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Presbyterian Church, Seguin, Texas.
1960s
Christopher Kennedy (DMin’17) has written a book on spiritual warfare, Equipped: The Armor of God for Everyday Struggles, Concordia Publishing House.
Linda Williams, wife of John L. Williams (MDiv’65), died February 22, 2021, in Skillman, New Jersey. John and Linda were married for fifty-one years.
2000s
“The Spiritual Significance of Beauty,” episode 3 of Insights: the podcast The publication of the spring issue of Insights: the faculty journal of Austin Seminary, coincided with the release of Episode 3 of the podcast by the same name. The conversation between Dr. David White, The C. Ellis and Nancy Gribble Nelson Professor of Christian Education, and Dr. William Greenway, professor of philosophical theology and the editor of Insights, provides space for Professor White to develop and explain the themes in his centerpiece essay “Tending the Fire that Burns at the Center of the World.” Look for the podcast on our website: AustinSeminary.edu/ Insightspodcast and on more than a dozen podcast platforms.
Last May, Margaret Talbot (MDiv’09) earned the PhD in biblical interpretation from Brite Divinity School. Her dissertation was: Bat-Yiphtach And Her Bleeding Body: A Child-Oriented Reading Of Judges 11:29–40.
2010s Melanie Tucker (MDiv’11) earned a master’s degree in clinical psychology at Antioch University in December of 2018. She currently serves as a chaplain at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital as she works on her certification for chaplaincy and license as a marriage and family therapist. She recently married Sean Butler and reports they, “love playing music and singing together, golfing, camping, and going to the beach.” Sean’s son joined Melanie’s five children as part of the family. Scott Spence (MDiv’12) has been called as pastor to Somers Congregational United Church of Christ in Somers, Connecticut.
Jackson Hayes Kennedy entered the world on February 25. He is the son of Danielle and Trevor Kennedy (MDiv’17). Adam Anderson (MDiv’18) has been called as pastor to South Jacksonville Presbyterian Church, Jacksonville, Florida.
ordinations & commissions | Allie Utley (MDiv’13) was ordained by Redwoods Presbytery on January 31, 2021. She serves as interim chaplain at San Francisco Theological Seminary and will become the Liturgy and Practical Theology Faculty Member at Phillips Seminary in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on July 1. Jennifer Hallberg (MDiv’19) has been called to be the pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Jasper, Florida; she was ordained by the Presbytery of St. Augustine on January 10, 2021. Madeline Hart-Andersen (MDiv’19) was ordained by Presbytery of Twin Cities Area on November 1, 2020. She has been called as pastor to Westminster Presbyterian Church, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Alex Pappas (MDiv’19) was ordained by Grace Presbytery, December 6, 2020. She has been called as associate pastor to First Presbyterian Church, Shreveport, Louisiana.
Charles and Cynthia Eschliman Mood (MDiv’15) welcomed Cyrus Alexander Mood (above) into the world on Thursday, February 18, 2021. Andrew Lemlyn (MDiv’16) has been called as pastor to First
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Savannah D. Demuynck (MDiv’20) was ordained September 27, 2020, by Charlotte Presbytery. She is the pastoral resident at Meyers Park Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, North Carolina.
In this time of Covid-19, presbyteries have gotten creative with the ritual laying on of hands during the Ordination Service: above, Alex Pappas, ordained by Grace Presbytery in Dallas and Lex Allum, ordained by the Presbytery of Detroit.
in memoriam | Floyd G. Kinser (MDiv’52), December 6, 2020, Fort Worth, Texas Charles J. Freeland III (MDiv’65, DMin’79), June 26, 2020, Owasso, Oklahoma Sam Lanham III (MDiv’68), November 29, 2020, Salado, Texas Lonnie H. Dillard Jr. (MDiv’71), December 18, 2020, Austin, Texas Dick Dodds (DMin’80), February 18, 2021, Peachtree City, Georgia Richard Gilmer (MDiv’87), April 29, 2020, Paris, Texas Jim Gresham (MDiv’02), November 27, 2020, Houston, Texas
