Columbia Theological Seminary Vantage, 91, number 3, Winter 2000

COLUMBIA
THEOLOGICAL
SEMINARY

Vantage

WINTER 2000

'Worship and music'
headlines Colloquium

''WORSHIP and Music in the Twenty-
I nst Century" headlines Columbia's
( olloquium '00, April 24-26. This
important topic in the life of the
church will be developed throughout
the three-day event by speakers,
preacher, and workshops.

Don E. Saliers and Marva J. Dawn
are speakers, and Thomas H. Troeger
is the guest preacher. There are excit-
ing new events this year, along with
familiar favorites. Traditional activities
include worship services, lectures,
and opportunities for interaction with
guest speakers, professors, and col-
leagues. New activities include work-
shop opportunities, a Softball game for
alumni /ae, students, faculty, and staff,
and a dramatic telling of the Gospel of
John. Alumni/ae activities include the
Alumni/ae Association banquet and
class reunions.

Colloquium '00 kicks off with a
picnic and softball game at the recre-
ation field at 12 noon on April 24.

Monday afternoon activities have
been planned to provide an opportu-
nity for rest and recreation following
Easter. Time is open to take in a round
of golf, a game of tennis, or Columbia's

new labyrinth for a meditation walk.
Participants may wish to visit Emory
University's Carlos Museum or shop at
Lenox Square.

A reception at 5:00 p.m. will be
followed by the banquet at 6:00 p.m.
in the Richards Center. The banquet
will include a welcome from retiring
President Douglas Oldenburg, presen-
tation of two Distinguished Service
Awards, and other Alumni/ae
Association business. The reunion
classes of 1925-49, 1950, 1955, 1960,
1965, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990,
1995, and 1999 will be honored.

Dinner is followed by an 8:00 p.m.
worship service led by Troeger. His
sermon title, "Terrified by Resurrection,''
is drawn from Matthew 27.

Day two, April 25, begins with
morning prayer at 9:00 a.m. led by
Troeger, followed by Saliers' first lec-
ture. Saliers' overall title is "The
Travail of Worship in a Culture of
Hype," and his first lecture's title is
"Where Has All the Glory Gone?"
After a mid-morning break, Saliers
will continue to lecture on "Whence
the Holy Now?"

After the luncheon at 12:00, the

Highlights of the schedule

Monday, April 24

Noon Picnic and Softball Game

2:00 p.m. Free time. Spend your afternoon at golf, tennis, labyrinth,

prayer room, Carlos Museum at Emory University, or shopping
5:00 p.m. Reception
6:00 p.m. Banquet
8:00 p.m. Worship: "Celebrating the Risen Christ," Thomas Troeger

Tuesday, April 25

9:00 a.m. Morning Prayer, Thomas Troeger
9:15 a.m. "Where Has All the Glory Gone?" Don Saliers
10:45 a.m. "Whence the Holy Now?" Don Saliers
Noon Luncheon

2:00 p.m. Eleven workshops offered. See copy above for topics and leaders.
5:30 p.m. Dinner on one's own in Decatur, Atlanta's new restaurant enclave
7:30 p.m. The Gospel of John, performed at Decatur Presbyterian Church
by Meda Stamper '99

Wednesday, April 26

9:00 a.m. "Suffering Glory," Marva Dawn

10:30 a.m. "Holy Bearing," Marva Dawn

11:30 a.m. Worship: "Following the Risen Christ," Thomas Troeger

Don E. Saliers

Marva ]. Dawn

Thomas H. Troc^ci

remaining Tuesday schedule follows a
new format. From 2:00 - 5:00 p.m.,
11 workshops focusing on worship
and music in the new century will be
offered. Options include: Travel Tips for
the Journey, with Tom Troeger; The
Home as Domestic Church: Equipping
Parents to Nurture the Faith of Their
Children, with David Batchelder;
Designing Contemporanj Worship
Services, with Randy Rowland; Sabbath
WJwleness for Clergy: Gift for Worship,
with Marva Dawn; Worship and Youth:
Worship for Them and with Them, with
Jodi Martin; Reformed Worship: Living
in Time and History, Our Reformed
Liturgical Roots, with Fred Holper;
Music in the Worship Service: Tough
Choices, with Paul Detterman;
Managing Time or Marking Time? Living
the Liturgical Year, with Deborah
McKinley; Anthem Reading for
Musicians, with Porter Remington;
Radical Re-Creation!: Preaching Work as
Spirit-Play, with David Schlafer; and
The Imaginative Congregation: The Use
of the Arts in Worship, with Sidney
Fowler. Cost for a workshop is $30
per person.

At 5:30 p.m., participants will
leave for downtown Decatur for dinner
on their own. In recent years, Decatur
has become known as one of metro-
Atlanta's noted restaurant enclaves.

At 7:30 p.m., at Decatur
Presbyterian Church, "The Gospel of
John" will be performed by Meda
Stamper '99, followed by a reception.
Stamper's performance, which was
performed last year to great acclaim, is
a dramatic telling of the Fourth Gospel
from the biblical text.

The final day of Colloquium '00
features lectures by Marva Dawn and
the concluding worship service. With
an overall theme of "The Hope of
Worship in a Culture of Travail,"
Dawn begins her first lecture,

"Suffering Glory," at 9:00 a.m. After
a mid-morning break, Dawn will
present her second lecture, "Holy
Bearing." A worship service will be
led by Troeger, who will preach from
Acts 9 on "Resurrection Weavings."

Don E. Saliers holds the Franklin
N. Parker chair as professor of theology
and worship and director of the
Master of Sacred Music program at
Emory University. An ordained United
Methodist elder, he has served both
rural and inner-city ministries. He is
currently president of the Society for
the Study of Christian Spirituality.
Saliers' recent publications include
Worship Come to Its Senses: Worship and
Spirituality; and Worship as Theology:
A Foretaste of Glory Divine. An active
composer, Saliers serves as
organist/choir master at Emory
University's Cannon Chapel for the
Sunday liturgies.

Marva J. Dawn is an author,
educator with "Christians Equipped
for Ministry" (CEM), and theologian.
Dawn has worked with CEM since
1979. She has also worked in special
ministries and youth and education
within the Lutheran Church. Among
Dawn's books are Reaching Out
Without Dumbing Down: A Theology of
Worship for the Turn-of-the-Centun/
Culture, which was honored in 1996 by
the Academy of Parish Clergy as one
of the year's top ten books; The
Unnecessary Pastor: Raii^ioirring the
Call, with Eugene Peterson; and

ping the Sabbath Wholly: Ceasing,
Resting, Embracing, Feasting.

Thomas H. Troeger is the Ralph
E. and Norma E. Peck Professor of
Preaching and Communications at Iliff
School of Theology in Denver. Troeger
is ordained both in the Presbyterian
Church (1970) and the Episcopal
Church (1999). His books include The
Continued on page 3

Challenges before the seminary

Douglas W. Oldenburg, President

] As I WORK

toward the end
of m\ tenure al
( olumbia, I
want to share
some thoughts
about .1 few <>!
the major chal-
enges that I
pen eh e fa< e
the seminary in
future years
Maintaining relationships with the
constituencies: ( >ne of the Strong assets
of Columbia has been our very positive
relationship with our graduates and
congregations in the Southeast To be
sure, not everyone feels it, but for the
most part, there has been a strong
sense of identity between our seminary
and the congregations of our two
supporting synods, living Waters and
South Atlantic. We are "their" semi-
nary and that feeling has been mutual.
I believe that that relationship, built
over many years by those who have
gone before us, is one of the principal
reasons our capital campaign in the
early 90's was so successful.

Since I came to Columbia in 1987,
the seminary has experienced tremen-

dous change the campus looks differ-
ent older fa< ulry and staff have retired,
all but one (.1 the v ice presidents are
new, and 23 new professors have joined
our faculty. A graduate recently said
to me, "1 don't recognize this place
anymore'"

I belie\ it is imperative that the
nev\ president/ the development offi-
cers, and the new fa< ulry spend as
much time as possible preaching,
teaching, and visiting in congregations
and sharing themselves and what is
going on at ( olumbia, It is also imper-
ative, of course, that we do everything
we can to encourage people to come
to the campus for continuing educa-
tion, Lay Institute courses, spirituality
courses, "Come See Columbia" day,
and more. Our efforts to become more
"national" must not diminish our
i lose relationship with pastors and
congregations in the Southeast
Maintaining strong faculty: The heart
of the seminary is its faculty. We have
been blessed with an absolutely out-
si . mding faculty, a community of
scholars that is deeply committed to
the church and to our mission of
preparing women and men for leader-
ship in the church. There is a healthy

diversity in our faculty, without
destructive conflict. Although some do
not have long pastoral experience,
they are all actively involved in the
life oi congregations, frequently teach-
ing and preaching and leading
retreats. One of the great challenges
in the future will be to maintain such
.i faculty, with healthy racial-ethnic,
gender, and theological diversity.
Recruiting students: During my tenure
at Columbia, I have always said that we
were not interested in more students
but always interested in recruiting
those with the greatest potential for
leadership in the church. For the past
decade, we have maintained our
enrollment. Current data clearly
shows, however, that our denomina-
tion needs not only "better" students
preparing for ministry, but "more"
students as well. In recruiting students,
we need to give a greater priority to
recruiting qualified racial-ethnic
persons who have gifts for ministry
in order to respond to the growing
cultural diversity in our country. We
need to urge congregations to be more
active in encouraging those with
special gifts for ministry to consider
that calling.

Raising additional financial
resources: To be sure, we have been
wonderfully blessed during my tenure
in receiving planned gifts and with
many friends who have given us a
priority in their charitable giving If,
however, we are to maintain an excel-
lent faculty, recruit more students,
serve the church in new ways, be an
effective resource for lifelong learning,
and continue to be an intellectual
center for the church, we will need
additional resources. With the tremen-
dous transfer of wealth currently
going on in our country, we need to
place a greater focus on encouraging
planned gifts. Our Development
Office has plans to do just that.

Those are a few of the major
challenges I see facing Columbia as it
moves into the future. Our long-range
plan, "Vision 2020," gives us an
inspiring vision and direction in which
to move. I trust our new president
will be as excited about the future of
Columbia and as passionate about our
mission as I am and will feel as fortu-
nate to be its president as I have felt.
Thanks be to God for the blessings of
the past and the challenges in the
future.

Profile of Columbia's eighth
president emerges

As Nil II COMMII II I foi

Columbia Seminary's eighth president
continues its work, a profile of the
next president has emerged. The
advertisement for the position states
that Columbia's next president "must
be an ordained minister of the
Presbyterian Church (USA). In addi-
tion, candidates should have a proven
rei ord "t i ollegia] administrative
experience, clear commitments both to
the church and to theological educa-
tion, and .i willingness to lead the
seminary toward the fulfillment of its
mission of training leaders for Un-
church."

Candidates will be expected to
have a demonstrated record of piw id
ing pastoral leadership and an appre
ciation for the value that academic
1 1 iming offers the church. The person
being sought must understand the
importance of training men and
women for ministry, especially parish
ministry. That person must also see the
necessity of providing lifelong educa-
tion for ministers beyond the basic
degree and for laypeople participating
in Columbia's courses and programs

According to Joseph Harvard '66,
chair of the Search Committee, "The

next president must work toward
strengthening Columbia's relation-
ships with its constituencies and con-
tinue the style of collegia! working
relationships that personifies life .if
( olumbia. This spirit of cooperation
will attract and nurture good col-
leagues to work at Columbia, while
strengthening the current faculty and
Staff. I he next president will encour-
age the community spirit that is a
trademark of Columbia and lead
Columbia as it continues to respond
to the needs and challenges of Un-
church."

To reach consensus on this profile,
the Search Committee has sent ques-
tionnaires to and engaged in conversa-
tions with the Board of Trustees, facul-
ty, > ice presidents, students in both
the basic and advanced degrees pro-
ms, alumni /ae, the Vision 2020
Committee, and former presidents.

The Search Committee solicits rec-
ommendations c\nd suggestions, to be
received by March 1. Contact the
chair, the Rev. Joseph Harvard, at
First Presbyterian Church, 305 E. Main
Street, Durham, North Carolina 27701,
or fax 919/682-0493.

The Presidential Search Committee is meeting monthly. In December, the group met
ai I irsl Presbyterian Church, Atlanta Members of the committee are. (front row, l-r:
Kathtyn Summers Bean '01, student representative; Billy Morris, Board member;
Trisha Senterfitl '93, alumni/ae representative; Catherine Gonzalez, faculty representa-
tive; (second row) Joanna Adams 79, chair, Board of Trustees; John Aldridge, Board
member; Frank Colcough, Board member; (third row) Tom Walker '64, alumni/ae
representative; Bill Scheu, Board member; John Weitnauer, Board member; (fourth row)
Joe Harvard '6r, chair, Search Committee; Erskine Clarke '66, faculty representative
Not pictured: Florida Ellis, Board member

VANTAGE

Rachel Winter '00 is one of Columbia* students living at East Like and particivatint in
Project BUTLER.

Columbia Seminary and East Lake
continue partnership

Columbia welcomes new vice
president and associate dean

It's 7:30 p.m. on a Thursday night in
late spring. As Columbia students
gather for conversation at the East
Lake apartment of Robert and Jenny
Alexander, the doorbell rings. Two
young children, who also live in the
Villages of East Lake, are at the door.
They are seeking a Band-Aid and
cookies. Robert and Jenny attend to
both wishes, and the children leave
with smiles, while those gathered
have seen an example of a loving,
caring community where neighbors
help one another.

This is only one example of the
ministry that Columbia students
have helped to create at the Villages
of East Lake. Project BUTLER
(Building Unity Through Love and
Energizing Recreation) began as an
after school program ministering to
children and youth of the East Lake
neighborhood.

Tom Cousins, an Atlanta develop-
er, and his wife Ann, a member of
Columbia's Board of Trustees, funded
the redevelopment of East Lake. What
had been a beleaguered, inner-city
housing project is now a mixed-income
community focusing on spiritual and
economic growth.

Prior to Columbia's renovation of
Florida Hall, the seminary sought a
creative way to provide students with
alternative housing opportunities.
The East Lake apartments provided
suitable housing, as well as potential
ministry opportunities. It is from this
background that Project BUTLER
was born.

Students and spouses moved into
the East Lake apartments and began to
develop a community-based ministry.
In addition, new faculty member

Rodger Nishioka, associate professor
of Christian education, has moved
into the East Lake community. "The
grace of God opened many doors and
windows to this ministry," says Phil
Gehman '68, dean of students. "The
seminary is deeply grateful to the
members of the seminary community
for trying something unknown and
doing such a good job."

Last year, the East Lake students
spoke before the Student Life
Committee of the Board of Trustees
to encourage them to continue the
program, even with Florida Hall
reopening. The response was over-
whelmingly positive to continue
Columbia's presence in and commit-
ment to this community. Now, with
students living at East Lake for the
second year, Columbia has again
renewed its commitment to house
students in three of East Lake's
residential dwellings.

Each Tuesday afternoon, adult
volunteers and approximately 25
children gather to eat, leam, worship,
and play together in a safe environ-
ment. All of these activities give the
participants a sense that they have
many things in common.

"The children want to be loved,
and we're there to do it," said Robert
Alexander '00. The program empha-
sizes building relationships with one
another, mutual respect, and leader-
ship The children participate in
group-building games, enjoy poetry
readings, camp out at Camp Calvin,
and assist in service projects at the
Open Door, an Atlanta ministry to the
homeless.

The presence of these Columbia
students as neighbors has been a key

J. Martin Sadi i r and i >ai IdG I omej
are two of the newest members ol the
administrative stall at Columbia

Sadler has been named * ii e president
for business and finance, and Fomej

is associate dean ol fat ultj and dire<
for of evaluation and resean li
The chiel finan< ial offii ei and
mum of the seminary Martin
Sadler comes to ( olumbia horn
Richmond, Virginia, where he was
vice president loi finani e at VAMAC,
Inc., a wholesale distributor. A 20 ai
employee there, Sadlei had earliei

served as vice president, controller,
data processing man l assis

tant ( redit manager. A graduate I 'I

Virginia Military Institute, he served

In the i S \um foi two years Sadlei
has served as both dea< on and eldei al
i urst Pre ibj terian ( hurch, Ri< hmond

i .i\ Id i orne) holds the B.S In
i h ii engineering from the I niversitj

Ol Kansas, the Mastei ol I >i\ imlv

degree from Pi Ini eton i heological

Seminary, and the I'll I > from the
i nh ei litj ol fexas I le has taught at
the i rnii ersitj ol lexas and Si Kreinei
i ollege and aei \ ed as assoi late pastoi
i"i i ampus mi mi ,i i \ and mission al
i ruvereirj Presbj terian I hun h

Austin I ornc) is , 'inhei ol Mission

Pre ib) ter) the Vmerii an \i ademy

of Religion, and the Vmerii an

i du< ational Resean h \ssoi iation. D

Conference on Ministry

For Prospective Students
February 25-27, 2000

For information or to register, call the ( Iffii e ol Admission at 404/687-4517.

factor in the success of Project BUT III'
Columbia residents of East Laki
seen by children and their parents
as neighbors, going to school, taking
walks, and sitting on llim ba< I pon hes
The experiences with BUTLER have
visibly shaped the Columbia students
as well. All who volunteer on [ueSi laj
afternoons describe their experiences
with laughter, enthusiasm, and joy.

1 or Rachel Winter '00, this experi-
ence has been part of the development
of the understanding of her call from
God to go into urban ministry. "It
practical way of doing ministry by
providing a needed presence."

Katie Rid

Colloquium '00
continued from pagt I

Parable "I the Ten Preat hers; Borrowed
i ighi Hymn Fexi . Prayei . and Poems',
Ten Strati Prea* hing in a Multi

Media Culture; New I li/nnv- foi the I ife

o) the l hun h, with ( arol Doran; and
ning a Sermon. Iroeger is .i flutist,

I"" i. and livmnwriter.

I 01 more information about
I i "lloquium '00 or to register early,
call 404/687 end email to

poeb@CTSnet.edu, or visit Columbia's
web site: www.CTSnet.edu. Q

Katie Ricks '01

WINTER 2000

Winter reading recommendations
from Columbia's faculty

rani ( !r< e. Poems by David Bottoms
Selected Stories by Alice Munro

The Marriage oj ( rfws and Harmony by Roberto Calasso
Ifefiify Fair .1 \h,v/ Without a Heroby William Makepeace rhai k<
// ( Partes/ /Vws ,-///; Bible A i l ompanion with New Translati

by James L. Kugel
A History of i hnstian 1'reachmg. Volume t. I oily of God The Rise oft hristian

Preaching In Ronald I Osborn
A Bod u i I Theopoetics of Death and Resurrection b) MelanieA Maj

No I utitie Without Forgiveness In Desmond MpiloTiitn

TheCommon Task A Theology of Christian Missionby M. fhomas Qiangaraj
Apprenticeship in Thinking I ognitive Development in Social Context

by Barbara Rogoff
Understanding ( ulture's Influenceon Behaviorby Richard Brislin
Calatians A New Translation with Introdui Hon and ( ommentary (Anchor Bible)

by J Louis Martyn
Theological Issues in the letter- oj Paul In I I ouis Martyr
Jesus: Apocalyptu Prophet oj the New Millennium by Barl I > I hrman
Hustling God win/ We Work So Hard for What God Wants toGi

by M. Craig Barnes
Bearing the Witness o) the Spirit Lesslie Newbigin's Theology of Cultural Plurality

by George R I lunsberger
Changing I rontiers oj Mission by Wilberl R Shenk
I onfident Witness Changing World, Rediscovering the < \ospel in North America

edited In ( raig Van ( leldei
The Clwnh between ( ios/n-/ and ( ult me I he I merging Mission in North America

edited In ( leorge R. I lunsberger and c raig Van ( lelder
The < hurchand ( ulhu Perspet tives in Missiological Anthropology

by I ouis | Luzbetak
< \endei in the Book oj Jeremiah: A Feminist I iterary Reading by Angela Bauer
Jeremiah The World, The Wound of Godby Daniel Berrigan
Reasoning alter Revelation Dialogues in Postmodern Jewish Philosophy

by Steven Kepnes, Peter (Vlis, ami Robert Ciibbs
The Word Ma de Stra nge Theology, language Culture b) l-'lm Milbank
Preaching in the New Creation, The Promise of New Testament Apocalyptii Texts

by David Schnasa facobsen
Trouble with Jesus: Women Christology and Preaihmg by I Susan Bond
Domination and the Arts of Resistance Hidden Transcriptsby fames C Scott
Feminist and Womanist Pastoral Theology edited by Bonnie |. Miller-McLemore

and Brita L. Gill-Austern
Living Alone by l lerbert Anderson and Freda A Gardner
Spiritual Resources in Family Therapy edited by Froma Walsh
luxury I ceei Why Money Fails to Satisfy in an Era of Excess by Robert H. Frank
Thei Overspent American: Upscaling, I downshifting, and the New Consumer

bv fuliet B. Schor
/ eading Change in the Congregation Spiritual ami ( hganizational Tools for I eaders

by Gilbert R. Rendle
Preai king I yes for I istening I ars Sermons and Commentary for Preachers and

Students oj Preaching by |. Will Ormond, with introduction and

commentary by Lucy A. Rose
Generous Saints: Congregations Rethinking I thics ami Money

by James Hudnut-Beumler
The Gifts of the Jews I low a Tribe oj ' desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone

Thinks and Feels by Thomas Cahill
The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel by Barbara Kingsolver
Amazing Grate The Lives of Children and the ( on-n ience oj a Nation

by Jonathon Kozol
The Oxford History of the twentieth Century edited by Michael Howard and

William Roger Louis
Slave Counterpoint: Black Culture m the I ighteenth-Century Chesapeake and

Lowcountry by Philip D. Morgan
For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War by James M. McPherson
Congregation: The Journey Back to Church by Gary Dorses
Beyond Silence and Denial: Death and Dying Reconsidered by Lucy Bregman
Rei'ene and Interpretation: Sensing Something Human by Thomas H. Ogden
Divine Empathy: A Theology of God by Edward I arlej
Saints and Villains: A Novel by Denise t liardina
Rocket Boys: A Memoir by Homer H. Hickam, Jr.
Saint Augustine by Garry Wills
After Writing: On the liturgical Consummation of Philosophy

by Catherine Pickstock
Between the Bible and the Church: New Methods for Biblical Pica Jung

by David L. Bartlett

Alumni/ae and Annual Fund officers
join development staff

Richard DuBose, Vice President, Development and Seminary Relations

/;//; Speed '57 (DMin '84) and Caitlin Way

From my first days as Columbia's
vice president for development and
seminary relations, I've formed two
distinct yet related impressions of the
state of development at the seminar\
First, Columbia is blessed with
large constituencies of alumni/ae,
Presbyterians, and other supporters, all
passionately invested in the continued
progress and future of the seminary.
Second, if Columbia is to move for-
ward confidently and energetically,
communicating more effectively with
these constituencies is crucial.

Several alumni and alumnae, for
example, have expressed hope that
Columbia can keep its graduates bet-
ter informed and involved in the life
of the seminary. There is indeed great
potential at Columbia for alumni/ae to
participate in several areas, including
student recruitment, maintaining edu-
cational ties through programs at the
Harrington Center, and planning
Colloquium and other seminary events.

Most important, alumni/ae serve
as a vital bridge to the church and
the "person in the pews." Knowing
attitudes and opinions about our
programs and institutional focus is as
important to the seminary's future
as is our ability to communicate
effectively that vision. To build and
maintain these channels, Columbia
needs a representative with an in-
depth knowledge of both church and
seminary, who can understand and
articulate the many messages and
responses flowing each way.

That's why I am very pleased to
announce the appointment of James
O. Speed as Columbia's new director
of alumni/ae and church relations.

Jim comes to us after 26 years as
pastor of First Presbyterian Church
in Marietta, Georgia. A graduate of
I .i\ idson College and Columbia
Seminary and a past trustee of the
seminary, Jim is well known in the
church for his work at the presbytery,

synod, and General Assembly levels.
Last year, Jim was presented Columbia's
Distinguished Service Award in
recognition of his outstanding
Christian service in ministry.

Jim's task will be to design and
implement a comprehensive alumni/ae
and church relations program. He
will serve as a liaison with both our
alumni/ae and the church, working
closely with our Alumni/ae Council,
the Columbia Friendship Circle, and
the other groups of Columbia support-
ers. Jim will assist the work of other
seminary programs continuing
education, advanced degrees, and
supervised ministry, for example to
involve pastors and lay persons who
support the seminary, its future, and
the needs of the church.

I am also thrilled to welcome
Caitlin Way to the seminary community.
Caitlin has just joined the development
staff as director of the Annual Fund.
Caitlin comes to Columbia from
Atlanta's Center for Puppetry Arts,
where she served as director of devel-
opment, overseeing all of the center's
cultivation, solicitation, and steward-
ship efforts. Prior to her work there,
she was a senior campaign manager at
Coxe Curry & Associates, a consulting
firm that directs campaigns for a
variety of non-profit organizations in
Atlanta, including the Salvation Army
and Habitat for Humanity in Atlanta.

Each year Columbia receives
gifts from churches, presbyteries, and
individuals to provide student aid,
program support, and other operating
costs. There is no more direct or imme-
diate way to support the seminary
than with these "annual gifts," which
make the difference in our ability to
provide our students the best possible
seminary education. Caitlin is ideally
suited to help us better communicate
the importance of the Annual Fund
and to expand its numbers of support,
in participants and in dollars.

VANTAGE

Iwan Russell-Jones, former professor of theology, media, and the church, taught a DMin.
course, "Image and Word: Theological Reflections on Media aiui Culture," in January.

Doctor of Ministry program
offers five approaches to degree

As Columbia Seminary enters the new
century, there is renewed excitement
about the opportunities available for
education through its Doctor of
Ministry (D.Min.) program.

Columbia offers five approaches
to the D.Min. degree Church and
Ministry, Cross-Cultural Ministry,
Gospel and Culture, New Church
Development, and Spirituality. In
addition, students may have the
opportunity to participate in interna-
tional travel seminars.

While students do focus their area
of study, electives may be taken from
any of the approaches.

Currently, 256 students are
pursuing the degree in Columbia's
Doctor of Ministry program.

Church and Ministry

The Church and Ministry approach
focuses on collegial learning, which
explores the ministry and mission of
the local congregation. It provides a
forum for students to read, reflect, and
share with one another as they develop
a new vision for church service.

"Pastors and others in church
ministry join together with colleagues
in ministry to read cutting-edge litera-
ture about the church and ministry in
the present-day United States," says
Charles Raynal, director of advanced
studies and associate professor of
theology. Students develop a vision
for their own leadership in the church
following this extended study research,
and group reflection. The student's
program of study is organized around
this new vision of service.

The Church and Ministry seminar
is offered each fall in conjunction
with Atlanta's Interdenominational
Theological Center. (For the next
dates, see the calendar on page 8.)
In addition, plans are underway for
two-week intensive seminars at exten-

sion sites throughout the Southeast.

Cross-Cultural Ministry

The Cross-Cu 1 rural approach seeks
to respond to the urgency of living and
ministering in a religiously and cultur-
ally diverse context. This approach
speaks directly to ministry in settings
where God calls the congregation to
serve people of diverse religious,
racial, and ethnic backgrounds It
seeks to facilitate and to encourage the
encounter between diverse religious
groups and the dominant culture and
to develop a Christian theology and
practice of ministry that is informed
by these diverse dynamics.

Gospel and Culture

The Gospel and Culture approach
is based on the assumption that the
North American context is now a
"mission field." Students and faculty
are challenged to discern ways to
create a new and more faithful church
through conversion and not accommo-
dation. Ultimately, students will utilize
their learning to enhance their ministry
as they proclaim the Gospel in the
cultures in which they minister.

Darrell Guder, professor of evan-
gelism and church growth, says,
"I am very enthusiastic about the high
response of students entering this
program. I am also pleased that there
are strong Gospel and Culture themes
which run through all the D.Min.
elective courses."

The next introductory seminar for
Gospel and Culture is scheduled June
18-29, 2001, on Columbia's campus.

New Church Development

The approach in New Church
Development, the only one of its kind
in Doctor of Ministry programs, is
the newest addition to Columbia's
advanced degrees program. This

approach is designed tor pastors with
five or more years experience in new
church development .mo 1 governing
body executives specializing m church
development. It aims to equip pastors
and governing nod\ executives u ith
tools tor missional church development
and str.il> mi ||\g ,>t new . on

gregations in the twentj first centurj

I urthermore, this approa< li i
ethnically; linguistically and ecumeni

Call) Ji\ erse o\ er\ iew l>< new . hut. h
development mission Although
many of the students are Preshv tei ian
c luuvh (1 s \) pastors, other denomi-
nations are represented and are eagerrj
welcomed

\ strong emphasis is placed on

spirituality and the unique spiritual
gilts ol students tor this calling of
home mission minislix

The next introductory seminar
tor New Church I )e\ elopment is
scheduled April 24-May 5, 2000, on

( olumbia i ampus.

Christian Spirituality

The approai h in I hristian

Spirituality provides minister W ith
an enrichmenl >>i both mind and spirit.

Students learn how to seek and find
depth in their own spil itualit) and
how to use those .n enues !< foster
spiritual growth within the people

whom the) sei v e.

Currently, two events .ire shaping

the Spirituals \ program. First, because

of the upcoming retirement ol Ben
lohnson, professor ol ( In r.li.m spil in.
ality, this is a transition \ eai in the
program. Second, according, to lulu-
Johnson (DMin '48), direi tor of the

Spirituality Program, " I here has been

a greater lntcrdononiin.ili. ni.il lo. u

which w as I'll ked by the dh ersity in
this year's introducioi\ seminar. This

dwersit\ is leading to greater learning
and growth by all participants "

Ihenevt mtroductors seminar tor

i hristian Spiritualitj will he held
November 6 17 2000, at Columbia

Alternative Context Travel Seminar

i hrough tr.wel to international
settings, ( olumbia .r.-ks to nurture a

I ultural, glokil mission

in all ot its students i. lunch leaders
.ue challenged to de\ elop the missii in

ot the lo. ,il . Inn. h in a global i ontexl

ilumbia 1 1 Mm program is
i on i.miK seeking t> enhani e its
further education ol ministers i his

summer. I ).Mm Students and la. ull\

membei w 111 spend three weeks in
South \in. .i exploring the question ol
Ra< e ami Religion l he major fcx us
ot the joui nej w ill be to explore hov
the South African experience can help
i'. nil. ipanta to think more i leai Ij and
taithtuih about issues ol rat e and
religion in the United States Spe< ial

attention w ill be gh en I" the l/\ ork

ol the [ruth and Rei oni illation
Commis ion tnd to is lues now bi fore
South \ii i. ans

ii,n el to South Ah i. .i La from
[une " I fulj i v 2000 Partt ipants
will tpend time In the ( apetown/
Stellenbosi h area the [ohannesburg/
Pretoria area, the rural Mpumalanga
I'imx mi. e and h rugei National Pai I

Whiir tin ii.iv el seminai Is
full) subsi i ibed, othei trips will bi
planned I oi more infoi mation or
altei native context coui ei or the
i li ii toi i 'i m h.i i j progi mi. i all
104/687-4534 oi end i mail to
ad\ .hi. .!. nidi.' -."< i oi.i edu l i

i the \d\ an< ed degrees iveb ifa
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Wood leads Lilly Grant project on
new church development

I U .III DENOMINAIIONS, INC I I [>INC the

Presbyterian Church (USA), are
participating in a Lilly Grant resean h

project on new church development
(NCD), under the leadership of H
Stanley Wood, director ol I olumbia's
Center for New Chun h I tevelopmenl

The Lilly Endowment grant ha
allowed the partu ipants to look
intensely at new church developmenl
for the twenty-firsi i cniury. I.xpci ted
to be complete in Novembei 1001, this
venture seeks to identify and analyze
the key factors found in effective new
church developments in order to
develop optimum leadership seta Hon
and evangelism as well as church
development strategies for the twenty -
< entury church.

One aspect of the project deals
with identifying trans-ecclesiastical
leadership profiles of pastoral and lay
leadership. Another aspect is the the-
ology and practice of evangelism. Also
studied will be models of new church

developmenl in those i hun hes ivhi< h

h,i\ e been | mi li< ul.n l\ eflei ti\ e

A resean h group mel ra entlj al
Princeton Theological Seminary with
Profe sol I leddes I lanson, fo( u u
on Afru an Amerii an new i hun h
ipmenl In I ' ember, under
the guidani eol Dr [usto i ( lonzalez,
former adjunct professor at C oIuiiiIm.i,

a i [iapanii re lean h group mel on

oil Plans for an Asian, Korean,

and Native American group are

undi i] the spring

A recently addi r< li objei live

calls for an analysis of annual new
church develi ipmenl Btarl tips and
denominationa] membership staastii
of each participating denomin.iin in in
order to assess the effect of new
church developments on membership
and growth within a participating
denomination. Trie research will inves-
tigate 16 years of new church develop-
in. Tit within these denominations. D

Ruth Lorell nil

WINTER 2000

Analyzing your church for
growth 7 to be held in May

Thirty-two parti ipants attended the annual potential organizing pastor conference.

Potential NCD Organizing Pastor
Conference draws record number

1 1 ii Center FOR New Church
Development (N< I >) held its fourth
annual conference for training
potential NCD< Organizing Pastors
in October at Columbia I he event
was co-sponsored by C olumbia's
Center tor New Church Development
and the Evangelism and Church
Development Program Area,
Presbyterian Church (USA).

Stan Wood, dire fcoi ol the( lenter
for New Church Development,
comments, " I Ins eonleieiu e has been
,in opportunity for pastors to come
and see what ( lod is doing in home
mission through new church develop-
ment. It is a missional stoi j which
uses case studies ot new church
pastoring and site visits to new
churches a show and tell storj

Columbia has made a commitment
to a center for new church de\ elop-
ment based upon missiological and
theological reasons. A commitment
to a theology of Missio Dei, believing
that the mission of Cod is the healing
of creation, motivated by God's
compassion in Christ, makes this
endeavor necessary. The formation of
new faith communities is one of many
essential aspects of that mission

The center draws together and
focuses the resources of the seminary
on the missional challenge ol new
church development in the U.S.A.
The center's foci are three-fold:
teaching, research, and consultation.

Through teaching, the center
shares learning experiences and a
Columbia Doctor of Ministry
approach for missionary leadership
in developing effective and growing
new churches. Through research,

analyses .ire made in all aspects oi
the formation ol new congregations
and their leadership. Finally, through
consulting; the center assists national,
middle, and local governing bodies in
forming new churches in the chang-
ing context of the twenty-first century.

Participants in the fourth annual
potential organizing pastor conference
w ere pastors who were exploring
ministry skills and personality traits
particularly suited lor new church
development leadership. Some oi the
specific skills mu\ characteristics
include a genuine excitement about
church growth, proven skills in evan-
gelism, preaching, worship leadership,
and organization, as well as a strong
faith and commitment to Christ

I oui < olumbia facult\ members
taught during the recent Potential
New Church Development
Conference, a prayerful discernment
learning experience. They were
Catherine Gonzalez, professor of
church history; Darrell Guder, profes-
sor ol evangelism and church growth;
Cameron Murchison, professor of
ministry; and Stan Wood.

In a closing evaluation, one student
noted, "The conference was wonderful.
A great ministry to me personally and
to the church at large! This is a great
example of how the seminaries and
larger governing bodies can serve the
church and help to bring needed
renewal."

For information on next year's
event, call 404/687-4585, or contact
ncd@ctsnet.edu. Or visit the web site
at www.CTSnet.edu, click "Outreach
Programs," click "New Church
Development."!!] Ruth Lovell '00

Clergy and lay leaders have heard a
good deal about systems and systems
thinking, particularly through the
work of I'eter Senge and The Fifth
Discipline With this seminar,
"Analyzing Your Church for Growth
Possibilities," scheduled May 1-3,
clergy and lay leaders will have the
opportunity to gain deeper insights
into the significance of systems
thinking for their local churches
Participants will also have the
opportunity to run a church "flight
simulator," a software program that
will allow participants to test ideas
about parish development in the
safety of a software simulator.

In this seminar, participants will:

learn about the notion of "feed-
back" in systems and explore
how feedback is important in
the local church system.

discuss and reflect on the
"limits to growth" of the local
church. Common limits are
parking, seating capacity, and
program, but is there more to
consider?

learn about the dangers of
"business as usual" and zealous
commitment to past successes.

consider how to turn churches
into "learning institutions,"
churches that have not only the
skills but also the capacity to
learn from both their successes
and failures.

take time to discuss how
these concepts affect church
development.

be introduced to several soft-
ware packages for novices
and for advanced students
which will help predict
consequences of decisions
related to church planning.

Jeffrey Bullock, leader of the semi-
nar, has served in Episcopal churches
throughout the Midwest and western
United States. He has worked as a
consultant and pursued doctoral
studies in systems science. He earned
a Doctor of Ministry degree with his
"parish flight simulator." Bullock is
rector of one of the largest Episcopal
churches in the U.S. and has also
served as rector of small, rural
churches.

Cost of the workshop is $145.
For more information, contact the
Office of Continuing Education,
404/687-4562. D Ruth Lovell '00

Summer Institute designed for
ministers and their families

The Continuing Education Summer
Institute will bring exciting new
changes to its format this year. The
concept of the new program is based
on an energetic and spirit-filled inte-
gration between traditional church
vacation Bible school and summer
camp for ministers!

Designed specifically for ministers
and their families, the week-long
e\ ent will include noted speakers,
daily festival worship services, Yoga
classes, children's programming,
family outings in the Atlanta area,
morning Bible studies for spouses,
and much more. "Participants will see
this week as a chance for a sabbatical
to be challenged with solid theological
work while simultaneously enjoying
a vacation with their families," says
Rebecca Parker, director of continuing
education.

Beverly Gaventa, former Columbia
professor and now Princeton
Theological Seminary professor, and
Patrick Willson 71, pastor of the
Williamsburg, Virginia, Presbyterian
Church, will present a workshop on
New Testament and preaching, "The
Move from Text to Sermon." Kent
Groff, author, founder and director
of Oasis Ministries for Spiritual
Development, will hold a workshop
for pastors on the spirituality of the

congregation: "The Soul of Ministry:
Weaving Spiritual Practices in
Community." A theological course will
be offered as well.

While the pastors are in their
morning workshops, activities such
as recreation, arts and crafts, Bible
storytelling and outdoor fun will be
provided for the children. Spouses
will also have the occasion to gather
for their own time of conversation.
The author of this year's Presbyterian
Women's Bible study, Frances Gench,
will be leading the study on the book.
Yoga classes will also be offered.

In the afternoon, programming
continues for participants of all ages.
Atlanta excursions will be available.
A course on pottery and Bible study
taught by Sasha Makorin, back by
popular demand, will be a rich addi-
tion. Each noon, Columbia community
worship will be held for all participants,
professors, and other members of the
Columbia community.

This year's Summer Institute
will be held June 26-30, with both
housing and programming in the
Harrington Center. For more informa-
tion, contact the Continuing Education
Office at 404/687-4562, or email
awolanaa@CTSnet.edu.

Ruth Lovell '00

VANTAGE

Art exhibition proves success Popcorn theology for the family

The opf.ning of the exhibition,
"Violence/Shelter/Sancruary," was
only one of the events during this
fall's Arts Week, sponsored by the Lay-
Institute of Faith and Life. The exhibi-
tion, which opened with a reception
on November 7, featured works by
23 artists from across the Southeast

"Violence/Shelter/Sanctuary"
sought to recognize that we are a
country struggling with violence at
home and abroad. Among the artists
featured in the show were Tracey
Clarke, whose The Death of Abel won
best in show, and Seren Morris, whose
Before the Fight won the purchase
award. Other award winners included
Paul Craighead's White Sepulchre,
Malaika Favorite's Vie Search, and Mark
Sprinkle's Bus Stop: Boys and Dogs.

A number of the artists gathered
at a second "opening" for students
and faculty to look at and talk about
their work.

The week included poetry reading
by Anne Babson Carter, author of the

Julie A. Johnson (DMin '98), Director

Spirituality

expands

partnerships

It is with great joy that the staff
and participants in the Spirituality
Program share the many ways that
God is working in and through the
Certificate in Spiritual Formation to
revitalize leaders and ministers of
the church of Jesus Christ. There is a
"ripple effect" as participants invest
what they have learned by starting
new ministries of compassion, teach-
ing classes on prayer, or preaching
about the wrestling and hope found in
the Psalms or Job.

In May, two exciting events
occurred. The first was the "graduation"
of the first ten participants to earn the
Certificate in Spiritual Formation.
The second event was the program 's
move to the renovated Harrington
Center, which is allowing the program
to minister more effectively to its par-
ticipants.

Columbia continues to strengthen
its Certificate partnerships with

WINTER 2000

prize-winning collection, Strike Root,
and the short play, "For Want of a Nail/'
written and directed by Columbia st.it t
member Rhonda Weary- and performed
by Columbia studentsDoris Benton.
Rusty Benton, Tim Re) nolds, and
lanie Thomas.

Chapel services for the week also
featured the arts and the theme of
the exhibition. Guest worship leaders
included Michael Morgan, organist
at Central Presbyterian Church and
author of the new Psalter for Christum
Worship, Fred Westbrook, adjunct pro-
fessor in the art history department at
Georgia State University, and Currie
Burris, minister at Clifton Presbyterian
Church.

"Violence/Shelter/Sanctuary," was
the third annual juried exhibition held
at the seminary. Images from the exhi-
bition may still be seen on Columbia's
web site: www.CTSnet.edu, click
"Lay Institute," click "Programs in the
Arts." lay Institute

Austin Presbyterian Theological
Seminary, Pittsburgh Theological
Seminary and, most recently,
Whirworth College. The Certificate
in Spiritual Formation is now offered
as one of the programs of the
Weyerhaeuser Center for Christian
Faith and Learning at Whitworth
College in Spokane, Washington.
Through this cooperative partnership,
certificate students may now choose to
take a course at any of four different
institutions and five satellites located
around the country. To learn more
about upcoming courses, visit
www.spiritualityprogram.com.

During the past year, the
Certificate partners took a record 500
registrations for 28 courses held on
the sponsoring institutions' campuses,
in metro Atlanta, and at five satellite
locations. The founding seminars,
Columbia, led the way with 362
registrations. As the program reaches
its fourth anniversary, 38 participants
are pursuing practicum activities in
their churches and communities; they
traveled to Israel on pilgrimage in
January, and will receive their certifi-
cation in May. Although the majority
of these students are leaders in the
Presbyterian Church (USA), the
program has this year seen an
increase in participants from other
denominations

During the fall, the Spirituality
Program began its second year of
welcoming Master of Divinity (M.Div )
students in the adapted version of the
Certificate in Spiritual Formation.
M.Div. students pursuing the certificate,
as well as students, faculty, and staff
are welcome to participate in extracur-
ricular learning experiences to deepen
their spiritual lives by attending
monthly prayer lunches, meeting
with a spiritual guide, or planning

"Bui, Mom, iu tin- kids in thesixth
grade get to watch R rated movii

I low can patents use this tem.uk as an

opportunit) to enrich then child's
experiences with tin- movies?

* Hdei elementary students (g to

12-year-olds) and then parents car
learn how to choose, \ tew, critique,

mk\ discuss movies together, during a
nev\ course ottered bj the i aj
Institute ol I aith and i ife this spi

"The stones movies tell can

encourage i hildren to think, feel,
question, and act/' says I inda
Momingstar (MATS '98 iate

dire< toi ol the I aj Institute "Bui too
often parents and then children don't
communicate about whal the) re
learning from the movies We hope
this course will pro\ ide some pra< heal,
Creative ways to get th.it u>mnumu,i

tion going."

i he course will be offered tv l< <

m ..no weekend -once in south metro

Atlanta and once m north metro
Atlanta On Saturday, March 18, from

opportunities to engage in acts of

|ustu . ,in.t men \

Vnother development in the
program is the naming of Julie
fohnson (D.Min. '98) as director of
thee ertificate Program m Christian
Spiritualit) "Julie has done a fabulous
job making the ( ertihN ate Program 8
resource for renewal and discovery lm
pastors ^nd la) persons > I 'ran
"i i a< ulty James Mudnui Beumler.
"Julie's appointment will solidif) the
a< . omplishments ol our colleague,
Ben fohnson w ho began this program.
Julie is part of the warp and woof of
the Spirituality Program, and we are
excited that she will continue t" lead
the program in this new role

During Professor of Christian
Sprituality Ben Johnson's final semester
at Columbia, he leads 30 participants
on pilgrimage to Isr.iel and teaches
"Spirituality and I eadership" March
12-17 for the Certifi. ate and I doctor

Of Ministry in Spirituality program

A search for Johnson's replai ement is
now underway.

I he ( erhlu ,i!r | >.it t n. i ,n .. I

Johnson C. Smith Seminary, I ouisville

Presbyterian Theological Seminary,
San I ran* is< >> I heological Semiru
Presbytery of Greater Atlanta, The

( hitreai h I oundation, I hi I hri itian
Faith and Life Program of the General
Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
(USA), and First Presbyterian Church
of Atlanta are looking forward to
hosting "Oasts 2000 A ( onference
on Reformed Spirituality," to be
held in Atlanta at First Presbyterian
Church, February 28-March 2. To
register, call 404/687-4587, or email
www.oasis2000.com .

For more information on the
Spirituality Program, contact the direc-
tor, Julie Johnson, at 404/687-4587.
The Spirituality Staff

0i' r :00p in NUI'ouough,

Stockbridge and hmi
Presbyterian churches will co host the
i ourse at Sfcx kbi Idge Presbj terian
I hurch I )n Sundaj March [S from
k00-6:00 pjn Roswell Presbyterian
( inn, h w iii host the course

i eading the event ia 111 be i )&\ Id
i ikes pastel at I !ra< e St I uke's
' pi k opal t hun h In Memphis I ie is
experienced In leading faith and Him

courses and in working with \.umg

people and familii

i" a; in.' that this is a helpful
parent child experience .'\.'i\ . hild
must be .i. i ompanied 0\ an adult ["he
event ia ill tn< lude tea* Wn . i Ions
n\ 'Hi parents and children togethei
and separate a meal (pizza, dunks,
dessert) wafc hing and i ritiquing b
nun ie togethei and Buggi sted
resources foi i hoosing and di
nun ies and \ ide

Hi*' .on. $] . pej familj i oi a
broi linn' w iiii details and a registra
tion form, all 101/^87-4577.1 I | /

Wall. 'i Urueggemann, .ihove, is

teat inn)', ,i i ourse on I Ings In the
Wintci i vening i aj Si hool Pete
Paulsen, president "i Protestant Radio
and \r\r\ ision I enter, and theoloj
Margit I or. i are also teai hing.
t in i'. tun c.in. ator Rodger Nishii >i- <
i' hing the Morning I ay S< hool
course on "\ >mmj' f a. inii,' Faith
I omingfl & l ioings What < an We
Learn?"

Lay Institute co-
sponsors course

1 1 ii i, ay Institute, with Cherol ee
Presbytery, is offering in February a
course, "Holy ( ommunion strength
for the journey," at First Pn byterian
Church in < artersA ille, ' !i

I he lour-week course is being

taught by Catherine ( lonzalez,
professor of church history, and Darrell

Guder, professor of evangelism and
church growth, and will explore how
the Lord's Supper unifies and noun I ie

For more information on Lay
Institute courses taught off campus,
call 404/687-4577. Q

Doctor of Ministry calendar

April 24-May 5 New Church Dbvbd >PMI I Introductory SEMINAR
Leaders: Stanley Wood and others. Cost: $800.

July 10-21

Old Dangerous Texts POR New Dangerous Times taught by Walter

Brueggemann. Cost: $810

Stewardship of Mon i > for ihi ( hi rchs Mission taught by Cameron

Murchison. Cost: $810.

Project Design Workshop (July 10 L4) taught by Charles Raynal.

July 24-August 4

Post-Modernism and Christian Theoloo taught by George Stroup. Cost: $810.

Karj Barth's Vision oj rm rASicsoi Ministry \ndth Missionoi rm < hurch

taught by Darrell Guder and Charles Raynal ( ost:$810.

New Church Di vi LOPMl ntD taught by Stanley Wood. Cost: $81

Project Design Workshop Quly 24-28) taught by Cameron Murchison

September 11-13 (at Columbia), October 9-11 (at Columbia), November 6-8 (at
Interdenominational Theological C enter), December 4-6 (at Interdenominational
rheologicaK enter) < Hi rchand Ministry Introimk ioky Seminar
i eaders: Charles Raj nal and Steve Rasor. Cost: $800.

November 6-17 Si'IRHUAI iiy iNTRODl < H 1NAR Leaders: Julie Johnson

ind others. Cost: $800.

Continuing Education calendar

March 22, 29, April 5, 12 [OURNB\ W EASTER FOl RLUNCH Iimi REFLE< nONS
Leader: Rick Dietrich. Cost: $10 each, Ol lour tor $30.

April 2-6 CONTEMPl MTVl Rl PR] \i FOR WOMEN VTSACRBDH] \Kl MONASTERY,
(in man, Al ABAMA Leader: Roberta Martin ( <>st: $225.

April 24-26 WORSHIP AND MUSK [N THE TWENH FIRST CENTURA

See article on page I

May 1-3 Anai.YZINC. Your Cm R< HFOR< iROWTH PoSSIBILTnES
See article on page 6.

May 7-12 Coniimpi ATM RETREAT FOR MEN AT MONASTERY Ol mi HOD Simrii,
ConyerS/ Georgia Leader David Guthrie c lost: $220.

May 8-12 GUTHRIl S( HOI ARS

June 26-30 SUMMER SESSION See article on page 6.

Spirituality calendar

Cost for each course is $300.

March 12-17 Till Simkuuai DlSOPUNE OF LOVING CHILDREN (Williamsburg, VA)
Leaders: Ron Cram and Mary Ann Fowlkes

March 19-24 SHRiTUAiin OPLl \nikMiii' Leader: Ben C. Johnson.

April 2-7 Healing and Wholeness in thi Christian Lira (Almont, Ml)

Leaders: Bill Clemmons and Tom McCutchen.

April 30-May 5 Introduction to Spiri n \i ( .i n AN( i I eader: Joan Gray.

June 11-15 CARING k)k GOD'S CREATION Leader: Laura Dunham

July 9-14 The ARTS and SPIRITUALITY (Calvin Center) Leaders: Martha Jane
Petersen and Lynn Farrow.

New Church Development calendar

October 21-27 Potential New Church Development Pastor Conference
See article on page 6.

Seven of Columbia's newest professors led workshops in the January Seminars, offered

by the Office of Continuing Education. Four of the faculty members are (seated, l-r):
Margit Ernst, instructor in theology, and Mark Douglas, instructor in Christian ethics.
Standing: Christine Roy Yoder, instructor in Old Testament, and Sharon Mook, assis-
tant professor of pastoral theology and care.

Lay Institute calendar

March 7, April 4, May 2, June 6 Theology & Literature study croup.

(For March: Margaret Atwood's Alias Grace) Leader: Rick Dietrich. Cost: $10

annual dues.

March 18-19 Popcorn Theology: Families and Film See article on page 7.

March 21, April 18, May 16 Faith & Film study group Leader: Fritz Bogar.
Cost: $10 annual dues.

June 26-30 Presbyterian Women Bible Study Training: The Gospel of John
Leader: Frances Gench. Cost $45.

August 7-11 Presbyterian Women Bible Study Training II: The Gospel of John
Leader: TBA. Cost $45.

August 7-11 Summer Lay Scholars: Introduction to "Christology":
How We Know Jesus, the Christ Leader: Douglas F. Ottati. Cost $175, plus
room and board.

August 11-12 Presbyterian Women Bible Study Weekend: The Gospel of John
Leader: Linda Morningstar. Cost $30.

August 18-19 Presbyterian Women Bible Study Weekend II: The Gospel of
John Leader: Linda Morningstar. Cost $30.

For more information on these and additional events,
call 404/378-8821 or visit wzvzv.CTSnet.edu.

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A "Preaching and Pizza" night at Columbia

Preaching class brings area
youth to campus

During the fall semester at Columbia,
a new course was taught by Anna
Carter Florence, instructor in preaching
and worship, called "Preaching and
Youth." While there is a plethora of
information on leading youth, youth
group activities, and Christian educa-
tion, this class and professor found
that there is little available on preach-
ing to, for, with, or by youth.

The course sought to discern what
preaching to the youth culture with a
youth-full interpretation might entail.
Through readings, discussions, music,
videos, and preaching about and for
youth, the class attempted to answer
the question, "Why have the church
and academy declined to explore this
question and what is at stake in that
silence?"

One of the highlights of the class
was the opportunity that students
were given to preach for Atlanta area
youth. On two consecutive Sunday
evenings, the class members gathered
with a number of youth for a pizza
supper first and then to preach for the
youth and immediately receive their
feedback on the sermons. The
"Preaching and Pizza" events were
helpful for the class members and

were also well received by the youth.

"I'm glad that they asked us to
come here. Most of the sermons that
I hear don't apply to me. These were
cool tonight, though. I hope that
these seminary students will continue
to preach like this in the future. They
made hearing about God exciting,"
commented one area high school
participant.

Professor Florence said, "One oi
the church's primary concerns in
every age has been the question of
how to reach youth with the gospel.
The exciting thing for me about this
class was to see how committed these
Columbia students are to finding new
models for our church and for the
preaching field. They see that when
you take seriously the gifts, needs,
and contextual hermeneutics which
our young people bring to the
ministry of proclamation, you can't
simply add an illustration or two
about teenagers to your sermon and
expect to solve the problem. This
class was truly a communal work in
progress. It prompted each of us to
rethink some of our assumptions
about preaching." D Ruth Lovell '00

ORDs scores exceed national
a verage . . . again

Columbia students taking the
Presbyterian Church (USA) ordination
exams in September 1999 continued
the Columbia trend of exceeding the
national passing rate. For at least the
past 10 years, students have surpassed
this benchmark by four to 14 percent.
This year, students exceeded the denom-
inational passing rate by 12 percent in
the four exams: Biblical exegesis,
theological competence, worship and
sacraments, and church polity.

Phil Gehman '68, dean of students,
attributes this success to several factors.
First, Columbia continues to attract

highly qualified students. Second,
these students network with and help,
encourage, and support each other
by studying in small groups. Third,
Columbia's faculty is extraordinarily
willing to support and encourage
students through individual and
group preparatory sessions. Finally,
the Columbia Master of Divinity
curriculum prepares students to do
well on the exams.

Success is based upon strong stu-
dents and faculty and a community
which sustains the students through-
out the process. Katie Ricks '01

Beth Johnson is the first professoi to hold the I 1 )avison Philips I hah oj New
Testament The chair, which honors Philips /> Columbia's sixth president was

established In/ gift*, from individuals and I irst Presbyterian i hut, h \tlanta

\roup, right, is tin- nor j /; i Wei n Profi moi oj '!/ \tematii Theology With him
/s Shirley Guthrie, former holdei ofthechaii and professoi at I olumbia for 40 years

ProfeSSO) StrOUp is Current h/ participating in a i/ftii long .i-miuai on 'in and

Redemption in Reformed Theology" as part of the Institute fo\ Reformed Theology at
Union theological Seminary in Virginia Hegaveapublu lecture at Union on
"Before I )od \ I risis in Sin and Redemption" m i

Lucy Rose's sermons printed

LUCY Rosi was a professor of preach-
ing at Columbia for 14 years prior to
her death from cancer in July 1997.
Before coming to Columbia, she
served as pastor of Presbyten.in
churches for eight years in North
Carolina. The sermons, compiled in
the book, Speak, Lord, I'm Listening:
Devotional Messagi to I trip Van linn
God Speaking in Scripture, were com-
posed and delivered by Rose during
the 22 years of her ministerial career
"Most of these sermons deal with

one or more of the Btories Ol the liible.
Lucy's favorite method w.is to retell
tin biblical narrath < asking all the

while, 'Where .ire you; Where am I
in this story; What w.i ( .<><l \-iying to
the characters in this narrative or to
the participants in this event; What is
lying to you and me through this
record?'" (Preface, Speak, I ord, I'm
I i tening).

Books may be purchased from
Columbia's bookstore. See the order
form on page 1 1. D

WINTER 2000

For the Record

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

Jane Fahey '01 has been elected to the
Presbyterian Church (USA) ( leneral
Assembly (GA) Permanent Judicial
Commission. She will serve > 1 1 v . yeai
term BradSmith'89(I)Min '99),
associate pastor of the Spring Valle)
church, Columbia, SC, has bi
presented the Royal < >rder ot the
Palmetto, the highest citizenship
award presented by the state, by tin-
governor of South Carolina tor Smitl
successful Souper Howl .'I ( aring.
Smith was presented the Algernon
Sydney Sullivan Award by the
University ol South Carolina Alumni
Asso( iation tor sen ice to humanity
beyond that required by job or prof<
sion ..Scott Ellington '89 (ThM '94)
recent!) ret eived his Ph.D. in Old
restament at the University ol
Sheffield, England. I le is lecturing at
the I in op mii Bible Seminary in

Rudersberg, Germany Dan Milford

'93 is pastor ol First church, Sand
Springs, OK Tim Simpson '95 is
pastor of the Middleburg, ll,

church Wade Huie '46, professor

emeritus, served -is ,i regional repre
sentative tor the Synod ol south

Atlantic at the- Theological Education
Fund meeting in Phoenix, A7. He
spoke to l'ro\ ideni e PresBj tery, led
a D.Min. supervised ministry in
preaching course at ( olumbia, and
taught at the Older Adult < lonferem e
.it Montreal I [e preached .it Second
church, Little Rock, AK, First
churches in York and Georgetown, SC;
and led a stewardship series at the
Fastminister church, Stone Mountain,
GA. He and Emily Currie Williams
were married in Atlanta on Dec. 26,
1999.

Ronald Cram, associate professor
of Christian education, delivered the
LREDA Plymouth Lecture in
Religious Education on "The Spiritual
Disciplines of the Teacher in t m Era
of Shrinking Transcendence and
Growing Religion " I le reviewed
Sacramental Teaching in Religious
Education, where his book review of
Waltzing Methusaleh also appeared. His
"Beyond Aging as Crisis: Toward an
Understanding of Aging as Grace in
the New Millennium" was published
in Listening. He signed, on behalf of
Columbia, the Atlanta Alliance for
Health and Human Rights charter and
was named president-elect of the
Religious Education Association, an
international and multi-faith associa-
tion of religious educators Rick

Dietrich, director of the Lay Institute
of Faith and Life, is part-time parish
associate at Chapel in the Pines

church, Birmingham, AL Michelle

Thomas-Bush '94 is associate pastor
of the Riverside church, Jacksonville,
FL Bruce Chapman (DMin '96) is

, haplain ol the Presbyterian

i niversity (enter at Florida State

University James Lowry '66, board

member, is interim pastor ol I irst
church, New Hern, NC John Hinkle
'94 is organizing pastor/e\ angelist ol
,i new church development in

Paulding < ounty, GA Don Gordon

(DMin '99) has had Ins / ike Drops of
Morning l >ew: A Concise Histoi
North ( arolina Baptists published by
the North Carolina Baptist I listorical
c ommittee fhe book is the core of his
D.Min, dissertation.

Lib McGregor Simmons '79 has
ermons published in The
Abingdon Women's Preaching Annual
Yea) B Chuck Campbell,
associate professor ol homiletu B,
preached at the Open I )oor ( ommunity,
attended the annual meeting of the
Ad\ isory Council for Interpretation, the
annual meeting ol the Academy of
I [omiletii s. ami preached at Christ
< ovenant Metropolitan < ommunity
Church in Decatur. 1 le also served
as conference theologian for the
Presbyterian Health, Education, and
Welfare I eadership training event in

I ouisville, k> Roger Rabey

(DMin '91) is pastor ol First church,

Huntington, WV Walter

Brueggemann, professor of Old
restament, has recently published
The Covenanted Self by Fortress Press
and a joint publication, Theological
Introdui Hon to the ( )ld Testament, by
Abingdon Press He gave the Reid
Lectures at Westminster College,
( ambridge, United Kingdom, and the
Selwyn Lectures, Lichfield Cathedral,
I i< lil.eld, UK George Lashley '88
(ThM '96) is pastor of the Shallotte,
NC, church.

Perky Daniel '86 has preached in

B1RTI is

To Monnie Adams '95 and Stephen

Caine '96, a son, Winston Rhoads,

April 13, 1999.

To Kyle '97 and Susan Henderson, a

daughter, Catherine Marie, Oct. 3, 1999

lb [ason '00 and Katie Robbins, a

daughter, Julia, Nov. 11,1999.

To Larry '01 and Kathy Green, a son,

Timothy George, Dec. 22, 199

DEATHS

John Melton '33, June 12, 1998.

I [arold L. White '40, Sept. 28, 1999.

Samuel T Lipsey '46, Aug. 8, 1999.

LaNelle Alexander (MBE '49),

Sept. 21, 1999.

John A. Haley '50, Nov. 10, 1999.

I toward D. Cameron '54, Dec. 30, 1999.

W. Winton Enloe '61, Aug. 18, 1999.

the Covington, Hapeville, Jonesboro,
and LaGrange GA, churches and
served on the commission to install
Lucy Aldridge '90 as associate pastor
at the North Avenue church, Atlanta.

Dan-ell Guder, professor of evange-
lism and church growth, spoke for the
annual < ongregational retreat of the
National church, Washington, DC, and
at the annual meeting of the Council
ol s,h ieties lor the Study of Religion at
Valparaiso University. He spoke at the
Greater Atlanta Presbytery Missions
( . inference, the annual conference of
the Association of Presbyters

i it iv es m Daytona Beach, FL,
I eaderfest for Florida Presbytery, and
at a leadership retreat for First church,
( lainesville, < !A I ectures given by
Guder include the first Jack M. Lewis
Annual Lectures at First church,
Lubbock, TX, and the convening
meeting of the C leneral Assembly
Committee on Ecumenical Relations,
Louisville, KY. He attended the
American Academy of Religion/
Soi ietv Of Biblical Literature (AAR/SBL)
meeting in Boston and taught training
courses lor Young Life Florida and the
^oung Life staff in Daytona Beach. He
preached at the North Avenue church,
Atlanta, and at the Missions Festival
for the St. Simon's, GA, church. He
recently co-authored Historical
Dii tionary of Reformed Churches with
Robert Benedetto and Donald McKim
Guder is interviewed on "A Whole
New Way of 'Doing Church'" in the
December '99 issue of reNews James
Hudnut-Beumler, dean of faculty and
professor of religion and culture, led a
stewardship workshop for Flint River
Presbytery. He convened a meeting
of scholars at the AAR meeting to
explore the ways historical research
about the visual and material cultures
of American Christianity might find
their way into seminary and college

teaching David Jones '88 is pastor

of Harpeth, TN, church Thomas

Rains '88 (DMin '98) is working with
the Alabama Council on Economic

Education in Birmingham Tim

Arnold '97 is pastor of the Lowell,
NC, church Rebecca Parker, direc-
tor of continuing education, taught an
Advent Sunday school class at St.
Luke's Episcopal Church, Atlanta.

Robert Ramey, professor emeritus,
has written The Dynamic Congregation

A Manual for Energizing Your Church

Beth Grimshaw '97 is associate
pastor for children, youth, and
family ministries at the Haslett, Ml,
Community Church, United Church
of Christ ...Christopher Price '79
(ThM '98), pastor of the St. Luke's
church, Dunwoody, GA, has had an
article published in Journal of

Psychology and Christianity John

Bartholomew, board member, recently
retired as the Synod of South Atlantic

executive Betsy Steier (DMin '02) is

host of a television show, Angels in
Our Midst, which focuses on the good
deeds, courage, and faith of community
members on the Treasure Coast of
Florida. The show grew out of her

role as a volunteer chaplain for the

Port St. Lucie police department

Anna Carter Florence, instructor in
preaching and worship, preached for
the annual meeting of the Covenant
Network of Presbyterians in Atlanta,
at Lenbrook Square in Atlanta, and for
"The Dawn," the PC(USA)'s youth/
young adult millennial gathering on
New Year's Eve in Indianapolis. She
co-led the St. Luke's Episcopal Church
(Atlanta) all-parish retreat at Kanuga
Conference Center.

Norman McCrummen '92 is
pastor of the Spring Hill church in

Mobile, AL John Patton, professor

of pastoral theology, conducted an
ethics workshop and served on a
major program panel at the
Southeastern regional meeting of the
American Association of Pastoral

Counselors Gary Waller '59 was

honorably retired from First church,

Greenville, SC Ted Smith '86, pastor

of First church, Cartersville, GA, has
been elected moderator of Cherokee

Presbytery Carlos Cardoza-Orlandi,

assistant professor of world
Christianity, was speaker at the annual
retreat of Second church, Nashville,
TN, on global mission and local con-
gregations. He lectured at the tenth
anniversary meeting of the Hispanic
Summer Program and taught a class
for a course at Candler Divinity
School on "Missiology at the Borders:
Mission Through Hispanic Eyes."....
Mark Jumper '78 was promoted to
commander in the U.S. Navy Chaplaijrj
Corps. He was elected moderator of
the Presbytery of Florida, Evangelical
Presbyterian Church and continues
as district chaplain for the Seventh

Coast Guard District in Miami, FL

Douglas McLeroy (ThM '90) is a
Presbyterian chaplain at Fort
Campbell, TN-KY.....Gary Barber '58
is interim pastor at Chapel in the
Grove, Lakeland, FL.

Mary Jane Cornell '81, pastor of
Druid Hills church, Atlanta, was

Continued on page U

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elected moderator of Greater Atlanta
Presbytery..... Paige McRight (DMin '02)
is presbyter for leader development

for Charlotte Presbytery Beth

Johnson, professor of New Testament,
taught a five-week adult course on
Families and Family Values in the
New Testament at the Druid Hills
church, Atlanta; a five-week course on
Mark at First church, Atlanta; and a
five-week course on Matthew at
Central church, Atlanta. She attended
the SBL meeting, where she presided

at two sessions Stan Wood, director

of the Center for New Church
Development (NCD), spoke at the
African American NCD Conference
at Interdenominational Theological
Seminary and at a church growth
seminar, Boone, NC, United Methodist
Church. He preached at First church,
Gainesville, GA. He commissioned lay
pastors for an NCD meeting with four
southern California presbyteries and
conducted a planning session with
these presbyteries. Wood spoke on
evangelism and church development
and provided consultation on church
growth at the Greater Chattanooga

and Cleveland ministry area consulta-
tion for East Tennessee Presb) ten 1 le
served as a consultant on NCD foi
Western Colorado Presb) tery and led
a congregational leadership retreat to,
Central, New 1 lope, and Trinit\
churches m Chattanooga, TN Wood
also attended the Lilly Grant NCD
Twenty-First Centu i \ Meeting in Las
Vegas, NV.

C. Benton Kline, president emeri-
tus and adjunct professor of theology;
took part in elder training at North
Decatur church, Decatur, GA, an ordi-
nation service, and two installatit
...J. Will Ormond '43, professor
emeritus, took part in an ordination
service at North A\ enue church,
Atlanta Kathleen O'Connor, profes-
sor of Old Testament, spoke to the
Sheppards and Lapsley Presbytci \
and the Presbyterian Women's Circle,
First church, Atlanta. She led a retreal
for St. Thomas Moore Parish, Decatur,
GA. Her article, "Speak Tenderly to
Jerusalem: Second Isaiah's Reception
and Use of Daughter Zion, " was pub-
lished in Princeton Seminary Bulletin
and a book review in Catholic Biblical

Quarterly Timothy Olds '86 is pastor

of First church, Lehigh Acres, FL

Erskine Clarke '66, professor of

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American religious histor\ prea. lied
tor the Huguenot Sotiet) ol South
I arolina m the I rent h Re

Church in Charleston The occasion

was the anniversar) ol the revocation

ot the 1 diet of Nantes I le taught

Sundaj school and preai hed .it the

C o\ mgton, GA, church. I le is editor of

Journal for Preat h

Bill Harkins, instnu toi In pastoral
i .n,' and theolog) was r entl) named
to the ad\ isorj panel ot the I morj
Healthcare System and attended the

quarterly meeting as tin- ieptvxenlati\ e
from Columbia. He attended the
regional \\l\ meeting at Kanu
NC. He has been granted postulant J
status m the I piscopal i tiocese ot

Atlanta. Harkins has begun the I 0101 J
Psychoanalytic [raining Program, a

three-year course ol training .hi, I

study. He ran in the Peat htree l 't\
1 i \ I5K race and finished fifth In Ins
age group Cameron Murchison,
professor of ministry, taught i hun h
& hool class at Central * hun h. Atlanta,
participated in the meeting ol
AAR/SBL in Boston and met in
Louisville, KY, for the PC(USA) G \
joint Task Force meeting to deal with

210th GA's encouragement to i ml

tees on ministry, committees on prepa
ration, and seminaries thai the)
address the theolog) ol stewardship,

fiduciary responsibilities, and personal
financial management as integral
i | >ects of preparation lot ministry.

He preached at Florida Presbyterian

I lome, Lakeland, II Julian Craig '53

is interim pastor at We-. I mm-. In I hurch,

Charleston, SC Charles Evans '78

has been appointed by the PC(1 S A)

Mission Board to ser\ e as a tea< hei iii

.1 C hristian school in Dushanbe,

[ajikistan, for three years Charles

Parker Wright (DMin '86) In been
chosen as the new chaplain i the
U.S. House of Representatives Julia
Wiley '97 is pastor of Faith chun k
Canton, ( , A

Walk Jones (DMin '98) is on the
staff of the I'C(USA) Foundation
Christine Roy Yoder, instrut toi i" I 'Id
testament, t elebrated i ommunion .it
< alvin Covenant church, Macon, (,A,
led .i dis< ussion on stewardship
at North Decatur chun h, I >e< atur,
GA, and attended an Assoc iation ol
Theological Schools ( onference i<"
newly-appointed faculty in Pittsburgh,

also led a retreal tor the

Presbyterian Women of Central

Florida Presbytery in Daytona Beau ii

and attended the AAK/SBI meel

in Boston Phil Gehman '68, dean

of students and vice president lor
student life, served as a workshop
leader for New Harmony Presbyl*
I l.umonyfest '99, chaired .i meeting

ot the i\ (US \) i ntrance into Pastoral

MinistiN Workgroup in I >allas, IX,

and I'M iu ipated in .) meeting ol the
placement officers oJ the P< (1
seminaries in I ouis\ ille, KN George
stump professor ot theolt

hed -it the Hew nan ( . \ ( hun ii
Eta k Spring i hun h Atlanta I ! \
i inn, I. i. ,i md

First* inn' h I \i ....Walt

(ennyson '93 received the s. I \i

e .ii t nion I heologit al Seminar)
New York.., Gene Lassiter 72 is
oi "i i n .i , inn, ii I .in monl VVV.
Hill Goforth 'hi is honorabl) retired
from the i airmounl i inn, h Bristol

IN I le is sei \ Ing as stated supply

at Magill Memoi ial > hun ii Roan

Mount. mi, | N Ernestine Cole,

assoi late dean ol students preai hed
at /ion \ii isionai \ Baptist ( hun i>
fat kson 1 1 v and at I tillside < hun h
i d i atui 1 1 \ she attended the meel
in>-, oi the Presbj terian I lealth
Network m Chicago. * ole ondui ted
in officers training workshop toi
I lillslde i hun i> and sei \ ed on the
de Ign and leadership team ol I Ireatei
Atlanta Presb) tei \ foi .i training e^ enl

loi i lei ks ol BeSSil m

Jellreys Mitchiner (I )Mm '86) Is

pastoi "i i ni\ ersit) i inn. h I I Past i

I \ [ohn Law '60 is honorabl)

retired as ex nth e presb) tei and
itated i lei b <>i Savannah Presb) iery

Vic Varkonyi '76 is pastoi .ii I b ll

> hun I' I." om.i, WA Bill Havens

'70 Is pastoi oi the Southminsti i
church/ Spi Ingfleld, M< ). fames
Frazier '59 is honorably retired from

i us i < bun ii. Sparta i NC Thomas

Tidwell '60 Is hon< irabl) retired from
Florida I'" I s.mdra Edwards

'88 is .Inr. loi ol the Mm' -in \ m i. 1 1. in

Mmisti ie Pn ''.'.i.iin .ii m> < oi mi, i
Seminary Roland Perdue S9 is
Interim pastoi -ii the Idlewild i hurt ii,

Memphis^ IN Amos Hood

(DMin'89) Is pastoi al the I I winir
Memorial <. hurch, M< < omb, MB
James Banbury '71 is int< i nn ,il
' ovenanl i hun I). Winston Salem,

NC Lowell Sykes '59 |g honorabl)

n 'in., i in un Rh ei monl i hun k

I \ i" hburg, VA Raye Jones '91

ii >Min 99 i i pastorofOld Waxhaw
and i ii/. ill i hun ii<-., vv.i haw, \<
Walter Peters 78 Is pastoi ol I irst

i hun li, Westminster, Ml) Vanessa

Potter '93 is pa .i< trol i' init) i hurt i.
M. mil. ill in I- S l.eighton Culler

I I 'Mm HK) is interim at Shallowfl ird

i hun ii, Mo i- ' iii<', M( Patricia
Bacon '88 is pastt " Ol the ( .l v - ary
i hun Ii, \'.li \ illc, \< Paul Brokaw
'98 i of the i lopeweU i hurt tv

Florence ' Jeff Hutcheson '91
i pastoi ol I irst church, Cleveland,
GA.D

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World Council of Churches event at Columbia Come See Columbia Day is March 30

The U.S. Conference of the World Council of Churches (WCC) met in Atlanta
in December. Following the meeting, several leaders came to Columbia for a
seminarians' event, "How Global Ecumenical Issues Inform Your Formation for
Ministry." Front row (1-r): Ashley Seaman '01, member of Central Committee,
WCC; Genevieve Jacques, WCC leadership; Quanda Stroud, Interdenominational
Theological Center student. Back row: Darrell Guder, professor of evangelism
and church growth; Konrad Raiser, general secretary, WCC; Simon Oxley, WCC
leadership; Don Brown '01; Shaun Ingraham, Candler School of Theology student;
Bobby Williamson '00

The Columbia Friendship Circle (CFC) Council and presbytery representatives
from the Synods of South Atlantic and Living Waters met in October to plan
Come See Columbia Day, scheduled for March 30. The day will begin with
registration at 9:00 a.m., followed by worship, which will be led by Dr. Beth
Johnson, the J. Davison Philips Professor of New Testament. The CFC scholar-
ship recipients will speak, lunch will be served, and seminary classes will be
offered in the afternoon. For more information, call 404/ 687-4 5 66.

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Worship and music highlight Colloquium 1

Challenges before the seminary 2

Profile of next president 2

Columbia and East Lake 3

New administrative staff 3

Reading recommendations from the faculty 4

New alumni /ae and Annual Fund officers 4

Doctor of Ministry offers five approaches 5

New Church Development 5, 6

Continuing Education 6, 8

Lay Institute of Faith and Life 7

Spirituality Program 7

Program events calendars 8

Preaching class 9

ORDs scores exceed national average 9

Rose's sermons printed 9

For the Record 10

From the Bookstore 11

Come See Columbia Day 12

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