Learning during December 28-January 11). She offered the keynote address and taught workshops at the January educational event in the Presbytery of S. Alabama, and preached at Spring Hill Presbyterian Church in Mobile. She led the March women’s retreat for Central Presbyterian Church, drawing from her work on the book of James. MICHAEL MORGAN, Seminary Musician, taught a 4-Sunday series at Morningside Presbyterian Church in December on music for Advent and Christmas, presented an exhibit of rare materials relating to Handel’s Messiahat First Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, and a program on the English Bible at Claremont Oaks Retirement Community. In January, he taught two Sunday classes on singing the Psalms at Peachtree Road United Methodist Church. He also played the organ for worship and special events at First Presbyterian Church, Atlanta; Druid Hill Presbyterian Church; First United Methodist Church, Covington; Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church; and First Moravian Church of Georgia. Michael was named a member of the Advisory Council of the Presbyterian Heritage Center in December, and has a series of 16th century Bibles on loan through September to the Center in their Reformation 500 celebration. RAJ NADELLA, Assistant Professor of New Testament, Director of the MATS Program, presented a paper in November at the National Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature on the topic of Luke-Acts and Empire. In late December, Raj co-led, along with Professor Martha Moore-Keish, a two-week Lifelong Learning travel seminar to South India. KEVIN PARK, Associate Dean for Advanced Professional Studies, Assistant Professor of Theology, and Interim Director of KAM, presented two lectures on the topic of “Theology of Marginality” to ThD students from PUTS (Presbyterian University and Theological Seminary, Seoul, Korea) who came to visit CTS in August. He presented a lecture on Korean American 2nd Generation Ministry for ECKAM (Evangelical Coalition of Korean
American Ministries) of the Greater Atlantic Presbytery in October. Kevin also presented two lectures for Korean pastors of Atlantic Korean American Presbytery on the topic of “Christian Life and the Cross for Korean American Churches” in October. He preached and led seminars at the Korean United Presbyterian Church of Chicago in December, on issues surrounding generational ministries in the Korean American context. Kevin is working on an article for the Presbyterians Today on generational Christian education for Korean American churches. CHARLIE RAYNAL, Professor Emeritus of Theology and Director of Advanced Studies, preached on February 28 in First Presbyterian Church, Spartanburg, SC for the Winter Meeting of Foothills Presbytery, and made a presentation with the capable partnership of Franklin Colclough, former CTS Board Member, honorably retired as presbyter of New Harmony Presbytery. Colclough spoke movingly of his elementary education in one of the Presbyterian Parochial Schools, established by missionaries, of both white and black races, who came to the Southeast after the Civil War to minister to the freed people, establishing Synods, Presbyteries, and sending pastors to establish congregations and parochial schools, academies, and boarding schools for former slaves. Out of this effort in North Carolina the PC(USA) established Johnson C. Smith University and Seminary in Charlotte and Barber Scotia College in Concord. At the time of Presbyterian reunion to form the PC(USA) in 1983 about 14,000 African American Presbyterians in the area from Charlotte to Charleston voted in their presbyteries unanimously for the joining of the former northern and southern branches of the mainline Presbyterian denomination. Nancy Snell Griffith and Charlie Raynal have told this story as part of Presbyterians in South Carolina, 19251985: Mid-Century Change in Historic Denominations (2016). JODY SAULS, Director of Human Resources, was installed on January 8 as Ruling Elder for a second three-year term at Decatur Presbyterian Church. She continues to serve as chair of the DPC Personnel Committee.
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