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The Congregational Foundation for Theological Studies (CFTS) presented seven graduates to the 47th NACCC Annual Meeting in Lansing, Michigan. Their resumes follow:
CFTS graduates, front row, from the left: Johnson, Miyashiro-Sims, Wiley. In the back row are the Rev. Phil Jackson, Dean of CFTS, graduates Packer, Stapleton, Whitworth, Mullany, and CFTS Chair the Rev. John Alvord. Mullany’s son Ben stands in front of his father.
Shawn Stapleton
Seminary: University of Dubuque Theological Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa
Home Church: First Congregational Church, Beloit, Wisconsin
Internship Location: Also serving as pastor to: First Congregational Church, Elkander, Iowa, and McGregor, Iowa.
Present Location: Pastor, First Congregational Church, Beloit, Wisconsin.
Scholarships: Morgan Park Church Scholarship for three years.
Michael Mullany
Seminary: Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
Home Church: Trinitarian Congregational Church, Troy, New Hampshire
Internship Location: Trinitarian Congregational Church, Troy, New Hampshire
Scholarships: Russell Bates Scholarship; Women’s Fellowship, 2nd Church, Warren, Maine; Henry C. and Rugh H. Schadeberg Memorial Scholarship; Zeller/ Heritage Church Scholarship; Willie E. Lange Memorial Scholarship; Plymouth Congregational Church, Taunton, Massachusetts; Eugene Stearns Scholarship; Robert Haldane, Sr., Memorial Award
Lynda A. Johnson
Seminary: Luther Seminary
Home Church: Colonial Church of Edina, Edina, Minnesota
Internship Location: Colonial Church of Edina, Edina, Minnesota
Scholarships: First Congregational Church, Burlington, Iowa; Community Congregational Church, Franklin, Indiana
Charles Allan Packer
Seminary: University of Dubuque Theological Seminary
Home Church: First Congregational Church, Marshalltown, Iowa
Internship: St. John’s Congregational Church, Garber, Iowa
Scholarships: Robert Haldane, Sr., Memorial Scholarship; First Congregational Church, Burlington, Iowa; Willie E. Lange Memorial Scholarship
Present Location: Pastor, Rockwood First Congregational Church, Rockwood, Michigan
Special Award: Alfred D. Grey Award – 2000
Marchie Miyashiro-Sims
Seminary: Pacific School of Religion
Home Church: First Congregational Church, Los Angeles, California
Internship: United Methodist Church, Berkeley, California
Scholarships: James W., Jr., and Wendell Fifield Memorial Scholarship for two years.
Lori Sanford Wiley
Seminary: Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
Home Church: Souhegan Congregational Church, Amherst, New Hampshire
Scholarships: First Congregational Church, St. Johns, Michigan; Lloyd and Mildred Gardner Scholarship
Steven E. Whitworth
Seminary: Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
Home Church: First Congregational Church, Middleboro, Massachusetts
Internship: First Congregational Church, Middleboro, Massachusetts
Scholarships: Willie E. Lange Memorial Scholarship; Norman Shaw McKendrick Memorial Fund – received twice
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