Gilead Church has voted to close after eight years of ministry on the North Side of Chicago. The congregation, founded in 2017 by House alumna Rebecca Anderson (2007) and Vince Amlin, Divinity School alumnus, was an experiment in community, radical hospitality, and creative liturgy, gathering in bars and nightclubs. Many students at DDH interned or were deeply influenced by the vision and worship of Gilead and the leadership and vision of Anderson and Amlin. The last service will be on Saturday, April 19.

Dean Kris Culp (1982) presented a paper to a gathering of the Disciples / ELCA bilateral dialogue group on February 21 in Chicago as part of her role representing The Christian Church in the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches

Bethany Lowery (2006), MDiv graduate, and former Doctoral Student at the Divinity School in the History of Christianity, has begun a three-year program towards an MFA in fiction-writing at Butler University in Indianapolis. As part of her studies, she works on the staff of Booth, Butler's literary magazine.

DDH Alumni/ae Council welcomes three new members, starting a three-year term in April: Mark Miller-McLemore (1978), Andrew Packman (2009), and Sarah Zuniga (2018).

Bonnie Miller-McLemore (1978) will be at DDH on Monday night, February 24, 2025 to talk about her new book, Follow Your Bliss and Other Lies About Calling (OUP). Drawing on memoirs, biographies, and fiction, she guides the reader through six dilemmas one may face throughout life, from missed or conflicted callings to unexpected or relinquished passions.

DDH resident Lilia Ellis reviewed Norman Wirzba, Love's Braided Dance, in the January issue of The Christian Century. She is conducting her MDiv field education with the magazine.

Sympathy to Laird Thomason (1962) on the death of his spouse, Evelyn Kay Betts Thomason. She died January 15 at the age of 82. She practiced law in Maryland. They were married for more than sixty years.

For Allisonville Christian Church in Indianapolis, practicing love is key to overcoming divisions. I think we have some really deep resources for overcoming this divide, says Beau Underwood (2006), Senior Minister. But too many people are more focused on power than actually living like Jesus. The church is featured as a case study by the Congregations and Polarization Project at the Center for the Study of Religion & American Culture.

As the relief, refugee, and development mission fund of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Week of Compassion works with partners to alleviate suffering throughout the world. ​Dean Kris Culp is now co-chair of its board.

Wallace Bubar, former resident, will become Senior Minister and Head of Staff at First Presbyterian Church of Granville, Ohio, beginning February 1.