Congratulations to Walter and Teresa Hord Owens (1999) on the birth of Zachary Charles Owens, their first grandchild. He arrived on November 4. Baby, mom and dad, and grandparents are all doing well. The week before, and in her role as General Minister and President, Rev. Hord Owens was at DDH to discuss “The Covenant Project” with students.

Pastor, ecumenical leader, and former DDH trustee, Albert M. Pennybacker, died October 27 in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. He was 91. He had a preaching career of thirty-five years including as Senior Minister of University Christian Church in Fort Worth, Texas. He became a trustee of the Disciples Divinity House in 1965, continuing into the 1980s. From 1993–99, he was an associate general secretary of the National Council of Churches.

Congratulations to Jack Veatch (2016) and Aneesah Ettress (2018) who were married in the Chapel of the Holy Grail on October 15.

Jeremy Fuzy (2012) and Sophie Day married on October 9th in Kansas City. They got engaged on Halloween - she was dressed as a ghostbuster and he was a skeleton.

On October 3, Lee Hull Moses (2001) spoke on "Tears and Laughter," at the opening chapel of DDH's 2022-23 academic year. A former president of DDH's Board of Trustees, she is the Vice President and Chief of Staff in the Office of the General Minister and President of Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).

Congratulations to Colton Lott (2016; trustee) and Kelsey Cobbs, who married on October 1st.

Andrew Packman (2009) writes that “the Monday Night Dinner table has been extended to South Minneapolis,” where he and Sarah Rohde and their sons moved recently.

2022 PhD Graduate Joel Brown (2014) was called as President of the Disciples of Christ Historical Society and began his work on September 1st. He served as DDH's associate for publications and programming and was formerly the managing editor for the Martin Marty Center's publication, Sightings, and of the Religion and Culture Forum.

Texas Christian University Press has published Preaching and Teaching: The Collected Writings of Paul G. Wassenich, edited by Linda Pilcher Wassenich. The late Paul Wassenich (1936) held the Bible Chair at the University of Texas-Austin, helped establish University Christian Church in Austin, and became a beloved professor at TCU.

Daisy Machado (1989), Professor of Church History at Union Theological Seminary, was honored with the AAR’s American Lectureship on the History of Religion, for which she delivered four lectures.