Growing Together 2007 Faculty

FACULTY
 

Sung Hee Chang – Director of Christian Education, First Church, Greenville; B.A., Sungshin Women’s University, Seoul, Korea; M.A. in Christian Education, Union-PSCE; working toward Ph.D. in Christian Education, Union-PSCE.

Mark Davidson – Pastor, Church of Reconciliation, Chapel Hill; member of PC(USA) Israel/Palestine Mission Network; commissioner to 2006 General Assembly, served on Peacemaking and International Issues Committee; author; B.A., Davidson College; M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary; M.A. in Peace and Justice Studies, Earlham School of Religion; Certificate in Spiritual Formation, Shalem Institute.

Christopher Edmonston – Pastor, Howard Memorial Church, Tarboro; B.A., Davidson College; M.Div., Union-PSCE; D.Min., Columbia Theological Seminary.

Cherise Garrido – Minister with MIMESTRY (Ministry and Mime to Music); master mime artist; “preached without words” at various church services, revivals, and events, including the Presbyterian Women’s Synod of the Mid-Atlantic Gathering and the 5^th Annual Multicultural Gospel Concert in 2006; received First Place in the Dance & Physical Movement category for the 3^rd Annual Apollo Civic Theatre Talent Show in Martinsburg, WV in 2007.

David Garrison – Honorably Retired Pastor, Presbytery of New Hope; served churches in North Carolina and Virginia; B.S. in Mathematics, UNC-Chapel Hill; M.Div., Union Theological Seminary, NY.

Roberta Graves – Dancer, Dance Instructor and Choreographer; B.A., Mary Washington College; M.F.A. in Dance, UNC – Greensboro.

Spottswood Graves – Honorably Retired Pastor, Presbytery of New Hope; B.S., Virginia Technical University; M.Div., Union-PSCE; Certificate in Christian Spirituality, Columbia Theological Seminary.

Susan Harsh-Cafferty – Executive Director of Sabbath Star, Inc.; ordained Methodist minister; has studied Healing Touch and a variety of other classes in the healing arts; B.A., Wright State University; M.Div., Duke Divinity School.

David Keck – Interim Associate Pastor, Trinity Avenue Church, Durham; B.A., Yale University; M.Div., Duke Divinity School; Ph.D., Harvard University.

Paul Lang – Pastor, Peace Church, Greenville; B.A., Furman University; M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary.

Gun Ho Lee – Associate for Multicultural Ministries, Presbytery of New Hope; organizing pastor of Korean Presbyterian Fellowship, Greenville; B.E. in Economics, Seoul National University; M.Div., Presbyterian College and Theological Seminary (Korea); Th.M., Union-PSCE; Ph.D. in History and Theology, Union-PSCE.

Wynn McGregor – Consultant/Trainer in “Companions With Christ” program with Upper Room Ministries; certified Christian Educator in the PC(USA) who has served in local churches, on presbytery staff, on United Methodist District staff, and in higher education; Certification in Spiritual Formation from Upper Room’s Academy of Spiritual Formation; author; B.A., Winthrop University; M.A., Union-PSCE.

Toddie Peters – Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Elon University, Elon, NC; ordained PC(USA) minister; chair of the PC(USA) Just Globalization task force; member of the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches; author; B.A., Rhodes College; M.Div. and Ph.D., Christian Social Ethics, Union Theological Seminary, NY.

Rebecca Reyes – Latino Project Coordinator for Duke University Hospital; former Campus Minister for Presbyterian Campus Ministry at UNC-CH; ordained PC(USA) minister (first Hispanic woman pastor in the denomination); member of Duke University Hospital Diversity Committee, Duke University Hospital Ethics Committee, Patient Safety Leadership Committee;  B.S., Texas A&I; M.Div., Austin Theological Seminary; M.S.W., UNC-CH. 

Natalie Sarkowski – Director of Youth Ministry, White Memorial Church, Raleigh; B.A. in Christian Education, Presbyterian College.

Bonnie Stone – Faculty member for Encore (adult continuing education) at N.C. State University; faculty for journal writing workshops at Meredith College; mediator for Carolina Dispute Settlement Center; writer; retired Dean and English faculty for 21 years in community colleges; member of Pullen Baptist Church, Raleigh; B.A., M.A., Duke University.

Finley Sutton – Christian educator, PC(USA); elder; B.A., Mary Baldwin College; M.A., Union-PSCE.

Joyce MacKichan Walker – Minister of Education, Nassau Church, Princeton, NJ; author of the Leader’s Guide for the 2007-2008 HORIZONS Presbyterian Women’s Bible Study; B.P.E., Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia; M.A. in Christian Education, Union-PSCE.

Denise Conner Waters – Chaplain, Croasdaile Village Retirement Community, Durham; ordained in United Methodist Church; chair of Division of Deacons and Diaconal Ministry of the North Carolina Annual Conference, Board of Ordained Ministry; B.A., M.A. in Christian Education, Scarritt College for Christian Workers, Nashville, TN.

Jeremiah Wright – Senior Pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ, Chicago, IL, for the past 35 years; author; served as professor at United Theological Seminary; B.A., M.A., Howard University; M.A., University of Chicago Divinity School; D.Min., United Theological Seminary.