b'6 AlumniGREETINGSW. Clay MacaulayGrace and peace to you in this summer season of Pentecost!More than 200 alumni, friends, students, faculty,annual alumni luncheon. Dr. Hoffman BrownMake plans to join us for next years Sprunt and staff registered to attend, in person andIII(D.Min.81)washonoredasBlackAlumniLectures, May 68, 2024, in Richmond. Dr. John through livestream, our annual Sprunt Lectures,AssociationTrailblazeroftheYear,andJ. Thatamanil, Professor of Theology and World held May 13 on the Richmond campus. WeDr.Rosalyn Murphy (M.Div.99) was named 2023Religions Director, Insight Project: Theology & welcomedDr.KeriDayasourlecturerandDistinguished Alum. President-elect JacquelineNatural World, at Union Theological Seminary Dr. KenyattaGilbertasourworshipleader.Jacq Lapsley greeted alums and friends at thein New York will be the 2024 lecturer. Thesetwoamazingspeakershelpedusfillalumni luncheon.Watts Chapel. The lectures and worship remainWe hope youll enjoy some photos taken duringYours faithfully,available for you to see, hear, and experiencethe event, which included the unveiling of theW. Clay Macaulay (D.Min.85)on the Seminarys YouTube channel.officialportraitofBrianBlountasseventhDirector of Alumni DevelopmentDr. Ted Wardlaw (D.Min.78), retired presidentpresident of UPSem at a reception honoringcmacaulay@upsem.eduof Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary,BrianandSharon.YoucanviewtheSprunt(804) 436-7471 (mobile and text) deliveredthekeynoteaddressduringthephoto album by visiting bit.ly/Sprunt2023Flickr. (804) 278-4382 (study)GET IN TOUCH AND GO ONLINEWe love hearing from you! alumni@upsem.eduWe encourage you to send news of your life and ministry to our alumni office.Also, check out our alumni web page. upsem.edu/alumniAlumni NotesTRANSITIONSBarry W. Chance (M.Div.05) now serves as GeneralLarry C. Miles (B.D.63) Peter Marty, editor/publisher of The Christian Century. Presbyter and Stated Clerk at Eastminster Presbytery December 21, 2022 Wipf and Stock Publishers. 2023. Available on Amazon. in northeastern OH. Kellie Weekly Mills (M.Div.91, M.A.97) Howells previous book, Tethered to an Appalachian Lacette R. Cross (Th.M.16) is the Executive Director February 14, 2023 Curse: A Surprise Calling, was released in 2021. As of Diversity Richmond in Richmond, VA. William H. Morrison (B.C.E.69) founder of the Festival of Homiletics, he continues to British Hyrams (M.Div./M.A.C.E.16) now serves as JackMay 8, 2023 work as a consultant to Luther Seminary in St. Paul, MN. and Jane Presseau Associate Chaplain at the Office ofGay D. Mothershed (M.C.E.63) Philip W. Jacobs (M.Div.79) has a new book titled Spiritual Life in Clinton, SC.May 13, 2023 The Other Person in the Picture: The Portrayal and James K. Sledge (M.Div.95) became Transitional Pastor Interpretation of Joseph the Carpenter. Cascade Books. H. Wilkes OBrien (M.Div.66, D.Min.77) 2022. of the Old Presbyterian Meeting House in Alexandria, VA,March 4, 2023 Stan Skreslet (D.Min.79) has a new book titled in February 2023. Florence Hussung Pasquale (M.A.55) Constructing Mission History: Missionary Initiative and Thomas Tom Watkins (D.Min.10) now serves as PastorDecember 20, 2022 Indigenous Agency in the Making of World Christianity. of Saint Andrews Presbyterian Church in Raleigh, NC.James H. Jim Saxon (B.D.64) Three master narratives currently dominate the analysisMichael Mike Watson (M.Div.11) became AssociateDecember 17, 2022 of modern mission history. One puts foreign missionaries Pastor of Fairfield Presbyterian Church in Mechanicsville,Steven G. Sewell (M.Div.71) at the heart of the story. A second emphasizes the colonial VA, on January 15, 2023. February 7, 2023 aspect of modern missions: Here, missionaries are not heroes, but villains, who are implicated in hegemonic IN MEMORIAM Gloria Carter Taylor (M.A.78, Ed.D.95) schemes of imperial domination. Thirdly, mission history January 25, 2023 is subordinated to one of its outcomes, the advent of Richard S. Andrews (B.D.56) Janet R. Tyson (M.Div.06) World Christianity. In this master narrative, the concept December 13, 2022 December 13, 2022 of contextualization looms large, bolstered by Sannehs Mark D. Behrendt (D.Min.86) Patrick H. Winkler (D.Min.87) notion of translatability and emphasis on the agencyFebruary 8, 2023 March 2, 2023 of non-Westerners, who participate in and subtly shape Marietta Elsner Breidenthal (M.R.E.53) William Bill Wolfe Jr. (M.C.E.61) the complex social processes of evangelization.January 8, 2023 February 19, 2023 Bruce Taylor (Ph.D.88) has a new book titled What Isabelle Ford Brooks (M.R.E.51) Jeanne R. Woodberry (M.A.60) Happens Next? More Sermons for the Lectionary, Year B, January 24, 2023 Advent through Eastertide. Wipf and Stock Publishers. November 22, 2022 2023.Craig A. Buxton (M.Div.84)February 20, 2023ON THE SHELF CELEBRATIONSWilliam Bill Carmines (D.Min.86) Jimmie Hawkins (M.A.86) has a new book titled February 11, 2023 Unbroken and Unbowed: A History of Black Protest inRobert R. Rocky Laha (D.Min.80, Th.M.81) was E. Allen Coffey (D.Min.86) America. The book chronicles the history of Black protesthonorably retired by National Capital Presbytery asJune 9, 2022 in America from the 17th century to the present day. Pastor-Head of Staff of the Old Presbyterian Meeting JoAnn Gordon Fowler (B.R.E.53) House in Alexandria, VA, on January 30, 2023.David Howell (M.Div.81) has a new book titled Buried January 15, 2023 Dreamer, a historical novel about an exiled Scottish Betty Ann Betsy McFadden Harvey (M.R.E.54) Presbyterian minister who assists with the UndergroundThis list reflects notes received by the Alumni OfficeJanuary 12, 2023 Railroad in Virginia in the 1800s. Then a Presbyterianas of May 25, 2023.Cornelia Connie Kneedler Hudson (M.R.E.57) minister related to the same family seeks to prevent a January 6, 2023 threat to democracy in Charlottesville, VA, in 2021. The Howatt Mal Mallinson (M.Div.50, D.Min.74) foreword is by Presiding Bishop Michael Curry of the March 4, 2023 Episcopal Church, and the book has been endorsed by MORE ONLINEFor a complete and updated list of transitions, retirements, in memoriam, bit.ly/UPSem-Alumni-Notesand publications of our UPSem alums, visit:Sharon & Brook 2023 SUMMER ISSUE'