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MTSO NEWSCampus turns several shades of greene final words of the MTSO statement ofAspiration, Identity and Purpose cite “our commitmentto a just and sustainable world.” Membersof the campus community are working onseveral levels to ensure that commitment iskept.For example, the Between the Trees CommunityGarden is completing its second bountifulseason, its irrigation provided by rainwater collectedfrom the gutters of a nearby building. Amore common form of recycling also is in fullswing. Every office on campus now sports a recyclingcan.Almost as familiar as those blue cans are littleyellow signs near light switches that ask peopleto turn out lights as they leave restroomsand other sporadically used spaces. Director ofBuildings and Grounds Jim Rohler said he’sbeen pleased by the response to the reminders.“I’m sure it’s helping.” Rohler also is workingwith consultants to assess the school’s energy efficiencyand look for savings in utility bills.e bills could get considerably lower ifMTSO is chosen to receive grant funding for asolar-energy pilot project. Steve Ahearne-Kroll,associate professor of New Testament, has beenFrom the sky to roof totomatoes ❈ This barrel capturesand stores rainwater for use inMTSO’s Community Gardenworking with Ohio Interfaith Power and Light,an organization whose mission is “to mobilize areligious response to climate change and to promoteenergy conservation, energy efficiency,and renewable energy.”Ahearne-Kroll said funding for harnessingsolar energy on campus could come from a varietyof sources, including government grantsand corporate partners with particular interestin contributing to renewable energy.Some corporations are seeking to establishrenewable-energy partnerships in anticipationof future government energy requirements.“What they’re trying to do,” Ahearne-Kroll said,“is have on their books that the carbon footprintof an organization they funded has beenreduced.” e benefit for MTSO could be significant,he said, “even if it’s not converting thewhole campus over” to solar power.Ahearne-Kroll is excited by the possibilitythat Methesco could help put Ohio on the solarenergymap.“Germany is the leading producer of solarenergy in Europe,” he said. “Guess where theirsolar panels are made. Ohio.” ❈Mark your calendar |Events of 2009-10October 11-13Schooler Institute on Preachingand Alumni DaysThis year’s theme is“Fireworks from thePulpit,” featuring the Rev. Dr. Dale P.Andrews of the Boston University Schoolof Theology. Related events include aTribute to Emeritus Faculty as well as theJohn and Ruth Mount Alumni AwardsDinner. Application deadline is Oct. 7.www.mtso.edu/schoolerbrollins@mtso.eduOctober 12Backyard Abolitionist TourEvent designed to spread awareness ofmodern slavery. Co-hosted by MTSO andOhio Wesleyan University, held in OWU’sHamilton-Williams Campus Center.JaredLittleton@gmail.comOctober 17Fall Admissions Open HouseCampus tours, classroom visitation, facultyand student panels, and worshipopportunities.www.mtso.edu/visitadmit@mtso.eduOctober 21Clinical Pastoral Education ExpoPresented by the Pastoral Care andCounseling Department. Featured speakerwill be Professor Emma Justes of UnitedTheological Seminary.vlattimore@mtso.eduFebruary 12Student Stories LuncheonA special event centered on scholarshipstudents and the donors who made theirscholarships possible.2METHODIST THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL IN OHIO

ALUMNI AND FRIENDSBuilding a legacyA donation of real estate byRay and Margaret Mason fundsnew premier scholarshipsFor five decades, friends of Methodisteological School in Ohio have supportedthe education of religious leaders in manyways. But it’s safe to say not too many gishave involved a pharmacy and a cell phonetower.anks to the creative generosity ofMajor General Raymond E. Mason Jr. andhis wife, Margaret, MTSO now owns a professionalbuilding on the north side ofColumbus, the proceeds of which will fundthe education of many future students. It’s aunique gi from a unique couple with adeep appreciation for the lasting value oftheological education.Ray Mason will always be known as “thegeneral,” an acknowledgment of his distinguishedcareer in the military. He served inEurope as a member of General Patton’sird Army during World WarII and later held high-rankingpositions at the Pentagon. Hisservice continued as a memberof the active reserves until1976, when he retired as amajor general.Settling in Columbus aerthe war, the Masons rememberedthe philosophy that hadserved both of their fatherswell. “His father and my fatherwere both self-made men,”Margaret said. “My father’smotto was always, ‘Work foryourself, even if you only havea shoeshine stand.’”e Masons ended up withcontinues →“They’re very inspirational people” ❈ TheMasons have funded MTSO scholarships with twosubstantial gifts 10 years apartFebruary 15-16Harding Scholarship Interviewswww.mtso.edu/hardingadmit@mtso.eduFebruary 24Faculty Lecture“An Israelite-Egyptian-Persian Obama,”by Professor Paul Kim.March 9-10Williams InstituteFeatured speaker: Edward P. Wimberly.March 15-16Mission and Evangelism InstituteCo-sponsored by MTSO and East and WestOhio annual conferences. Theme:“Renewal of Small-Membership and RuralCongregations,” with keynote speakerAnthony G. Pappas of the AmericanBaptist Churches of Massachusetts.jpark@mtso.eduMarch 23Premier Scholarship Competitionadmit@mtso.eduApril 21Annual Lecture in World Religions andInterreligious DialogueTheme: “Faith in the Public Square,” withspeaker Rabbi David Fox Sandmell ofCatholic Theological Union, Chicago.Held at the Pontifical CollegeJosephinum’s Joseph Jessing Center.pnumrich@mtso.eduApril 24Spring Admissions Open HouseCampus tours, classroom visitation, facultyand student panels, and worshipopportunities.www.mtso.edu/visitadmit@mtso.eduMay 11Closing Convocationand Awards CeremonyPresident Jay Rundell preachingMay 12Closing EucharistDean Randy Litchfield preachingMay 21BaccalaureateMay 2248th Annual CommencementTHE STORY ❈ Fall 20093

ALUMNI AND FRIENDS4Mason Legacyfrom previous pagesomething more than a shoeshine stand. In1949, Ray purchased a struggling truckingcompany and built it into a thriving business.Today, Columbus Truck & Equipmentis run by Ray Mason III, one of Ray andMargaret’s three sons.The Masons’ success brought with it a widerangingcommitment to philanthropy. Giving“comes as second nature to them,” said PaulDonald, retired president of NationwideInsurance and an MTSO trustee.Before retiring and movingto Florida, the Masons lived in Worthingtonand attended Worthington PresbyterianChurch—a good fit particularly for Margaret.“I was brought up in a Welsh PresbyterianChurch, where our sermons were sometimesan hour long,” she recalled. ere weren’tmany hour-long sermons at WorthingtonPresbyterian, but the Masons feltat home nonetheless.Success brought with it awide-ranging commitment tophilanthropy. e Raymond E.Mason Foundation, named forRay’s father, donated more than$21 million to charity. Giving“comes as second nature tothem,” said Paul Donald, retiredpresident of Nationwide Insuranceand an MTSO trustee.Donald and Ray Mason havebeen friends for more than 30years and were next-door neighborsin Worthington.“I knew him as an active supporterof the arts in bothColumbus and Cincinnati,”Donald said. “And as we got toknow more about him, welearned he had an interest inhigher education.”Donald was instrumental inMETHODIST THEOLOGICAL SCHOOLIN METHODIST OHIO THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL IN OHIOintroducing the Masons to the work ofMethesco. “Like most people, they thoughtit was mostly a Methodist school,” he said.“e campus was a bit of a mystery tothem.” But when they visited the school,“they were favorably impressed by what theysaw.” ough the Masons were impressed bythe architecture and landscape of the campusthey saw, it wasn’t in buildings that theywanted to make an impact. “ey wanted todo it not so muchin brick and mortarbut in the interestof studenteducation andscholarly help,”Donald said.In 1999, thefull-tuition Raymondand MargaretMason Endowed Scholarship wasestablished at MTSO, funded by the MasonFoundation. Now, 10 years later, the Masonshave honored the school with an even moresignificant gi. A professional building at1495 Morse Road on Columbus’s north sidewas donated to Methesco by the Masons inJune of this year. As the new school year begins,three MTSO students are reaping thebenefits of full-tuition scholarships providedby the Masons.“e Masons wanted to make a substantialgi to the seminary to support studentscholarships,” said President Jay Rundell.“While gis of cash or even stock mightcome to mind first, their friend and attorney,Bob Johnson, had the idea of giingthis property.”Said Johnson, “Using property as gis isnot uncommon among people who havesubstantial assets.”Margaret Mason said she’s happy to seetheir gis to MTSO go “for a good cause,”the education of religious leaders—including,perhaps, Presbyterians. “Aer all,” shesaid, “the Christian religions are more alikethan you think. Sometimes we just approachthings a little differently.”“ey’re very inspirational people,” saidJohnson, “and I know they hope this gihelps future generations of ministers.” ❈A firm foundation ❈ The Morse Road professional building given to MTSO by the Masonsin June

ALUMNI AND FRIENDSAlum newsIf you’re an alum or former faculty or staff member of Methescoand have news to share about personal milestones, pleasesubmit it via the link at www.mtso.edu/alumni. If you don’thave an Internet connection, you may mail your news to us atAlum News, MTSO, 3081 Columbus Pike, Delaware, Ohio 43015.1963John Biggers, a retired minister and attorney,has launched a blog:johnwbiggers.wordpress.com. His firstposts deal with reconsidering the use of theterm “evangelical.”1970Margaret Barno moved to Pflugerville,Texas, from Galveston in the wake of HurricaneIke in September 2008. “My apartmenton the island was 327 feet from the Gulf ofMexico but miraculously sustained primarilymold damage. e apartment was brokeninto aer the storm; thieves tookcomputer equipment, jewelry and otheritems, but I was able to move most of my belongingsto my new home for which I amvery thankful.” margaretbarno@att.net1974IN MEMORIAM: Robert Sayre, August2008.Lynn Wilbur retired in June 2008 from theVirginia Annual Conference and is livingoutside Oxford, N.C.lrwilbur@hughes.net1975Tim Farabaugh, who serves as COO ofVinson Hall Corp. in McLean, Va., has writtenhis third book, Lay Pastoral Care-Giving,published by Discipleship Resources andavailable atwww.UpperRoom.org/bookstore.tdfarabaugh@comcast.netFred Shaw has created a Web site,www.sumac-enterprises.net, detailinghis storytelling, writing and conservationwork beyond the church. He is senior pastorof Oxford UMC in Oxford, Ohio.fashaw@juno.com1976IN MEMORIAM: Paul Meyers, husbandof Janis Wright Meyers, March 2008.jmeyers@sandburg.eduSteven Miller retired June 30, 2009, aer35 years of pastoral service. His last appointmentwas Christ UMC in Venice, Fla., wherehe served as senior pastor for 11 years.slmiller820@yahoo.comR. Karl Watkins has been appointed toHarris and Lake Park UMCs in Iowa. He receiveda D.Min. in Biblical Preaching fromLuther Seminary in May 2009.1978Carol Seckel works with the GermanyCentral Conference in Frankfurt am Main,where she is coordinator of English languageand migrant ministry. She is marriedto Kevin Seckel, also a 1978 Methescograd. carkseckel@aol.com1981Dana Houck has released Lessons of Lifefrom Hard Core Cons, a book about his workwith inmates in a Minnesota state prison.He is pastor at Kenyon UMC in KenyonMinn. dana.houck1@gmail.com1982Sondra B. Willobee released e Write Stuff:Craing Sermons that Capture and Convince, abook designed to help preachers enliven theirsermons by using the techniques of great writers.She is senior pastor at First UnitedMethodist Church in South Lyon, Mich.1989Lori Burdette-Steele was named the 2009Pastor of the Year by the ree Rivers (EastOhio) District Lay Speakers. Lori is the pastorof the Nashville United MethodistChurch in Holmes County, Ohio.Lburdettesteele@aol.comArmy Chaplain (Maj.) Steven Jerles is stationedat Torii Station, Okinawa, Japan.steven.jerles@us.army.milRoger Saunders retired July 1, 2009. Heand his wife, Beverly, are looking forward tothis new chapter in their lives.bfr641@gmail.com1990IN MEMORIAM: Doris Moreland Jones,December 2008.Johncie Palmer is a deacon in full connection,retired, with the Detroit Annual Conferenceand serves as chair of the DetroitConference MTSO Alumni Cluster Group.rjlangston@comcast.net1995Dan Smith will finish his doctorate in Mayof 2010. He is senior pastor of Zion EvangelicalUCC in St. Joseph, Mich.mtso95@yahoo.comcontinues →THE STORY ❈ Fall 2009 5

ALUMNI AND FRIENDSAlum Newsfrom previous pageKathy Urban-Dickriede and her husband,Danny Dickriede, will join theCamphor Mission Station in the Liberia AnnualConference in ministry. As a doctor,Danny will work on community-basedhealth care at the Camphor Mission Stationand in the surrounding villages. Kathy willhelp all of the ministries of the mission, includingschool, boarding students, churchand the agriculture program. Follow theirblog at www.camphormission.org.rosemark@mentorumc.org1997Eric Raygor is serving at Grace UnitedMethodist Church in Somerset, Pa., wherehe has been since July 2005. He and his wife,Kimberly, an English teacher in the Salisbury-ElkLick School District, have twoboys, Owen (born 1999) and Benjamin(born 2001). “If you had Steve Harsh’s NarrativePreaching class, you'll know whereOwen's name comes from.” Eric serves onthe board of directors of Camp Allegheny, aministry of the Western Pennsylvania AnnualConference, and he appreciates livingin close proximity to two ski resorts.eraygor@gmail.com1998Ned Adams is serving as pastor of PatagoniaCommunity UMC in Patagonia, Ariz.,whose members call it the Jewelbox of theSouthwest because of its stunning stainedglass. He is in his second year aer havingbeen retired for three years.ndadams@cox.net1999Emily Hall le parish ministry in July 2008to become a chaplain at Greystone Park PsychiatricHospital in Morris Plains, N.J. InFebruary 2009, she received board certificationfrom the Association of ProfessionalChaplains. emilybhall@frontiernet.netMichael Ludle was ordained an elder infull connection at the West Virginia AnnualConference in June 2009.mludle@mtsoalum.org2000Joseph Branch was commissioned in June2009 as chaplain-captain in the Ohio AirNational Guard, 178th Fighter Wing,Springfield, Ohio. He was appointed in July2009 as the chief of quality, compliance andaccountability for the Ohio Department ofAlcohol and Drug Addiction Services.2002IN MEMORIAM: Walter, the support dogof Diane Johnson, June 2009.2004John Kincaid and his wife, Anna, had theirthird son, Zachariah Adam, on July 2, 2009.John is pursuing his Ph.D. at ClaremontGraduate University, where he is working onhis dissertation, “Aquinas's Formulation ofOriginal Sin: A Negotiation Between Eastand West.”hypostaticunion@verizon.netElaine Turner is now serving theAmboy/Kellogsville charge in East Ohio’sWestern Reserve District, and she’s having agreat time. eturner54@rocketmail.com2005Debra Hanlon-Hedtke received certificationas a board certified chaplain with theAssociation of Professional Chaplains and asa clinical member of the Association forClinical Pastoral Education.deb.hedtke@gmail.comBecky Stephens Smithey married DavidAlan Smithey in September 2008. She servesas pastor of Sand Branch UMC in Knoxville,Tenn. prchrbeck@hotmail.com2006Jerry Krueger was ordained an elder infull connection at the June 2009 AnnualConference of the Northwest Texas Conferenceof the United Methodist Church. Jerrywas also recently appointed associate pastorat LakeRidge UMC in Lubbock, Texas. Twoof Jerry's sons, John and Michael, have recentlymoved to Lubbock to attend TexasTech University.Arnold Magy is employed by the City ofKetchikan, Alaska, at the Gateway Centerfor Human Services, where—thanks to hisyears of experience and the education he receivedat MTSO—he is the only cliniciandoing both substance abuse and mentalhealth. He is considering the Ph.D. programin rural Alaska cultural psychology beingoffered by the University of Alaska at Anchorage/Fairbanks.arnie.magy@gmail.com2008Nancy Day-Achauer successfully mergedCommunity and McKendree UMCs inNorth Union County, Ohio. e new congregationis called York Center UMC.n2day@hotmail.com2009Renae Meggitt has been blessed aergraduation to be appointed pastor of theNorth Lima Calvary UMC. “is congregationis amazing in that they truly live outtheir faith on a day-to-day basis.”rmeggitt@zoominternet.net6METHODIST THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL IN OHIO

CAMPUS COMMUNITYA mind of iceand a heart afireAcademic DeanRandy Litchfieldis thoughtful,analytical andnever satisfiedwith good enoughFew people understand the way thingswork as well as Randy Litchfield does. Hehas milled tools and designed electric vehiclebattery packs. He’s made gee-whiz classroomtechnology commonplace andbecome an expert at assessing the essentialtasks of teaching and learning.While earning his Ph.D. atClaremont, Litchfieldworked in Academic DeanAlan Moore’s office, which“taught me quite a bitabout how theologicaleducation worked.”Now, aer eight years on the MTSO faculty—mostrecently as a professor in theBrowning Chair of Christian Education—hebrings his unique skill set to a new role: academicdean. Litchfield, 51, has been appointedinterim dean for a two-year term,replacing John Kampen, who is now cappinghis distinguished career as a professorof New Testament studies at Methesco.Litchfield’s path to theological leadershipsurvived a rather lengthy detour. As a highschool student and a member of a Disciplesof Christ congregation in Anderson, Indiana,he played basketball “constantly,” andthought about ministry and teaching occasionally.But he was the son of a formerGeneral Motors tool-and-die man who hadopened his own tool business: “As soon as Iwas old enough to turn the crank on themilling machines, I was helping Dad in the“With the strategic plan that’s in place,there’s a lot to pursue” ❈ Litchfieldtool room.” So a more obvious careerpath was before him, via theGeneral Motors Institute (nowKettering University) in Flint,Mich.Aer graduating from GMI,where his undergraduate thesiswas on cooling for electric vehiclebattery packs, Litchfield returnedto Indiana, where he worked inadvanced engineering and productdevelopment for General Motorsat Anderson’s Delco Remyplant. But he also became moreinvolved with his home church,oen assisting the youth minister.Litchfield vividly remembers volunteeringat a fih- and sixthgradecamp, an experience hefound both invigorating and theologicallydaunting: “At the end, Ithought, ‘I have no idea what I’mdoing with these kids.’ If they hadasked me anything, I would havebeen dumbfounded as to what tosay.”His work at church, coupledwith the fact that “I was not enjoyingengineering at all,” led him toenroll as an occasional student atthe Anderson University School ofeology. He also began worshipingin the Church of God, wherehis future wife, Terri, was a member.Randy and Terri, who servesas Methesco’s coordinator of institutionalresearch, have been married27 years. eir daughter,continues →THE STORY ❈ Fall 20097

CAMPUS COMMUNITYDean Randy Litchfieldfrom previous pageErin, is a sophomore at EarlhamCollege.For the so-spoken Litchfield,contemplating a religious vocationwas a little confounding. “All my understandingof ministry was veryupfront—preaching, visitation. AndI’m more of an introvert.” But as hislove of theology and education developed,he saw a path that fit. Aerspending six years earning his Masterof Religious Education degree, hecut his ties with engineering, using a“golden handshake” from GM tofund his tuition at the School ofeology at Claremont in SouthernCalifornia.While earning his Ph.D. at Claremont,Litchfield worked in AcademicDean Alan Moore’s office,eventually spending a year as thedean’s full-time assistant. Among hisduties were planning summerschool and public events, and compilingClaremont’s self-study report for“We have a unique faculty culture of collaboration” ❈ Litchfield chats with ProfessorRobin Knowles WallaceWired for a sound educationIt was an irritating, if character-building,element of the student experience: franticallycopying jottings from the chalk boardinto your notebook before the professorblithely erased them to start filling the slateall over again. Methesco students are apparentlyhaving their character built in newways now, because the classroom experiencehas been transformed by technology.Advanced computers and audio-visualequipment, once considered a collection ofglitzy gimmicks, are now commonplacetools that enhance the flow of information.In fact, Academic Dean Randy Litchfieldbelieves the leaps in educational technologyshould lead to new thinking about theroles and responsibilities of students.When he began coordinating classroomtechnology three years ago, only two classroomsprovided built-in capabilities toproject notes from a laptop computer ontoa screen. “We were using carts to wheel intechnology,” he said. Since then, thanks togrants from the Harry C. Moores Foundation,MTSO’s tech team has outfitted allclassrooms with projection technology.Faculty members’ desktop computers havebeen replaced with laptops, which they caneasily dock to a lectern in any classroom.Many professors now have portable“tablet” PCs, allowing them to write byhand on the computer screen—and havethe handwritten notes projected simultaneouslyon a board at the front of the class.is information, along with audio, can bedigitally recorded or transmitted offsite.When the lecture’s over, the professor’soriginal notes can be posted indefinitely onthe campus computer system, where studentscan review them at any time. At itsbest, this technology allows students tospend less time fretting over notes and moretime actually listening and interacting.“For a seminary, we’ve probably got asstrong of an in-classroom setup as any-8METHODIST THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL IN OHIO

CAMPUS COMMUNITYaccreditation. Dean Moore “taught me quitea bit about how theological educationworked,” Litchfield said.Aer Claremont, Litchfield accepted anappointment back at Anderson University,where he taught undergrad general educationreligion electives and Christian ministrymajor classes. In addition to his teaching duties,he became active in the nationalAssociation of Professors and Researchersin Religious Education,eventually accepting a post as thegroup’s executive secretary. By then,the tension between teaching and administrativeendeavors had become arecurring theme for Litchfield.Which does he prefer? “I’m still sortingthat out.”In 2001, MTSO appointed him assistantprofessor of Christian education, and he immediatelytook on the task of chairing thecommittee designing the school’s Doctor ofMinistry program.In his time here, Litchfield has become apoint person for assessment and educationaltechnology, among other projects. “Assessment”can mean many things; he defines itas “inquiry into student learning.”“What are students learning? How doesthat learning relate to the goals of the programand the mission of the school? Andhow can we adjust programs to bring thingsinto either higher levels of achievement orgreater alignment with the mission of theschool?”President Rundell said Litchfield “isquickly emerging as an important voicein how the next generation of leaderswill teach and learn.”In discussing Litchfield’s appointment asinterim dean, President Jay Rundell wasquick to praise his commitment to employingthe latest advances in technology and effectiveteaching.“Randy is uniquely gied to lead our academicprogram at this time,” Rundell said.“Obviously, he brings expertise in educationaltechnologies and assessment. But it’smore than that. He is quickly emerging asan important voice in how the next generationof leaders will teach and learn.”Litchfield has taken on a variety of techrelatedprojects in recent years, oen teamingwith MTSO director of InformationSystems Matthew Rehm and ComputerTechnical Assistant Justin Lipscomb. “We’veformed a pretty good team, I think,” Litchfieldsaid. (See “Wired for a soundeducation” on page 11.)In a career that has balancedteaching and administration, lastyear tilted toward administration.Litchfield spent 2008-09 out of theclassroom, focusing instead onseveral projects, including contributionsto the extensive self-study reportthat was part of the school’s successful accreditationprocess. He also has overseen theRacism, Reconciliation and CommunityTask Force. With a grant he obtained fromthe Wabash Center for Teaching and Learningin eology and Religion, Litchfield hasled campuswide discussions on issues ofracism and institutionalized privilege. econtinues →“For a seminary, we’ve probably gotas strong of an in-classroom setup asanyplace” ❈ MTSO’s technologygives students more tools—and moreresponsibilityplace,” Litchfield said. at’s why, for thepast two years, he and the MTSO technologystaff have worked to take the next step,creating a common online space where resourcescan be shared, calendars can be updated,papers can be submitted andreturned, and conversations can be held.Using Microso soware called SharePoint,the Methesco tech team has created whatLitchfield calls “a collaboration platform,” apassword-protected portion of the MTSOWeb site accessible to students and faculty.Here’s a quick example of SharePoint inaction: Using campuswide wireless Internetcapabilities, a student can put the finishingtouches on a term paper in theDickhaut Library and electronically submitthe file to a professor, who can grade it—imbedding comments for the student’s review—beforeelectronically returning it tothe student, who might review the markedupcomposition over a second cup of coffeein Dunn Dining Hall.Justin Lipscomb views campus technologyfrom a unique perspective; he’s boththe school’s computer technical assistantand a Master of eological Studies student.From a student’s perspective, he’sgrateful for the ability to submit paperlesspapers and collaborate online.“It gives us more time to finish our workbecause we can work right up to the deadlinewithout worrying about having itprinted,” Lipscomb said. Furthermore, “Itfacilitates the idea that I think this schoolwants to foster by being environmentallyconscious and also being a community inall aspects.”e fostering of a collaborative commu-continues →THE STORY ❈ Fall 20099

CAMPUS COMMUNITYDean Randy Litchfieldfrom previous pageproject continues into the fall, with a finalreport due in December.Early in its history, Methesco earned areputation for supporting civil rights struggles—butLitchfield and his task force havediscussed how resting on such a traditioncan hinder efforts to remain vigilant regardingissues of privilege. “We talk about theglory years of the 1960s,” he said. “But arewe anti-racist now? Has that legacy createda self-deception that we don’t have work todo?”Lunchtime discussion groups and facultymeetings have addressed issues of privilege,with an emphasis on addressing it as adiverse community. “I think what we’re tryingto emphasize is that this is an issue thatthe people in privilege have to address,” hesaid. “While students of color or faculty ofcolor might experience the impact of raceand privilege, it’s really people in the privilegedposition who have to change the system.”Despite the many irons he has in the fire,Litchfield is embracing the responsibilitiesof dean.“I got a renewed interest in theologicaleducation aer the self-study,” he said.“With the strategic plan that’s in place—what John Kampen has started and has beenable to accomplish—there’s a lot to pursue.”Litchfield called Kampen “a fantastic dean,”noting that the reputation of his predecessorextends far beyond the MTSO campus. “Hewas a dean of deans in a lot of ways.”Litchfield said his position as dean fitswith the renewed interest he developed intheological education as he worked on theself-study. He’s excited about leading colleagueshe respects and teaming with PresidentRundell: “I’ve enjoyed working withJay.”In late summer, Litchfield began meetingone-on-one with faculty members to discusstheir goals for the upcoming year. oughhe knows his colleagues well, he does notwant his familiarity with them to put theminto preconceived boxes.“We have a unique faculty culture of collaboration,”he said. “I think generally welike working together as a faculty. I wouldnot have agreed to this responsibility if I didnot have a lot of confidence in this faculty’sabilities.” ❈Wired for wireless ❈ Laptopswere well connected during anorientation session in the AlfordCentrumWiredfrom previous pagenity is Litchfield’s favorite part of the system.He’s pleased by “the way it facilitates studentsbeing exposed to each other’s work and beingable to dialogue, critique and support eachother’s work.” In fact, he wants to lead MTSOtoward a different way of thinking about students’work—a new philosophy that gives studentsgreater power and responsibility forcontributing to the school’s academic mission.“I think a lot of students are socialized tothink of a paper as a private thing ‘between meand the prof,’” he said. “I want them to thinkthey’re producing something that contributesto the community of inquiry. When they dothat, that work is a public contribution. Andshoddy work can mess somebody else up.”“To the degree the school is about developingleaders, they have to start thinking that alltheir work is public work that makes a difference,”Litchfield said. “It’s not just a pile of privatepapers.”Students’ contributions to the learningprocess will be vital this fall, when a new distance-learningmodel will be used for the firsttime. Two courses, in liturgical prayer andUnited Methodist history, will be taught as “hybrid”classes. e students and professors willmeet in person for the first and last classes of theterm, but in between, they’ll gather only online.Members of the class will communicatethrough discussion boards, postings of studentwork, electronic readings and collaborative onlineworks such as a single, comprehensivecourse bibliography incorporating three or foursources from each student. ere will also beoccasional live online meetings, thanks to powerfulnew soware, Connect Pro by Adobe,with audio and presentation capabilities thatallow everyone to talk and webcams that willbeam the professors’ images to every screen. It’srare, Litchfield said, for a graduate school tooffer this level of connectivity to a class.While this harnessing of bits and bytes enhanceslearning in some dazzling new ways,Litchfield is just as happy about the down-toearthbenefits, from the thousands of saveddollars in paper and photocopying expenses to,well, basic legibility.As he discussed the process that allows professorsto type color-coded comments into students’original document files, he smiled.“I probably shouldn’t say this,” he said, “butI’m guessing some students can actually readthe comments now, where they couldn’t discernthe scribbling before.” ❈10METHODIST THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL IN OHIO

CAMPUS COMMUNITYe place of unknowingAfter an untimely accident, Diane Lobody deliversa memorable charge to the MTSO graduating class of 2009By Professor Diane H. LobodyA new Graduation Weekend traditionbegan this year, when the graduating classmet for a Senior Breakfast the morning ofcommencement. Aer the meal, Diane Lobodywas invited to offer a final charge to theclass. Here are highlights of her address.When I was so graciously invited to givethe charge to the graduating class of 2009, Iimmediately began to ponder what to say.is is, aer all, my last shot at you as a captiveaudience, and the right sort of professorialwisdom for such an occasion as thisshould carry with it a certain gravitas.My best intentions in that regard weresent flying, as was I, by an unplanned slip onthe stairs. As soon as I looked down at afoot that was facing in a completely wrongdirection, I realized that life as I knew it hadradically changed. I had never before brokena bone, never undergone the sort ofmajor surgery where they actuallycut into one’s body andrearrange the interior parts,and never been physically incapacitated.It was clear that Ihad entered into an utterlyalien phase of life, a place ofunknowing.It struck me that all of youare also about to enter aplace of unknowing. You are headed outinto the various settings for which you havebeen preparing these past few years. So, as afellow pilgrim in the land of the unfamiliar,I offer to you five lessons I have learned sofar during my sojourn in the place of unknowing.The most important lesson aboutwalking with a walker is this: You haveto look ahead to the place where youwant to go, and not down at the spotwhere you are.The Lesson of the Walker: My mobilityis currently dependent on the use of awheelchair and a walker. Wheelchairs are asnap compared to the deceptively straightforwardwalker. e most important lessonabout walking with a walker is this: Youhave to look ahead to the place where youwant to go, and not down at the spot whereyou are. If you look down, you will tipright over.As pastors, counselors, educators andleaders, we have to cast our minds andour vision outward, away from the placewhere our people (and we ourselves) arestuck and immobilized, and forward tothe place where we want to go and wherewe yearn for our people to be.By looking forward, we shi from an inwardfocus that derives from panic, thatbends the back and slumps the spirit, andthat always paralyzes us. e outward gazecontinues →THE STORY ❈ Fall 200911

CAMPUS COMMUNITYfrom previous pageforces us to stand up straight and breathedeeply, and when we do that we can move.The Lesson of Pain: My experience inthe place of unknowing has introduced meto the nuances of pain, to the peculiar variationsof hurting. I encountered, first of all,the traumatic pain of the accident, whichdemanded and received immediate treatment.I had to put my body into the handsof those who had the competence to repairit. In your own place of unknowing, youmay well experience an injury that crushesyou emotionally or spiritually, and you willhave to call out for help and place your soulin the care of those who can facilitate yourhealing. is is a mixed blessing that, to besure, obliges us to endure all of the embarrassmentthat comes with allowing others totend to us, but that also offers us the uniquegrace that comes from trusting others.When I came home from the hospital,I discovered a second kind of pain, whatmy surgeons called residual dissociativepain. is involved sudden, sharp stabscaused by irritated nerves firing at will.is pain seemed horrible, but it actuallyprovided reassuring proof that neitherthe injury nor the surgery had resulted inirreversible nerve damage. e temptation,of course, is to try and numb anypain immediately, but this is the sort ofpain that is curiously good news and thatis best treated with grateful recognition andsimple endurance.At times in your own place of unknowing,your pain will be a gladdening sign thatyou are not deadened to new experiences,that you are testing and stretching yourself.ese are the growing pains that accompanymovement into a new stage of life.As I began to put weight on my brokenfoot, I discovered another form of pain, thekind that came when I stepped the wrongway or moved without an adequate appreciationfor my current limitations. is is apedagogical pain that says uncompromisingly,“DO NOT DO THAT!” Your places ofunknowing will necessarily have you walkingalong new pathways where your formerstyle of movement may not serve you well,so pay attention to those moments of pedagogicalpain and learn from them quickly.I have also suffered from the intense painthat is the inevitable consequence of breakingtwo bones in multiple places, detachinga third bone, dislocating an entire joint, andundergoing major surgery to repair thedamage. is is not the sort of pain that canbe handled solely with prayer, positivethinking and gritty determination. Mynurses were quite firm about this truth:Deep pain impedes healing, and the soonerit was addressed and eased, the morequickly I would recover.So, with apologies to my colleagues whoteach courses in addiction counseling, Ihave to say that with this sort of pain it hasbeen best to just say yes to drugs. Your pilgrimagein your place of unknowing mayvery well precipitate or reawaken in youdeep and abiding spiritual and emotionalAt times in your own place ofunknowing, your pain will be agladdening sign that you are notdeadened to new experiences,that you are testing andstretching yourself.pain, and you need to know that at suchtimes it is best to just say yes to help. Just sayyes to therapy. Just say yes to spiritual direction.Just say yes to support groups. Yousimply cannot will such pain away. God desireshealing for each of us, and your responsibilityis to seek out and collaboratewith all those who will help to make youwhole.The Lesson of Demonic Forces: Myperiod in the place of unknowing hasbrought me face to face with demonicforces. I am speaking, of course, of my dealingswith my health insurer. I had beenhome a few days and had already discovered,to my appalled dismay, that most ofthe necessary orthopedic devices and homecare services that were prescribed by mysurgeon were, alas, not covered under mypolicy.And then the letter came, informing methat coverage for my entire hospitalizationhad been denied. According to their treatmentstandards, my condition could havebeen treated “at an alternate site.”I was not entirely sure what they had inmind by “alternate site.” Were they perhapssuggesting that I should have been loadedonto a plane for Paris or Havana, where mysurgery and hospitalization would havebeen provided as part of the national healthcare provisions of more humane and progressivecountries? Or were they saying thatsince I teach in a theological seminary Ishould have lurched to the Centrum foranointment with oil, charismatic prayer andthe laying on of hands?In this, my place of unknowing, the lastthing I expected was to encounter evil banallydisguised as my own heretofore reliableinsurance company. You will find,in your own place of unknowing, thatthe powers of evil still stride arrogantlyabroad and that demonic forces arehiding inside all kinds of systems andstructures.is I have learned: You cannot battlethese forces alone. I have beensaved and sustained by the slew of peoplewho constructed on my behalf aconspiracy of goodness. Lisa Withrow,Jon Jump and Jay Rundell alleviated mypanic; Jon initiated an immediate insuranceappeal process; Grace Wallace and DathaMyers listened to me rant and lied my spiritson a daily basis; and my surgeon embarkedon a time-consuming series ofincreasingly heated arguments in order topersuade the insurance company to reverseits decision.When you encounter sin and evil in yourplace of unknowing, join with others andcreate your own conspiracy of goodness.Lean on the expertise, wisdom, courage, andpersistence of friends and colleagues whoare determined to fight for justice and love.The Lesson of Living as the PersonYou Want to Be: From time to time over12METHODIST THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL IN OHIO

CAMPUS COMMUNITYthe years, I have wondered how I wouldhandle a serious illness or injury. I was convincedthat my response to catastrophewould be to fold in on myself, sink into depression,shut people out, and succumb tothe whole gamut of negative feelings thatcan torment the spirit and drown the soul.But from the moment the EMTs arrivedat my home, through my hospitalization,right up to today, I have been preposterouslycheerful, ridiculously faithful andoutrageously hopeful. Who is this person, Ihave marveled, and where in heaven’s namedid she come from? As I’ve considered thisbewildering discovery of an unexpectedself, I’ve concluded that I have become thisperson by decades of living as if I were thiskind of person. is character has beenshaped by 20 years of bounding joyfullyinto classrooms even when I didn’t feel particularlyglad to be there and respondingcheerfully to students when all I wanted todo was go home. It’s come from openingevery class I have ever taught with the sameprayer of trust—O God who calls us fromdeath to life—even on days when God and Iwere not on particularly cordial terms.is is by no means new wisdom.Methodists know well the story of PeterBohler’s advice to the uncertain John Wesley:“Preach faith until you have it.” In yourown place of unknowing, be daring and dowhat may not come naturally to you. Envisionwith hope the person that God yearnsfor you to be, and act as though you are alreadythat person. Before you know it, youwill become your best and truest self.The Lesson of Community: My placeof unknowing could have been a devastatingwilderness through which I limped inutter isolation. I live alone, and my familymembers all live hundreds of miles fromOhio. I have been entirely dependent on thepeople of MTSO to get through these pastweeks. I have come to know and experience,in a new and powerful way, the faithfulnessof this remarkable community.Before I was settled in my hospital bedon the day of my accident, colleagueshad contacted the insurance people, organizedclass coverage, canceled my appointments,sent out a mass e-mail to the community,arranged cat care, delivered everythingI needed for a hospital stay, checkedon the competence of the surgeon, notifiedthe president of the hospital that I was to betreated as a VIP, scheduled a rotation of visitors,worked out a way to contact my parentswhen I came out of surgery, broughtme a holding cross, and sent a gigantic bouquetof flowers.People visited and prayed with me,waited through my surgery, sat with me as Icame out of the fog of anesthesia, andphoned to offer messages of support. By thetime I returned home, a flexible and practicalsystem of home care was already in place.Terri and Randy Litchfield constructed anonline meal schedule sign-up site. Paul Kimpresented me with a waterproof cast cover touse when I showered.I’ve received e-mails, Facebookmessages and phone calls from scores ofpeople connected to the school—studentsand faculty, of course, but also administrators,staff members, trustees, alums, emeritusfaculty, and the spouses and children ofpeople connected to the seminary. I havebeen humbled, blessed and profoundlymoved by such compassion, generosity andthoughtful pragmatism.In your own place of unknowing, youwill wither away or burn out if you try andmuddle through on your own. Rememberwhat we have here, and work diligently toseek out such a community. When you findit, build it up and make it stronger, more vibrantand more merciful. If there is nocommunity to be found, create one. Youwill know how to do this because you havealready done it, here at this school.So, these are my five last lessons to you:look ahead to where you are going and notdown at where you are; recognize and respondappropriately to different kinds ofpain; face down evil by conspiring withothers for good; live as the person you wishto become; and root yourself deeply in acommunity. May you be graced and blessedin your place of unknowing! ❈A weekendto rememberMTSO conferred 53 degrees at its47th annual commencementMay 23. Here is a sample ofimages. For more photos of thisand other events in the life of theschool, check outpicasaweb.google.com/MethescoTHE STORY ❈ Fall 200913

FACULTYBeyond the classroom|Faculty activities2008-2009StephenAhearne-KrollAssociate Professor ofNew TestamentPaul BurnamDirector of theJohn W. Dickhaut Libraryof Varick Day, First AMEZ Church, Columbus,May 24, 2009.“e Ministry of the Spirit,” sermon, PentecostSunday, Riverside UMC, Upper Arlington,Ohio, May 31, 2009.Publications“Mysterious Explanations: Mark 4 and the Reversalof Audience Expectation,” Between Authorand Audience in Mark: Narration,Characterization, Interpretation. Edited byElizabeth Struthers Malbon. Sheffield:Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2009.Academic lectures and presentations“Birth and Memory: Platonic and JohannineEpistemologies in Dialogue,” Society of BiblicalLiterature Annual Meeting, Boston, November2008.Organized and hosted “Women in the Religiousand Intellectual Activity of the AncientMediterranean World.” is included 37speakers from Europe and North America fora three-day conference March 15-17, 2009, ate Ohio State University and MTSO.ReviewsReview of Richard A. Burridge, Imitating Jesus:An Inclusive Approach to New TestamentEthics. Journal of Religion 89 (April 2009).Review of Jaime Clark-Soles, Death and theAerlife in the New Testament. Biblical eologyBulletin 39 (2009).MeetingsSociety of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting,Boston, November 2008.Organized and presided at “New Directionsfor a New Nuclear Age: Church Influence andPublic Policy,” MTSO, Nov. 20, 2008.Church and popular lectures“e Study of the Gospels,” Ohio WesleyanUniversity Newman Club, Delaware, Ohio,Dec. 3, 2008.“Paul,” e Ohio State University St. omasMore/Newman Center, Columbus, April 2009.PublicationsReview of Sara Laughlin and Ray W. Wilson,e Quality Library: A Guide to Staff-DrivenImprovement, Better Efficiency, and HappierCustomers, in eological Librarianship: AnOnline Journal Of e American eologicalLibrary Association 2:1 (2009).Patrick ClaybornInstructor of HomileticsAcademic lectures and presentations“Transformed, Transforming,” sermon, MTSOChapel for Board of Trustees, Nov. 6, 2008.“Hold Fast,” sermon, MTSO chapel, March 25,2009.“Finding Your Voice in Preaching,” HomileticsWorkshop for the AME Church’s Ohio ConferenceBoard of Examiners, Central Chapel AMEChurch, Yellow Springs, Ohio, May 30, 2009.MeetingsSociety of Biblical Literature/Academy ofHomiletics, Boston, November 2008.Church and popular lecturesConference leader, East Ohio Conference ofBlack Pastors. Sermon and two lectures on thetheme “Is It Well With Your Soul?” Feb. 8 and9, 2009.“Making Revival,” “An Etude on Faith,” and“Hold On,” sermons, Holy Week Revival, St.Paul AME Church, Columbus, April 6-8, 2009.“An Etude on Faith,” sermon, Young People’sDepartment Day, DuPage AME Church, Lisle,Ill., April 26, 2009.“Don’t Settle: Make It Happen,” sermon, SonsJudith CraigVisiting Professor ofChurch Leadership andBishop in ResidenceChurch and popular lecturesFour lectures and one workshop with pastors,Annual Lenten Lecture Series, Oak Ridge FirstUMC, Oak Ridge, Tenn. Subject: “On theRoad with Jesus.” March 8-10, 2009.OtherServing as bishop in residence at Epworth EuclidUMC in Cleveland, working with PastorKen Chalker of First UMC Cleveland to forma larger parish of the two congregations. Fall2009.Lee JohnsonAssociate Professor ofNew Testament in theRiley Chair of BiblicalInterpretationAcademic lectures and presentations“Women and Social Class in the World of theNew Testament,” Williams Lecture, MTSO,March 16, 2009.MeetingsSociety of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting,Boston, November 2008.Church and popular lectures“Paul and Women,” “Greco-Roman PhilosophicalDiscussion of Women,” “Scenes fromWomen in Jesus’ World—Birth, Service, Death,Burial, and Testimony,” lectures, OverbrookLenten Series, Overbrook Presbyterian Church,Columbus, March 18, March 25, April 1.14METHODIST THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL IN OHIO

FACULTYJohn KampenProfessor of NewTestamentChurch and popular lectures“Courting the Wrong Woman,” sermon,Cincinnati Mennonite Fellowship, Oct. 21,2008.Paul KimProfessor of HebrewBible in the WilliamsChair of Biblical StudiesPublications“Achbor, Aharah, Ahira, Ahisamach, Anah,Asharelah, Assir, Asiel” Encyclopedia of theBible and Its Reception (ed. Hermann Spieckermannet al.; Walter de Gruyter, 2009)“Recent Scholarship on Isaiah 1-39,” RecentResearch on the Major Prophets, ed. Alan J.Hauser (Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2008).“Introduction to the Book of Isaiah,” e Peoples’Bible (ed. Curtiss Paul DeYoung, et al.;Fortress, 2008).ReviewsReview of Olof Bäckersten, Isaiah’s PoliticalMessage: An Appraisal of His Alleged SocialCritique (FAT 29; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck,2008) in Biblical Interpretation 17 (2009).Church and popular lectures“Inner-biblical Exegesis on the Call Narrativesof Isaiah and Jeremiah,” School of eology,Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany,July 4, 2008.“Glory, Hallelujah” (Isa 61:10-62:3; Ps 148;Luke 2:22-40), sermon, St. Andrew PresbyterianChurch, Columbus, Dec. 28, 2008.Sermons at Ohio Sarang Presbyterian Church,Nov. 2, Nov. 30, Dec. 14, 2008.Sarah LancasterProfessor in the WernerChair of TheologyPublications“What Makes eology Wesleyan,” withCatherine Keller, Donald A. orsen, DennisC. Dickerson, and Charles M. Wood,Methodist Review: A Journal of Wesleyan andMethodist Studies, 1 (2009).Associate Editor and Contributor for e WesleyStudy Bible, Abingdon Press, February2009.Academic lectures and presentationsPresider, session of Wesleyan Studies Group,“What Makes eology ‘Wesleyan’,” AmericanAcademy of Religion Annual Meeting, Nov. 2,2008.Co-presider, a session of Wesleyan StudiesGroup, “Atonement,” American Academy ofReligion Annual Meeting, Nov. 3, 2008.Panelist responding to Ellen Charry, “God andthe Art of Happiness,” J. Arthur Heck Lectures,United eological Seminary, Dayton, April14, 2009.MeetingsEcclesiology Working Group of the Faith andOrder Commission of the World Council ofChurches , Berekfürdo, Hungary, March 4-8,2009.“United Methodist Heritage,” confirmationclass, Church of the Messiah, Westerville,March 15, 2009.“United Methodist Beliefs,” confirmation class,Church of the Messiah, Westerville, March 22,2009.“e State of Ecclesiology,” inaugural meetingof the UMC Committee on Faith and Order,Washington, D.C., March 26, 2009.Awards and appointmentsElected North American Secretary for the 13thOxford Institute of Methodist eologicalStudies, Aug. 20, 2008.Church and popular lecturesSunday School series “What It Means to BeUnited Methodist” at Trinity UMC in MarbleCliff, OH, Sept. and Oct. 2008.“e United Methodist Church and Ecumenism,”New Beginnings class, Church of theMessiah, Westerville, OH, Jan. 18, 2009.“Religion and Science” for special educationalevent on “Evolution Sunday,” Maple GroveUMC, Clintonville, OH, Feb. 15, 2009.Panelist, “eological and Sociological Implicationsof Finding Life in the Universe,” OhioWesleyan University, Delaware, OH, Feb. 24,2009.Vergel LattimoreProfessor of PastoralCare and Counseling inthe Beeghly Chair ofPastoral CarePublications“Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution: A ViableMinistry for the Military Chaplaincy.” eA.M.E. Zion Quarterly Review, October 2007.MeetingsPrayer at Ohio Memorial Chapter Meeting ofthe Tuskegee Airmen, Inc., Nov. 15, 2008.Seminary Curriculum Meeting—e ClergyEducation and Training Project, sponsored bythe National Association of Children of Alcoholics,Washington, D.C., Jan. 14-15, 2009.Consultation addressing “e Many Faces ofForgiveness: Spiritual, Cultural, and PsychologicalRelationality,” sponsored by the FetzerInstitute, Washington, D.C., Jan. 14, 2009.Second Check-Up Meeting of the Ohio AnnualConference, Price Memorial A.M.E. ZionChurch, Youngstown, Jan. 17, 2009.Ohio Ministries Convocation, Columbus, Jan.26, 2009.Pastoral Care Advisory Committee, NationwideChildren’s Hospital, Columbus, Feb. 25, 2009.Columbus-Cincinnati District Conference, St.James A.M.E. Zion Church, Cincinnati,March, 7, 2009.Pastoral Care Advisory Committee, NationwideChildren’s Hospital, Columbus, June 17,2009.Ohio Annual Conference and chaired the Stateof the Country Committee, Beth-EL A.M.E.Zion Church, Cleveland, June 24-28, 2009.Examiner for ird and Fourth Year ConferenceStudies, June 23-28, 2009.Awards and appointmentscontinues →THE STORY ❈ Fall 200915

FACULTYfrom previous pageAppointed chaplain, Ohio Memorial Chapter,Tuskegee Airmen, Inc., March 14, 2009.Church and popular lectures“Faith, Freedom, and Fallen Heroes,” VeteransDay speech—Clinton Chapel A.M.E. ZionChurch, Rockville, Md., Nov. 9, 2008.“Gis that Reveal God: Beyond WrappingPaper, Resolutions, and Returns,” sermon, St.Paul A.M.E. Zion Church, Dayton, Jan. 4, 2009.“Dr. Martin L. King, Jr.: A Consummate Clarionof One Humanity,” keynote speech, 16thAnnual Delaware Community Breakfast Celebration,Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware,Ohio, Jan. 19, 2009.“Fellowship for the Journey,” sermon, FirstA.M.E. Zion Church, Columbus, Feb. 22,2009.“e Cost of Fellowship and the Fragrance ofCovenant,” sermon, Holy Week Preaching Series,St. Peter Episcopal Church, Delaware,Ohio, April 6, 2009.“Will You Stand by My Mother?” Sermon,Seven Last Words program, First A.M.E. ZionChurch, April 10, 2009.Invocation and benediction, Memorial Daycelebration, St. John Missionary BaptistChurch, Springfield, Ohio, May 25, 2009.Randy LitchfieldInterim Academic Deanand Professor in theBrowning Chair ofChristian EducationMeetingsEDUCAUSE, a nonprofit association whosemission is to advance higher education by promotingthe intelligent use of information technology,October 2008.Association of eological Schools Chief AcademicOfficers Society meeting, March 2009.LindaMercadanteProfessor of Theology inthe Straker Chair ofHistorical TheologyPublications“To church or not to church: PC(USA) researcherstudies the ‘spiritual but not religious,’”Jerry Van Marter, Presbyterian NewsService Online, Oct. 2008.“My Conversion and Aspiration: ComparativeCase Studies of Italian American Protestants I,”Italian Americana, Summer 2008.“e Religious and eological Roots of AlcoholicsAnonymous.” Chapter 6, e Praeger InternationalCollection on Addictions, Volume 1:Forces of Addiction, en and Now, edited byAngela Browne-Miller. Westport: Praeger,2009.Academic lectures and presentations“Research Report on Spirituality Ethos,” GeneralCouncil of the Presbyterian Church(USA), Louisville, August 2008.Response to Bishop John Shelby Spong,MTSO, Nov. 12, 2008.“Religious Conversion and Immigration: ItalianAmericans as Case Study,” American Academyof Religion, November 2008.“eological Roots of Addiction and Recovery,”Kansas Wesleyan, Introduction to Addictioneory, November 2008.“Spirituality Interviews Research Report,” Universityof Colorado at Boulder, Interview ResearchMethods with Professor StewartHoover, March 2009.“Women Matter,” Princeton UniversityWomen Faculty and Staff, April 2009.ReviewsReview of Reframing eology and Film: NewFocus for an Emerging Discipline. Reviews inReligion & eology 15:3 (July 2008).Awards and appointmentsReligion and Life Forum clergy-in-residence,Bay View Association, Bay View, Mich., summer2008.Academic advisor, Interfaith Connections StudentGroup, MTSO, 2008-2009.eologian-in-residence, First UnitedMethodist Church, Boulder, Colo., winter 2008and May-June 2009.Co-chair, Religious Conversions Unit, AmericanAcademy of Religion, 2008-present.Consultant, Special Program on SubstanceAbuse and Related Violence, Clergy EducationAdvisory Team, Global Ministries of theUnited Methodist Church, 2008-present.Interfaith Task Force, Mershon Center PeaceChair Initiative, 2008-present.Church and popular lectures“Your Life’s Meaning is in Your Story,” sermon,Bay View, Mich., August 2008.“How to Seek God When ere’s No ClearPath,” Religion and Life Forum, Bay View, August2008.“How to Learn from Others’ Journeys: omasMerton, Dorothy Day, C.S. Lewis and Others,”Religion and Life Forum, Bay View, August2008.“How to Find Help at the Movies: Seekers andthe Big Questions,” Religion and Life Forum,Bay View, August 2008.“Viewing and Discussion of Angel-A: Findingeology in a Film,” International Film Series,Bay View, August 2008.“How to Map Your Spiritual Journey: LookingWithin, Sharing with Others, Finding God’sGrace,” Religion and Life Forum, Bay View,August 2008.“Writing as a Spiritual Discipline” Light on theHill Retreat Center, Van Ettan, N.Y., September2008.“Understanding and Reaching the ‘Spiritualbut Not Religious,’” three-talk series, TrinityUnited Methodist Church, Salina, Kan., October2008.“Writing as a Spiritual Discipline,” SpiritualDisciplines Class, Columbus MennoniteChurch, Oct. 26, 2008.“Death and Resurrection,” sermon, ColumbusMennonite Church, January 2009.“Writing Your Spiritual Memoir,” Writer’s Bloc aturbur House, Columbus, March 2009.“e Impact of Faith on Loss,” e Hope CenterHomeReach Hospice, OhioHealth, March 2009.“Meeting and Serving the ‘Spiritual but NotReligious,’” three-part series, First UnitedChurch, Boulder, Colo., May 2009.“A Non-Violent Atonement,” two-part Biblestudy series, National Mennonite Conference,Columbus, June 2009.16METHODIST THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL IN OHIO

FACULTYPaul NumrichAssociate Professor inthe Snowden Chair forthe Study of Religionand InterreligiousRelationsPublications“e Problem with Sex According to Buddhism,”Dialog: A Journal of eology, Spring2009.“Immigrant Parochial Schools: Religion,Morality, Citizenship,” Children and Childhoodin American Religions, edited by Don S.Browning and Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore.New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press,2009.Academic lectures and presentationsChicago Area Group for the Study of ReligiousCommunities, Loyola University, Feb.21, 2009.ReviewsReviewed article for Sociological Focus journal,January 2009.Review of God Needs No Passport: Immigrantsand the Changing American Religious Landscape,by Peggy Levitt, in Sociology of Religion,Spring 2009.Review of Global Rebellion: Religious Challengesto the Secular State, from Christian Militiasto al Qaeda, by Mark Juergensmeyer, inReview of Religious Research, June 2009.MeetingsScioto Educational Foundation’s DialogueDinner, Columbus, Oct. 16, 2008.Interfaith Association of Central Ohio’s MainEvent, Columbus, Oct. 26, 2008.Chicago Area Group for the Study of ReligiousCommunities meeting, Chicago, Nov. 8, 2008.Ohio Governor’s Interfaith Luncheon, March5, 2009.Annual Council on American-Islamic Relationsbanquet, Columbus, April 19, 2009.Mayor’s Community Prayer Lunch, Columbus,May 12, 2009.Met with leaders of Council of Islamic Organizationsof Greater Chicago, Bridgeview, Ill.,June 2, 2009.Church and popular lecturesCovenant Presbyterian Church’s Fall Forum,Columbus, Oct. 5, 2008.University Baptist Church’s Faith, Race andthe Ballot Box series, Columbus, Oct. 15,2008.Presented to Ecumenical Youth Group,Delaware, Ohio, Oct. 19, 2008.Presented in Worthington UMC series, “LovingYour Neighbor, Understanding YourNeighbor's Faith,” Worthington, OH, February1, 2009.FulgenceNyengeleProfessor of PastoralCare and Counseling inthe Chryst Chair inPastoral TheologyAcademic lectures and presentations“Intercultural Ministry in Europe—PastoralCare in Multicultural Settings,” keynotespeech, conference for multicultural/internationalUnited Methodist congregations in Europe,Berlin and Germany. Delivered twomajor lectures: “From Multicultural Awarenessto Intercultural Engagement: Ingredientsfor Intercultural Pastoral Care,” and “BeyondMulticultural Competency: e Cross-culturalPastoral Caregiver as Ascetic Witness,” Jan.26-27, 2009.Meetings“Dempster Day Apart” meeting, a DempsterScholars event of the General Board of HigherEducation and Ministry of the UnitedMethodist Church, Nashville, Feb. 6-7, 2009.First organizational meeting of the new Committeeon Faith and Order of the UnitedMethodist Church, Arlington, Va., March 26-27, 2009.Church and popular lectures“e Unity of All Creation in Christ,” sermon,LindenKirche UMC, Berlin, Germany, Jan. 25,2009.“Exploring the Way of Jesus Christ,” six-weekLenten study, Asbury North UMC Church,Columbus, February-April 2009.“Rejoice Always,” sermon, Asbury NorthUMC, Columbus, June 14, 2009.Joon-Sik ParkProfessor in the JonesChair of WorldEvangelismMeetingsGeneral Board of Discipleship Board meeting,Nashville, Sept. 24–27, 2008.Church and popular lectures“Journey into Faith,” sermon, Amen KMC,Seoul, Korea, Aug. 3, 2008.“Sabbath Keeping,” Women’s Retreat atShiloh UMC, Cincinnati, Sept. 12–13, 2008.“One New Humanity,” sermon, Jerome UMC,Plain City, Ohio, Oct. 5, 2008.Timothy VanMeterAssistant Professor inthe Alford Chair ofChristian Education andYouth MinistryAcademic lectures and presentations“Living in the Delight of Creation: YouthMinistry and Practices in Ecological eology,”Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, U.K.,Jan. 6, 2009.MeetingsWabash Center Grant for Excellence inTeaching, grant for pre-tenure faculty July 29-Aug. 4, 2008, Jan. 8-11, 2009, and June 2009.Church and popular lectures“Holy Listening—Practices for Youth Ministry”and “Youth Ministry and Ecology,” theSource, UMC youth ministry training, Nov.15, 2008.“Engaging Ecological inking in theChurch,” Trinity UMC, Columbus, Oct. 23,2008.continues →THE STORY ❈ Fall 200917

FACULTYfrom previous pageRobin KnowlesWallaceProfessor in the TaylorChair of Church Worshipand MusicPublications“Great anksgiving for World CommunionSunday,” e-mailed and posted atworshipconnection.com, July 2008.“Charles Wesley’s Tercentenary Celebration atthe Oxford Institute of Methodist eologicalStudies” in Proceedings of e Charles WesleySociety, 2006-2007 (published fall 2008).“Let’s Get Involved in Worshiping,” e-mailedand posted at www.worshipconnection.com,Jan. 8, 2009.“Call,” “Outward Sin,” “Inward Sin,” and “Sinin Believers,” articles for e Wesley StudyBible. Nashville: Abingdon, 2009.“Liturgy for Transfiguration Sunday: SeminarySunday and Church Vocations Sunday,” e-mailed and posted at www.ucc.org, Feb. 22,2009.“Singing as a Communal Spiritual Practice” e-mailed and posted at www.worshipconnection.com,Feb. 24, 2009.Series on the Liturgical Year, e-published inthe Capitol North Ideas Newsletter (UnitedMethodist Church). “Epiphany,” Dec. 30, 2008;“Ash Wednesday and the Six Sundays in Lent,2009,” Feb. 1, 2009; “Easter and the Great 50Days to Pentecost,” March 30, 2009; “Pentecostand Trinity Sunday and the Church,” April 30,2009; “June into July—Let me catch my breath!Or, God is still at work in worship!” May 30,2009; “July and August—Summertime: Timeto Praise God and Live for Christ,” June 30,2009.ReviewsReview of Music by Heart: Paperless Songs forEvening Worship, edited by Marilyn Haskel; introductoryarticles by Donald Schell and EmilyM. D. Scott; New York: Church Publishing,2008, in e Hymn, Spring 2009.MeetingsGeneral Synod of the United Church of Christ,Grand Rapids, Mich., June 28-29, 2009.Annual Conference Worship Planning Committee,Ohio Conference, United Church ofChrist, monthly meetings.Awards and appointmentsAppointed book review editor, e Hymn: AJournal of Congregational Song, 2009-2010.Church and popular lecturesConsultant, All Shepherds Lutheran Church(ELCA), Lewis Center, Ohio, enlivening contemporaryworship service, February 2009.“Sacraments and Worship,” Provisional Residentsin Ministry, East Ohio Annual Conference,Feb. 26, 2009.Workshop leader, “’What it holds, a mystery’:Worship Alternatives” and closing worshipplanner, “Equipping the Saints,” sponsored byCentral Southeast Ohio.Association, UCC, and Metropolitan Commission,Christian Church (Disciples of Christ),March 7, 2009.Presenter, “Repent and Believe the Gospel,”Retired Ministers Day, MTSO, March 30,2009.Workshop Leader on Worship and Justice,Health Advocacy Luncheon sponsored byWest Ohio Justice Ministries, West Ohio AnnualConference of the United MethodistChurch, Lakeside, OH, June 8, 2009.Lisa WithrowProfessor in the DewireChair of ChristianLeadershipPublications“Change: Exploring Its Implications for ReligiousLeadership—A Pedagogical Inquiry,”Journal of Religious Leadership, Fall 2008.Photography for “Imagining Antarctica,” bySandra F. Selby. Practical Matters, Emory University,March 2009.Academic lectures and presentations“Change: Exploring Its Implications for ReligiousLeadership—A Pedagogical Inquiry,”MTSO faculty lecture, February 2009.Reviewse Missional Leader: Equipping Your Churchto Reach a Changing World, by Alan J. Roxburghand Fred Romanuk, Jossey-Bass. Journalof Religious Leadership, Fall 2008.MeetingsChair, Academy of Religious Leadership subgroupmeeting at American Academy of Religion,November 2008.President, Academy of Religious Leadership—national meeting, April 17-19, 2009.Convener, Joint Doctor of Ministry ProposalCommittee: MTSO and Trinity Lutheran Seminary),spring 2009.Awards and appointmentsInstalled into Dewire Chair in Christian Leadership,MTSO, February 2009.Church and popular lectures“Let Your Life Speak,” OhioHealth presentation,November 2008.Consultant, Chaplaincy Services, team developmentand conflict management, AkronChildren’s Hospital, March 2009.Leader, Discernment Retreat, Asbury UnitedMethodist Church, Delaware, Ohio, January2009.Consultant, Chaplaincy Services, team buildingfor chaplaincy group, Akron Children’sHospital), March 11 and May 21, 2009.Consultant, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church,church revitalization, April 5 and 23, 2009.Presider, Entrustment Ceremony (adoption),Canton, Ohio, May 25, 2009.Treasurer, Concerned Citizens Against Homelessness,Delaware, Ohio, August 2008-May2009.Member, advisory group for D.Min. student,United eological Seminary, Dayton, spring2009.YvonneZimmermanAssistant Professor ofChristian EthicsPublications“From Bush to Obama: Rethinking Sex andReligion in the U.S.’s Initiative to CombatHuman Trafficking,” under review at the Journalof Feminist Studies in Religion.Academic lectures and presentations“Trafficking, Gender and Feminist eory,” inInternational Feminism at Hobart and WilliamSmith Colleges, Geneva, N.Y. Oct. 6, 2008.“e Next Four Years: Assessing the Place of‘Faith’ in U.S. Trafficking Policy,” Ohio WesleyanUniversity, Delaware, Ohio, Dec. 10, 2008.MeetingsAssociation of eological Schools New FacultySeminar, October 2008.American Academy of Religion, Nov. 2008.Society of Christian Ethics, January 2009. ❈18METHODIST THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL IN OHIO

REPORT TO DONORSFinancial informationMethodist Theological School in Ohio had a budget of $6,642,438 in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009 (preliminary,unaudited numbers). Below is a breakdown of revenues and expenditures. If you have questions about this information,please feel free to contact our business office at 740-363-1146.Operating budget for Fiscal Year 2008-2009 (unaudited)RevenuesMTSO relied primarily on three sources of income: student tuitionand fees (33.6 percent of total revenues), endowment earnings(25.4 percent) and the Ministerial Education Fund of the UnitedMethodist Church (15.5 percent). Combined gi revenue accountedfor 9.9 percent of total revenues.ExpendituresCompensation of faculty and staff accounted for 54.2 percent of theMTSO operating budget, followed by financial aid (17.8 percent)and auxiliary enterprises, which consists of programs such as theCourse of Study School of Ohio and services such as the DunnDining Hall (11.5 percent).Revenues Percent of total■ Tuition and fees $2,238,909 33.7%■ Federal work study $42,232 0.6%■ Auxiliary $928,538 14.0%■ Ministerial Education Fund $1,031,693 15.5%■ Endowment $1,689,762 25.4%■ Quasi Endowment $56,280 .8%■ Restricted gis $372,741 5.6%■ Methesco Fund gis $246,433 3.7%■ Student aid gis $35,850 0.5%Total revenues $6,642,438 100%Expenditures Percent of total■ Compensation $3,599,054 54.2%■ Financial aid $1,185,588 17.8%■ Auxiliary enterprises $763,897 11.5%■ Plant maintenance $329,166 5.0%■ General administration $224,495 3.4%■ Business administration $79,560 1.2%■ Institutional advancement $38,335 0.6%■ Information systems $124,063 1.9%■ Instruction $77,938 1.2%■ Academic support $183,376 2.8%■ Enrollment $36,966 0.6%Total expenditures $6,642,438 100%THE STORY ❈ Fall 2009 19

REPORT TO DONORSDonor Honor RollIn grateful recognition of all those whose gifts between July 1, 2008,and June 30, 2009, contributed to the success of MTSOGold Crest SocietyPresident’s Circle$25,000 and aboveRonald AlfordEstate of R. Thornton BeeghlyBarbara and Michael CantlinE. Rhodes and Leona B. CarpenterFoundationJames and Amy ChapmanWalter and Marian English FoundationThe Foundation for EvangelismFlo and Stanley GaultEstate of Mary Jean HicksonKokosing Construction Company, Inc.Raymond and Margaret MasonHarry C. Moores FoundationTrustees’ Circle$10,000-$24,999Mary Jo EdwardsEstate of Robert BrowningHuntington BankJochum-Moll FoundationGerald and Dorothea MaloneyJ. D. and Arlene MillikenJohn MountMargaret SterlingWilliam and Diane Van NostranW. S. and Adele WhiteJohn and Cheryl ZeigerFounders’ Circle$5,000-$9,999Janet and Roger BakerBrecksville UMCJohn and Patricia ChapmanRobert and Carla ChilesNorman and Shirley DewireJane and Michael EndresWilliam and Kathleen GrovéJohn Kampen and Carol LehmanAlex and Joan KellerThe Magee Christian EducationFoundationDale E. and Bernice E. ManspergerFoundation, Inc.Jane and Peter MykrantzNationwide FoundationRobert and Ann OakleyDonald and Constance RoseJay and Kristen RundellDavid SchoolerWerner Circle$2,500-$4,999Charles and Marian CalhounJudith CraigPaul and Anne DonaldFirst Community Church, ColumbusPreston and Barbara Jean ForbesPhyllis HavenerJune LaddDiane LobodyKaren MarshallLinda and Dick OgdenJennifer and Robert OlbryshSandra SelbyRalph and June ShunkValerie and Francis StultzEstate of Mildred TaylorAlfred WiseBill and Bonnie ZeebJohn Wesley Circle$1,000-$2,499AnonymousPeter and Carol BrowningWarren and Verna BulmanFrank CleverRobert and Amy ClickRichard and Betty DenneyDonald and Dianna DixonRichard and Rosalie DonnenwirthKathryn and Dale DwyerJulia FosterCyndy GarnGary and Barbara GillerOlivia GrahamRobert and Elaine HibbardRobert and Sharon HicksonHyde Park Community UMCIngram-White Castle FoundationWarren and Barbara KandelWilliam and Susan KasterSusan and Ronald KyserLeipsic UMCMark and Deborah LindemoodRandy and Terri LitchfieldWilliam and Judy McCartneyWilliam and Martha McFaddenMichael and Katie McNeilAlan and Lois MorrisonBruce and Charlene OughJoon-Sik and Sue ParkJack PattonHoward and Jo Ann PrestonRetired Ministers Association of WestOhioBenita RollinsDanny and Denise RussellSchell Fund, Fifth Third BankJere SchraderCharles and Nancy SheleyWayne and Mildred SmithThe J.M. Smucker CompanyGuido and Anne StempelGary and Margaret StreiffR. Stanley and Jerilyn SuttonRobert and Alice TannehillRobert and Marilyn TownJ. R. and Catharine WarmbrodDavid and Marjorie WilcoxLisa WithrowWooster UMCThomas ZookWoodrow Zook20METHODIST THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL IN OHIO

REPORT TO DONORSSilver Level$500-$999Grayson and Wende Lou AthaThe Church in Aurora, UCCPatricia and Arthur BennettJanet and Roger BlocherDale and Dorothy BrandonDavid BrowningGreg and Lynne BrowningDessie CookJoseph CrockettH. Daniel and Debra DrewSuzanne and Bill EllisLarell FinerenEddie and Rita GeorgeMaggie JacksonJeffrey JaynesRollin KearnsJoan LeitzelMarjorie MageeDavid and Beth AnnManspergerElaine and Alan MikesellPaul and Jean MinusMary Ann MomanRichard and Dianne MorrisonThomas MorrisonOhio Wesleyan UniversityMargaret PalmerPhyllis and Richard RadlinskiThe Seaman FamilyFoundationEdwin ShafferJames and Barbara SmigelskiThe Tides CenterFrederick and Linda TiffanyPaul WhiteDale and Norma WilhelmBronze Level$250-$499Joyce and Ralph BarreraBellefaire JCBJames and Mary BrucklacherRuth Ann CarnahanSteven and Jilaine FewellEugene Finnegan and JohnRaineyH. Eugene FoldenElizabeth and David GibbonsSteven and Diana HarshDale and Jean HoakChristopher HoganBruce and Barbara Lynn IrwinJonathan D. and Michelle S.JumpWilliam KuckJ. F. LacariaLakewood UMCDale and Nancy LambertLouise LandonSamuel and Yun Hwa LeeLincoln Financial GroupFoundation, Inc.James and Virginia McCartneyBeth McGuire and DavidKerstenIsabel MillerDatha MyersBarbara PlanckMarian and David PlantRichland County FoundationJames RohlerEdward and Monika RossKaren and Paul SchaeferLaura SeayBrooks and Nancy SitterleyR. Thomas and Carolyn SlackAlbert Sprague, Jr.Henry and Suzanne StringerWilliam ThorneUnited Methodist Foundationof West VirginiaAshwin and Peggy WelchSondra and Edwin WillobeeJohn Wilson and Mary SturmW. Dean and Joan WittenCentury Level$100-$249Shiro AbeJames and Nancy AdamsStanley and Avis AdamsWayne and Fern AlbertsonRobert D. ArduinoHarry AskinRobin BaerBrice and Karen BalmerBarratt BantaTheodore and Karin BarlowRalph and Wilma BausermanJerrie Bell-Brion and William F.BrionSteven and Kathy BentleyBenjamin BlackFay BottenLarry and Kallen BrownJohnny and Guilda BryantDorothy BurrCharles and Carole BynnerJohn and Helen CapperAlan and Jean CarrollLinda Carter and ErnestJohanssonWilliam Casto and JenniferKimball CastoAnn Marie ChampionE. Lynn and Judith ChampionRollin and Anne ConwayJames and Susan CoxHarold DavidsonGeorge and Karen DavisRobert Davis and MarthaGarlandBrian and MarindaDickensheetsJean and James DoaneThomas and Elizabeth DouceRichelle DuchanoPamela Easterday and WilliamBrandesGregory and Betty EdwardsJohn and Rebecca ErwinJohn and Barbara FillionBonnie ForsmanJudith FrederickVictoria and Vincent FrontKaren GeeJohn and Nancy GermaineGlaxo Smith KlineJeffrey GordonArthur and Marlene GotjenRoger and Sue GraceFlora GrantCatherine GreenDavid and Wanda GuyGerald and Beverly HallBruce and Cherie Jo HammondJim HartlandCarlton and Maxine HayesLen and Wendy HaynesWalter and Jo Anne HaysJoseph HelmC.M. Kempton and FawnHewittMarcy HileCharles and Betty HillMary and Robert HolmRonald and Prudence HoltmanJohn and Elaine HopkinsForrest HoppeHerbert HoppeA. Jeffery HopperHudson UMCLarry Keith HuffmanNancy Hull and Charles FryePhilip and Rolanda HuntEileen HutchesonEthel JohnsonOrville and Marty JonesThomas and Susan JonesCarol KautzAlice KearnsHyun Chul and Yi KimMarion and Debbie KiteMary KredelMarvin KriegerKathleen and Gary LamaSarah and Kermit LancasterMarybelle LandrumVergel and Joy LattimoreMin S. LeeGerald and Susan LeistJohn and Sally LeppSteven and Judith LightnerCharles LindaburyConstance LobodyJames and Clare LongSandra and Richard LutzCharles and Janet LyonsDavid MalyEllen MartinHerbert and Virginia MasseyDavid and Bonita MazeRobert and Janet McCartneyKenton and Dorothy McGrawBradley and Krista McKibbenJohn and Ruby MedaughTeckla and Marc MeisterLinda MercadanteRobert L. MillerMargaret MiskimenWilliam and Louwana MockJames and June MooreCharles Morrison and JulianeMcGowanJames and Doris Morrow andFamilyRichard and Joan MyersDonald and Martha NeebesHenry and Arlene NettlingJoseph and Marion NiedPaul and Christine NumrichOhio Ethics CommissionThomas ParkerRichard and Elizabeth ParksMargaret and Henry PassengerRonald and Jane PaynePhillip and Janet PeoplesA. Edward and Shirley PerkinsWarren and Karleen PettisWilliam and Eleanor PfaffPfizer FoundationDeborah and John PitneyDoris and David PonitzStanley and Jeanine PurdumJack and C. Yvonne PursellElizabeth RaittKenneth RamseyRoy and GretchenRauschenbergAlbert and Roylene ReedRoy and Nancy ReedLester and Mary ReinekeJoseph and Agatha ReisererDavid and Hope Reynoldscontinues →THE STORY ❈ Fall 2009 21

REPORT TO DONORSfrom previous pageVarina RileyJames and Wilma RobersonDonald and Shirley RockCarolyn RothermelRichard and Judith RoyaltyRichard and Ann RoyerRalph and Patricia RudyGeorgianna RymerCharles and Alice SaltRoma and Robert SayreElbert and Alma SchraderMarilynn and Paul SchroederBrady and Betty SeeleyThomas SimpsonEllen SimsCynthia Skutar and JerryWelbornBruce and Susan SmithLori SteeleMark and Virginia SteigerConstance SternerWilbert and Karen StinespringThomas and Almeda StittHoward and Joann StrauchHope and Robert TaftMary TameTerry and Alice TomlinsonTheodore and RosemaryTownsendDiane Turner-SharazzRay Van GuntenTimothy Van MeterJames WagonerDaniel and June WalcottGene and Sandy WarmanJo and R. Karl WatkinsCharles and Mary WatsonEternity WaulsDavid and Janice WeltyDavid and JeanetteWesterfieldBarbara and David WiechelThomas and Edwina WilberG. William and Doris WilcherSharon and Donald WilsonDavid Yingling and KarenChrisleyKarl and Carmen ZeiglerContributor LevelUp to $99Devon and Doris AllenJonathan and Nora AlmondRonald and Patricia AmonDerek AndersonNse and Debra AquaowoEmily BadertscherHarold and Joyce BaileyRobert and Neaty BakerMichael and Betty BaldwinJon and Elaine BarkerMarilyn and James BarneyMargaret BarnoLander and Cynthia BealDorothy BeardGrace BeebeDavid and Anita BolingJames and Connie BoringRonald BottsDeborah BowsherAndrew and V. Jean BrethauerWilliam BrewerGeorge and Elizabeth BrownJohn and Dolores BrownRonald and Barbara BryantOscar and Patricia BurdetteNorman and Joan BystolGeorge and Martha GeneCampbellJ. Gary and Audrey CampbellKathleen CappsCynthia and Edward CardSharon Carson and WilliamZeyerApril and Zac CaspersonSue ChidleyPatsy and Jerry ChitwoodCrystal ClarkWesley ClarkeCharles Cobau and TeresaBetts-CobauYvonne and Bonnie ConnerMargaret ConnorJohn and Janice CordesCharles and Julia CordleWilbur and Carolyn CouchieCoralee CoxSusan CromerCharles and June CummingsEdna and E. J. Darling-LewisShirley and Lane DeLarmeWalter and Marilyn DickhautRonald and Beverly DoddsMichael and Rebecca DonnallyJames DonnanPamela DooreRobert and Joanne DuranMargene EllingerPatricia and Dirk ElliottJudith and Michael EnglandErickson RetirementCommunitiesRobert and Dorothy EricksonRuth EstepL. Eugene and Janet FarisonHal and Agnes FausnaughFrank and Carolyn FentonPhyllis and James FetzerJames and Lori FishburnHoward and Kathleen FoxWilliam FrayerJames and Janet GallanderEllis and Janet GallantVirginia and William GeamanWayne and Connie GeissingerRobert and Elaine GiercykDale GirtonGlobal Gospel ChurchNathan and Jane GotoRoger and MicheleGrafensteinCharles GrahamF. Fletcher GrahamJoseph and Blanch GrahamBrenda and Donald GrauerCarl and Dorothy GrayCarol and David GroffRobert and Kay GrotskyPaula GrunerJohn and Rose HarraDenise HartWilliam and Nancy HarveyJennifer HemmerleinBasil and Janis HensleyAlice HermanGeorge and Winifred HicksonCarl and Dorothy HippensteelLeroy HodgeRobert and B. Dianne HodgesAlice HoffmanDale HoffmanMolly and B.R. HoffmanRobert and Dolly HollandWilliam and Iretta HollawayAndrew and Becky HoppDana and Ann HouckKeith and Janice HowardSylvia Howe and Paul L'HerrouRobert and Cami HrisakAlfred and Lois HublerTed and Rosalie HulbertHarry and Jean HullDavid IboketteRobert and Barbara IngramIsrael and Joan IrizarriGeorge and Beverly JarrellJoanne and Clayton JolliffBruce and Dawn JonesDonald and Susan JonesRobert and Elaine JonesMTSO Board of Trustees 2009-2010Mr. Ronald B. AlfordDr. Derek AndersonMrs. Janet B. BakerDr. Patricia A. BennettMrs. Janet BlocherMr. William BrewerMr. James ChapmanMs. Carrie ChristianMr. Paul A. DonaldThe Rev. Dr. Kathryn DwyerMrs. Jane EndresDr. Preston ForbesThe Rev. Cyndy GarnMrs. Flo K. GaultMr. William GrovéBishop John L. HopkinsThe Rev. Dr. G. Forrest HoppeDr. Maggie Jackson, ChairDr. Jeffrey JaynesMr. Alex KellerThe Rev. Susan A. KyserThe Rev. Dr. J.F. LacariaDr. Joan LeitzelMr. Gerald P. MaloneyMr. Michael McNeilMr. J. D. MillikenDr. John T. Mount (TrusteeEmeritus)Dr. Robert OakleyBishop Bruce R. OughThe Rev. James RobersonThe Rev. Jay A. RundellMr. Earl StalterThe Rev. Dr. Margaret N.StreiffThe Rev. Dr. R. Stanley SuttonThe Rev. Paul R. WhiteThe Rev. Dr. David E. Wilcox,Vice ChairMr. John W. ZeigerDr. Yvonne Zimmerman22METHODIST THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL IN OHIO

REPORT TO DONORSChristine Jones-LeavyBrenda Kageorge Osuga andDonald OsugaDebra and Daniel KetchamSharon and Mike KieselLewis and Alana KilzerHea Kyung KimPaul and Doris KimGeorge and Drusilla KingCecil and Tharon KirkStephen KlyceMillard and Carolyn KnowlesMyron and Doris KottkeJanan KramerLinda and Roy LandersJ. Eugene and Arlene LandonAlbert and Luella LedererStephanie LeeKofee LillyJustin LipscombConnie and Roger LongRobert LovellBenjamin and Judy LowellWilliam and Annette LyleRebeka Maples and JamesUptonLisa MarchalEric and Roseann MartinStephen and Deborah MartinVernon and Joanna MasonEarse and Esther MaulerLinda McCowenKathryn and Kerry McGregorPatricia McIntyreHoward and Cheryl McNishJohn and Karen MillerPaul and Lorraine MillerWayne and Marilyn MillerDale and Leellen MooreJohn MoorePercy MooreTy and Tammy MyersMary NelsonWilliam and Virginia NormanJames NothstineBetty Obliskcontinues →The Sterling SocietyThese individuals havenamed MTSO in theirestate plansAnonymous (12)Shiro AbeRon and Cecilia AdamsRobert and H. Susan AtchleyGrayson and Wende LouAthaJon and Elaine BarkerMargaret BarnoJoyce and Ralph BarreraReg and Jane BarssJoanne BarteltEstate of Margaret BeardEstate of R. ThorntonBeeghlyCharles and Shirley BernhardtJoel and Karen BiggersJoe and Georgia BottorffSusan and William BowmanDeborah BowsherRoberta BrownRobert and Jackie BrowningJames and Mary BrucklacherBarbara and Michael CantlinDana CastoShelly CastoTrevor CastoWilliam Casto and JenniferKimball CastoJames and Amy ChapmanRobert and Carla ChilesRobin ClarkFrank CleverDiane Corbett and RichardEurekaCharles and Julia CordleJudith CraigDeborah CroninNorman and Shirley DewireDonald and Dianna DixonPaul and Anne DonaldHarry DonovanJohn and Ruth DoyleH. Daniel and Debra DrewGerry DunnGilbert DunnRobert and Joanne DuranMary Jo EdwardsPhilip and Linda EnglishJohn Tyler and Kathy EricksonHarry and DonnaFeatherstoneEugene Finnegan and JohnRaineyJulia FosterCyndy GarnFlo and Stanley GaultPaul and Elva GilbertGary and Barbara GillerBetty Dancey GodardGeorge GoshornOlivia GrahamWilliam and Kathleen GrovéVern HakesRobert and Nancy HaydenElsie HiteDale and Jean HoakRobert and Barbara IngramClark and Linda KandelGene and Laurene KandelJames and Mary KandelWarren and Barbara KandelRobert and KatherineKegerreisColleen and Barry KeithJames and Mary KellerDwayne and Ruth KelseyPeter and Eleanore KleistWilliam KuckJohn and Florence LeeWatson and Esther LeyJan LichtenwalterDennis LippartJ. Franklin and BethLuchsingerGerald and DorotheaMaloneyLisa MarchalRussell and Ellen MartinMartha MattnerRichard and Judyth MaurerWilliam and Judy McCartneyWilliam and MarthaMcFaddenBeth McGuire and DavidKerstenJohn and Ruby MedaughDonna Meinhard and ArleonKelleyLinda MercadanteEdward and Ilse MeyerRobert and Bette MeyerIsabel MillerJ.D. and Arlene MillikenPaul and Jean MinusLoran and Vicki MiracleDiana MorrisAlan and Lois MorrisonJohn MountJane and Peter MykrantzRoy and Kay NashDavid and Lenore NicholsWilliam and Virginia NormanNeil and Jane ParkerMartin and Phyllis ParksRichard and Elizabeth ParksWilliam and Judith ParrMarian and David PlantHoward and Jo Ann PrestonCraig and Nancy RedeckerCraig and Rebecca RiceHilda RingeSharon RingeBenita RollinsDonald and Constance RoseJohn and Elaine RossJay and Kristen RundellSteven and Judy RussalesiJames and Sonya RyhalDavid and Rosemary SageserBeverly and Glen SchmidtAlice SchmutzJere SchraderLouise and Craig SeipelSandra SelbyEdwin ShafferCharles and Nancy SheleyVernon ShepherdRalph and June ShunkJohn and Judith SkinnerDavid SkyDora Faye SmithWilliam and Janet SmithC. Joseph and Diane SpragueMargaret and Joe SterlingHarold and Norma StockmanValerie and Francis StultzR. Stanley and Jerilyn SuttonRobert and Alice TannehillCindy and Marion TappanWilliam ThornePaul and Corinne Van BurenWilliam and Diane VanNostranDaniel and June WalcottJ. R. and CatharineWarmbrodAnita WatsonEvelyn WeaverMarie WebbDavid and JeanetteWesterfieldJames and JoAnn WilliamsAlfred WiseRobert and Carol WoodTheodore and June YeweyKarl and Carmen ZeiglerEllen Zienert and Mark BakerTHE STORY ❈ Fall 2009 23

REPORT TO DONORSfrom previous pageNoel and Emma Ruth OsbornWesley PaintingRussell ParksJames and Cynthia PenceMarshall and Patricia PetersonPaula and Steven Frank PinterGeorge and Kathleen PorterThomas and Pamela PottkotterDoris PrichardStanton and Charlotte PriorPeter PuhakElizabeth RaupDawn Lee and TimothyRemsterJudith RiczingerLenore RobinsonCalvin and MargeryRodehefferCharles and Betty RodgersRobert RussellRozell and Norma SattlerRae Lynn SchleifJanet SchulteLinda and Howard ScottJerry and Judith SeamanNorma SeamanJames SelinskeMary and John SeymourMichael and Margaret ShadeB. Kathleen ShampJames and Mary Lou ShepherdEverett SherronEvelyn ShoupDoris ShoverRobert and Deanna ShromInez G. SisleyDuane and Kay SmithIrene SmithJoseph and Laura SopherSandra and Michael SpahrJames and Katherine SpearsElizabeth and David SpikerGrace SpillmanC. Joseph and Diane SpragueBarbara StarlingLinda SteelmanHarold and Jennifer SteindamJames and Jeanette StilesKaren and J. Steven StonerDonald and Millie StrasserBrian and Kathleen StraubMargaret and Gary StreiffJeanette TangemanLinda TaylorThomas and Nell TaylorRichard and Diane TettauCandace ThomasLynn and Janice ThursbyJune TruaxJohn and Roxie UnderwoodJames and Vickie ValentineWendell and Faye VermillionKeith and Carolyn VesperMichael VitantonioRobert and Floredda WagnerThelma WaltonMary Lu and Rodney WarstlerTerry and Ruth AnneWashburnDavid and June WeimerJune WestgateConstance and ChesterWestoverBarbara and John WienkeWalter and Cheryl WilleyWilliam and Mary WillisL. Cean WilsonJanis Wright Meyers and PaulMeyersDae-Sob and Moon KyungYoonNancy Zahn ❈Every effort has been made toaccurately honor MTSO’sfriends and donors. If youbelieve an error has beenmade, please contact DannyRussell at 740-362-3322 ordrussell@mtso.edu.Restricted studentscholarship givingThese churches and otherorganizations haveassisted in thesponsorship of individualMTSO students’educationsOHIOAmerican Baptist Women'sMinistries of OhioCapitol Area South District,West Ohio Conference, TUMCCentral Christian Church,NewarkChrist Presbyterian Church,CantonCommunity Development forAll People, ColumbusEast Ohio Conference, TUMCEmmanuel Lutheran Church,North GeorgetownWalter & Marian EnglishFoundationFairfield County FoundationFirst Community Foundation,ColumbusFirst UMC MarysvilleFirst UMC NewarkGalloway Presbyterian ChurchGrand Chapter of Ohio, OESGrant Munro Scholarship TrustHayes Memorial UMC, FremontKimball MidwestLiberty Presbyterian Church,DelawareMentor UMCNorth Congregational UCC,ColumbusNorthridge UMC, SpringfieldNorthwest Plains District, WestOhio Conference, TUMCOhio Baptist Education SocietyOpal Dancey MemorialFoundationOutreach Christian Center,DelawareRiverside UMC ColumbusSawmill Baptist Church, PowellSixth Avenue UMC LancasterTrinity UMC ColumbusUnited Church of Christ,ClevelandGEORGIAFund for TheologicalEducationThe Order of the Daughtersof the KingILLINOISFirst UMC of NormalSpina Bifida AssociationINDIANAAvon UMCCana United MethodistChurch, CrothersvilleCrothersville UnitedMethodist ChurchEli Lilly & CompanyFoundationSouth Indiana Conference,TUMCTrinity UMCKANSASPlymouth EndowmentFoundationMICHIGANCherry Hill PresbyterianChurch, DearbornDetroit Annual Conference,TUMCFirst UMC MidlandWest Michigan Conference,TUMCWest Side UMC, Ann ArborMISSISSIPPIMississippi Conference, TUMCNEW YORKGeneral Board of GlobalMinistry, TUMCNORTH CAROLINAWestern North CarolinaConference, TUMCTENNESSEEFellowship of UnitedMethodists in Worship,Music & ArtsGeneral Board of HigherEducation & MinistryHolston Conference, TUMCMayfair United MethodistChurch, KingsportMunsey Memorial UMC,Johnson CityWEST VIRGINIAWest Virginia Conference,TUMCWISCONSINNational Association ofCongregational ChristianChurches24METHODIST THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL IN OHIO

ank youThe closing pages of this magazine are an inspiringtestament to the ongoing faithfulness and generosity ofMethesco’s friends. In the face of the past year’s financialuncertainty, you made a bold and confident statementwith your investment in the future of religious leadership.At this moment, men and women from every one ofMTSO’s 47 graduating classes are making a differencearound the world. We don’t yet know how the hundredsof students on our campus today will shape the future, butwe can be certain they will, and for many decades to come.On behalf of the students whose education you’ve helpedto ensure—and the many people whose lives they willtouch—please accept our gratitude.If you’d like to give to MTSO today, there are several ways to go about it.You can donate electronically or register for check-free automatic monthly donations atwww.mtso.edu/development. Or, if you wish to give by mail, you may return this form withyour check or credit card information to:Methodist Theological School in Ohio3081 Columbus PikeDelaware, OH 43015My gift to MTSO is: ❑ $1,000 ❑ $500 ❑ $250❑ $100 ❑ $50 Other $ _________________I would like my gift designated for thefollowing fund:❑ No preference❑ Seminary Scholarship❑ Methesco’s Greatest Needs❑ Other (please specify) _________________❑ I have enclosed a check payable to MTSO.❑ Please charge my ❑ Visa ❑ MasterCardAccount no. ____________________________Expiration date _________________________Signature ______________________________Name__________________________________Address _________________________________________________________________Phone _________________________________E-mail _________________________________Questions or comments? Contact Danny Russell, director ofadvancement, at 740-362-3322 or drussell@mtso.edu.