Arrested

The Rev. Dorothy P. Greet, a retired UCC minister living in Lewes, Del., was jailed on July 23 in conjunction with a 400-person protest calling for impeachment proceedings against President Bush. Following a sit-in at the offi ces of U.S. Rep. John Conyers, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, Greet was one of five jailed out of 45 arrested, because she refused to pay a $50 fine. "Going to jail is not an experience I would recommend," Greet told United Church News. "Yet my motivation was the strong conviction that we must hold the Bush Administration accountable through impeachment for its lies, deceit and destructive policies lest future presidents believe they, too, are above the law."

Persistent

Missouri State Rep. Jeanette Mott Oxford (D-St. Louis), an active member of Epiphany UCC in St. Louis and a graduate of UCC-related Eden Theological Seminary, kicked off a new "Surrounding Our Schools with Care Campaign" on Aug. 20 to "affectionately challenge" her legislative colleagues to "surround our schools with community support." Says Jan Resseger, the UCC's minister for public education, "One goal of this project, in addition to supporting volunteerism and corporate support, is to engage these politicians in their schools to the degree that they can't stand back and just condemn public school educators and public education in general."

Died

The Rev. Letty M. Russell, one of the world's foremost feminist theologians and longtime member of the Yale Divinity School faculty, died July 12 at her home in Guilford, Conn. She was 77. A leader for many years in the ecumenical movement, she remained active in ecumenical circles until her death, working for the World Council of Churches and the World YWCA. Although one of the first women ordained in the former United Presbyterian Church (now Presbyterian Church U.S.A.), she was a member of First Congregational UCC in Guilford, Conn., where a memorial service was held on July 28.

Remembered

The Rev. Doug Adams, a popular professor for 31 years at UCC-related Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, Calif., and who played a leading role internationally on the subject of Christianity and the arts, died on July 24. "With his attention to the environment of worship, Doug Adams almost single-handedly transformed worship on the West Coast," said the Rev. William McKinney, the seminary's president.

Clergy Deaths

Bretsch, Frederick P., 71, 8/19/2007
Hagen, Robert C., 43, 8/10/2007
Jones, Keta C., 64, 8/10/2007
Kelsey, George W., 75, 7/28/2007
Kimball, Stuart L., 88, 6/8/2007
Levinson, Norman A., 74, 7/19/2007
Roberts, Ronald J., 66, 7/17/2007
Robinson, David A., 81, 8/13/2007
Robinson, Robert O. 50, 7/7/2007
Sink, Charles Keith, 79, 7/15/2007
Swann, Arthur W., 90, 8/25/2007
Yearick, Homer F., 88, 8/8/2007

Information for clergy deaths is provided by UCC's Pension Boards.

Conference Changes

The Rev. Jeffrey Whitman was elected Missouri Mid-South Conference Minister on Aug. 25. He will begin his new ministry on Dec. 1.

Pastoral Changes

Anderson, Meredith L. to Grace UCC, Two Rivers, WI
Carr, Cornelius J. from Craftsbury, VT to First Cong. Brookfi eld, VT
Christensen, Carl L. to Cong. UCC Ivoryton, CT
Clark, David from Pembroke, MA to Community UCC, West Dennis, MA
Clark, Kathleen S. to Federated, East Arlington, VT
Crebbin, Matthew S. from Hancock, NH to Cong. UCC, Newtown, CT
Dupere, Ray to Union Cong. UCC, Rockville, CT
Ellis, Gordon E. from Southington, CT to UCC, Keene, NH
Fairbanks, Jason D. from Fort Pierce, FL to First Cong. UCC, Lake Worth, FL
Flynn, Richard L. to St. Paul's UCC, Delano, MN
Fox, Katherine J. to Cosmopolitan UCC, Carrollton, TX
Hart, Lisa A. to St. John's UCC, Breese, IL
Heilman, Edwin C. from Elmore, OH to Park Cong. UCC, Toledo, OH
Jarvis, David F. to First Cong. UCC, Bristol, CT
Kuhn, Kathryn O. from Kiel, WI to Cedar Community UCC, West Bend, WI
Kreach, Toni to St. John UCC, Robinson, TX
Mann, Dana J. to Union UCC, Elk River, MN
McMichael, Rebecca J. from Lehighton, PA to St. Paul's UCC/Christ's UCC, Kempton/ New Tripoli, PA
McSwain, Harold W. from Fort Lauderdale, FL to First Cong. UCC, Ocala, FL
Mereschuk, Christopher J. to First Church of Christ Cong. UCC, Glastonbury, CT
Meyer, Ronald N. to Cong. UCC, Rochester, MN
O'Gorman, Gary to Int., Community UCC, Shrewsbury, VT
Ott, Jennie E. to First Cong. UCC, Minneapolis, MN
Painting, James W. from Carrollton, OH to St. Paul's UCC, East Canton, OH
Parker, Alan to United, Craftsbury, VT
Savides, Stephen P. from Watertown, WI to First Cong. UCC, Appleton, WI
Schmatzhagen, Lisa M. to First Cong. UCC, Oconomowoc, WI
Speece, Grant W. from Granada, MN to Faith United, Ada, MN
Stone, Kelly J. to chaplain, Lakeland College, Sheboygan, WI
Thompson, Kathleen B. to North Madison Cong. UCC, Madison, CT
Titusdahl, Gary A. to Zimbrota/Oronoco, MN
Tobak, Howard H. from St. Paul, MN to Minnesota Conf. staff., Minneapolis, MN
Utke, William from Wauwatosa, WI to Emanuel UCC, Hales Corners, WI
Wall, Shannon R. to First Cong. UCC, Darien, CT
Watling, Greg R. from Dale, WI to First Cong. UCC, New London, WI
Watson, Margaret P. from Southbury, CT to Cong. UCC, Longwood, FL
Weier, Susan K. to Cong. UCC, Grinnell, IA

Information for pastoral changes is provided by the UCC's Parish Life and Leadership Ministry.