CONTRIBUTORS

ASHLEY ANTHONY serves in middle school and children’s ministries at College Church. She and her husband, Matt, a pastoral resident, have four children and moved to Wheaton in August of 2022.

DAVE CARLBURG

Dave has been the assistant facilities manager at College Church for nearly 17 years. He is equally comfortable doing repairs and joking with his high school and college staff and looking through his camera to capture the beauty of God’s creation.

MARK ANTHONY is in his first year as a Pastoral Resident at College Church. His family of six moved to Wheaton from Philadelphia after he graduated from Westminster Theological Seminary. They have enjoyed the neighborhood God placed them in and their trips to the Museum of Science and Industry.

KATHERINE BAYLIS a semi-regular contributor to Connections, is a tea enthusiast who loves rare books. She works in Bible manufacturing at Tyndale and is also a grad student at Wheaton College studying church history.

VIRGINIA HUGHES has served in many ways over the years, mainly those related to children and the deaconess board ministries. She and her husband, Roger, have three grown daughters and often drive up to Ann Arbor (MI) to visit their two-year-old grandson.

KARA BETH VANCE currently serves as a mentor with the College Group discipleship team and with our Sanctity of Human Life task force. She works in Wheaton as a financial planner. Kara Beth has listened to all the Harry Potter books and made a hard shift to reading a book on strength training philosophy.

KEITH BODGER has lived in Wheaton since he married his wife, Mel, 28 years ago. He and Mel have been at College Church since 2012 and they lead a small group together. Keith greatly enjoys winter and can be found shoveling at church when it snows on Sunday mornings.

SHELLY WILDMAN is a longtime member of College Church and is married to her longtime sweetheart, Brian. Shelly is the owner of Walkabout Tours, a boutique touring company that takes small groups of women on sightseeing and spiritual retreat trips in Europe. She’d love to have you join her!