CFTS Graduates Four

CFTS graduates Barry Holmes, Adrienne Eggleston, and Brian McGookey (far right) with CFTS Dean the Rev. Phil Jackson. A fourth graduate, Angela Buchauer, did not attend the meeting.

The Congregational Foundation for Theological Studies welcomed four graduates to the ministry at the 48th Annual NACCC Meeting. They help ease the shortage of ministers but are short of the 12 new ministers needed every year for vacancies in our churches. However, seven new fellows have been selected for the CFTS program. The successful graduates are:

Angela Buchauer

• Seminary: Andover Newton Theological Seminary

• Home Church: Berkshire Community Church, Richmond, Massachusetts

• Internship Location: Berkshire Community Church, Richmond, Massachusetts

• Scholarship: First Congregational Church, Colebrook, Connecticut

• Ordained: June 9, 2002, at the Berkshire Community Church, Richmond, Massachusetts

Adrienne Eggleston

• Seminary: Fuller Theological Seminary

• Home Church: Oneonta Congregational Church, South Pasadena, California

• Internship Location: Oneonta Congregational Church, South Pasadena, California

• Scholarships: Church of the Chimes, Sherman Oaks, California; Women’s Fellowship of the Church of the Chimes, Sherman Oaks, California

• Ordained: June 2, 2002, at the Oneonta Congregational Church, South Pasadena, California

Barry Holmes

• Seminary: Asbury Theological Seminary

• Home Church: Langdale Congregational Church, Valley, Alabama

• Internship Locations: Pilgrim Congregational Church, Green Bay, Wisconsin; Cedarwood Community Church, Wetumpka, Alabama

• Scholarship: Henry C. and Ruth H. Schadeberg Memorial Scholarship

Brian McGookey

• Seminary: Michigan Theological Seminary

• Home Church: Plymouth Congregational Church, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

• Internship Location: Mount Hope Congregational Church, Livonia, Michigan

• Scholarships: First Congregational Church, St. John’s Michigan; First Congregational Church, Colebrook, Connecticut; Zeller/Heritage Church Scholarship, Berea, Ohio