This summer, two House Scholars - Fiyori Kidane, second-year MDiv, and Amelia Richter, entering MDiv - will be spending eight weeks in, respectively, the Philippines and Pakistan, in what is called the Disciples Seminarians Summer Immersion in International Disaster Response through Week of Compassion. The aim of the program is to introduce seminarians to "what locally led humanitarian response looks like and to better understand how faith communities accompany one another in moments of vulnerability and rebuilding." Read full article here.

Thandiwe Dale-Ferguson (2009), chaplain, teacher, and writer, was the DDH 2026 Convocation speaker. Taking her text from Matthew 6:25-34 and drawing on stories from her childhood in South Africa, she explored how an assurance of belonging can foster courage for others. Thandiwe is an ordained Disciples / UCC minister who serves as a hospice chaplain. She previously served First Congregational Church UCC, where graduate Delaney Beh was sabbatical minister in 2025. She lives in Loveland, Colorado with her two young children, who joined her for this trip and enjoyed their time in the House, too!

Thanks to Beau Underwood (2006) and Casey Osterkamp, the new chaplain's office at Eureka College honors Winfred Ernst Garrison (1897), a graduate of Eureka who became one of the first PhD graduates of the new University of Chicago and the Disciples Divinity House. We think he's the first in the Eureka-DDH "pipeline" that continues to this day.

Lee Hull Moses (2001) was installed as Senior Minister of Central Christian Church in Indianapolis on May 3. She gave the Baccalaureate Address at Bethany College on May 8.

Lilia Ellis, a graduating MDiv student and ecumenical resident of DDH, will enter the PhD program in Theology at the Divinity School this fall.

Mandy Burton's latest contribution to The Divinity School's Sightings is Pluribus, Technology, and the Inconvenience of Love.

David Hall (1989) presented, “Hermeneutics in the Post-Truth Era: The Perils of Making Sense in an Environment of Unmitigated Bullshitting,” on April 17 for a Divinity School conference honoring Professor William Schweiker on being named an emeritus professor. He joined several other Schweiker students on the program.

Vy Nguyen, Executive Director of Week of Compassion, gathered in Bossey, Switzerland, with other leaders of the ACT Alliance, the World Council of Churches, and the Lutheran World Federation for a consultation on ecumenical work in relief and international development.

Noah Sveiven, ecumenical resident and graduating MA student, will enter Princeton University's History of Science PhD program this fall.

Joy Omslaer (1997) returned for her class reunion at the Crown School and to visit DDH. Joy serves as a social worker for a brain injury clinic at The Ohio State University and as the pastor of a local congregation.