Class Notes
| Alumni Name | Class Year | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Larry Scofield | 1986 |
Today is Maundy Thursday. I am getting ready to host a 'Dinner With Jesus' with members of three small Lutheran congregations. The attached pdf shows the format my wife and I have... |
| T. Gregory Turner | 1970 |
Clearly the smartest thing I did at YDS was to find and marry Kathy Lantis, who was waiting at 409 when I arrived. Her outstanding career in clinical pastoral education began with Ed Dobihal at... |
| Jay Tichenor | 1964 |
Active in retirement as artist/member of the Guild of Chatham Painters, volunteer & former keeper at Race Point Lighthouse in Provincetown, MA, Commercial Fishing Vessel Safety Officer with... |
| Fritz Wiese | 1992 |
Fritz Wiese, M.Div 1992 serves as senior pastor of Christ Our Shepherd Lutheran Church in Peachtree City, Georgia. At church, in addition to the typical rhythm of parish life, Fritz enjoys their... |
| Mike Bennett | 1986 |
In 2017 I retired from full time ministry after 31 years of serving UCC congregations in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Hampshire. My time is now spent supporting my wife, Sue Frost, in her... |
| Sue Frost | 1986 |
In 2017, my husband, Mike Bennett, and I decided to swap roles. Mike took over as our adult son’s job coach, and I accepted a full-time appointment as the pastor of St. John’s United Methodist... |
| Deborah Hafner DeWinter | 1985 |
I look back on my years at YDS with awe and deepest gratitude. It seems like a dream to have shared sacred space and time with the likes of Bonnie Kittel, Roland Bainton, Letty Russell, Harry... |
| Stewart Albert Newman | 1964 |
I have been enjoying retirement from full-time Pastoral Ministry (1964-1999). I served Presbyterian congregations in Lynchburg, Virginia; Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; Wayne, New Jersey; and Albany,... |
| Ane Fitzgerald | 1986 |
Hello YDS. Happy Easter. |
| Gary Ahlskog | 1970 |
A decade ago, I managed to fulfill the requirements for ordination in the UCC. My ministry proposal, “Hypnosis in Death Preparation,” would have offered hypnosis within a network of NYC... |
| John Traphagan | 1986 |
John is Professor of Religious Studies, Anthropology, and in the program in Human Dimensions of Organizations at the University of Texas at Austin where he is also a Mitsubishi Fellow. He is also... |
| Jan Jorgensen | 1986 |
It has been a long sojourn in Montreal, Quebec - 27 years. My children have grown and now live in the US. My three young grandchildren live in Connecticut with their parents; Adam having returned... |
| David Carradini | 1986 |
Let nothing disturb you, |
| Kristen Leslie | 1986 |
I'm coming to the end of my 22st year of teaching MDiv students (13 at YDS and 9 at Eden Theological Seminary) and continue to enjoy learning with my students. In June I will travel with a... |
| Dean Lindsey | 1986 |
Since 2013, my wife Peggy (M.Div., 1985) and I have lived in State College, PA where I am the pastor of the State College Presbyterian Church. Previously, I had the blessing of serving churches... |
| Sherry Jordon | 1986 |
I just completed 25 years teaching Theology and Women's Studies at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN. I really enjoy my students. My most recent research project has involved... |
| Anne Stanback | 1985 |
I’ve learned that in many ways, retirement looks very much like non-retirement. It still includes creating Doodle polls, attending meetings, and still not getting my closets fully Kondo-ized. In... |
| Gregory Bancroft | 1978 |
My wife, Sally, and I moved to Nashville, TN in 2015 where we now live in a 3-gen family with our daughter, Betsy, and her husband, our two grandchildren, three cats, and a German Shepherd the... |
| Larry Buxton | 1978 |
This June will mark my 3rd year of 'refirement' (or 'retunement'). After 41 years under appointment in the VA United Methodist Conference, we bought a townhouse in Ashburn,... |
| Geoffrey Gneuhs | 1978 |
Geoffrey Gneuhs is a figurative and representational artist and will be exhibiting in June 2019 at the Bowery Gallery in New York City, where he lives. He also continues serving at... |