Avon Christian Church in Avon, Indiana, and Senior Minister, Danielle Cox (2012) celebrated the 60th anniversary of the founding of the congregation on September 15. Danielle began her ministry at ACC in 2019.

On Sunday, September 8, Michael Karunas (1998) welcomed April Lewton (2004) to Central Christian Church in Decatur, Illinois, where he is Senior Minister, to speak about the work of the National Benevolent Association, where she is Vice President of Development and Marketing.

Thandiwe Dale-Ferguson (2009) and her two children enjoyed a recent visit to her parents, Tod and Ana Gobledale (1975) in New Brighton, England. In this photo, Tod, Cora, Ezra, and Thandiwe wave from the keep of castle ruins in Northern Wales.

Tabitha Isner (2005), Vice Chair of the Alabama Democratic Party and 2018 Democratic Nominee for Congress for Alabama's Second District, attended the Democratic National Convention in Chicago as a delegate this past month.

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.

Assata Gilmore (former Monday dinner staff!) and Jared Florell were married on August 16 in Minneapolis at Bethlehem Lutheran Church. Yvonne Gilmore (2001) is the proud mother of the bride.

Muhammad Hassan moved into DDH on May 29 and, on July 31, 2024, became a US citizen. He came to the US as a refugee when he was just a teenager. A decade later, he enters the MA program in the Divinity School. Read his statement about the day of his naturalization ceremony.

Aneesah Ettress Veatch (2018) has been called as Director/Pastor of Bethany Fellows. She had served as the Academic Engagement Coordinator for the Feitler Center at the University's Smart Museum of Art.

House Scholar Kevin Poe is studying Sanskrit in Pune, India, this summer. Then in August he will travel in northern India to conduct interviews at various Buddhist/Hindu religious pilgrimage sites such as Bodh Gaya, Varanasi, Sarnath. A research grant from COSAS will support his work.

Sympathy to Colton Lott (2015; Trustee), whose grandfather, Ted Hedrick, died June 10. Colton's grandparents moved with him to El Reno, Oklahoma, when he began his ministry at First Christian Church there.