Mr. Benton E. Visser The Rev. Lindsey M. Wade The Rev. Eldon D. Wadsworth Dr. and Mrs. Desmond M. Walker Dr. and Mrs. C. Arthur Wall The Rev. and Mrs. J. Gary Waller Mr. and Mrs. Paul H.L. Walter* The Honorable and Mrs. Robert G. Walther Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Watkins, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Jim Watkins Dr. D. Ronald Watson, Jr. Mr. Donald D. Watt The Rev. J. Ed Wayland, Jr. Dr. Frank D. Weathersby The Rev. and Mrs. Clarence D. Weaver, Jr. The Rev. Rae O. Weimer The Rev. and Mrs. James W. Wells, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. John T. West The Rev. and Mrs. John E. Westlund, Jr. The Rev. and Mrs. William W. Westlund The Rev. Karen Whelchel-Redwine The Rev. and Mrs. Robert I. White Mrs. Virginia C. White Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Wideman Mr. and Mrs. William A. Wier, Jr. The Rev. and Mrs. Robert C. Wilkes, Jr. Mrs. Celeste B. Wilkinson The Rev. Patricia B. Willard Dr. and Mrs. Alex W. Williams The Rev. and Mrs. Reginald C. Williams Dr. and Mrs. Charles C. Williamson Dr. and Mrs. J. Ronald Wilson The Rev. Rev. Michael W. Woods and Dr. Myong Sun Kim The Rev. and Mrs. Jia De Wu Dr. and Mrs. Paul F. Wubbena, Jr. The Revs. James C. Yao and. Nancy E. Meehan Yao The Rev. and Mrs. Samuel T. Young

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Bee Ridge Presbyterian Church, Sarasota, FL* Carrollton Presbyterian Church, Carrollton, GA Central Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, GA* Cherokee Presbytery, Cartersville, GA* Church of All Nations, Columbia Heights, MN Church of the New Covenant, Doraville, GA Clairmont Presbyterian Church, Decatur, GA* Covenant Presbyterian Church, Augusta, GA* Covenant Presbyterian Church, Charlotte, NC Dunnellon Presbyterian Church, Dunnellon, FL* Eastminster Presbyterian Church, Stone Mountain, GA Faith Presbyterian Church, Canton, GA* Faith Presbyterian Church, Tallahassee, FL* Fellowship Presbyterian Church, Tallahassee, FL First Presbyterian Church, Andalusia, AL* First Presbyterian Church, Bessemer, AL First Presbyterian Church, Dadeville, AL* First Presbyterian Church, Deland, FL First Presbyterian Church, Eufaula, AL First Presbyterian Church, Green Cove Springs, FL* First Presbyterian Church, Hartsville, SC First Presbyterian Church, Hartwell, GA First Presbyterian Church, Jacksonville, FL* First Presbyterian Church, Kissimmee, FL* First Presbyterian Church, LaGrange, GA* First Presbyterian Church, Lakeland, FL* First Presbyterian Church, Laurens, SC* First Presbyterian Church, Pensacola, FL First Presbyterian Church, Quitman, GA First Presbyterian Church, Savannah, GA* First Presbyterian Church, Sevierville, TN* First Presbyterian Church, Valdosta, GA* Fort Gaines Presbyterian Church, Fort Gaines, GA* Government Street Presbyterian Church, Mobile, AL Jesup Presbyterian Church, Jesup, GA* Memorial Presbyterian Church, St. Augustine, FL Mid-South Presbytery, Memphis, TN New Hope Presbyterian Church, Chattanooga, TN New Life Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, GA North Lake Presbyterian Church, Lady Lake, FL* Northminster Presbyterian Church, Roswell, GA* Oakhurst Presbyterian Church, Decatur, GA* Old Brick Presbyterian Church, Muscle Shoals, AL* The Palms Presbyterian Church, Jacksonville Beach, FL* Park Lake Presbyterian Church, Orlando, FL* Port Orange Presbyterian Church, Port Orange, FL* The Reed Company, Atlanta, GA Rivermont Presbyterian Church, Chattanooga, TN* Riverside Presbyterian Church, Cocoa Beach, FL* Skidaway Island Presbyterian Church, Savannah, GA* South Alabama Presbytery, Daphne, AL South Lake Presbyterian Church, Clermont, FL* Synod of the Rocky Mountains, Longmont, CO Tampa Bay Presbytery, Clearwater, FL* Trinity Presbyterian Church, Meridian, MS* Trinity Presbyterian Church, Pensacola, FL* Trinity Presbyterian Church, Surfside Beach, SC Twelve Hours Management Co., LLC, Atlanta, GA Wekiva Presbyterian Church, Longwood, FL* Westminster Presbyterian Church, Montgomery, AL*

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C o r p o r at io n s

Community Foundation of West Alabama Farr’s Fine Furniture Shannon Sanders Corporation

Thomas and Anne Holbrook Goulding Society $10 to $99 I n d i v i d ua l s The Rev. and Mrs. Robert C. Abernathy, Sr. The Rev. and Mrs. J. Benjamin Acton Mr. and Mrs. C. Gary Adams Mr. and Mrs. Bona I. Allen IV The Rev. Robert B. Allman Mrs. Jane L. and Mr. Michael D. Armstrong Dr. and Mrs. Frank L. Arnold The Rev. Joe P. Arnold Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Ashurst Mrs. Marilyn B. Ault Dr. and Mrs. John S. Bacot, Sr. Dr. and Mrs. David J. Bailey The Rev. and Mrs. Michael R. Bailey The Rev. and Mrs. Herbert B. Barks, Jr. Dr. Harry H. and Mrs. Madeline H. Barrow Dr. Janie T†. and Mr. Marvin H. Barrows The Rev. and Mrs. D. Clyde Bartges Mr. and Mrs. John H. Beale Mr. and Mrs. Samuel E. Beall, Jr. Ms. Martha J. Becker* Dr. and Mrs. David M. Bender Dr. Charles H. Berthoud and Ms. Christine L. Turner Mr. and Mrs. Michael Blackwell The Rev. and Mrs. Marion B. Boozer The Rev. Scarlette K. and Mr. Bob H. Bostick The Rev. and Mrs. Leonard G. Boswell Ms. Gladys P. Bracy* The Rev. Cynthia W. and Mr. Craig A. Brasher The Rev. and Mrs. Ladson M. Brearley, Sr. Dr. and Mrs. Brennan W. Breed Mr. and Mrs. John J. Brennan The Rev. Margaret B. and Mr. William L. Brinck Mrs. Marylyn B. Brown The Rev. and Mrs. Robert S. Busey Mrs. Ann G. Bussey The Rev. Constance M. Button The Rev. and Mrs. Murdoch M. Calhoun The Rev. and Mrs. Gordon C. Campbell Mr. W. Curtis Campbell Mrs. A. Leigh Campbell-Taylor and Mr. Clark Taylor Bert and Kaye Carmichael The Rev. Katherine L. Carpenter and Dr. James C. Klagge Dr. Mary Ann Gantt Carter Mr. and Mrs. John B. Cartledge Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Castner Mrs. Orlean Y. Castronis Ms. Carie’ M. Cato Dr. and Mrs. J. Harley Chapman The Rev. Frank K. Chapo Ms. Faye J. Chiles

* Includes gifts from Presbyterian Women to Columbia Friendship Circle

† Raised to the Church Triumphant

Columbia Gift Societies

Ms. Janice L. Christie Dr. and Mrs. David L. Clark Mr. and Mrs. Feagin D. Clark, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Eldon V. Clemans Mr. and Mrs. W. Gene Coggin Dr. David D. Colby and Ms. Laura A. Clay The Rev. and Mrs. Lester H. Comee, Jr. The Rev. and Mrs. Jerry F. Conner, Jr. The Rev. and Mrs. Robert L. Conner The Rev. and Mrs. William J. Connolly The Rev. and Mrs. Joseph W. Conyers, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Walter C. Cottingham* Mrs. Martha Coursey Mrs. Jeannette B. Craig Dr. and Mrs. Julian F. Craig, Jr. Mr. Robert L. Craigmile Ms. Sue W. Crannell Drs. James L. and Virginia A. Cross Dr. and Mrs. Richard A. Cushman, Sr. Dr. and Mrs. J. Lawrence Cuthill Dr. and Mrs. Curry W. Davis, Jr. Dr. Jannar W. Davis Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Dawson Dr. and Mrs. J. Jey Deifell, Jr. The Rev. E. Peter Denlea Drs. Susan L. Denne and David C. Stover Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Dhue Ms. Anna K. Dickson Ms. Pauline E. Doty Dr. and Mrs. E. Jones Doughton Mrs. Dorothy M. Drake The Rev. and Mrs. Pierre W. DuBose, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Dunaway Dr. Philip W. Dunford The Rev. Erica E. Durham Dr. and Mrs. Michael L. Dusing Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Ellison The Rev. and Mrs. C. Phil Esty Mrs. Rachel B. and Mr. Zack I. Ezzo Dr. David W. Fahner Mr. and Mrs. John M. Fenton The Rev. and Mrs. Harry M. Ferguson, Jr. Mrs. Mary F. Forbes Reed Mrs. Mary S. Foster Mr. and Mrs. Edgar T. Fowlkes Dr. and Mrs. Herbert S. Frazier Mr. John B. Furr Dr. James H. Gailey, Jr. Kay and Phil Gehman The Rev. and Mrs. Alan J. Gibson Ms. Deborah P. Gipson Mrs. Ann H. Gisch Dr. Sadie H. Goldsmith Mr. Everett E. Gourley, Jr. Ms. Elizabeth G. Greaves The Rev. Sharon E. and Mr. John K. Gregory Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Grier Dr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Griffis Colonel Thomas C. Grissom Mr. Glenn P. Grove, Jr. The Rev. and Mrs. R. Yale Gunn Dr. and Mrs. C. Jarred Hammet, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. E. Victor Hanson

Mr. and Mrs. William H. Hardman Mrs. Ann T. Hare Dr. and Mrs. Martin L. Harkey, Jr. The Rev. and Mrs. Abel M. Hart The Rev. and Mrs. Bill R. Havens The Rev. Linda W. and Mr. Charles W. Hawthorne The Revs. Sara A. Hayden and Christopher A. Henry Mrs. Margaret E. Hellgren* The Revs. Christopher A. Henry and Sara A. Hayden Mrs. Catherine G. Henson Mr. Carlyle H. Hill III Dr. and Mrs. John E. Hill The Revs. Penny J. and Richard G. Hill Ms. Sandra L. Hill The Rev. and Mrs. John A. Hinkle, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. J. Richard Hobson Mrs. Nancy C. Hollingsworth The Rev. and Mrs. Lewis E. Holmes The Rev. J. Barron Hopper, Jr. The Rev. and Mrs. R. Eugene Horne, Jr. Mr. John R. Hornick and Ms. Betty R. Bacon The Revs. Wilbur H. and Michele L. Howie Drs. William R. and Sara L. Hoyt Mr. and Mrs. Albert W. Hughes Dr. and Mrs. Paul J. Huh Mr. John E. Huie The Rev. Scott W. Huie Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Hunter The Rev. and Mrs. George B. Hutchins The Rev. and Mrs. Seong Cheol Im Dr. Sarah E. Jackson The Rev. and Mrs. Young Chul Jeon Mrs. Annette A. Johnson The Rev. and Mrs. G. Wallace Johnson The Rev. and Mrs. William W. Johnson, Jr. Ms. Bligh Jones Mr. and Mrs. Clyde W. Jones Mrs. Linda P. Jones Dr. Winona M. Jones-DuCille Dr. David M. Jordan and Ms. Elizabeth Jackson-Jordan Ms. Mary Alice Kemp Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Kemp III Dr. and Mrs. James M. Kennedy Dr. Sarah W. and Mr. Andrew K. Kim Dr. Leslie A. Klingensmith The Rev. Sandra E. and Mr. Michael W. Lacey The Rev. and Mrs. Patrick W. Laney Ms. Sharon J. Lasseter Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Terry C. Ley Mr. and Mrs. Christopher H. Lindeman Mr. and Mrs. Marvin H. Locey* Dr. John S. Lyles Dr.† and Mrs. Arch L. MacNair Mrs. Anna K. Mansfield Ms. Julia D. Markley Dr. and Mrs. Carl B. Marshall Dr. and Mrs. Robert M. Marvin Dr. and Mrs. John K. McCallum, Jr. Dr. Clyde T. McCants Dr. James W. McCormack Mr. David S. McCowen

* Includes gifts from Presbyterian Women to Columbia Friendship Circle

† Raised to the Church Triumphant

The Revs. Ruth Southwell McCurdy and Daniel S. McCurdy Mr. and Mrs. William J. McDaniel Dr. and Mrs. Allen P. McDonald Dr. George H. and the Rev. Barbara B. McDonald Mrs. LaBelle D. McDow Dr. and Mrs. Elliott W. McElroy Mrs. Carolyn B. McGough Dr. and Mrs. Matthew M. McGowan Dr. and Mrs. Sam Evans McGregor, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. McKemie The Rev. Michael D. McLaughlin The Revs. Kathryn A. McLean and Timothy F. Simpson Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Medford Mr. and Mrs. Christopher W. Merrifield Dr. and Mrs. David B. Miller Dr. T. Jeffreys Mitchiner, Jr. Ms. Mary L. Montgomery The Rev. and Mrs. Joseph G. Moore, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Matt E. Moore .† Dr. and Mrs. David R. Moorefield The Rev. Susan E. Moorefield and Mr. Ken M. Muenster Ms. Helen M. Morgan The Rev. and Mrs. H. Edward Morren Mrs. Patricia M. Morrison* Mrs. Martha W. Morrow Reedy Mr. and Mrs. Terry W. Muirheid Dr. Spencer C. Murray Dr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Murray Mrs. Dorothea E. Neinstedt The Revs. Lisa Traynham Nelson and Ron E. Nelson Dr. and Mrs. Vance S. Nesbit The Rev. and Mrs. Neal A. Neuenschwander Dr. and Mrs. Stephen R. Nickle Dr. and Mrs. Eugene B. Norris Dr. and Mrs. M. Thomas Norwood, Jr. Mrs. Mary Anne Padget* Mrs. Lee R. Patterson Mr. Thomas K. Patterson Dr. and Mrs. Grady J. Perryman Dr. and Mrs. Harry H. Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Phillips The Rev. and Mrs. William G. Phipps Ms. Charlotte S. Pickels Mr. and Mrs. William M. Powell Ms. Eugenia T. Pratt Dr. and Mrs. George K. Preston III Mr. and Mrs. John C. Pritchard, Jr. The Revs. Emily Rose Proctor and Richard G. Proctor Mr. and Mrs. Ian C. Punnett Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell M. Purvis Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Quillian III Dr. and Mrs. Robert H. Ramey, Jr. The Rev. and Mrs. John M. Reagan, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James E. Reagan The Rev. Stacy K. Rector The Rev. Greta S. Reed Dr. and Mrs. P. David Reynolds Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence H. Richards Ms. Angelique N. Richardson Mr. and Mrs. William H. Richardson

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Dr. and Mrs. L. Thomas Richie Drs. David B. and Emma Jane P. Riddle The Rev. and Mrs. Clifford L. Rigby Mrs. Louise P. Robison The Rev. and Mrs. James T. Rogers The Rev. Libby McIntosh Rollins and Dr. David N. Rollins Dr. and Mrs. Beryl G. Rosenberger Dr. Virginia D. Russell Ms. Nancy D. Sabernick Drs. Carson L. and Janet T. Salyer The Rev. Thirza C. Sayers Mr. and Mrs. Dan A. Schafer The Rev. Merritt Nickinson Schatz and Mr. Noel R. Schatz Ms. Susan H. Sellman Dr. and Mrs. Frank R. Sells Dr. James C. Shelton Mr. and Mrs. John B. Shepard Mr. William S. and Dr. Anne T. Sherren The Rev. David S. Shew Ms. Sarah W. Simpson The Revs. Timothy F. Simpson and Kathryn A. McLean Mrs. Anne J. Sims Mr. and Mrs. Aden R. Sirles Drs. Ellen F. and J. Eric Skidmore Dr. and Mrs. G. Douglas Slagle Dr. and Mrs. Richard B. Smith Mr. and Mrs. H. Carlton Smith Mr. Sean R. Smith, Sr. and Ms. Mary L. Walker The Rev. Susan S. Smith Dr. and Mrs. H. Gray Southern Dr. and Mrs. Robert A. Stauffacher Dr. Linda T. and Mr. Gary D. Steber Dr. and Mrs. John W. Stodghill Dr. and Mrs. Ronald E. Stone Drs. Frank S. and Josephine Y. Sullivan Dr. and Mrs. Philip H. Summerlin The Rev. and Mrs. Bert C. Swearingen Ms. Nellie S. Swensen* Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Swerlick The Rev. and Mrs. David E. Swindall Mrs. Elizabeth A. Swink The Rev. Susan P. Takis Mrs. Cynthia S. Tarrant Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Elmore C. Thrash, Jr. Mrs. Doris S. Tippens The Revs. Jill P. and Joel L. Tolbert The Rev. Edwin G. Townsend The Rev. and Mrs. Ernest R. Tufft The Rev. Caroline Rhoads Tuttle and Dr. Chris S. Tuttle Dr. John K. Vining Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Vinson* Dr. Christine B. Vogel Mr. James L. Vowell Dr. and Mrs. Gerald L. Voye The Revs. Kimberley D. and Derek A. Wadlington Dr. and Mrs. G. Oliver Wagner Dr. and Mrs. Charles R. Walker

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Mr. and Mrs. Marcus H. Wall Mr. Peter M. Wallace Ms. Lindalee M. Walters Mrs. Evamay F. Ward The Rev. and Mrs. Thomas D. Warters Drs. Thomas J. and Julia S. Watkins Dr. Karen B. Watson Mr. and Mrs. Kevin M. Weber Mr. and Mrs. C. Geoffrey Weirich* The Rev. John E. Westlund, Sr. Dr. and Mrs. Mark D. White Mrs. Robert A. White, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Olin M. Whitener, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Wichterman Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Williams, Jr. The Rev. Khalia Jelks Williams and Dr. Damon P. Williams Mr. and Mrs. E. Keith Williams Dr. and Mrs. William W. Williamson, Jr. Mrs. Reid Willingham The Rev. and Mrs. Don L. Wilson Mrs. Mary Ann Wilson Dr. and Mrs. Richard B. Wilson Dr. and Mrs. Robert A. Wilson Mrs. Valarie D. and Mr. Carter Wilson Mr. and Mrs. John W. Woods Ms. Martha J. Woodward

Churches

and

O r g a n i z at io n s

Alabama Presbyterian Church, Choudrant, LA Arlington Presbyterian Church, Jacksonville, FL* Blountville Presbyterian Church, Blountville, TN* Booneville Presbyterian Church, Booneville, MS* Cahaba Springs Presbyterian Church, Trussville, AL* Christ Presbyterian Church, Tallahassee, FL Cold Springs Presbyterian Church, Bristol, TN* Commerce Presbyterian Church, Commerce, GA* Decherd Presbyterian Church, Decherd, TN Fayette Presbyterian Church, Fayetteville, GA* First Presbyterian Church, Apopka, FL First Presbyterian Church, Auburn, AL* First Presbyterian Church, Camden, AR First Presbyterian Church, Canton, MS* First Presbyterian Church, Chipley, FL First Presbyterian Church, Cornelia, GA* First Presbyterian Church, Dade City, FL* First Presbyterian Church, Decatur, AL First Presbyterian Church, Donalsonville, GA First Presbyterian Church, Fernandina Beach, FL First Presbyterian Church, Fort Walton Beach, FL First Presbyterian Church, Hernando, MS First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, TN First Presbyterian Church, Jonesboro, GA* First Presbyterian Church, Lynn Haven, FL* First Presbyterian Church, McColl, SC* First Presbyterian Church, Piedmont, AL* First Presbyterian Church, Springfield, TN First Presbyterian Church, Starke, FL* First Presbyterian Church, Thomaston, GA* First Presbyterian Church, Wetumpka, AL First-Trinity Presbyterian Church, Laurel, MS

Glen Leven Presbyterian Church, Nashville, TN* Grace Presbyterian Church, Gainesville, FL* Henry Memorial Presbyterian Church, Dublin, GA* Hillside Presbyterian Church, Decatur, GA* Hopewell Presbyterian Church, Florence, SC* Hunter Memorial First Presbyterian Church, Sikeston, MO Kingston Presbyterian Church, Conway, SC Kirkwood Presbyterian Church, Kennesaw, GA Lagrange Presbyterian Church, Lagrange, TN Lakewood Presbyterian Church, Jacksonville, FL* Laurel Hill Presbyterian Church, Laurel Hill, FL* Leland Presbyterian Church, Leland, MS McDowell Presbyterian Church, Greeleyville, SC* Montgomery Presbyterian Church, Savannah, GA* Northminster Presbyterian Church, Pensacola, FL Parkway Presbyterian Church, Panama City, FL Peace Presbyterian Church, Jacksonville, FL Sawdust-Woodland Presbyterian Church, Quincy, FL Spring Lake Presbyterian Church, Sebring, FL St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Tucker, GA St. Stephen Presbyterian Church, Orlando, FL Summerville Presbyterian Church, Summerville, SC* Sumner Presbyterian Church, Sumner, MS Tallapoosa Presbyterian Church, Tallapoosa, GA* Washington Presbyterian Church, Washington, GA* Westminster Presbyterian Church, Mobile, AL* Williamsburg Presbyterian Church, Kingstree, SC Williston Presbyterian Church, Williston, SC*

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Eighty-two students received degrees in May 2014. This was the

second year for students to receive diplomas in the dual degree program. Degrees were conferred in seven academic programs.

Dr. Catherine Gunsalus GonzĂĄlez preached the baccalaureate sermon at Columbia Presbyterian Church.

Commencement services were held at Peachtree Presbyterian Church.

* Includes gifts from Presbyterian Women to Columbia Friendship Circle

†Raised to the Church Triumphant

Giving By Classes

Alumni/ae names are listed by year of first degree only.

1939 (100% participation)

P Presidents’ Society

1941 (50% participation) James H. Gailey, Jr. TG

$15,000 or more

PM Peter Marshall Society $5,000 – $14,999

Arch L. MacNair† TG

1942 (33.33% participation) D. Clyde Bartges TG 1945 (50% participation) J. Phillips Noble CS

WM William Marcellus McPheeters Society

1946 (33.33% participation) Wade P. Huie, Jr. WW

$1,000 – $4,999

WW Woodrow Wilson Society $500 – $999

AL Agnes Law Society

1947 (50% participation) John W. Craven CS 1948 (25% participation) John A. Kirstein CS 1949 (33.33% participation) John T. McCrea WW

$250 – $499

1950 (33.33% participation) CS Charles A. Stillman Society $100 – $249

TG Thomas and Anne Holbrook Goulding Society $10 – $99

J. Eade Anderson CS Park H. Moore, Jr. CS

1951 (50% participation) J. Calvin Chesnutt WM Joseph C. Eckstine† WW Albert G. Harris, Jr. AL Charles L. Moffatt WW David R. Moorefield TG 1952 (40% participation) William A. Crosland AL William R. Hoyt TG Richard G. Laurens AL Matthew M. McGowan TG John M. Reagan, Jr. TG James G. Stuart CS J. Ed Wayland, Jr. CS Samuel T. Young CS

* Includes gifts from Presbyterian Women to Columbia Friendship Circle

1953 (60% participation) Julian F. Craig, Jr.† TG Philip W. Dunford TG C. Phil Esty TG Abel M. Hart TG Roy W. Hicks AL Douglas W. Hix AL John R. Hornick TG Robert L. Montgomery AL Lardner C. Moore, Sr. CS H. Edward Morren TG Spencer C. Murray TG William M. Schotanus WM Ernest R. Tufft TG 1954 (38.46% participation) Teddis H. Beasley, Jr. AL Robert S. Busey TG Murdoch M. Calhoun TG Kenneth P. Craig CS Archie Davis CS Pierre W. DuBose, Jr. TG R. Yale Gunn TG Lewis S. Hay CS Cyrus S. Mallard, Jr. WW William D. O’Neal CS Robert I. White† CS

1955 (28.57% participation) Malcolm M. Bullock CS Dan A. Dunaway WW Leroy P. Gwaltney III† CS William F. Lee WM Robert M. Marvin TG

1956 (21.05% participation) John D. Campbell, Jr. CS William F. Henning, Jr. CS Gerald H. Kirby CS Emmett S. McDowell CS 1957 (36% participation) Robert B. Allman TG Frank M. Brown CS Joseph W. Conyers, Jr. TG Robert S. Dendy CS George H. Fitzgerald AL Irwin P. Gates, Jr.† CS C.J. Hammet, Sr. WM Glen F. Hutchison AL William F. Shouse WW James O. Speed, Jr. WM 1958 (32.14% participation) Robert C. Bankhead CS Gordon C. Campbell TG Robert L. Conner TG Charles B. Cousar WM Fred W. McDaniel, Jr. CS Angus R. Shaw III CS Edwin G. Townsend TG Eldon D. Wadsworth CS G. Dana Waters III WM

1959 (29.73% participation) Herbert B. Barks, Jr. TG Robert W. Boston CS Ladson M. Brearley, Sr. TG Jerry F. Conner, Jr. TG Masaya Hibino CS George B. Hutchins TG Eugene B. Norris TG Roland P. Perdue III WW Lawrence H. Richards TG J. Gary Waller CS Clarence D. Weaver, Jr. CS 1960 (29.17% participation) Earle P. Barron, Jr. CS Gerald L. Bell, Jr. CS Frank K. Chapo TG James H. Huffaker CS John H. Law WW Clayton K. Little, Jr. CS G. Daniel McCall, Sr. AL

1961 (25% participation) Wyatt M. Aiken, Jr. CS Michael L. Andrews CS Stephen A. Bacon AL Gary E. Howell CS Stephen M. Huntley, Jr. CS Robert G. Newman CS Rupert H. Pickett, Jr. CS Thomas R. Roddy WM 1962 (44.44% participation) Harry M. Ferguson, Jr. TG George D. Harper, Jr. AL Wayne W. Hoffmann WW Ray A. Howe WM Clyce H. Hurst, Jr. CS Calvin W. Kropp CS Robert M. Lewis, Sr. CS A. Cecil Moore, Jr. WM Robert R. Morris WM Bobby E. Pettit CS Beryl G. Rosenberger TG John G. Taylor, Jr. CS 1963 (36.36% participation) Robert L. Armistead CS C. Frank Beall CS Charles C. Bovee CS Ann W. Bullard AL James W. Eller CS Martin L. Harkey, Jr. TG Fred Hill CS S. Edwin Lewis WW Clifford L. Rigby TG William D. Russell WW Dorothy D. Smith AL L. Jackson Taylor CS

† Raised to the Church Triumphant

1964 (27.03% participation) Martha M. Blount AL James E. Bowden CS M. McCoy Franklin AL John E. Hill TG A. Stuart Nickles, Jr. CS Jack C. Oates III CS Rex R. Selters CS Alex W. Williams CS Glen E. Williamson WM Robert A. Wilson TG 1965 (28.57% participation) Robert L. Ashworth CS Ewell C. Black, Jr. AL J. Harley Chapman TG Richard A. Cushman, Sr. TG R. Eugene Horne, Jr. TG Mary Jane Jordan AL David A. Long III TG Richard W. Paddon AL Frank R. Sells TG Robert E. Smith AL Bert C. Swearingen TG Frank D. Weathersby CS Don L. Wilson TG 1966 (22.22% participation) Anonymous CS Joe P. Arnold TG William V. Arnold CS Joseph W. Berry AL J. Jey Deifell, Jr. TG D. Scott Hargrove AL James S. Lowry WW Elliott W. McElroy TG Earl M. Vaughan CS William W. Westlund CS 1967 (20.51% participation) William R. Barron WW Bert K. Carmichael III TG Clarence D. Fouse, Jr. WW Robert O. Moss III AL H. Gudger Nichols, Jr. WW Robert P. Piephoff AL George K. Preston III TG Thomas D. Warters TG 1968 (30.77% participation) John S. Bacot, Sr. TG Juventino R. Ballesteros CS Dwight S. Bayley II WM Marion B. Boozer TG Leonard G. Boswell TG R. Leon Carroll, Jr. WW Philip R. Gehman TG Edwin L. Morrison CS William G. Phipps TG Thomas A. Sizemore CS G. Doug Slagle TG John E. Westlund, Sr. TG

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Giving By Classes

1969 (23.08% participation) Jefferson K. Aiken, Jr. AL Lester H. Comee, Jr. TG H. Alan Elmore AL James M. Kennedy TG John N. Payne CS P. David Reynolds TG 1970 (23.33% participation) James H. Bumgardner CS John J. Gleason CS Bill R. Havens TG G. William Jones, Jr. CS Cecil B. Murphey WM John W. Stodghill TG Robert C. Wilkes, Jr. CS 1971 (27.27% participation) Ronald A. Botsford CS Wayne D. Griffin CS G. Wallace Johnson TG Fred L. Keith CS John W. Larson WW John K. McCallum, Jr. TG Kenneth J. Terrell CS T. Mark Verdery CS Jim Watkins CS 1972 (19.23% participation) J. Lawrence Cuthill TG J. Ernie Johnson WW Gene Lassiter CS Caroline Leach CS David E. Swindall TG

1976 (32% participation) Joan S. Gray WM William W. Johnson, Jr. TG Winona M. Jones-DuCille TG Albert F. Masters III CS William O. Nisbet, Jr. WM Cary G. Speaker WM Olin M. Whitener, Jr. TG R. Michael Winters III AL 1977 (20.83% participation) James H. Foil, Jr. CS Lewis E. Holmes TG Gerald P. Jenkins CS Alice A. Johnson CS M. Thomas Norwood, Jr. TG 1978 (28.57% participation) Anonymous AL Paul O. Ard, Jr. CS Anna L. Case-Winters AL Virginia Simmons Ellis AL George H. McDonald TG Walter W. Peters CS James I. St. John AL Sally-Lodge Henderson Teel CS 1979 (14.29% participation) Joanna M. Adams WM Cheryl A. Gosa CS Jasper N. Keith, Jr. CS Kathryn H. Sandifer AL Lib McGregor Simmons WM 1980 (9.80% participation)

1973 (22.73% participation) E. Victor Hanson TG William P. Lancaster, Jr. CS Elizabeth D. McAliley AL Richard P. Neldon AL J. Mark Wilburn AL

Georgianna V. Brabban-Johnson CS D. Raymond Guterman AL R. Steven Hudder CS William C. Pender WW William B. Wade, Jr. AL

1974 (25% participation) Fahed L. Abu-Akel CS Harry H. Barrow TG William B. Carr, Jr. WW Sheppard D. Lawrence CS A. Lamar Potts CS

1981 (26.67% participation) Janet Ann Briscoe WW Randolph S. Calvo, Jr. WW Mary Jane K. Cornell CS Michael A. Daffin CS Ronald J. Gilreath AL Robert F. Murphy, Jr. AL Carson L. Salyer, Jr. TG Stephen R. Vance AL

1975 (26.67% participation) John S. Carothers III CS J. Steve Rhodes WW Gibson P. Stroupe CS Joyce C. Tucker AL

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1983 (8.7% participation) James C. Gable CS Sara C. Juengst AL 1984 (18.52% participation) Frank L. Arnold TG Kimberly L. Clayton WM Robert S. Hay AL William H. Hoff CS Walter M. Jones, Jr. WM James W. Platt CS Raymond R. Roberts CS Merritt Nickinson Schatz TG Charles C. Williamson CS Richard B. Wilson TG 1985 (18.87% participation) Mary G. Amos WW Julie M. Cline AL Martha J. Clinkscales WM Jannar W. Davis TG C. Jarred Hammet, Jr. TG Robert F. Inman CS William L. Jenkins, Jr. CS Vance S. Nesbit TG R. Page Shelton WW Gerald L. Voye TG

1986 (13.16% participation) Normer M. Adams CS Janice L. Blissit WM Perky Daniel AL Penny J. Hill TG J. Barron Hopper, Jr. TG Mary Beth Lawrence CS T. Jeffreys Mitchiner, Jr. TG L. Thomas Richie TG A. Don Robb III AL David D. Weitnauer WM

1987 (21.31% participation) James L. Cross, Jr. TG Curry W. Davis, Jr. TG Richard G. Hill TG Adlai C. Holler, Jr. CS Howard Y. Kim WW Clyde T. McCants TG William F. McKissack WW Stephen R. Nickle TG Gail R. Perkins AL Jeri Parris Perkins WW Robert P. Reno CS B. Lynn Stall PM Karen Whelchel-Redwine CS

1988 (7.35% participation) Janie T. Barrows† TG Clyde L. Carter AL Edwin M. Cooley† CS Pemberton I. Cooley III WW Laura W. Dorsey CS Pauline E. Doty TG Dean R. Strong AL 1989 (23.88% participation) R. Jerome Boone CS William J. Connolly TG Jean L. Davidson AL Richard I. Deibert CS E. Peter Denlea TG Susan L. Denne TG Lina Robinson Hart WW J. Richard Hobson TG Ramon E. Hunt AL Susan Dobbs Key WW Arvie L. Maynard CS Steve A. Mays CS Judith Gabel Roeling CS Bradley D. Smith CS Augusta B.Vanderbilt CS Thomas W. Walker WW 1990 (15.49% participation) Susan L. Boardman McKissack WW David L. Clark TG Elizabeth M. Deibert CS Wilbur H. Howie, Jr. TG Tammy L. Lane CS Douglas S. McLeroy AL Joan W. Quattrocchi CS Martha C. Sexton WW Earl J. Smith CS Philip H. Summerlin TG John K. Vining TG 1991 (15.28% participation) Huw M. Christopher WW Deborah M. Conner CS Sharon K. Core AL Michael L. Dusing TG Michael L. Fitze CS Jeffrey L. Hutcheson WW Zeta T. Lamberson WW Eric T. Myers CS Margaret R. Northen WM Greta S. Reed TG Harold M. Stone CS

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1992 (18.84% participation) Anonymous CS Kelly S. Allen CS James W. Calhoun AL David J. D’Alessio CS Mary D. Platt D’Alessio CS M. Beecher Mathes CS Sam E. McGregor, Jr. TG Susan E. Moorefield TG Lisa N. Myers CS Lisa Traynham Nelson TG Neal A. Neuenschwander TG Lori E. Pistor CS Robert A. Stauffacher TG 1993 (18.95% participation) Richard C. Atkerson AL Carol T. Bender CS J. Malcolm Brownlee, Jr. CS Katherine L. Carpenter TG E. Jones Doughton TG Martha M. Ebel CS Richard D. Hawks CS Linda W. Hawthorne TG Paul H. Lang CS Carl B. (Jake) Marshall TG Ron E. Nelson TG Nancy Graham Ogne CS Ann L. Pitman CS Jeffry L. Reynolds CS Patricia L. Senterfitt AL J. Todd Speed AL Donald E. Stribling CS C. Arthur Wall CS 1994 (20% participation) Zoe Anne Henderson Cagle CS Kathy L. Dawson WM Barbara D. Douglass CS Peggy (Owens) Hinds CS John A. Hinkle, Jr. TG Scott W. Huie TG W. Marvin Lindsay III CS John R. Ragsdale II WM Jeanne C. Reynolds CS Timothy F. Simpson TG Michelle Thomas-Bush CS Thomas J. Watkins TG William W. Williamson, Jr. TG

Ryan Bonfiglio was appointed Lecturer and Louisville Institute Postdoctoral Fellow. He recently

1982 (17.31% participation) David J. Bailey TG completed his PhD at Emory University in Donald R. Frampton CS Hebrew Bible. His primary research interests Norman W. Hibbard CS John A. Hunter CS include prophetic literature, ancient Near Rebekah A. Maul CS Eastern iconography, and biblical hermeneutics.

Laurey Hartwell Murphy AL Grady J. Perryman TG Harry H. Phillips TG Ronald E. Stone TG * Includes gifts from Presbyterian Women to Columbia Friendship Circle † Raised to the Church Triumphant

1995 (18.52% participation) David E. Betts CS Frank I. Blankinship III AL Benjamin S. Booth CS Margaret B. Brinck TG David A. Cagle CS Eleana M. Garrett WM Barbara B. Hamilton CS Ingram P. Hedgpeth AL Deborah A. Kirk CS Joy W. Pruett CS Stephen C. Robertson AL John A. Schmidt CS James C. Shelton TG Ernest T. Thompson III AL Jia De Wu CS 1996 (11.90% participation) Anonymous WM Constance M. Button TG Molly C. Clark CS Katherine S. Evans CS Herbert S. Frazier TG Thomas R. Hagood, Jr. AL Louly F. Hay P Marilyn T. Hedgpeth AL Stacy K. Rector TG Earle F. Sickels CS 1997 (17.50% participation) Ann F. Aichinger CS Frank C. Aichinger CS M. Becky Burton WM Christine K. Dungan WM Erica E. Durham TG A. Kyle Henderson CS Sandy Hill AL Linda P. Jones TG Mariko M. Koike CS Jacqueline H. Lindberg CS Kathryn A. McLean TG David N. Rollins TG Libby McIntosh Rollins TG Richard F. Rouquie, Jr. CS John E. Westlund, Jr. CS

1998 (16.13% participation) Anonymous TG Jocelyn C. Bauer P Yvonne M. Collie Pendleton WW Laura A. Cunningham CS Lynn M. Gifford CS C. Annette Graham AL Roger G. Miller CS Paul M. Ogne CS H. Scott Ramsey CS Jan Stewart-Tolbert CS 1999 (10.67% participation) Victor A. Feliberty Ruberte AL Lauren L. Furr-Vancini CS Caroline M. Kelly AL Gregory J. Kershner CS Shannon J. Kershner CS Laury W. Larson AL Anna H. McArthur WW D. Ronald Watson, Jr. CS

2000 (9.30% participation) Michael R. Bailey TG Susan D. Buell CS Ella F. Busby CS E. Rebecca Davis CS David W. Fahner TG Guy D. Griffith AL Cynthia M. Montgomery WW Augustus E. Succop III CS 2001 (11.11% participation) David M. Bender TG Cynthia W. Brasher TG Amy Lehr Camp CS W. Hunter Camp II CS Christopher L. Crotwell AL Linda K. Davis CS Jane E. Fahey PM Barbara P. Jordan AL Bettina B. Kilburn CS Leslie A. Klingensmith TG Myung Jong Lee AL James W. McCormack TG Sandra E. Monroe CS Joshua F. Rice CS David S. Shew TG J. Ronald Wilson CS 2002 (8.05% participation) Emily J. Anderson WW David B. Cozad CS Frank G. McDonald III WW Paige M. McRight AL Carolyn T. Smith CS Carrie Rhoads Tuttle TG Jerry L. Utt II AL 2003 (18.95% participation) David L. Boumgarden CS MaryAnn McKibben Dana AL Thomas R. Daniel IV CS Priscilla B. Durkin CS Sarah F. Erickson WW Elizabeth C. Goodrich PM David M. Jordan TG Rebekah Close LeMon AL Joseph G. Moore, Jr. TG Laurel D. Nelson AL Pendleton B. Peery WW Ian C. Punnett TG R. Millie Snyder CS Susan P. Takis TG James H. Thomas III AL Jannan Wertzberger Thomas AL Christopher S. Tuttle TG James W. Wells, Jr. CS

2004 (12.33% participation) John C. Brearley CS Janet N. Carter WW Beth M. Daniel CS L. Franklin Fant, Jr. CS Sadie H. Goldsmith TG Thomas L. Griffis TG Susan S. Smith TG Tina E. Sweet CS John V. Weicher WW

2005 (16.25% participation) J. Benjamin Acton TG Jaina W. Anderson CS Alan D. Bancroft CS Sue W. Crannell TG Andrew J. Gans CS Leah R. Hrachovec AL C. Anderson James CS Young Chul Jeon TG Jin S. Kim CS Joel L. Tolbert TG Christine B. Vogel TG Lindsey M. Wade CS Laurie Taylor Weicher WW 2006 (19.42% participation) Dorothy T. Blackwelder WW Russell S. Blackwelder WW Scarlette K. Bostick TG Sarah Cooper Searight WW Karen R. Dukes AL Meg M. Flannagan CS Kaye L. Florence CS Sharol R. Hayner P Susan M. Heafield WW Patrick W. Laney TG Jerry W. Long CS David B. Miller TG Sandra L. Randleman CS James T. Rogers TG William H. Searight WW Mindy S. Serafin CS Derek A. Wadlington TG G. Oliver Wagner TG Patricia B. Willard CS Michael W. Woods CS

2007 (14.29% participation) Jane L. Armstrong TG Ryan J. Baer WW Frank M. Eldridge CS Cheryl F. Gans CS Morgan M. Hay WW Christopher A. Henry TG Sandra E. Lacey TG Michael D. Manaugh CS Melanie G. Nogalski CS Nicholas K. Reed AL Catherine Cavazos Renken AL Jill P. Tolbert TG Carolyn J. Visser CS Kimberley D. Wadlington TG Monica L. Wedlock AL

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2008 (13.48% participation) Amy L. Baer WW Richard N. Baxter AL Catherine Neelly Burton CS David D. Colby TG Debra D. Feagin AL Marcella A. Glass AL Sara A. Hayden TG Andrew K. Kim TG Andrew P. King CS Emily Zeig Lindsey CS Michael D. McLaughlin TG H. Gray Southern TG 2009 (24.66% participation) Christie L. Ashton WM Mary P. Cox WW Mary Lynn Dell WM Diane L. Duane AL Katelyn M. Gordon CS Jeffery B. Hansen WM Sandra K. Hedrick WM Nancy Meehan Yao CS Emily Rose Proctor TG Richard G. Proctor TG David W. Rogers CS Jane C. Rose AL Thirza C. Sayers TG R. Paul Sherwood, Sr. AL Desmond M. Walker CS Kevin M. Weber TG Kathryn M. Wolf Reed AL James C. Yao CS 2010 (18.60% participation) Robert C. Abernathy, Sr. TG C. Ben Beasley CS Jennifer Sumner Carswell CS Sydne Check Allen AL Andrew J. Ditzel AL Catherine E. Foster CS Joan W. Gandy AL Alan J. Gibson TG Seong Cheol Im TG Myong S. Kim CS

Sarah W. Kim TG Melissa L. McNair-King CS Laura E. Palmer WW Mardee D. Rightmyer AL Matthew E. Ruffner CS Linda T. Steber TG Yvonne M. Thurmond CS

2011 (12.94 % participation) Travis R. Allen AL Tara W. Bulger AL Mary Kathleen Duncan AL Eun-Gee Jun CS Nancy C. Kinzer WM Kathryn E. Owen AL Ross M. Reddick CS John D. Shillingburg CS Rebecca S. Shillingburg CS Andrew C. Whaley AL Khalia Jelks Williams TG 2012 (16.46% participation) Alexander K. Barnes AL Eric W. Barton AL Charles H. Berthoud TG Mary Ann Gantt Carter TG Joe Ella Darby CS Nathaniel J. Dunlap WW Elizabeth G. Greaves TG Dawn Martin Hyde CS Sandra M. Kern CS Ruth Southwell McCurdy TG Paul S. Seelman CS Mark D. White TG Damon P. Williams TG 2013 (2.9% participation) A. Leigh Campbell-Taylor TG Sharon E. Gregory TG Daniel S. McCurdy TG 2014 (1% participation) Eldon V. Clemans TG

Jeromey Howard (MDiv/MAPT ’15) was awarded the C.Virginia Harrison Memorial Award. Virginia Harrison

served in innumerable capacities from 1925 to 1961. Upon her death, members of her family established an award to be given each year to a rising senior who is conscientious, responsible, hardworking and who shows great potential for leadership in the church. Jeromey is under care of Wyoming Presbytery and a member of First Presbyterian Church in Cheyenne, WY. He and his wife Kirsten have been married for four years and have a daughter, Zoe. He graduated from Oklahoma State University with a BS in Sociology and spent seven years in the Air Force.

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Mr. Scott Clayton

By Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Wichterman

Mrs. Barney H. Furr

By Mr. John B. Furr

Mr. Austin Pace Coker

By Mr. and Mrs. Glen E. Williamson

Mrs. Burney H. Gardner

By Mr. and Mrs. Steven C. Kapp

Memorials

Mrs. Edelle S. Colclough

By The Rev. Franklin D. Colclough, Sr.

Dr. Richard T. Gillespie II

By Dr. and Mrs. E. Lynn McLarty

Ms. Carolyn Bach

By Mr. Walter D. Bach, Jr.

The Rev. C. Drayton Cooper III

By Mrs. Sharon H. Cooper Stone

Dr. Richard T. Gillespie III

By Dr. and Mrs. E. Lynn McLarty

Mrs. Peggy Sherrill Bach

By Mr. Walter D. Bach, Jr.

Dr. James H. Daughdrill, Jr.

By Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Ayres

Dr. Robert H. Gillespie

By Dr. and Mrs. E. Lynn McLarty

The Rev. Donald B. Bailey

By Dr. and Mrs. David J. Bailey

Mr. Walter P. Davis

By The Rev. and Mrs. Archie Davis

Mr. Hal M. Gilmore

By Mr. and Mrs. John W. Gilmore

Dr. Dewey T. Bowen

By Mrs. Theodora L. Bowen

Dr. Ludwig R. Dewitz

By Ms. Ann W. Bullard

Mr. Kevin S. Goldsmith

By Dr. Sadie H. Goldsmith

Arnold and Dolly Brabban

By The Rev. Georgianna V. Brabban-Johnson and Mr. Larry Johnson

Dr. Bonneau H. Dickson

By Mr. and Mrs. Donald B. Johnson

Dr. Shirley C. Guthrie, Jr.

By Ms. Virginia H. Klettner

Dr. and Mrs. Gene Lassiter

The Rev. Gail R. Perkins

Dr. and Mrs. William D. Russell

Mrs. Suanne B. SauerBrun

The Rev. Edwin G. Townsend

Memorials & Tributes

Dr. G. Thompson Brown

By Dr. and Mrs. Walter A. Brueggemann

Kay and Phil Gehman

Dr. and Mrs. Robert H. Ramey, Jr.

Mrs. Elizabeth L. Dickson

By Mr. and Mrs. Donald B. Johnson The Rev. Albert B. Drake

By Mrs. Dorothy M. Drake

The Rev. William R. Childress

By Mrs. Roberta F. Childress

Mrs. Gwynn Peyton DuBose

By The Rev. and Mrs. Pierre W. DuBose, Jr.

The Rev. Allie Anderson Clayton

By Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Wichterman

The Rev. and Mrs. C. McCoy Franklin

By Mrs. Roberta F. Childress

The Rev. and Mrs. M. McCoy Franklin

The Rev. Edward N. Hallman

By The Rev. Robert I. White

Mrs. Virginia C. White Dr. John A. Hare

By Mrs. Ann T. Hare

Gifts to Endowed Funds Funds established or added to during the fiscal year are listed.

Jefferson K. Aiken, Sr. and Jefferson K. Aiken, Jr. Scholarship Fund Jane and Donald Bailey Scholarship Fund Benton Chair of Christian Education Cecil D. Brearley, Jr. Scholarship Fund Vernon S. Broyles, Jr. Leadership Center Brother Bryan Scholarship Fund Harry H. Bryan Scholarship Fund Rev. and Mrs. Andrew H. Bullard Memorial Scholarship Fund Scott Candler, Jr. Scholarship Fund Elizabeth and Mayson Cheshire Scholarship Fund Charles Blanton Cousar Scholarship Fund Bettie and Bonneau Dickson Scholarship Fund Dan Alexander Dunaway Fund for Urban Church Development Dr. McCoy and Mary Franklin Scholarship Fund Dr. Paul T. Fuhrmann Endowment Fund Dr. Joseph M. Gettys Scholarship Fund R.T. Gillespie Memorial Fund Hal and Anita Gilmore Fund Henry and Billie Grace Goodrich Scholarship Fund Shirley Guthrie Memorial Fund HALY Scholarship Fund Joseph E. Hannah Memorial Scholarship Fund William W. Hatcher Scholarship Fund B.S. Hodges Memorial Endowment Fund Jefferson T. Howell, Jr. and Martha A. Howell Scholarship Fund Wade and Vee Huie International Scholarship Fund Douglas Henry Jenkins Memorial Scholarship Fund Jasper N. Keith, Jr. and Betty Morgan Keith Fund for Supervised Ministry Aaron W. Leland Memorial Scholarship Fund Lydia’s Fund

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Arch L. MacNair Scholarship Fund Mansfield Memorial Loan Fund Mathes-Woolfolk Memorial Scholarship Fund Mildred S. and Dean G. McKee Endowment Fund Ella McPherson McKnight Memorial Scholarship Fund John Nelsen Award Jane C. Noonan Scholarship Fund William J. Noonan Scholarship Fund Oldenburg Quadrangle Douglas W. Oldenburg Scholarship Fund Mary B. Ormond and J. Will Ormond Scholarship Fund Clarence E. and Florrie E. Palmer Scholarship Fund Joseph and Geraldine Patrick Scholarship Fund J. Davison Philips Scholarship Fund Tommy Pritchard Scholarship Fund James B. Reaves Scholarship Fund Cantey Venable Reed Scholarship Fund J. McDowell and Evelyn Knight Richards Fund for Continuing Education Mr. and Mrs. James McDowell Richardson Endowment Fund Henry Edward Russell Scholarship Fund The Rev. C. Walker and Louise M. Sessions Scholarship Fund Elizabeth McGregor Simmons International Fund Stephen J. Sloop, Jr. Fund for Supervised Ministry John I. Smith Scholarship Fund J. Walton and Margaret Stewart Scholarship Fund George and Sally Telford Award James Samuel Ross Tippens Scholarship Fund Dr. Herbert T. and Birma Scott Uthlaut Scholarship Fund William Rivers Waddey Scholarship Fund G. Dana and Catherine Yancey Waters Scholarship Fund Emily Wood Scholarship Fund

* Includes gifts from Presbyterian Women to Columbia Friendship Circle

† Raised to the Church Triumphant

Memorials & Tributes

The Rev. William Wayne Hatcher

By Ms. Lois E. Dickey

Ms. Martha L. Hatcher

Mrs. Ruth D. Hatcher Dr. J. Trent Howell, Jr.

By Mr. and Mrs. George W. Farr

Mr. and Mrs. Glenn B. Ogden

Dr. Neely D. McCarter

By Mrs. Jeannette B. Craig

Dr. Julian F. Craig, Jr.

Mrs. Jean M. McCarter Mr. John McLean, Jr.

By The Rev. and Mrs. J. Gary Waller Mrs. Deborah Griffin McMillan

By Ms. Sharon J. Lasseter

Ms. Charlotte S. Pickels

Ms. Martha J. Woodward

Mrs. Peggy B. Vaughan

By The Rev. Earl M. Vaughan Mr. William Rivers Waddey

By Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Carini

Mr. and Mrs. A. Thomas Jones Mrs. Evelyn W. Wallace

By Dr. and Mrs. John S. Bacot, Sr. Mrs. Lucretia S. Watt

By Mr. Donald D. Watt

Mr. Champney A. McNair

By Mrs. Catherine G. McNair

The Rev. Thurlow Benjamin Weed

By Mrs. Auwina S. Weed

Mrs. Vee Huie

By The Rev. Scott W. Huie

Dr. Theron Nease

By Dr. and Mrs. J. Steve Rhodes

The Rev. Robert I. White

By Mrs. Peggy K. Hallman

Mr. and Mrs. Clyce Hurst, Sr.

By The Rev. and Mrs. Clyce H. Hurst, Jr.

Mrs. Alice Aiko Nishioka

By Ms. Marilyn Y. Nichols

Brigadier General John S. Wieringa, Jr.

By The Rev. and Mrs. Robert W. Boston

Mrs. Margaret G. Hutchison

By The Rev. Glen F. Hutchison

Mrs. Alice H. Patterson

By The Revs. Jill P. and Joel L. Tolbert

The Rev. Frank C. Wilkinson

By Mrs. Celeste B. Wilkinson

The Rev. William B. Johnson

By Mrs. Dianne L. Johnson

Mrs. Elizabeth M. Pattillo

By Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth S. Taratus

The Rev. A. Moncrief Jordan

By Dr. David M. Jordan and Ms. Elizabeth Jackson-Jordan

Dr. J. Davison Philips

By Drs. Martha M. and Richard L. Blount

Dr. and Mrs. H. Scott Gregory

The Rev. Don Leet Wilson

By The Rev. and Mrs. Don L. Wilson

Mrs. Mary Ann Wilson

Mr. Richard L. Kell

By The Rev. and Mrs. James T. Rogers

Mr. George K. Preston, Jr.

By Dr. and Mrs. George K. Preston III

The Rev. Ann F. Aichinger

By Dr. Frank C. Aichinger

Dr. C. Benton Kline, Jr.

By Dr. Jannar W. Davis

Dr. and Mrs. Michael L. Dusing

Mrs. Evelyn Richards

By Dr. and Mrs. H. McCord Smith

Dr. E. Lane Alderman

By Ms. Ashley P. Alderman

Dr. J. McDowell Richards

By Dr. and Mrs. H. McCord Smith

The Rev. Mary G. Amos

By Dr. and Mrs. E. Lynn McLarty

Dr. E. Joyce Rimes

By Ms. Jimmie G. Phillips

Mrs. Jody L. Andrade

By Ms. Ellen B. Landers

Dr. Lucy Rose

By The Rev. Joy W. Pruett

Mrs. Jane E. Bailey

By Dr. and Mrs. David J. Bailey

Dr. Ruth A. Schmidt

By Ms. Barbara A. Gifford

Dr. Harry H. Barrow

By Mr. Robert W. Coggin

Mr. George W. Seel

By Dr. and Mrs. J. Lawrence Cuthill

Dr. David L. Bartlett

By Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Adams

Dr. and Mrs. Linton H. Bishop

Mrs. Frances F. Lane

By Ms. Tammy L. Lane Professor Aaron Whitney Leland

By Mr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Gignilliat, Jr. Ms. Lee Merritt Levitan

By Mrs. Anna K. Mansfield Mrs. Lettie Lovin

By Mrs. Anna K. Mansfield Dr. Arch L. MacNair

By Mrs. Elizabeth F. MacNair

Dr. James F. MacNair

Ms. Emily F. McMullen

Mr. Joseph S. Serafin

By The Rev. Melinda S. Serafin

Mr. Paul E. Manners

By Dr. and Mrs. H. Scott Gregory

Dr. Katherine C. Sippola

By Dr. Bertram C. Sippola

Mrs. S. Joy Manners

By Dr. and Mrs. H. Scott Gregory

Ms. Arline T. Slack

By Mrs. Anna K. Mansfield

Mrs. Helen G. Mansfield

By Mr. and Mrs. William A. McManus

Dr. Stephen J. Sloop, Jr.

By Mrs. Elizabeth B. Sloop

Mr. Laurence E. Mansfield, Sr.

By Mr. and Mrs. William A. McManus

Mr. Hal L. and Mrs. Julia Thompson Smith

By Mr. John E. Smith II

Mr. Laurence E. Mansfield, Jr.

By Mr. Laurence E. Mansfield IV

Mr. and Mrs. William A. McManus

Dr. Charles C. Talley

By Mrs. Patricia M. Talley Newbold

Mr. William E. Mansfield II

By Mr. and Mrs. William A. McManus Mrs. Willyne P. Mansfield

By Mr. Laurence E. Mansfield IV Dr. Rachel C. Mathes

By Dr. Loretta G. Brown Mrs. Vivienne L. McCain

By Mrs. Anna K. Mansfield

Dr. Hubert V. Taylor

By Dr. and Mrs. John N. Bartholomew

Bert and Kaye Carmichael

Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Dhue

Drs. William R. and Sara L. Hoyt

Ms. Susan H. Sellman

Ms. Sandra D. Taylor The Rev. George B. Telford, Jr.

By Dr. Augustus E. Succop III

Mrs. Sally S. Telford The Rev. James S.R. Tippens

By Mrs. Lou H. Reaves

* Includes gifts from Presbyterian Women to Columbia Friendship Circle

†Raised to the Church Triumphant

Tributes

The Rev. C. Benjamin Beasley

By Mr. and Mrs. J. Harry Morgan, Jr. Mrs. Mary B. Berry

By Dr. Joseph W. Berry The Rev. C. Fritz Bogar

By Mr. and Mrs. Christopher H. Lindeman The Rev. Randolph S. Calvo, Jr.

By Dr. Jeanne C. and the Rev. Jeffry L. Reynolds

Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Rogers

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce E. Snyder

The Rev. Jan Stewart-Tolbert and Mr. Jerry C. Tolbert The Rev. William D. Carter Florence

By Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Wideman Christian Education Department of

Columbia Theological Seminary

By Mrs. Anne S. Turnage The Rev. Marcus G. Coker

By First Presbyterian Church, Laurens, SC Dr. Pamela Cooper-White

By The Rev. Sharon E. and Mr. John K. Gregory The Rev. Brian C. Copeland

By Dr. Albert F. Masters III

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Memorials & Tributes

Dr. Charles B. Cousar

By Dr. and Mrs. Harry H. Barrow

Dr. and Mrs. D. Scott Hargrove

Dr. and Mrs. Gerald P. Jenkins

The Rev. and Mrs. David E. Swindall Mrs. Ann D. Cousins

By Mr. and Mrs. George E. Cates Mr. Thomas G. Cousins

By Mr. and Mrs. George E. Cates The Rev. Laura A. Cunningham

By Dr. and Mrs. George W. Ramsey The Rev. Caroline V. Dennis

By Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Vinson The Rev. Phillip D. Dennis

By Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Vinson Faculty and Staff

By The Rev. Dawn Martin Hyde and Mr. Timothy A. Hyde The Rev. Jennifer Fouse Sheorn

By Dr. and Mrs. Clarence D. Fouse, Jr. Dr. Richard T. Gillespie IV

By Dr. and Mrs. E. Lynn McLarty Mrs. Anita B. Gilmore

By Mr. and Mrs. John W. Gilmore The Rev. and Mrs. Craig N. Goodrich

By Dr. Walton H. Reeves, Jr. and Dr. Catharine A. Enright

Mrs. Martha Ann B. Howell

By Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson T. Howell III

Mr. and Mrs. Glenn B. Ogden Dr. Wade P. Huie, Jr.

By The Rev. Scott W. Huie

Dr. and Mrs. Eugene B. Norris Dr. Stephen M. Huntley, Jr.

By Dr. and Mrs. Walter C. Cottingham Dr. Ben C. Johnson

By Dr. William J. Pendergrast

Dr. and Mrs. John A. Schmidt

The Rev. Sharol R. Hayner

By Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Rhodes Dr. Stephen A. Hayner

By Dr. and Mrs. E. Jones Doughton

The Rev. Louly F. and Mr. Sam B. Hay, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Rhodes Dr. Joy C. Heaton

By Mr. and Mrs. Melvin G. Cooper The Rev. Christopher A. Henry

By Mr. and Mrs. C. Geoffrey Weirich The Rev. Penelope J. Hill

By Mr. Nicholas G. Hill The Rev. Richard G. Hill

By Mr. Nicholas G. Hill Ms. Vivian J. Hodo

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The Rev. Todd A. Reinschmidt

By Mrs. Anne J. Sims

The Rev. James T. Richardson

By Dr. and Mrs. E. Lynn McLarty

The Rev. Andrew P. King

By Mrs. Catherine G. McNair

Mr. John R. Richardson

By Dr. and Mrs. E. Lynn McLarty

The Rev. Robert M. Lewis, Sr.

By Mr. Robert M. Lewis, Jr.

Dr. Marcia Y. Riggs

By Dr. Yvonne M. Collie-Pendleton

Ms. Elizabeth M. Lyles

By Dr. John S. Lyles

Mrs. Mary Martha Riviere

By Dr. Mardee D. Rightmyer

Mrs. Elizabeth F. MacNair

By Ms. Emily F. McMullen

Dr. William D. Russell

By Dr. Virginia D. Russell

The Rev. William E. McElveen

By Dr. and Mrs. Walter C. Cottingham

Mr. William E. Scheu

By Mrs. Betsy Broyles Moore and Mr. Calvin B. Moore

The Rev. Melissa L. McNair-King

By Mrs. Catherine G. McNair The Rev. Cynthia M. Montgomery

By Mr. James H. Montgomery Dr. Stephen R. Montgomery

By Ms. Virginia H. Klettner

Mr. and Mrs. William S. Morris III

By Dr. and Mrs. G. Daniel McCall, Sr.

The Rev. and Mrs.Robert S. Hay

By Mr. and Mrs. Leland C. Keller

The Rev. H. Scott Ramsey

By Dr. and Mrs. George W. Ramsey

Mrs. Carolyn L. Jordan

By Ms. Mary A. Hammett

Dr. Mattie E. Hart

By The Revs. Kathryn A. McLean and Timothy F. Simpson

The Rev. Morgan M. Hay

By Mr. and Mrs. Philip R. Hamilton

Mr. David A. Quattlebaum III

By Mr. and Mrs. J. Derrick Quattlebaum

The Rev. Steven H. Rhodes

By Mr. and Mrs. K. David Lake, Jr.

Mrs. Elizabeth B. Moore

By Ms. Betsy Primm

The Rev. Louly F. Hay

By Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. Bollinger

Mr. Sam B. Hay, Jr.

The Rev. Richard G. Proctor

By Dr. and Mrs. E. Lynn McLarty

Dr. E. Elizabeth Johnson

By Mrs. Dorothy D. and Dr. Robert E. Smith

Mrs. Sara R. Harrington

By Dr. and Mrs. Walter C. Cottingham

Mrs. Mary C. Hartsfield

By Mr. and Mrs. F. Stephen Hartsfield

The Rev. Emily Rose Proctor

By Dr. and Mrs. E. Lynn McLarty

Dr. Deborah F. Mullen

By Dr. Christine B. Vogel Dr. D. Cameron Murchison, Jr.

By The Rev. Pamela Cooper-White, Ph.D. and the Rev. Michael Cooper-White, D.D. Dr. Agnes W. Norfleet

By Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Hill Mrs. Claudia S. Oldenburg

By Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. Oldenburg Dr. Douglas W. Oldenburg

By Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. Oldenburg

Presbyterian Women in Sheppards and Lapsley

Presbytery

By Ms. Mary A. Hammett Mr. and Mrs. L. William Silzle, Jr.

By Mr. and Mrs. Walter W. Waddey The Rev. Lyndsay Lee Slocum

By Mr. and Mrs. William M. Powell Spiritual Formation Program

By Dr. and Mrs. Huw M. Christopher Dr. Jeffrey Alan Sumner

By The Rev. Jennifer S. Carswell and Mr. Brian Carswell Dr. A. Taylor Todd

By Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence B. Richardson, Jr. Dr. Lynn A. Turnage

By Mrs. Anne S. Turnage Mrs. Cecelia T. Waddey

By Mr. James C. Kieffer Mr. Dan Walden

By Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. Bollinger

Mrs. Elizabeth B. Orth

By Mr. and Mrs. Elmore C. Thrash, Jr.

Mr. Robert A. Wilmesherr

By Ms. Faye J. Chiles

The Rev. and Mrs. John E. Westlund, Jr.

Mr. Charles M. Pittman

By The Rev. and Mrs. John E. Westlund, Jr.

The Rev. Rachel E. Winter

By Mr. and Mrs. Terry C. Ley

Mrs. Elizabeth S. Preston

By Ms. Elizabeth D. Preston

Mr. John M. Preston VI

Mrs. Louise P. Robison

Mrs. Emily C. Wood

By Ms. Eugenia T. Pratt

Mr. John M. Preston V

By Ms. Elizabeth D. Preston

Mr. John M. Preston VI

Mrs. Louise P. Robison

The Rev. and Mrs. Donn W. Wright

By Ms. Susan D. Buell Ms. Lauren E. Wright

By The Rev. and Mrs. John E. Westlund, Jr.

Ms. Pamela P. Pritchard

By Mr. and Mrs. John C. Pritchard, Jr.

* Includes gifts from Presbyterian Women to Columbia Friendship Circle

†Raised to the Church Triumphant

Columbia Founders

The Columbia Founders have demonstrated extraordinary levels of support for the seminary, some over the course of a lifetime. Words cannot adequately express the depth of appreciation felt by all friends of Coumbia for the sacrificial ways in which the Founders have contributed to the seminary’s programs, buildings, and grounds. Their generosity calls all of us to practice better stewardship of what we have been given. Thanks be to God!

I n d i v i d ua l s Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Howell E. Adams, Jr. The Rev. Lucy R. and Mr. John G. Aldridge Dr. Mary Virginia Allen† Mr. and Mrs. Ralph R. Almand† Dr. Harvard A. Anderson† Ms. Bonnie Arnall† Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Ayres Ms. Rose M. Barnwell† The Rev. N.G. Barron† Mrs. Ruby H. Barron† Ms. Jocelyn C. Bauer Mrs. Nellie M. Beatie† The Rev. and Mrs. Francis B. Benton† John T. Benton, Jr. and Suzanne B. Benton Mrs. John T. Benton† Mr.† and Mrs. John Blue III Dr. Vernon S. Broyles, Jr.† Mrs. G. Scott Candler, Jr. Ms. Edith G. Carter† Mr. and Mrs. George E. Cates Mr. Curtis W. Cheshire Mr. and Mrs. Sidney R. Clotfelter† Mrs. Juliana C. Cole† Mr. and Mrs. John A. Conant† Mr. and Mrs. George H. Cornelson IV Mrs. Ann D. and Mr. Thomas G. Cousins Mr. and Mrs. John J. Cross Mr. and Mrs. James G. Dalton, Sr. Dr. and Mrs. Ludwig R. Dewitz† Dr. and Mrs. Bonneau H. Dickson† Mr.† and Mrs. J.K. Dickson Mr. H. Talmage Dobbs, Jr.† Mrs. Boyce Edwards† Mr. and Mrs. W. Douglas Ellis Mr. and Mrs. William D. Ellis† The Rev. Helen Q. Fisher† Mr. and Mrs. Langdon S. Flowers† Mr. John P. Garrard† Mr. and Mrs. Ben G. Gautier Ms. Alice G. Geekie† Ms. Sara Gibbs† Dr. and Mrs. Richard T. Gillespie† Mr. and Mrs. T. Michael Goodrich

Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Goulding† Mr. and Mrs. Dean L. Griffith Mr. Harry C. Hannah, Jr.† Mrs. Ruth Harpster† Dr.† and Mrs. W. Frank Harrington Ms. C. Virginia Harrison† Mr. and Mrs. George J. Hauptfuhrer The Rev.† and Mrs. Fred J. Hay The Rev. Louly F. and Mr. Sam B. Hay, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. R. Hayne Hollis Dr. George Howe† Mr. and Mrs. James M. Jeter Dr. Charles C. Jones† Dr. and Mrs. C. Benton Kline, Jr.† Mr. and Mrs. Dennis M. Love Mr.† and Mrs. J. Erskine Love, Jr. Mr. Edwin Malloy, Jr.† Ms. Lina Matthews† Mr. Robert J. Maxwell, Jr.† Mrs. Ruth R. McDonald† Dr. Jack B. McMichael† Mr. T.S. McPheeters† The Rev. James L. Merrick† Mr.† and Mrs. James D. Miller, Jr. The Rev.† and Mrs. Max Milligan, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Moore† Mr. and Mrs. William S. Morris III Dr.† and Mrs. W. Donald Munson Dr. and Mrs. John L. Newton† Dr. J. Phillips Noble Mr. and Mrs. William J. Noonan, Jr.† Dr. J. Will Ormond† Dr. B.M. Palmer† Mr. and Mrs. Clarence E. Palmer† Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Patrick† Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Patrick, Jr. Mr.† and Mrs. John D. Pellett, Jr. Dr.† and Mrs. J. Davison Philips Mr. and Mrs. J. Sidney Query† Dr.† and Mrs. Thomas E. Rast Mrs. Lou H. Reaves Dr. and Mrs. J. McDowell Richards† Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Shaw Mr. and Mrs.† B. Franklin Skinner Mr. and Mrs. Hal L. Smith† Mr. John E. Smith II Mrs. Laura Maddox Smith† The Rev. Paul E. Smith, Jr.† Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Spencer Ms. Margaret H. Spencer† Mrs. Agnes D. Spivey† Dr. Charles A. Stillman† Mr. H.A. Street† Mr. John W. Thatcher Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Thomas† Mr. Clyde H. Thompson† Mr.† and Mrs. Malcolm A. Thompson Dr. James H. Thornwell† Mr. J.M. Tull† Mr. and Mrs. Herbert T. Uthlaut, Jr. Mr. and Mrs.† John H. Weitnauer, Jr. Mrs. Susan W. and Mr. John F. Wieland Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E. Wilgus† Mr. L. Neil Williams † Mrs. Sue S. Williams The Rev. John L. Wilson† Mr. J. Barnett Woodruff† Mrs. Julia M. Woodward†

* Includes gifts from Presbyterian Women to Columbia Friendship Circle

† Raised to the Church Triumphant

Churches

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Agape Christian Council, Decatur, GA Bethesda Presbyterian Church, Camden, SC Campbell Trust, Atlanta, GA Central Florida Presbytery, Orlando, FL Central Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, GA Charleston Atlantic Presbytery, Charleston, SC Charlotte Presbytery, Charlotte, NC Clairmont Presbyterian Church, Decatur, GA Decatur Presbyterian Church, Decatur, GA Easley Presbyterian Church, Easley, SC First Presbyterian Church, Aiken, SC First Presbyterian Church, Athens, GA First Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, GA First Presbyterian Church, Clinton, SC First Presbyterian Church, Columbus, GA First Presbyterian Church, Dalton, GA First Presbyterian Church, Florence, SC First Presbyterian Church, Gainesville, GA First Presbyterian Church, Greenville, MS First Presbyterian Church, Greenville, SC First Presbyterian Church, Greenwood, SC First Presbyterian Church, Hartsville, SC First Presbyterian Church, Huntsville, AL First Presbyterian Church, Leesburg, FL First Presbyterian Church, Marietta, GA First Presbyterian Church, Moultrie, GA First Presbyterian Church, Myrtle Beach, SC First Presbyterian Church, Nashville, TN First Presbyterian Church, Orlando, FL First Presbyterian Church, Pensacola, FL First Presbyterian Church, Quincy, FL First Presbyterian Church, Shreveport, LA First Presbyterian Church, Spartanburg, SC First Presbyterian Church, St. Petersburg, FL First Presbyterian Church, Sumter, SC First Presbyterian Church, Tampa, FL Flint River Presbytery, Albany, GA Florida Presbytery, Chipley, FL Foothills Presbytery, Simpsonville, SC Fort Hill Presbyterian Church, Clemson, SC Fountain Inn Presbyterian Church, Fountain Inn, SC Fourth Presbyterian Church, Greenville, SC Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA Greater Atlanta Presbytery, Atlanta, GA Independent Presbyterian Church, Birmingham, AL Indiantown Presbyterian Church, Hemingway, SC Korean Community Presbyterian Church, Duluth, GA Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church, Houston, TX Nazareth Presbyterian Church, Moore, SC New Harmony Presbytery, Florence, SC North Avenue Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, GA Northeast Georgia Presbytery, Watkinsville, GA Oakland Avenue Presbyterian Church, Rock Hill, SC Peace Memorial Presbyterian Church, Clearwater, FL Peachtree Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, GA Pine Shores Presbyterian Church, Sarasota, FL Presbyterian Church (USA), Louisville, KY Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church, Augusta, GA Riverside Presbyterian Church, Jacksonville, FL Roswell Presbyterian Church, Roswell, GA Savannah Presbytery, Brunswick, GA Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian Church, Knoxville, TN Shandon Presbyterian Church, Columbia, SC Signal Mountain Presbyterian Church, Signal Mountain, TN South Highland Presbyterian Church, Birmingham, AL St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Tucker, GA

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J. McDowell Richards Society

St. Luke’s Presbyterian Church, Dunwoody, GA St. Simons Presbyterian Church, St. Simons Island, GA Synod of Living Waters, Spring Hill, TN Synod of South Atlantic, Jacksonville, FL Synod of the Sun, Irving, TX Trinity Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, GA Trinity Presbytery, Lexington, SC Westminster Presbyterian Church, Greenville, SC White Memorial Presbyterian Church, Raleigh, NC Winter Park Presbyterian Church, Winter Park, FL

The J. McDowell Richards Society was inaugurated to recognize those who have made provisions for a gift to Columbia in the course of their estate planning. Planned gifts, such as charitable remainder trusts, charitable gift annuities, life estate gifts of residences or other real estate holdings, or an intended bequest to the seminary, all qualify a contributor for membership in this society. Those interested in learning more about the tax and income advantages of planned giving are invited to contact Arnie Hulteen at 404 687-4671 or toll-free at 1 888 601-8918.

F o u n d at io n s

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Blake P. Garrett, Sr. Foundation CF Foundation, Inc. Churches Homes Foundation, Inc. Cousins Foundation, Inc. Cully A. & Lois Dowdle Cobb Foundation David H. and Mary Lou S. Garrett Foundation David, Helen and Marian Woodward Foundation English Memorial Fund Garrett Foundation Gay and Erskine Love Foundation Griffith Theological Research Foundation H.P. Bridges Ministers’ Trust Heart of the City Foundation Helen C. Richardson Foundation John and Mary Franklin Foundation, Inc. John H. & Wilhelmina D. Harland Charitable Foundation, Inc. John I. Smith Charities, Inc. Lettie Pate Evans Foundation Lilly Endowment, Inc. Mabel Stowe Query Foundation Nora Smith Foundation Patrick Family Foundation Presbyterian Foundation Samuel E. and Mary W. Thatcher Foundation, Inc. Schumann Foundation, Inc. Shaw Family Foundation SunTrust Bank Atlanta Foundation The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations The Bailey Foundation The Citizens & Southern Fund The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta The Florence C. and Harry L. English Memorial Fund The Hack Foundation, Inc. The Hal and John Smith Family Foundation The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc. The Imlay Foundation, Inc. The J. Bulow Campbell Foundation The Joseph B. Whitehead Foundation The Outreach Foundation of the Presbyterian Church The Pattillo Foundation The Pellett Foundation The Pew Charitable Trusts The Pittulloch Foundation The Rockdale Foundation The William Randolph Hearst Foundation, Inc. Tull Charitable Foundation, Inc Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning William E. and Audrine C. Honey Foundation

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Frances D. Fabrick Revocable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Howell E. Adams, Jr. Dr. Joanna M. and Mr. Alfred B. Adams III Dr. Millard E. Agerton† Mrs. Jane H. Aiken† Dr. and Mrs. Jefferson K. Aiken, Jr. Dr. Mary Virginia Allen† Mr. K.F. Anderson† The Rev.† and Mrs. James T. Anderton Mrs. Marguerite M. Appleby† The Rev.† and Mrs. Donald B. Bailey Mr. and Mrs. James J. Baird, Jr. Ms. Rose M. Barnwell† Ms. Myra A. Barron† Mrs. Ruby H. Barron† The Rev. C. Benjamin Beasley The Rev. Eugene G. Beckman† The Rev. and Mrs. Francis B. Benton† John T. Benton, Jr. and Suzanne B. Benton The Rev. and Mrs. Francis B. Benton† Mrs. John T. Benton† Ms. Julia C. Boswell† Mr. and Mrs. David M. Bradfield Dr. Cecil Brearley, Jr.† Dr. and Mrs. John C. Brearley Mrs. Helen D. Brown† Mr. Leonard T. Brown† J. McDowell Richards Society Dr. Loretta G. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Brown The Rev. Mary Miller Brueggemann Dr. Walter A. Brueggemann Dr. Harry H. Bryan† Dr. and Mrs. John C. Bryan Mrs. Nell Scott Buice† Ms. Mary C. Campbell† Ms. Anne C. Carr† Ms. Edith G. Carter† Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Castles Mr.† and Mrs. John R. Chambless Mr. Curtis W. Cheshire Dr. and Mrs. J. Calvin Chesnutt Mr. Scott Clayton† The Rev. Roy W. Coker Mrs. Juliana C. Cole† The Rev. Franklin G. Colladay Mr. and Mrs. John A. Conant† The Rev. Mary Jane K. Cornell Dr. and Mrs. Charles B. Cousar The Rev. and Mrs. William A. Crosland Mrs. Claire L. Cross Ms. Margaret I. Dalzell†

Mr. J. Kenneth Davis† Dr. and Mrs. Ludwig R. Dewitz† J. McDowell Richards Society Dr. and Mrs. Bonneau H. Dickson† Dr. and Mrs. Richard A. Dodds The Rev.† and Mrs. Robert I. Doom, Sr. Dr. and Mrs. William T. DuBose Dr. and Mrs. Dan A. Dunaway Mr. and Mrs. Howard Ector† Mr. and Mrs. W. Harris Edwards† Dr. and Mrs.† Sterling J. Edwards, Jr. The Rev.† and Mrs. R. Foster Edwards Dr. and Mrs.† Sterling J. Edwards, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. H. Alan Elmore Mr.† and Mrs. Robert E. Eskew Mrs. C.W. Fargason† The Rev. Helen Q. Fisher† Dr. and Mrs. Clarence D. Fouse, Jr. Ms. Verna Freeman† Dr. and Mrs.† James H. Gailey, Jr. Mrs. Jane H. Gardiner† The Rev. Eleana M. and Mr.† David C. Garrett, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ben G. Gautier Ms. Alice G. Geekie† Ms. Sara Gibbs† Drs. Catherine G. and Justo L. Gonzalez Dr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Grafton† Dr. and Mrs. D. Raymond Guterman Ms. Ruth C. Hambright† Mrs. Elliott K. Harbison† J. McDowell Richards Society Mrs. Mildred R. Harding† Mrs. Edna M. Harman† Mrs. Marion J. Harper† Dr.† and Mrs. W. Frank Harrington The Rev. Carolyn Robinson Hart The Rev. Joseph and Mrs. Carlisle Harvard Dr. and Mrs. T. Fleetwood Hassell Mr. and Mrs. George J. Hauptfuhrer The Rev. Fred J. Hay† The Rev. Morgan M. and Mr. Robert S. Hay, Jr. Dr.† and Mrs. Basil V. Hicks Mr.† and Mrs. John G. Hiles Mrs. Helen R. Hodgson† Dr. and Mrs. Wayne W. Hoffmann Mrs. A.C. Huber† Dr. Wade P. Huie, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh F. Hunter, Jr. Mr. Walter Ingram† Mr. Charles E. Irvin† Dr. Sarah E. Jackson Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. James III Dr. E. Elizabeth Johnson and the Rev. Peter M. Paulsen Mr. and Mrs. Eugene B. Johnson Mr. William R. Johnson Mrs. Shirley S. Johnston Mrs. Walter M. Jones† : J. McDowell Richards Society Dr. and Mrs. Franklin T. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Vernon C. Jordan Dr. and Mrs. William C. Keller† Mr. Berthold S. Kennedy† Mrs. Elza D. Kirckhoff† Dr. and Mrs. C. Benton Kline, Jr.† Mrs. Helen J. Kohl† Dr. and Mrs. William P. Lancaster, Jr. Mrs. O’Neal H. Lannon† The Rev. and Mrs. William F. Lee

* Includes gifts from Presbyterian Women to Columbia Friendship Circle

† Raised to the Church Triumphant

Dr. John H. Leith† Mr. and Mrs. Aaron W. Leland Ms. Madeline S. Lewis† Mr. Robert M. Lewis, Jr. Mrs. Jane L. Liston† Dr. and Mrs. David A. Long III Mr. Edwin Malloy, Jr.† Ms. Louise O. Manning† Dr. William H. Marquis† Dr. and Mrs.† Albert F. Masters III Ms. Lina Matthews† Mr. Robert J. Maxwell, Jr.† Ms. Pearl I. Mayo† The Rev. R. Donnell McCall† Mrs. Elizabeth G. and Mr. James F. McCallen The Rev. and Mrs. John T. McCrea J. McDowell Richards Society Mr.† and Mrs. W. Sloan McCrea Dr. Janet McDonald† Mrs. Dorothy McEwen† Ms. Celeste S. McGill† Dr. Angus M. McGregor† The Rev. Angus W. McGregor Mrs. Adele D. McKee Anonymous† Ms. Dorothy E. McKuen† The Rev.† George R. and Dr. Belle Miller McMaster Ms. Anne Elizabeth McMichael† Dr. Jack B. McMichael† Ms. Theo McNeil† Mrs. Almetta W. Mencer† Drs. Laura S. and Charles M. Mendenhall III Mr.† and Mrs. James D. Miller, Jr. The Rev. Max Milligan, Jr.† The Rev. J. Fred Moore† Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Moore† Dr. and Mrs. Chester W. Morse† Dr. and Mrs. David W. Nash Ms. Mary S. New† Dr. and Mrs. John L. Newton† Mr. John A. and Mrs. Kemie Richards Nix Dr. and Mrs.† J. Phillips Noble J. McDowell Richards Society Mr. and Mrs. William J. Noonan, Jr.† Dr. T. Russell Nunan† Anonymous Dr. and Mrs. Douglas W. Oldenburg Dr. J. Will Ormond† Mrs. Florrie I. Palmer† The Rev. and Mrs. Stanford Parnell† Mrs. Geraldine A. Patrick† Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Patrick, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Bob E. Pettit Dr.† and Mrs. J. Davison Philips Ms. Ailene S. Phillips† Mrs. Aubrey Pogue† Mrs. Ina B. Poston† Mr. and Mrs. Gary M. Price The Rev. and Mrs. Harold B. Prince† Mr. James W. Putnam† Mr. and Mrs. David A. Quattlebaum III Dr. and Mrs. Robert H. Ramey, Jr. Dr.† and Mrs. Thomas E. Rast Dr.† and Mrs. Charles E. Raynal, Jr. Ms. Harriet Reeves† Mrs. J. McDowell Richardson† Dr. Keith L. Riddle Mr. John J. Robertson† J. McDowell Richards Society

Mrs. Sibyl R. Robinson† Dr. Richard F. Rouquie, Jr. Mrs. Susan V. Russell† The Rev. John H. Sadler† The Rev.† Richard W. and Mrs. Suanne B. SauerBrun The Rev. Anne J. Sawyers† Dr. Ruth A. Schmidt† The Rev. and Mrs. William M. Schotanus Mr. and Mrs. W.L. Schwanebeck† The Rev. and Mrs. Charles F. Scott Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Shaw Ms. Bonnie J. Shoemaker Ms. Jane E. Silkworth† The Rev. Lib McGregor Simmons and Mr. W. Gary Simmons Mr.† and Mrs. G. Ballard Simmons Mr. T. Clark Simmons The Rev. John D. Simpson† The Rev. Glenn W. Small, Jr. Mrs. Nancy H. Small† Mrs. Dorothy D. and Dr. Robert E. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Hal L. Smith† Mrs. Laura Maddox Smith† Mr. William T. Smith† Mr. and Mrs. James M. Smyth† Mrs. Barbara M. Snelling Dr. Cary G. Speaker Dr. and Mrs. James O. Speed, Jr. J. McDowell Richards Society Ms. Margaret H. Spencer† Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Stamper† Mrs. Mary A. Staples† The Rev. and Mrs. Russell L. Strange† Mrs. Varnelle C. Swanson† Dr. B. Harrison Taylor The Rev.† and Mrs. George B. Telford, Jr. Mrs. Mary G. Terry† Mr. John W. Thatcher Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Thomas† Mrs. Vera C. Thompson† Mr. and Mrs. William M. Timberlake Mrs. Eva G. Towne† The Rev. Edwin G. Townsend The Rev. Joyce C. Tucker Mr. Richard L. Turner† Mr. Raymond C. Turpin†

* Includes gifts from Presbyterian Women to Columbia Friendship Circle

† Raised to the Church Triumphant

Mrs. Lillian T. Urschel† Mr. and Mrs. Herbert T. Uthlaut, Jr. Mrs. Nancy M. Van Deventer† Mr.† and Mrs. Roland Walker The Rev. Thomas B. Warren† Dr. and Mrs. G. Dana Waters III The Rev. E. McKinley Weaver† Mr. and Mrs.† John H. Weitnauer, Jr. Mrs. Annie Weltner J. McDowell Richards Society Mrs. Lulu S. Westcott† Mr. and Mrs. A. Ralph Wham† Mrs. Celeste B. Wilkinson Mrs. Sue S. and Mr.† L. Neil Williams The Rev.† and Mrs. Jack J. Wolf Walter† and Emily Wood Mr. J. Barnett Woodruff† Mr. Charles A. Wyatt† Mrs. Sara R. Wyatt† Mr.† and Mrs. Thomas L. Yount Dr. Christopher E. Zorn†

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Students face the ever increasing weight of undergraduate indebtedness, with a greater need for those wanting to come to seminary. Over 93%

of Columbia students received financial aid with the average needbased scholarship being $9,217and the average merit-based scholarship being $6,388. During the 2013-14 there was a slight increase in the number of student loans, as well as the amount per loan.

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Doctor of Theology in Pastoral Counseling Michael Lee Cook* Tyrone, Georgia B.S., DeVry University M.Div., Duke Divinity School Doctor of Ministry Serbert Samuel Buchanan** Kingston, Jamaica B.S., University of the West Indies Dip.Th., United Theological

College of the West Indies M.A., University of the West Indies Beth McMullen Daniel (in absentia) Decatur, Georgia B.Sc., University of Swansea, Wales M.Div., Columbia Theological

Seminary Mark S. B. Docken Chatfield, Minnesota B.A., Augustana College M.Div., Luther Theological

Seminary Shawn Michael Duncan Tucker, Georgia B.A., Lipscomb University M.Div., Lipscomb University Ronald Edward Gonia Birmingham, Alabama B.A., Birmingham-Southern College M.Div., Duke University Bradley Keith Hyde Greeneville, Tennessee B.A., Emory University and

Henry College M.Div., Princeton Theological

Seminary

Sam Evans McGregor, Jr. Rock Hill, South Carolina B.S., Clemson University M.Div., Columbia Theological

Seminary Augustine Iwegbunem Odih** Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies B.A., University of the West Indies Dip.Min., United Theological

College of the West Indies Marion Young-Me Park* (in absentia) Long Beach, California B.A., Wesleyan University M.Div., Princeton Theological

Seminary Tara Raschel Paul Rice Lake, Wisconsin B.A., University of Georgia M.Div., Candler School of Theology Kevin Eugene Payne* Fruithurst, Alabama B.A., Jacksonville State University M.Div., Candler School of Theology Philip George O’Brien Robinson** Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies B.A., University of the West Indies Dip.M.S., The United Theological

College of the West Indies Dip. Ed., The University of

the West Indies Susan S. Taylor* (in absentia) Marietta, Georgia B.A., Kennesaw State University M.Div., Candler School of Theology Mandye Cheryl Yates New Castle, Indiana B.A., Transylvania University M.Div., Lexington Theological

Seminary

Wayneford Patrick McFarlane** Spanish Town, Saint Catherine,

Jamaica B.A., University of the West Indies Dip.Min., United Theological

College of the West Indies

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Doctor of Educational Ministry

Master of Divinity

Eldon Von Clemens South Charleston, West Virginia B.S., West Virginia Institute

of Technology M.A., Presbyterian School of

Christian Education M. Div., Union Theological

Seminary

Margaret I. Alsup Oklahoma City, Oklahoma B.S., Lyon College

Casina Evette Pressley Washington Riverdale, Georgia B.A., Clark Atlanta University M.A.C.E., Interdenominational

Theological Center

Katherine DeBruhl Blankenship Asheville, North Carolina B.A., Appalachian State University

Daniel William Wiard Midlothian, Virginia B.A., Bowling Green State

University M.A.C.E., Presbyterian School of

Christian Education Angela Marie Boyd Wyatt Lithonia, Georgia B.B.A., Columbus State University M.A.(T.S.), Columbia Theological

Seminary Master of Theology Ralph C. Griffin III Erie, Pennsylvania B.A., Fresno Pacific University M.A., Geneva College M.Div., Columbia Theological

Seminary Yunkyeong Jin (in absentia) Seoul, South Korea B.A., Dongduk Women’s University M.Div., Presbyterian College and

Theological Seminary M.A., Presbyterian College and

Theological Seminary Jennifer Njeri Muchemi Nakuru, Kenya DIT, St. Paul’s United

Theological College B.D., St. Paul’s University Thomas W. Shirley, Jr. Lithia, Florida B.A., Southeastern University M.Div., Columbia Theological

Seminary

Jody Lynn Andrade Atlanta, Georgia B.A., Wake Forest University M.Ed., Georgia State University

Kate Brearley Buckley St. Simons Island, Georgia B.A., University of Georgia Carla Turman Burnett Atlanta, Georgia B.S., Florida A & M University Jennifer Carlier With Honors in the Historical Doctrinal Area The Hague, The Netherlands M.A., Leiden University M.A.(T.S.), Utrecht University Maggie Kate Chandler Elbow Lake, MN B.A., University of Northwestern Moo Je Cho Johns Creek, Georgia B.A., Yonsei University, South Korea M.A., Yonsei University,

South Korea Adam Davis Clemmons Houston, Texas B.A., Trinity University Brian C. Copeland* Rock Hill, South Carolina B.A., Winthrop University Candi C. Cylar Gadsden, Alabama B.S., Tuskegee University Elinor Lillias Lockwood Dale Raleigh, North Carolina B.A., Meredith College Hackwin Lavial Devoe Atlanta, Georgia B.S., Shorter College

Jason Corey Edwards Moultrie, Georgia B.A., Brewton Parker College

Eunice Namkoong Suwanee, Georgia B.S., University of Tennessee

Joseph William Taber IV* Morganton, North Carolina B.A., Presbyterian College

Stephen Michael Fearing Dalton, Georgia B.A., Presbyterian College

Oluwamuyiwa Arnold Ogunmoyero Loganville, Georgia B.Sc., Obafemi Awolowo University,

Nigeria

Souvanh Poseidon Touralack Cornelia, Georgia B.S., North Georgia College and

State University

Eun A. Park Suwanee, Georgia B.A., Mercer University

Marilyn McKelvey Tucker Tuscaloosa, Alabama B.A., University of Alabama

Joshua Krister Campbell Peck Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania B.A., Denison University

Carol Marie Underwood Atlanta, Georgia B.M., Georgia State University

Christopher Stuart Peters Mount Pleasant, South Carolina B.A., University of South Carolina –

Columbia

Lauren Michele Van Wicklen Athens, Georgia B.S., Georgia College and

State University

Becky Purcell Fayetteville, Arkansas B.S., University of Georgia M.Ed., University of Georgia M.A.C.E., Union Presbyterian

Seminary

Kathryn Elizabeth Wells Apex, North Carolina B.S., James Madison University

Rebecca Lynn Francek Lapeer, Michigan B.S., Central Michigan University David Luis Fuentes Athens, Georgia B.A., Piedmont College Erin J. Gaston Greer, South Carolina B.S., Presbyterian College Sungyoung Huh Seoul, Korea B.A., Chung-Aug University,

South Korea M.P.A., Chung-Aug University,

South Korea Alicia Darnet Johnson Lithonia, Georgia B.S.N., Regis University Jeung Hoon Kim Decatur, Georgia B.A., Thomas A. Edison

State College Sun Jae Kim* Suwanee, Georgia B.Th., Hoseo University,

South Korea Yongsik Kwak Lawrenceville, Georgia B.A., Korea University, Seoul M.B.A., University of Illinois

at Urbana-Champaign Rebekah Abel Lamar Decatur, Georgia B.A., Presbyterian College M.A.C.E., Union Presbyterian

Seminary Elizabeth Mauldin Lyles Davidson, North Carolina A.B., Davidson College Lenora Louise Mcfarland Decatur, Georgia B.S., University of California M.B.A., Emory University Jason E. Minter Pensacola, Florida B.A., Baptist College of Florida

Andrew Joseph Rametta Tampa, Florida B.S., University of Florida William Charles Ratcliff McComb, Mississippi B.S., University of Southern

Mississippi Jennie Frances Sankey Fort Worth, Texas B.A., Westminster College Steven James Sankey Cedar Rapids, Iowa B.A., Westminster College Jeanne Anne Swink Simpson Snellville, Georgia B.A., Lenoir Rhyne University M.S.W., Clark Atlanta University Courtney Elise Stevens Jacksonville, Florida B.A., Queens University of

Charlotte Karen Teresa Briscoe Stevenson With Honors in the Practical Theology Area Houston, Texas B.S., Dillard University M.D., Louisiana State University

School of Medicine

William Thomas Woodall, Jr. Kennesaw, Georgia B.A., Valley Forge Christian College Marcus Christopher Yates Lawrenceville, Georgia B.A., Berry College M.A., Beulah Heights University The American Association of Theological Schools in June 1970 took action to make the Master of Divinity the designation for the basic theological degree. The Faculty and Board of Trustees of Columbia Theological Seminary voted to grant the Master of Divinity degree to all holders of the Bachelor of Divinity degree who apply in writing for the new degree to be conferred. The following who had received the degree of Bachelor of Divinity are granted the Master of Divinity degree by action of the Faculty and the Board of Trustees.

William Edward McElveen

Master of Arts in Practical Theology Elizabeth Bushong Adams Louisville, Kentucky B.A., Agnes Scott College Katherine DeBruhl Blankenship Asheville, North Carolina B.A., Appalachian State University Carrie Ann Bowers Summerville, South Carolina B.S. Presbyterian College M.Div., Columbia Theological

Seminary Latasha Evette Davis* Mound Bayou, Mississippi B.S., Mississippi Valley State

University M.B.A., American Intercontinental

University Stephen Michael Fearing Dalton, Georgia B.A., Presbyterian College Jordan Elizabeth Fleming Marietta, Georgia B.A., Young Harris College Theresa Britten Snipes Dallas, Georgia B.A., Kennesaw State University Joshua Barton Sweeney Pensacola, Florida B.A., Florida Southern College Carol Marie Underwood Atlanta, Georgia B.M., Georgia State University Master of Arts in Theological Studies James Roger Davis II Loganville, Georgia B.A., University of Missouri Lauren Kay Dieterich Atlanta, Georgia B.A., Agnes Scott College Alexina K. Eagle-Romaine Prince George, Virginia B.A., Virginia Commonwealth University Angelle Marisa Jones Cleveland, Ohio B.A., University of Cincinnati

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The alumni/ae, faculty, staff, administration, and students of Columbia Theological Seminary are part of a living tradition that reaches back to the earliest days of God’s people reflecting on their world, their experience of God, and their sense of God’s calling. The title of this section of Vantage reminds our readers of our common connection to this venerable and ever-changing stream of witness. Tauta Panta refers to “all these things,” as in “Seek first God’s kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.” (Matthew 6.33).

About Our Alums 1960’s John Law ’60, ’66 (ThM) is interim pastor at Frederica Presbyterian Church, St. Simons Island, GA . . . F. Harry Daniel ’66 retired as interim pastor of Eastminster Presbyterian Church, Indialantic, FL . . .

William Johnston ’66 (ThM) ’77 (DMin) retired as pastor emeritus from First Presbyterian Church, Aiken, SC. He and his wife, Linda, recently celebrated their 51st wedding anniversary and he continues to serve as a volunteer pastor for senior groups . . . Phil Leftwich ’69, ’77 (DMin) is writer-editor for The Neighbor, a newsletter that celebrates the community of residents of the Braxton Condominiums in Ashland City, TN, near Nashville.

1970’s John Larson ’71, ’81 (DMin) has resumed his retirement after serving as interim pastor of Smyrna First Presbyterian Church, Nashville, TN . . . David Carriker ’79, ’01 (DMin) is retired as pastor of Waxhaw Presbyterian Church, Waxhaw, NC . . . Joan Gray ’76 is interim associate pastor at Decatur Presbyterian Church, Decatur, GA . . . Walt Peters ’78, ’07 (DMin) is pastor in residence at First Presbyterian Church of Howard County (Maryland) for 3 months while the pastor is on sabbatical . . . Chris Price ’79, ’98 (ThM) is pastor at Friendship Presbyterian Church, Concord, GA. In Memoriam C. Phillip Buss ’52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . November 12, 2013 R. Thomas Cheely ’69 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 7, 2014 E. Gil Clary, Jr. ’52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 24, 2013 Ed Cooley ’88, ’93 (DMin) . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 22, 2014 Julian F. Craig, Jr. ’53 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 28, 2014 Ellis Bostick Davis ’84 (DMin) . . . . . . . . . . March 11, 2014 Clarence G. Durham ’56 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 28, 2014 James G. Edwards ’60 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 6, 2014 Leroy P. Gwaltney III ’55 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 29, 2014 Ira G. Howard ’85 (DMin) . . . . . . . . . . . December 8, 2013 John Kirstein ’48 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 3, 2014 Gary Eugene Laird ’98 (DMin) . . . . . . . . . . . March 6, 2010 Henry W. Malcolm ’59 . . . . . . . . . . . . November 16, 2012 Franklin McCraven ’66 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 26, 2013 Phillip E. Morris ’85 (DMin) . . . . . . . . . . . March 20, 2014 Arthur Pflug ’61 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 13, 2014 Michael Prewitt ’10 (DMin) . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 12, 2014 Charles Scism ’57 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 11, 2010 H. Neill Segrest ’58 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September 10, 2009 James Spencer ’54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . December 9, 2013 W. F. Wadsworth ’53 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . December 15, 2013 Albert N. Wells ’49 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . December 3, 2013

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Christine Roy Yoder, Professor of Old Testament Language, Literature, and Exegesis, is one of six new Luce Scholars named by Association of Theological Schools (ATS) and The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc. as Henry Luce III Fellows in Theology for 2014-2015.

Professor Yoder’s project will focus on “Contours of Desire in Israelite Wisdom Literature,” examining the configuration of desire in Israelite wisdom literature (Proverbs, Job, Ecclesiastes, Sirach, and Wisdom of Solomon).

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1980’s Elwyn Blake Bryant ’80 retired as pastor of Spring Place Presbyterian Church, Knoxville, TN . . . . . Ron Gilreath ’81 retired as associate pastor of Mt. Vernon Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, GA . . . Bob Gamble ’82 (DMin) is interim pastor of First Presbyterian Church of New Vernon, NJ, beginning in early October . . . Mark Jumper ’82 joined the faculty of the Regent University School of Divinity in Virginia Beach, VA, serving as assistant professor of Theological and Ministerial Studies. He recently presented a paper on the “New Apostolic Reformation” movement at the annual Southwest Region meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society. He also contributed several articles to Wars of Religion: An Encyclopedia of Faith and Conflict, soon to be published by ABC-CLIO . . . Richard Hill ’87 is interim pastor of Macland Presbyterian Church, Powder Springs, GA . . . Jeri Parris Perkins ’87 is pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Clinton, SC . . . George Lashley ’88, ’96 (ThM) retired as interim pastor, Palmdale Presbyterian Church, Melbourne, FL . . . Susan Denne ’89, ’03 (DMin) is doing validated ministry as a Court Advocate for Helpmate, a domestic violence prevention organization in North Carolina . . . Jack Haberer ’89 (DMin) will step down as editor of The Presbyterian Outlook after nine years as leader of the PC(USA)’s oldest and most influential independent publication.

On Oct. 26, he begins service as pastor of Vanderbilt Presbyterian Church in Naples, FL.

pastor at Hillside Presbyterian Church, Decatur, GA . . .

William “Billy” Robinson ’97 is interim pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Lancaster, SC . . . Mark Adams ’98 co-authored Bishops on the Border: Pastoral Responses to Immigration . . . Ashley Beaty Perry ’98 has relocated to Ocean Springs, MS, after three years in Germany. She is pastor of Gautier Presbyterian Church, Gautier, MS and is continuing her DMin studies at Columbia . . . Dennis Reid ’99 is Florida Mission Advancement Officer for Thornwell Home for Children . . . Steve Voris ’99 is pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Carlsbad, NM . . . Beth Yarborough ’99, ’13 (DMin) married Mike Fanning March 26, 2014. She is stated supply at Williston Presbyterian Church, Williston, SC.

1990’s Sid Burgess ’90 retired as pastor of Edgewood Presbyterian Church, Birmingham, AL . . . Jane Huffstetler ’90 retired as interim pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Harrison, AR . . . Bob Madsen ’90 is pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Andalusia, AL . . . William Platt ’91 retired as pastor of Jesup Presbyterian Church, Jesup, GA . . . Debbie Wells ’91 retired as chaplain of Presbyterian Village, Austell, GA . . . Paul Evans ’92 retired in Gainesville, GA . . .

Greg McMinn ’93 is interim pastor at Timberridge Presbyterian Church, McDonough, GA . . . Jeff Beebe ’94 completed an interim at St. Luke’s Presbyterian Church in Titusville, FL and is now supervisor at Daytona Special Gathering Ministries . . . Kathy Dawson ’94 has been chosen 2015 Educator of the Year by the Association of Presbyterian Church Educators. This is one of the largest Christian Education organizations in North America and includes not only the PC(USA) but many other Reformed churches.

She will be honored at the 2015 annual event which will gather over 1,000 persons in February in Baltimore. The Advocate (which is the organization’s newsletter) has a feature article about Kathy here: http://advocate.apcenet.org/article/educator-yearkathy-dawson . . . Dana Hughes ’94 is interim pastor at Smyrna Presbyterian Church, Conyers, GA . . . Peggy Hinds ’94, ’12 (DMin) has written a workbook for Ruling Elders, available through Congregational Ministries Publishing. There are two volumes: Ruling Elders: Formation, and Ruling Elders: Transformation. Peggy wrote the second volume . . . Frank ’97 (DMin) and Ann Aichinger ’97 (ThM) have a new call as co-interim pastors at Central Presbyterian Church, Bristol, VA . . . Becky Burton ’97, ’05 (DMin) is interim

2000’s Kathy Crighton ’00 retired as pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Plattsburgh, NY. She and her husband are back home in New Orleans . . . David Rice ’00 is pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Wooster, OH . . . Jane Fahey ’01 is coordinator of the pastoral residency program at Central Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, GA . . . Emily Heath ’01, ’05 (ThM) is senior pastor of The Congregational Church, Exeter, NH. She is also a member of the United Church of Christ’s national Board of Directors and a frequent contributor to the Huffington Post . . . Ruth Lovell ’01 married Laurence Bo Bradham, Jr. on October 25, 2014 . . .

Rodney Norris ’01 is pastor of Rogersville Presbyterian Church, Rogersville, TN . . . Blair Beaver ’02 is pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Bay Minette, AL . . . Jennifer Fouse Sheorn ’02 and husband Dean are proud parents of Bailey Elizabeth Sheorn, born September 23, 2014 . . . Kathy Muder ’02 is pastor of Bayshore Presbyterian Church, Tampa, FL . . . Katie Ricks ’02 is a teaching assistant at Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC . . . Doug Cushing ’03 (DMin) is organizing pastor of The Bridge Presbyterian Church, Leland, NC. This is the first new church development of the Coastal Carolina Presbytery in 19 years. He also has a new book published by Pinnacle Press entitled Where There’s No Road At All: Adventures in Church Planting . . . Betsy Goehrig ’03 (DMin) is pastor of Disciples of Christ Church, a new church development in Tallahassee, FL . . . Elizabeth Goodrich ’03 was installed October 5, 2014, as associate pastor

Tim Hartman was appointed Assistant Professor of Theology.

He recently completed his PhD in Religious Studies at the University of Virginia. His primary areas of research include Theology, Ethics, and African Christianity.

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of discipleship at Independent Presbyterian Church, Birmingham, AL . . . Kari McFarland ’03 is stated clerk of Olympia Presbytery in Tacoma, WA . . . Carol Wade ’03 completed an interim at First Presbyterian Church, Murray, KY and is back to retirement in the north Georgia mountains . . . Matthew Fuller ’04 is a teacher of religious studies at Episcopal School of Dallas, Dallas, TX . . .

Kendal Lane ’04 is pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Longview, TX . . . Dan Stephens ’04 and wife Libby are proud parents of Henry Harrison Stephens born January 25, 2014. Dan is now Vice President of Community Impact in Education at United Way of Central Alabama . . . Tina Sweet ’04 is chaplain at Haven Hospice in Orange Park, FL . . . Larry Thorson ’04 (DMin) is pastor of Irvington Presbyterian Church, Fremont, CA . . . Stacy Welsh Cavanaugh ’05 is moderator for Blackhawk Presbytery in 2014 and serving as a pastor mentor for the Company of New Pastors for the Midwest cohort . . . Schaap Freeman ’05 is organizing pastor of a new 1001 worshipping community called The Well . . . Shelli Lathum ’05 is pastor of Druid Hills Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, GA . . . Martha Thorson ’05 (DMin) was licensed by the state of California as a Marriage and Family Therapist . . .

Karen Dukes ’06 preached for worship at the July meeting of the Presbytery of New Hope in Smithfield, NC . . . Joe Evans ’06 was the featured preacher July 20th on the nationally broadcast ecumenical radio program “Day 1”. His sermon “Pacing in the Waiting room” was based on Paul’s letter to the Romans, Chapter 8 . . . Bethany McKinney ’06 married Michael Fox in May, received her PhD in Christian Ethics from Fuller Theological Seminary in June, and is now adjunct professor at Fuller Seminary, teaching the Intro to Christian Ethics course at their North Coast campus . . . Craig Topple ’06 is interim pastor at Commerce Presbyterian Church, Commerce, GA . . . Jo Anderson ’07 is associate pastor of Alpharetta Presbyterian Church, Alpharetta, GA . . . Bill Davis ’07 is pastor of Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church, Northglenn, CO . . . Valdir Franca ’07 (DMin) is coordinator for Latin America and the Caribbean Presbyterian World Mission . . . Ashley Devore Pieper ’07 and husband Scott are proud parents of William Perry Pieper born July 18, 2014 . . . Nick Reed ’07 and Kathy Reed ’09 are co-pastors of First Presbyterian Church, Auburn, AL, beginning December 2014 . . . Phil Brown ’08 and wife Kara are proud parents of Emelia “Mia” Nicole Brown born Oct. 4, 2014 . . . Heather Wood Davis ’08 and husband Claude are proud parents of Austin Huntley Davis born May 21, 2014 . . . Sara Hayden ’08 is executive director of the New Church Development Commission of Greater Atlanta Presbytery, which advances its mission to Start New Churches and Live Christ’s Love by developing and supporting missional new churches and their leaders in the metro Atlanta area and beyond . . . Kate Giguere Morris ’08 and husband Daniel are proud parents of Anderson Wynn Morris born September 9, 2014 . . . Daniel Webb ’08 and wife Lucy Appel Webb ’08 are proud parents of a baby girl, Gillian Ruth, born June 23, 2014. Lucy is co-pastor (to be lead pastor next year) at Evergreen Presbyterian Church, Memphis, TN. Dan was ordained February 28, 2014 by the Presbytery of Scioto Valley . . . Rob ’08 and Karen ’08 Jackson have moved to Greensboro, NC, where Rob is pastor of Community in Christ Presbyterian Church . . . Katelyn Gordon ’09 is associate pastor for Christian formation at First Presbyterian Church, Charlotte, NC . . . A.J. Mealor ’09 and wife Katherine ’09 are moving to Moultrie, GA, where A.J. is pastor at First 46

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Presbyterian Church . . . Drew Marshall ’09 is pastor of South Lake Presbyterian Church, Clermont, FL. 2010’s Steven Andrews ’10 is pastor of Parkville Presbyterian Church, Parkville, MO . . . Catherine Foster ’10 is associate pastor for mission and discipleship at Shallowford Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, GA . . . Charles Reeb ’10 (DMin) is pastor of Pasadena Community Church (UMC) in St. Petersburg, FL . . . Alicia Wilson ’10 is director of case management services, Outreach Center at Central Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, GA . . . Sydne ’10 and Travis ’11 Allen are proud parents of Henry Porter Allen born September 22, 2014 . . . Laura Arlowyn Jones ’11 married Zach Tysinger August 16, 2014 . . . Katie Owen ’11 married Wait Aumann October 18, 2014 . . . Emma Ouellette ’11 is associate pastor of family ministries at First Presbyterian Church, Northville, MN . . . Anna Fulmer ’12 is associate pastor at Spring Hill Presbyterian Church, Mobile, AL . . . Christin Johnson Norman ’12 is pastor of Woodland Presbyterian Church, Woodland, CA . . . Ana ’12 and Raphael ’12 Pinto are proud parents of a son, Kohen Silva Pinto, born August 6, 2014 . . . Kari Pellegrino ’12 was ordained October 5, 2014, at Parkville Presbyterian Church, Parkville, MO . . . Alan Dyer ’13 and wife Erin are proud parents of a son, Sam, born September 3, 2014 . . . R.C. Griffin ’13, ’14 (ThM) is pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Monticello, FL . . . Bethany Olson Jessop ’13 was ordained October 12, 2014, by the Presbytery of Lake Erie to serve a validated ministry as youth ministry facilitator for Flint River Presbytery. She continues her work at First Presbyterian Church, Bainbridge, GA, as director of youth and family . . . Will Norman ’13 is organizer and coordinator for Grace Partners, a new outreach program to create a new worshipping community from Grace Presbyterian Church, Walnut Creek, CA . . . Rachael Whaley Pate ’13 was featured in an article entitled “Road Map to Ministry” in the August issue of Presbyterians Today . . . Leigh Campbell Taylor ’13 is associate pastor of Newnan Presbyterian Church, Newnan, GA . . . Shavon Starling-Louis ’13 is pastor of Providence Presbyterian Church, Providence, RI . . . Daniel Vanek ’13 is staff chaplain at St. Tammany Parish Hospital in Covington, LA . . . Chris Vogado ’13 and Rachel Hood ’13 were married on the campus of Columbia Theological Seminary July 26, 2014 . . . Brian Copeland ’14 will be installed September 14, 2014, as pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Eufaula, AL . . . Jason Edwards ’14 is pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Cornelia, GA. He was ordained June 29th at First Presbyterian Church, Moultrie, GA . . . Stephen Fearing ’14 is the new pastor at Shelter Island Presbyterian Church, Shelter Island, NY and was ordained July 27, 2014 . . . Erin Gaston ’14 is associate pastor for youth and mission at South Aiken Presbyterian Church, Aiken, SC . . . Becky Purcell ’14 was ordained and installed as pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Prairie Grove, AR on August 24, 2014 . . . Courtney Stevens ’14 is associate pastor of youth and young adult ministry at Highland Presbyterian Church, Winston-Salem, NC . . . Joseph Taber ’14 was ordained and installed August 8, 2014 as pastor of Presbyterian Church of Lowell, NC . . . Marilyn Tucker ’14 was ordained September 7, 2014, and is pastor of Forsyth Presbyterian Church, Forsyth, GA.

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Pictured at extreme left in photo, left: Dr. Paul Junggap Huh met with Korean pastors on worship in U. S. churches. Photo, right: Dr. Huh stands with Presbyterian University and Theological Seminary’s Doctor of Theology candidates.

Faculty and Staff Publications and Activity Brennan Breed, Assistant Professor of Old Testament, taught at First Presbyterian Church in Atlanta on September 14 and 21 on the Book of Daniel. On September 29 and 30, he taught a series on “How to Read the Old Testament” at Trinity Anglican’s Eastside Parish in Oakhurst. On October 5, Brennan preached and delivered a lecture on the Reception History of the Book of Daniel at Red Clay Creek Presbyterian Church in Wilmington, Delaware.

On October 12, he taught an Adult Education class on the creation stories in Genesis at Oakhurst Presbyterian Church in Decatur. On October 18, he presented a lecture titled “A Flood of Interpretation: Noah in Jewish, Muslim, and Christian Traditions” as a part of the panel for the “From Nippur to Noah: Stories of the Flood” event at Emory University’s Carlos Museum. On October 19 and November 9, Brennan taught respectively on “Sacrifice and Gratitude in the Old Testament” and “Psalms of Thanksgiving,” and on December 21 will teach “Isaiah and Jesus” at the Church of the Epiphany in Decatur. At the Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature on November 23, he will present a paper titled “Daniel as Interpreted by Oppressor and Oppressed.” Brennan has written a series of essays on the history of interpretation of the book of Daniel that will appear in Carol Newsom’s Daniel commentary for the Old Testament Library series, published by Westminster John Knox Press, to be published in November.

He will also have essays appear this fall online at Bible and Interpretation, On Scripture, and @This Point.

Ryan Bonfiglio, Lecturer of Old Testament, contributed several essays for and is currently co-editing a volume called Iconographic Exegesis, which will be published this fall with Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. Earlier in the summer, he authored a study companion to go along with John Collins’s Introduction to the Hebrew Bible (Fortress Press). This study companion, which is geared especially toward seminary students, includes narrative introductions to

individual books of the HB; definitions of key terms; profiles on major figures; notes and discussion questions for primary readings; and a guide to writing exegesis papers. In July, Ryan also wrote the entry on “God, gods” for the Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Theology. Ryan is currently revising his dissertation (Reading Images, Seeing Texts: Towards a Visual Hermeneutics for Biblical Studies) for publication in the orbis biblicus et orientalis series with Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht / Academic Press. In May-June, Ryan taught the first half of a Summer Intensive Hebrew Course for students at Columbia and the Candler School of Theology.

In September, he led a four-week Adult Education series at Alpharetta Presbyterian (USA) Church called “Rediscovering the Ten Commandments.” In addition to his teaching at Columbia, Ryan currently serves as an adjunct instructor for a fall semester course at Candler called “The Art of Exegesis: Imagery in the Old Testament.”

William Brown, William Marcellus McPheeters Professor of Old Testament, led a discussion at North Decatur Presbyterian church on August 24 about the many forms of Zionism in connection with the current Israeli-Palestinian conflict. On September 7, Bill preached at North Decatur Presbyterian Church on Rally Day with the sermon, “The Covenant of Life.”

On September 30, he presented the paper, “Reading Psalms Sapientially” at the Dean’s lunch. On October 3, he gave two lectures at The Wesley Foundation at the Georgia Institute of Technology on “Creation without the ‘Ism’: The Bible, Science, and the Ecology of Wonder.” Bill also published Creation: Participant’s Book, Being Reformed: Faith Seeking Understanding Series. Louisville: Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), 2014.

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in Minneapolis in May. She preached at the Church of the Resurrection (UMC) in Kansas City, KS; preached at Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church, Dallas, TX; led the Bishop’s Conference for the Ottawa Diocese of the Anglican Church of Canada; preached and lectured at the Luther Seminary Festival of Biblical Preaching in St. Paul, MN; lectured and taught for the Church of Christ “Initiative” Program at Highland Oaks Church of Christ in Dallas, TX; and preached for the Parramore Series at First (Scots) Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC. Pamela Cooper-White, Ben G. and Nancye Clapp Gautier Professor of Pastoral Theology, Care and Counseling, spoke on her Fulbright research work-in-progress: “‘Dirty Old Gods’: Religion and Freud’s Wednesday Night Psychological Society from Habsburg Vienna to the Holocaust” to the Society for Pastoral Theology annual study conference on June 14. In September, Pamela presented the endowed Litzinger Lecture on “Braided Selves: Multiplicity and met with CPE supervisors in training at Wake Forest Divinity School/Wake Forest Baptist Health in Winston-Salem, NC. She published “A Tale of Two Houses: Küsnacht and Bollingen” in Quarterly News, Jung Society of Atlanta (September and December), as well as three articles in Pastoral Psychology online: “‘The Power that Beautifies and Destroys’: Sabina Spielrein and ‘Destruction as a Cause of Coming into Being’”; “A Comparative Timeline: Spielrein, Freud, and Jung”; and Introduction to Special Symposium “Beyond ‘A Dangerous Method’: Reclaiming Sabina Spielrein’s Voice in the Field of Psychology and Religion.” In October, Pamela presented a plenary lecture on “Tending to One’s Own Spiritual Self ” and a workshop on “Art as Spiritual Practice,” Spiritual Care Grand Rounds for “National Spiritual Care Week,” at the Atlanta VA Medical Center.

She was a featured speaker with Michael Cooper-White, “From Cow Stall to Cosmos: Christ, Light of the World,” Preaching Perspectives 19th annual conference at Gettysburg Seminary. She was a co-leader for a professional ethics workshop with Eloise Scott for the faculty of Gettysburg Seminary. In November, Fortress Press will publish a book Pamela co-authored with Michael CooperWhite entitled Exploring Practices of Ministry. She will preside at the session “Multiple Religious Identities,” Psychology, Culture & Religion Group, American Academy of Religion in San Diego and continues to serve on the PCR Steering Committee. She will attend an event honoring Episcopal Church Foundation Fellows, ECF 50th Anniversary event in New York City. In December, the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association will publish Pamela’s book review essay on Psychoanalysis, Monotheism, and Morality: The Sigmund Freud Museum Symposia 2009-2011.

Bob Craigmile, Systems and Electronic Resources Librarian, attended the Internet Librarian conference in Monterey, CA, focusing on digital books, web sites and e-learning.

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Kathy Dawson, Associate Professor of Christian Education, Director of the MAPT Program, has been chosen 2015 educator of the year by the Association of Presbyterian Church Educators (APCE). This is one of the largest Christian education organizations in North America and includes not only the PC(USA) but also the Christian Reformed Church, the Presbyterian Church in Canada, the Reformed Church in America, and the Cumberland Presbyterian Churches. She will be honored in February at the 2015 annual event in Baltimore which will gather over 1,000 people. Kathy and Rodger Nishioka both contributed chapters to Holly Inglis’ book published recently as part of the Seminarium Series titled Sticky Learning: How Neuroscience Supports Teaching That’s Remembered by AugsburgFortress Press. She also preached for the ordination service of Chris Peters ’14 on October 12 in Columbia, SC, and will participe in Erin Gaston’s ’14 ordination/installation on December 14 in Aiken, SC. On November 2, Kathy will be teaching a class on the spirituality of children for Oconee Presbyterian Church in Oconee, GA. She recently came back from a gathering of doctoral directors of Christian education programs in Washington, DC. Mark Douglas, Professor of Christian Ethics, Director of MDiv Program, returned to work on the Institutional Review Board for Northside Hospital in June. He also attended the Georgia State Bar Annual Conference at Amelia Island as part of his work with the Investigative Panel of the Bar. In July, Mark concluded 12 years as the director of the MA(TS) degree and became the new director of the MDiv program for Columbia Seminary. In July, he taught a series on “Ethics, Economics, and Stewardship” at North Avenue Presbyterian Church, and testified at the EPA hearings on the Clean Power Plan Proposal. In August, Mark taught for Independent Presbyterian Church on “Christian Faith and Public Life,” and he taught on “Spiritual Practices and Public Life” at the Presbytery of Greater Atlanta. This fall, Mark will teach classes at Eastminster Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, New Canaan Congregational Church in Connecticut, and Decatur Presbyterian Church. He will convene the annual gathering of the Social Ethics Network, this year at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, and attend conferences in Louisville, New Haven, and San Diego.

In September, Mark presided at a panel on evangelicalism and the environment, co-sponsored by Georgia Interfaith Power and Light, the National Wildlife Federation, and the Evangelical Environmental Network. The panel followed a showing of “Fire and Brimstone,” an episode of the Emmy-award winning documentary series, “Years of Living Dangerously.” In October, Mark gave a paper, “Do We Live in a Post-Westphalian World?” at the annual gathering of the Social Ethics Network. In November, he will give a response to a series of papers on hypocrisy at the Society of Biblical Literature Annual Convention.

Sarah Erickson, Director of Lifelong Learning, enjoyed many opportunities to preach and teach this summer and fall: May 25 at Carrollton Presbyterian Church, Carrollton, GA; June 15 at Fayette Presbyterian, Fayetteville, GA; and June 22 at Northminster

Presbyterian, Macon, GA. In July, Sarah traveled to Shelter Island, NY to preach during the ordination service for Stephen Fearing ’14 at Shelter Island Presbyterian Church. On August 31, the anniversary of her ordination, she led worship at Rehoboth Presbyterian, Decatur, GA, where Rachel Whaley Pate ’13 is pastor.

Sarah traveled to Madison Presbyterian, served by David Powers ’10 on September 21 for Theological Education Sunday. October 12 and 19 she led worship at Ray Thomas Memorial Presbyterian in Marietta, and November will find her leading a four-week church school class on the organ and church music, “More than a Box of Whistles,” at North Decatur Presbyterian Church with music minister Clinton Miller. In June, she participated in the Pastoral Excellence Network (PEN) Southern Cluster gathering at Duke University. She chairs the Board of Presbyterian Campus Ministry/UKirk Agnes Scott College, and is delighted to welcome Lucy Strong, MDiv ’13 as the new Campus Minister.

She continues to serve on the Adult and Children’s Education Committees at North Decatur Presbyterian, and on the Committee on Preparation for Ministry of the Presbytery of S. Alabama. She is also actively involved in planning the annual conference of the Association of Leaders in Lifelong Learning for Ministry (ALLLM), February 27-March 1, 2015 at Lake Junaluska, featuring Verity Jones, Executive Director of the Center for Pastoral Excellence as keynote speaker. Sarah is now a two-time Grandmam, welcoming Sean Houston Erickson (Adam and Stephanie) in May and Shepard Thomas Erickson(Peter and Martha) in October.

Israel Galindo, Associate Dean for Lifelong Learning, published “The Dean and Program Assessment: A Portable Graduation Profile Infographic” in the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning blog for Theological School Deans, May 2014. He wrote “Hacks and Professionals: Which are you?” in Perspectives on Congregational Leadership blog, May 2014. Israel wrote a foreword to a new volume from Judson Press, Fostering Faith: Teaching and Learning in the Christian Church (TBP). He published “Money and What it Represents, Part 1” in Perspectives on Congregational Leadership blog, May 2014. He wrote “A Course Format Rotation Strategy,” in the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning blog for Theological School Deans, June 2014. In May 2014, Israel participated in a faculty consultation on curriculum revision at Church Divinity School of the Pacific. He posted “Money and What it Represents: Part 2” in Perspectives on Congregational Leadership blog, June 2014. Israel participated in the Pastoral Excellence Network, Southern Cluster gathering at Duke University. In June, he attended the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Annual Gathering, Atlanta, GA, and in July attended “Wisdom of the Ages VI Conference” in Houston, TX presenting on integration of systems theory and spirituality. Israel published “14 Notable Quotes from 14 Deans,” in the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning blog for Theological School Deans, July 2014. He wrote “Six ‘Tells’ of a Differentiated Leader,” in Perspectives on Congregational Leadership blog, July 2014. He posted “Money and Your Ministry,” in Marcuson Leadership Circle blog, July 2014. Israel wrote “The Five People You Need as a Leader,” in Perspectives on Congregational Leadership blog, July 2014. He published “Six Challenges When Taking Office as Dean,” in the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning blog for Theological School Deans, August 2014. Israel obtained a grant from the Pastoral Excellence Network for new Pastoral Excellence Programs initiatives at the Center for Lifelong Learning for Educating in

Faith workshop at the Center for Lifelong Learning. In August, he attended a Faculty Consultation on curriculum revision at Church Divinity School of the Pacific, Berkeley, CA. In September, Israel presented at the Association of Intentional Interim Ministries, Lynchburg, VA, September 2014. He published “Six Challenges When Leaving the Office of Dean,” in the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning blog for Theological School Deans. For the GRACE Writes blog, he wrote “Overcoming ‘Transactional Distance’,” “Using Instructional Prompts in Online Learning,” and “Aesthetics and Pedagogy in the Online Environment.” In October, Israel participated with the Advisory Committee for the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion in Indianapolis. He published “Does Your Curriculum Use High Impact Pedagogy?” in the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning blog for Theological School Deans. He posted “The Dean and Program Assessment: An entering class infographic,” in the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning blog for Theological School Deans and taught the course “Money and Your Ministry,” at the Center for Lifelong Learning. In November, Israel presented at the Leadership in Ministry Workshops in Atlanta. He will teach the Advent series, “An Advent Journey In Poetry and Art,” for First Baptist Church of Tucker, GA in December 2014. Israel posts articles every week for the Columbia Connections blog under “Along the Journey.” His many contributions include: “Characteristics of Effective Learning Groups,” “10 Perennial Principles on Learning,” “Do You Have the Moves?” “Using Entry Points in Your Teaching,” “How to Deliver an Effective Children’s Sermon,” “Everything You Know About Teaching is Wrong,” “What is Constructivism?” “For the Bookshelf: Exploring Spirituality,” “Human in the Brain,” “Learning is not an Outcome of Teaching,” “For the Bookshelf: Reviewing Leadership,” “The Basic Functions of a Congregational Educator,” “For the Bookshelf: The American Church Experience,” and “The Child in Christian Thought,” “For the Bookshelf: The Order of Ministry,” “How Church Size Influences Christian Education,” “The Family in the Bible,” “Eight Ways to Maintain Your Learner’s Attention,” “For the Bookshelf: Lessons from the Masters,” “When is a Sunday School Too Large,” “For the Bookshelf: Communicating Jesus’ Way,” “Using Prayer in Your Teaching,” with many more scheduled each Monday in the coming weeks.

Bill Harkins, Senior Lecturer of Pastoral Theology and Care, authored the six-week curriculum Steps to Resilient Living for the Episcopal Church Pension Group, sent to clergy participants throughout the Church Pension Fund. He attended the Clinical Conference of the Georgia Association of Marriage and Family Therapy as part of his ongoing service as an Approved Supervisor in AAMFT. Bill’s book review of Clinical Pastoral Psychotherapy: Perspectives and Methods (Kaplan, Steven and Forman, Bruce, 2013) was published in the current issue of the Journal of Pastoral Care and Counseling. During May 13-19, he served as Psychological Health Faculty for CREDO 7009 (Recently Ordained Clergy) at Beckwith Camp and Conference Center near Fairhope, Alabama. Bill led a year-end day of reflection for the 2013-2014 Road Episcopal Service Corps Fellows in June. He was a clinical presenter at a Professional Ethics CEU workshop on June 13 at the Brookwood Center for Psychotherapy. On June 26, Bill was the guest speaker at Newnan Presbyterian Church for their Thursday Evening Family VANTAGE Fall 2014

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Life Seminar, speaking on “Family Systems, Leadership, and Healthy Boundaries.” On July 24, he was the guest speaker at Park Springs CCRC for their Adult Forum, speaking on “Cultivating Resilience Throughout the Life Cycle: Erickson’s Concepts of Generativity and Integrity.” During August 2-9, Bill led a Men’s Retreat of Vanderbilt Divinity School alumni at the Colorado State University Pingree Park Campus on “Meeting the Sacred in Creation.” During October 7-13, he served as Psychological Health Faculty for CREDO for Recently Ordained Clergy at Lake Logan Episcopal Conference Center, and at the CREDO Mosaic Conference at the Duncan Gray Conference Center in Canton, MS during November 4-10. In October, Bill presented two workshops on Psychological Wellness for Clergy at the inaugural hybrid Steps to Wellness & Planning for Tomorrow Conference hosted by the Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast, in Pensacola, Florida. On October 22, Bill conducted a CPE Center-Wide Didactic for the Care and Counseling Center of Georgia on the topic of “Imagination and Resilience in Ministries of Pastoral Care: Staying Nimble in a Changing Health Care Context.”

During October 23-26, Bill was a workshop co-presenter at the Fall Regional Conference of the American Association of Pastoral Counselors, Kanuga Conference Center in Hendersonville, NC. During November 15-16, he led the Stewardship/Consecration Weekend at Holy Family Episcopal Church in Jasper, GA. Bill has been invited to serve on the Board of Directors of the newly created Commission on the Accreditation of Pastoral and Psychotherapy Training (CAPPT). He is serving as a pastoral counseling consultant to the Emory Psychoanalytic Institute Outreach Committee.

Paul Huh, Assistant Professor of Worship and Director of Korean American Ministries, travelled in May and June to Korea in partnership with Presbyterian University and Theological Seminary, Seoul; Honam University and Theological Seminary, Kwangju; Hannam University, Daejun, Korea to preach and lead workshops. On June 14-21, he attended General Assembly, Detroit, MI, presenting a Recommendation from National Racial Ethnic Ministry Task Force as the chair. On June 23, Paul gave “Atlanta Worship Communities,” a lecture presentation to visiting pastors/ThD students from Presbyterian University and Theological Seminary, Korea. On July 10-12, he attended the North American Academy of Liturgy, Minneapolis, MN, Comittee meeting. On July 13, Paul preached at Minneapolis Korean Presbyterian Church in MN. During July 30-August 2, he was worship track leader for the Multi-Cultural Conference in Ft. Worth, TX. On August 3, Paul preached at Binneri Presbyterian Church in Dallas, TX. On August 23, he was convocation lecturer and worship preacher for Georgia Christian University in Atlanta.

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He will be engaging in the writing project of a book, “Lament to Praise: Introduction to Korean Worship” (Order of Saint Luke Publication). The Collegeville Institution granted him a prestigious “Kilian McDonnell Fellowship in Faith and Culture” as the Resident Scholar.

Ben Johnson, Professor Emeritus of Evangelism, helped Robby Carroll write his memories in Streams of Influence, and also helped Gerald Durley write I Am Amazed: Reflections on an Awesome Life.

He recorded 14 interviews for AIB (Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters) which will air later this year.

Kimberly Long, Associate Professor of Worship, published “Feasting at the Table of the Word: The Liturgical Generativity of the Lectionary,” Liturgy, Vol. 29, No. 4 (2014), 18-26. She also published “Singing in the Kingdom,” Call to Worship: Liturgy, Music, Preaching and the Arts, Vol. 47, No. 2 (2014), 72-74. Kim presided at the wedding of her son and his bride on May 24 in Cambridge, MD. She served as an ecumenical observer/participant at the Consultation on Same-Sex Marriage of the Episcopal Church during June 3-6 in Kansas City, MO. Kim served as faculty for the Yale Institute of Sacred Music’s Congregations Project during June 19-26 in New Haven, CT. This Fall, Kim will publish Feasting on the Word Worship Companion, Liturgies for Year B, Vol. 1 (Westminster / John Knox Press). On September 21, she participated in the ordination service of Alicia Wilson ’10 at Central Presbyterian Church. On September 23, she led a seminar for resident pastors on Embodied Worship at Central Presbyterian Church, Atlanta. On October 14, she preached at Lenbrook retirement community. On October 15, she spoke on the history of marriage at Decatur Presbyterian Church. On October 21, Kim presented a Webinar on Advent Worship for The Presbyterian Outlook in collaboration with Eric Wall. On November 9, she preached at the installation service for Leigh Campbell-Taylor ’14 at Newnan Presbyterian Church.

Martha Moore-Keish, Associate Professor of Theology, preached for the closing worship service at General Assembly in Detroit which may be seen at vimeo.com/99531505. During September 21-23, she lectured at the meeting of the Liturgische Konferenz, a research group of the EKD (Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland).

Martha presented jointly with Professor Gordon Lathrop, retired professor of liturgy from the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia on North American Liturgical Theology. Martha lectured during September 30-October 2 at the annual conference of the Reformed Communion, “Cultivate: Hospitality”, hosted

by All Souls Presbyterian Church (PCA). See http://www.rcconference.org/speakers/ for details. Martha has published “Karl Barth and John Thatamanil: Two Theologians against Religion.”

Bangalore Theological Forum, June 2014 which is a print version of a lecture she gave at United Theological College in Bangalore in January. In late October, Martha led a church officer training event in Charleston, SC. Coming in November, Martha will have

two columns on “Living the Word” (lectionary reflections) in the Christian Century. Martha is also cooperating with Audrey Galex from AIB for a project introducing Christianity. The new series discusses how Christianity developed and grew from a Jewish sect to a religion with the most adherents around the world. In this AIB series, we meet with theologians (many from Columbia Seminary) and clergy from across the metro Atlanta area to broaden perspectives on what Christianity has looked like and does look like across time and space. This 12-part series attends to both historical developments and cultural/geographic diversity, featuring a mixture of interviews with local scholars and church leaders, together with filming a variety of Christian communities in the area. The October 27 premiere of “Christian Encounters” featured Prof.

Beth Johnson! For more information, visit the Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters website at: http://aibtv.com/introtochristianity/.

Michael Morgan, Seminary Musician, presented lectures on the English Bible in July and August for the Session Retreat, Fayette Presbyterian Church in Fayetteville, GA; Christian City in Union City, GA; and the Training Event for all Alabama presbyteries at Independent Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, AL. Through the summer, he served as organist at North Avenue Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, while their musician was on sabbatical leave. In July, Michael wrote a hymn and played for the ordination and installation of Stephen Fearing ’14 at Shelter Island Presbyterian Church in Shelter Island, NY. In September, he lectured on Handel’s “Messiah” at King University in Bristol, TN and the English Bible at the Bristol Public Library in Bristol, VA. In October, Michael presented two lectures at the annual meeting of the Association of Retired Ministers, Spouses and Survivors (ARMSS) in Excelsior Springs, MO. Deborah Flemister Mullen, Dean of Faculty/Executive Vice President, Associate Professor of American Christianity and Black Church Studies, was elected as Acting President through the summer until the recent election of William Scheu as Interim President. She has since communicated with new donors and friends thanking them for their gifts and reporting on the Seminary’s progress. Deb worked closely with various committees in preparation for the Fall Board of Trustees meetings. She presided at Baccalaureate, Commencement, Convocation, and at the Seminary community luncheons recognizing retirements; opening the new academic year; welcoming new faculty colleagues (Bonfiglio, Hartman, Yoo); and announcing staff and student recipients of Columbia Seminary service awards. Deb met with the Seminary’s external public and denominational partners at the General Assembly meeting in Detroit. Along with Bill Scheu, she attended and addressed the Columbia Seminary Luncheon at General Assembly updating our grads, friends, and prospective students on “The State of the Seminary.” Other June events included preaching at Montreat’s Sunday Worship service on Father’s Day, and attending the ATS Biennial in Pittsburgh as the presidential proxy/delegate and as a workshop leader with Frank Yamada, President of McCormick Seminary. Deb spoke at a one-day conference at Montreat Conference Center on October 17 entitled, “A Cry from the Heart for Unity, Reconciliation, and Justice: From Belhar to Ferguson” that also included Allan Boesak, Erskine Clarke, and Ron Peters as speakers.

Cam Murchison, Jr, Professor Emeritus of Ministry, preached at Black Mountain Presbyterian Church on the theme of Earth Care, Black Mountain, NC on May 25. On Sundays in July, he taught a class entitled “Worrying About What We Eat, Drink and Wear” at First Presbyterian Church, Asheville, NC. On September 6, he led a workshop on “Food and Faith: Recovering Our Connection to All Creation” at the Congregational Retreat of Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, Asheville, NC. On October 29, he taught a class at Montreat Presbyterian Church on “Climate Change Christians,” with Jim Weyman, meteorologist who is currently a UN Consultant in Asis for Environmental/Ocean Diaster Preparedness.

Raj Nadella, Assistant Professor of New Testament, contributed to the AIB (Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters) series on Introduction to Christianity. His interviews on Christianity in India and Early Christianity will air later this fall. Raj gave a lecture on “The Jesus of History and Christ of Faith” on August 31 at Druid Hills Presbyterian Church. He taught a four-week Sunday school series during September 7-28 on “The Book of Acts and the Roman Empire” at Central Presbyterian Church in Atlanta. Raj participated in a World Council of Churches sponsored colloquium at Gurukul Lutheran Theological College & Research Institute in Chennai, India, from October 3-5, where he presented a paper on hybridity and identity in the story of the Canaanite woman in 15 Matthew. On November 21, Raj delivered a special lecture on “The Bible and Postcolonial Studies” at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. Raj will teach a Sunday school class on The Jesus of History and Christ of Faith on November 30 at First Presbyterian Church in Atlanta. He is publishing two articles in edited volumes this fall. The first article is for a Fortress volume on Writing Theologically. The second is an essay on the economics of the Empire in 18 Revelation that will go into a Semeia volume on the Book of Revelation. His article, “The Ambivalent Pilate: Reverse Replication in Matthew’s Portrayal of Pontius Pilate” was published in the Bangalore Theological Forum in June, 2014.

Rodger Nishioka, Benton Family Associate Professor of Christian Education, preached and taught at First Presbyterian Church, Charlotte, NC. He was keynote speaker at a leadership summit for Western North Carolina Presbytery in Morganton, NC. Rodger spoke at a stewardship lunch for All Saints Episcopal Church in Atlanta. He was keynote speaker and preacher for a Milwaukee Presbytery meeting. Rodger led a congregational discussion on vision and planning and preached at St. Simons Island Presbyterian Church in St. Simons, GA. He led a leadership workshop on the 21st century church for Seattle Presbytery in Mercer Island, WA. Rodger was the theological respondent for the Fall Church Leadership Conference at Montreat, NC, titled “More Than Nones: Ministry with the Religiously Unaffiliated.” He was keynote speaker for the Discipleship and Nurture Ministry Team events for the Western New York Presbytery in Buffalo, NY, and Cheektowaga, NY. Rodger was keynote speaker and preacher for the Oakland Avenue Presbyterian Church Congregational Retreat in Rock Hill, SC. He presented a paper titled: “Searching for Joy, A Tangled Portrait of Adolescence” at the Yale Divinity School in New Haven, CT. Rodger led a visioning and strategic planning process for the Youth Ministry Working Group of Grace Presbytery in Dallas, TX. He was keynote speaker at the National Leader Forum VANTAGE Fall 2014

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for the Cumberland Presbyterian Church meeting in Denton, TX. Rodger led the youth ministry leader section and preached at the fall youth gathering for the Synod of British Columbia of the United Church of Canada meeting in Vancouver. He spoke at the Denver Presbytery leadership retreat in Allenspark, CO, and preached at the Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church in Denver, CO. Rodger led the congregational leadership retreat and preached at the Doylestown Presbyterian Church in Doylestown, PA. Kevin Park, Associate Dean, Advanced Professional Studies and Assistant Professor of Theology, became a member of the steering committee for AANATE (Association for Asian North American Theological Educators). He helped organize AANATE’s fall conference with the theme, “Embodying Our Voices,” held at Princeton Theological Seminary, Oct. 3-5, 2014. On September 21, Kevin preached at Ray-Thomas Memorial Presbyterian Church and Bethany Korean Presbyterian Church. As part of the Special Committee on Belhar Confession, Kevin organized a one-day conference at Montreat Conference Center on October 17 entitled, “A Cry from the Heart for Unity, Reconciliation, and Justice: From Belhar to Ferguson” that included Allan Boesak, Erskine Clarke, Deborah Mullen, and Ron Peters as speakers. During October 22-26, he participated in the senior editors’ retreat at Pasadena for the publication of G2G (Generation to Generation) Curriculum project for Korean North American Christian Youth.

John Patton, Professor Emeritus of Pastoral Theology, wrote the lead article in an issue on Pastoral Counseling for the August/ September/October 2014 quarterly magazine for United Methodist ministers titled “Is Pastoral Counseling at Risk?” He just completed a book on Pastoral Counseling, written for parish ministers without specialized training in counseling that will be published

by Abingdon Press some time in 2015. On October 26, John presented at the regional meeting of the American Association of Pastoral Counselors.

Marcia Riggs, J. Erskine Love Professor of Christian Ethics, during her sabbatical January through June 2014, worked on the draft of her commentary on Ruth and Esther for the John Knox/Westminster Belief Series. She is interpreting the books of Ruth and Esther using a Womanist religious ethical interpretive framework that discloses Ruth and Esther as stories of reconciliation with both women as transformative mediators.

This reading gives us theological insights into how we can practice reconciliation in the midst of our 21st century interreligious and intercultural conflicts. Marcia completed the design for a pilot program teaching religious ethical mediation in congregations and other communities of faith. Simulation, game, role-play, dialogue, and narrative mediation theories inform this design. She has copyrighted and trademarked the theory and game as R.E.M. Play.

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and ethical convictions. The pilot program will begin late spring or early summer 2015. She has begun conversations with colleagues at Candler School of Theology about proposing a workshop for the Wabash Center on pedagogy informed by theories and practices of conflict transformation. Marcia is anticipating the release of her essay in a volume on this subject edited by Ellen Mott, professor at Candler School of Theology. Marcia delivered two lectures entitled: “Reimagining Beloved Community in the 21st Century” at the University of Northern Iowa and Southern Methodist University during sabbatical. She will teach a 12-week weekend course on Ethics: Ministry at the Intersection of Vocation and Profession at the Hillside International Truth Center in Atlanta, GA this fall.

On October 22, she participated in the Atlanta Roundtable on Sectarianism, Media, and Conflict Resolution in the Middle East sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations (NYC) at the Four Seasons Hotel in Atlanta.

Dominique Robinson, Staff Associate for Contextual Education, preached at Children’s and Youth Day on June 8 at Wallace Temple AME Zion Church in Bayonne, NJ. On June 13, she preached at Conyers-Winder District Youth Revival at Smith Memorial AME Zion Church in Monroe, GA. On June 14, she taught a workshop entitled “Social Media Swag” for the ConyersWinder District Church School Convention in Covington, GA. During June 20-21, Dominique preached and taught at Walter Memorial AME Zion Church’s Women’s Weekend in Bridgeport, CT. On June 22, she preached at the Pastoral Anniversary at Steele Creek AME Zion Church, in Charlotte, NC. On July 6, Dominique took on a new position of Youth Ministry Coordinator at New Life Presbyterian Church where Columbia Seminary Board member Billy Honor is the pastor in College Park, GA. On July 13, she preached at Solid Rock AME Zion Church in Lithonia, GA. On July 28, she co-taught with Jeffrey Tribble on spiritual formation for the AME Zion CED Quadrennial at “Zion University” in Charlotte, NC. During August 8-9, Dominique preached and taught at St. Mark United Methodist Church for their annual Back to School Weekend in Taylor, SC. On August 16, she preached for the Atlanta District Youth & Young Adult Revival at New Life AME Zion Church in College Park, GA. During August 19-20, she was the guest lecturer speaking on “Preaching to Black Millennials” for Rev. Dr. Teresa Fry Brown’s course, Contemporary Black Preaching, at Candler School of Theology in Atlanta. August 22-24, she preached, conducted a lock-in and taught at St. Stephen AME Zion Church for their annual Back to School Weekend in Asbury Park, NJ. On September 14, Dominique preached for Women’s Day at Mt. Zion AME Zion Church in Augusta, GA. On October 25, Dominique preached for the Christian Education Day of the Cape Fear AME Zion Annual Conference in Lumberton, NC. In November she was the keynote speaker for the Sister to Sister Women’s Ministry Retreat at Simpsonwood Retreat Center in Norcross, GA; preached at New Life Presbyterian Church in College Park, GA; preached and taught for the annual Young Adult Y.E.S. Weekend at Green Memorial AME Zion Church in Portland, ME; preached for the Young Adult

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He recently completed his PhD at Emory University.

His dissertation explores the complex dynamics of religion, politics, and interracial romance within the transnational encounter between American and Korean Protestants from the nineteenth century to the aftermath of the Korean War. Missionary Society Day at Metropolitan AME Zion Church in St. Louis, MO; preached the 5th Sunday Youth Day at St. Luke AME Zion Church in Birmingham, AL; and guest-lectured on “Preaching to Black Millennials: Social Media Linguistics” for Khalia Williams’ course African American Worship and Preaching at Columbia Seminary.

Stan Saunders, Associate Professor of New Testament, was on sabbatical during the Spring and Summer 2014 working on a book, “A Dwelling Place for God,” which explores the place of creation in Biblical models of redemption. He has published “Connecting the Dots and Filling the Gaps: Imagining God with Us” in Word and World 34:3 (Summer 2014) and several online lectionary articles for Working Preacher, Season of Creation, and Christian Century. Stan led a five-week course at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Atlanta on the Biblical story of creation and delivered the Jackson B. Davidson Memorial Lecture on Science and Religion at First Presbyterian Church, Oakridge, Tennessee. He preached at Brookhaven Christian Church in June and will lead Sunday School classes at Oconee Presbyterian Church in Watkinsville and at Sandy Springs Christian Church this Fall. During June and July, Stan participated in a Wabash Center course on Online Teaching for theological educators.

William Scheu, Interim President, was presented with The Prize for Civic Engagement by The Community Foundation of NE Florida on November 17.

Mashaun D. Simon, Program Coordinator for Advanced Professional Studies, wrote “Thinking the Unimaginable” for the blog Believe Out Loud. He served as the guest preacher on June 15, 2014 at New Life Presbyterian Church. On October 16, Mashaun was a panelist at Alabama State University’s AMPLIFIED Presents: The New Black & Breaking the Silence Forum.

George Stroup, JB Green Professor of Theology, retired on his birthday over the summer and is now a Professor Emeritus.

Michael Thompson, Director of Communications, wrote “What If Jesus Disagrees?” in July and “A Brief Guide to Smart Giving” in August for the Columbia Connections blog. He attended

the Religion Newswriters Association conference in Decatur, GA, during September 18-20. Michael taught and preached at Stockbridge Presbyterian Church for Theological Education Sunday.

Jeffery Tribble, Associate Professor of Ministry, attended the Association of Practical Theology Biennial Meeting in Nashville where he was recognized for eight years of service on the Executive Committee. He continued his collaborative research in the Integration in Theological Education and Ministry Spring Seminar at the Collegeville Institute, located at St. John University in Collegeville, Minnesota. Jeffery wrote the web entry for Dr. Mary Love, Editor of Church School Literature of the A.M.E. Zion Church, for the Christian Educators of the Twentieth Century Project. He served as lecturer for the School of the Prophets of the Michigan Annual Conference of the A.M.E. Zion Church in Chicago, Illinois. Jeffery co-taught a workshop on Spiritual Formation with Rev. Dominique Robinson at the Quadrennial Christian Education Convention and attended the College of Leadership Excellence for Presiding Elders. He attended the Administrative Board Meeting overseeing Theological Schools at the A.M.E. Zion Connectional Council. Jeffery convened the Atlanta District Conference and Christian Education Convention at New Life A.M.E. Zion Church, teaching a workshop on Leadership. He co-taught with Rev. Cherlyn Tribble a workshop, “Lord, Give Me a Praying Spirit” for Christian Education Day of the Georgia Annual Conference. Jeffery attended the inauguration Dr. Vergel Lattimore, newly elected president of Hood Theological Seminary in Salisbury, NC. He served as host Presiding Elder for the Georgia Annual Conference convening October 8-12 at Faith A.M.E. Zion Church in Atlanta.

Haruko Nawata Ward, Associate Professor of Church History, read a paper on May 28 titled, “In Search of Women Martyrs’ Voices in the Early Modern Jesuit Mission Literature of Japan,” for a conference, “Can the Native Christian Speak?: Discerning the Voices of Indigenous Christians in Missionary and Colonial Archives,” Emory University. Between June and July she travelled to Japan.

Haruko met with an international group of younger generation of researchers in ecclesiastical history, women’s history and cultural studies to give advice, and with senior scholars at International Christian University to receive their wisdom. She conducted research at Sophia University and Eisei Bunko Museum-Library in Tokyo, and visited Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum as well as historic religious sites in Miyajima and Yokohama. She wrote and revised several projects. In August and September, Haruko submitted final revisions for several writing projects, including “Japan and Europe: the Christian Century, 1549-1650” in Oxford Bibliographies in Renaissance and Reformation, forthcoming.

During these months, she visited area Orthodox churches to experience worship and to meet with clergy in preparation for a new course.

Christine Yoder, Professor of Old Testament Language, Literature, and Exegesis, led a week-long study in June on Israelite wisdom literature at Montreat Conference Center, Montreat, NC (June 2-6), and presented on the concepts of peace and well-being in the Old Testament at Central Presbyterian Church, Atlanta.

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Wednesday, January 21 Ordinary B led by Dr. Brennan Breed, Assistant Professor of Old Testament

“ T h e r e i s a s t o ry o f t e n t o l d ( b y m e ),” w r i t e s D av i d B a rt l e t t , emeritus professor of New Testament at the seminary. “Years ago I counted among the members of the church I served the distinguished ethicist and theologian James M. Gustafson. Gustafson was always helpful in providing feedback on my sermons, often positive but sometimes corrective. One week I had preached, as I so often did, a sermon on the grace of God as a free gift, probably (as I so often did) using Galatians. Professor Gustafson found me later in the week.

‘I always enjoy that sermon,’ he said, ‘but you’re kind of stuck. We get plenty of Paul but we need more Matthew and we get plenty of Luther but we need more Wesley.’ By that he meant I needed to pay more attention to the response Christians owe to a gracious God. Now that we know we are saved by grace, what do we do?”

“On that day I became a lectionary preacher, using the lectionary not because it was handed down from on high but because it helped me get out of my rut, however comfortable and comforting the rut might be,” concludes Bartlett. “Now I do preach more on Matthew than I used to do, and more on the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible and more often on the Psalms.”

Join David Bartlett and five other seminary faculty and staff for Lectionary Studies: Lent/Easter B through Christmas C on January 20-23, 2015. The four morning seminars on worship and preaching the lectionary (RCL) will take a fresh look at the liturgical year. The schedule allows participants time for independent work to plan worship and teaching for the coming year.

The four morning sessions and two afternoon workshops include:

Thursday, January 22 Advent C led by Rev. Khalia Williams, Chapel Coordinator and adjunct professor of Preaching

Tuesday, January 20 Lent/Easter B led by David Bartlett, Professor Emeritus Resources for Preaching and Worship with Rev. Erica Durham, Public Services Librarian, John Bulow Campbell Library

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The Lectionary Psalms: Old Testament Songs for the Christian Year with Mr. Michael Morgan, seminary musician Friday, January 23 Christmas C led by Dr. Raj Nadella, Assistant Professor of New Testament.

Enrollment is limited to 30 participants. Housing is available on campus. Complete details and registration information is accessible at http://bit.ly/1vAmw44.

Pastoral Ex cellen c e Progr a m s S trengthen Ch u rc h L eader s h ip While Conne c ting Colleag u e s T h e C e n t e r f o r L i f e l o n g L e a r n i n g (C LL) at Columbia Theological Seminary offers a new initiative in pastoral excellence.

The Pastoral Excellence Programs (PEP) builds on the successes of the CLL in clergy leadership formation and development. This new initiative currently includes two programs: the Leadership in Ministry Workshops, and the Colloquy for Mid-Career Clergy.

While each program is designed to meet the needs of different audiences, each builds on the best practices of clergy professional and personal development and learning. A key pedagogy for both programs is the peer-learning model.

The Leadership in Ministry Workshops is an on-going, twicea-year, peer-based clergy leadership development program meeting at the CLL. Each annual workshop meets for two sessions (fall and spring) but the program is, by design, an ongoing leadership development program. Some participants have attended for several years, with some participating for almost a decade, reaping the benefits of long-term commitment to personal and professional growth. This program’s goals are to: • p rovide a peer-learning forum for clergy to explore the issues particular to their congregational contexts • h elp participants develop a theoretical framework for interpreting practice and context using Bowen Family Systems Theory

• h elp clergy accurately identify and name the particular challenges of ministry in their context • p rovide clergy with a safe and stimulating peer group experience for renewal and challenge.

The Leadership in Ministry workshops will apply Bowen Family Systems Theory as further developed by Edwin Friedman, author of Generation to Generation and A Failure of Nerve, to ministerial and organizational leadership. The majority of time is spent in small group case studies led by participants and facilitated by experienced faculty coaches. As such, participants work to apply the theory to the “real world” realities of their ministry context.

The Colloquy for Mid-Career Clergy is for clergy ten to twenty years into full-time ministry who are seeking to participate in a professional formative conversation or to reflect on their vocational experience, and assess their ability to meet the leadership demands/needs of their organization. Attention will be given to addressing common experiences and issues of mid-career clergy: facing either a normative or unanticipated career transition, standing at a vocational crossroads of some sort, engaging in reflective self-assessment and finding support among peers. The objectives of this colloquy experience are: • t o provide a forum for mid-career clergy to explore the issues particular to congregational leaders at the mid-career point of their vocational trajectory • t o help clergy re-define and re-envision their calling and vocation • t o help clergy identify and name the challenges of ministry as a mid-career clergy • t o provide mid-career clergy with a safe and stimulating peer group experience for renewal and challenge.

Clergy in mid-career face challenges, both personal and professional, that are unique to their stage in life and vocational trajectory. They have accumulated experience, know-how, and a certain amount of confidence. Not quite novices, many are still not “experts.” In fact, one of the paradoxes of clergy in mid-career is serving in increasingly complex contexts that continue to challenge their competencies, to the extent they are no longer able to solve certain problems for the systems they serve.

The Center for Lifelong Learning’s Pastoral Excellence Programs are funded in part by a $10,000 collaborative grant from the Pastoral Excellence Network. “The PEP builds upon the success of the CLL’s S3 (Sabbath, Study and Service) Project, one of the original projects funded by the Lilly Endowment, Inc.,” said associate dean, Israel Galindo. “PEP represents a new iteration of the work done at the CLL through that project. We are grateful to receive funds which will allow us to underwrite housing and some programs costs for participants.”

Colloquy for Mid-Career Clergy Pastoral Excellence Program Session I August 10–12, 2015 Session II January 11–13, 2016 This is an application only event with limited enrollment.

The application deadline is April 15, 2015. Applicants will be notified upon acceptance. Attendance is required at both sessions.

For information on the Center for Lifelong Learning’s upcoming courses, visit www.ctsnet.edu/lifelong-coursesand-events.

Ele ven Celebrate Com plet i o n of Certi f ic ate in Spirit ual For m at i o n T h e C e r t i f i c a t e i n S p i r i t u a l F o r m a t i o n offers people in the pulpit, in the pew, in all denominations and stages of life, an exploration of community-grounded Christian spirituality that is rooted in scripture, theology, a history of the tradition, reading in the spiritual classics, prayer and meditation, and in skills for assisting others on a spiritual journey.

We celebrate with the following people the end of this journey and pray with them as their journeys continue: Bob Herron, Greensboro, NC John (Skip) Randolph, West Palm Beach, FL Linda Ott, Princeton, NJ John Sawyer, Bedford, NH Rik Rouquie, Nashville, TN Gloria Johnson, Raleigh, NC Kathy Wood Dobbins, Franklin, TN Robin Carlo, Holden, MA Jeannie DuBose, Atlanta, GA Ron Reams, Fayetteville, GA Erik Carter, Redlands, CA Congratulations! May God continue to guide and bless your continuing journey!

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U pc o m i n g C lasses off ere d by the C e n t e r f o r Li felong Learning Each year, more than 1,000 people take courses or attend special events offered by Columbia Theological Seminary’s Center for Lifelong Learning. Both pastors and lay persons are drawn to the Center’s calendar of vibrant learning and cohort opportunities specifically created to build and enhance skills in church leadership, Christian education and formation, spiritual formation and spiritual direction.

The Center for Lifelong Learning’s courses are taught by top-notch seminary faculty as well as instructors who are nationally recognized as experts in their fields.

These continuing education courses and events serve as opportunities to learn with and from others throughout a lifetime of ministry and service. We invite you to explore, discover, and grow as faithful disciples engaged in God’s transforming work.

For more information, or updated class info, please visit www.ctsnet.edu/lifelong-courses-and-events.

January 20 – 23, 2015 (January Seminars) Lectionary Studies Lent/Easter B through Christmas C

Designed for the preacher and teacher, this seminar will provide you with a fresh look at lectionary passages (RCL) from Lent B to Christmas C AND time to use what you learn to polish your worship and preaching plans for the coming liturgical year. Instructors: David Bartlett, Brennan Breed, Erica Durham, Michael Morgan, Raj Nadella and Khalia Williams January 29 – February 1, 2015 Reading Thomas Merton’s Journals as Lectio Divina: An Intimate Way of Reading with Crisis and Mystery Certificate in Spiritual Formation

Thomas Merton’s life-long journal project (1939–68) is a key to understanding both his life and developing work.

The journals also work like a prayer book. The seven volumes of the complete journal, as excerpted in the edited The Intimate Merton, will be examined through focused study. This selected gathering of entries, taken from each volume of the complete journals, will be used as material which can be seen to function as fuel for Lectio Divina.

Instructor: Victor Kramer

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February 12 – 15, 2015 A Dwelling Place for God: Discerning Anew the Relations between Creation, Eschatology, and Ecology Certificate in Spiritual Formation

Early Judaism and Christianity both understood the temple as a symbol of the whole creation, an image of heaven and earth as they were meant to be, and as the place where God’s presence was to be found. This course is especially for those who wish to rediscover a Christian spirituality that is rooted in and integrates creation, worship, justice, and hope.

Instructor: Stan Saunders February 23 – 25, 2015 The Seven Concepts That Will Change Your Teaching

This program is for congregational educators — lay teachers, pastors, teaching staff, program staff who want to be more effective in their teaching. This is a three-day educational workshop for personal and professional development in the area of teaching and learning in the congregational context.

Participants will be introduced to seven powerful concepts (“big ideas”) about teaching and learning that will form a framework for new ways to approach teaching and learning in work and ministry. Instructor: Israel Galindo March 8 – 11, 2015 | Montreat Conference Center Immersion Experience: An Invitation to a Deeper Spiritual Life Certificate in Spiritual Formation

Discover the key ideas and foundational practices for the grand adventure of life in the Spirit! During this Thursday–Sunday Spirituality Immersion Experience, you will explore the origins of the Christian spiritual tradition, while learning the formative elements of Biblical, monastic, and Reformed spirituality. Our schedule includes time for personal reflection through guided meditative journaling — an exercise for exploring your own unique journey with the living God. Getting to know your fellow students, in both small group and one-on-one settings, will support your practical application of the knowledge acquired over the course.

March 8 – 11, 2015 Leadership in Ministry Session II Pastoral Excellence Program

April 21 – 24, 2015 Thompson Scholars 2015 — Spiritual Pioneers: The Call, Risks and Blessings of Church Development

This is the second session of the Leadership in Ministry (LIM) workshop. Participants will learn how the concepts of family emotional process can be applied to their own ministry contexts, and, explore the theological implications of these concepts.

This program is comprised of two three-day sessions (fall and spring). Each session follows the themes of Dr. Edwin Friedman’s book, Generation to Generation, with one day devoted to each of the minister’s three interlocking families: the minister’s own personal family (nuclear and extended), congregation member families and the congregation as a family. Instructors: Dr. Robert Dibble, Dr. Israel Galindo, Dr. James Lamkin

This year’s seminar is designed for those new to church planting and development, or who are tasked with organizing a new worshipping community or revitalizing an existing community. This is an application-based program. Qualified applicants will be accepted until we reach maximum enrollment. The application deadline is December 1, 2014.

Applicants will be notified of their status by January 15, 2015. Preference will be given to applicants who have not participated in previous Thompson Scholar seminars.

Instructors: Dr. Jeffery L. Tribble, Sr., associate professor of ministry at the seminary, will lead the seminar, assisted by Rev. David I. Neville, Sr., D.Min; Rev. Jin S. Kim, D.Min.; and Rev. Sara Hayden ’08

March 19 – 22, 2015 Exploring the Non-Dominant Divine Certificate in Spiritual Formation

April 23 – 26, 2015 | Montreat Conference Center Praying with Julian of Norwich Certificate in Spiritual Formation

Course description coming soon to website! Leader: Marjorie Thompson April 13 – 15, 2015 The Process of Aging and Implications for Ministry Older Adult Ministry Certificate Course

This course will explore practical ways that our congregations, families, and caregivers can adapt and respond to age-related changes in body, mind and spirit in order to enhance the well-being and quality of life among older people. Leader: Mary Ann Johnson April 14 – May 1, 2015 | An O nline Course The Church: A System of Relationships.

An Introduction to Bowen Family Systems Theory and Congregational Leadership

This course is an introduction to Bowen Family Systems Theory (BFST) applied to the congregational context and to congregational leadership. Through formal guided discussions, reflecting on personal experience, and examining latent theological ideals of congregation, Church, and leadership, participants will gain a new understanding of their congregation and their leadership roles. This is an online course. Instructor: Israel Galindo April 16 – 18, 2015 Teaching for Transformation with Older Adults Older Adult Ministry Certificate Course

Teaching and learning methods that enhance engagement in, and ownership of, the learning process are as important for older adults as they are for all ages. Explore learning styles, examine effective teaching methods, experience current teaching-learning theories, and consider application to and adaptations for older adults. Leader: Joyce MacKichan Walker

The fourteenth century anchoress and teacher of prayer has, in our own era, become recognized as one of Christianity’s most masterful and comforting spiritual guides. By reading carefully the Long Text of Julian’s Revelations, this class will examine and meditate on those key insights into God’s relationship to Creation as revealed to her expressly for the sake of us, those “fellow Christians” of whom she is so aware — God’s non-condemnatory love and goodness constantly active in all that exists; humankind’s partnership with God through life in the Trinity; God as Mother, courteous, familiar, easy to be with; and Jesus’ astounding promise to the whole world “that all shall be well.” Instructor: Dewey Kramer

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In 2013-2014, the Center for Lifelong Learning (CLL) published Journeying Together, an online newsletter. With

electronic distribution to approximately 4500 recipients, this resource publishes articles, interviews, guest blog posts, and infographics relevant to Lifelong Learning’s many opportunities. The newsletter can be found online at http://journeyingtogether.ctsnet.edu/.

The link is also shared in email and posted on Facebook (Lifelong Learning at Columbia Theological Seminary) and Twitter (LLatCTSeminary).

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H ow to Deli v er an Eff ec ti ve Chil dren’s Sermon

Va n tag e Vol. 106, No. 1, Fall 2014 E d i tor

Michael Thompson

continued from inside front cover Here are the suggestions I share with pastors on how to deliver a children’s sermon.

There are other concepts and points that can be made, but these address the more egregious sins committed in this regard: • Do not use objects in your children’s sermons.

• Never, ever, begin your children’s sermon with a question.

• Don’t focus on concepts; rather, focus on feelings.

• When giving a children’s sermon, just tell the STORY! • The children’s sermon is for the children, not for the benefit of the adult audience.

For the next five, and deeper explanations of each, please visit the blog, www. columbiaconnections.org/.

Israel Galindo is Associate Dean for Lifelong Learning at the Columbia Theological Seminary. Dr. Galindo contributes posts about various Lifelong Learning themes every Monday on our blog at columbiaconnections.org.

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Lifelong learning events took place on campus, at Montreat Conference Center and monasteries, and introduced upcoming online courses. More than 30 opportunities for lifelong learning in

Bible study, education, teaching and learning, leadership, and spirituality were offered.

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Lucy Ke Photogra p hy

Myun Jin Chae C ontr i b u tors

Randy Calvo, Jr. ’81 Kelly Campbell Erskine Clarke Andrew Foster Connors ’01 Pam Cottrell Corie Cox Mary Lynn Darden Linda Davis Micah Dowling ’16 Sarah Erickson ’03/DEdMin ’10 Israel Galindo Sungyuhn Ham ’16 Sharol Hayner Steve Hayner Deborah Flemister Mullen Elizabeth Orth Brandon Perkins ’16 Barbara Poe Bill Scheu Carrie Tatro Doug Taylor Sandra Taylor Diane Thorne Nancy Weitnauer

This issue of Vantage is available online at www.CTSnet.edu.

Go to News & Publications, then Vantage.

2013-2014 highlights include: Big Ideas in Youth Ministry; Baptism and Beyond;

and the Study, Sabbath, Service (S3) cohort groups. The Thompson Scholars program focused on “Evangelism for the Screenshare Generation.” We continued to offer partner events with the Board of Pensions, St. Andrew and Flint River Presbyteries, and Presbyterian Church Camp and Conference Association.

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For this edition of Candlelights, we gathered quotes by Steve and Sharol Hayner collected over the past few months from their CaringBridge page at http://www. caringbridge.org/visit/stevehayner.

We’re both learning new lessons about grace. Grace can never be learned once and for all. It must be explored through each new circumstance. It must be experienced, received and savored. It defies scrutiny but requires reflection.

— Steve, May 18 I woke up one day this week and realized that I couldn’t locate anything like a genuine “faith” inside me which would provide enough strength to pray or to reflect or to meditate. But then it occurred to me that I didn’t need any. God’s grace is not about me. So whatever God has for me is going to come from outside anyway. There are so many people who have asked us how they can help—and that morning I realized that they were helping by simply “being faith” for me. They were welcoming God’s grace when I couldn’t even do that much.

— Steve, June 6 I saw a bumper sticker yesterday that I loved: “More wagging; less barking!” At that moment I was grumbling inside because it was so hard just to complete my short walk in the neighborhood.

But almost immediately my perspective changed. Grumbling was changing nothing, but a fresh infusion of joy could color the world.

— Steve, July 16 I imagine that the disciples again muttered when Jesus was crucified and buried, “Why this waste?” And yet, without this waste, we would never know life as it was meant to be lived, life with eternal significance, death robbed of its sting and hopelessness.

Because of Jesus’ death, we can have life, abundant and eternal life.

In the past months, I have muttered, “Why this waste?” and yet I am reminded that in God’s hands nothing is ever wasted.

— Sharol, July 24 [On Psalm 23] I wonder if the valley of the shadow of death is also where we are treated to an abundant meal even though surrounded by enemies. I wonder if it is in that same shadowed valley where the Shepherd offers rest in green pastures, beside still waters. Perhaps we lack nothing, not in the idyllic destination but in the place of darkness, pain and suffering where the Shepherd provides rest and healing. Steve and I are discovering that we truly lack nothing and are finding peaceful rest in the valley of pancreatic cancer and chemo. The Shepherd is so faithful. We are grateful.

— Sharol, July 30

Every time that I find myself saying, “This is not the way that it’s supposed to be!” I have to respond by asking, “And why do I assume that it’s supposed to be this way?” Unmet or unfulfilled expectations can demand higher energy depletion than they are worth. The fact is, that our expectations are generally built on what is simply familiar to us or on our anticipations around our heart’s desires, and there are no guarantees in life that we can be assured about either. Circumstances change. Relationships change.

Adjustments have to be made.

— Steve, August 20 “Conversions” are happening in my life, and, I assume, that they will continue to happen until the moment of my final “conversion.”

Or perhaps my movement from life to Life won’t be the final change. Maybe there is a lot more. All of that is still ahead of me, and I am confident that it will be nothing short of spectacular.

— Steve, September 17 Knowing that one of God’s goals is to transform us to look more and more like Jesus, we have cultivated disciplines of prayer and Bible study while building community, pursuing justice and serving others. But more important, day by day, the Spirit has been at work in us, chiseling away like a master sculptor. Chipping away what does not belong. Releasing the wonder of God’s creation. Giving us confidence that our lives are safe in God’s hands no matter what.

— Sharol, October 8 I wonder what other new surprises and fears I will discover in the weeks ahead, or how God will guide these unexpected bits of my complex journey. I want to come to the end with strength and courage. But life isn’t always linear. There can be a jumble of twists and turns. I realize that maintaining my balance depends on my willingness to face the unexpected with humility and transparency, as well as endurance and fortitude. Stubborn pride is never a good companion. It only reinforces my anxieties.

— Steve, October 20 These days, grace just comes. It’s like a treasure hunt. Looking for glimpses of grace, signs of God’s presence and provision for us, has become a habit. And, I’m discovering grace every day.

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Contents Vantage Point: The Path Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Hyper-Focus: Information Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 C r e a t i v e P o w e r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Ministry in the Motherland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Distinguished Visiting Professor Syngman Rhee. . . . . 11 Tóth and Botman Tribute. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Convocation 2014 Sermon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Class of 2014 Awards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Joyful Gifts to the Seminary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 2014 Graduates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Tauta Panta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Alumni/ae News and Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Faculty/Staff Publications and Activity. . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Lifelong Learning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Candelights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Look inside for our new section “Candlelights”! Each issue, we will highlight inspirational quotes and artwork reflective of our theme.

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T w e n t y - f i v e y e a r s a g o …on a particularly gray morning when all was covered with snow, in loneliness I prayed that God would somehow let me know his presence. As I stood at my kitchen window, there on a limb, silhouetted against the white snow was a brilliant red cardinal. I thought, God is indeed present! Ever since then when I see a cardinal I am reminded that the Lord is near.

— Sharol Hayner, May 30, 2014

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