October 10-13, 2005

Reunion Planning Committee:

Jerry Henry '80 MDiv
Jerry@ahmp.com
845 Spring St. NW
Unit 523
Atlanta, GA 30308-1050
H: 404-874-9809
W: 404-525-7575

Rev. Talitha J. Arnold '80 MDiv
talithaja@aol.com
United Church of Christ
1804 Arroyo Chamiso
Santa Fe, NM 87505
H: 505-983-6701
W: 505-988-3295

Rev. Delois M. Brown-Daniels '80 MDiv
delois.brown-daniels@advocatehealth.com
Advocate Illinois Masonic Med. Ctr.
836 W. Wellington Ave.
Chicago, IL 60657
H: 773-684-0808
W: 773-296-5002

Preliminary Responses & Registered Classmates

Old friends and new friends will be gathering this October for your reunion!  This list is updated continuously throughout the year to keep you abreast of the latest responses.  Starting in the spring, you and your classmates have the opportunity to indicate your intent to attend your reunion.  Then starting in the summer, we incorporate the names of those classmates who have officially registered for Convocation / Reunions (marked with an asterisk).

Go> Add your name to the list!
Your intent to attend will appear soon after you submit it, but complete registrations (available this summer) must be processed by YDS before your name will appear with an asterisk.

Meanwhile, contact classmates to encourage them to join you in New Haven.  If you've lost touch, or would like to contact one of the classmates already listed below, log on to the online Alumni Directory .

We look forward to seeing you in New Haven!

Last updated April 14, 2005
* = officially registered for reunion

The Class of 1980 invites the entire YDS community to a conversation over lunch during Convocation and Reunion week on the topic

“From generation to generation: ministry and the changes in our world”

Wednesday, October 12 -- Niebuhr Hall
11:30 am

Alumni of the Class of 1980 began their theological education when Jimmy Carter, a Southern Baptist, was President, but they have been in ministry primarily through the Reagan--Bush legacy. The religious landscape has changed in the past 25 years as much as the political and social. This conversation will be an opportunity for us to reflect on how ministry has also changed over the years.  We are now in a time of megachurches; the power of the religious right is a force in the political sphere; and many denominations seem to have "backtracked" on issues that appeared headed toward being settled in 1980 -- civil rights, ecology, gay rights, women clergy, etc. Whether you have been in ministry 5 years, 25 years, 50 years or are in your first semester at YDS, please join Talitha, Jerry, Dee and others to reflect on what sustains you in your ministry in this time, where you find hope, and where you feel called.

Pizza, salad and soda will be provided.

Facilitated by Talitha Arnold '80 M.Div
Jerry Henry '80 M.Div
and Dee Brown-Daniels '80 M.Div