Dennis Landon (1970) has helped to organize a series of Open-Mic Poetry Nights at the First Baptist Church of Pottstown, Pennsylvania. On November 8, spoken word artist and former DDH Associate Dean Yvonne Gilmore (2001) was the special guest.

Katherine Newman Kinnamon (1977) serves on the staff of the Mid-America Region of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) as Coordinator of the Region's Commission on the Order of Ministry. She lives in St. Louis, and is an elder at Compton Heights Christian Church. She retired from congregational ministry in 2018.

Rob Wilson-Black (1991), CEO of Sojourners, discusses The End of College: Religion and the Transformation of Higher Education in the 20th Century in a new book published by Fortress Press. For this research, Dartmouth College has invited him to give the 2022 Orr Lecture.

Julian DeShazier (trustee) spoke as a representative of the community at the inauguration of Paul Alivisatos as the new President of the University of Chicago on October 29. “…[T]he university must be willing to be transformed by the South Side. Because on every block, there is deep wisdom and people who will lead and serve and must do so — and people who you must be led by, because they, too, have greatness to offer.”

What endures, what changes, what emerges for the Disciples during the pandemic? Terri Hord Owens (1999), General Minister and President of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), considered these questions when she came to DDH to speak at the Monday, October 25 forum.

Ellie Leech (2019) was installed as Senior Pastor of Northwest Community Church in Seattle on October 24, 2021. She began ministry there on June 1.

Alexis Vaughan (2009) now serves full-time with the Interfaith Youth Core and as part-time Coordinator of Justice Ministries with the National Benevolent Association.

Victoria Wick (2017) was ordained to the ministry on October 2 at her home church, the Christian Temple in Baltimore. Rick Powell preached; Ellie Leech, Kris Culp, and Colton Lott were among the participants. She serves as Associate Minister at First Christian Church of Hagerstown, Maryland.

Congratulations to Judith Guy (2013) and Seth Thomas who were married on September 25 at the Mackinaw [Illinois] Christian Church. Rebecca Anderson (2007) performed the ceremony.

Sympathy to Terri Hord Owens (1999) on the death of her mother, Alice Darlene Harris Hord, on September 12. She was 80. As Terri wrote, "She was a woman of grace, kindness and always attentive to propriety in every situation." She was a dedicated member of Light of the World Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Indianapolis for over 40 years, serving as a deacon, secretary of the church council, administrator of Heaven on Earth Ministries and executive assistant to Dr. Tom Benjamin, a position she held for 15 years after taking her own early retirement from IBM. She was the resident church historian and managed the catalog of Bishop Benjamin’s sermons and tapes, seeing the value of these recordings as part of LWCC’s church history. More here.