Columbia Theological Seminary Vantage, 95, number 2, Fall 2003

COLUMBIA
THEOLOGICAL
SEMINARY

Vantage

FALL 2003

Columbia begins its
176th year

As the 176th academic year of
Columbia Seminary officially began,
President Laura Mendenhall welcomed
and introduced new friends and mem-
bers of the Columbia community,
reminding everyone of their roles with-
in a greater "cloud of witnesses."
Among the special guests at Columbia's
September 10 opening convocation,
held at Columbia Presbyterian Church,
of particular note was Agnes Gere '57,
the first woman to graduate from the
three-year divinity program at
Columbia.

In his convocation sermon, "Fear
of the Lord," based on Matthew 7:14-23,
the Rev. Dr. P. C. "Buddy" Enniss '58
recalled the words of Karl Barth to
charge colleagues and students to
embrace the task of making "'God' a
cheerful word again." In a world that

is either fearful of God's wrath or
cynical of God's grace, Enniss affirmed
that God is not out to get us, but to
save us. "With every word we speak,"
he added, again calling on Barth, "our
task is to give the world a different
experience of God. . .to the end that all
God's people may experience the joy
for which they were created."

Following convocation at a
luncheon and awards celebration,
Ernestine Cole, acting dean of students,
recognized recipients of the Columbia,
Honor, and Merit Scholarships.
The Indiantown Country Church
Award was presented to Susan Smith
for outstanding ministry in a rural
church this summer, and Suzy Edwards
won the Julia Abdullah Award for her
paper on enhancing the church-school
hour.

Reggie Weaver '06

At the community luncheon following convocation, awards were presented to Alexander
Oliver (left) and Dan Stephens '04. Oliver, a retired member of the maintenance staff,
m eived the Betsey Burgess Staff Award for faithfulness, dedicated service, and Christian
character upholding the seminary's purpose and mission. Stephens received the Miss C.
Virginia Harrison Award, presented to a senior who is conscientious, responsible, hard
working and who will make a great contribution to the Presbyterian Church (USA).

The Rev. P. C. "Buddy" Enniss, convocation preacher. President Laura S. Mendenhall.
and President Emeritus J. Davison Philips gather after opening convocation.

Columbia welcomes
largest incoming
M.Div. class in 11 years

Columbia Seminary welcomed 64 new
students to the Master of Divinity
(M.Div.) program this fall, tying 1992
for the largest incoming M.Div. class.
Twenty-seven of those students
graduated from church-related colleges,
with 15 coming from Presbyterian
schools, including seven from
Presbyterian College in Clinton, SC.
Ann Clay Adams, director of
admissions, says, "I believe that we
are beginning to see results from new
initiatives designed to lift up leaders
for church service. This year we
welcomed several students referred
to us by President Emeritus Doug
Oldenburg's program, Advocates for
Ministry. A couple of students came
to us through congregational match
programs, such as the Fund for
Theological Education's new recruit-
ment program, and from a Church and
Vocations-related congregation in
Charlotte. In the future we expect to

reap the benefits of the new PLSE
program which was the brainchild of
CTS trustee John Aldridge. And all of
these initiatives have proven helpful
already in raising the level of aware-
ness in congregations that they need to
identify gifted young people and
encourage them to consider mini
This is indeed a valuable sen ice, not
only to seminaries, but to the whole
church."

Among the M.Div. class's occupa-
tional backgrounds are PC(USA)
denominational staff, military weld-
ing, stage design, law, and business.
One student has been a GAP store
manager. Another, Adams said, has
"sold drugs" as a pharmaceutical
company sales representative.

Fifteen states, Puerto Rico and
Korea, and seven denominations are
represented in the class. D

Mattliew Hostetler

Investing in God's handiwork

Laura S. Mendenhall, President

God< ontini esto be .it work at 701
Columbia Drive, Decatur, < leorgia In
case things look slow where you arc, it
ma) be that the winds ol the Spirit are
hovering over C olumbia rheological
Seminary right now

Classes ha vi- resumed; ordination
exams have been taken; students are
using new skilK to explores* riptun
and theolog) and the pra< ticaJ skills <>'
rninistrj I ai ult) are ba< V and eaj
teaching a new class ol 64 Mastei ol
Divinity students Thai number ties
with L992as the largest in recorded
history (at leasl since 1983, when our
Admissions Office began tra< king
tins information) Ninet) one percenl
of the entering class is from the
Presbyterian ( hun h (I SA), that
being ten more Presbyterian students
in an entering < lass than in an) >>t the
ii'. en1 ) ears

Almosl weekl) we gei reports
from members of May's graduating
Jass that anothei has rei eived .i call
and is stepping into a pastoral role in
some waiting Presbyterian congrega-

tion ( Iraduatii n re< "ids from other
Presbyterian seminaries indicate that
W e are putting more pastors and asso-
ciate p.istors into tin' Presbyterian
( hnn h (USA) congregations than
an) "i the other seminaries We are
doing wh.it wedo besl preparing
and nurturing pastors and leadi
i,., the Presbyterian < nun h Enis is
i learl) ouj strength And the i hun h

continues to < ount on us lor pastoral

leadership

We are pleased thai the church is
stepping up to the responsibility to
partnei with the I lol) Spirit to call
those with gifts for leadership into
Christ's ministry ( alvin understood
that both the inward testimon) of the
I [ol) spirit and the affirmation ol
< .od's people .in' essential to disi ern
ing God's .all to us Sometimes it

,, ^ oi< ' from the outside to call
out attention to an inner voice.

Sometimes it takes a voice from the
outside to encourage us to trust an
inner \ oice We are grateful tor the
work ot these partners:

Presby terian Leadership Search
I ffort (PLSE), a church widt

effort encouraging aggrega-
tions to identit) those among
their own flock who have gifts
tor ministT) and sending their
names to a central computer
base that seminaries and cam-
pus ministries might be able to
en< ourage and invite young
people to consider whether
( lod might be calling them into
full-time Christian ministry

Advocates in Ministry teams
oi seasoned and young pastors
who visit with college students
about the joy of pastoral
ministry

Vocation in Ministry, groups
w ho offer a trial year at
seminary to qualified college
students who have not consid-
d the ministry as a vocation

Fund for Theological
Education's Congregational
Recruitment program,
congregations who partner
with the seminary to support
one of their student's expenses
while attending seminary

I continue to believe that you and
1 are investing ourselves in God's
handiwork at Columbia Theological
Seminary We are blessed to be partici-
pants in the new thing God is doing
in a place where Christ's ministry has
a well-worn path.

Laura Mcndcuhall

lAaggi Henderson

Henderson
named dean of
students, vice
president of
student services

In August, Columbia announced the
appointment of the Rev. Margret
(Maggi) Henderson as dean of stu-
dents and vice president of student
services. She comes to Columbia from
Highland Presbyterian Church in
Winston-Salem, North Carolina,

where she served .is asso< iate pastoi

Ordained as a Minister ot the Word
and Sacrament in the Presb) (.nan
Church (USA) in 1988, Henderson

holds the B.S. in psycholog) from the

I niversit) of Oregon, the M.Dn from
Union rheological Seminar) in Virginia,
and the M.A. in Christian edu< ation
from the Presbyterian School of
( hristian l ducation Prior to her most
recent call, she served as ,ismh iate pas-
tor ot I lope Presbyterian Church in
Austin, lexas, and as Presb) terian
i ampus minister to Salem College.

Throughout her ministry
I [enderson has been involved in the
PC(USA) at the presbyter) and nation-
al levels. As member and chau ol
Salem Presbytery's committee on
Preparation tor Ministry since 1 L > C >3,
I [enderson has assisted many seminary
students through the c.ill process a\^\
into then hist churches. She has also
been active in south ministry at the
national level, having been a design
team member ,md chaplain for the
Presbyterian Youth Triennium. In 2002,
she co-directed two Montreal Youth
c Onferences tor more- than 2,500
young people.

speaking ot Henderson's appoint-
ment, Columbia 's President Laura
Mendenhall savs, "Maggi brings a real
commitment to the church .m^ a deep
respect tor those who sci ve Christ. Her
w isdom and insight, her listening and
guiding, her wit and humor will be
gifts to the entire seminary community
and those we serve. We are grateful
that Cod has called Maggi Henderson
to this ministr\ and look forward to
her leadership." D

Hariri/ Newman

Newman
named director
of Faith and the
City Program

H \R\n K. Ni WMAN has been named
the new director of Columbia Seminary's
Faith and the City program. Faith
and the City is a cooperative effort

olumbia, L andler School of
Theology and the Interdenominational
Theological Center. The program seeks
to foster the development of public
religious leadership in clergy and
clergy-information

As director of Faith and the City,
Newman will also teach several Master
of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry
courses at Columbia. His personal
experience as an ordained minister in
the United Church of Christ (UCC)
and former pastor of First UCC
Church in Liberty, North Carolina,
gi\ es him a unique and valuable per-
spective for working with pastors and
future pastors. He holds the M.Div.
from Duke University Divinity School
and the Ph.D. from Emory University.
Newman, who previously taught
at Columbia as an adjunct professor,
returns to the seminary while remain-
ing professor of urban policy studies
at Georgia State University (GSU),
where he has served since 1970. He
has also served at GSU as acting asso-
ciate director of the school of public
administration and urban studies in
the College of Public and Urban Affairs,
as well as coordinator of urban studies
in the College of Urban Life.

Speaking of his appointment,
President Laura Mendenhall says,
"Harvey is immediately helpful
because he already understands
Columbia and the Faith and the City
program. This joint appointment
promises to bring new levels of exper-
tise to the Faith and the City work
from someone exceedingly knowl-
edgeable about the urban setting. We
are pleased to offer Harvey Newman
as a gift to our students, to our Faith
and the City colleagues at the Interde-
nominational Theological Center and
Candler School of Theology, and to the
city of Atlanta."

VANTAGE

2003 Doctor of Theology
dissertations

Dennis I \i<\ IS, Tunnel Hill, GA, "The Use of Parable as a
Religious Resource for Pastoral Counseling

2003 Doctor of Ministry
dissertations

Jimmy Asbell, Macon, GA, "Sabbath as Means ol ( Irai e
and Conquerer of Chaos: An Apologetic and Practice"
George Ashford, Spartanburg, SC, "The Convening
Power of the Church as an Act of Ministry Developing a
Responsible Church in a Growing Drug Culture
Edna Banes, Richmond, VA, "Worshipping as One:

Chapel Services on a Seminary Campus"
Dameon Black, St. Catherine, Jamaica, "Church Conflict:
Aetiology, Pathology, and Transformation A Jamaican
Case Study"

Fyfe Blair, Aberdeen, Scotland, "Staying in the
Paradox of Thirdspace Issues of Well-being in New
Church Development Ministry in Scotlana'
John Blewitt, Cardiff, MD, "No Time for Discipleship"
David Boumgarden, Naperville, IL, "Discerning Some
of the Leadership Factors Needed for Starting up strong,
Missionallv Faithful Congregations in Two Midwestern
Suburban Metropolitan Areas"
Kathryn Cameron, Nellysford, VA, "Welcoming the
Stranger: Including Autistic People in the Church's Life
Using Art"
Douglas Cushing, Moore, SC, "Why Do New Churches
Stop Growing? Missio Dei as a Key to the Transition
from Pastoral-size to Program-size New Church
Development"
Robert Debelak, Cleveland, TN, "Hidden in Plain

Sight: Esther and a Marginalized Hermeneutic"
Clark Deloach, Marietta, GA, "Practicing the Faith
amidst the Competing Narratives of Old Testament
Wilderness and Consumerism in the Church"
Susan Denne, Rock Hill, SC, "Bringing the Body
Together: Building a Context for Dialogue at the Lord's
Table"
Sue Dickson, El Paso, TX, "Worship into Wine: An
Invitation to Re-discover Reformed Worship as the Work
of the People through the Practice of Personal Piety"
At i-RED Drummond, Perth, Scotland, "Fingerprints m

the Margins: Sharing the Journey with Outsiders"
Priscilla Durkin, Wadesboro, NC, "The Power of

Prayer: One Congregation's Story"
Pamela Eliason, Dunbar, WV, "Seeking Transformation
Reflections on the Use of Lenten Preaching to Address
White Racism within a White Congregation"
Chris Erdman, Fresno, CA, "'When Two or Three Gather
in My Name': The New Science, an Ancient Practice, and
the (Re)Discovery of Missional Imagination and Practice
within a Congregation Plunged into Conflict and Chaos
Diana Gibson, Menlo Park, CA, "Nurturing Disciples

for Revolutionary Christians"
Edward Glaize, Tallassee, AL, "A Model of Group
Spiritual Direction Using Christian Meditation and
Silence for Developing a Mission Statement and
Long-range Plan"
Mark Graham, Roanoke, VA, "A Congregation

Engages Jesus through the Sermon on the Mount
Samuel Green, Winter Garden, FL, "The Methodist
Class Leader System: A Model for Equipping 1 aity tor
Pastoral Care"
Thomas Groome, Spartanburg, SC, "Mission 21: A
Vision for Ministry in the First Decade of the Twent\
first Century for Covenant Presbyterian Church,
Spartanburg, South Carolina"
Jarred Hammet, Macon, GA, "The Lord's Supper and
Euchar.stic Theologies of the Laity: Gathering Audible
Answers about the Visible Signs"
Ronald Hilliard, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, "Healing
the Wounds of Relinquishment: Adoptees and the
Journey of Forgiveness

Mary Howson, Newtown, CT, "Rev.ving the Life of
the Spirit Teaching The Interior Castle m New England
United Church of Christ Congregations"
Michael Hoyt, Glenshaw, PA, "Preach.ng What We
Practice: The Sermon as Reflection on a Missional
Congregation"
David Hudson, Southern Pines, NC, "The Images of Jesus

in the Selected Writings of Shusaku Endo
Barbara Ingram, Denver, NC, "Discovering and Sharing

a Model for Ministry: A Personal Journey
Ernest Jackson, Sumter, SC, "Silenced No More: The
Church Helping Abused Women Reclaim Their Identity
David Jordan, Charlotte, NC, "Funeral Sermons as
Celebrations of Life"

Douglass Key, Greensboro, NC, "Toward a Unity that
Endures. Exploring Circumstance-limited Testimony for
the Operating Doctrine of the Presbyterian Church

R< k i r Kri bger Pendleton. 9< C oming to the Sabbath

[able \n \ thi< rbi Keeping Sabbath"
Paui i ^ng, Greenville N< Benedictine Practices in the

Post-modem Chun h
A\\i 1 1 1 'in i ii k. Wilmington Dl Making Spiritual

I onnection with Persons with Alzheimei s tool

impassionate Care"
(. i ug l iNDSEY, Skaneateles, W Restoring Salt's

Saltiness lopmeni Prerequisites"

I loyd i ooni \ Dacula, GA, Pastoral ( oun linfi and

Pentecostalism APersonal rheological loumej
Moniani-/. Mesouite I*X Passing the Torch to a

New Generation AC hallenge for the Hispanii

Pentecostal L hun h

[amesMoran, Hermitage, IN, "Preaching the< tood News

m .i Post-modern World
Martin Nabor, Pusiga-Bawku Ghana AStudyol

Healing and Deliverance Ministry in Vfrican American

and African Immigrant Churches with Recommendations
for New Church Development In ( .hana"

Rhonda OTcehay, Cincinnati OH Where Is Mj C omfbrt?
A. Reframing of the Scriptures on Barrenness to Promote
I lealing"

[ohn Park, Fort Wayne, IN, I he ( hun h as i amil)
What Do We Mean? An Exploration tor the< ommunir)
We Seek"

Andkiw Rm tin. i dinburgh, Scotland, "< hristian
i ommunit] in a Fragmented Soderj
Eugi Ml Roberts, l airport, NY, " rhe Missional
Communis Called Formed, and Sen! A Missional
Reading or the I ettet to the Ephesians"
riMOTHYRoBi rts, Norfolk. VA < ontextual Worship in
the North American Mainline Church Wising 1 p 01

Dumbing Down?'"
Iimcn Ross, C edartown, G \ "Where' ollej

Meets Turner Street Ra< e Relations in C edartOVS 1 1

( ieorgia"
Sandy Shawhan, Cottontown, IN, "John Wesley A

s, Mutual Mentor for Women in Mini StTJ

Rum Snydi k. Matthews, NC, "Weeping in Worship
C ollaborative Preaching on texts of Lament"

John Sonnenday, Washington, I K Breaking the
raboo ralking about Faith and Monej in rhe< hun h"

Bi rsv Steier, Orlando, Fl . "Disciplemaking
Recommissionin^; a I osl Art Mission Strateg) toi
1 xan^elism M\d Church I >ewlnpment in the C hristian

Church (Disciples ol C hrist) in Florida
Catherini fAYLOR, Atlanta*, a. '< oming Home I opening

a Flawed Famih to Authentic ( ommuiuty"
Rawle Tyson, Kingston. Jamaica, I ai Uitating I alth

Development and Chun h liuolvement among the

Adolescents of Christian Life Fellowship
David Watson, Moon Ibwnship PA, "A Missional

plan tor Riverdale Presbyterian C hurch as It Ministei in

the IWenty-firsi Centurj Moving from a Pastoral-style

Church to a Program-st) le ( hun h
Craig Williams, IrabucoC anyon,( A, "Do< >ui Words

Matter 1 I aying Inundation Stones in New < hun h

Development through Preaching"
Lakkn . uiborough, [allapoosa, GA, "1 sing Personal
Memoir as a Means of Growth in the I ifeol I hnshan
Faith for Older Adults in a Southern Baptist ( hun h

Master of Divinity degree
graduates and placements

Dedera Baker
Cynthia Benz
smi i mm Bird, pastor, First Presbyterian Church,

Florence, AZ
Wesi i > Brandon, assoi iate p istor, south Aiken

Presbyterian Church, Aiken, SC
Samuei Bridges, Air Force, haplain, Vance Air Force Ba

Enid, OK
Scon Cm kins, pastor, i irsi Presbyb rian( hurch, East

Jordon, MI
SHELIACoUNC II
M \RYANN Mc KlBBEN Daw, associate pastor. Burke

Presb) terian Church, Burke, VA

I homaS iDANIl i , ass* (date pastor lor ot neie,hhoi ho, .d out

reach, North Avenue Presb) terian C hun h, Atlanta, e.A

Ekic Dili i nbi iate pastor. North l ta atui

Presbyterian Church, Decatur, GA
Ellen Dunn, clinical pastoral educal W Hospitals,

Atlanta, CA
SakmiIi associate director of continuing education,

Columbia Seminary,
I, .i, i r 1 1 .i .i , campus, minister, Vanderbilt University,

Nashville, I
Elizabeth Goodrk 1 1
Megan ( to vh w, interim director oi youth, rriruty

Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, GA

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CHRIS* ttWER Ham, parish residency, Second

Presbyterian ( hurch Indianapolis, IN
Mar \m. i Haynd pastor, Southport Presbyterian

i hurch Southport, NC
David Hyi rs associate pastor, I irs! Pre ibj terian

( hurch Waco i\

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Master of Theology

Stephen Db< i ussi Walford, Stone Mountaln/GA,

i oncepl to Realltj I ndei standinR and Applying

U-ssi i gationaathe H mi uti. ol

,i i lospel wSiin the I rameworkof North American
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FALL 2003

Events Calendar

FoTfurther information or to register for courses call 404-378-8821,
or email: ConEd@CTSnet.edu, LayInstitute@CTSnet.edu, or
sptyprog@CTSnet.edih

Tuesdays January 6-March 9 BEG1 G be, Foi I PEOPLE Leader Susan
Hylen, doctoral candidate at Emory University. taie Icosl USA.

First Tuesday of each month ' ^7', ''^''h" 7*, Z'Z ,n

I novekftom a theological perspective I eade. :R kDiern h. ' "

For each month's! i 04^7-4577,0. e mail I aj Institute I Snel . du

I ree

Third Tuesday of each month I UTH & Film Discussions of contemporary films

n^maTeo^cal perspective Leader: Fritz 1 p.m. achmonths

mo, u, , ,11 404-687-4577, o, . -n.nl I ..> lnstute@CTSnet.edu. Free.

October 16, 23, 30, November 6 Fan Morning Lay Sch "Anointings in the

( xi of John" Leader: Linda Morningstar. L0:00-noon. Cost $50.

October 30-November 2 I Aim & I '.. M: "Seeking I ight While Sitting in the Dark"

vw rilms as a medium g greal themes of the J^*^*

stories on screen. Montreat Conference Centei Leader: Ed McNulty. Cost. $223.

October 20, 27, November 3, 10 PALI EVENING Lm s< hoOI SESSION TWO

Co urse in Bib e theology, and Christian spiritualit) I eaders: ( harke Raynal

1 ; ",', : :; \L ]oZoni Kathleen < >'< onnor, Christine Voder, and Ric k I hetnch

7:30-9:30 p.m ( osl $50.

November 4-6 ADMINISTRATION, MANAG1 mi !NT, AND MINISTRY Practical skills in

pastoral leadership Leaders: Dent Davis, Cam Murch^on, Paul Copley,and

; Knllv fmB me r/niversitj , ( leorgia Terry School of Management. Cost. $220.

Novembers Simrni-ai my IMMERSION WEEKEND Santa Barbara, California.

I eader: [ulie Johnson ( ost $ 100

November 10-14 PrayerinMan\ Forms An experimental approach to various

formsofprayei Monaster) ol theHol) Spiril in Conyers, Georgia. Leader:

; re ta Reed osl $300.

November 10-14 GuTHRU SCHOl ARS Cost: transportation.

November 11-12 OLDER \DUU1 MINISTRY A look at ways older adults can be

involved in ministry, health concerns, educational opportunities, and much

more. Leader: Miriam Dunson Cost: $145.

January 6, 13, 20, 27, February 3, 10, 17, 24, March 2, 9 NEW Testam. ni GREEK

for the Lay Person Leader: Susan Hylen, Cost $90.

January 5-16 BRIDGING IH GOSPEI U*D< OLTl Rl D.Min. course exploring the

bridges between gospel and culture. Open to non-speciali/ation students with
permission of professor. Course leader: Stan Wood. Cost: $930.
January 25-30 LISTENING FOR IH GOD WHO SPEAKS Daytona Beach, Florida.
Leader: Ben Johnson. Cost: $300.

lanuary 26-29 JANUAR. Si minaks: NURTURING Faith at the Et> !l "Preaching,
Teaching, and Communicating in a Changing Culture" Leaders: Tom Long,
Anna Carte. I loreni e, Barbara Brown Taylor, [ohn Westerhoff, and Dent Davis
Cost: $240

February 2-4 VOICES: BlBLH VI I uTHIN< HANGING CULTURES Collaboration ^
between Columbia and I . kerd College. Leaders: Walter Brueggemann andCari
Halladay. Cost: $250 plus room and board due Dec 15; late registration: $275.

February 2, 9, 16, 23 WINTER EVENING LA* SCHOOl Leaders: Stan Saunders,
Bill Harkens, Haruko Ward. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Cost $50.

March 2-3 Using TECHNOLOGY: PRACTICAI Tool Si OF MINISTRY A seminar focus-
ing on worship, teaching, and administration. PowerPoint, handheld PDAs, the
Web, and more. Leader: John Jewell. Cost: $150.

March 2 9 16,23,20 WHAT HAPPENS TO US WHEN WE Dm Hosted by All Saints
Episcopal Church in Atlanta. Leaders: Mark Douglas, Brian Wren, Carlos
Cardoza-Orlandi, Susan Hylen, and Dan Mathewson. 6:00-7:30 p.m. Cost: $45
in advance; $50 at the door; $40 for members of All Saints Episcopal Church.

March 15-19 Bodybuilding for Ministry A new support event for Columbia
graduates in their first calls. '02 graduate applications accepted in writing or by
email until available enrollment spaces are filled. Cost: transportation.

March 7-12 Literature and Practice OF SPIRITUAL Direction An advanced
course in the art of consultation with Christians on the journey. Leader: John
Kloepfer. Cost: $300.

These pastors are among 40 who , onvened at Columbia in August for the inaugural S
workshop, funded by the Lilly Endowment.

S 3 program is SSSomething new in
continuing education

Forty-nine pastors from 10 states
and seven denominations formed the
eight groups selected for the inaugural
S' Orientation Workshop held at
Columbia Seminary August 11-14.
Funded by the Lilly Foundation, the
S ( Project, whose name points toward
its focus on aspects of Sabbath, study,
and service of church pastors, in\ olves
self-directed peer learning groups in
two-year intentional learning projects.

Project proposals for 2003 included
Celtic spirituality; technology in min-
istry; post-modern / post-Christendom
ministry; and what it means to be
Protestant in a non-Protestant context.
Applications will be received in the
spring for participation in the 2004
cohort. To apply, contact the Office of
Continuing Education at 404-687-4562,
or email ConEd@CTSnet.edu. D

Lifelong Learning programs
invite your participation

Bi yond Coi umbia Seminary's degree
programs are abundant opportunities
for lifelong learning. Through
Continuing Education, for example,
50 pastors are embarking on a new
venture called the S 1 Project, where
they'll work together in small, self-
directed peer learning groups.

Through the Lay Institute, anyone
can learn from the likes of Shirley
Guthrie, Kathleen O'Connor, Michael
Morgan, and Beth Johnson or look
together at books and movies through
a theological lens.

A success of New Church
Development is the recent graduation
of Portuguese-speaking commissioned
lay pastors. Two graduates are already
pastors in new congregations.

The Spirituality Program offers
trips to its participants to Rome and
Geneva, for example to learn about
Christianity's spiritual heritage right
at the source.

In addition to this issue of Vantage,
look for more Lifelong Learning pro-
grams on Columbia's web site at
www.CTSnet.edu. D

Holmes presents Smyth lectures

Barbara Holmes, asscx i.-ui professor
ol ethics and African-American reli-
gious studies at Memphis Theological
seminary, presented the 2003 Smyth
Lectures at Columbia Theological
Seminary in mid-October. The topic
oi her lecture series was "Cosmology
and Culture."

An ordained Pentecostal minister
in the United Church of Christ,
Holmes practiced law for eight years

before receiving the M.Div. from
Columbia Seminary in 1995 and the
Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University in
1998. Her interests include ethics,
African-American religious studies,
science and religion, and social theory.
Holmes's latest book, Race and the
Cosmos: An Invitation to Viae the World
Differently, is a metaphysical study of
cosmology, race, and what it means to
awaken to full liberation. D

VANTAGE

Spirituality program explores
Europe

"Thi ri b w extraordinary quality
about studs ing a person, not onlj in
his or her historical context, but also
in geographical context,'' says [ulie
Johnson (D.Min. '98), director of the
spirituality Program at Columbia
Seminary. Since 2000, Johnson has
been taking students in the Certificate
in Spiritual Formation program right
to the source to Stud) important
people and places in the history of
Christian spirituality.

Last year students tra\ eled to
Spain to study the writing of St. Teresa
of Avila. While in Avila, they read
Teresa's The Interior Castle. According
to Johnson, students were able to walk

through the city with a transformed
,iw areness ol reresa's work

This year participants studied the
hi./ ministry, and spiritual practices ot

lohn Calvin in Geneva, Switzerland
Dr. Tom Sch wanda, dire< tol ot the
Reformed SpirituaUrj Network, led

the trip October 14-21, 2004 1 odging

was at the Seneca! retre.it house in the

center of Cene\ a

Participants also studied at
the World Council ot L hurches head-
quarters m < !ene\ a. I >< ( >daii Pedroso
Meteus, secretary ot the World
Association of Reformed Churches,
lectured on the Council's renewed
emphasis on spiritual formation.

Nurturing Faith at the Edge
January 26-29 Seminars

"Nurtring Faith at the Edge:
Preaching, Teaching and Communicat-
ing in a Changing Culture" is the
theme of the 2004 January Seminars,
January 26-29.

In a world where religious identity
matters more than anyone predicted
a decade ago, many are heading to
the center of their faith traditions to
shore up the foundations. Meanwhile,
others are leaving the fold to explore
faith beyond their own conventions.
Ministry is increasingly "edgy," carried
out in the shifting borders between the
church and the world.

Tom Long, Bandy Professor of
Preaching at Candler School of
Theology at Emory University, John

Westerhoff, theologian in residence
at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in
Atlanta, and seminary faculty mem-
bers Anna Carter Florence, Barbara
Brown Taylor, and Dent Davis will
lead daily worship and seminars.
Topics include lectionary preaching
(Lent to Pentecost), ministry on tin-
border between the church and the
world, and prayer as appreciative
inqunv

Make plans now to attend. Cost
is $240. Because of the nature of this
event, single-day registration is not
possible. For more information, call
404 687^562, email ConEd@CTSnet.edu,
or visit www.CTSnet.edu.

'Worship and the Contemporary
Church' Colloquium: April 12-14

Worship is changing in the twenty-
first century. Pastors and churches are
struggling to develop new forms of
worship and adapt traditional prac-
tices to meet the needs of changing
congregations. Colloquium 2004 will
be held April 12-14, and will explore
traditional, contemporary, and blend-
ed understandings and practices of
congregational worship. Participants
will have an opportunity to experi-
ence diverse forms of worship, learn
how they have been used in a variety
of church situations, and explore
questions related to music, media,
preaching, and liturgy.

This year's keynote speaker is
Dr. Timothy L. Carson. Carson is
pastor of Webster Groves Christian

Church (Disciples of Christ) in St.
Louis, Missouri. A nationally known
resource person in contemporary
worship, Carson is author ot So
You're Thinking About Contemporary
Worship (Chance Press, 1997) and
liminal Reality and Transformational
Power (University Press, 1997). An
accomplished musician, he also has
produced two music CDs, Wind of the
Spirit (1997) and Wind of the Spirit 2

(2001).

Alumni /ae and friends are
encouraged to mark these dates on
their calendars. More information
will be available in the winter
Vantage, or call 404 687-4566, email
ConEd@CTSnet.edu, or visit
www.CTSnet.edu. D

Jet Harper retires from Columbia

Ai mi bndoI Septembei the l olumbia
Seminar) famil) gathered a1 a farewell

reception to honor our tnend and

colleague, Juliette "let" Harpei who

retired as director ot publil ationS BI\d

publicity, a post sin- had held since

1<-)8S.

For those ol you ofl campus
Columbia's alumni ae and friend

around the world it is Jet who has

worked with such dedii atlon foi ^>
long to make sine ih.it you axecon
nected to life on campus and the news

Of Columbia. You know her work if
you read Vantage, it von ve paged
through an) < olumbia Seminar)

brochure, pored through the .mini. .I
report or academic catalogue, visited

the Web site, noticed a I olumbia

advertisement in J magazine 01 read
about the seminary in a newspaper.
I lere on campus, we will miss

Jet's peerless professionalism and
dedii ation to quality she has a gift
for clean copy, c l in design, and i risp

, leai thinking. We will miss the waj
she de< orated" hei office whi< h
almost required the clean up i rew

h(im m e I (OHMI V.. Mr/ oil Bpill We

will miss let's musings aboul hei
hometown ol ( >ai I Lill, Uabama and
Its leading Industry the I S Postal
Sen li e We will miss hei wrj Bense
j humoi and the nil knames Bhe
bestowed on so man) ol us

Robert i ireenleal dea< ribed the
gouri e ol servanl leadership as the

natural feeling thi te wants to serve,

t serve firsl thai Is to be motivated

nol bj m sj oi recognition but by

., desire to work tow. ml .i highei
purpose No lndi\ IdueJ whose name
adorns a building oi portrait adorns a
wall embodies thai virtue more than
l,.i vvh.i lerved foi the mosl pari with

out similai notii e mmendation

m. has been a i onsummate servanl
leadei al I olumbia We thank God foi
i-i ministry among us She will
always be oui friend

Rev lose Carlos Pezim, Mentor Emilio Talamonte, Dr. Stanley Wood and I fc frank
Tdur^^matestoV * students who computed lay leader tramm*

through Columbia's New Church Development program.

FALL 2003

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 poeb@ctsnet.edu.

1950s

Dick Dodds '54 is interim pastor of
First church, Peachtree City, GA
Roland Perdue '59 is interim pastOl "I
the Westlield, NJ, church.

1960s

Wayne Hoffman '62 is national

chaplain for the Military Officers
Association of America, director of
development tor the Presbyterian
Council for Military Chaplains, and
parish associate at ( iraham Memorial
church, Coronado. CA Robert
Wallace '68 (DM in '81) is the pastor ol

Cocoa, I I , > hurch Morris Taylor '63

(DMin 'Sh) is retired from First church,
Canton, MS, and was named pastor
emeritus

1970s

John Carothers '75 is pastor oi
Webster ( Iroves churc h, SI I ouis, M( )
Warner Durnell '78 is executive

presbyter tor North Alabama

Willard Hurlburt '75 has retired from

the Lynnville, TN, church Stewart

Wilson '78 is interim oi I irsl church,

( iuntersville, AL Sally-Lodge

Henderson Teel '78 is stated supply of
Ruth Memorial church, Poplan. ille, MS.

1980s

Maynard Pittendreigh (DMin '86)
wrote The Presbyterian Church
Welcomes You, an introduction to the
Presbyterian Church (USA),
published by 1st Books Librar)
Russell Morgan '86 is parish associate

o! the Crocker, MO, church Olin

McBride '87 is pastor First church,
Starkville, MS.

1990s

Lucy Youngblood '91 is pastor oi
Oak Grove church, Hillsboro, WV.
James Calhoun (DMin f 92) is min-
ister of First United Methodist church,

Winfield, AL Bobby Fisher '94 is

chaplain and religion teacher at

Pomtret School, Pomfret, CT John

Ragsdale '94 received a D.Min. degree
from McCormick Seminar) and was
awarded the Hunt Pn/e tor outstand-
ing thesis and overall academic

record Kathy Carpenter '93 and Jim

Klagge were married in June at the
Rustburg, VA, church, where she is

pastor Chris Michael (ThM '98) is

pastor of the Cherry Log, GA,
Christian Church (Disciples of

Christ) Hyung (Howard Kim) '98 is

associate pastor of Bethany Korean

church, Marietta, GA Rebecca

Burton '97 (DMin '05) is pastor of

Calvary church, Marietta, GA Mike

Capron '98 is interim pastor oi the

Chili, NY, church Robin Walker

Palmer '96 is interim pastor of Grace

church, Madison, AL Laurie

Valentine '96 married Scott North in
September in Greensboro, NC.
. .David Murad '96 is interim director

of Elam Davies Social Service Center, a
mission of Fourth church, Chicago, IL.

2000s

David Taylor '02 received a Th.M.
degree from Princeton Seminary.
..Paul Nazarian (DMin Ol ) is pastor
of Northwn.nl ( hurch, Houston, TX.
....Eunice Yang '00 is pastor ..I

Adelphi, MD, church Christine

Tiller '00 is pastor of Calvary church,

Ann Arbor, Ml Sung Lee '01 is

asso. late pastor of the Geneva church,

Jacksonville, Fl Peggy McClure '02

is exec u t i vc director of the Community
( Iriel Support Service, Birmingham, AL.

Carrie Khoads '02 and Chris
Tuttle '03 were married in M.n in
Atlanta Michael Johnson (DMin '00)
is pastor of John 1 lus Moravian Church,

Brooklyn, NY Bettina Kilburn '01

w.is ordained at the Roswell, GA,
church by < ireater Atlanta Presbyter)
to a ministry in medical ethics.

Faculty and Staff

Biblical area

Christine Yoder, assistant professoi ot
( Nd testament, led Bible study at the
annual meeting ot the Institute of
Theology at Princeton Seminary and

BIRTHS

[o Barbara Benton Flynt (MAYM '89)
and Brad, a son, Benton Bradley,
Aug 21,2003.

lb Tom '94 and Julie Watkins, a
daughter, Mary Thomas, Sept. 18, 2003.
To James (MATS '95) and Darcy
Dungan-Seaver, a son, Leo George,
July 9, 2(H)'.

To Cassandra Bear '98 and Jeffrey
( iraham, a son, Benjamin, July 6, 2003.
To John '99 and Susannah 1 lager Cook
'99, a son, John Hagcr. [an. 24, 2003.
To David '99 and Emily Lindsay, twins,
a son, I leni \ \\o\x\. and a daughter,
Elizabeth Hope, May 25, 2003.
To David '01 and Edye Bender, twins,
a son, lames Williamson, and a daugh-
ter, Jessica Caroline, July 10, 2003.
To Christopher '01 and Alice Crotwell,
a daughter, Miriam Steele, April 7, 2003
To Ken 03 and Erin Sikes, a daughter,
Jane Elizabeth, June 17, 2003.
To Scott '03 and Miriam White, a son,
Anthony James, June 21, 2003.

DEATHS

R. McNair Smith '35, July 22, 2003.
William M. Frampton '36, July 18, 2003.
John E. Watts '44, Dec. 18, 2002.
John L. Edwards '45, Dec. 19, 2002.
Frank Havlicek 51, May 2, 2003.
Floyd L. Berrier (DMin '90), Oct. 22,
2002

Clarence Boone, former Board mem-
ber, June 13, 2003

published an article on Proverbs in
Journal of Biblical 1 iterature Kathleen
O'Connor, professor of Old Testament,
preac bed the Pentecost sermon in the
Anderson Auditorium in Montreat,
taught a course on the spirituality of
. mtS for Spring Hill College, and
presented a paper to the annual meet-
ing of the Catholic Biblical Association.

Directors and Staff

Sarah Erickson '03, associate director

i .1 i ontmuing education, was ordained
at the Spanish Fort, AL, church. She
served on the writing team for the
adult We Believe curriculum for the
PC(USA); preached and taught church
school at the North Decatur, GA,
church; and preached at a meeting of

the South Alabama Presbytery John

Knapp (MATS '95), president of the
Southern Institute for Business and
I thus, conducted programs on ethics
foi Atlanta Business Chronicle,
< oca -c ola Enterprises, Midtown
Rotar) ( lub, Leadership DeKalb, and

Georgia-Pacific Corporation Ann

Clay Adams, director of admissions,
presented a workshop at the Fund for
Theological Education's annual con-
ference and completed her term as
advisor to the Presbyterian Student
Strategy Team Rick Dietrich, direc-
tor of the Lay Institute of Faith and
Life, taught church school at the
Decatur, GA, church; he preached for
the Protestant Hour/Day 1 radio and

television program Stan Wood,

director of the Center for New Church
Development (NCD), led a spirituality
retreat for Snowmass Chapel, CO; lec-
tured and presented keynote address-
es at the National NCD Conference
sponsored by the Evangelism and
Church Development office of the
General Assembly, Portland, OR; and
lectured on evangelism at the Lay
Leadership Training Program for
Hispanic Evangelism and Church
Development graduation in Santa
Barbara. He taught an NCD course for
the steering committee meeting of the
Lay Leadership Training Program for
Hispanic Evangelism and Church
Development in Los Angeles and
taught an NCD seminar for Tropical
Florida Presbytery.

Historical Doctrinal area
Carlos Cardoz-Orlandi, associate
professor of world Christianity, was
Christian mission and unity professor
at the Hispanic Summer Program held
at Mundelein Seminary and provided
leadership for the faculty retreat of

Asbury Seminary in Orlando Margit

Ernst, instructor of theology, and
spouse, Ibrahim Habib, announced the
birth of their daughter, Leila Marie, on
July 19.

Practical Theology area
Laura Mendenhall, president, preached
at the Montreat Youth Conference;
First church, Greenwood, SC;
Westminster church, Charleston, SC;
and Briarwood church, Jackson, MS.
.. ..Michael Morgan, seminary musi-
cian, presented a seminar on metrical
psalmody at the Presbyterian
Association of Musicians Worship and

Music Conference in Albuquerque

Chuck Campbell, associate professor
of homiletics, taught church school
classes at Central church, Atlanta. He
preached and presented at the fortieth
anni\ ersary celebration at Westminster
church, Durham, NC Brian Wren,
professor of worship, taught a D.Min.
course on "Music in Worship" at

Seabury-Western Seminary Anna

Carter Florence, assistant professor of
preaching and worship, preached
at the baccalaureate service for
Presbyterian College; the Presbyterian
Youth Conference in Louisville;
and the ordination of MaryAnn
McKibben Dana '03. She taught and
preached at Kirkridge Conference
Center, Bangor, PA and participated in
the Wabash Center Consultation on
Teaching Homiletics, Crawfordsville,
IN. She also published a sermon in
Get Up Off Your Knees, published by

Cowley Publications Bill Harkins,

assistant professor of pastoral theolo-
gy and care, is priest assistant at Holy
Family Episcopal Church, Jasper, GA.
He conducted a conflict management
workshop for the Mid-South Regional
Conference of the Administrative

Personnel Association Sharon

Mook, assistant professor of pastoral
theology and care, taught church
school at the North Decatur, GA,

church Rodger Nishioka, associate

professor of Christian education,
preached at the International Christian
Youth Event for the Christian Church
(Disciples of Christ), Atlanta;
University church, Chapel Hill, NC;
Presbyterian Youth Connection
Assembly, Louisville, KY; and First
church, Lincolnton, NC. He presented
at the Christian Education conference
in Montreat and led the synod of the
Rocky Mountains Youth Leader Event,
Denver, CO. Nishioka was the keynote
speaker for the Leadership Day event
for the presbyteries of Greater Atlanta,
Cherokee, and Northeast Georgia and
was the keynote speaker and a work-
shop leader for the Grace presbytery
ACT event.

Continued on page 8

Vantage

Volume 95, No. 2, Fall 2003
Published quarterly by
Columbia Theological Seminary
Circulation: 27,000

The Office of Development and
Seminary Relations

Editor: Genie Addleton

Interim Director of Communications

Contributing Editors:

Jet Harper, Matthew Hostetler, Susan

Thomas '04, Robert Williamson, Jr. '01.

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VANTAGE

O'Connor recipient of book award

Ed Lorim '66 and Murphy Davis 74 received the 2003 Dtstingw
Award in September. Loring and Davis founded Minn,, s < )pen Door
Community, a ministry for the poor, imprisoned and homeless of Atlanta.
Charles Mqffatt '51 also received the award in April of this year.

Kathleen M 0'< onnof professor
ol Old restamenl has received the
C atholi< Press Association - lop award
m the category ol scripture foi h
lamentations and tiie ' i World.

in m-\ iewing the book Ihe ( atholi<
Press Association notes O't onnoi
ability to blend scholarship, practical
insight, and deep spirituality a rare
, ombination to bring to life an
often forgotten and misunderstood
biblical book "

In lamentations and the Vearsofthe
World, O'C onnoi writes foi Ihe acade
mi< communit) but also foi pastors
and educated laypersons. She believes
thai the poems ol I amentations pro
y ide an important conn* tion between
worship and the expression ol pain
and suffering, both personal and sod
etal i amentations" shesays 'invites
people to break the i ulture ol denial
to honoi "in own pain howevei small
or great, and to be open to compassion

others' suffering We are able to
treat others with lull dignity and
reverence only when we i an treat oui
selves with the same* hristian regard
fhe book has two majoi < tions,
the firsl presenting a thorough exegeti
cal analysis ol I amentations five
poems and the second offering hei
reflections on whal she terms a theol
ol witness." m this lattei set tion
O'Connor engages in an interpretation
,,, i amentations, which professoi
emeritus Walter Brueggemann dea ribe
as "a rich m^\ shamelessly beautiful
theological exposition "0'( onnoi finds
,,, i amentation's stark poetry an
important theological resource foi
individuals and the worshiping

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community One reviewei writes,
( i ( onnoi speaks from a wounded
tu-.u t thai Uu-ks oul on a wounded
world both still waiting paradoxi
callj foi the ( iod who heals all
wounds

I m onnoi work deeply Informed
K hei own life also draws on her
experience teat King at I olumbia and
le< hiring al i hurches and conferences
throughout the country "Discussions
with the pastors in my I to< toi ol
Ministry i oui tea have been parti( ulai
K important in shaping my undei
standing ol how this texl i ome to be
lived in worshiping communities and
how it can be a theologii al resouro
foi pa toi h< says I amentation \
1M \ ite . us i" bring Into worship all thai
is wounded both in ourselves and in
oui world rhis worshipful expression
| offering transforms an otherw ise
bleak book into an important Btep on
the load to healing

In addition to it'' signifli am e
foi worshiping i ommunities and
individual believei i the l atholii
i',, \ io< iation tovard recognizes
lamentations and \h Tea\ oj the World
for its scholarly excellence and fresh
academii in iighl N - Waltei
Brueggemann Bay rhis award
acknowledges the bool simportance
in the field and affirms* >'< onnoi
, ontribution to new interpretive
, urrents in ( Ad restamenl Btudiei
fhe award i ommends 1 1 i onnoi
WO rl and also reflects the commitmenl
to academii excellence relevant to the
needs ol the church thai it character^
,,, ol i olumbia's faculty asa whole

Robert Williamson / 03

Noble's book a story of justice

Exp. date

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K his new book, Beyond the Burning
/;.,_ {oil Rights Revolution in a
Southern Town Anniston, Mabama,
[956 [965 | Phillips (Phil) Noble '45,
,,., ounl events ol his time as pastor
oi i irst Presbyterian < hurch in
Anniston \ hairoi the firsl biracial

in< il on human relations in Uih.nna,
mu\ perhaps in the South, Noll'
worked withasmall group ol men,
black and white, to guide Anniston
through integration with relative
harmony and dignitj rhe bool

alls hard-fought victories and i
a reminder ot the worl -I ra< ial
reconciliation thai ye\ remains

Noble accepted a call to pa
the Anniston church in 1956,11a
already served . lunches .., (.eorgui
andSouth< arolina Asthei ivURighte
movement began, Anniston < |J

racial discord, like much of the South.

It is perhaps most widely remembered
Un ,| M L961 mobatta( V on the
i reedom Riders thai occurred thi
during which the Riders were beaten
and one of their buses set on fire

Following that incident, a gTOUp
of ministers, including Noble, fori ... d
a biracial alliance to wori for the
peaceful integration of the city. By
1963, the efforts of this group led b i

1 1 ,, formation ol the I [uman Relations
, oum il, which Noble( haired, and
,,!.., h Presidenl f ennedy commendi d
asa great Btep forward in race relations.
i [undredsol i ommunitiei m ross the

th contacted Noble and theco I

foi advice on peaceful Integratioa

Attn I. .nine, Annr-toi. in 19 I

Noble continued in the ministry of the
Presbyterian I hurch (1 SA) as both
pastoi and administratoi until his
retiremenl in 1989 He erved two

,, rmS as .1 trustee ol ' nln.nhi.i

M.in,ii\ and i haired ( ol bia'

boardfrom 1978 L983 In 1991,
, olumbia presented Noble with the

i ., tinguished ! tovard in recog

nitionol hisspe ial tribution to

( in. ft call forjustice in the world
and love foi all humankind
Beyond the Burning '

released inS ptembei I ini ide with

a ymposium in Anniston commemo
rating the Wth anniversary ol a mob
.it.,, kontwoblad ministei ial the

,,.,, t..n ,...|.li. I.hr...\ All i .-'d-

from the sale ol the book will be
donated to defray thecostol the
posium. Any residual funds will be
designated fora biracial scholarship
fur ,ung people in Calhoun

County, Alabama. D

Robert Williamson, jr. Oj

FALL 2003

Harrington Prize winner
preaches at Columbia

r>

YoHan Kim.
r\s|. ib <>f SAVE
Ministries, the
English-speaking
i ongregation at
Korean Community
Presbyterian
Church in Duluth,
Georgia, preached
at Columbia
Seminary on
( n tober 16.

Kim is the recipient of the
Harrington Prize. The award is a
1 1 dlaborative effort of Presbyterian
( ollege, Columbia Seminary, and
Pea< htree Presbyterian Church in
Atlanta, and recognizes individuals
in the earjy stages of their careers in
t hristiari ministry who have demon-
si rated exemplary preaching, evange-
lism, community service, and the
promise for future contributions to
( hristian ministry. In addition to
serving as a distinguished visitor and
lecturer at the three institutions, Kim
will receive a $25,000 cash stipend.
A native of Seoul, South Korea,
Kim says he "fought tooth and nail"

any thoughts of entering the ministry,
planning instead to teach theology.
However, with his wife pregnant and
no job prospects, he accepted a position
in 1995 as college pastor at Torrance,
California's First Presbyterian Church,
a Korean-speaking ministry located
in the Los Angeles suburbs. He says,
"I fell in love with ministry through
those kids "

Five years later, Kim moved to
the Korean Community Presbyterian
Church of Atlanta's campus in Tucker.
The congregation now has a new
12-acre site in Duluth, the largest
Korean-American church in the south-
eastern United States. "I've lost track
of the number of people in our
English-speaking congregation," Kim
says, noting that it is now a multicul-
tural congregation.

The Harrington Prize honors the
life and ministry of the late W. Frank
Harrington, former senior minister
at Peachtree Presbyterian Church.
Harrington held degrees from
Presbyterian College and Columbia
Seminary. He also served on the semi-
narv's Board of Trustees. D

Campbell
named adjunct
professor

Columbia has named William (Bill)
Campbell adjunct professor of New
Testament for the 2003-04 academic
year. Campbell holds the Ph.D. in New
Testament from Princeton Theological
Seminary and the M.A. in theology
and scripture from St. Michael's
College. Most recently, he taught at
Boston College as adjunct assistant
professor of New Testament.

Among Campbell's academic-
interests are the Acts of the Apostles,
the Synoptic Gospels (especially the
Gospel of Mark), and the letters of
Paul. At Columbia, he will teach
exegesis and survey courses in New
Testament as well as classes on
Timothy, Titus, and Acts.

A member of the Society of
Biblical Literature (SBL), Campbell
received the SBL Mid-Atlantic Region's
Howard Clark Kee Award in 1998 for
"Mark 15:21-41: The Death Scene in
Mark's 'Screenplay.'" His current book
project is titled Who Arc We in Acts?
Renua^nung Fust-Person Narratives in
the Acts of the Apostles. D

For The Record
continued from pa

Faculty Emeriti

Shirley Guthrie taught and preached
at First church in Oklahoma Citj
taught at the Christian Educators
conference in Mon treat; and lectured
at a presbytery leadership event for
Charlotte Presbytery and at South-
western Christian University

Walter Brueggemann is on a post
retirement sabbatical in Cambridge,
UK, until January. D

Kevin Day '05 cheers on two relay ra
at the seminary's community picnu

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CONTENTS

176th academic year begins 1

Record-breaking incoming class 1

President's message 2

Maggi Henderson, Harvey Newman appointed 2

List of 2003 graduates 3

Events Calendar 4

Lifelong learning news and offerings 4-5

let 1 larper honored 5

For the Record 6

From the Bookstore '

Kathleen O'Conner receives book award 7

Phil Noble '45 has new book 7

Harrington Pn/e winner preaches 8

Campbell named adjunct professor 8

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