Columbia Theological Seminary Vantage, 94, number 1, Summer 2002

COLUMBIA
THEOLOGICAL
SEMINARY

Vantage

SUMMER 2002

Columbia grants
degrees to 99 students

The wind and fire of the Holy Spirit
at work in the world were themes
that formed the backbone of Columbia
Theological Seminary's 2002 com-
mencement exercises on May 18.

Barbara Brown Taylor, adjunct
distinguished professor of Christian
spirituality, based her baccalaureate
sermon on the Pentecost story in
Acts 2:1-13.

In her sermon, "Drunk on New
Wine," Taylor expanded themes of fire,
wind, proclamation, and amazement.
She cautioned graduates that their
newly acquired status, with its per-
ceived theological and pastoral exper-
tise, could lead them to trust their
secure knowledge over the wild
power of the Gospel.

As a defense against this, Taylor
challenged graduates to embrace the
inheritance of the first-century church:
"rare wine, holy fire," and "the abun-
dant life-giving spirit of the one
astounding God." The proclaimers of
the Word today must find ways to
speak prophetically again to "a world

where a few still search Christ's
church for power to raise the dead."

For the fourteenth year, Peachtree
Presbyterian Church hosted Columbia's
commencement and reception. Forty-
six Doctor of Ministry degrees, nine
Master of Theology degrees, 38 Master
of Divinity degrees, and six Master of
Arts (Theological Studies) degrees
were granted. Awards were presented
by Dean of Faculty Cameron
Murchison.

The Wilds Book Prize, for out-
standing academic achievement
throughout the entire M.Div program,
was awarded to Jonathan Kaplan,
who also received the Harvard A.
Anderson Fellowship, honoring the
graduate who has demonstrated the
greatest academic promise for further
graduate study.

Connie Lee received the Columbia
Leadership Award, given to the senior
showing outstanding skills in church
leadership.

The George and Sally Telford
Award for congregational leadership

Moss receives Harrington Prize

Oris Moss III, pastor of Tabernacle
Baptist Church in Augusta, Georgia,
is the first recipient of the Harrington
Prize. The award a collaborative
effort of Columbia Seminary,
Presbyterian College, and Peachtree
Presbyterian Church recognizes
individuals in the early stages of their
careers in Christian ministry who
have demonstrated exemplary
preaching, evangelism, community
service, and the promise for future
contributions to Christian ministry.

The Harrington Prize honors
the life and ministry of the late
W. Frank Harrington '60 (Th.M. '61),
former senior minister at Peachtree
Presbyterian Church in Atlanta.

"What impressed me most about
Otis Moss was that he wanted to
serve as a bridge between the elders
of his church, who know Scripture
and the vocabulary of faith, and the
younger people in his church, who are
the first African-American generation
not to be immersed in the language
and theology of faith," said Vicki
Harrington Franch, who represents
the Harrington family as a trustee and

is a member of
the Selection
Committee for
the award.

Moss received
his bachelor's
degree with
honors in
1992 from
Morehouse
College and
earned the
Master of
Divinity degree from Yale University.

He has conducted extensive
research in African- American culture,
theology, and youth development. He
has written Redemption in a Red Light
District and designed the "Kabasis
Rites of Passage Program" for devel-
opment of African- American youth.

In addition to serving as a
distinguished visitor and lecturer at
Columbia, Presbyterian College, and
Peachtree Church, Moss will receive a
$25,000 cash stipend.

Columbia President Laura
Mendenhall says, "Like Frank
Harrington himself, Otis Moss is

All in the family: jenn Williams Wilson receives an M.A.T.S. degree and her father,
Mike Williams, receives his M.Div. degree. With them are Linda King Williams,
between her daughter and husband, and William King, grandfather of Jenn.

in the areas of social justice and
church vision was given to D.Min.
graduate Francisco Rodes-Gonzalez.

Todd Sutton was awarded the
Paul T. Fuhrmann Book Prize in
Church History. The Lyman and Myki
Mobley Prize in Biblical Scholarship
was presented to Edwin Searcy.

Frederick Lubs received the Florrie

leading the people of God with
imagination and integrity, reaching
out in new ways with the Good News
of Jesus Christ."

Joining Franch and Mendenhall
on the Selection Committee were John
Griffith, president of Presbyterian
College; Victor Pentz, senior minister
of Peachtree Presbyterian Church; and
three members of the program's advi-
sory council: Millard Fuller, founder
of Habitat for Humanity; Joseph
Roberts, Jr., minister of Atlanta's
Ebenezer Baptist Church; and Rodger
Nishioka, associate professor of
Christian education at Columbia.

Other members of the Harrington
Prize advisory council are: Tony
Campolo, professor emeritus of
sociology at Eastern University and
founder of the Evangelical Association
for the Promotion of Education; Ellen
Charry, associate professor of system-
atic theology at Princeton Theological
Seminary; Thomas Gillespie, president
of Princeton Theological Seminary;
Darrell Guder, chair of missional and
ecumenical theology at Princeton
Theological Seminary; and William
Willimon, dean of the chapel and
professor of Christian ministry at
Duke University.

r

Wilkes Sanders Prize in Theology.
Lisa Eye received the Harold J. Riddle
Memorial Book Award, the highest
honor in the field of pastoral care with
a special focus on the terminally ill.

The William Dudley Evangelism
Award was conferred upon Jerry Utt
and Jennifer Fouse for commitment to
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Abu-Akel 74
elected PC (USA)
moderator

Fahed Abu-Akel

74 is moderator

of the 214th

General

Assembly of the

Presbyterian

Church (USA).

Nominated by

the Presbytery of

Greater Atlanta,

Abu-Akel was

elected on June f ahed Abu . Akel 74

15 in Columbus,

Ohio, at the

denomination's annual meeting.

Abu-Akel is founder and execu-
tive director of Atlanta's Ministry with
International Students, Inc., and direc-
tor of the National Christmas
International House. The son of
Christian Palestinian-Arabs, Abu-Akel
was a member of the mission staff at
First Presbyterian Church, Atlanta,
from 1980 to 2001. He serves on the

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1.1

Nurturing faithful servants for Christ's church

Laura S. Mendenhall, Pre sident

At THE SPRING meeting of the Board of
Trustees we welcomed eight new
members and a new chair of the board
The board took this occasion of leader-
ship transition to think again about
the strengths and weaknesses of the
seminary and about the board's role
as trustees in support of the seminary.
I shared with them the pressing issues
in theological education as identified
by Association of Theological Schools
President Dan Aleshire:

1) To stay in touch with the church,
not to be an ivory tower,

2) To prepare pastors and leaders
for a more racially diverse
world, not to do so being a
disservice to the church,

3) To realize that we are giving
leadership training and to teach
with this in mind,

4) To understand that women
will have greater leadership in
the church and in the world.

As to Columbia's response to
these issues, we are probably ahead of
the curve on preparing the church for
women in leadership! We are seeking
to embody a model of shared leader-
ship that empowers ministry both
within and beyond the congregation.

We are committed to ministry in a
global context, determined to continue
opportunities for study in other
i ontextS and hoping to call faculty
with greater diversity who can lead us
into the future

Perhaps the issue of most com-
pelling urgency is to make sure we stay
connected to the church. The church
needs a seminary to push our under-
. (.Hidings of God's truth, while at the
same time staying in touch with the
needs of congregations seeking to serve

I hn.i The board acknowledged
the importance of its role in helping
the seminary to stay connected to the
church and its commitment to nurtur-
ing the church. In a time when groups
in the church are becoming polarized,
it is our responsibility to remember
that we are called to serve the whole
church.

The Presbyterian Church (USA)
Book of Order says:

That, while we think it necessary
to make effectual provision that all who
are admitted a^ teat hers be sound in the
faith, we also believe that there are truths
and forms with respect to which men
land women] of good character and
principles may differ. And in all these

Presidents'
home under
renovation

The presidents' home, the residence
of Columbia Theological Seminary's
presidents almost continuously
since 1927, is undergoing its first
major renovation. The residence will
have a new roof, completely new
heating and air conditioning systems,
new plumbing and electrical systems,
and new windows and finishes.

Construction crews are also adding
a room behind the existing living
room, to provide meeting space for
small groups and improve traffic flow
on the downstairs level, and a patio
outside, suitable for meetings, enter-
taining, and relaxation. Ramps are
being added and doorways widened
to provide suitable handicap access.
A study and two bathrooms, one
handicap-equipped, are also being

added.

Columbia's Board of Trustees
voted to approve the project at its
March 2001 meeting after a committee
of the board concluded that a renova-
tion of the facility was the best option
and investment for the seminary.

"The board reviewed a number
of possibilities," says Joseph E. (Pat)
Patrick, seminary trustee and member
of the committee. "From the beginning
we wanted to provide the seminary's

we think it the duty both of private
Christians and societies to exercise
mutual forbearance toward each other

At Columbia we are called to nur-
ture faithful servants of Jesus Christ
who may differ with one another.
The church needs us to listen with one
another for the wind of the Spirit, to
listen for what we cannot hear on our
own because of the deafness each of us
has in our own hearing. By listening
with those who differ from us, we
will be able to hear more fully and to
obey more completely God's Word to
us today.

The board is committed to making
sure that we nurture, respect, and
value faithful servants of Jesus Christ
who differ with one another, that we
make certain we have enough variety
of theological voices on our campus to
be good listeners to God's Word to us
today. By so doing we prepare pastors
and leaders for Christ's ministry today
and in the years to come.

In response to the particular
issues facing the PC(USA) today and
the board's own commitment to the
church during this time of polariza-
tion, board members made this
Affirmation Statement:

The Board of Trustees of Columbia
Theological Seminary affirms its historic
commitment to the fundamental mission
of preparing and nurturing disciples to
serve the Lord Jesus Christ as pastors for
the parish and as leaders for the
Presbyterian Church (USA).

Columbia Theological Seminary,
acknowledging divisive issues facing the
church at large and the Presbyterian
Church (USA) in particular, affirms its
commitment to leadership in equipping
pastors to address those issues by exem-
plifying dialogue, courage, creativity,
humility, and discernment.

Columbia Theological Seminary is
committed to practicing hospitality that
will build respect and appreciation for
the importance of finding common
ground for service to God, to the church,
and to the world. The seminary will
continue to be open to the leading of the
Holy Spirit among different voices of
faithful Christians. We affirm that there
is rich diversity in the unity we have in
Jesus Christ.

What a privilege to be part of a
seminary that affirms the gifts of its
past and the promise of its future as
the Holy Spirit equips us to serve
Christ's church. D

president a comfortable and gracious
place to live. We also wanted a home
large enough to be used for public
gatherings. Finally, we wanted the
presidents' home designed not just for
our current president but with an eye
toward future occupants as well."
The subject of the presidents'
home was first raised at the March
2000 board meeting by departing
president Douglas W. Oldenburg.
Oldenburg described the residence as
a comfortable home for him and his
wife, Claudia, and suggested that it
was time for the board to reevaluate
the home's suitability for the incoming
president and successors. In response,
the board at first resolved to build a
new presidents' home and to renovate
the existing home for other use. After
further discussion, however, the
board instead voted to appoint the
aforementioned committee to review
all options.

As the committee, which also
included trustees Ann Cousins and
John Aldridge, began its work, its
members discovered a common senti-
ment. "We found we wanted to pre-
serve, if we could, the original home
for history's sake," says Patrick. "It's
where the seminary's presidents have
lived since the seminary moved to
Decatur."

Gradually, a new vision for the
president's home emerged: a residence
for the president, but also a facility
for the seminary, to be used by the
president for receptions, luncheons,
informal meetings with faculty, staff,

Ward is church history professor

Haruko Nawata
Ward has been
named assistant
professor of
church history at
Columbia. She
will begin teach-
ing this fall.

Ward's teach-
ing and research
have been in
areas of the
Protestant and
" Catholic
Reformations in Europe and their
impact on other continents; mission
history; late medieval humanism and
biblical theologies, women in religion
and society, the history of Christianity
in Japan and Asia; and justice issues in
church history.

She is being ordained as a minister
of the Word and Sacrament in New

Haruko Ward

Brunswick Presbytery on July 14.
Ward holds degrees from Tokyo
University of Fine Arts and Music,
New York University's Graduate
School of Arts and Sciences, and
Southeastern Baptist Theological
Seminary. She received the Th.M.
and Ph.D. degrees from Princeton
Theological Seminary.

Speaking of her appointment,
Dean of Faculty Cameron Murchison
says, "Dr. Ward comes with a wealth
of personal and ecclesiastical experi-
ence and with an eye attuned to the
way in which the Christian experi-
ence over time can inform the min-
istry and mission of congregations.
She is especially able to help M.Div.
students through the use of creative
and interactive learning methods as
they engage the present with insight
from the history of the church." D

and students, for business or study,
with guestrooms upstairs. The vision
required other adjustments; additional
wiring was suggested, for example,
to enhance audio-visual capabilities.
The project's price tag exceeded
the cost of a standard renovation of
the original home, but the board
enthusiastically voted to proceed and
promised to raise the additional funds
necessary. The board then staged a

mini-campaign within its own mem-
bership to fund the remainder of the
project, completing the circle on what
truly has been a board project from
beginning to end.

The renovation is scheduled to be
completed in August.

Richard DuBose

Vice President for Deivlopment

and Seminary Relations

VANTAGE

Kelsay receives

Guggenheim

Fellowship

In his 1980 Doctor of Ministry
dissertation at Columbia, John Kelsay
described the concept of the "truly
good community that can only exist,
according to the witness of faith, when
God fully reigns." But he pragmatically
noted that because the realization of
this ideal is distant, we must face
"the task of shaping community in
the present."

On April 11, the Guggenheim
Memorial Foundation awarded Kelsay
a Guggenheim Fellowship in honor of
his continuing work to shape commu-
nity as a scholar of Islamic ethics and a
framer of conversations in compara-
tive ethics. Framing conversation has
been a consistent theme in Kelsay's
writing.

Of 2,845 applicants, only 184
scholars from the U.S. and Canada were
granted fellowships for 2002. Walter
Bruggemann, McPheeters Professor

of Old Testament at Columbia, says,
"The Guggenheim is recognized as
the premier research grant. This award
not only attests to the significance ol
John Kelsay's ongoing research, but it
will permit him to advance his work
that is of immense importance in cur-
rent scholarly conversation."

The Richard L. Rubenstein
Professor of Religion and chair of the
religion department at Florida State
University, John Kelsay has recognized
a need for realistic understanding of
both Christian and Islamic ethics. As
a Ph.D. candidate during the Iran
hostage crisis, he was motivated by
the lack of insight evident in news
analysis of the Iranian situation.
Kelsay became interested in compara-
tive ethics and followed that track at
the University of Virginia. Specifically,
he was intrigued with the idea of "just
war" tradition in both Christianity
and Islam and how that tradition has
been applied.

Thinking in terms of shaping
community, Kelsay believes in the
pursuit of justice and thinks that effort
sometimes requires the use of force.
This is not simply a political issue of
Christendom for Kelsay, but a theolog-

lohn Kelsay (D.Min SO)

ical matter. He sees the ultimate ques
tion of the applu ation ol ( hnstianity

as discerning how to "work oul the
meaning of the love commandment in

the context of a fallen world."

On one level, thai effort means
addressing the determinants ol cna I
ing justice among the world's religions
On another level, it means recognizing
that protecting the innocent m.i\ rtol

always be possible through nor

ressive methods lust as one i an
describe the landmarks oi precedent

tor jihad, Kelsa) points CO similar land
marks in Chi istian tin rom

Vmbrose to Vquinas and from Roman

law to mh\Ih'\ al i anon law to model n
Internationa] law

Kelsa\ i' ' ogni sea numerous influ-
ero es or his thinking at ( olumbla and

hc\ ond n u hiding professors Shnlr\

i iuthrie ( harles ( lousar '58, and
i rederick Bonkovsky. Kelsaj received
ins do< corate In t omparath e ethi( s In
198 i from the Universitj oi Virginia
and began teaching graduate studies
at I lorida State I rdversitj In 1987 An
ordained minister in the Presbyterian
c hun h d l -\ he served i Irat
Presbyterian Church ol Wa) nesboro,

Virginia dm mg his i\o< toral study.

Vmong his works are Islam and
War: A Study in Comparative Ethu s
(1993) and Human Rights and the

Conflict of Cullui, > . \\ i itten with

David I ittlr and \bdula/i/ ' -a. Indm.i

(i u H8). Kelsaj la i urrentlj at work on
Religion and the Imperatives oj fustii i

The Islamic I aw oj Wat and Pcaec, -.Hi-
ported by the Guggenheim giant. D

Allen < r>v. J)/

Dr. Catherine
Gonzalez retires

In May Columbia's faculty joined
Catherine Gonzalez, her friends and
relatives in celebrating her retirement
at a dinner on campus. Gonzalez, who
came to Columbia in January 1974
from Louisville Presbyterian
Theological Seminary, was professor
of church history and director of the
Master of Arts in Theological Studies
Program. At the dinner, President
Emeritus Davison Philips '43 spoke of
her arrival and of how quickly she
became a leading member of the faculty.
The Rev. Joan Gray 76, former student
and Professor Gonzalez's former
pastor, spoke about the influence she
had on students, especially women
students, who in the 1970s and 1980s
had few role models. Professors
Carlos Cardoza-Orlandi, Rodger
Nishioka, and Emmanuel Lartey gave
Professor Gonzalez a test of her
"multi-cultural perspectives and sensi-
tivities," which she passed with flying
colors. Eight women faculty members,
led by Professor Marcia Riggs, pre-
sented Gonzalez with special gifts as
reminders of the gifts she had brought
to Columbia and of the central role
she had played as the first woman on
the Columbia faculty. Professor Erskine
Clarke '66, "master of ceremonies" for
the evening, told some stories about a
few of his colleagues' peculiar ways;
President Laura Mendenhall and Dean
Cameron Murchison presented gifts
on behalf of Columbia; and Professors
Walter Brueggemann and Charles
Cousar '58 offered prayers of thanks-
giving and benediction.

What the retirement dinner quickly
indicated was that Catherine Gonzalez
has had a remarkable impact on the

SUMMER 2002

Catherine G. Gonzalez

life and mission of Columbia and that
she also has had the respect and the
deep affection of her colleagues and
several generations of students.

For many students, she was the
first woman they had ever seen in a
pulpit, and for some her authority as
an interpreter of the scriptures had
to be established. That did not take
long, for once she began to preach and
to pray and to lead public worship,
she turned the focus away from her-
self to the biblical text and to the One
whom the community had gathered
to worship.

Few ever dared to challenge her
authority as a professor of church his-
tory. While some students arrived on
campus believing themselves already
authorities on preaching, not many
arrived thinking they knew much
about church history. In elective semi-
nars, she introduced generations of
students to the careful study of theolo-
gians such as Calvin, Schleiermacher,

and Kierkegaard and to themes such
as the history of devotional literature.

From her earliest days at
Columbia, her colleagues regarded
Professor Gon/ale/. as a leadei oi the
faculty She played a i enlral role in
several curriculum revisions, in the
development of Columbia's interna-
tional program, and on the committee
of the Board of Trustees that called
Laura Mendenhall as president.
Professor Gonzalez's election to such
responsibilities was at first, no doubt,
a way to secure a woman's voice and
perspective she would say with a
laugh that during her early years she
represented half the human raee in
faculty meetings. But increasingly her
election to important areas ol respori
bility was an acknowledgement of her
wisdom and fairness.

Her scholarship has been in service
to the church. She worked on the revi-
sion of The Worship Book, wrote with
her husband, Justo Gonzalez, a bible
study for the women of the chur< l>.
and served on committees on Jewish-
Christian relations and on Reformed-
Roman Catholic dialogue. She wrote
a study of popes Leo and Gregory
and numerous articles on liturgy and
preaching. Her interests have lm reas-
mgly focused on the history of Christian
spirituality. She has been asked by the
faculty to continue to teach following
her retirement by participating in the
Doctor of Ministry program in
Christian spirituality.

Professor Gonzalez anticipates
enjoying retirement with her husband,
who is himself a distinguished church
historian. She hopes to work in the
garden and continue her practice as
a gourmet cook. Her many friends
join her in these anticipations, hoping
that the famous Gonzalez hospitality
will long continue.

T. Erskine Clarke '66

Morgan named
seminary musician

Mk hah Morgan is Columbia's
newly appointed seminar} musi< ian
Morgan studied organ performance
am i church musi< si I Loi Ida State
University I le Is organisl b.1 Atlanta's
< antral Presb] terian I hun h

Moigan has sen ed as organist/
clinician for num. mm I'reshyterian

conferences at Mo Ram ii and
Montreal I oi the past yreai he lias
served -is interim i irganisl al
Columbia.

| n |'i<>'/, ( mIhuiIm.i '.riiiinaiy,

along with the I tffii "i i heologj and
Worship "i it"' Presb) terian I hun h

(USA), published his Pealtet fbl

Christian Worship, a metrical version
oi the book of Psalms. [ I

Abu-Akel elected PC(USA) moderatoi
continued from page I

board of tin- < >nirv... h i undation, the
Middle Eastern Ministries ommittee
Ol the PC(USA), and the denomina-
tion's Middle I astern ' am u I \i

, hair of the church's Advocacy

( ommittee for Racial I thnii ( loncems.

Spiritual renewal, a renewed
commitment to mission, and unity in
the midst of diversity are priorities
for his term.

Abu-Akel spoke at the ( ieneral
embly of his experience as a child
during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War,
saying, "I remember that four-year-old
boy who discovered, and is still
discovering, that Jesus Chrisl is the
only hope for a broken world." D

Events Calendar

Ephesians study offered

For further information or to register for courses, call 404/378-8821,
or email: ConEd@ctsnet.edu, Laylnstitute@ctsnet.edu, or
sptyprog@ctsnet.edu. .

Aueust 25 - 29 BEYOND SURVIVAL: LIVING INK) SABBATH DURING SEMINAR A
course designed for Columbia Master of Divinity students and spouses to assist
them in finding the balance between striving for academic excellence and rest-
ing in God. Leader: Bill Clemmons. Cost fro.- for seminarians and spouses.

September 12 - 15 Spirituai .ity and THE FORMATION OP Community Participants
will discover ways to create, offer, and participate in Christ-centered community
through action and reflection Leader: Robyn Hogue. Cost: $225.

September 15 - 20 Discerning God's Wii I A week at the Monastery of the
Holy Spirit in Conyers, Georgia, to learn the art of finding God's call and direc-
tion in daily life. Leader: John Kloepfer. Cost: $300.

September 16 TRANSFORMING mm CONFIRMATION JOURNEY A course for pastors,
educators, and lav leaders that explores innovative and faithful ways to do con-
firmation in the church. Leader: Rodger Nishioka. Cost: $65.

September 22 - 28 RECONCILIATION: JUSTICE AND PBAQ rHROUGH WORSHIP AND

Conversation Participants will live, study, and worship with the Taize
Community in Taize, France. Readings, conversations, and prayers will follow
Taize's emphasis on the struggle- and authenticity of Christian reconciliation.
Leader: Julie Johnson. This course may also be counted as a pilgrimage tor
completion of the Certificate in Spiritual Formation.

September 30 PREAC mini i AN1 > Wc >RS1 OF P< >R ADVBN1 This workshop will feature
a morning session exploring the Advent I ectionary texts and an afternoon
session exploring dimensions of effective preaching and worship for the Advent
season. Leaders: Stan Saunders; Buddy Enniss '58, interim pastor of Trinity
Presbyterian Church, Atlanta; and Laura Mendenhall. Cost: $75.

October 13 -18 HISTORY OF ( HRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY An exploration of Christian
spirituality from the early church to the present day. Leader: Catherine
Gonzalez. Cost: $300.

October 27 - November 1 IMMERSION Week Introductory course for the
Certificate in Spiritual Formation and an in-depth exploration of the many
dimensions of Christian spirituality. Participants will engage in personal
reflection and community sharing and enjoy lectures from Columbia s faculty.
Leaders: Columbia faculty and Julie Johnson. Cost: $400.

November 1 - 3 Group Spirituai. DlRECTK >N Join the Spirituality Program in
Santa Barbara, California, at Mount Calvary Monastery as we explore the
Christian tradition of listening for God together. Leaders: Lisa Myers and
Anne Wright Shelton. Cost: $225.

November 4-6 CRAFTING Speech FOR PUBI it WORSHIP A practical course focused
on creative use of language in writing prayers and liturgy for worship. Leader:
Brian Wren. Cost: $140.

November 6-8 Purpose-Driven Minis m in PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES An explo-
ration of the principles and practices of the "purpose-driven church" and their
applications for Presbyterian churches. Leaders: Michael Carey, pastor Trinity
Presbyterian Church, Satellite Beach, Florida, and Ben Johnson. Cost: $100.

LEARN about being God's people
together through a study of Ephesians.
The 2002-2003 Presbyterian Women's
study is No Longer Strangers A Study
of the Letter to the Ephesians. In the
summer preview study, we will
explore how the author of Ephesians
has taken seriously the meaning of
community, for his time and for now.

The study will look at three sustain-
ing aspects of Christian community:
prayer, new life in Christ, and the con-
gregation as a dwelling place for God.

The course is particularly
designed for those who will be teach-
ing the series in Presbyterian Women's
circles, but it is open to everyone.

Choose from four course options:
two week-long courses (June 24-28
and August 5-9) and two weekend
courses (August 9-10 and August 23-

24). The weekday courses meet 9 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m. The weekend courses
meet 7 to 9 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to
12:30 p.m. Saturday.

Course instructors are Kay
Huggins, an ordained Presbyterian
minister who is author of the 2002-
2003 PW study and is associate for
education and evangelism for Valley
Presbyterian Church in Green Valley,
Arizona; Rebecca Parker, an ordained
Presbyterian minister who is associate
director of Mary & Martha's Place in
Atlanta, and Linda Morningstar, asso-
ciate director of the Lay Institute at
Columbia.

For the weekday courses, tuition is
$50 (plus $25 for lunch). For the week-
end courses, tuition is $35. For more
information, call 404/687-4577.

Summer Lay Scholars to study
film and the spiritual journey

Film and the Spiritual journey is the
topic for Summer Lay Scholars 2002,
led by Ed McNulty, a Presbyterian
pastor who is editor of Visual Parables,
a publication that explores religious
values in movies.

This course provides a theological
exploration of movies past and pre-
sent. Delve into how movies can help
us think about our own spiritual lives
and understand our spiritual journeys.

McNulty conducts movie groups
and seminars in which he and others
view and discuss how mainstream
Hollywood films grapple with the
same thorny issues found in biblical
narratives issues of greed, grace,
betrayal, relationship, and violence,
for example. Among the films being

considered for this seminar are
Contact; Monsignor Quixote; Oh
Brother, Where Art Thou?; Walking
Across Egypt; Tender Mercies; and The
Third Miracle.

The week begins with orientation
and the first class session Monday
evening, August 5. Classes meet from
10 a.m. until 3 p.m. Tuesday through
Thursday, 10 a.m. until noon on
Friday.

Tuition, room and board is $325;
tuition only is $190. Registration
deadline is July 30, and enrollment is
limited. To reserve space, pay a $25
non-refundable deposit or the full
amount. For more information, call
404/687-4577, fax 404/687-4591,
or e-mail LayInstitute@CTSnet.edu. D

Fall Lay Institute courses set

Spirituality Prog
new partnership

This fall Columbia's Spirituality
Program will add Montreat Conference
Center in North Carolina to its list
of partnership sites. Already in part-
nership with Austin Presbyterian
Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh
Theological Seminary, and Whitworth
College, the Columbia program will
offer courses for credit towards the
Certificate in Spiritual Formation at
Montreat.

Luther Smith, professor of church
and community at Candler School of

ram celebrates
with Montreat

Theology at Emory University, will
teach "Howard Thurman: Spiritual
Companion for the Journey"
October 31 to November 3 at Montreat.
A twentieth-century mystic, theolo-
gian, and activist, Thurman inspired
generations in their commitment to
personal and social transformation.

For more information on the
Spirituality Program or to register for
courses, call 404/687-4587, or email
sptyprog@CTSnet.edu.

Fall Lay School will once again
feature two sessions. Session One will
meet on Monday evenings, 7:30 to 9:30,
September 16, 23, 30, and October 7.
Professor of New Testament Charlie
Cousar '58, Assistant Professor of
Ethics Mark Douglas, and author and
seminary musician Mike Morgan will
teach courses.

Cousar will teach Paul's Letter to
the Romans. Douglas's course, "You
Are What You Eat" will focus on ethi-
cal issues involving food, its produc-
tion, distribution, and consumption.
Morgan will describe the evolution of
the English Bible from the sixteenth
century to the present.

Session Two will meet on Monday
evenings, 7:30 - 9:30, October 21, 28,
and November 1, 11. Courses will be
taught by New Testament Professor
Beth Johnson, Professor of Pastoral
Theology Emmanuel Lartey, and Dean
of Faculty Cam Murchison. Johnson
will teach "Life Together in the
Household of God." Lartey 's course,
"What to Do When You Don't Know

What to Do," will focus on how we
make faithful decisions in a confusing
world. Murchison's "Money Matters"
will help students understand the
importance of stewardship in every
aspect of their lives.

Learn about reconciliation

In addition, people who work or live
in midtown Atlanta can explore issues
of reconciliation in "Fixing What's
Broken," offered by the Lay Institute
at North Avenue Presbyterian Church,
Tuesday evenings in September.

Old Testament scholars Walter
Brueggemann and Kathleen O'Connor
and New Testament scholars Beth
Johnson and Stan Saunders will draw
on the stories of such biblical charac-
ters as Jonah, Ruth, Jacob and Esau,
and Peter and Paul. Participants will
consider the difficulties and fulfill-
ments of reconciling individuals,
communities, and nations.

For more information, call
404/687-4577, or e-mail
Laylnstitute@CTSnet.edu.

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James Balloun, CEO of Acuity Brands, and Leo Mullin, CEO of Delta Air Lines,
discuss corporate governance after Enron at a Southern Institute program.

Ethics institute addresses Enron,
other business issues

Calling the collapse of Enron
Corporation "a fundamental ethical
failure/' Delta Air Lines chairman and
CEO Leo Mullin is convinced no
amount of legal or regulatory restraint
can prevent corporate wrongdoing if
business leaders lack the personal
values and integrity to make the right
decisions.

Mullin was one of four business
leaders who spoke at "Corporate
Governance after Enron," a recent
program of The Southern Institute
for Business and Professional Ethics,
which is located on the Columbia
Seminary campus. The event brought
together 175 business executives,
CEOs, and clergy to consider ethical
questions arising from the bankruptcy
of America's seventh-largest company.
Panelists agreed that corporate

America's inordinate emphasis on
short-term profit, so prevalent in
recent years, contributed to the
"perfect storm" that swept away the
Texas-based energy giant. "Enron is
the quintessential example of literally
thousands of very bright people who
were motivated highly for shareholder
value and went way over the edge
because they violated basic ethics,
basic understandings of what's the
right thing to do," said James Balloun,
chairman, CEO, and president of
Acuity Brands.

The gathering to discuss the
lessons of Enron is only one example
of The Southern Institute's work in the
regional business and professional
community. President John C. Knapp
(MATS '95) emphasizes that the
Institute works for the betterment of

business and sodet) by stimulating
community dialogue and awareness ol

ethical issues, while offering practical
high-quality, educational programs

A former businessman w ho man-
aged a consulting firm tor 15 years,
knapp holds a Ph D. in moral th
from the Universit) ol Wales and is a
nationally recognized expert m organi-
zational ethiCS, crisis management,
and corporate reputation In 1993, he

led a group ot business people In

forming tin- Institute. "Our aim was
to be a unique resource for indi\ uluals
and organizations seeking to .utdress
the ethical challenges ot business and
professional Lift

1 le Stresses that the Institute h.is
always maintained a strong commit-
ment to exploring the theological
dimensions ot ethical issues Tor .i
great many people,'' he contend
"careers are made more meaningful
when the teachings of their faith BT

applied to the sometimes harsh reali

ties ot their work." Special programs
are ottered through dlUTi heS >nd

Columbia Seminary, and .i gathering

<>t business Leaders was convened
recently in partnership with the 1 nth
and the City program.

The most recent addition to tin-
Institute's offerings is an interai live
business simulation called "< arTown,
U.S.A.," targeted toward high school
classrooms and church youth groups
One thousand copies of the boxed
game are now being prepared for
national distribution.

CarTown, U.S.A. simulates the
buying and selling of used automo-
biles Players are assigned to eight
different "families," each with its o\\ n
income and demographic makeup.
After all families have bought and
sold cars, a facilitated discussion
ensues, which raises questions ot
honesty, obligations to others, and the
nature of business

"It's not a typical 'ethics' exei
says Knapp. "We capitalize on teens'
interest in cars to engage them in the
role play, and the ethical issues arise
naturally from that. Certain issues

tend to be raised in e.u h discussion
Most students come to the game with

predictable attitudes and assumptions
about business, such as the assump-
tion that deception Is an accepted
ns ot getting ahead I'he purpos

ot (. ai fown, U VA is to challenge

those assumptions and encourage
i ritical reflection

institute Vice President <- atharine

kiuhar has guided the development
ot the game OVa the last toui \eats

She adds During the debriefing
portion ot the simulation you will hear

statements like, Ibis is just theua\
business is,' oi. "YOU K foolish to

expei i honest} I hese >" often Ide i
tin- teens have picked up from popular
culture and thi Ion unites

them to considei deepei 1st u

"We need lool no furtha 'ban
tin- 1 rtron i risis to see that this kind
ol thinking whi< h la being learned
earh "> i' 1 *' mual be i hallenged on
.ihh ,ii grounds "

Other services ol [he Southern
Institute ln< lude Its online journal,

| ioodBu mess, and .eguLu diSl U ISlOfl

forums featuring speakers from the
regional business, Legal, religious
, m ,i 1 1\ i. communities Mosl recentij
Atlanta Mayoi Shirle) I ranklin Bpoke
on Hi.' Bubje< I ol ethics reform In i It)
go\ ci nment.

iiu- Institute also has taken Initia
tive i" areas >>i diversity management,
religion in the workplace, and the
legu] ,,., ts ot dis( nomination and
harassment. Its ad\ i SOrj Ben la IS and

, ustomized seminara an offered to a
varierj ol business and communitj
organizations.

II,,,.,. seminars will beoffered
this summer, as well as a program on
the Institute's third Survey oj Georgia
I / , i. on Business I Ihics Anew grad

ua t e < , rlih.ate in Managerial EthlCfl
will be offered in 200 <

For more information about the
programs and resoun e \ i ll
Mnvw.southerninstitute.org oi i all

404/687-4552. D

David Dault (MATS '02)

January seminars focus on Christian
belief, theological difference

Mark your calendar now for an
exciting mid-winter continuing educa-
tion event to be held January 27-30,
2003. The focus is on Christian belief
in a world of theological difference.
How do church leaders work to build
the body of Christ in such a world of
difference?

Featured leaders include Dr. Jack
Haberer (D.Min. '89), pastor of the
Clear Lake Presbyterian Church in
Houston Texas, and author of
GodViews: The Convictions That Drive
Us and Divide Us. Haberer has been a
pastor for 18 years and active in the
national work of the Presbyterian
Church (USA). Haberer notes,
"Believers have different beliefs and
different expressions of ministry.
These may appear contradictory, but

often they are complimentary."

Other featured leaders include
two longtime members of Columbia's
faculty. George Stroup, professor of
theology, member of the committee
which wrote the Brief Statement of
Faith, and contributor to Many Voices,
One God: Being Faithful in a Pluralistic
World, will lead a seminar focused on
the importance of understanding one's
theological identity as a Christian in
order to engage in conversations about
belief and practice. He will also look at
differences expressed in creeds, confes-
sions, and other statements of faith.

Catherine Gonzalez, recently
retired professor of church history
and author (with Justo Gonzalez) of
The Liberating Pulpit and Rei>elatwn,
will lead a seminar exploring lessons

learned from history as the church
struggles to deal with theological and
cultural differences today.

Dent Davis, Columbia's new direi
tor of continuing education, past.
26 years, and former dire, toi ol tin-
Foundation for Community
Encouragement, will lead a session
exploring the use of dialogue in
ministry. Critical for effective commu-
nication in a pluralistic world, dia-
logue also has important theological
implications.

As always, this January Seminars
will also be a time for inspiring wor-
ship, stimulating conversations, and
good ideas for ministry, as well a
opportunity to enjoy Atlanta. Make
plans now to attend. Cost is $65 per
day or $225 for the week. For more
information, call 404/687-4562, email
ConEd@CTSnet.edu, or visit
www.CTSnet.edu. D

Graduation 2002
continued from pag '

church growth and evangelism Utt

gj .,,, , : the Indiantown < ountry

Church Award for outstanding work
in rural ministry

IV |, M ,. i and i eleste M.Boyd
Book Award was given to students
judge, i to be .'."X" 1 Btewardsol atheo
logical library. The award Lven

to Rebekah Durham, David Dault,
and Christopher Denny.

foshua Braley was awarded the
Columbia I riendship Circle Graduate

Fellowship Award II" ( olumbia
< ...i.luale leUowshipS were given to
Katie Kicks and Susanna 1 lendy.

A listing of gradual. I na-

tion topics and placements will
appear in the next ssue of Vantage. C
David Dault (MATS '02)

SUMMER 2002

For the Record

If you have recent news to contribute to this section, please mail it to
the editor, or you may e-mail it to harperj@CTSnet.edu.

Joanna Adams '79 is co-pastor of

Fourth church, Chicago Eric Myers

'91 is at Garrett Evangelical
Theological Seminary studying
toward a Ph.D. in liturgical studies.
He is part-time director of Christian
education at the Highland Park, 1L,
church, and has completed the Master
in Liturgical Studies degree at Notre

Dame Lisa Nuemberger Myers

(MATS '92) is assistant director of
student loans at Northwestern

University Alan Elmore '69 has

retired after 12 years as general pres-
byter of the Presbytery of Charlotte
and lives in Greenville, SC. For seven
weeks he served the johnsonville
Uniting Church in Wellington, New

Zealand MaryAnn McKibben

Dana '03 co-led a workshop on
young women's spirituality at the
Association of Presbyterian Church
Educators' annual conference in

Toronto Cameron Murchison,

dean of faculty, executive vice presi-
dent, and professor of ministry,
participated in the Consultation on
the Constitution of the PC(USA) at
Columbia and led a staff retreat for
Trinity church, Atlanta. He co-led a
retreat with Christine Yoder, assistant
professor of Old Testament for a
cluster of Presbyterian churches in

Columbia, SC Charles Evans '78

received a plaque of appreciation
for 20 years of missionary service
in Africa, Asia, and Europe at the
General Assembly last year. His last
assignment was in Tajikistan, where
he served as the first PC(USA) mis-
sionary to that country.

Douglas Oldenburg, president
emeritus, has developed Advocates
for Ministry, which works through
colleges to find students open to
exploring the possibility of becoming

local church pastors Bill Harkins,

assistant professor of pastoral theolo-
gy and care, was selected to the
American Association of Pastoral
Counselors (Southeast region)
Executive Committee as chair of the
Theological and Social Concerns
Committee. He spoke at the round-
table panel discussion sponsored by
Samaritan Centers of Greater Atlanta
and attended the Georgia Association
of Marriage and Family Therapy clini-
cal conference at St. Simon's Island.
...Beth Grimshaw '96 was awarded a
$10,000 grant from the Michigan
Conference United Church of Christ
Church Council for renovations to the
Haslett Community Church Sunday
school program. Beth is pastor for

youth and children Kathleen

O'Connor, professor of Old
Testament, taught a class at First
church, Atlanta, for the Lay Scholars
Institute. She published an article in
Theology and Sacred Scripture. Her
book, Lamentations and the Tears
of the World, has been published.

Jeff Aiken '69 is chair of the board

of Presbyterian Homes, Inc., which
operates retirement communities in
four states of the Northeast. He is
pastor oi First church, Allentown, PA.
....Dent Davis (DMin '89), director of
continuing education, completed his
Ed.D. degree at the University of
Tennessee and received an award as
outstanding doctoral student in adult
education at the university. He is on
the Planning Committee for the annual
. nnference of the Society for the
Advancement of Continuing Education

for Ministry Rick Dietrich, director

of the Lay Institute of Faith and Life,
taught Sunday school at Trinity
church, Atlanta, and moderated the
session and preached regularly at
Chapel in the Pines church,
Birmingham. He moderated a panel
discussion for the annual communica-
tions seminar of the Synod of Living

Waters Jeannette Rodenbough

(DMin '93) has retired and is working
as the hunger action enabler for Salem
Presbytery.

Laura Mendenhall, president,
preached and taught at events for
Mississippi, Foothills, Flint River,
Providence, and St. Andrews presby-
teries. She served as panelist for a
discussion at Candler School of
Theology and participated in the
Brown Lectures at First church, Dallas.
She preached at the Global Missions
( on terence, St. Andrews church,
Taylor, SC, and at Charles Avenue
church, New Orleans. She participated
in a lecture series at Austin Seminary
and at the South Highland church,

Birmingham Mark Wright '01 is

pastor of First church, Dundee, NY,
and the Weston, NY, church Joey

BIRTHS

To Sarah '97 and David '02 Parker,
a son, William David, April 24, 2002.
To Anna '99 and Bryan McArthur,
a son, Caleb Bryan, May 14, 2002.
To Anne '01 and Jim Apple,
a daughter, Abigail Bridgewater,
May 18, 2002.

To Blair '02 and Kimberly Beaver,
a son, Noah James, March 25, 2002.
To Byron (MATS '04) and Rie Harris,
a daughter, Isabella Marie, May 28,
2002.

DEATHS

Charles O. Ferguson '52, May 5, 2002.
Ben Dunagan '60, March 17, 2002.
Stephen H. Janssen (DMin '93),
June 1,2002.

Stuart McWilliam, May 20, 2002.
McWilliam, a minister of the Church
of Scotland, taught preaching at
Columbia on a number of occasions.
He was pastor of the Beechgrove
Church, Aberdeen, and the
Wellington Church, Glasgow.

Byrd '87 was promoted to major in the
North Carolina National Guard, where
he is the only Presbyterian chaplain.
He works at Commscope and is co-
pastor of Armstrong Memorial church,
Gastonia Chris Dungan '97 is pro-
gram associate in the Nashville office
of the Fund for Theological Education,
an initiative of the Lilly Endowment,

Inc Lawrence Peebles '83 is pastor

of the Bethel church of Walterboro, SC.

Shannon Kershner '99 is senior
pastor at Woodhaven church, Irving,

TX Alan Harvey '86 is associate

pastor at First church, Winter Haven,

FL Laura Dunham '94 has written

Graceful Living: Your Faith, Values,
and Money in Changing Times. She has
retired from her position as associate
executive for mission and funds devel-
opment, Synod of Southwest.. ..Shirley
Guthrie, professor emeritus, taught
and preached at First church, Little
Rock; John Calvin church, Salisbury,
NC; the Hickory, NC, church; and
First church, Maitland, FL. He led a
Sunday school series at Trinity church,
Atlanta, a ministers' retreat for
Presbytery of Arkansas, a presbytery
school for Central Florida, and a pre-
presbytery conference for Florida
Presbytery. ...Carlos Cardoza-Orlandi,
associate professor of world
Christianity, made presentations at
Brite Divinity School, Society of
Pentecostal Studies, Overseas
Ministries Study Center, The American
Society of Church History, the
Archdiocese of Atlanta, and Princeton
Theological Seminary. His book,
Mission: An Essential Guide, and arti-
cles in Apuntes and Mas Voces:
Reflexiones Teologicas de la Iglesia
Hispanica have been published.

Caroline Leach '72 and Nibs
Stroupe '75 are co-pastors of Oakhurst
church, Decatur, GA, which was
chosen as one of the 300 "churches of
excellence" by a Lilly-funded study.
...David Bowerman '92 has been
assigned to the 212th MASH unit in

Miesau, Germany Mary Beth

Lawrence '86 is associate pastor of the

Gaithersburg, MD, church Carl

Marshall '93 is pastor of a new church
development in Cherokee Presbytery.
...Chuck Campbell, associate profes-
sor of homiletics, preached, taught
Sunday school, and delivered the
Cotham Lectures at the Westover Hills
church, Little Rock, and gave three lec-
tures at the Rochester College Sermon
Seminar. He preached and delivered
the annual Palm Sunday Peace and
Justice Lecture at the Montview
church in Denver. His book, Preaching
Jesus, has been published in Korean.

Sara Juengst '83 has written The

Road Home: Images for the Spiritual
Journey.

Wade Huie '46, professor emeritus,
preached at Covenant church, Augusta;
First church, Elberton, GA; Gum Creek
church, Oxford, GA; Rabun Gap, GA,
church; Rivermont church,
Chattanooga; and for Holy Week ser-
vices at the Chadbourn, NC, church.
He published a book review for
Association of Presbyterians for Cross-

Cultural Mission Barbara Jordan '01

is associate pastor for congregational
care at the Crossroads church,

Mequon, WI Allen Huff '96 is

associate pastor of the Shelby, NC,

church Julie Johnson (DMin '98),

spirituality program director, conduct-
ed a clergy retreat for Eastern Virginia
Presbytery and participated with a
Columbia women's seminarian group
in a series on depression. She was
keynote speaker for the Rock Eagle
Presbyterian Women annual retreat.
..Paul Brokaw '98 is pastor of the

Hanover church, Clinton, PA Jackie

Lindberg '97 is pastor of the Oxford,

NC, church Marcia Riggs, associate

professor of Christian ethics, was
plenary speaker for the Teaching
Beyond Boundaries: Moral Education
Conference sponsored by the
Religious Education Association.
She was the Martin Luther King, Jr.,
Distinguished Lecturer at Duke
Divinity School and plenary speaker
for the Fund for Theological Education
conference, Excellence in Ministry.
Ron Cram, associate professor
of Christian education, taught the
young adults Sunday school at Glenn
Memorial United Methodist, Atlanta,
and was speaker for the Christian
educators of Greater Atlanta

Presbytery meeting Jeri Perkins '87

is pastor of First church, Hartsville,

SC David Dault (MATS '02) taught

at the Friends General Conference. He
was a leader at the Montreat Youth
Conference and taught the Berean
Bible class at First church, Atlanta.
His book review was published in
journal of Religious Education.
...Rodger Nishioka, associate profes-
sor of Christian education, preached
and delivered lecture series at First
church, Greensboro, NC, and
Southminster church, Houston. He
was the February meeting lecturer for
New Providence church, Maryville,
TN, and Maryville College, and led
workshops for the Church Leaders
Training Conference for the Great
Lakes Region of the Assemblies of
God. He preached at Hillside church,
Decatur, GA; Shandon church,
Columbia, SC; Lafayette Orinda

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church, Lafayette, CA. He was
keynote speaker and preacher for
the Wyoming Presbytery meeting,
the North Georgia Presbytery event
on young adult ministry, and the
National Council of Churches Young
Adult Ministry Gathering in San

Diego Tom Walker '65 has retired

from First church, Franklin, TN.

Mike O'Neil '93 and Christine
Baker were married April 7 in

Cameron, TX Charlie Cousar '58,

professor of New Testament, delivered
the Blake Lectures at First church,
Franklin, TN. He taught Sunday
school at First church, Atlanta;
Timberridge church, McDonough, GA;
and at the Decatur, GA, church. He
preached at the Highlands ARP

Church, Grayson, GA Brian Wren,

professor of worship, led workshops
on hymnody at the Praise and
Worship Conference, Atlanta, and a
seminar with the Catholic Scholars
Guild at Emory University. He lec-
tured and led worship and workshops
at Hamline University and the
plenary session and hymn festival
for "The Faith We Sing," United
Methodist Publishing House event,
Atlanta. He lectured and was work-
shop leader at the Festival of
Homiletics, Chicago, and at Chicago's

First United Methodist Church. He
commissioned the hymn, "Christ Is
the Shepherd True," for Clairmont
church, Decatur, and co-authored an

article for journal for Preacher* Anna

Carter Florence, assistant professor of
preaching and worship, lectured and
preached at the Festival of Homiletics
in Chicago.

Thomas Walker '89 is senior pas-
tor of the Palms church, Jacksonville

Beach, FL Ernestine Cole, associate

dean of students, was keynote
speaker at the Association of
Theological Schools Conference for
Student Services Personnel in
Pittsburgh. She attended the meeting
of the Advice and Counsel Group for
the General Assembly of the Advocacy
Committee on Women's Concerns in
Louisville and the General Assembly

in Columbus Raymond Roberts '84

is author of Whose Kids Are They
Anyway? Religion, Morality, and

America's Public Schools Walter

Brueggemann, professor of Old
Testament, preached at Pine Street
church, Harrisonburg, PA; St. Mark's
Episcopal Church, Dalton, GA; Peace
United Church of Christ (UCC),
Tilden, NE; Dorchester church,
Summerville, SC; and Rayne
Memorial United Methodist Church,
New Orleans. He addressed a confer-
ence of ministers of large Presbyterian
churches in Orlando, as well as giving
an address to a Jewish-Christian con-

sultation at First church Atlanta, at
Myers Park church, Charlotte and
the clergy ( onference ol Penns) K ania
Southeast Conference, UCC, I ancaster,

l'\ He led a clerg\ senunai toi

Charleston Atlantic Presbyterj and
ga\ e the Edmunds I ectures at Second
church, Roanoke, VA His articles have

i published in Christian Century,
Catalyst, and The Witness, m^ heco
authored Struggling with Scriptv

Emmanuel Lartey. professoi ol
theology and pastoral care, attended
the annual conference ot the Amei u m
Association ot Pastoral Counselors
and was formally receh ed as a mem-
ber. He made a presentation as presi

dent ot the International l oun il >>n
Pastoral (. are and I ounseling and

spoke .it the Society tor Pastoral
Theology Confereni e In I tern a
.. ..C. Benton Kline, president emeritu
taught adult classes at [rinit] church,
Atlanta, and at the North Decatur, ( i \

church Sharon Mook, assistant

professor of pastoral theolog) and
care, is a member of the Professional
Advisory Committer toi ilu-i linu.il
Pastoral Education program at the
Verdery Center for Pastor.il Can- and

Counseling, Atlanta. She led an edw a

tional event tor ministers of St. Andrew
Presbytery, attended the annual
meeting of the Society for Pastoral
Theology in Denver, and partu Ipated
in the Through Hispanic EyesFacultj
Seminar in Puerto Rico Marianne

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Buddy Enniss '58 and Cecil Moore '62 are 2002 Distinguished Service Award recipients.

Service awards presented

At its annual Alumni /ae Association
meeting in April, Columbia Seminary
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(Buddy) Enniss '58 (Th.M. '68) and
A. Cecil Moore '62. These awards are
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who have shown outstanding
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Enniss dedicated 41 years to
urban ministry, serving six churches
during times of cultural transition. A
Davidson College graduate, he served
in the U.S. Army Infantry. Enniss was
the first pastor of Hillside Presbyterian
Church, Decatur, Georgia, and also
served as pastor of Presbyterian
churches in Louisville, Tallahassee,

Atlanta, and Bronxville, New York.
In 1999 he retired to Atlanta. He is
currently interim pastor at Trinity
Presbyterian Church.

Enniss received an honorary
doctorate from Davidson College in
1988. He has served on the boards of
Queens and Eckerd colleges and
Union Theological Seminary in New
York and was recently elected to the
Board of Trustees at Columbia. Enniss
has also served as moderator of the
Presbytery of Greater Atlanta. In 1989
the Martin Luther King Center for
Nonviolent Social Change awarded
him their Community Service Award.

Moore served Columbia as super-
intendent of buildings and grounds
from 1973 until 2001. He earned a B.S.
from Auburn University and then
served in the U.S. Army. Following
graduation from Columbia, Moore
served pastorates in Tallassee,
Alabama, and in Collins, Mississippi.

Moore was superintendent of
buildings and grounds during a time
of major expansion in and renovation
of campus facilities. These included
classroom and administration build-
ings, the library, residence halls, family
housing, and faculty homes. In 1996,
he was the first recipient of the Betsey
Burgess Staff Award, which recognizes
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Christian character in upholding the
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CONTENTS

Graduation 2002 1

Alumnus elected PC(USA) moderator 1

First recipient of Harrington Prize 1

Nurturing faithful servants 2

New church history professor named 2

Presidents' home being renovated 2

Alumnus receives Guggenheim award 3

Catherine Gonzalez retires 3

Events calendar 4

Spirituality, Lay Institute offerings 4

Institute of business and professional ethics 5

Continuing education course 5

For the Record 6

From the Bookstore 7

Retirement income to depend on 7

Distinguished Service Awards given 8

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