Virginia Theological Seminary Newsletter, Fall 2009

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V I R G I N I A T H E O L O G I C A L S E M I N A R Y

Alexandria, VA Fall 2009

News from the HillNews from the Hill

4. 5. 11.4.Anglican

Endeavors:Tanzania

WelcomeLisa

Kimball

New MajorGifts

Leader

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News from the Hill Fall 2009

Virginia Theological Seminary

The Rt. Rev. James J. Shand

Chairman of the Board

Ms. Sissy Poland

Vice Chairman of the Board

The Very Rev. Ian S. Markham, Ph.D.

Dean and President

Dr. Timothy F. Sedgwick

Vice PresidentThe Rev. Dr. J. Barney Hawkins IV

Vice President

Ms. Heather Zdancewicz

Vice President, Assistant Treasurer &

Assistant Secretary

Dr. David H. Charlton

Secretary/Treasurer

OFFICERS

On the Cover: Graduates from the

Class of 2009 lining up for the

commencement procession.

Photo by Alix Dorr.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

The Rt. Rev. James J. Shand

Mrs. Auguste J. Bannard (2011)

Mr. David Booth Beers (2010)

Ms. Ana-Mita Betancourt (2010)

Mr. Julian M. Bivins, Jr. (2012)

The Rev. Catherine M. Campbell (2014)

The Rt. Rev. John Bryson Chane

Dr. David H. Charlton (2011)

The Rev. Canon Thomas G. Clarke (2012)The Rev. Dr. Harold J. Cobb, Jr. (2013)

The Rev. Carlotta A. Cochran (2014)

The Rev. Dr. Robert S. Dannals (2010)

Dr. Lynwood D. I. Day (2013)

Mr. W. Carter Doswell (2013)

Mr. A. Hugh Ewing III (2013)

The Rev. Dr. M. Douglas Girardeau (2010)

Mrs. Martha W. High (2014)

The Rt. Rev. Herman Hollerith IV

Ms. Elizabeth Cabell Jennings (2014)

The Rt. Rev. Shannon S. Johnston

The Rev. R. Kevin Kelly (2013)

The Rt. Rev. William (Mike) Michie Klusmeyer

The Rev. Thomas M. Kryder-Reid (2012)

The Rev. Thomas A. Lacy II (2011)

Ms. Angelica D. Light (2012)

Mr. James R. Lowe, Jr. (2013)

The Rev. Dr. Andrew J. MacBeth (2012)

Mr. M. Lee Marston (2014)

Mrs. Sissy Poland (2012)

The Rt. Rev. F. Neff Powell

The Rev. Dr. Allen F. Robinson (2010)

The Rev. Dr. Stanley W. Sawyer (2014)

The Rev. Dr. William R. Shiet, Jr. (2013)

The Rt. Rev. Eugene T. Sutton

Dr. William G. Thomas III (2010)

The Rev. Christine R. Whittaker (2013)

The Rev. J. Douglas Wigner, Jr. (2014)

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS

The Rev. Charles L Fischer III

The Rev. C. Neal Goldsborough

FACULTY REPRESENTATIVES

Dr. Mitzi J. Budde

The Rev. Robert W. Prichard, Ph.D.

STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE

The Rev. Matthew R. Hanisian (10)

Student Body President

ThenewsfromtheotherHill(CapitolHill)hasbeenstormy.Thesummerhasbeendominatedbytheargumentsoverhealthcarereform.ThenewsfromthisHill(theHolyHill)hasbeencalm.Thesummerhasbeendominatedbyacontinuingchangingcampus,astrongsetofprogramsintheDMinandMAinChristianEducation,andpreparationforthenewintakeofJuniors.

IampleasedtowelcomeDr.LisaKimbelltothecampusasournewDirectoroftheCenterfortheMinis-tryofTeaching,andtheRev.Charles

FischerIIIwhoisservingasourDirectorofAlumni,AnnualFund,andChurchRelations.

IamdeeplygratefultoGodforsomanypositiveindicatorsaroundtheSeminary.Justtohighlightafew:recentlymywifeandIentertainedtheMAinChristianEducationalumstoaSundayBrunchintheDeanery,whichwasfollowedbyaHolyEucharist.Theenergyintheroomwaspalpable;hereweregied

Christianeducatorsmakingadier-encetotheChurch.Thedinnerat

GeneralConventionwasadelight,anditwastheperfectvenuetohonorthehardworkoftheRev.JosephConstantandlaunchhisbookNo Turning Back:The Black Presence of Virginia TheologicalSeminary,apioneeringstudyoftheAfricanAmericanexperienceatVirginiaTheologicalSeminary.OurJuniorsareenjoyingAugusttermandarellingthecampuswithlaughterandenergy.WearetrulyanationalandinternationalSeminaryasstu-dentsfromaroundtheUnitedStatesandtheAnglicanCommunioncomeheretostudy.

Thisisgoingtobeaninterestingfall.

OurgraduatesfromlastJunewillbetherstclassontheSecondThreeYearsprogram;togethertheywillstartworkonthechallengeofsucceed-inginministry.WehaveourAlumni/aeConvocationanopportunitytorelateChristianEducationinourdiverseworld.AttheConvention,wewillbelaunchingournewaudiotour.Thisisanhistoriccampus,whichhasplayedanimportantroleinthelifeofAmerica.Thisaudiotourwillenableustowidenourgroupoffriendsand

connectwiththosewhoareinterestedinunderstandingthepast.

AsyoureadthisNews from the Hill,pleasetakeamomenttoprayfortheSeminary.Pleasepraythatwemightbefaithfulandthoughtful.AndtakeamomenttothankGodfortheworkthatGodisperforminginthisplace.

YoursinChrist,

Poised for Success: A New Semester Begins

Message from the Dean

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On the Holy Hill

TwoVTSstudentshavebeenawardedfellowshipsfromTheFundforTheologicalEducation(FTE),anational,ecumenicaladvocateforexcel-lenceinpastoralministryandtheologicalscholarshipthatawards$1.5millioninfellowshipsannually.

Middler,TimothyC.Baer(MDiv,DioceseofOklahoma),wasawarded$10,000foreducationalexpensesandtofundaself-designedprojecttoenrichhisformationasaministe-rialleader.Junior,AudreyOBrien(MDiv,DioceseofMassachuses),willreceivea$2,000$5,000Congre-gationalFellowship,whichmatchessupportfromhernominatingcongre-gation,St.PaulsEpiscopalChurchinNatick,Massachuses.Bothstudentswererecognizedasyoungleaderswhodemonstrateexceptionalgisforministry.

Virginia Seminary Students

Receive Prestigious National

Fellowships

TheRev.A.Kath-erineGrieb,Ph.D.,professorofNewTestament,hasbeenappointedtotheInter-AnglicanStandingCommis-sionforUnity,FaithandOrder(IAS-

CUFO),anewcommissionestablishedbytheArchbishopofCanterburyandtheSecretaryGeneraloftheAngli-canCommunionfollowingextensiveconsultationwiththeProvincesoftheCommunionaroundtheworld.

Beginningin2009,theCommission,whichwillbechairedbytheMostRev.BernardNtahoturi,primateoftheAnglicanChurchofBurundi,willoverseetheecumenicallifeoftheAn-glicanCommunion,andwillpromotethedeepeningofcommunionbetweentheAnglicanCommunionandotherChristianChurchesandtraditions.TheCommissionwillalsoadvisetheProvinces,thePrimates,theAnglicanConsultativeCouncil,andtheArch-bishopofCanterburyonallquestionsofecumenicalengagementaswellasonquestionsofAnglicanFaithandOrder.

Archbishop of CanterburyAppoints Dr. Grieb to Anglican

Commission on Unity, Faith

and Order

AthirdeditionofthepopularAWorld Religions Reader, editedbyDeanMarkhamandChristyLohr,associateeditorofHartfordSeminarysReviews

in Religion &Theology,hasbeenreleasedbyWiley-Blackwell.

ThislatesteditionoftheReaderhasbeenrevisedandupdatetoreectthevi-brantrolere-ligionplays

inthetwenty-rstcenturyandincludesnewchap-

tersonIndigenousReligions,Jainism,Zoroastrianism,andEmergingReli-gions.TheReadercanbepurchasedattheCokesburybookstoreoncampus.

Ian Markham Releases Third

Edition of World Religions

Reader

TheAugusttermatVirginiaSeminarybeganwith59incomingstudentsfrom26domesticdioceses,eightdomesticprovinces,andfourcountriesinclud-ingHaiti,thePhilippines,Israel,andSouthAfrica.

TwentypercentoftheClassof2012fallsintotheminoritycategory,fulll-ingoneoftheSeminarysgoalstobearaciallyandethnicallydiversecom-munity.

Sixty-onepercentoftheenteringstudentsthisyearareworkingtowardtheMasterofDivinitydegree(MDiv),whiletheremaining39%arework-ingtowardaMasterinTheologicalStudies(MTS),aMasterofArtsinChristianEducation(MACE),aMaster

ofArtsinChristianEducation/YouthMinistry(MACEYM),orareenrolledintheAnglicanStudiesprogram.

Themedianageofallstudentsenter-inginthefallis36.5(33forMDiv);58%arewomen,42%aremen;58%ofenteringstudentsaremarried/part-nered,42%aresingle.Fiy-fourper-centoftheincomingMDivstudentsareintheir20sand30s;33%intheir50sand60s.

Welcome Class of 2012!

Pictured le to right: Enteringstudents, Carrie English, Mahew

Wright, and Mary Mackin (MDiv).

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Institute for Christian Formation & Leadership

The Prayer Book at 30

Thismonth,the1979BookofCommonPrayerturns30.Inacknowledgementofthisan-niversary,VirginiaSeminaryissponsoringaseriesoflecturesentitledThe 1979 Book of Com-mon Prayer Then/The 1979 Book

of Common Prayer Now: The Prayer Book at 30 whichwillexaminetheexpectationsfor,theexperienceinuseof,andthecontinuingexplorationsofthepotentialsofthe1979BookofCommonPrayer.Thenextlecturewilltakeplaceon:

Thursday,December10,2009-4:00p.m.Non-EucharisticWorshipsince1979withguestspeaker,SisterJeanCampbellFormoreinformation,visitwww.vts.edu.

Fridays at the Seminary

- November 6, 2009Religion and the Young

Adult - A Different Way

of Believing?

JoinDr.DavidGortner,pro-fessorofevangelismandcongregationallifeatVTS,to

considerthewaysthatyoungadults(20sand30s)thinkaboutreligionandthespirituallife.Whetheryouworkwithyoungadults,mentorone,parentone,orconsideryourselfone,thereismuchtolearnaboutthefutureofrelgiouslifeinAmerica.Formoreinformation,visit

www.vts.edu.

Shakespeare Lecture -

October 14, 2009

JoinVTSattheShakespeareTheatreCompanyinWashing-tonforapre-performancepre-sentationbytheRev.Dr.RogerFerlo,VTSassociatedeanandprofessorofReligionand

Culture,andMr.AkivaFox,literaryassociate,Shakespeare

TheatreCompany.Theperformancebeginsat5:00p.m.

Ticketstothepre-performancediscussionandtheperfor-manceareavailablethroughtheShakespeareTheatreboxoceat202-5457-1122.

Whats New?

The CMT WelcomesNew Director

VirginiaSeminarywelcomestocam-pusDr.LisaKim-

ball,thenewDirectoroftheCenterfortheMinistryofTeaching(CMT)andProfessorofChristianFormationandCongrega-tionalLeadership.KimballservedasafacultymemberoftheCollegeofEduca-tionandHumanDevelop-mentattheUniversityofMinnesotaandaResearchScientistforSearchInstitutesCenterforSpiritualDevelop-mentinChildhoodandAdolescence.Shebringsover20-yearsofexperienceworkingasalayprofessionaleducator,youthmin-isterandleadershiptrainerintheEpisco-

palChurch.

AsamemberoftheICFLfaculty,KimballwillhaveoversightoftheCMTandwillteachcoursesatthemastersanddoctorallev-elsinChristianeducation,faithdevelopment,andotheraspectsofpracticaltheologyinparish,school,campandotherseings.

Describingherselfasabridge-person,Kimballemphasizestheimportanceofknowinghowtobuildcollaborationsandcom-munitypartnershipsacrosslinesofreligion,language,raceandclass.Todothat,stressesKimball,layandclergyleadersmustknowtheirownstoriesoffaithwellenoughtowelcomechallengingdialogue.AsIseeit,saysKimball,

themissionof

theCMTistomakeGodspromiseofbeinglovedandforgiventhroughJesusChristincarnateintrustworthy,resource-richrelationships,highquality,multi-mediaeducationalmaterialsandresearchinitiativesforadiverseChurch.

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I

n May, the Seminarys 186th Com-

mencement was held. Sixty-three

diplomas were awarded and the com-

mencement address was given by theRt. Rev. Barbara Harris, suffragan

bishop, retired, Diocese of Massachusetts.

To watch Bishop Harris commencement

address, visit the Media Gallery on the VTS

Web site (www.vts.edu.)

Honorary degrees were conferred upon the

Rev. Benjamin Pfohl Campbell, pastoral

director of Richmond Hill in Richmond,

Virginia; the Rev. Dr. Carl P. Daw, Jr., execu-

tive director of The Hymn Society in Boston,

Massachusetts; and Mr. Donnie E. Wheat-

ley, executive director of Boys Home, Inc. in

Covington, Virginia.

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MyrstmonthasDirec-torofAlumni,AnnualGivingandChurchRela-tionshasbeenmuchlikearideatDisneyland(onlyappropriateaerleaving

GeneralConventioninAnaheim),atrueseasonoftransition.Iwentfrombeingastudenttobecomingsta,deacontopriest,frommyapartmenttoahouse,anewschoolformyson,andmostim-portantlyformywife,frombeingunemployedtoemployed.Yes,ithasitsupsand

downsbuttherideisexciting;aergeingooneonlythinksaboutridingthisrollercoasteragain.ButIcanlookbackandsay,Ididit.

VirginiaSeminaryisenter-ingintoanewchapterinourlonghistoryhereinAlexandria.TheSeminary,abletoweatherthestorms

ofagespast,hasonceagainmadeitthroughanother-abitbaeredandpossiblyscarredbutstillstanding.Wearealsostrongerbe-causeoftheexperience.

TheEpiscopalChurchisinthemidstofredirectingitsownmission,seekingtoberelevanttothenation

andtheworld.Theworld,ormorespecically,theAnglicanCommunionmaynotunderstandandmaydisagreewithourChurchbutitisuptothepriests,

pastors,teachers,scholarsandfaithfulchurchmenandwomenwhohavebeeneducatedatVTStohelpfosterhealthyrelationshipswithallthroughouttheAnglicanCommunion.As

wehaveinagespast,wewillgetthroughallofthis,lookingbackandsayingWedidit!

IencourageallofyoutoaendourFallConvo-

cationOctober6&7,2009.Welookforwardtohostingyouasyoureconnectwithclassmatesandfriends.Theclassesof1949,1954and1959willbespecialguestsoftheSeminaryastheycelebratetheir60th,55thand50thanniversariesof

theirgraduationfromVTS.TheOceofAlumniRela-tionswillhostaspecialdin-nertohonorthesegentle-menonMonday,October5th.PleasecontactMoninaPangan,yourclasssteward,ormeformoreinformation.

InChrist,CharlesLFischer,III

NOTE

DIRECTORS

Oce of Alumni Aairs

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TheRev.JohnY.H.Yieh,Ph.D.,professorofNewTestament,istherecipientofthe2009Suzanne

F.ThomasFacultyResearchAward.Yieh,anordainedministerofthePresbyterianChurch(USA),hastaughtNewTestamentatVirginiaSeminarysince1995.Beforejoiningthefaculty,YiehservedonthefacultiesatBangorTheologicalSeminaryinMaineandAndoverNewtonTheologicalSchoolinBoston.

TheSuzanneF.ThomasFacultyResearchAwardisgivenannuallytoamemberoftheSeminarysfacultytosupportfacultyresearchandfosterexcellenceinscholarshipatVTS.TheawardisgivenatthediscretionoftheDeanoftheSeminary.

YiehcompletedhisPh.D.inReligiousStudies(specializinginNewTesta-mentStudies)atYaleUniversity.Priortothat,hereceivedanM.A.andaM.Phil.inReligiousStudies

fromYaleUniversity,anM.Div.from

TaiwanTheologicalSeminary,anM.A.inEnglishLiteraturefromFu-ZenCatholicUniversityandaB.A.inForeignLanguagesfromTunghaiUniversity.

Dr.YiehisauthorofThe ConciseGreek-Chinese Dictionary of the NewTestament(UnitedBibleSocieties,1989),One Teacher: Jesus TeachingRole in Mahews Gospel Report (deGruyter,2004),andMaking Sense ofthe Sermon on the Mount (Grove,2007).

HehasalsopublishedseveralessaysonthehistoryofChineseBiblicalinterpretation.

Currently,Yiehiswritingabooken-titledLives of the Bible in Chinawhichintroducesandanalyzesthecharac-teristicsandconsequencesofChinesebiblicalhermeneuticsintherecep-tionhistoryoftheChristianBibleinmodernChina.HehasservedonthesteeringcommieesfortheBibleinAfrica,Asia,LatinAmerica,and

CaribbeanprogramgroupsaswellastheAsianandAsian-AmericanBiblicalHermeneuticsgroupintheSocietyofBiblicalLiterature.HehasalsoservedasPresidentoftheMid-AtlanticRegionoftheSBL.

TheVTSSuzanneF.ThomasFacultyResearchAwardwasestablishedinJuly2005inhonorofSuzanneF.ThomasofAyle,Virginiaandherstrongcommitmenttoexcellenceineducationandthemissionofthe

EpiscopalChurch.

Throughoutherdistinguishedca-reerofservicetoeducationandtheChurch,SuzanneThomashasencour-agedresearchandscholarshipasakeyingredienttoexcellenceinteach-ingandthevitalmissionofinstitu-tionsofgreaterlearning.

John Yieh Receives

Faculty Research Award

The Washington

Theological Consortium

(WTC) has announced

that the Rev. Dr.

Richard Jones, retired

professor of Mission

and World Religions

at Virginia Seminary, will be the first

recipient of the Al-Alwani Chair in Mus-

lim Christian Dialogue. The Washington

Theological Consortium is a community of

theological institutions of diverse Christian

traditions whose mission is to witness to

Christian unity and to provide an ecumeni-cal context for equipping leaders while

seeking a deeper appreciation of other

world religions.

Faculty NewsWorld Missioner, Rich Jones, isFirst Al-Alwani Chair in MuslimChristian Dialogue

Rev. Jacques Hadlers

course, An Introduction to

the Application of Bowen

Family Systems Theory

to Ministry, can now be

accessed through the VTS

Web site thanks to a new

online initiative called

VTS Without Walls.

Through VTS Without

Walls, individuals

and groups from all

over the world can

access deep discus-

sions about ministry

and leadership happening

here on Holy Hill and beyond. VTS With-

out Walls fulfills a key component of theSeminarys Strategic Plan, in which we are

living toward more web-based educational

resources for persons in the larger Washing-

ton, D.C. area and for the church beyond.

Additional videos will be added in the weeks

and months to come, giving helpful resourc-

es to dioceses who train priests locally a

unique opportunity to witness the conversa-

tions happening on the Holy Hill. Visit www.

vts.edu/withoutwalls.

Jacques Hadlers FamilySystems Class Now Oered Online


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TheRev.JosephM.Constant,directorofEthnicMinistriesandStudentLifeatVirginia

Seminary,releaseanewbookthispastJuly,No Turning Back: the Black Pres-ence at Virginia Theological Seminary(EvergreenPress),whichendeavorstocapturethestoryofracisminthelifeofVirginiaSeminaryandtheBishopPayneDivinitySchool.

No Turning Backwaswrieninre-sponsetothe2006GeneralConventionResolutionA123inwhichTheEpisco-

palChurchresolvedtoacknowledgeitshistoryofparticipationin[slav-ery]andthedeepandlastinginjurywhichtheinstitutionofslaveryanditsaermathhaveinictedonsocietyandontheChurch.TheleerofapologyfromDeanMarkhamincludedinthe

bookisanexplicitacknowledgementoftheSeminarysownfailuresandisreectiveofthecommitmentoftheSeminarytoaddressitsownfailuresineradicatingracism.

No Turning BackalsoensuresthattherichhistoryandtraditionintheEpiscopalChurchamongstAfricanAmericans--particularlyasitrelatestotheologicaleducationatVTS--isnotlost.

Thetotalimpactofthisbookisstrik-

ing,saidDeanMarkham.Itisapowerfulanalysisandnarrativeofaninstitutionsinteractionwithunjuststructuresandapowerfulchallengetousalltomaketheworlddierentforthefuture.

InadditiontoanintroductionandcontributionsbytheRev.LloydA.Lewis,Jr.,Ph.D.,theSeminarysMollyLairdDownsProfessorofNewTesta-ment,thebookincludesahistoricalnarrativeandinterviewswithseveral

oftheblackgraduatesofVTS.MyinterviewswiththegraduatesoftheSeminary,saidConstant,bearwit-nesstothefactthatthosewhoare

concernedwithracialjusticemustpaycloseaentiontothefutureoftheo-logicaleducationsincethereisnoturningback.

A2003graduateofVTS,ConstantcametotheSeminaryfollowingserviceatSt.TimothysEpiscopalChurchinWashington,DC.BorninHaiti,ConstantisthefounderoftheHaiti-MicahProject,anorganizationthataddressesthemostbasicneedsof

impoverishedanduneducatedstreetchildreninHaiti.

ToorderacopyofNo Turning Back,pleasecontacttheCokesburyBook-storeat703-461-1768.

These men and women

have given all of themselves,

heart and soul to a church

thats still guring out howto integrate them.

The Rev. Joseph M. Constant

Joseph Constants New Book Addresses

Plight Against Institutional Racism


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Student News

Asthenewstudentbodypresidentforthisacademicyear,

IamverypleasedtoworkalongsidetheotherelectedStudentBodyOcers.They

include:Vice-President,GeoEvans,(M.Div.10)fromthedioceseofAlabama,ChristineFaulstich,(M.Div.10)fromthedioceseofTexas,andMelissaBruckart,(M.Div.11)fromthedioceseofNorthwesternPennsylvania.EachhasanabidingloveforVTSandcaresdeeplyaboutthepositionstheyhold.Iamexcitedtohavesuchagreatteamwithwhichtocollabo-

rateforthecomingyear.

ThehistoryandlegacyofVTSisofraisingupandformingleadersforavarietyofworkwithinGodschurchandtheworld.Andwhilesomeoftheseleadershipcharacter-isticsmaybeformedbeforecomingtoseminary,itishereatVTSthatthesecharacteris-ticsofleadershipareencour-agedandhonedforhelpingtoleadthepeopleofGod.

Astheincomingstudentsarriveandwegettoknowthem,Iamexcitedtodiscovertheuniquegisandtalentstheybringtoenrichourcom-munity.Iamalsoexcitedbythefactthatthey,likecount-lessgraduatesofVTSbeforethem,willgoforthintotheworldleadingthechurchesintheirowndiocesesbutalsohelpingtoshapeandleadthelargerEpiscopalChurchbothnowandintheyearstocome.

InChrist,

MahewHanisianDioceseofSouthernOhio

Below: Members of the Class of2012 on a day-trip to Washing-ton. Photo courtesy of Ms. LaraShine.

Stu

dentBo

dyPresi

dent WhatIDidonMy

SummerVacation

England: The Archbishop of Canterbury

shared his tea with Patrick Greene (MDiv.10) who, in turn, shared his tas.

Junior, Shawn Strout, spent his summerin a Spanish immersion program, visitingsome of the missions in the Copan regionof Honduras.

From le to right: seniors Sandy Webband Chris Robinson served with AnnieCumberland (VTS 07) and fellow seniorChristine Faulstich as adult sta membersat Camp Braon-Green in Mississippi.


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InmyNews from the Hillarticlelastspring,IwroteabouttheSeminarysnancialcrisisanditsprofoundeect

onourcommunity.Thissummer,Ihavefoundmyselfintentionallypracticinggratitude.

OnvacationIgavethanksforadierentroutine;forthebeautyofourmountainhome;formyquirkybutbelovedfather-in-lawwhopassedawaythisJuly;fortheopportunitytopreachattheAugustinstallationofLonnieLacyatSt.AnnesChurchinTion,Georgia;andforthegenerosityoffamilyandfriends.Agrate-fulheartseemsrightforasummerdaythatisperfectineveryway.

AndalthoughIwasfrustratedbytheen-tireprocessofGeneralConvention,itdid

leavemewithoneabidingthought:manypeoplelovethisChurch.Iwasgrate-fulforsmallmomentsinAnaheim:seeinganoldfriend;havingadrinkandagoodlaughattheendoftheday;andbeinginspiredbyheavenwardmusicattheservicesofworship.GeorgeHerberthaswrien:Thouhastgivensomuchtousgiveonethingmoreagratefulheart.ThissummerIhaveoeredupHerbertswell-wornwordsinmyownprayersaboutmyownlifeandforthisSeminary.

HereontheHolyHill,thereismuchthatcommendsthepracticeofgratefulness.

Outofgratefulhearts,alumsandfriendshavebeengeneroustotheSeminaryinthelastscalyear,andweraisedarecordamount:$734,000.Itwasstilllessthanourgoalof$850,000buttheglassishalffullnothalfempty.Allgiving,restrictedandunrestricted,wasslightlyunder$2.2m.Thatsaverygoodyear:Wehavebeengivensomuch.Iamgratefulforthehard-workingteaminInsti-tutionalAdvancementwhokepttheireyeontheprizeinthisyearofconsider-ableexternaleconomicpressureandstressfulinternalrestructuring.

Thiscomingyear,July1,2009toJune30,2010,wewanttomovetoward$2.1mforourunrestrictedAnnualFundfrom$734,000to$2.1m.Nowthatisaboldpracticeingratefulness!Weneedagreatnumberofpeopletogiveus$1,000ormoreandtherebybecomepartoftheTwenty-FirstCenturyFundatVir-giniaTheologicalSeminary.WearegratefulthatweareaSeminaryforthe21st

Century.WeneedyournancialsupporttoservetheEpiscopalChurchandtheAnglicanCommunion.TodeliverourStrategicPlanandtoliveintoourmis-sion,weneedmanygenerousandgratefulhearts.Iamverygratefulforthemanygisthatmadepossibleourmissioninthepastyear.

IpreferGodisgood!toLifeisgood.PracticegratefulnessandcomeseeusontheHolyHillwhereGodisgoodeveryday.

JamesBarneyHawkinsIVVicePresidentforInstitutionalAdvancement

OceofInstitutionalAdvancementWelcomesChrisNorthrup

Chris Northrup isthe new Leader-

ship and PlannedGiving Ocer in theOce of Institu-tional Advancement.Northrup, whojoined the Seminarysta on August 4, isresponsible for increasing participa-tion in the seminarys planned givinglegacy society and will help developstrategies for cultivating major gifts.

Northrup has been a professional

fundraiser for the last ten years. Hewas the Director of Major and PlannedGiving at Shenandoah University.He solicited Shentel Corporationsdonation of $750,000 over ten yearsfor naming rights to the universitystadium, the rst corporate namingfor a Division III college athletic facilityin the country.

Northrup was the Director ofDevelopment for the Virginia CollegeFund in Northern Virginia and served

as a campaign consultant for manyorganizations such as The Evans Homefor Children, the Shelter for AbusedWomen, and St. Lukes CommunityClinic. He has served on many nonprot boards including WestMinsterCanterbury, (current), the Rotary Club,and Shenandoah Valley DiscoveryMuseum. He was head of the wor-ship committee while on the vestryat Christ Church Winchester. Prior toworking in sales, marketing, and fund-raising, Northrup began his career as

teacher and coach at Sidwell FriendsSchool.

Originally from Parkersburg, WestVirginia, Northrup was baptized andconrmed at Trinity Episcopal Church.He graduated from Kenyon Collegein Ohio and studied at St. AndrewsUniversity in Scotland and the Univer-sity of Virginia. Northrup and his wife,Robin, have four sons.

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