S+H 2010 Apr-May-June.pdf - Trinity School for Ministry

Alumni News
Reports from
1990-92 Graduates
Don Brown (MDiv
1990)
Diane and I are
greatly enjoying
the home we built
in f-a-a-a-r West
Texas where truly
the deer and the
antelope play along
with elk, aoudad,
foxes, raccoons, javelina, skunks, dove,
quail, and an occasional wild turkey.
We have withdrawn from the Anglican
Communion and have been received
into the Orthodox Communion
(OCA). I continue to work on my
research and book on douloß Cristou
begun much too long ago at Glasgow
University. We have spacious guest
accommodations and welcome all to
share these wonderful blessings. May
God continue to bless you and those
you love.
Shirley Smith
(DBCS 1990)
G’day from
Down Under.
In 1986, I
accompanied
my husband
when he was invited to Trinity to
found its Extension Ministries. It was
a significant time as it provided me
with the opportunity to engage in
theological study.
On our return to Australia, I
worked alongside my husband for
four years in a church in Canberra,
our national capital, and again in a
supportive role when he became a
Regional Bishop in Sydney.
In 2000, not feeling ready for
retirement, we continued working in
a part-time ministry at a harbourside
church. Three years later we were
invited to join the staff of an historical
church in downtown Sydney, where we
are at present.
Women’s ministry, hospitality and
pastoral care have been my special
interests. I greatly valued not only
four years of study at Trinity but also
learning about its history and enjoying
living in community with such fine
Christian folk.
Seth Jonathan Annan
Sackey (MAR 1990)
Now 60 years old,
Venerable Seth Sackey
has been in ministry
32 years, 19 as Priest
and 13 as Archdeacon.
Currently, he serves as Archdeacon of
Tema and Dangbe East and Dangbe
West in the Diocese of Accra, Ghana.
He also doubles as Parish Priest of
St. Alban Anglican Church, Tema,
Ghana. His primary responsibilities
are the oversight of the seven parishes
and twelve congregations in his
Archdeaconry; this is addition to the
charge and care of St. Alban parish.
He also serves as a member of the
Diocesan Executive Committee and the
Cathedral Council.
In January 2008, Seth lost his
wife, Grace Sackey. They have three
daughters.
Laura Theis (DBCS 1990)
I have the privilege of serving with Jim
Chester and Becky Spanos as deacons
at Shepherd’s Heart (Pittsburgh). I also
serve at St. Stephen’s – Sewickley on
the pastoral care team. I am sent out to
hospitals, and I also take Eucharist to
people as needed.
I had to give up hospital rounds
two years ago due to heart problems,
and Eric, my husband, has Parkinson’s.
So we moved from the home where
we had lived for thirty years to a
condominium (with 14-foot ceilings!),
and we love it.
Eric and I celebrated our 50th
wedding anniversary August 15, 2009.
Woody Volland (MDiv
1990)
Woodleigh “Woody”
H. Volland is
currently the Rector
of Epiphany Anglican
Church in Tavares,
Florida. Part of the “Gang of Eight”
that departed TEC in the fall of
2007, Woody meets regularly with
several Trinity alums, all of whom
have affiliated with the Anglican
Mission in the Americas. He enjoys
having Myron Manasterski (MDiv
1986), an AMIA applicant, as a
partner in ministry. He also received
his Doctorate in Homiletics from
Gordon-Conwell in 2009 and teaches
twice a year at Gordon’s Jacksonville
campus. Epiphany has a membership
of approximately 150 people. It’s a
very lively, Spirit-filled church that
is “Sharing the Compelling Truth
of Jesus Christ,” seeing tremendous
spiritual growth, and anxiously looking
forward to what God has next in store.
+Bishop Alpha
Mohamed (CBCS
1991)
It was in 1968, July
5th, when I sat under
the feet of my Lord
at the West African
Congress on Evangelism when Bishop
Festo Kivengere and others gave a clear
challenge to all of us who had gathered
at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
Dr. Akbar Addul Haqq definitely was
used greatly to help me to see that,
although I had been in the full-time
ministry as an Anglican Priest, I
have the Message which I had been
given; I must come out as a full-time
Evangelist.
I founded Anglican Evangelistic
Association (AEA) in 1989 as a
Christian organization whose main
objective is to preach the Gospel of
Jesus Christ worldwide. In its 21 years
of existence, AEA has penetrated
and preached the Gospel in many
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