Poverty and Women in Sudan (2009)
Emily Bloemker, MDiv. '09
Berkeley Divinity School at Yale
To do reconciliation work with poor women, teach, write a theological synthesis paper and create a presentation to help Americans understand the lives of Sudanese Christians.

Teaching Mission to Sudan (2010)
The Rev. Jo Bailey Wells, Faculty
Duke Divinity School
To travel to Renk Theological College in southern Sudan, to teach Anglicanism (and possibly OT and Greek) to seminarians.

HIV/AIDS Ministry in Malawi (2010)
The Rev. Andrew Sumani, MTS '10
Nashotah House
To hold a workshop in Malawi, training parish representatives in HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention, to enhance the church's ability to accommodate those infected and ultimately halt the spread of the disease.

Eucharistic Formation (2010)
Kirsten Spalding, Certificate of Theological Studies '11
Church Divinity School of the Pacific
A study trip to S. Africa for participatory research into the understanding of the Eucharist, and the development of an adult formation curriculum for St. Mark's, Berkeley, CA.

Mission to Cameroon (2010)
Clemence Ngijoe Yanke, MTS '10
Church Divinity School of the Pacific
Two projects in the new Diocese of Cameroon: 1) to pilot Christian Education methods and train teachers for formation programs for children and adults, and 2) conduct a needs assessment and organize community members for empowering women. A plan will be developed for the Diocese of Cameroon and a companion relationship established with the Diocese of Colorado.

Family Ministry in Tanzania (2010)
Olivia Ndhana, Spouse
Nashotah House
To introduce a theological basis for family planning to faith communities in Tanzania.

Children's Ministry in Tanzania (2010)
The Rev. Daudi Ndhana, MTS '09
Nashotah House
To inspire and organize the church in Tanzania to take an active role in the care of impoverished children, and children orphaned by AIDS.

Teaching Mission to Sudan (2010)
Peter Morris, MD, Faculty
Duke Divinity School
To travel to Renk Theological College in southern Sudan, to teach community health to seminarians.

Contextual Theology (2010)
Kirk LaFon, MDiv. '10
School of Theology, University of the South (Sewanee)
To attend the Contextual Theology Programme at COTT and to contribute teaching and service-learning skills in a focused internship.

Promoting Global Partnerships (2010)
Eric Hungerford and Stephen Kidd, MDiv. '10
Seminary of the Southwest
Immersion in Southern Malawi; documentation and filming of domestic and Malawian participants in the partnership; production of a documentary promorting global partnerships as a means to fight global poverty.

Teaching Mission to Tanzania (2010)
Meredith Holt, MDiv. '10
Virginia Theological Seminary
A two-three week teaching internship at Msalato Theological College, Dodoma, Tanzania.

Reconciliation Evangelism in Rwanda (2010)
Hilary Greer, MDiv. '11
Episcopal Divinity School
A six-week internship with REACH Rwanda, including development and delivery of trauma-counselling training to REACH staff and development of educational materials for ER-D about relief and development work in Rwanda. Spiritual habits training to be delivered to EDS community.

Lay Ministry in Tanzania (2010)
The Rev. Emmanuel Bwatta, MA '10
School of Theology, University of the South (Sewanee)
An eleven-week preaching and teaching tour to promote lay ministry in the Diocese of Western Tanzania.

Mission to Ghana (2010)
The Very Rev. Joseph Britton, Faculty
Berkeley Divinity School at Yale
A three-week immersion into the life of St. Nicholas Seminary in Ghana, to formalize an exchange relationship between the Berkeley Divinity School at Yale and St. Nicholas.

Case Study of Companion Relationships (2010)
Hilary Boller, MAR, MBA '12
Berkeley Divinity School at Yale
A three-week immersion and mission trip to the Diocese of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, to contribute to a communications project and develop a case study on companion relationships.

Collaborative Learning in Ghana (2010)
The Rev. Dr. Paula Barker, Faculty
Seabury-Western Theological Seminary
A 4.5 month tour in Ghana, to lead a spirituality workshop, consult on religion curriculum development at a new university, and teach at St. Nicholas seminary.

Building Bridges in Sudan (2010)
The Rev. Zacharia Diing Akol, MDiv '10
Berkeley Divinity School at Yale
A two-month immersion in South Sudan, exploring the relationship between church and culture and South Sudanese spirituality.

Mission to Ghana (2009)
Peter Crumlish & Stephanie Johnson, MDiv. '10
Berkeley Divinity School at Yale
To travel to Accra and Cape Coast, Ghana; continue to foster strong relationships between Berkeley Divinity School and St. Nicholas Seminary with the goal of creating a future exchange program.

History of Christian Worship: A Multi-Media Approach (2009)
The Rev. Arnold Klukas, Ph. D., Faculty
Nashotah House
To research and write a book and multi-media kit for historical and contemporary liturgy.

Christian Education in South Africa (2009)
Dorothy Linthicum, Staff
Virginia Theological Seminary
To return to the College of the Transfiguration to create curricula for teaching youth ministry, adult education and the catechumenal process.

Mission to Tanzania (2009)
The Rev. Daudi Ndahana, Student
Nashotah House
To travel to Tanzania to teach, preach, and hold seminars on his experience of the American Church, especially the theology and worship of the catholic tradition.

Mission to South Africa (2009)
Eric & Therese Ryniker, MDiv. '09 & Spouse
School of Theology, University of the South (Sewanee)
To travel to South Africa, where Eric will do field education at the Cathedral in Grahamstown and participate in the Contextual Theology Programme at the College of the Transfiguration; Therese will work with medical relief to explore diseases and public medical issues in S. Africa; they will continue seminary efforts to develop a formal link to the College.

Mission to Uganda (2009)
Sandra Seaborn, MDiv. '09
Virginia Theological Seminary
To participate in a month-long cross-cultural immersion Uganda, in order to gain greater awareness of the role of women in the Ugandan Anglican church.

 

Contextual Theology (2009)
Sarah Shisler, MDiv. 08
Berkeley Divinity School at Yale
To participate in the Contextual Theology Programme at the College of the Transfiguration in Grahamestowne, South Africa.

Anglanicanism in Malawi (2009)
The Rev. Steve Smith, Th. D. '12
General Theological Seminary
To teach a seminar in contemporary Western Christianity & the Anglican Communion; to take a directed reading course in African Traditional Religions; to study the Chichewa language; and to network at Leonard Kamungu Theological College.

 

Contextual Theology (2009)
Suzanne Wille, MDiv. '09
Berkeley Divinity School at Yale
To participate in the Contextual Theology Programme at the College of the Transfiguration in Grahamestowne, South Africa.

Filming Mission in Sudan (2009)
Connie Wilson, Staff
Seabury-Western Theological Seminary
To travel to Renk Diocese in Sudan, filming the work of the Episcopal Church and documenting the impact of the church on the lives of the Southern displaced and persecuted peoples.

Listening Pilgrimage (2008)
The Rev. Walter Brownridge, Faculty
School of Theology, University of the South (Sewanee)
Explore poverty, racial reconciliation, disease and environmental issues in South Africa; continue seminary efforts to develop a formal link with the College of the Transfiguration in Grahamstown.

Contextual Theology (2008)
Lindsay Lunnum, MDiv '08
Berkeley Divinity School at Yale
To participate in the Contextual Theology Programme in Grahamstowne, South Africa, and to use that experience to develop a cross-cultural and post-colonial understanding of South African theology and how it operates within the Anglican Communion.

Teaching in Tanzania (2008)
John W. Newton IV, MDiv '08
Virginia Theological Seminary
To research, write and teach a Gospels curriculum to Anglican seminarians in Tanzania.

Immersion in Tanzania (2008)
Susan Pinkerton, MDiv '08
Berkeley Divinity School at Yale
A four-week immersion in Tanzanian culture; a unique opportunity to augment the seminary education and build a common ground of communication between African and American Anglican churches.

Contextual Theology (2008)
Kathryn Reinhard, MDiv '08
Berkeley Divinity School at Yale
To participate in the Contextual Theology Programme in Grahamstowne, South Africa, and to use that experience to develop a cross-cultural and post-colonial understanding of South African theology and how it operates within the Anglican Communion.

Teaching in Sudan (2008)
Phoebe Roaf, MDiv '08
Virginia Theological Seminary
Teach Biblical Hebrew to Sudanese seminarians and priests at Renk Bible College in Sudan, and study with African seminarians at the College of the Transfiguration in Grahamstown, South Africa.

Technology in Tanzania (2008)
Sven vanBaars and the Rev. Jennifer Kimball, MDiv '08
Virginia Theological Seminary
An immersion into the Church of Tanzania to  experience the Anglican Church in a non-Christian context; help create a computer network in order to promote parish based mission and evangelism initiatives.

Mission to Kenya (2008)
Michael Barham and Linda Hall, MDiv '08
Church Divinity School of the Pacific
A five-week immersion experience: one week with the Kenyan immigrant community in Florida and four weeks in Kenya

Training Caregivers in Ghana (2007)
The Rev. Paul Akomea-Marfo, MTS '06
Virginia Theological Seminary
To offer one month training to fifty (50) care-givers who will care and nurture orphans of HIV/AIDS victims in the Anglican Diocese of Koforidua, Ghana

Mission to Kenya (2007)
Vanessa E. Clark, Jeff Baker, and Ernestein Flemister, MDiv '07
Bexley Hall
To visit the Rafiki Children's Center in Nairobi, Kenya and to share their experiences in their seminary and church communities.

Contextual Theology (2007)
Jason L. Cox, MDiv '07
Virginia Theological Seminary
To participate in the Contextual Theology Program at the College of the Transfiguration in Grahamstown, South Africa.

Working in the Anglican Communion (2007)
A. Katherine Grieb, Faculty
Virginia Theological Seminary
To attend the Inter Anglican Theological and Doctrinal Commission meeting in Kenya.

Family 2 Family (2007)
Lynn Hade, MDiv '07
General Theological Seminary
To make a return visit to Malawi, evaluating and supporting programs for nutrition and pastoral support of grieving children.

Contextual Theology (2007)
Elizabeth A. Harlan-Ferlo, Family
Virginia Theological Seminary
To participate in the Contextual Theology course at the College of the Transfiguration in Grahamstown, South Africa and to share the experience with students from Oregon Episcopal School.

Mission to Kenya (2007)
Eric Jeuland & Jane Eppley, MDiv '07 and MDiv '08
Berkeley Divinity School at Yale
For a six-week mission trip of preaching, hospital chaplaincy, and orphan care in the Anglican Church in Kenya.

Contextual Theology (2007)
Eric J. Liles, MDiv '07
Virginia Theological Seminary
To participate in the Contextual Theology Program at the College of the Transfiguration in Grahamstown, South Africa.

Teaching Christian Education in South Africa (2007)
Dorothy Linthicum, Staff
Virginia Theological Seminary
To teach the principles of Christian education to African seminarians at the College of the Transfiguration in Grahamstown, South Africa.

Mission to Tanzania (2007)
Gary and Linda Loyd, MDiv '07
Berkeley Divinity School at Yale
To visit the Church in Tanzania and help the Diocese of Mt. Kilimanjaro maintain existing companion relationships and establish new ones.

Contextual Theology (2007)
Stephen Mazingo, MDiv '07
Virginia Theological Seminary
To participate in the Contextual Theology Program at the College of the Transfiguration in Grahamstown, South Africa.

Church of the Ascension Internship (2007)
Stephen Shaver, MDiv '07
General Theological Seminary
For an internship at the  Church of the Ascension, Dallas, Texas working with its local Dinka and Igbo communities.

Teacher Training in Kenya (2007)
The Rev. Samuel Otieno Sudhe, MTS '07
Virginia Theological Seminary
To train Christian Education teachers from the seven deaneries in the Bondo ACK Diocese in Kenya.