Ray Greenfield (2000) died April 1, 2012, at his home in Lewistown, Illinois. He was 57. Our sympathies are with his wife Helen, his three children, Michael, Meagan, and Allison, and four grandchildren. Ray was the pastor of the Illinois Street Christian Church in Lewistown and the Ipava Christian Church. He was a chaplain at Graham Hospital in Canton and the former pastor of First Christian Church in Rushville. He was born January 27, 1955, at Norfolk, Virginia. He first married Susan Ozier. In 1995, he was remarried to Helen Ronat in Jacksonville, Illinois. He pursued his college education as a second career student, earning his bachelor's degree in social work from MacMurray College in Jacksonville in 2000. He entered the Divinity School as a Disciples House Scholar in 2000 and commuted every week from Jacksonville. When he graduated in 2003, he considered the M.Div. degree to be half Helen's and made sure that she also had a graduation cap. He was ordained at Central Christian Church, Jacksonville. Funeral services will be 10:00 am Thursday, April 5, at the Illinois Street Christian Church in Lewistown. Burial will be in Jacksonville, Illinois.

We are saddened by the death of Honorary Trustee for Life and former Board president, Jack V. Reeve (1942), on February 25, 2012, in Indianapolis. He was 93. He suffered a stroke and entered hospice care on February 13. He is a former regional minister of the Christian Church in Illinois and Wisconsin and also a former faculty member of Lexington Theological Seminary. We celebrate his long life, commitment to ministry and service, exemplary stewardship, love of music, love of family, and his stalwart friendship with the House. More here.

Our sympathy to Clark Gilpin (1970, trustee) on the death of his father, William C. Gilpin, on February 22 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The service was held February 28 at Harvard Avenue Christian Church in Tulsa. Bill Gilpin was 88; he is survived by his wife, Joann Gilpin, as well as by their children and grandchildren.

Kinndlee Lund (former resident) was ordained February 4, 2012, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Pelican Rapids, MN.  She has been called to serve as Associate Pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Breham, Texas, beginning in February.

Congratulations to Matt Rosen (2003) and Della Hoffman on the birth of their daughter, Savannah Grace Rosen. She was born at 10:38 am on March 1, 2012. The family is happy and well.

Cynthia Lindner (1978; trustee) has received a Louisville Institute Project Grant to support the research and writing of a book, Accounting for Our Selves, Responsible to Others: Ministerial Multiplicity and the Well-Lived Pastoral Life. Cynthia has been the Director of Ministry Studies at the Divinity School since 2002. The Louisville Institute's Project Grant for Researchers Program supports a diverse range of research undertaken in the interest of believing communities, particularly projects that involve both academics and pastors in genuinely collaborative inquiry.

Bill Crowl (1962) became the Transitional Interim Minister of the Christian Church of Arlington Heights, Illinois, on January 15, 2012.

On January 4 Tristan Orozco became Associate Minister of Wakonda Christian Church in Des Moines, Iowa.

Sympathy to former Associate Dean Brittany Barber (1995), whose father, Ray Barber, died suddenly on December 26. The service was held December 31 at the First Baptist Church, Hartford, IL (greater St. Louis area).

Laura Hollinger (2001) is the new Campus Engagement Manager with Interfaith Youth Core, a Chicago-based nonprofit with the mission of building interfaith cooperation. She moves to this position after seven years as Associate Dean of Rockefeller Chapel and as coordinator of Bond Chapel worship for the Divinity School. In addition, she has just announced her engagement to Jeff Antonelli. Congratulations and thank you, Laura!