April Newsletter - Disciples Divinity House at Vanderbilt

Window Replacement Project Begins
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Workers from Dale, Inc.,
showed up early Monday
morning, April 9, to begin
the long-awaited windows
project at Disciples Divinity
House. Funded by gifts from
alumni and friends and part
of the board’s Strategic Plan,
the project is starting in the
Commons Room. After the
end of the semester, windows
in student rooms will be
replaced. Benefit: increased
efficiency and energy savings,
comfort, looks, greater protection
from outside street noise, long-range
durability for the
facility and its use by
students. Cost: about
$90,000.
A special appeal
is underway to
help pay down the
additional $45,000
for the total cost of
the 90 windows. If
you, your colleagues,
Sunday school class
or congregations
are interested in “naming” a
window or set of windows to
honor a special minister, House
trustee, Sunday School teacher or
@Vanderbilt
Shaping outstanding ministers for the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).
April 2012
Talent 4 the House a Huge Success
under “Explore the
House”
Below is a photo of
the last time windows
were replaced in “this
old House.” Note the
construction rubble-and only two stories,
not three. There’s a
song, “If Walls Could
Talk.” Perhaps we
need one titled “If
Windows Could Talk.” They’ve seen
a lot of students in their time!
mentor go to the website at
discipleshousevandy.org to
give online and to see more
photos in “Our Photos”
The event began in 2008 with a small “Country
Supper” at Woodmont Christian Church and featured
only student performers. Now organized by a committee
of laypersons from local churches, it is the largest and
most diverse gathering of Disciples in middle Tennessee
and has raised almost $35,000 in four years to support
ministry students at the Disciples Divinity House at
Vanderbilt. The committee is already thinking of how to
top it next year!
The fifth annual “Talent 4 the House” for Disciples
Divinity House at Vanderbilt gathered more than 300
Disciples from 20 Disciple congregations in Nashville
and beyond on March 29, 2012 for a celebratory
evening to raise money for Disciple ministry students
at Vanderbilt Divinity School. It sold out two weeks
in advance. Disciples enjoyed dinner and fellowship,
bid on silent auction items, and listened to Nashville
musicians Vince Gill, Jonell Mosser, Thom Schuyler
and Tallu Schuyler Quinn, Gabe Dixon, Stuart Duncan,
and student performers Allison Enari and Katie Russell.
Disciple students also shared what the House means to
them in their preparation for ministry at Vanderbilt.
What an amazing night!
Enjoy the photos below and go to our website
discipleshousevandy.org for additional photos.
Photos Courtesy of Alan Nelson
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Alumni News
Emily Nourse, MDiv ’04, is
working for Family and Children’s
Service as a family service
counselor in Nashville TN. Emily
was awarded an inaugural civic
engagement fellowship from the
National Alliance for Children
and Families. Her work will bring
together faith leaders with domestic
violence survivors in August 2012
for a statewide conference with
faith leaders. To learn more about
the fellowship go to: alliance1.org/
ce/new-voices-civic-engagementfellowships.
Jamie Lynn Haskins, MDiv
’09, is currently serving as Chaplain,
Director of Spiritual Life and
Instructor of Religious Studies at
Westminster College in Fulton,
Missouri. Her role at the college
includes teaching two courses a
semester, providing pastoral care and
creating a robust and meaningful
worship life on campus. She has
settled in Columbia, Missouri and
is getting to know the Disciple
community in the area.
Sarah Combs, MDiv ’10, is
working as a research analyst for
institutional assessment at the
university of central Oklahoma. She
is living in Edmond, Oklahoma.
Richmond Adams, MDiv’88, finished his Ph.D. in American
literature at Southern Illinois
University in 2011 with a
dissertation on Harold Frederic’s
1896 novel, The Damnation
of Theron Ware. “The novel is
an absolute MUST read for anyone
even considering pastoral ministry as
a calling. As far as I am concerned,
it ought to be required reading by
all DDH students in their first year
at Vanderbilt.” He is now teaching
English at Andrew College and
working on a project on Cormac
McCarthy. Oliver Tweedy Foster 98, died
February 1, 2012. Born in Kyle, TX
January 18, 1914, he grew up in
Nashville, TN, attended Vanderbilt
University Divinity School where he
received his BA and MDiv degrees,
and later his DMin at Claremont
Theological Seminary, Claremont
CA. He served Christian Church
(Disciples of Christ) pastorates in
Alabama, Missouri, Arizona, and
California. After retiring in 1979,
served as interim pastor for churches
in southern California for ten years.
Disciples Divinity House Scholars
2011-2012
The Disciples Divinity House is pleased to announce the 2011-2012 recipients of Disciples Foundation Scholarships.
Congratulations to this year’s list of recipients:
Robert H and Barbara A Boyte
Scholar – Andy Eaker
Clifford Butler Scholar – Katy
Dyche
James Chandler Scholar – Angele
Saunders
Esther King Davis Scholar – Wade
Archer
Frank Drowota Scholar – Charles
Hudson
Anthony Dunnavant Scholar Andrew Shepherd
Marie Easterwood Scholar Andrew Shepherd
First Christian Church,
Bloomington, Indiana Scholar Allison Enari
Photos Courtesy of Alan Nelson
First Christian Church, Galesburg,
Illinois Scholar – Karin Frank
First Christian Church, Paris,
Tennessee Scholar –Karin Frank
William Hardy Scholar - Eli Rolon
J. Phillip Hyatt Scholar - Eli Rolon
Hugh Lewis Scholar - Cheryl
Russell
Helen and Clifford Love Scholar –
Angele Saunders
George Mayhew Scholar – Katy
Dyche
Dan and Cynthia Moseley Scholar Allison Enari
Herman Norton Scholar – Andy
Eaker
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Eugene M and Elizabeth Mayhew
Regen Scholars – Mallory
Magelli, Kathryn Welch and
Katie Russell
Edward Rountree Scholar - Katie
Russell
Oreon Scott Scholar – Angele
Saunders
Roy Stauffer Scholar – Kathryn
Welch
Stewart-Long Scholar - Kathryn
Welch
Emily Warren Scholar - Cheryl
Russell
Charles Whittaker Scholar Charles Hudson