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.

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.

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.

Essays by Jack Veatch (2016) and Ross Allen (2019) are published in Christ's Love (Re)Moves Borders: Reflections from GETI 2022. The Global Ecumenical Theological Institute (GETI) is a World Council of Churches initiative to educate and train young global ecumenists. GETI 2022 was held in Karlsruhe, Germany, in conjunction with the 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches

Kudos to Ross Allen (2019). In May, the Associated Church Press honored his interview for the Christian Century with David Bentley Hart with the highest award for long-form interviews in 2023. Ross's piece was also the most read article on the Christian Century's website for 2023.

Monica Carmean (2020) will join the Women's Action Web Caminantes Experience at the US-Mexico Border April 28-May 3. The Women's Action Web Caminantes Experience is a group of Disciples of Christ women that will act as participant observers of the lived realities of women's issues at the border.