STM Alumni: Spiritual Depth and Effective Ministry
Colette Casavant, MAPS ’07, is now serving as Assistant to the Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Student Life at the School of Theology and Ministry.
Jan Cherry, MDiv/PMC ’07, received approval for Call as a Diaconal Minister in the ELCA and became a grandmother to Hazel Kathryn Colver on June 25, 2007. She is serving as the interim ecumenical liturgical coordinator for the School of Theology and Ministry.
Katie Pinard, MATS ’07, was presented the Archbishop Raymond G. Hunthausen Award at the Seattle University commencement ceremonies in June. She is now working in the Seattle University Center for Service and Community Engagement as the program coordinator for Student Leadership in Service. She is also developing a part-time spiritual direction, retreat direction and Reiki practice.
Rev. Thomas Anastasi, PLP ’06, had his proposed project toward a Doctor of Ministry degree accepted at San Francisco Theological Seminary in January 2007.
Dorothy “Dotti” Krist-Sterbick, MAPS ’06, is pastoral assistant for faith formation at St. Leo’s Parish in Tacoma.
Raz Mason, MAPS ’06, has completed her first year as an MDiv student at Harvard Divinity School, studying chaplaincy and religion in secondary education
Fralisa McFall, MAPS ’06, is the principal of Imagination School of Education, a private school in Tacoma, Washington.
Theresa “Terri” Bowen, MAPS ’05 is the director of faith formation at St. James Cathedral in Seattle.
Julie Josund, PLP ’05, earned the Doctor of Ministry degree from San Francisco Theological
Seminary in May 2007. Julie is the director of the Institute for Clergy and Congregational
Renewal at Pacific Lutheran University and team teaches Healthy Systems in Ministry for the Pastoral Leadership Program.
Jennifer Brownell, MDiv ’04, accepted the position as pastor of Hillsdale Community UCC in Portland, Oregon, beginning in September 2007. She will be joined by her husband, Jeff and son Elijah.
Bill Eckert, MAPS ’04, serves as deacon at St. Stephen the Martyr Parish in Renton and teaches at Bellarmine Preparatory School in Tacoma.
Barbara Eckert, MAPS ’04, accepted an executive position with Catholic Leadership Institute based near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Though not relocating, she will travel extensively to dioceses across the country presenting “Good Leaders, Good Shepherds” a comprehensive multi-year leadership curriculum, to Catholic clergy.
Ann Eidson, MDiv ’04, is co-pastor of All Pilgrims Christian Church in Seattle.
Cynthia Jordan Delaney, MATS ’03, accepted a full-time position as Deputy City Clerk for the City of Bozeman, Montana in January 2007.
Shayné M. Flowers, MDiv ’03 and PMC in Transforming Spirituality, ’04, is serving as pastor for spiritual development at All Pilgrims Christian Church, Seattle
Bobbi Virta, MDiv ’03, is a Spiritual Director at First Congregational Church of Bellingham, Washington.
Daryl Grigsby, MAPS ’02 has published his book In Their Footsteps: Inspirational Reflections on Black History for Every Day of the Year.
Sherry Castro, MAPS ’01, left her position as Bereavement Coordinator with Good Samaritan Home Health and Hospice in Puyallup after 12 years of service. She now resides in Brigham City, Utah, where her husband is pastor of the Community Presbyterian Church.
Rev. Kathy Youde, MDiv ’01, is the new pastor at the United Church of Christ in Newport,
Washington.
Rev. Angela Farrar, MDiv ’00, serves at Multifaith Works in Seattle, doing a combination of volunteer recruitment and support, and pastoral care of people living with AIDS. “Being at Multifaith Works combines my 10-year career as a social worker with my call to ministry,” she says.
Erica Cohen Moore, MAPS ’00, and her husband, Kurt, welcomed Madeleine Ray Moore on March 5, 2007. Moore is the associate director for Pastoral Services at the Archdiocese of Seattle.
Beverly Spears MDiv ’00, is Minister of Communications and Development for the Evergreen Association of American Baptist Churches and a member of University Baptist Church in Seattle.
Marcia Halligan, MAPS ’99, serves as pastoral administrator for St. Hubert Catholic Church in Langley, Washington
Rev. Christine Riley, MDiv ’99, was called as Minister for the Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Washington County in Hillsboro, Oregon
Patty Repikoff, MDiv ’91; PLP ’04, earned the Doctor of Ministry degree from San Francisco Theological Seminary in May 2007. She is coordinator of Hispanic Ministry for the Eastside Deanery, Archdiocese of Seattle.
Ordinations
Maria Preftes-Arenz, MAPS ’06 was commissioned as an Associate in Ministry on July 15, 2007, at Faith Lutheran Church in Lakewood, Washington.
Patricia Berger, MDiv ’04, was ordained in November 2006 at Reedville Presbyterian Church in Aloha, Oregon and was installed at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Gresham, Oregon the next day.
Marilyn Cornwell was ordained in January 2007 at Emmanuel Episcopal Church on Mercer Island. An STM student from 2001-2005, she finished her training at the Episcopal Seminary in Berkeley, California. She serves as interim associate rector at Emmanuel.
George Davenport, MDiv ’07, was ordained on August 11, 2007 at First African Methodist Episcopal (FAME) Church in Seattle. In 2006, he was appointed itinerant deacon and is the current worship and spiritual leader of First AME South in Kent. He and his wife welcomed their first child on March 16, 2007.
Vickie Dogaru, MDiv ’05, was ordained on February 17, 2007 at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Vancouver, Washington.
Joan Henjum, MDiv ’05, was ordained on April 29, 2007 at Broadview Community Church of Christ. She has accepted the call as pastor of the Church of Mary Magdalene in Seattle.
Linda Kaufman, MDiv ’06, was ordained on January 28, 2007 at the University Unitarian Church in Seattle.
Ann Marie Saunderson, MDiv ’05 was ordained on February 2, 2007 at Christ Episcopal Church in Puyallup Washington.
Dan Wilson, MDiv ’06, was ordained to the Ministry of Word and Sacrament in the ELCA on July 29, 2007 at Agnus Dei Lutheran Church in Gig Harbor, Washington where he was installed as associate pastor.
In Memory:
Deborah L. Eichstedt, MDiv student, died on July 25. There was a service of remembrance and sorrow at the Woodinville Unitarian Church in Seattle on July 28, 2007.
Sandy Flamand, MAPS ’06 died on February 19, 2007, at her home in Montana.
Eileen Jones, the mother of Judy Jones, MDiv ’04, died unexpectedly on September 7, 2007 in Massachusetts. She was 78.
Kathleen Wakefield, MAPS ’99, died on October 31, 2007 at her home in Juneau, Alaska.
Gwendolyn Hall, MAPS ’95 founding pastor of Sojourner Trust Ministries passed away after a long illness on August 24, 2007 at Swedish Medical Center.
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