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Seed & Harvest<br />
<strong>Trinity</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Ministry</strong> <strong>Apr</strong>il – <strong>May</strong> – <strong>June</strong> <strong>2010</strong><br />
A ROUNDTABLE ON<br />
CHURCH PLANTING<br />
& CATECHESIS<br />
<strong>June</strong> 17-19, <strong>2010</strong><br />
<strong>Trinity</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Ministry</strong><br />
Ambridge, Pennsylvania<br />
Church Planting and Disciple Making <strong>for</strong> Anglicanism<br />
Alive and Growing
In This Issue<br />
Volume XXXIII Number 2<br />
2 From the Dean and President<br />
by Justyn Terry<br />
3 Raising Up Seminarians<br />
by Justyn Terry<br />
4 Student Stories<br />
6 <strong>Trinity</strong> Travels: On the Road with<br />
the <strong>Trinity</strong> Deans<br />
9 Academic News: <strong>Trinity</strong>’s<br />
Curriculum Review Moves to<br />
Implementation<br />
by Mark Stevenson<br />
11 • <strong>Trinity</strong> Trustee Profile<br />
• Travel Study Opportunity<br />
12 Recent Graduate News<br />
13 A <strong>Trinity</strong> Distinctive:<br />
Mentored <strong>Ministry</strong><br />
14 Seminarian Guest Speaker<br />
15 Alumni News<br />
18 From the Development Office<br />
19 News & Notes<br />
20 • Prayer <strong>for</strong> <strong>Trinity</strong><br />
• An Invitation to Tea<br />
• Upcoming Events<br />
From the Dean and President<br />
Dear Friends,<br />
It has been a great pleasure receiving so much<br />
feedback on the last Seed & Harvest. Many<br />
people were interested in the piece I wrote<br />
about<br />
“Encouraging Calls <strong>for</strong> Commitment” t” and<br />
had<br />
suggestions <strong>for</strong> developing follow-up to those<br />
calls. I plan to return to that subject in the<br />
next issue.<br />
In this issue I want to cast a vision<br />
Dean Terry<br />
<strong>for</strong> a way in which we can honor and<br />
support those who respond to the call<br />
to seminary, leaders that will make a major<br />
difference <strong>for</strong> the future. There is also more news about our<br />
students and alumni. We have expanded the alumni section,<br />
partly so we can be sure that news we were only sharing with alumni is now<br />
shared more widely, and partly so we can showcase some of the excellent<br />
work they are doing.<br />
You will also see reports of recent travel that we have been doing. Each one<br />
of these visits is really quite unique, but all of them present opportunities<br />
to spread the word about <strong>Trinity</strong> and to do the work of the Gospel. If they<br />
bring to mind other ideas <strong>for</strong> places we could visit, please do let me know.<br />
On the cover:<br />
<strong>Trinity</strong>’s campus blossoms<br />
with spring. Top photo by<br />
Jim Beavers; other photos<br />
by Melinda Helt.<br />
I am very grateful <strong>for</strong> all our financial and prayer supporters. We are a<br />
bit behind budget on revenue, but we are also a little under budget on<br />
expenses. Every dollar goes a long way at <strong>Trinity</strong>. I am very aware that<br />
Someone is looking out <strong>for</strong> us – and that many hundreds of you are<br />
faithfully supporting the school in your prayers and giving. Thank God,<br />
thank you, and please continue to be part of this miraculous provision.<br />
Every blessing in Christ,<br />
Forming<br />
Christian Leaders<br />
<strong>for</strong> Mission
Stock photograph<br />
Raising Up<br />
Seminarians<br />
by Justyn Terry<br />
have heard that the first Dean/President of<br />
I <strong>Trinity</strong>, Bishop Alf Stanway, used to love<br />
to remind people of one of the principles<br />
of the Church Missionary Society: “Under<br />
God, everything will depend on the quality<br />
of the people chosen <strong>for</strong> the task.” Of all the<br />
many blessings the church enjoys and the<br />
many assets it might list, its leaders have a<br />
particularly special place. Having well-trained<br />
and well-resourced leaders is vital <strong>for</strong> a<br />
healthy, missionary church.<br />
In these complex times I am keen that we<br />
continue to take seriously identifying, training,<br />
and supporting leaders <strong>for</strong> the church. We<br />
need many ordained and lay leaders who are<br />
able to plant churches, renew churches, and<br />
build churches that embody the Gospel and<br />
trans<strong>for</strong>m their neighborhoods with the light<br />
of Christ and the power of the Spirit.<br />
<strong>Trinity</strong> generally relies on others to have the<br />
“vocational eyes,” as Bishop John Rodgers<br />
delightfully puts it, that are on the lookout <strong>for</strong><br />
people whom God is calling into such vital<br />
roles. Our primary concern as a seminary is<br />
with training and supporting them as they<br />
respond to that call.<br />
It is our privilege to welcome many able<br />
students to our campus and to our online or<br />
intensive classes. They are deeply committed<br />
disciples of Jesus Christ who are already<br />
immersed in Christian ministry and longing<br />
to help <strong>for</strong>m vital Christian communities.<br />
How can we, in the wider church, best support<br />
them as they prepare <strong>for</strong> the future?<br />
One way would be <strong>for</strong> you to “adopt” a<br />
seminarian, praying <strong>for</strong> them, encouraging<br />
them through letters, giving them frequent<br />
flyer miles to visit family, suggesting to your<br />
rector that they speak to small groups or<br />
preach at your church, and asking them to<br />
write a letter <strong>for</strong> your parish newsletter.<br />
Another way would be <strong>for</strong> your church to<br />
sponsor a seminarian <strong>for</strong> his or her entire<br />
time at <strong>Trinity</strong>. This could be <strong>for</strong> students sent<br />
to <strong>Trinity</strong> from your church – and<br />
many churches already do this I am<br />
delighted to say – but we can also<br />
link churches to current students.<br />
A third way is by funding<br />
scholarships. Many of our excellent<br />
students would not be in seminary<br />
at all had it not been <strong>for</strong> the fulltuition<br />
scholarships we were able to<br />
offer this year; several others would<br />
be at other seminaries that were<br />
not their first choice but offered<br />
generous scholarships. All of them<br />
would have been accumulating<br />
levels of debt which would make it<br />
harder <strong>for</strong> them to accept a call to<br />
smaller churches and church plants<br />
when they graduate.<br />
Our vision is to be able to offer full-tuition<br />
support, based on need, to 30-50 students<br />
a year on an on-going basis. Full tuition<br />
costs over $9,000 a year, so this will involve<br />
building up our current scholarship provision.<br />
Are these things that you, or someone you<br />
know, would be excited to partner in? How<br />
better to support the many new clergy and lay<br />
leaders the church will need in the years that<br />
lie ahead?<br />
Help plant<br />
a church:<br />
sponsor a<br />
seminarian<br />
<strong>Apr</strong>il – <strong>May</strong> – <strong>June</strong> <strong>2010</strong><br />
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Student Stories<br />
Abraham Nhial came to <strong>Trinity</strong> in fall 2007 to begin his MDiv degree. A native<br />
of Sudan, Abraham was one of more than thirty thousand “lost boys” orphaned<br />
and <strong>for</strong>ced to flee their country when northern Islamist <strong>for</strong>ces attacked and<br />
destroyed the (mostly) Christian villages in southern Sudan during two decades<br />
of the Second Sudanese Civil War (~1983-2005). Together<br />
with DiAnn Mills, Abraham wrote the book Lost Boy No More<br />
(B&H Books, 2004) to chronicle his struggles <strong>for</strong> survival as<br />
a nine-year-old boy fleeing <strong>for</strong> his life and also to recount his<br />
story of faith.<br />
The Rev. Abraham Nhial In 2001, Abraham came to live in Atlanta as one of<br />
hundreds who were resettled in various cities in the U.S. He earned<br />
his Bachelor’s degree in Biblical Studies from Atlanta Christian<br />
College be<strong>for</strong>e beginning his MDiv degree program, a<br />
partnership between <strong>Trinity</strong> and Uganda Christian University<br />
in Mukono, Uganda.<br />
In early February, Abraham returned to Africa,<br />
rejoining his wife, Daruka, and two daughters who are living<br />
in Kenya. Abraham is hoping to return <strong>for</strong> <strong>Trinity</strong>’s graduation in <strong>May</strong> <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
His plans after graduation are still unfolding, but Abraham will continue to work<br />
with the growing Episcopal Church of the Sudan and Anglican churches in other<br />
parts of East Africa. Please continue in your prayers <strong>for</strong> Abraham and <strong>for</strong> the<br />
other <strong>for</strong>mer “lost boys” studying at <strong>Trinity</strong>.<br />
Giving Thanks<br />
Since the beginning of <strong>2010</strong>, <strong>Trinity</strong><br />
has welcomed some very small<br />
new faces on (and off!) campus.<br />
We give thanks to God <strong>for</strong> the<br />
births of:<br />
Sophie Joy Palmer January 14, <strong>2010</strong><br />
- born to Stephen (MDiv Junior) and<br />
Kamala Palmer<br />
William Douglas Helton February 7, <strong>2010</strong><br />
- born to Justin (MDiv Junior) and<br />
Riki Helton<br />
Enoch Nweze Odita February 19, <strong>2010</strong><br />
- born to Israel Odita (MAR student)<br />
and his wife, Amala, in their<br />
hometown of Onitsha, Nigeria<br />
Henry Edward Prescott March 12, <strong>2010</strong><br />
- born to Tyler (MDiv Middler) and<br />
Lanier Prescott<br />
Meet the Director<br />
Bryan “on set” in<br />
<strong>Trinity</strong>’s Chapel filming<br />
an instructional video<br />
on liturgy.<br />
When<br />
Bryan Jarrell arrived<br />
on campus this fall, he was often<br />
seen wearing a backwards-turned slouch<br />
hat (see photo above). His appearance suggested<br />
the look of a movie director on set. Little<br />
surprise, then, to discover that Bryan was indeed a<br />
videographer with a degree in Communication Studies<br />
and experience doing video production in (where else?)<br />
Los Angeles. It wasn’t long be<strong>for</strong>e we began to tap his<br />
skills to create both instructional videos and videos<br />
about life at <strong>Trinity</strong>. To see some of Bryan’s work,<br />
go to <strong>Trinity</strong>’s web site (www.tsm.edu) and<br />
click on the Media tab and go to Video.<br />
Choose from the videos listed<br />
on the left.<br />
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Student Stories<br />
Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE)<br />
CPE is an educational program designed to train<br />
ministers in hospital and hospice care, especially those<br />
sensing a call to chaplaincy roles. CPE programs are<br />
interfaith, multicultural, and are often a requirement <strong>for</strong><br />
ordination in various denominations.<br />
Each year several <strong>Trinity</strong> students enter Pittsburgharea<br />
CPE programs to fulfill ordination prerequsites and<br />
to obtain training <strong>for</strong> ministry. The following are the<br />
reflections of two <strong>Trinity</strong> students who recently took CPE.<br />
Now when Job’s three friends heard<br />
of all this evil that had come upon<br />
him, they came each from his<br />
own place….And when they saw<br />
him from a distance, they did not<br />
recognize him. And they raised their<br />
voices and wept, and they tore their<br />
robes and sprinkled dust on their<br />
heads toward heaven. And they sat Christina Vance<br />
with him on the ground seven days<br />
and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, <strong>for</strong> they<br />
saw that his suffering was very great (Job 2:11-13 ESV).<br />
Last summer, I did a summer unit of Clinical<br />
Pastoral Education at the VA hospital in Pittsburgh,<br />
splitting my time between veterans in hospice, those<br />
recovering from surgery, and those suffering from<br />
dementia. I walked into hundreds of rooms full of<br />
ugliness, pain, fear, regret, anger, and despair. I learned<br />
what death smells like. Yet, as a Christian<br />
chaplain, my calling was to do what Job’s<br />
friends did be<strong>for</strong>e they battered him with<br />
accusations: they wept and sat beside him in<br />
the dirt. And my calling went beyond what<br />
Job’s friends did. It was my role to take<br />
many hands into mine, to look into many<br />
eyes and say, “God has not <strong>for</strong>gotten you.<br />
Even now.” I said it even when I could<br />
see only darkness, knowing that the<br />
night is as bright as the day to our Lord.<br />
So, I spent the summer trying to<br />
be a representative of Jesus. But being surrounded<br />
dd<br />
by death and pain brought an unexpected gift – it filled<br />
me with a longing <strong>for</strong> heaven stronger than I have ever<br />
known. As I said goodbye again and again, one truth<br />
burned steady, hot and bright. There is only one parting<br />
we need ever say as Christians. “Goodbye <strong>for</strong> now, my<br />
friend, until we walk together in the New Jerusalem.”<br />
Stock photograph<br />
Without wishing to be overly<br />
graphic, I must confess<br />
that I spent much of my CPE<br />
orientation on the verge of vomiting,<br />
overwhelmed by all that was going<br />
on around me. Touring the various<br />
ICU’s, seeing the sights, smelling<br />
the smells, hearing vivid descriptions<br />
of medical procedures, and finally<br />
David Booman<br />
– perhaps most frightening of all –<br />
receiving, <strong>for</strong> the first time, the charts of the patients who<br />
would be entrusted to my care…I wondered what I had<br />
gotten myself into.<br />
Thankfully, the nausea passed – although not because<br />
the environment became any easier to bear (<strong>for</strong> the surgical<br />
oncology unit where I served was anything but bearable),<br />
but because I increasingly came to see my surroundings<br />
through the eyes of faith, through the lens of the cross. I<br />
began to understand that the overwhelming suffering found<br />
in a hospital – rather than being an unassailable abyss of<br />
human misery – is precisely what Christ died to vanquish<br />
and into which he sends us as emissaries of light and hope.<br />
And I discovered that hospital ministry has the remarkable<br />
capacity <strong>for</strong> drawing out and accentuating the deep truths<br />
we can take <strong>for</strong> granted in other spheres of life. The 23rd<br />
Psalm comes alive in unique (and wrenching) ways when<br />
prayed with someone literally fighting <strong>for</strong> life; “Amazing<br />
Grace” takes on a whole different tenor when sung –<br />
through tears – with a family at the bedside of a terminallyill<br />
loved one.<br />
Looking back on the summer I can say that it was a<br />
summer of miracles. I repeatedly witnessed God’s grace<br />
breaking through in life-changing ways – sometimes<br />
through physical healings, other times through emotional<br />
breakthroughs and spiritual trans<strong>for</strong>mations.<br />
And yet, one of the greatest miracles of all did not<br />
happen to a patient in the hospital, but rather to me.<br />
For remarkably, in the days following CPE, I frequently<br />
found myself wondering how my <strong>for</strong>mer patients were<br />
doing – how treatments were going and whether surgeries<br />
were successful – but even more, I found myself<br />
wishing that I was back on my floor, printing my charts,<br />
doing my rounds, checking in on my suffering friends.<br />
In such moments I discovered that as much as I had attempted<br />
to be an instrument of God’s grace, at the end of<br />
the day, I had received at least as much as I gave. And <strong>for</strong><br />
this I am profoundly grateful: to my patients <strong>for</strong> granting<br />
me the honor of walking with them through their shadowed<br />
valleys; and to God, who in the crucible of suffering<br />
and heartbreak continually sustained me with grace-filled<br />
glimpses of His in-breaking Kingdom.<br />
<strong>Apr</strong>il – <strong>May</strong> – <strong>June</strong> <strong>2010</strong><br />
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<strong>Trinity</strong> Travels<br />
On the Road<br />
with the <strong>Trinity</strong> Deans<br />
ABOVE: Justyn at dinner in the home of<br />
David (MDiv 2004) & Jennifer Glade.<br />
<strong>Trinity</strong> alums David and Pamela Meeks<br />
were able to attend also.<br />
BELOW: <strong>Trinity</strong> Junior Ben Dehart<br />
(lower center) among dinner guests.<br />
Would you like to<br />
host a <strong>Trinity</strong> Friend-<br />
Raising Dinner in<br />
your home, church,<br />
or area restaurant?<br />
Call Leslie to find out<br />
how: 1-800-874-8754<br />
Justyn Terry – Alexandria, Virginia<br />
On the first weekend of December I was in<br />
Alexandria, Virginia, with <strong>Trinity</strong> alum, David<br />
Glade and his wife, Jennifer. It was lovely<br />
to have the chance to stay with them and to<br />
learn about the church plant that they had<br />
led from Falls<br />
Church, VA. It<br />
is called, “Christ<br />
the King,” and<br />
I had the joy of preaching to the congregation<br />
on Sunday morning. Remarkably, it is a<br />
church plant that meets in a church building<br />
at 10:30 on a Sunday morning.<br />
The visit was a great<br />
encouragement<br />
to me and to Ben<br />
Dehart who came<br />
with me. Ben is<br />
a current <strong>Trinity</strong><br />
student who is<br />
planning to plant<br />
a church when he<br />
graduates, as most <strong>Trinity</strong><br />
students do. It was very<br />
illuminating <strong>for</strong> us both to<br />
see the ways in which God<br />
had provided <strong>for</strong> this new<br />
congregation, including<br />
places <strong>for</strong> them to meet<br />
at every stage of their<br />
development.<br />
We also had the<br />
pleasure of dinner<br />
in the Glade’s home<br />
with members of the<br />
leadership of “Christ the<br />
King” along with friends<br />
and alumni of <strong>Trinity</strong> on<br />
Saturday evening. Hearing testimonies<br />
about how God is touching so many<br />
lives and having the chance to share<br />
about <strong>Trinity</strong> and invite support made<br />
<strong>for</strong> a very joyful time.<br />
Plano TX and New York, NY<br />
I was away <strong>for</strong> the first week of JanTerm at<br />
two very different gatherings. I started the<br />
week at Christ<br />
Church, Plano,<br />
where <strong>for</strong>mer<br />
<strong>Trinity</strong> Board<br />
Chairman, David<br />
Roseberry, led a<br />
day set aside to<br />
plan “Anglican<br />
1000.” This was<br />
a conference<br />
to promote the<br />
The Rev. Canon David Roseberry,<br />
Rector, Christ Church - Plano and<br />
<strong>for</strong>mation of<br />
Chair of Anglican 1000<br />
1,000 church<br />
plants over the next five years in response to<br />
the vision cast by Archbishop Duncan at his<br />
investiture at Christ Church, Plano, last <strong>June</strong>.<br />
It was wonderful to see so many different<br />
parts of the Anglican Church of North<br />
America working closely together to promote<br />
the mission of the Church.<br />
I was especially struck by how very clear it<br />
was that seminaries have a vital part to play<br />
in church planting. I see this both as an<br />
indication that seminaries have been adapting<br />
to meet the current needs of the Church and<br />
that those changes are being noticed by those<br />
in senior church leadership. Naturally, I am<br />
delighted about that.<br />
The second part of the week was spent at<br />
the Council of Episcopal Deans at General<br />
Seminary, New York City. Leander Harding<br />
came with me <strong>for</strong> the parallel meeting of<br />
Advancement Officers.<br />
We were both<br />
warmly welcomed<br />
in every way, and<br />
our voices heard on<br />
a range of issues of<br />
common interest.<br />
Two things were<br />
particularly notable about this gathering.<br />
The first was that we agreed it would be<br />
very helpful to carry out a survey to find out<br />
where newly-ordained Episcopal clergy train<br />
these days. Many seminaries have seen their<br />
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enrolment decline, but we do not know if<br />
that reflects an overall decline in the number<br />
being ordained or whether people are training<br />
in other ways, or both.<br />
The second was that three of the Deans were<br />
asked to give presentations at the Consortium<br />
of Endowed Episcopal Parishes in February<br />
at the start of a panel discussion involving<br />
all of the Deans. The three Deans were from<br />
Berkeley Divinity <strong>School</strong> at Yale; Episcopal<br />
Divinity <strong>School</strong>, Cambridge MA; and<br />
<strong>Trinity</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Ministry</strong>, Ambridge<br />
– a rare combination. It is a sign that<br />
<strong>Trinity</strong> continues to have opportunities to<br />
promote evangelical Anglicanism in The<br />
Episcopal Church.<br />
AMiA Winter Conference, Greensboro, NC<br />
<strong>Trinity</strong> was well represented at the<br />
Anglican Mission Winter Conference in<br />
Greensboro, NC, at the end of January.<br />
Tina Lockett, Director of Admissions, Jim<br />
Beavers, Director of Communications,<br />
and several students were able to connect<br />
with many friends old and new. Our<br />
booth had lots of visitors and many of us<br />
were able to attend workshops, events, and<br />
worship services.<br />
We had a very enjoyable dinner on Friday<br />
evening, despite a winter storm warning<br />
that meant many people who had planned<br />
to<br />
attend left early. Tina<br />
and Jim did a great job<br />
getting more invitations<br />
out and<br />
we ended<br />
up with<br />
about<br />
the same<br />
number at<br />
the dinner<br />
as had been<br />
expected. There<br />
were trustees and trustees<br />
emeritus, students, alumni,<br />
and some potential students<br />
and supporters. Trustee Ross<br />
Lindsay introduced me, I<br />
gave an update about the<br />
Dinner guests enjoy<br />
meeting <strong>Trinity</strong><br />
friends, students,<br />
and Deans.<br />
school, Clay Millener spoke as a current<br />
student, alumnus Don Curran followed<br />
with encouraging words to other alumni,<br />
and Bishop John Miller, another <strong>Trinity</strong><br />
alum, closed in prayer. It was a very happy<br />
occasion indeed.<br />
Leander Harding – Charleston, SC<br />
January 21-23, I was privileged to serve as<br />
Chaplain to the <strong>2010</strong> Mere Anglicanism<br />
Conference hosted by St. Philip’s Church,<br />
Charleston, SC. In addition<br />
to leading Morning Prayer<br />
services <strong>for</strong> the conference, I<br />
had the opportunity to meet<br />
with many long-time friends of<br />
<strong>Trinity</strong> and also be introduced<br />
to some folks who expressed<br />
interest and enthusiasm <strong>for</strong><br />
the work of the seminary. On<br />
Sunday, I was able to join with<br />
the Rev. David Dubay at Holy<br />
<strong>Trinity</strong> Church, Charleston,<br />
St. Philip’s Church,<br />
Charleston, SC, site of the<br />
<strong>2010</strong> Mere Anglicanism<br />
Conference<br />
Justyn Terry<br />
Clay Millener<br />
where I met and enjoyed<br />
conversation with the adult<br />
education group and members<br />
of the staff and vestry.<br />
On February 19-21,<br />
I was invited to St.<br />
George’s Episcopal<br />
Church, Nashville, TN,<br />
at the invitation of the<br />
rector, the Rev. Leigh<br />
Spruill. Leigh and I became acquainted at the<br />
Communion Partners meeting in Dallas, <strong>Apr</strong>il<br />
2009. He had read my blog and asked if I<br />
would be willing to lead the upcoming retreat<br />
<strong>for</strong> their vestry and also to preach and teach on<br />
the associated Sunday morning.<br />
St. George’s is the largest church in the<br />
Diocese of Tennessee. Over 600 attend on<br />
Sundays, and their weekday kindergarten has<br />
over 300 students. Three <strong>Trinity</strong> grads serve<br />
on the staff of St. George’s: Tony Welty (MDiv<br />
2001), Marcia King (MDiv 2004), and Holly<br />
Rankin Zaher (MDiv 2004).<br />
Don Curran<br />
John Miller<br />
Leigh Spruill<br />
Tony Welty<br />
Marcia King<br />
Holly Rankin<br />
Zaher<br />
continued next page...<br />
<strong>Apr</strong>il – <strong>May</strong> – <strong>June</strong> <strong>2010</strong><br />
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<strong>Trinity</strong> Travels — continued<br />
The Rev. Greg Kronz<br />
Rector, St. Luke’s<br />
Church, Hilton Head<br />
Island, SC<br />
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Between the two services on Sunday, I was able<br />
to address the rector’s Sunday <strong>School</strong> class of<br />
about 100 people on Lesslie Newbigin.<br />
At lunch following Sunday services and<br />
at other meal times through my time<br />
there, I was able to re-connect with<br />
our graduates, meet long-time <strong>Trinity</strong><br />
friends, and make new friends of the<br />
wonderful folk at St. George’s.<br />
Grant LeMarquand – Hilton Head, SC<br />
I was invited to speak at St. Luke’s<br />
Church on Hilton Head Island, SC,<br />
where Greg Kronz (MDiv 1985) serves<br />
as rector. Greg was on sabbatical and<br />
so I was hosted<br />
by <strong>Trinity</strong> grads<br />
Tom Hendrickson<br />
(MDiv 2004) and Jean<br />
DeVaty (MDiv 2005),<br />
associates at St. Luke’s. I preached on two<br />
Sundays, January 10th and 17th. In between<br />
Sundays, my wife, Wendy, preached at a<br />
mid-week healing service, and we both had<br />
the opportunity to enjoy some rest and the<br />
relatively warmer temperatures of the South.<br />
In late March, I attended The Episcopal<br />
Church’s House of Bishops Meeting on behalf<br />
of the conservative side of the Theology Panel<br />
on Same-Sex Unions.<br />
More engagements come later<br />
this spring:<br />
• After Easter, the whole seminary<br />
will be attending the New<br />
Wineskins <strong>for</strong> Global Mission<br />
Conference <strong>2010</strong> in Ridgecrest, NC.<br />
It is one of the largest gatherings of<br />
missionaries in the Anglican world,<br />
and we will have an opportunity<br />
to hear and spend time with dear<br />
friends, many of whom are <strong>Trinity</strong><br />
graduates and long-time supporters<br />
of the seminary.<br />
• The following week, <strong>Apr</strong>il 14-17, I will<br />
serve as moderator of the Wheaton<br />
Theology Conference, Wheaton, IL.<br />
Speakers<br />
Bureau<br />
Clay Millener, a December 2009 MDiv<br />
graduate from <strong>Trinity</strong>, headed south in<br />
early March to serve in a new position in<br />
Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina. Clay will be<br />
assisting <strong>for</strong>mer <strong>Trinity</strong> board member<br />
Bishop T. J. Johnston, Rector of St. Peter’s<br />
Church in Mt. Pleasant, a church which he<br />
planted with his wife, Rees, just over three<br />
years ago. The church is growing and in need<br />
of additional help, particularly since Bishop<br />
Johnston is juggling both his duties as rector<br />
and also as bishop in the Anglican Mission in<br />
the Americas (AMiA).<br />
Clay and his wife, Carla, came to<br />
<strong>Trinity</strong> from <strong>Trinity</strong> Church in Greenwich,<br />
Connecticut where another <strong>for</strong>mer <strong>Trinity</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Ministry</strong> board member, Hillary<br />
Bercovici, serves as Scholar in Residence.<br />
<strong>Trinity</strong>’s professors are happy<br />
While in seminary, Clay and Carla were<br />
blessed to make with themselves birth of two available sons, Alexander<br />
and then Davi. The four Milleners will surely<br />
be to a blessing serve you in their as guest new South speakers, Carolina<br />
home church just as they have been among<br />
the seminar <strong>Trinity</strong> Community leaders, and here retreat in Ambridge.<br />
<strong>Trinity</strong><br />
it<br />
ty<br />
<strong>School</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Ministry</strong> facilitators <strong>for</strong> your church.<br />
For more in<strong>for</strong>mation on<br />
scheduling and to receive<br />
a Speakers Bureau<br />
brochure, contact<br />
Leander Harding,<br />
Dean<br />
of Seminary<br />
Advancement and<br />
Church Relations:<br />
1-800-874-8754<br />
lharding@tsm.edu.
<strong>Trinity</strong>’s Curriculum<br />
Review Moves to<br />
Implementation<br />
<strong>Trinity</strong>’s curriculum is foundational to our<br />
Kingdom-building work of “Forming<br />
Christian Leaders <strong>for</strong> Mission.” It is, after all,<br />
the framework through which we convey our<br />
Trinitarian vision of the Kingdom of God to our<br />
students, whether moving toward ordained or<br />
lay ministry. Our graduates in turn take that<br />
vision out to the world to proclaim the saving<br />
grace of Jesus Christ. So curriculum<br />
review is one of the most<br />
important tasks we can set<br />
<strong>for</strong> ourselves. It is difficult,<br />
time-consuming, yet<br />
richly-rewarding work.<br />
The entire <strong>Trinity</strong><br />
Community has been<br />
engaged in the present<br />
curriculum review <strong>for</strong><br />
several years. The new<br />
curriculum continues<br />
to build on the firm<br />
Christ-centered, evangelical,<br />
and Anglican foundation on which <strong>Trinity</strong> was<br />
founded over 30 years ago. Having reached<br />
a final <strong>for</strong>m, the newly-revised curriculum<br />
was presented at February’s Board of Trustees<br />
meeting, and it was enthusiastically endorsed.<br />
The roots of this curriculum review go back to<br />
the mid-1990s, when a more limited review<br />
produced some changes. But the current work<br />
took a fresh approach to the central questions:<br />
“Who are we as an institution?” “What kind<br />
of Christian leader do we want to help <strong>for</strong>m?”<br />
and “How is our curriculum designed to reflect<br />
both who we are and the kind of leader we want<br />
to help <strong>for</strong>m?” Out of these central questions<br />
emerged a three-phase process that was spread<br />
over a three-year period.<br />
The Board of Trustees led the way in Phase<br />
One by taking a close and thoughtful look<br />
by Mark Stevenson<br />
Academic News<br />
at “Who are we as an institution?” This<br />
phase involved an examination of our<br />
core values, particularly in the broader<br />
context of the changing landscape of 21st<br />
century Anglicanism. This phase included<br />
interviews with representatives from all<br />
of <strong>Trinity</strong>’s many constituencies: current<br />
students, alumni, board members, faculty,<br />
supporters, and church leaders both here<br />
and abroad. All were asked to discuss their<br />
perceptions of <strong>Trinity</strong> and their vision <strong>for</strong> the<br />
future. Out of this intentional listening process<br />
came a clarification of our core values, which<br />
strongly reaffirmed our tradition rooted in the<br />
primacy of the Scriptures and the doctrine of<br />
salvation by grace alone through faith alone,<br />
as expressed in the classic<br />
Book of Common<br />
Prayer.<br />
Building on this<br />
work, Phase Two<br />
took a serious look<br />
at “What kind of<br />
Christian leader<br />
do we want to help<br />
<strong>for</strong>m?” This phase<br />
also involved a<br />
listening process as<br />
we tried to explore the<br />
nature of the Church that<br />
we will be serving at this time in our history.<br />
There were lengthy and useful discussions<br />
among our various constituencies to help<br />
us understand the realities of the changing<br />
global and North American Anglicanism. As<br />
the result of this work, we were able to create<br />
a comprehensive list of student outcomes<br />
reflecting our goal to <strong>for</strong>m strong leaders taking<br />
the Gospel message to every part of the globe.<br />
The curriculum review was intentionally<br />
designed to have each phase build on the<br />
other. With Phases One and Two complete, we<br />
were able to move to Phase Three by taking a<br />
serious look at <strong>Trinity</strong>’s existing curriculum.<br />
There was clearly much that was positive and<br />
constructive. But, there were specific areas that<br />
required some close attention. For example,<br />
the existing requirement of 96 credits could<br />
not be completed in full-time study over three<br />
WHO are<br />
we as an<br />
institution?<br />
WHAT kind<br />
of Christian<br />
leader do we<br />
want to<br />
help <strong>for</strong>m?<br />
HOW is our<br />
curriculum<br />
designed to<br />
reflect both<br />
who we are<br />
and the kind<br />
of leader we<br />
want to<br />
help <strong>for</strong>m?<br />
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Curriculum Review<br />
— continued<br />
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LAYING<br />
SURE<br />
FOUNDATIONS<br />
years without adding inter-term intensives. We are<br />
also increasingly sensitive to the rising cost of a<br />
degree, potentially adding to student debt. Student<br />
debt is seen as a real impediment to students<br />
being able to take on small churches or church<br />
planting after graduation.<br />
We also observed that past, less intensive<br />
curriculum reviews involved adding or subtracting<br />
courses without attention to the impact on the<br />
overall program. The faculty carefully examined<br />
every class offered at <strong>Trinity</strong> as well as every<br />
extracurricular program in which our students<br />
are involved. There was much prayer and<br />
conversation. It was at this point in the process<br />
that curriculum review became curriculum<br />
revision. A number of positive and very exciting<br />
ideas came from the faculty in this period, and<br />
a new more integrated and comprehensive<br />
curriculum began to emerge.<br />
The approval of the Board of Trustees signalled<br />
the beginning of the implementation phase of<br />
this process. Here are some brief highlights of the<br />
new curriculum.<br />
• Revision of <strong>Trinity</strong>’s language requirement<br />
A survey of the language requirements<br />
at other seminaries showed a range from<br />
eight semesters of language to no language<br />
requirement. During our discernment process<br />
we addressed the question of what language<br />
training will assist pastors in their work. The<br />
Biblical Studies department came up with a<br />
creative answer: all students will be<br />
required to take an introductory course,<br />
Introduction to Biblical Languages and<br />
Interpretation. This course will offer<br />
students a broad-based initiation to<br />
both Greek and Hebrew and to tools<br />
which can help pastors to use Greek<br />
and Hebrew in their ministries. The<br />
student will choose which of the two<br />
languages he or she will continue in<br />
grammar and exegesis, and all of the<br />
upper level Bible courses will assume<br />
a basic knowledge of both languages.<br />
This change was made possible by<br />
the realities of new technologies and<br />
language resources.<br />
• Elimination of 500-level survey courses<br />
It was decided that the broad-based survey<br />
courses were limiting a student’s ability to go<br />
into comprehensive depth in the full range<br />
of courses <strong>for</strong> which <strong>Trinity</strong> has always been<br />
particularly strong: Bible, Church History,<br />
and Systematic Theology. Under the new<br />
curriculum the introductory survey material will<br />
be integrated into a series of upper-level courses.<br />
This will expose every student to the full breadth<br />
of a discipline. For example, in Old Testament,<br />
each student will now take individual courses<br />
in Pentateuch, Prophets, and the Writings. In<br />
New Testament, students will take Gospels,<br />
The Writings of Paul, and Acts and the Early<br />
Church. The same pattern will be repeated in<br />
Church History with requirements in all of the<br />
key periods in history: Early Church, Medieval<br />
and Re<strong>for</strong>mation, and Modern. Likewise<br />
Systematic Theology will be taught in three<br />
classes: God the Father, the Creator; God the<br />
Son, the Reconciler; and God the Holy Spirit,<br />
the Redeemer, which will also integrate Church,<br />
<strong>Ministry</strong> and Sacraments.<br />
• Formation and Catechesis<br />
In Pastoral Theology, a new course will be<br />
required. Formation and Catechesis will give<br />
every Master of Divinity student training in the<br />
crucial topic of teaching within the parish and<br />
congregation. There has been much discussion<br />
lately that the Church has largely failed in<br />
this task. This course will provide students<br />
the opportunity to explore new ways to help<br />
spiritually <strong>for</strong>m our people.<br />
• Mission<br />
Our mission is “Forming Christian Leaders<br />
<strong>for</strong> Mission.” Our goal is to prepare faithful<br />
witnesses to the Gospel, ready to plant,<br />
build, and grow churches to fulfill the Great<br />
Commission. To that end, World Mission and<br />
Evangelism and Church Planting remain vital<br />
components of our training, and every MDiv<br />
student will be required to go on a cross-cultural<br />
mission trip.<br />
During our discussions, one phrase seemed to<br />
summarize the goal of our curriculum review<br />
process: “Laying Sure Foundations.”<br />
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Photo by Melinda Helt<br />
<strong>Trinity</strong> Trustee Profile<br />
William F. Roemer<br />
Sewickley, Pennsylvania<br />
<strong>Trinity</strong> Trustee<br />
BA, Princeton University<br />
Former Naval Aviator<br />
Served with Mellon<br />
Bank (Pittsburgh),<br />
was President of<br />
Brad<strong>for</strong>d National<br />
Bank (Brad<strong>for</strong>d), and<br />
retired as Chairman of<br />
National City Bank of<br />
Pennsylvania.<br />
Bill Roemer grew up in Warren, Ohio,<br />
attending the Episcopal Church “with little<br />
or no enthusiasm,” he says. “In college<br />
religion was a subject seldom discussed and, if<br />
possible, completely avoided,” Bill recalled. Not<br />
much changed during his tour with the Navy,<br />
but when he and his wife, Linda, settled into<br />
business life, they sought a church where their<br />
children could be baptized.<br />
Some time later, Linda had a “born again”<br />
experience that led to a deep relationship with<br />
Jesus Christ. Bill remained “on the sidelines”<br />
<strong>for</strong> a few years. But, when he attended a<br />
Cursillo weekend in 1976, he accepted Jesus<br />
as his Lord and Savior and saw changes take<br />
place in his life. Since that time, Bill has given<br />
himself to serving in the church and several<br />
Christian organizations, including <strong>Trinity</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Ministry</strong> where he has served as<br />
Trustee since 1995, one of the longest tenures<br />
of current Board members.<br />
Bill served as co-chair of <strong>Trinity</strong>’s last capital<br />
campaign which funded the renovation of the<br />
Academic & Library Building and contributed<br />
to the school’s scholarship endowment. His<br />
enjoyment in helping <strong>Trinity</strong> in this and other<br />
ways is evident. When asked about his reason<br />
<strong>for</strong> serving as Trustee, Bill says simply, “<strong>Trinity</strong><br />
is a community of true believers serving our<br />
Lord and Savior.”<br />
Travel Study Opportunity<br />
Early Christian Palestine<br />
January 8-21, 2011<br />
The Rev. Dr. Les Fairfi eld<br />
Dr. Theresa Newell<br />
What happened in Palestine<br />
after the Age of the Apostles?<br />
Did Christians come back to<br />
the Holy Land after the fall of<br />
Jerusalem in AD 70? Come<br />
explore this story in January,<br />
2011. Put these dates on your<br />
calendar and join this exciting in<br />
study tour!<br />
A ROUNDTABLE ON<br />
CHURCH PLANTING<br />
& CATECHESIS<br />
Church Planting and Disciple Making <strong>for</strong> Anglicanism<br />
SPEAKERS<br />
The Most Reverend<br />
Robert William Duncan<br />
Archbishop and Primate,<br />
Anglican Church in<br />
North America<br />
And...<br />
Jennifer W. Bartling<br />
The Rev. Tory Baucum<br />
The Rev. William Beasley<br />
Dr. Phil Harrold<br />
The Rev. Thomas Herrick<br />
The Rt. Rev. “Doc” Loomis<br />
The Rev. Canon John A. Macdonald<br />
The Rev. Canon Ron McCrary<br />
The Rev. Canon David H. Roseberry<br />
The Rev. Michael D. Wurschmidt<br />
Looking to the future<br />
of Anglicanism:<br />
Strategies <strong>for</strong> fulfilling the<br />
Great Commission.<br />
<strong>June</strong> 17-19, <strong>2010</strong><br />
<strong>Trinity</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Ministry</strong><br />
Ambridge, Pennsylvania<br />
www.tsm.edu<br />
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Recent Graduate News<br />
The Millener Family<br />
Clay Millener, a December 2009<br />
MDiv graduate from <strong>Trinity</strong>,<br />
headed south in early March to<br />
serve in a new position in Mt.<br />
Pleasant, South Carolina. Clay will<br />
be assisting <strong>for</strong>mer <strong>Trinity</strong> board<br />
member Bishop T. J. Johnston,<br />
Rector of St. Peter’s Church in Mt.<br />
Pleasant, a church which he planted<br />
with his wife, Rees, just over three<br />
years ago. The church is growing<br />
and in need of additional help,<br />
particularly since Bishop Johnston<br />
is juggling both his duties as rector<br />
and also as bishop in the Anglican<br />
Mission in the Americas (AMiA).<br />
Clay and his wife, Carla, came to <strong>Trinity</strong> from <strong>Trinity</strong> Church<br />
in Greenwich, Connecticut where another <strong>for</strong>mer <strong>Trinity</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Ministry</strong> board member, Hillary Bercovici, serves<br />
as Scholar in Residence. While in seminary, Clay and Carla<br />
were blessed with the birth of two sons, Alexander and then<br />
Davi. The four Milleners will surely be a blessing in their new<br />
South Carolina home church just as they have been among<br />
the <strong>Trinity</strong> Community here in Ambridge.<br />
Photo supplied<br />
Ian (MDiv 2009) and Megan<br />
(DCM 2009) MacLellan have<br />
been busy since graduation<br />
last <strong>May</strong>. On <strong>June</strong> 4, their<br />
first child, Clayton Angus<br />
Tadd MacLellan, was born.<br />
Also in <strong>June</strong>, Ian began<br />
working as a proofreader<br />
<strong>for</strong> a court reporting agency in Johnstown, and<br />
Megan returned to hospice nursing in August.<br />
In October, Ian accepted a place on the ministry<br />
team <strong>for</strong> the eastern part (District IV) of the<br />
Diocese of Pittsburgh (Anglican). He has been<br />
enjoying the opportunity to preach the Gospel<br />
weekly, sometimes in Ligonier, sometimes in<br />
Somerset, and sometimes in Patton. He is also<br />
looking <strong>for</strong>ward to ordination in the near future.<br />
Ian writes, “We are immensely grateful <strong>for</strong><br />
all that we learned in our time at <strong>Trinity</strong>; it<br />
weekly impacts the shape of my sermons as<br />
well as our lives. We are deeply grateful also<br />
to all who have prayed <strong>for</strong> us, <strong>for</strong> our new<br />
roles as parents and as minister.”<br />
Nate Lee (MDiv 2009) sent an update:<br />
While <strong>Trinity</strong> served as a stimulating intellectual environment <strong>for</strong> the exploration of<br />
my most pressing academic questions, I left feeling like there was still more work<br />
to be done. Consequently, I enrolled in fall 2009 <strong>for</strong> further post-graduate study at<br />
Duke University. My current research deals with the theme of “apocalyptic” and its<br />
relation to the study of history, particularly through the writings of Ernst Troelstch,<br />
Karl Barth, and John Howard Yoder. I have been blessed to be able to conduct<br />
this research under the supervision of Professor Stanley Hauerwas, whom Time<br />
magazine called America’s “Best” Theologian in 2001.<br />
While I am studying at Duke, I also serve as the English-speaking g youth<br />
pastor <strong>for</strong> the primarily-second-generation<br />
youth<br />
ministry of a<br />
local Koreanspeaking<br />
Methodist congregation. My duties<br />
include preaching sermons on Sundays as well<br />
as leading Bible studies, monthly activities, and<br />
semi-annual retreats. Given my background as<br />
an interracial and second-generation Korean<br />
person, this ministry opportunity has been<br />
especially rich and life-giving.<br />
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A <strong>Trinity</strong> Distinctive: Mentored <strong>Ministry</strong><br />
Since 2005, <strong>Trinity</strong> has required its MDiv students to take two semesters of<br />
Mentored <strong>Ministry</strong>. Martha Giltinan, the program’s designer, structured<br />
Mentored <strong>Ministry</strong> to focus intentionally on character issues rather than simply<br />
giving the seminarian church experience. Mentored <strong>Ministry</strong> recognizes the<br />
critical importance of dealing with “the stuff” in the life of the seminarian be<strong>for</strong>e<br />
he or she goes into parish or other ministry work.<br />
Each MDiv student is allowed to select a mentor and to choose an area of his or<br />
her character on which to focus. The mentor and mentee both read the book,<br />
The Potter’s Rib: Mentoring <strong>for</strong> Pastoral Formation by Brian A. Williams. The book<br />
provides theological and historical bases <strong>for</strong> the vital role of mentoring in shaping<br />
the life of the minister, much like a clay vessel on the potter’s wheel. Unlike<br />
clay, the person being mentored can allow or not allow the mentoring process<br />
to accomplish its intended purpose. The following is the story of one mentoring<br />
relationship in which a deep and good work took place.<br />
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Martha Horn came<br />
to <strong>Trinity</strong> from<br />
Charleston, South<br />
Carolina. (Martha’s<br />
husband, Robert, has<br />
been an ordained priest<br />
<strong>for</strong> over 25 years.) She<br />
has been working<br />
on an MDiv degree<br />
and expects to graduate in <strong>May</strong> <strong>2010</strong>. When<br />
choosing a mentor <strong>for</strong> her Mentored <strong>Ministry</strong><br />
courses, she asked the Rev. Scott Homer, a<br />
2005 MDiv graduate from <strong>Trinity</strong> and Rector<br />
of <strong>Trinity</strong> Episcopal Church in Beaver, PA. She<br />
had attended <strong>Trinity</strong> since entering seminary,<br />
and she thought Scott would be a natural<br />
choice. Martha remembered, “Scott’s sermons<br />
spoke to me in deep places in my life, and so<br />
I thought he could be a good mentor. But, the<br />
Holy Spirit was guiding this whole process,”<br />
she remarked.<br />
Scott welcomed the opportunity to mentor<br />
Martha, the first <strong>Trinity</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Ministry</strong><br />
student he had mentored. In the fall of 2008,<br />
Martha and Scott began their mentoring<br />
meetings, and Martha fearfully but bravely<br />
chose to ask that they focus on an area she<br />
knew could pose problems in her future<br />
ministry: the need <strong>for</strong> acceptance by others. “I<br />
am an extreme extrovert,” she offered, “so this<br />
is a danger area <strong>for</strong> extroverts like me.” As the<br />
program requires, the two made a covenant<br />
agreeing to focus on this area through<br />
regular meetings, reading, and prayer.<br />
And so it began, the experience which<br />
Martha described as “by far the most<br />
valuable part of my time in seminary.”<br />
“Like most Southern women, I think<br />
of myself as a delicate flower – even<br />
though we really are<br />
steel magnolias,” Martha<br />
laughed. “I was really<br />
hoping that Scott would be<br />
soft in his approach, but<br />
instead he was direct. At<br />
first it really bothered and<br />
even angered me, but slowly<br />
I began to realize that this<br />
was the very thing I needed. He consistently<br />
called me on every instance in which I sought<br />
affirmation from him or anyone else. It was<br />
tough – the toughest thing I’ve ever done.”<br />
“It was tough–<br />
the toughest thing<br />
I’ve ever done.”<br />
Scott applauded Martha <strong>for</strong> her willingness to<br />
tackle such a critical area: “Almost everyone<br />
who goes into ministry struggles with a need<br />
<strong>for</strong> acceptance at some level,” he said. “It can be<br />
debilitating and makes a minister ineffective,”<br />
he added.<br />
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“Martha is the courageous one; she consistently chose to deal<br />
with issues and not back away. That’s unusual,” Scott said.<br />
He went on, “I knew there were points when she was having<br />
a hard time. In fact, there was one time when I feared she<br />
might not return...but she did.”<br />
Martha stuck with the process, and things began to change.<br />
“It drove me to contemplative prayer,” she said, “And, that<br />
does not come naturally to an extrovert.” She continued, “I<br />
became a worshipper; affirmation took a back seat in my<br />
life, and I was able to see the Lord walking alongside me,<br />
regardless of what others were doing.”<br />
Scott concluded, “I knew that Martha was working and<br />
praying hard, and it bore fruit, the kind of fruit that pastors The Rev. Scott Homer alongside Martha Horn<br />
rarely see.” Quoting Martha Giltinan, he said “We need to be<br />
able to ‘exegete our own souls.’ That’s the only way we will know how to respond to those under our<br />
charge and know how to lead them and provide pastoral care. And Martha has come a long way.”<br />
Photo by Scott Jessel<br />
Mentored <strong>Ministry</strong> does invaluable work in the lives of those aspiring to the ministry. Pray <strong>for</strong> those<br />
who mentor and those being mentored as they work through the process so that, with Martha, they can<br />
say, “It was the hardest and best thing I’ve ever done.”<br />
Seminarian Guest Speaker<br />
Photos supplied<br />
The civil war in Southern Sudan and persecution of<br />
Christians there were the subjects of a talk by the Rev.<br />
John Chol Daau, Senior MAR student, during the adult<br />
Christian education class at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in<br />
Wadsworth, Ohio, on February 28. The 30 members of the<br />
class, including visitors from neighboring Grace Evangelical<br />
Lutheran Church, were inspired by John’s passionate<br />
presentation of life in his native Sudan and his own witness<br />
<strong>for</strong> Christ. At the service of Holy Communion that followed,<br />
John preached on Philippians 3:17-21, with a particular focus<br />
on the enemies of the cross. As a Lenten reflection, he<br />
exhorted the congregation to search their hearts <strong>for</strong> any sin<br />
like those of the enemies of the cross of Christ. John was<br />
welcomed to St. Mark’s by Rector Carol Fleming. St. Mark’s<br />
has proclaimed the Gospel of Jesus Christ to Wadsworth and<br />
surrounding communities since 1959 (<strong>for</strong> more in<strong>for</strong>mation<br />
on St. Mark’s see www.stmarkswadsworth.org).<br />
ABOVE: (L to R) The Rev. John<br />
Chol Daau, <strong>Trinity</strong> MAR Senior;<br />
Susan Tiffany, <strong>Trinity</strong> MDiv<br />
Middler; Susan’s father and<br />
St. Mark’s member, The Rev.<br />
Roger Tiffany; and Rector of St.<br />
Mark’s, The Rev. Carol Fleming.<br />
LEFT: St. Mark’s Episcopal<br />
Church, Wadsworth, Ohio.<br />
Would you like to have a <strong>Trinity</strong> seminarian<br />
as guest speaker <strong>for</strong> your worship service and/<br />
or Sunday <strong>School</strong> class? Contact Dean of<br />
Seminary Advancement & Church Relations,<br />
Leander Harding, <strong>for</strong> more in<strong>for</strong>mation:<br />
lharding@tsm.edu or 1-800-874-8754<br />
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Alumni News<br />
Reports from<br />
1990-92 Graduates<br />
Don Brown (MDiv<br />
1990)<br />
Diane and I are<br />
greatly enjoying<br />
the home we built<br />
in f-a-a-a-r West<br />
Texas where truly<br />
the deer and the<br />
antelope play along<br />
with elk, aoudad,<br />
foxes, raccoons, javelina, skunks, dove,<br />
quail, and an occasional wild turkey.<br />
We have withdrawn from the Anglican<br />
Communion and have been received<br />
into the Orthodox Communion<br />
(OCA). I continue to work on my<br />
research and book on douloß Cristou<br />
begun much too long ago at Glasgow<br />
University. We have spacious guest<br />
accommodations and welcome all to<br />
share these wonderful blessings. <strong>May</strong><br />
God continue to bless you and those<br />
you love.<br />
Shirley Smith<br />
(DBCS 1990)<br />
G’day from<br />
Down Under.<br />
In 1986, I<br />
accompanied<br />
my husband<br />
when he was invited to <strong>Trinity</strong> to<br />
found its Extension Ministries. It was<br />
a significant time as it provided me<br />
with the opportunity to engage in<br />
theological study.<br />
On our return to Australia, I<br />
worked alongside my husband <strong>for</strong><br />
four years in a church in Canberra,<br />
our national capital, and again in a<br />
supportive role when he became a<br />
Regional Bishop in Sydney.<br />
In 2000, not feeling ready <strong>for</strong><br />
retirement, we continued working in<br />
a part-time ministry at a harbourside<br />
church. Three years later we were<br />
invited to join the staff of an historical<br />
church in downtown Sydney, where we<br />
are at present.<br />
Women’s ministry, hospitality and<br />
pastoral care have been my special<br />
interests. I greatly valued not only<br />
four years of study at <strong>Trinity</strong> but also<br />
learning about its history and enjoying<br />
living in community with such fine<br />
Christian folk.<br />
Seth Jonathan Annan<br />
Sackey (MAR 1990)<br />
Now 60 years old,<br />
Venerable Seth Sackey<br />
has been in ministry<br />
32 years, 19 as Priest<br />
and 13 as Archdeacon.<br />
Currently, he serves as Archdeacon of<br />
Tema and Dangbe East and Dangbe<br />
West in the Diocese of Accra, Ghana.<br />
He also doubles as Parish Priest of<br />
St. Alban Anglican Church, Tema,<br />
Ghana. His primary responsibilities<br />
are the oversight of the seven parishes<br />
and twelve congregations in his<br />
Archdeaconry; this is addition to the<br />
charge and care of St. Alban parish.<br />
He also serves as a member of the<br />
Diocesan Executive Committee and the<br />
Cathedral Council.<br />
In January 2008, Seth lost his<br />
wife, Grace Sackey. They have three<br />
daughters.<br />
Laura Theis (DBCS 1990)<br />
I have the privilege of serving with Jim<br />
Chester and Becky Spanos as deacons<br />
at Shepherd’s Heart (Pittsburgh). I also<br />
serve at St. Stephen’s – Sewickley on<br />
the pastoral care team. I am sent out to<br />
hospitals, and I also take Eucharist to<br />
people as needed.<br />
I had to give up hospital rounds<br />
two years ago due to heart problems,<br />
and Eric, my husband, has Parkinson’s.<br />
So we moved from the home where<br />
we had lived <strong>for</strong> thirty years to a<br />
condominium (with 14-foot ceilings!),<br />
and we love it.<br />
Eric and I celebrated our 50th<br />
wedding anniversary August 15, 2009.<br />
Woody Volland (MDiv<br />
1990)<br />
Woodleigh “Woody”<br />
H. Volland is<br />
currently the Rector<br />
of Epiphany Anglican<br />
Church in Tavares,<br />
Florida. Part of the “Gang of Eight”<br />
that departed TEC in the fall of<br />
2007, Woody meets regularly with<br />
several <strong>Trinity</strong> alums, all of whom<br />
have affiliated with the Anglican<br />
Mission in the Americas. He enjoys<br />
having Myron Manasterski (MDiv<br />
1986), an AMIA applicant, as a<br />
partner in ministry. He also received<br />
his Doctorate in Homiletics from<br />
Gordon-Conwell in 2009 and teaches<br />
twice a year at Gordon’s Jacksonville<br />
campus. Epiphany has a membership<br />
of approximately 150 people. It’s a<br />
very lively, Spirit-filled church that<br />
is “Sharing the Compelling Truth<br />
of Jesus Christ,” seeing tremendous<br />
spiritual growth, and anxiously looking<br />
<strong>for</strong>ward to what God has next in store.<br />
+Bishop Alpha<br />
Mohamed (CBCS<br />
1991)<br />
It was in 1968, July<br />
5th, when I sat under<br />
the feet of my Lord<br />
at the West African<br />
Congress on Evangelism when Bishop<br />
Festo Kivengere and others gave a clear<br />
challenge to all of us who had gathered<br />
at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.<br />
Dr. Akbar Addul Haqq definitely was<br />
used greatly to help me to see that,<br />
although I had been in the full-time<br />
ministry as an Anglican Priest, I<br />
have the Message which I had been<br />
given; I must come out as a full-time<br />
Evangelist.<br />
I founded Anglican Evangelistic<br />
Association (AEA) in 1989 as a<br />
Christian organization whose main<br />
objective is to preach the Gospel of<br />
Jesus Christ worldwide. In its 21 years<br />
of existence, AEA has penetrated<br />
and preached the Gospel in many<br />
<strong>Apr</strong>il – <strong>May</strong> – <strong>June</strong> <strong>2010</strong><br />
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Alumni News<br />
parts of Africa, both in Tanzania and<br />
outside the country. It has witnessed<br />
many people being set free from the<br />
bondage of sin by our Lord and Savior<br />
Jesus Christ.<br />
When I retired I came to the<br />
AEA at full-time thrust as Traveling<br />
Evangelist to different places. I am very<br />
thrilled to be at disposal to doing this<br />
mammoth work. Please pray: please<br />
support us.<br />
Charles “Chuck” Bradshaw (MDiv<br />
1992) is in his eleventh year as rector<br />
of the Church of Our Father in Hulls<br />
Cove, Maine, at the threshold of Acadia<br />
National Park. Beth, his wife is active<br />
with children’s ministry, children’s<br />
music, and private piano lessons.<br />
She works with the special education<br />
program at the public middle school<br />
in Bar Harbor. When they first arrived<br />
in Ambridge, their children were ages<br />
3 and 1. Gideon is now completing a<br />
5-year enlistment in the Marine Corps,<br />
and Helen is a junior at Harvard.<br />
God willing, I will complete<br />
<strong>Trinity</strong>’s DMin program later this<br />
calendar year.<br />
Chuck Bradshaw with the staff of the Diocese<br />
of Tabora and St. Stephen’s Cathedral. Also,<br />
<strong>for</strong>mer <strong>Trinity</strong> MAR student Elias Chakupewa is<br />
on the right.<br />
Photos supplied by alumni<br />
Cynthia Macleay<br />
Campbell (MAR 1992)<br />
For the last 10<br />
years, my husband<br />
Jeff and I have<br />
lived in Columbia,<br />
Maryland. Currently<br />
I am working on<br />
my dissertation<br />
concerning teacher identity in the<br />
development of volunteer Sunday<br />
<strong>School</strong> teachers <strong>for</strong> my EdD at Talbot<br />
<strong>School</strong> of Theology at Biola University.<br />
Since stepping down from editing the<br />
Anglican Sunday <strong>School</strong> curriculum<br />
<strong>for</strong> 12 years, I am focusing on my<br />
own business, Gold Apple Services<br />
(www.GoldAppleServices.com), which<br />
provides curriculum development<br />
and editorial services. Last year, I was<br />
privileged to work with Anglicans <strong>for</strong><br />
Life on their new adult education series,<br />
Project Life. I’ve also been assisting<br />
Bishop John Rodgers with his 39<br />
Articles book which is finished and<br />
being polished up. Please pray <strong>for</strong> the<br />
right publisher. Along with all that, I am<br />
also teaching ESL students with Project<br />
Literacy of Howard County Library.<br />
Brooke Eaton-Skea (MAR 1992)<br />
In 2004, my mother became ill and<br />
my husband, Brian, and I left our<br />
psychotherapy practice to move to<br />
Massachusetts to be with her. At<br />
that time, I was a postulant in the<br />
process of ordination to the vocational<br />
diaconate in the Diocese of Pittsburgh.<br />
Since then, I have been working as<br />
a pastoral counselor at a residential<br />
school <strong>for</strong> children and youth with<br />
developmental disabilities and<br />
behavioral problems. I have invited<br />
priests, lay and ordained ministers,<br />
and rabbis to provide worship services,<br />
Periodical Research Help <strong>for</strong> Alumni<br />
<strong>Trinity</strong> has recently received a three year grant allowing alums access to<br />
an online periodical database. For more in<strong>for</strong>mation on use of this service,<br />
please contact Susanah Hanson, Library Director at: shanson@tsm.edu.<br />
Bible study, and ecumenical prayer<br />
services <strong>for</strong> our students. I am a<br />
member of the Episcopal Church of<br />
the Holy Spirit where I serve with<br />
the Christian education team. I have<br />
also led workshops on lectio divina,<br />
mindfulness, and centering prayer.<br />
Julia Duin (MAR 1992)<br />
Religion Editor, The Washington Times.<br />
I’ve been a full-time reporter <strong>for</strong> 25<br />
years, the last 14 of them with The<br />
Washington Times in Washington, DC,<br />
where I cover a spectrum of religions.<br />
This past year, I did everything from<br />
covering the Anglicans meeting<br />
in Bed<strong>for</strong>d, Texas, to the historic<br />
Lutheran meeting in Minneapolis. I<br />
also contribute to Christianity Today’s<br />
women’s blog and published books<br />
in 2008 (Quitting Church) and 2009<br />
(Days of Fire and Glory: The Rise and<br />
Fall of a Charismatic Community). I’m<br />
also mom to a little sweetie: Olivia<br />
Veronika, 4.<br />
Geoff Little (MDiv 1992)<br />
Since graduating from <strong>Trinity</strong>, I<br />
have been located in New Haven,<br />
Connecticut. I serve as priest-incharge<br />
of two inner-city parishes.<br />
At St. James, the Lord has raised up<br />
an intercultural congregation, with<br />
whom we are engaged in Spanishand<br />
English-language worship and<br />
discipleship. Blanca is the founder<br />
and director of St. James’ Christian<br />
Academy, an elementary school serving<br />
at-risk children and their families. Out<br />
of Church of the Ascension, we work<br />
alongside Teen Challenge to develop<br />
a congregation geared to people and<br />
families struggling under the bondage<br />
of drug and alcohol addictions.<br />
Recently I have taken a leadership<br />
position in the initiation of a Young<br />
Life ministry in our area. <strong>Ministry</strong> in<br />
city neighborhoods is hard, and the pay<br />
is bad, but we love it.<br />
Children: Jessica (23) lives and works<br />
north of Boston; Benjamin (21) is a<br />
junior at NYU.<br />
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If you’re into urban ministry, or<br />
would like to be, I’d love to connect<br />
with you: little.geoffrey@gmail.com<br />
and Facebook.<br />
Mike Morrissey (MDiv<br />
1992; DMin 2009)<br />
After more years<br />
than I care to admit,<br />
I finally finished the<br />
journey to DMin<br />
graduation this last<br />
spring. Many thanks<br />
to the Rev. Dr. Laurie<br />
Thompson and Barb<br />
Linville – a great editor.<br />
It is now 20 years since the<br />
miraculous recovery of Penny’s near<br />
fatal pericarditis on January 30, 1990.<br />
On that day, <strong>Trinity</strong> stopped class and<br />
went to prayer as Penny lay dying<br />
at Sewickley Hospital. As the prayer<br />
started, her slide to death stopped and<br />
held at the precipice long enough (6<br />
hours) <strong>for</strong> the two cardiac services to<br />
determine what was wrong. <strong>Trinity</strong><br />
manned the ICU waiting room 24<br />
hours a day <strong>for</strong> over a week. It was a<br />
horrible experience that <strong>Trinity</strong> staff<br />
and students helped me through.<br />
Penny came home on February<br />
14th (note the day!). She was recalled<br />
and deployed to Desert Storm 14<br />
months later. She spent seven months<br />
in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain with the<br />
Navy. Our daughter Erin continues<br />
with Boeing as manager of titanium<br />
and aluminum procurement <strong>for</strong><br />
commercial aircraft production.<br />
The next issue of Seed & Harvest<br />
will feature Alumni from<br />
graduating classes 1993-95.<br />
Send us a brief paragraph and<br />
high resolution photograph to<br />
update us on your life since<br />
graduating. Thank you!<br />
seedandharvest@tsm.edu<br />
Stock photograph<br />
Hey, <strong>Trinity</strong> Alumni!<br />
A Note from the Alumni Relations Office<br />
Alumni News<br />
In addition to the many great offerings during<br />
the <strong>June</strong> 7-11 week, we are hosting the first-ever<br />
“Alumni Adventure Dinner” – just <strong>for</strong> you!<br />
Wednesday Night, <strong>June</strong> 9th<br />
All you have to do is show up – casual! Dinner<br />
and the activities are on <strong>Trinity</strong>. It’s just a small<br />
way to encourage you in your ministries, to<br />
connect you with one another, and to give you an<br />
opportunity to get to know our faculty – all in the<br />
spirit of fun and maybe even a little competition.<br />
Mark your calendar and send Stevie Glor an<br />
e-mail if you can join us (sglor@tsm.edu).<br />
In late February I sat in on the Alumni Executive<br />
Committee (AEC) conference call. The connectedness of<br />
these folks – though years may have passed since they had<br />
seen or spoken with one another – was tangible. As each<br />
ping signaled a new caller joining the conversation, the Stevie Glor, Alumni<br />
Relations Coordinator<br />
words and tone spoken to one another clearly marked<br />
genuine joy in the fellowship and in the journey.<br />
The AEC will meet monthly to generate, motivate, and encourage<br />
relationships among <strong>Trinity</strong> graduates. They also work to recruit new<br />
students, actively participate in and initiate development opportunities,<br />
and support continuing education at <strong>Trinity</strong>. In addition, they are key<br />
players in planning and conducting Alumni events on campus. As the<br />
call came to a close and each signed off, I was reminded once again of our<br />
“off-campus” <strong>Trinity</strong> family, of their passion <strong>for</strong> the Great Commission,<br />
and the way they love one another, as He taught us to love.<br />
So let me introduce them to you:<br />
Co-Chairs:<br />
Board Rep:<br />
Members:<br />
Don Curran (MDiv 1993) and wife, Cathy – Ocala, FL<br />
Paul Rodgers (MDiv 2003) and wife, Lauren<br />
– South Dartmouth, MA<br />
Dan Craw<strong>for</strong>d (MDiv 1993) and wife, Della – Allison Park, PA<br />
John Barrett (MDiv 2002) and wife, Barbara – San Antonio, TX<br />
Travis Boline (MDiv 2000) and husband, Doug – Tallahassee, FL<br />
Shay Gaillard (MDiv 2004) and wife, Tara – Charleston, SC<br />
Joe Gibbes (MDiv 2006) and wife, Amy – Johns Island, SC<br />
David Glade (MDiv 2004) and wife, Jennifer – Alexandria, VA<br />
John Heidengren (MDiv 1986) and wife, Blanche (DLS 1986)<br />
– Aliquippa, PA<br />
Jed Roseberry (MDiv 2005) and wife, Stacy – Frisco, TX<br />
Jim Shoucair (MDiv 1998) and wife, Sandra – Pittsburgh, PA<br />
Greg Snyder (MDiv 2002) and wife, Beth – Johns Island, SC<br />
Dan Tuton (MDiv 2002) and wife, Michele – Albuquerque, NM<br />
John Yates (MDiv 2003) and wife, Alysia – Paoli, PA<br />
<strong>Trinity</strong> Staff: Leslie Deily, Stevie Glor, Tina Lockett, and Mark Stevenson<br />
<strong>Apr</strong>il – <strong>May</strong> – <strong>June</strong> <strong>2010</strong><br />
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From the Development Office<br />
2009-<strong>2010</strong><br />
Annual Fund Thermometer<br />
GOAL: $2.1 million<br />
$1.8 million<br />
In 2003, <strong>Trinity</strong> established The Cranmer Society to honor those<br />
leaving a legacy gift to the seminary. To date we have 128 members.<br />
The following is a Legacy Story by Rosa Lee Richards, Hebrew<br />
language instructor at <strong>Trinity</strong>.<br />
$1.5 million<br />
$1.2 million<br />
As of 3/11/10: $1,008,306<br />
$.9 million<br />
$.6 million<br />
$.3 million<br />
$0<br />
This is the story of how I came to donate<br />
a scholarship to <strong>Trinity</strong> as a legacy of my<br />
grandfather, Major Bass.<br />
My grandfather was a very intimidating man, yet it is<br />
through him that the heritage of faith and the habit of<br />
generosity came into my family.<br />
Life did not encourage my grandfather in his<br />
faith. His father died when he was ten years old,<br />
and his wife died at the young age of 38. Later, the<br />
Depression made it nearly impossible <strong>for</strong> him to be a<br />
single parent to a son and three daughters. Yet he persisted.<br />
Major Bass<br />
Photo supplied<br />
Giving Made<br />
Easier<br />
Today’s Td electronic banking,<br />
internet, and payroll plans make<br />
possible means of regularly – and<br />
conveniently – supporting <strong>Trinity</strong>.<br />
• <strong>Trinity</strong>’s web site enables<br />
online donations using Visa or<br />
MasterCard. Go to www.tsm.edu<br />
and click on “Support <strong>Trinity</strong>.”<br />
• You can also request that <strong>Trinity</strong><br />
charge a set amount to your<br />
credit card (MasterCard, Visa, or<br />
Discover) each month. Contact<br />
Leslie Deily in our Development<br />
Office to learn more.<br />
• Your employer may allow you to<br />
use payroll deduction to send a<br />
regular gift to <strong>Trinity</strong>.<br />
• Online banking allows you to set<br />
up regular payments to be sent<br />
to <strong>Trinity</strong>. Check with your online<br />
banking web site <strong>for</strong> instructions.<br />
• Also, <strong>Trinity</strong> will soon have the<br />
capability to do Electronic Fund<br />
Transfer from your bank account.<br />
One day after World War II, he got on a Greyhound bus in Washington, DC and,<br />
just beyond Remote, Oregon, got off and bought a worthless, burned-off piece<br />
of timber land. After his death, my mother and her sisters inherited the property<br />
and eventually passed it on to my generation.<br />
The gift was generous and the terms of the gift were clearly intended to hold our<br />
family together. Nevertheless, the time came when they decided to divide the gift<br />
among the heirs of the original recipients.<br />
This is where <strong>Trinity</strong> begins to come into the picture. In 1999, my daughter<br />
Catherine Richards Marcy began her studies at <strong>Trinity</strong>. When she enrolled<br />
in summer Greek, I asked myself “Why should she have all the fun?” So, I<br />
joined her. She finished her Master of Arts in Religion (MAR) degree in 2003, I<br />
completed my MAR in 2006 and <strong>Trinity</strong> hired me, first as a teaching assistant<br />
and then as an instructor in Hebrew. My husband completed his MAR in 2008.<br />
Unable to manage my share of the land adequately, I donated it to <strong>Trinity</strong> to be<br />
sold. I decided to make the donation to <strong>Trinity</strong> in two parts: one portion of the<br />
proceeds was designated to establish a scholarship in honor of my grandfather<br />
and his daughters (The Daughters of Major Bass) and the other portion was <strong>for</strong><br />
the general fund, with priority to be given to faculty remuneration. <strong>Trinity</strong> has<br />
honored my requests in ways that have delighted me.<br />
As an example, read this excerpt from a thank you note I received from the first<br />
scholarship recipient:<br />
“The discouragement factor has lately been great – ministry obstacles loom large<br />
on the horizon and closer in daily life. However, I am reminded that God works<br />
through His people. Through you I am encouraged to continue and ‘fight the<br />
good fight’; and also – I am humbled – who am I to receive such great blessing?<br />
Your gift has affirmed my call to ministry and continued education. I pray God’s<br />
blessing on you and your family.”<br />
continued next page...
Legacy Story – continued<br />
I am in the same boat with the writer of the note: I am<br />
humbled – who am I to receive such great blessing? I am<br />
seeing something that vanishes away, like money, be a part of<br />
bringing men and women into the service of God’s Word, and<br />
there<strong>for</strong>e, bringing souls into eternal life.<br />
Of course my grandfather did not live to read the thank you<br />
note you have just read. Yet God works through His people<br />
when the time is just exactly right, even if it takes generations.<br />
Rosa Lee Richards<br />
Photo supplied<br />
<strong>Trinity</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Ministry</strong><br />
311 Eleventh Street<br />
Ambridge, PA 15003<br />
General In<strong>for</strong>mation<br />
1-800-874-8754 or 724-266-3838<br />
fax: 724-266-4617<br />
info@tsm.edu<br />
www.tsm.edu<br />
Admissions<br />
Tina Lockett<br />
tlockett@tsm.edu<br />
Photo supplied<br />
Please contact Leslie Deily, Director of Development, to learn about becoming a Cranmer<br />
Society member, joining the 100+ who have included a bequest of real estate or other<br />
assets to <strong>Trinity</strong> in their wills.<br />
NEWS & NOTES<br />
Congratulations, Grant LeMarquand<br />
Having completed the necessary steps and requirements, Grant<br />
LeMarquand has now earned the rank of full professor. As<br />
Professor of Biblical Studies & Mission, Grant is now the second<br />
full professor on <strong>Trinity</strong>’s faculty, Rod Whitacre being the other.<br />
During the next academic year, Grant will be on sabbatical; Mark<br />
Stevenson, Director of Extension Ministries, will serve as Interim<br />
Academic Dean.<br />
Congratulations, Moses Rwothomio and Elias Chakupewa<br />
On February 19, <strong>2010</strong>, Moses Rwothomio of<br />
Uganda and Elias Chakupewa of Tanzania<br />
received Master’s Degrees in a collaborative<br />
degree program between <strong>Trinity</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>for</strong><br />
<strong>Ministry</strong> and Uganda Christian University<br />
(UCU). Both men completed one year of study<br />
at <strong>Trinity</strong> and then completed their studies and<br />
thesis at UCU. They are pictured here with Dr.<br />
Stephen Noll, Vice Chancellor of UCU and<br />
<strong>for</strong>mer <strong>Trinity</strong> professor.<br />
Announcing a New Book by John Macdonald<br />
The Rev. Canon John Macdonald, Assistant Professor of<br />
Mission & Evangelism at <strong>Trinity</strong>, has published Pachunga, a<br />
Christian allegory/fantasy in an African setting written <strong>for</strong><br />
children and young teens between eleven and fourteen years<br />
of age. Younger readers will enjoy it as a read-aloud, and<br />
older readers will like it as well. The story is about a young<br />
Kiritiri warrior named Pachunga who has been chosen<br />
to amass a large army to defeat a strong and ruthless<br />
adversary. The book is available in hard and soft covers in<br />
the <strong>Trinity</strong> Bookstore and in electronic version from Amazon.com,<br />
Barnesandnoble.com, and through booksellers everywhere.<br />
Advancement & Church Relations<br />
Leander Harding<br />
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UPCOMING<br />
TRINITY EVENTS<br />
<strong>Apr</strong>il 15<br />
Be a Seminarian <strong>for</strong> a Day<br />
<strong>Apr</strong>il 21<br />
<strong>Trinity</strong> Tea on the <strong>Trinity</strong><br />
campus; Mistress of<br />
Ceremonies, Cathy Terry<br />
Photo by Heather Henkel<br />
<strong>Trinity</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Ministry</strong> cordially invites women to<br />
Afternoon Tea<br />
to benefit <strong>Trinity</strong> Scholarship Funds<br />
Wednesday, <strong>Apr</strong>il 21, <strong>2010</strong> at 4:00 p.m.<br />
Commons Hall, <strong>Trinity</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Ministry</strong><br />
311 Eleventh Street, Ambridge<br />
Please RSVP to Leslie Deily<br />
ldeily@tsm.edu or 1-800-874-8754<br />
by <strong>Apr</strong>il 15, <strong>2010</strong><br />
Interested in hosting a<br />
<strong>Trinity</strong> Tea in your area?<br />
Call Leslie to find out how:<br />
1-800-874-8754<br />
<strong>Apr</strong>il 24-25<br />
Justyn Terry speaks at a Friend-<br />
Raising Dinner and preaches at<br />
St. Barnabas Anglican Church,<br />
Bay Village, Ohio<br />
<strong>May</strong> 14-15<br />
<strong>Trinity</strong> Baccalaureate and 32nd<br />
Commencement<br />
<strong>June</strong> 7-25<br />
<strong>June</strong> Intensives & Alumni<br />
Events<br />
<strong>June</strong> 17-19<br />
A Roundtable on Church<br />
Planting & Catechesis
<strong>June</strong><br />
<strong>2010</strong><br />
at <strong>Trinity</strong><br />
Special Insert<br />
Dr. Kenneth Bailey<br />
“Jesus Through<br />
Middle Eastern Eyes”<br />
<strong>June</strong> 7-11<br />
Alumni Focus Events:<br />
• Management <strong>for</strong> Clergy<br />
– <strong>June</strong> 7-9<br />
• Alumni Dinner<br />
Adventure – <strong>June</strong> 9<br />
“A Roundtable on<br />
Church Planting<br />
& Catechesis”<br />
<strong>June</strong> 17-19<br />
SPECIAL<br />
INTEREST<br />
TO ALL<br />
Dr. David deSilva<br />
“The Apocrypha &<br />
The Church”<br />
<strong>June</strong> 21-25
WEEK ONE – <strong>June</strong> 7-11<br />
WEEK TWO – <strong>June</strong> 14-18<br />
“Jesus Through Non-Western Eyes,”<br />
Ken Bailey / Grant LeMarquand<br />
(NT 675/875) C D<br />
Internationally-known and perennial<br />
<strong>Trinity</strong> favorite, the Rev. Dr. Kenneth<br />
Bailey will present “Jesus Through Middle Eastern<br />
Eyes” each morning. The afternoon sessions are<br />
“Reading the Gospels Through African Eyes” by the<br />
Rev. Dr. Grant LeMarquand. Both are required <strong>for</strong><br />
academic credit in this Masters/Doctoral tiered course.<br />
“The Thirty-nine Articles of Religion,”<br />
John Rodgers (ST 675/875) C D<br />
This Masters/Doctoral tiered course carefully<br />
examines the historic doctrinal foundations of<br />
orthodox Anglicanism, with Bp. John Rodgers.<br />
NOTES: Space is limited; no auditors at this time. This class<br />
may be used to satisfy the degree requirement <strong>for</strong> ST 600 –<br />
Essentials of Evangelical Theology.<br />
“Listening and Trusting in an Age<br />
of Complexity,” Laurie Thompson<br />
(DM 800) C D<br />
A DMin orientation course integrating<br />
theology, spirituality, and missiology, with the<br />
Rev. Dr. Laurie Thompson.<br />
“Management <strong>for</strong> Clergy” A<br />
<strong>June</strong> 8 and <strong>June</strong> 9, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m., Preaching<br />
Workshops <strong>for</strong> assistance in sermon preparation.<br />
<strong>June</strong> 8: On Tuesday afternoon, a presentation<br />
will be made by the Rev. Canon Mary Hays on<br />
leadership and spirituality. After dinner, learn<br />
from Spence Flournoy and other experts about<br />
managing a budget.<br />
<strong>June</strong> 9: On Wednesday afternoon, Canon Hays will<br />
discuss conflict management in the parish.<br />
Alumni Dinner Adventure A<br />
<strong>June</strong> 9: <strong>Trinity</strong> will host all Alumni <strong>for</strong><br />
an enjoyable, memorable dinner of<br />
great food and fellowship in a yet-to-bedisclosed<br />
setting. Dress casual!<br />
“Understanding Alzheimer’s,”<br />
Carol Harrold A<br />
<strong>June</strong> 10 & 11 evenings and all day, Saturday,<br />
<strong>June</strong> 12, <strong>Trinity</strong> offers the 3rd annual<br />
“Understanding Alzheimer’s” Seminar led<br />
by Carol Harrold, MD. Attendance is free of<br />
charge through a generous grant from the Elizabeth<br />
Rowan Family.<br />
SPECIAL<br />
“Models of Church Planting & Congregational<br />
Development: Disciple-Making <strong>for</strong> the New<br />
Anglicanism,” John Macdonald, Convener<br />
(ME/PT 655/855) C D<br />
This class is convened by the Rev. Cn. John<br />
Macdonald with guest instructors: the Rev. Tom Herrick,<br />
Mrs. Jenni Bartling, the Rev. Ron McCrary and the Rev.<br />
William Beasley. The class ends in time to allow students<br />
to attend the Church Planting Roundtable (Thursday,<br />
<strong>June</strong> 17 through noon Saturday, <strong>June</strong> 19). Attendance at<br />
the Roundtable is required <strong>for</strong> credit students enrolled in<br />
ME/PT 655/855.<br />
INTEREST<br />
TO ALL<br />
A Roundtable on Church Planting &<br />
Catechesis (<strong>June</strong> 17-19)<br />
Church Planting and Disciple-Making<br />
<strong>for</strong> the New Anglicanism – Looking to<br />
the future of Anglicanism: Strategies<br />
<strong>for</strong> fulfilling the Great Commission. The Convener,<br />
the Rev. Cn. John Macdonald, has invited Archbishop<br />
Robert Duncan and nine leaders in church planting<br />
and discipleship to bring their combined experience<br />
and insights to propel Anglican church planting and<br />
catechesis <strong>for</strong>ward.<br />
Presenters include the Rev. Cn. David Roseberry, the Rev.<br />
Tom Herrick, the Rev. William Beasley, the Rev. Dr. Tory<br />
Baucum, the Rev. Mike Wurschmidt, Mrs. Jenni Bartling,<br />
the Rev. Ron McCrary, the Rt. Rev. “Doc” Loomis, and Dr.<br />
Phil Harrold.<br />
“The Patristic Catechumenate <strong>for</strong> Today’s<br />
Mission-Shaped Church,” Phil Harrold<br />
(CH 675) C<br />
“The Patristic Catechumenate <strong>for</strong> Today’s<br />
Mission-Shaped Church”draws on early church<br />
history to glean contemporary help in making disciples in<br />
the Great Tradition, with Dr. Phil Harrold.<br />
“Evangelical Theology <strong>for</strong> a Pluralistic Age,”<br />
Justyn Terry (ST 800) C D<br />
This course will briefly survey the essentials<br />
of evangelical theology and consider how this<br />
theology <strong>for</strong>ms a coherent worldview, with the<br />
Very Rev. Dr. Justyn Terry.<br />
“Advanced Hebrew Exegesis,” Don Collett<br />
(OT 700) C<br />
This is a two-week course offering an in-depth<br />
study of Old Testament passages employing<br />
Hebrew language skills, with Dr. Don Collett.
WEEK THREE – <strong>June</strong> 21-25<br />
“The Apocrypha & The Church,” David<br />
deSilva (BI 675/875) C D<br />
This is a Masters/Doctor of <strong>Ministry</strong> tiered<br />
course which will examine the ongoing role<br />
of the Apocrypha in study and ministry today,<br />
with widely respected New Testament scholar the Rev.<br />
Dr. David A. deSilva.<br />
“The Anglican Way of Theology,” Bill Witt<br />
(ST 770) C<br />
A survey of the core convictions and<br />
concerns that have characterized Anglican<br />
theology from the Re<strong>for</strong>mation to the<br />
present, with Dr. Bill Witt. Readings will include<br />
theologians from the evangelical, Anglo-Catholic, and<br />
Broad Church traditions.<br />
“Pastoral Care,” Leander Harding<br />
(PT 710) C<br />
Introduces the theology and vocation of<br />
the ministry of Pastoral Care as the Cure of<br />
Souls, with the Rev. Dr. Leander Harding. The<br />
course will explore foundational thinking regarding<br />
pastoral care and give practical guidelines <strong>for</strong> the<br />
unique work priests and pastors offer in the panoply of<br />
“helping” professions.<br />
Meet the<br />
Guest Speakers<br />
Kenneth E. Bailey, Th.D.<br />
Research Scholar and Lecturer in Middle<br />
Eastern New Testament Studies<br />
After undergraduate and seminary<br />
studies, Dr. Bailey completed degrees<br />
in Arabic Language and Literature,<br />
Systematic Theology and a doctorate<br />
in New Testament. Ordained by the<br />
Presbyterian Church (USA), Dr. Bailey spent 40 years (1955-<br />
1995) living and teaching in seminaries and institutes in Egypt,<br />
Lebanon, Jerusalem and Cyprus.<br />
Dr. Bailey’s area of specialty is the cultural background and<br />
literary <strong>for</strong>ms of the New Testament. Some of his books<br />
include: Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes (IVP, 2008); The<br />
Cross and the Prodigal [Revised edition] (IVP, 2005); Jacob and<br />
the Prodigal: How Jesus Retold Israel’s Story (IVP, 2003 ); Finding<br />
the Lost: Cultural Keys to Luke 15 (Concordia, 1992); and Poet and<br />
Peasant and Through Peasant Eyes (Eerdmans, 1980).<br />
Dr. Bailey has authored the scripts <strong>for</strong> two professionally<br />
produced feature length films. He has taught at Columbia and<br />
Princeton and was <strong>for</strong> a time an adjunct professor at Dubuque,<br />
McCormick, Pittsburgh, and Fuller Seminaries. Dr. Bailey has<br />
lectured in theological colleges and seminaries in England<br />
(Ox<strong>for</strong>d, Cambridge, Bristol) Ireland, Canada, Egypt, Finland,<br />
Latvia, Denmark, New Zealand, Australia and Jerusalem.<br />
LEGEND<br />
C<br />
D<br />
A<br />
Courses which may be taken <strong>for</strong> credit.<br />
Check <strong>for</strong> details of requirements.<br />
Courses which apply to Doctor of<br />
<strong>Ministry</strong> requirements.<br />
Offerings of interest to Alumni and<br />
seminary students.<br />
The Rev. Dr. David A. deSilva<br />
Trustees’ Distinguished Professor of<br />
New Testament and Greek, Ashland<br />
Theological Seminary (Ashland, Ohio)<br />
Dr. deSilva is ordained in the Florida<br />
Conference of the United Methodist<br />
Church. He is the author of eighteen<br />
books, including Seeing Things John’s<br />
Way: The Rhetoric of the Book of Revelation (Westminster John<br />
Knox, 2009), Sacramental Life: Spiritual Formation Through the<br />
Book of Common Prayer (IVP, 2008), 4 Maccabees: Introduction<br />
and Commentary on the Greek Text of Codex Sinaiticus (Brill,<br />
2006), An Introduction to the New Testament (IVP, 2004),<br />
Introducing the Apocrypha (Baker Academic, 2002), New<br />
Testament Themes (Chalice Press, 2001), Perseverance in Gratitude:<br />
A Commentary on the Epistle “to the Hebrews” (Eerdmans, 2000),<br />
and Honor, Patronage, Kinship & Purity: Unlocking New Testament<br />
Culture (InterVarsity, 2000).<br />
Dr. deSilva is also Director of Music and Organist at Christ<br />
United Methodist Church, Ashland, Ohio. He has also published<br />
anthems <strong>for</strong> Transfiguration Day (“Transfiguration Prayer,”<br />
World Library Publications), Ascension Day (“O Clap Your<br />
Hands,” Abingdon), and Advent (“Com<strong>for</strong>t, Com<strong>for</strong>t Now, My<br />
People,” Concordia).
REGISTRATION FOR CREDIT<br />
Registration <strong>for</strong> Summer Intensives opens <strong>Apr</strong>il 7, <strong>2010</strong>. To<br />
register <strong>for</strong> credit courses, visit:<br />
http://registration.tsm.edu<br />
IS THIS YOUR FIRST CLASS AT TRINITY? Be<strong>for</strong>e registering,<br />
you will need to fill out the Initial Enrollment Form <strong>for</strong> a user<br />
name and password <strong>for</strong> online registration. Go to:<br />
http://www.tsm.edu/Academics.html<br />
NOTE: Allow up to three business days to receive your user<br />
name and password.<br />
A bachelor’s degree is required to obtain credit. Any questions<br />
concerning credit registration should be addressed to the<br />
Office of the Registrar at:<br />
registrar@tsm.edu<br />
The deadline <strong>for</strong> registration to receive credit is <strong>May</strong> 10, <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
REGISTRATION FOR AUDIT<br />
To register to audit a course, contact the Office of the<br />
Registrar:<br />
registrar@tsm.edu<br />
TUITION<br />
Credit/Audit Tuition<br />
Credit Tuition: $915 per course (3 credit hours)<br />
Audit Tuition: $375 per course (3 audit hours)<br />
Tuition Refund Policy<br />
<strong>Trinity</strong> reserves the right to cancel offerings due to low<br />
enrollment. In this event, registered participants will receive a<br />
full refund of tuition. A decision about cancellation will occur no<br />
later than <strong>May</strong> 10, <strong>2010</strong>. Please do not purchase non-refundable<br />
airline tickets be<strong>for</strong>e this date.<br />
Drop Class <strong>May</strong> 10 - 24<br />
75% refund<br />
Drop Class <strong>May</strong> 25 - <strong>June</strong> 7 50% refund<br />
Day One (<strong>June</strong> 7) and after<br />
0% refund<br />
Other Pricing Notes<br />
• “Jesus Through Non-Western Eyes” (NT 675) has two parts:<br />
“Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes,” with Ken Bailey and<br />
“Reading the Gospels Through African Eyes,” with Grant<br />
LeMarquand. For academic credit both parts are required;<br />
however, either part may be audited separately <strong>for</strong> the audit<br />
tuition of $375.<br />
• Those attending the Church Planting Roundtable but not<br />
ME/PT 655/855 will pay a one-time fee of $150. (Full-time<br />
students of any seminary pay $75.)<br />
• Those attending but not desiring academic credit <strong>for</strong> both the<br />
ME/PT 655/855 class and the Roundtable should register as<br />
auditors <strong>for</strong> ME/PT 655/855.<br />
• <strong>Trinity</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Ministry</strong> Alumni are extended a special<br />
daily rate of $50/day, allowing them to attend all available<br />
classes offered on any single day during Week One. Contact<br />
Jack Walsh to make arrangements: jwalsh@tsm.edu.<br />
COURSE SYLLABI<br />
All credit courses require extensive preparation and reading<br />
be<strong>for</strong>e the start of the Intensive course week. Course syllabi,<br />
including textbook lists, will be posted on <strong>Trinity</strong>’s web site by<br />
<strong>Apr</strong>il 7, <strong>2010</strong>. Find them at:<br />
http://www.tsm.edu/Academics/Academic_Resources/<br />
Syllabi.html<br />
TEXTBOOKS<br />
Textbooks are available through the <strong>Trinity</strong> Bookstore. Contact<br />
Pam Kuhns, Bookstore Manager, at 1-800-874-8754 x310 or<br />
pkuhns@tsm.edu.<br />
CONTACT INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE<br />
For general in<strong>for</strong>mation regarding Summer Intensives, housing,<br />
and/or transportation, contact Jack Walsh, Extension Ministries<br />
Administrative Coordinator at jwalsh@tsm.edu or 1-800-874-<br />
8754 x218 (local 724-266-3838).<br />
For questions regarding registration, contact the Office of the<br />
Registrar (registrar@tsm.edu).<br />
HOUSING<br />
If you will be visiting <strong>Trinity</strong> from out of town and would<br />
like to stay with a <strong>Trinity</strong> community family, housing is $30<br />
per night per person. These spots are very limited, and are<br />
provided on a first come, first served basis. Un<strong>for</strong>tunately<br />
<strong>Trinity</strong> cannot guarantee a room with a community family.<br />
Hotels ($99+) and nearby college dorm rooms ($20+) are<br />
available, but transportation is needed. To learn more about<br />
current availability of local housing options, contact Jack<br />
Walsh: jwalsh@tsm.edu or 1-800-874-8754 x218.<br />
TRANSPORTATION<br />
If you will be staying with a <strong>Trinity</strong> community family and will<br />
need transportation to and from the Pittsburgh<br />
International Airport, this may be arranged at $20 each way<br />
($40 each way to and from the Pittsburgh Amtrak Station).<br />
For housing and transportation needs, you MUST<br />
complete the Hospitality Request Form. It must be received<br />
by <strong>Trinity</strong> no later than <strong>May</strong> 24, <strong>2010</strong>. The <strong>for</strong>m is available<br />
on the web site at:<br />
www.tsm.edu/Academics/Intensives.html<br />
The <strong>for</strong>m may be e-mailed to jwalsh@tsm.edu, faxed to 724-<br />
266-4617, or post mailed to 311 Eleventh Street; Ambridge,<br />
PA 15003, Attention: Jack Walsh.<br />
MEALS<br />
Lunches will be provided, Monday through Friday, at $7.00<br />
per meal on a first come, first served basis. Other eating<br />
establishments are available nearby at reasonable cost. Dinner<br />
and evening plans are left to each individual.<br />
Coffee is provided after Chapel each morning free of charge<br />
in the Commons Hall.<br />
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