Class Notes
| Alumni Name | Class Year | Note | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheryl Bundy | 2015 |
Cheryl Bundy is the Chaplain and Spiritual Counselor at Silver Hill Hospital in New Canaan, CT. She teaches Spirituality and Mindfulness classes, runs the Hospital Chapel and provides pastoral... |
February 12, 2018 |
| Mindy McGarrah Sharp | 2001 |
Mindy McGarrah Sharp, PhD, has joined the faculty of Columbia Theological Seminary as Associate Professor of Practical Theology and Pastoral Care. |
February 13, 2018 |
| Judy Chan | 1982 |
She published her first book in October 2017: No Strangers Here: Christian Hospitality and Refugee Ministry in Twenty-First- Century Hong Kong. It is available from Wipf and Stock Publishers. |
February 12, 2018 |
| Hal Doster | 1957 |
I am now located to Blue Ridge, GA following an Interim Ministry at the Cherry Log Christian Church (DOC) at the time Dr. Fred Craddock retired. I did what an Interim is not suppose to do – I... |
February 13, 2018 |
| Samuel Blair | 2001 |
In the summer of 2017 Samuel and his family traveled along with members of his church to the Matagalpa region of Nicaragua. Through a partnership with Agros International, the group provided a... |
February 12, 2018 |
| Lyn Brakeman | 1982 |
Being a student at YDS from 1978-1982 was, according to one member of the diocesan (Connecticut) screening committee for postulancy, "an act of defiance against church authority."... |
February 12, 2018 |
| Glenn Wagner | 1978 |
Glenn M Wagner YDS 1978 and his wife, Nancy are enjoying retirement in Holland, Michigan. Glenn co-chairs the Design Team that united the 800 Michigan United Methodist Churches into a single... |
February 12, 2018 |
| Lisa Jean Hoefner | 1978 |
Moved to Lake Tahoe in June 2017 to take an intentional transitional ministry position, helping a small congregation with a retreat center 4 blocks from the Lake at Kings Beach, CA to become a... |
February 11, 2018 |
| Fred Davie | 1982 |
Appointed by NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio to serve as Acting Chair of the Civilian Complaint Review Board, the nation’s largest civilian oversight agency of the nation’s largest police department.... |
February 10, 2018 |
| Jill Edens | 1978 |
Rick and I retired this year after serving United Church of Chapel Hill, UCC for 38 years. Last June we celebrated our long and happy ministry in Chapel Hill and packed for our move to the Boston... |
February 10, 2018 |
| Grant Underwood | 2015 |
Grant Underwood (M.Div. '15): I fell in love with Connecticut when I came to YDS and I'm still here! I'm working as a Recruiter for a local charter school network, Achievement First... |
February 7, 2018 |
| Patricia Deyton | 1984 |
Associate Dean of the College of Organizational, Computational, and Information Science at Simmons. |
February 4, 2018 |
| Natalia Marandiuc | 2004 |
Natalia Marandiuc's first book, The Goodness of Home: Human and Divine Love and the Making of the Self, was published by Oxford University Press in 2018. She is currently working on her... |
February 3, 2018 |
| Daniel Gross | 2004 |
Last year I accepted a call to serve as Associate Rector of St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Morristown, New Jersey. I moved to New Jersey in October 2017. I'm still settling in at St.... |
February 2, 2018 |
| Paul Riddle | 1984 |
Building upon the education I received at Yale, I seek to make the world a better place by providing spiritual care to patients and families in the hospitals of the Texas Medical Center in Houston... |
February 2, 2018 |
| James W White | 1962 |
Patti and I were able to make it back to New Haven for the 55th Reunion of our Class of '62. Excellent thought provided by Alan Boesak giving the Beecher Lectures. Music, worship, meals, and... |
February 1, 2018 |
| Erhard Gerstenberger | 1960 |
Still busy with lecturing, writing, teaching classes. Six grandchildren, seventh announced for August 18. Dissertation of 2014 will go into print soon ("Theology of Praise in Sumerian Hymns... |
February 1, 2018 |
| Steven Andrews | 2013 |
I serve as the pastor of Parkville Presbyterian Church in Parkville, MO. We're a mid-size congregation with a warm spirit, strong heart for service, and a large, but shrinking, mortgage debt... |
January 31, 2018 |
| Elaine Ellis Thomas | 2013 |
The Rev. Elaine Ellis Thomas has been called to serve as rector of All Saints Episcopal Parish in Hoboken, NJ, beginning February 1, 2018. Following more than three years as associate rector of... |
January 31, 2018 |
| Deborah van Deusen Hunsinger | 1976 |
In 2016, I survived a 9 1/2 hour brain surgery to remove a huge (Grade One) meningioma from my left cerebellum. It was a "benign" tumor about the size of a lime. The surgery was 100%... |
January 31, 2018 |