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For the Record - Faculty & Staff Elizabeth Johnson, J. Davison Philips Professor of New Testament, preached at Decatur Presbyterian Church, Decatur, GA, and at the Presbyterian Pastoral Care Network; was elected to the board of Villa International; was keynote speaker at the pastor’s retreat for the Presbytery of St. Augustine.....
William Brown, professor of Old Testament, taught a month-long Sunday school class on the “Theologies of Creation in the Bible” for Alpharetta (GA) Presbyterian Church; served as “resource theologian” for a group of pastor-theologians in Portland, OR, discussing “Christ and Creation” during September 24-27; taught a two-month Sunday school class on “Christ and the Cosmos” at North Decatur Presbyterian Church.....
Carlos Cardoza-Orlandi, associate professor of World Christianity, was the preacher for the 90th anniversary of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Sonadora,
David Bartlett, professor of New Testament, preached the installation service for Randle Mixon as pastor of First Baptist Church, Palo Alto, CA; delivered the address for Gene Bay’s inauguration as president of Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School in Rochester, NY; led a workshop on preaching for the Presbytery of Cincinnati; led the Lester Randall Preaching Fellowship weekend at Yorkminster Baptist Church in Toronto.....
Erskine Clarke ’66, professor of American religious history, preached in Charleston, SC, at First (Scots) Presbyterian Church’s 275th anniversary and at the Huguenot Church’s remembrance of the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes; spoke at First Presbyterian Athens, Decatur Presbyterian, Trinity Presbyterian, Atlanta, Central Presbyterian, Atlanta, and First Presbyterian, Durham, NC; lectured for the Roswell (GA) Historical Society, the Decatur Book Fair, and the Georgia Humanities Council at Brunswick/St. Simons Island, GA.....
John A. Clark, communications specialist, presented a three-week lecture/discussion series on “Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen as Modern Day Prophet/Priests” at Congregation Shearith
Kathleen O’Connor, William Marcellus McPheeters Professor of Old Testament, gave the Barbara Noojin Walthal Lectures, titled “Igniting Hope, Rekindling Life,” at Independence Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, AL,; presented a class called “The Three Tents of Abraham” at Immaculate Heart of Mary Roman Catholic Church in Atlanta; appeared on the Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasting program “In Focus” on the topic of women and ordination; published an article on Jeremiah in the Finnish Exegetical Society Journal, and a book review for The Christian Century; presented a paper, “If Only Tears Were Possible,” at the Society of Biblical Literature annual meeting in Washington, DC.....
Laura Mendenhall, president, preached at Westminster Presbyterian in Minneapolis, MN, for PC(USA) Pastoral Care Network, at Grace Presbytery, at First Presbyterian in Tyler, TX, at Spring Hill Presbyterian in Mobile, AL, for Presbyterian Endowment Education Network, at Brick Presbyterian, New York, NY, and at John Knox Presbyterian in Greenville, SC; led the Association of Theological Schools’ study, “Tethered Together: the Church and the Seminary”; led the Committee on Theological Education, PC(USA)..... Michael Morgan, seminary musician, is newly elected dean of the Atlanta chapter of the American Guild of Organists (AGO), represented the chapter at the national convention in Chicago in July; was elected to a second term on the executive Board of the Presbyterian Association of Musicians (PAM); presented a Psalm Festival for the San Antonio Chapter of AGO, and for the AGO in Bristol, TN, and gave two lectures at King College in Bristol..... Martha Moore-Keish, assistant professor of theology, taught a five-week Wednesday evening seminar on the Holy Spirit at the Lay Academy at First Presbyterian, Atlanta; participated in the U.S. Reformed-Roman Catholic dialogue on the sacraments; taught a weekend seminar on the theology of the Holy Spirit at Montreat in Columbia’s Certificate in Spiritual Formation program; participated in a final drafting meeting of a new ecumenical statement on Mutual Recognition of Baptism through the Faith and Order office of the World Council of Churches in Geneva.....
Rodger Nishioka, associate professor of Christian education, led a youth leader event for Salem Presbytery; was keynote speaker at Presbytery Day for Twin Cities Area Presbytery; attended the Western Christian Educators Conference in Lake Tahoe, NV, and the National Youth Workers Convention in Cincinnati, OH; preached at Covenant Presbyterian Church, Athens, GA, First Presbyterian Church, Burlington, NC, Oak Grove Presbyterian Church, Bloomington, MN, and Sharon Presbyterian Church,
Sarah Erickson ’03, associate director of Lifelong Learning, is serving as team leader for the confirmation class at North Decatur Presbyterian Church, Decatur GA, and will lead their first retreat at Lake Chattooga; is the author of the 12 lessons in Units 1 (Giver of Gifts) and 2 (Love as Parable) in The Winter/Spring 2006-07 We Believe adult quarterly curriculum published by the PC(USA); participated in the service of installation for Troy Bronsink ‘04, at the Church of St. Andrew, Atlanta, GA.....
John Knapp (MATS ’95) presented the Distinguished Lecture in Ethics at Augusta State University; keynote presentation at The Oxford Conclave on Global Ethics, University of Oxford, England; gave a presentation to The Conference Board's National Council of Diversity Executives; gave the keynote speech at the annual meeting of the Southern Association of Independent Schools; gave a presentation to the Georgia Psychological Association; and has a new book, For The Common Good: The Ethics of Leadership in The 21st Century (Praeger Publishers, 2006).
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