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Volume 22, Number 2, Spring 2013
Convocation Celebration
St. Andrew’s College conferred various
degrees at the twelfth joint convocation of
the Saskatoon Theological Union on
Friday, May 10th. The service was held at
Zion Lutheran Church in Saskatoon.
During the celebration 16 students
received earned degrees from the three colleges (St. Andrew’s College, the Lutheran
Theological Seminary and The College of
Emmanuel & St. Chad). St. Andrew’s
College awarded the Master of Divinity
Degree to Michele Rowe and Ursula Wiig,
and the Master of Theological Studies
Degree to Sun-Do Hyun.
Rev. Bernice Saulteaux and Rev.
Patricia Wotton were the recipients of an
Honorary Doctor of Divinity Degree.
Bernice was honoured for her pastoral
ministry at Carry The Kettle First Nation as
well as for her work with the College.
Patricia was honoured for her years of pastoral ministry as well as for her dedicated
work in the writing and publishing of the
biography of Rev. Dr. Lydia Gruchy.
The convocation address was given by
Rev. Brian Walton, Spiritual Care Educator
at St. Paul’s Hospital in Saskatoon.
Our Second Century Begins...
In This Issue
Principal’s Ponderings
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Alum News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Special MTS Degrees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Integration Seminar and River Bend
Presbytery Integrated Community
Ministries (ICM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
CONTACT! with Ministry Residents
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I’ve Been Wondering...
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The Changing Face of
Church and Ministry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
A Farewell to Jack Carr
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St. Andrew’s College Donors
Reaccreditation Self-Study Update
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St. Andrew’s Second Century Fund . . . . . . . . .11
St. Andrew’s College Second Century
Fund Donations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
St. Andrew’s People
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WZION Radio Show/Fundraiser
Gala Dinners
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Staff Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Garden of Eaten’
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From the Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Mark Your Calendars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
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Principal’s Ponderings
Lorne Calvert
To paraphrase Shakespeare,
“There is a tide in the affairs
of the church,
Which, taken at the flood, leads
on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
On such a full sea are we now afloat,
And we must take the current
when it serves,
Or lose our ventures.” (Julius Caesar Act
4, scene 3, 218-224)
Three significant discussions occurring within The United Church of Canada
present a tide of potential change and faithful response to God’s leading in our time.
Each will have impact on the fortunes of
our College, theological education and
preparation for ministry.
The welcomed Comprehensive Review
Task Force, established by the last General
Council of the United Church, will make
ground-breaking recommendations for
change and for the future of our entire
Church. The “Joint Ministry Working
Group” of the General Council is proposing a reformation of ministry in the United
Church toward a concept of “One Order of
Ministry” through which ordained ministers, designated lay ministers and diaconal
ministers would be considered one order of
ministry with several paths of educational
preparation under the goal of “educational
equivalency”. Near the end of June 2013 a
national gathering is being held to bring
together representatives of all of our
United Church theological centres to discuss the future of theological education in
the United Church.
Each of these discussions has the real
potential to effect progressive change and
response to the leading of the Holy in our
midst. There is a tide of opportunity for
our College and Church in these events.
St. Andrew’s seeks to be part of these discussions, informed by their outcomes and
engaged in the results of God’s leading.
As a College that boldly sought the
integration of theological education and
the life of our community by establishing
on the campus of the University of
Saskatchewan a century ago; as a College
that celebrated the graduation of Lydia
Gruchy in 1923 and fought for her ordination until 1936; as a College that ambitiously built in the 1950’s and 1960’s to
meet the leadership needs of the time; as a
College that has been a ready partner in
ecumenical education, a ready partner in
rural ministry, a ready partner with justice
seeking communities; as a College that
sought early on among theological institutions to become an Affirming Ministry; as
a College that in recent times has offered
program for the entire Church that deeply
maintains the integration of study and
experience in theological education; St.
Andrew’s College has stood ready and willing to be at the cutting-edge of progressive
and faithful change.
Today, St. Andrew’s students, faculty,
Board and Committees, and community
remain ready to move as God would have
us move. Such a period of opportunity
may not come again for many years.
Shakespeare had it right, “We must take the
current when it serves, or lose our ventures.”
Alum News
Star City United Church supports a half-time minister
within the town of Star City, which has 450 people.
During the Easter Sunday worship service we joyfully celebrated the baptisms of 4 adults, 3 children and one teen, 8 baptisms in all.
Let us celebrate the vital importance of each and every
small rural congregation and the New Life sustained !
Rev. Carole Beal McKenzie
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St. Andrew’s College principal Lorne Calvert accepts a cheque from Doug
Barss, Chair of the Trustees of Rosemont United Church in Regina. Rosemont
closed last year and from the proceeds of the sale of the building they donated
$24,420 to St. Andrew’s College for capital improvements.
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St.Andrew’s College
I’ve Been Wondering...
Here on the prairies many congregations have been celebrating 100 year
anniversaries, including St. Andrew’s
College last summer. While a hundred
years of active ministry is something to
truly celebrate, challenges continue for
many rural and city congregations and for
St. A’s. Today many churches have been trying to figure out how to carry on their ministries and mission. There seems to be a
common refrain: the need for more money
and more volunteers/theological students.
St. Andrew’s College has been working
diligently to have St. A’s first and foremost
in the minds of congregations in the prairie
provinces. Intentionally perspective theological students are being sought resulting
in a welcomed increased enrolment in the
2012-2013 year with expectations that next
year will have increased numbers too.
The financial reality is being tackled
on different fronts by the College as it
meets the challenges of increasing costs
and in some areas decreasing income. A
couple of examples include fewer United
Church Women’s (UCW) groups resulting
in decreased donations to the College. The
grant to St. A’s from the General Council
will be decreased in 2014 as it too tries to
make ends meet.
So I’ve been wondering...
We know that a community of faith
needs a firm foundation. Well, St. Andrew’s
College is built of stone and I suppose it sits
on a solid base - or after 100 years it would
have sunk out of sight by now. But I am
really thinking about a different kind of
foundation besides rock and mortar. I am
thinking about us.
How can we support St. Andrew’s
College? Some of us can do little but offer
prayer and that is important. But many
more of us, no matter where we live, can
give from our financial resources which,
when our offering is pooled with others,
will provide solid support to the College.
It has been my personal experience
that I am able to live up to my intentions of
donating money when I am able to give on
a regular basis. To make it really easy, I con-
tribute monthly through PAR (Pre
Authorized Remittance). At St. Andrew’s I
have given written instructions to the Chief
Administrative Officer, Leslee Harden,
along with a voided personal cheque to
designate a certain amount of money to be
withdrawn from my bank account each
month. This way I don’t forget to give a
donation. If personal income increases or
decreases and you wish to change your
monthly giving, just write to Leslee at
leslee.harden@usask.ca or to her c/o St.
Andrew’s College.
I have seen how PAR has financially
stabilized congregations as they know what
income to expect each month. You would
be surprised how happy faith communities
are to receive a steady monthly income. We
can make St. A’s happy too if a majority of
Alumni/ae and friends of the College were
to give through PAR. More importantly we
can help provide needed financial stability
to the College while contributing to its firm
foundation.
Faye Ford
A Farewell to Jack Carr
After almost a decade of serving the
community of St. Andrew’s as Pastor in
Residence, the Rev. Dr. Jack Carr is retiring
his role at the College. Following his years
of pastoral ministry in United Church congregations on the prairies, Jack offered his
pastoral gifts to the students and faculty of
St. Andrew’s.
As Pastor in Residence Jack has met
regularly with St. Andrew’s students, often
bi-weekly over lunch, to share their journey
in preparation for ministry and theological
education. He has counselled, encouraged,
inspired and listened to a generation of students at St. Andrew’s as mentor and friend.
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And, in his role as Pastor in Residence,
Jack Carr has been a member of the faculty, sharing student concerns in faculty discussions, and offering the wisdom of his
experience in guiding the academic life of
the College.
At the year-end banquet this year the
students, faculty and staff of St. Andrew’s
presented Jack with a ‘key to the College’ in
the sincere hope that he often returns and,
as the College’s longest serving Pastor in
Residence, the St. Andrew’s Board awarded
Jack the office of Pastor in Residence
Emeritus at this spring’s convocation
lunch.
The entire St. Andrew’s community
offers prayerful thanks for Jack Carr’s ministry and extends best wishes to Jack and
Eloise in the years ahead.
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St.Andrew’s College
Reaccreditation Self-Study Update
The College community is now well
into the self-study process for reaccreditation. The Steering Committee and subcommittees have met. The members of the
subcommittees are working both individually and in their subcommittees on an indepth examination of all aspects of the
College’s life and work. Students, recent
graduates, staff, faculty, board members
and others have been surveyed; policies
and documents are being examined. All of
this data will be analyzed by the subcommittees in order to ascertain what the
College is doing well, and where we need to
change. The Steering Committee will make
recommendations to the Board and faculty
in the fall.
After we submit our completed selfstudy at the end of 2013, we will be visited
by a team appointed by the Board of
Commissioners of the Association of
Theological Schools in the United States
and Canada. That visit has been set, and
will occur March 17-20, 2014. At that time
the visiting team will meet with students,
alumni/ae, faculty, staff and Board members, as well as any other people the team
might wish to talk to.
Any person interested in making a
submission for consideration by the self-
study Steering Committee and/or one of
the subcommittees should contact Dr.
Christine Mitchell, Director of the SelfStudy, at 306-966-8985 or by email at christine.mitchell@usask.ca. The final draft of
the self-study will be available early in 2014
on the College website. Any person who
wishes to make a written submission
directly to or speak with the visiting team
should also contact Dr. Mitchell. All written submissions addressed directly to the
visiting team will be given to the team
upon its arrival.
Christine Mitchell
Special MTS Degrees
While gathering information on our
graduates for the 100th Anniversary celebrations last summer a curious anomaly
was discovered. Following World War II,
the church needed to get ministers into
congregations so many students opted out
of writing a thesis and completing the
Bachelor of Divinity degree and instead
were ordained and went directly into ministry.
In October 2012, in an effort to recog-
nize the St. Andrew’s graduates who never
received a degree, the Academic Committee
passed a motion to grant a Master of
Theological Studies degree in recognition
of their course of study. Letters were
mailed to the 31 surviving graduates and
21 people responded that they would like
to receive the degree.
Degrees were awarded to: Wes Ashwin,
Ray Brandon, Harvey Clarke, D. Dale
Cuming, Gerrit de Vries, William
Dearborn, Leslie Edmonds, Maurice
Gardner, Barry Godley, Don Leitch, Doug
McMurtry, Ross McMurtry, Don Milne,
Jack Oglesby, Eduard Prinselaar, C. Barry
Roberts, John Spencley, Harry Steele, Glen
Thompson, George Ward and Howard
Watson.
A special service was held in December
to recognize those graduates who were able
to attend.
(Back row): Vic Wiebe, Don Schweitzer, HyeRan
Kim-Cragg, Lynn Caldwell, Lorne Calvert,
Nettie Wiebe, Christine Mitchell, Sandra
Beardsall.
(Front Row): Ross McMurtry, Harvey Clarke,
Wes Ashwin, William Steele, Jack Oglesby.
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St.Andrew’s College
Integration Seminar and River Bend Presbytery
Integrated Community Ministries (ICM)
Integration Seminar at St. Andrew’s
College is a required course in the MDiv
program and is also often taken as an elective by students in other programs of study
at St. Andrew’s. In recent years, this has
included several visiting exchange students
from our partner institution at Hanshin
University in Seoul, South Korea.
The course involves a field placement
in which students volunteer for 3 hours a
week with various community organizations. Seminar sessions each week focus on
learnings that emerge from field placements, and on developing skills for socially-engaged
theological
reflection.
Organizations involved as placements in
recent years have included the Saskatoon
Food Bank and Learning Centre, AIDS
Saskatoon, the Friendship Inn, Boys and
Girls Clubs, Sherbrooke Community
Centre, the Core Neighbourhood Youth
Co-op, CHEP Good Food Inc., Interval
House, Oliver Lodge, Micah Mission,
Communities
of
Support
and
Accountability, the Mennonite Central
Committee, and River Bend Presbytery
Integrated Community Ministries (ICM).
ICM is the community outreach ministry of River Bend Presbytery. As well as
sometimes serving as a placement site, ICM
staff and programs are a strong resource
and support to the overall learning for students in Integration Seminar each year.
ICM is uniquely situated as such a learning
resource, as the ministry works to create
ways for people to build relationships
across diverse experiences – particularly to
connect those with the lived experience of
poverty, and those who do not know that
experience. Becoming allies for social
change across such difficult differences and
integrating this into practices of ministry is
a key part of the learning in Integration
Seminar.
The seminar was particularly enriched
this past term by conversations with ICM’s
community minister Janet Clarke, ICM’s
administrative staff support Gina Zeegers,
Integration students Deanna Cox, Seo Young Kim,
with two ICM staff, Janet Clarke and Gina Zeegers
at the ICM office, April 2013
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and by visits to the ICM space at KAP
House (Kinsmen Activity Place). ICM has
ongoing initiatives to bring people together in conversation about the Truth and
Reconciliation
Commission
(TRC)
process, organizes a community art show,
hosts coffee time conversations with neighbours, and offers an ‘Essential Voices’ program that provides employment to and
opportunities for people with the lived
experience of poverty to contribute to the
ministry. ICM is a strong model for being
allies in our communities, and for developing socially-engaged practices in pastoral
ministry. The connections between ICM
and Integration Seminar are a key contribution to integrative learning at St.
Andrew’s College and we are grateful to
River Bend Presbytery ICM for these
opportunities to work together.
Submitted by Lynn Caldwell,
Integration Seminar Faculty Coordinator
2012-13
Integration Seminar faculty and students:
San Woo Jeon, Deanna Cox, Lynn Caldwell
and Seo Young Kim
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CONTACT! with Ministry Residents
In 2012 – 2013, four student ministers
are in the field ministering to their congregations.
• On 30 April Michele Rowe will have
completed her twenty month Ministry
Residency with Knox United Church in
Langham, Saskatchewan.
• On 15 May, Ursula Wiig will complete her twelve month Internship with the
Loreburn – Hawarden Pastoral Charge in
Saskatchewan.
• On 30 June, Kathleen Anderson will
have completed the first ten months of her
Ministry Residency with St. Paul’s United
Church in Kelowna, British Columbia.
• On 30 June, Taylor Croissant will be
also be halfway through his Ministry
Residency with the Two Hills – Myrnam
Pastoral Charge in Alberta Northwest
Conference.
Michele Rowe reflects on her
Ministry Residency:
“My Residency has been an amazing
opportunity that has affirmed my call to
Ministry and deepened my love for the
church and its people in surprising ways.
My previous experience church experience
had been at St. Thomas Wesley, an
Affirming urban congregation actively
engaged in social justice focused ministry. I
‘grew up’ as a Christian there, nurtured by
the love and passion of the people who
work with some of the city’s most marginalized citizens. It is a particular kind of
church and, as people often reminded me
as I prepared to leave there for my
Residency placement, other churches
would not be like that one.
My Residency, now drawing to a close,
is at Knox United in Langham, a short ten
minute drive away from my home in
Dalmeny. I have experienced ministry in
new ways in this ‘rurban’ context where
much of our interaction with each other
involves food: growing it, preparing it and
sharing it. Outreach happens here in an
informal and organic way as someone sees
a need and seeks to meet it, often quietly
and without public recognition. While ours
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is not yet an Affirming church, I have experienced it as a welcoming one that provides
a safe place for all of God’s Beloved Ones to
gather.
Here at Knox United in Langham, I
have continued to ‘grow up’ in the faith,
journeying from ‘baptized’ to ‘baptizer’ and
‘congregant’ to ‘celebrant’ in twenty short
months. Soon I will graduate and be
ordained and, God willing, live and work in
the midst of United Church people who
continue to do justice and love kindness
and walk humbly with their God no matter
where their church is located.”
Ursula Wiig writes:
“Prior to my appointment as intern
last May, the Pastoral Charge had been
without a minister for several years, so I
was blessed with experienced lay leadership
and warmly welcomed by the congregation. On a practical level, given that it was
one of the worst winters in memory, I had
to quickly learn about winter driving on
rural roads. It was also my first experience
of living in a village, albeit part-time, without even a small grocery store! Through it
all, I felt very much supported by the
Pastoral Charge and St Andrew’s College,
and in the process gained more confidence
in my pastoral role both in the church and
in the community.
The bulk of my learning came from
weekly worship leadership through all the
seasons of the church year and regular pastoral services in two long-term care facilities. Due to the shortage of ministry personnel in the Central Butte area, the
Pastoral Charge’s recommitment to this
ministry was very much welcomed by the
residents and staff. Congregants also
strongly supported and encouraged my
involvement in the wider community,
whether in a leadership capacity, such as on
Remembrance Day, or as a member of the
community choir.
Even in such a short time I witnessed
some significant changes in the community. Continuing a trend that has been going
on for a while, four of our most active,
older couples have bought or rented condos in the city to be nearer their families
and health facilities in the winter. Sadly,
the younger generations are sparsely represented in our churches, as is the case in the
wider community, so the church faces considerable challenges ahead. Nevertheless, I
am delighted that I can continue to walk on
this journey with the community in the
capacity of candidate supply. With the
Spirit’s guidance and wisdom, I look forward to building on the work we began
together on my internship.”
This is an exciting time for
Kathleen Anderson to be in ministry with St. Paul’s United Church in
Kelowna. Here’s what she shared:
“With Holy Week behind us, the congregation of St. Paul’s United Church in
Kelowna is getting ready to unveil its redevelopment plans to city council and
potential investors. The new project website is up and running
(www.sanctuarykelowna.com), and our
board recently met with colleagues at
another church in town to finalize our lease
agreement with them. We will be worshiping out of the local Seventh Day Adventist
church for the year or so while the new
buildings are under construction. With all
of this change, the ministry team here has
been focusing on pastoral care, communications, and working out various ways to
make the transition time as painless as possible for the congregation. I have been
involved in all aspects of this work, with a
particular focus on communications and
transition rituals - ways of making our
worship on Sundays reflect and ease the
concerns of the congregation.
Aside from the project work, it is business as usual for me. I have had opportunities to work with the youth all the way up
to some of our oldest congregants (centenarians are almost commonplace here!),
and I have enjoyed it all. In addition, I have
chosen to volunteer as an on-call chaplain
at the hospital in town, which consistently
challenges me in unexpected ways. I con-
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tinue to learn from the congregation here,
and feel incredibly blessed to be working in
this incredible and remarkably energetic
environment.”
Taylor Croissant outlined his
work with the Two Hills-Myrnam Pastoral
Charge:
“I began my twenty month residency
in September, after a bout of food poisoning on moving day, in the Two HillsMyrnam pastoral charge in AlbertaNorthwest Conference. The town of Two
Hills is mostly of Ukrainian ancestry and
the church also possesses this identity, certainly unique within the United Church of
Canada. The pastoral charge has seen a
great deal of growth lately, especially in our
Sunday School. As a result we have been
running a very successful monthly Bible
school afternoon programme, coinciding
with the school’s professional development
days. I have made myself at home in the
community by playing old-timer’s hockey,
joining the local golf course and taking up
curling.
Two Hills was struck by two tragic fires
during the winter. The first was the home
of the church’s treasurer, a beautiful log
house she and her husband had lived in for
sixty years, built from timber from their
own property. The church’s financial
records were also destroyed in the fire,
which has presented an interesting learning
experience in residency. The town poured
out an overwhelming amount of support
for them to help them recover from that
terrible loss. Barely a month later, the curling rink in Two Hills was also lost to fire,
just two weeks after renovation plans had
been approved for the building. During
my stay I have acquired a great love for
Ukrainian food, which I am treated to on a
regular basis in the pastoral charge.
My supervision sessions with the Rev.
Carolyn Woodall have been very nourishing and have kept me on the right track for
convocation and ordination in the spring
of 2014.”
Respectfully submitted,
Lynn Bayne
Ministry Residency Coordinator
THE CHANGING FACE OF CHURCH AND MINISTRY
I have the privilege of being a member
of
the
Comprehensive
Review Task Group
established by the
United Church at its
meeting in Ottawa last
August.
The Task
Group has been asked
to review all of the
Vic Wiebe
operations of the
Board Chair
United Church and to
recommend to the
next General Council meeting in 2015 how
the church can be revitalized to meet the
needs of people in the 21st century and
what structure or organization would be
needed to support such a church. A consultation with all congregations has just
been launched and similar consultations
will be occurring with other parts of the
church. The colleges, education centres
and other groups within the United
Church with an interest in theological education have been invited to a major national consultation in June.
It is clear that ministerial leadership
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will be a key to any changes that will be
made.
In anticipation of this, the
Moderator this summer is leading a pilgrimage of 100 church leaders to the
Greenbelt Festival in the United Kingdom.
This is a gathering of some 20,000 people
to explore and experience innovative and
leading edge practices in church renewal
from around the world. God is already
moving in new ways in the world and we
need to discern what those ways are and
how we can become part of them.
I believe St. Andrews College is ideally
positioned to play a lead role in preparing
students for these changing times. We are
still firmly rooted in an educational process
that closely integrates the academic and
practical skill requirements for ministry.
Undoubtedly, we will need to adjust the
content of the teaching that we do, but the
integration of theory and practice will
always be important.
The on-going major challenge for us
will be to change and enhance our education programs in the face of decreasing
financial resources from the national
church and increasing competition for students from other colleges and programs.
We are well positioned by experience and
by location to innovate and to find efficiencies through collaboration with other
denominations and with other programs
within the United Church umbrella. We
also have a solid base of independent financial support from the churches, UCW’s and
other groups within our region and from
many, many alumni, former residents, and
other individuals who appreciate the value
of the work that we do. We will need to
build on these strengths to insure that we
can continue to offer a strong “justice driven theological education for Christian
leadership” that is as relevant in the 21st
century as it has been for the last 100 years.
As I complete my time as Chair of the
Board, I want to say how much I have
enjoyed the privilege of serving in this way.
I am confident that you will to continue to
provide the same level of support and
encouragement to the Board and to the
incoming Chair, Dawn Ballantine-Dickson,
as you so generously have shared with me.
A big thank you to all with whom I have
had the opportunity to share my passion
for the work of this College.
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St. Andrew’s College Donors
November 3, 2012 – May 27, 2013
THANK YOU TO
ALBERTA AND
NORTHWEST
Pastoral Charges
Grace United Church; Lloydminster
McQueen Memorial United Church;
Mannville
Ohaton United Church; Ohaton
Olds United Church; Olds
Rolling Hills United Church;
Rolling Hills
Southern Alberta Japanese United
Church; Lethbridge
St. Paul's United Church; Milk River
St. Paul's United Church; Peace River
Sundre United Church; Sundre
Westminster United Church;
Medicine Hat
Other Donors
Estate of Roger Kett; Calgary
UCW’s
Airdrie UCW Nellie Pole Unit;
Airdrie
Barrhead UCW; Barrhead
Bowden General UCW; Bowden
Brooks UCW; Brooks
Carstairs UCW; Carstairs
Castor UCW; Castor
Cereal UCW; Cereal
Coronado UCW; Sturgeon County
Ebenezer UCW; Edmonton
Fifth Avenue Memorial UCW;
Medicine Hat
Fort Saskatchewan UCW Agnes
Forbes Unit; Fort Saskatchewan
Gaetz Memorial UCW WilsonGardiner Unit; Red Deer
High River UCW; High River
Hightlands UCW; Edmonton
Holden UCW; Holden
Innisfail UCW; Innisfail
Knox UCW; Taber
Lamont UCW; Lamont
Lloydminster UCW; Lloydminster
McClure General UCW; Edmonton
Morrin UCW; Morrin
Olds UCW; Olds
Pincher Creek UCW; Pincher Creek
Ponoka UCW; Ponoka
Provost UCW; Provost
Robertson Wesley UCW; Edmonton
Southminster UCW; Lethbridge
St. John's UCW; Hines Creek
St. Paul's UCW; Grande Prairie
St. Paul's UCW; Trochu
Strathearn UCW; Edmonton
Strathmore UCW; Strathmore
Trinity UCW; Cold Lake
Two Hills UCW; Two Hills
Vermilion UCW; Vermilion
Viking UCW; Viking
Wainwright UCW; Wainwright
Westminster UCW; Medicine Hat
Individuals
Baldwin, Betty; Milk River
Belanger, L & C; Coalhurst
Bessey, Stanley; Calgary
Bruggeman, Viola; Edmonton
Conley, Larry; Lethbridge
Cook Barbara; Raymond
Crittenden, Joyce; Lethbridge
Croskery, Robret and Joan;
Lethbridge
Currie, Lloyd; Lethbridge
Darby, Dennis & Alice; Lethbridge
DeVries, Jerry; Edmonton
Dodic, Rajko; Lethbridge
Doidge, Gertrude; Fort Saskatchewan
Drysdale, Keith; Medicine Hat
Dyck, Geraldine; Coaldale
Edey, Elaine; Sundre
Ellithorpe, Deb; Sundre
Fennell, Austin & Jean; Lethbridge
Ferguson, K.; Taber
Flaman, Keith; Coaldale
Gibson, Laurie; Lethbridge
Gillies, Steven & Marilyn; Lethbridge
Godley, Barry; Medicine Hat
Grozell, Barb; Medicine Hat
Hann, S.; Lethbridge
Hanzel, Ron & Janet; Lethbridge
Harrison, Bertha; Medicine Hat
Henderson, Delmond & Gwennieth;
Medicine Hat
WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE
TO USE THIS MONEY TOWARDS
ONE OF YOUR MANY PROJECTS
THROUGHOUT THIS COMING YEAR
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DONORS TO THE College
We are pleased to list the people and groups who have
sent donations to St. Andrew’s College during the above
mentioned time period. We greatly appreciate the
continuing support we receive from you.
Hiller, Frieda; Medicine Hat
Houston, Clinton; Medicine Hat
Hummel, Gail; Milk River
Ishida, Mitzi & Kerry; Taber
Jahnke, Cheri; Sundre
Johnson, Frank; Sundre
Kennedy, Catherine & Gerald;
Camrose
Loewen, Carol; Edmonton
Lovatt, Lloyd; Edmonton
MacLellan, Jean; Camrose
McCann, Marlene; Coaldale
McKay, Aldeen; Lethbridge
McLeod, Sheila; Bow Island
McNeely, Gail; Bow Island
Mears, Marilyn & Charles; Lethbridge
Mentanko, Carol; Lethbridge
Minion, Cecilia; Warner
Montgomery, Barbara; Lethbridge
Morgan, John H.; Pincher Creek
Olson, Allan; Medicine Hat
Otsuka, Ayako, Lethbridge
Potvin, Ellen; Fort Macleod
Radway, Ruth; Strathmore
Redel, Doris; Lethbridge
Reitsma, Clazina; Coleman
Robin, Jean; Lethbridge
Roe, Margaret; Lethbridge
Saruwatar, Mary; Taber
Schmitt, Gordon; Milk River
Scott, Gerald; Cardston
Senft, Elpha & Ron; Stettler
Shillington, Terry & Mary;
Lethbridge
Smith, Doreen; Lethbridge
Smith, Margaret; Medicine Hat
Sproul, Beth; Lethbridge
Wartman, Frances; Edmonton
Wicks, Joyce; Sundre
Wutzke, Louise; Bow Island
Wyatt, Harold; Calgary
SASKATCHEWAN
Pastoral Charges
Bridging Waters; Nipawin
Brora United Church; Regina
Calvary United Church; Loon Lake
Calvary United Church; Prince Albert
ST. ANDREW’S COLLEGE
RECEIVES SUPPORT
FROM DONATIONS TO
THE MISSION AND
SERVICE FUND OF THE
UNITED CHURCH OF
CANADA.
Creelman United Church; Creelman
Cupar United Church; Cupar
Cut Knife Pastoral Charge; Cut Knife
Davidson United Church; Davidson
Delisle United Church; Delisle
Elrose United Church; Elrose
First United Church; Swift Current
Goose Lake Pastoral Charge; Harris
Grace United Church; Fillmore
Grace United Church; Swift Current
Grace United Church; Weyburn
Grosvenor Park United Church;
Saskatoon
Knox United Church; Saskatoon
Lancer Trinity United Church;
Portreeve
Neilburg United Church; Neilburg
New Venture Pastoral Charge;
Aneroid
Nipawin United Church; Nipawin
Quill Plains Pastoral Charge; Watson
Rosemont United Church; Regina
Semans United Church; Semans
Southey United Church; Southey
St. Andrew`s United Church;
Kinistino
St. Andrew`s United Church;
Lumsden
St. Andrew`s United Church; Yorkton
St. David`s Trinity United Church;
Saskatoon
St. James United Church; Regina
St. James United Church; Wolseley
St. Paul`s - International Pastoral
Charge; Estevan
St. Paul`s United Church; Kindersley
St. Thomas Wesley United Church;
Saskatoon
Star City Pastoral Charge; Star City
Third Avenue United Church; North
Battleford
Vanscoy United Church; Vanscoy
Wesley United Church; Regina
Zion United Church; Regina
UCW’s
Admiral UCW; Admiral
Atwater UCW; Bangor
Avonlea UCW; Avonlea
Bethune UCW; Bethune
Broadview UCW; Broadview
Cabri UCW; Cabri
Calvary UCW; Prince Albert
Canora UCW; Canora
Carievale UCW; Carievale
Carlyle UCW; Carlyle
Carnduff UCW; Carnduff
Central Butte UCW; Central Butte
Codette UCW; Codette
Creelman UCW; Creelman
Eatonia UCW; Eatonia
First UCW; Swift Current
Frontier UCW; Frontier
Glad Hearts UCW; Webb
Grace UCW; Macklin
Grace Westminster UCW; Saskatoon
Grenfell UCW; Grenfell
Kamsack UCW; Kamsack
Kinistino UCW; Kinistino
Knox UCW; North Portal
Knox UCW; Shellbrook
Lakeside UCW; Ituna
Lanigan UCW; Lanigan
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Limerick UCW; Limerick
Mary McLenaghan UCW; Hudson
Bay
Mayfair UC ; Saskatoon
Melfort UCW; Melfort
Melville UCW; Melville
Milden UCW; Milden
Mount Royal Emmanuel UCW;
Saskatoon
Northminster UCW; Creighton
Paradise Hill UCW; Paradise Hill
Partners in Worship Women's
Auxiliary; Shell Lake
Perdue UCW; Perdue
Pierceland UCW; Pierceland
Quill Lake UCW; Quill Lake
Richard UCW; Richard
St. Andrew's UCW; Esterhazy
St. Andrew's UCW; Fort Qu'Appelle
St. Andrew's UCW; Indian Head
St. Andrew's UCW; Moose Jaw
St. Andrew's UCW; Yorkton
St. Martin's UCW; Saskatoon
St. Paul's UCW; Assiniboia
St. Paul's UCW; Oxbow
St. Paul's UCW; Tisdale
Sunset UCW Fellowship Group;
Regina
Trinity UCW; Preeceville
Vanscoy UCW; Vanscoy
Westview UCW; Yorkton
Wolseley UCW; Wolseley
Zion Jubilee UCW; Moose Jaw
Other Donors
Alexander`s Restaurant and Bar;
Saskatoon
Burnett`s Key Shop; Saskatoon
Clearlite Glass Ltd.; Saskatoon
Martens Warman Funeral Home Inc.;
Saskatoon
Park Funeral Chapel; Saskatoon
Pitchgreen Communications Ltd.;
Regina
Prairie Pine Presbytery; Kindersley
Saskatoon Funeral Home; Saskatoon
Saskatoon Scottish Country Dancers;
Saskatoon
Scott Enterprises (1983) Ltd.;
Saskatoon
St. Andrew`s College Faculty Fund;
Saskatoon
St. Andrew`s Outreach Fund; Eston
Individuals
Adamson, Bill; Saskatoon
Adrian, Lietta; Prince Albert
Allan, Nancy; Saskatoon
Anslow, Shirley-Anne; Creelman
Arnold, Sharon; Moose Jaw
Atkinson, Catherine; Prince Albert
Bailey, W. Allan; Prince Albert
Baker, Helen; Saskatoon
Baker, Rita; Saskatoon
Balas, Laura & Don; Aneroid
Ballantyne, Mary; Saskatoon
Barber Rob & Judith; Moose Jaw
Barss, Don and Donna; Saskatoon
Bartusek, Marilyn & Ron; Moose Jaw
Beardsall, Sandra; Saskatoon
Bembridge, Allan; Martensville
Bembridge, Martin; Dalmeny
Bender, Millie; Pierceland
Bishop, B & G; Lanigan
PLEASE ACCEPT THIS DONATION IN
GRATITUDE FOR THE WORK YOU
CONTINUE TO DO.
Bodnarchuk, John & Marj; Prince
Albert
Bodner, Merv & Marilyn; Lanigan
Borgeson, Nora; North Battleford
Boulton, Emily; Pierceland
Bowman, Evelyn; Saskatoon
Boyd, Jean; Kinistino
Bradshaw, Beverley; Regina
Bray, John & Elaine; Regina
Brinkworth, Roy; Estevan
Buhler, Jake; Saskatoon
Burke, Judy; Gainsborough
Butters, M. Isabelle; Weyburn
Caldwell, Beverley; Saskatoon
Caldwell, Janet & Bill; Meadow Lake
Caldwell, Margaret; Saskatoon
Calvert, Betty; Saskatoon
Campbell, Irene Thiessen; Unity
Carman, Kenneth; Saskatoon
Carment, Laura; Prince Albert
Carr, Jack & Louise; Saskatoon
Caughlin, Marilyn; Regina
Cawood, Diane; North Battleford
Clarke, Harvey; Saskatoon
Clarke, Janet; Saskatoon
Cleghorn, Doug & Bernice; Prince
Albert
Cline, Eric; Saskatoon
Cook, James; Saskatoon
Craig, Donna; Prince Albert
Crawford, John & Margaret;
Saskatoon
Cross, Art & Marjorie; Yorkton
Cuming, Elizabeth; Saskatoon
Cumming, G. Ray; Unity
Davidson, Dorothy; Lanigan
Dodds, Shirley; Regina
Dow, Jeannette; Moose Jaw
Dryden, Keith; Saskatoon
Dunham, Robert & Barbara; Lanigan
Durant, Peggy; Saskatoon
Durie, Ruth; Moose Jaw
Edwards, Janice; Nokomis
Ellis, Ken & Joyce; Regina
Findlay, Doug & Elaine; Saskatoon
Forbes, David; Saskatoon
Fowke, Larry; Saskatoon
WE WISH YOU WELL IN YOUR MOST
ESSENTIAL WORK OF PROVIDING
THEOLOGICAL TRAINING. IT IS
VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE
UNITED CHURCH PROVIDE THIS
MUCH NEEDED TRAINING.
Fraser, Murray; Regina
Fredeen, Margaret; Saskatoon
Gardiner, Laura; Unity
Gardner, Maurice; Moose Jaw
Gattinger, Fred & Irene; Moose Jaw
Gibson, Jean; Saskatoon
Gifco, Alice; Moose Jaw
Gittings, Patsy & Fred; Grandora
Glover, Ken; Saskatoon
Gottschalk, John; Unity
Graham, Stewart & Gilda Treleaven
Graham; Regina
Graham, Walter & Florence;
Saskatoon
Grass, Kelly; Moose Jaw
Griffiths, Ruth; Prince Albert
Grimes, Aurelia; Saskatoon
Guenther, Bud; Lanigan
Hall, Donna; St. Walburg
Harding, Ilene; Nokomis
Harley, Judith; Nokomis
Harper, Mildred; Regina
Hart, Sheila & Bill; Meadow Lake
Hayden, Ellen; Prince Albert
Helgason, Audrey; Foam Lake
Henderson, Toliver; Saskatoon
Henry, Edwin & Sarah; Moose Jaw
Hicks, Faye; Moose Jaw
Hood, Jean & Don; Esterhazy
Hoppe, Cindy; Biggar
Hughes, Addie; Moose Jaw
Hurd, Linsell; Manitou Beach
Hyun, Sun-Do; Saskatoon
Iknesky, Hilda & Walter; Pierceland
Ingham, Tessie; Lanigan
Ivanochko, Robert; Regina
Iverson, Marilee; Meota
Iwai, Hiraku & Michiru; Saskatoon
Jackson, Frances; Swift Current
James-Cavan, Kathleen; Saskatoon
Johnson, Dennis & Beth; Saskatoon
Kearns, Colleen; Foam Lake
Kernen, Willa; Christopher Lake
Kim-Cragg, HyeRan; Saskatoon
Knouse, Wayne; Saskatoon
Kullman, Ruby; Saskatoon
Kunda, Snake; Saskatoon
Kyler, Doris; Birch Hills
Lachapelle, Connie; Saskatoon
LaRose, Vickie; Prince Albert
Leland, Joan; Kinistino
LeTourneau, Jean; Moose Jaw
LeVesconte, Norma; Lanigan
Liberty-Duns, Jeanette; Saskatoon
Lloyd, John; Prince Albert
MacKinnon, Terrence; Lanigan
Major, Marilyn; Martensville
Mansell, Lorna; Nokomis
Marshall, Bill; Prince Albert
Martinoski, Leonard; Swift Current
Martyn, Mike; Prince Albert
McBain, Dale & Marlene; Moose Jaw
McEwen, Donald & Barbara;
Saskatoon
McFarlage, Aliec; Moosomin
McKague, Terry; Regina
McLeod, Neil & Joy; Prince Albert
McLeod-Pitre, Chelsea; Saskatoon
McQuarrie, Arlis; Saskatoon
Meisner, Emil & Gwen; Lanigan
Mierau, Annie; Langham
Mikuliak, Brian & Shauna; Moose
Jaw
Mikuliak, Orris; Moose Jaw
How to Donate
You may send a cheque or donate by credit card.
Please make cheques payable to St. Andrew’s College.
To donate by credit card please call 1-877-644-8970.
Donations may be sent to: St. Andrew’s College,
1121 College Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 0W3
Please indicate clearly any direction for use of your donation. We encourage you to donate without restrictions.
Please consider a bequest to St. Andrew’s College in your Will or Planned Giving through insurance policies.
If you have bequeathed money to the College in your Will we would like to know about
it so that we are able to acknowledge this in the next issue of Contact.
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St. Andrew’s College Donors - con’t
Miller, Charlotte; Regina
Mills, Isabelle; Saskatoon
Minogue, Diane; Swift Current
Mitchell, Kathleen; Lafleche
Molyneux, Eva; Swift Current
Morrison, Dale & Mildred; Saskatoon
Murch, Hewitt; Swift Current
Nagle, C. L.; Saskatoon
Nightingale, Jeremy; Meadow Lake
Olubobokun, John & Simbo;
Saskatoon
Orr, Doreen; Swift Current
Oussoren, John; Sturgis
Owen, Wendell & Ruth; Saskatoon
Owens, Kathleen; Moose Jaw
Panko, Lucie; Saskatoon
Parker, Joan & Stanley; Prince Albert
Person, Betty-Anne; Saskatoon
Person, Karma; Saskatoon
Petrie, Dave & Marilyn; Saskatoon
Phillips, Lyle; Moose Jaw
Playford, Joyce; Moose Jaw
Potter, Joyce & Norman; Unity
Powell, Joyce & Roy; Guernsey
Power, Ken; Moose Jaw
Powers, Ken; Regina
Pritchard, Bev; Regina
Pullam, Eric; Estevan
Quick, Willian; Regina
Reid, Bonnie; Saskatoon
Reynolds, Ross; Lanigan
Richards, Bill; Saskatoon
Roadhouse, Ferne; Evesham
Robson, Louise; Unity
Rogers, Lorelie; Limerick
Rooke, W. Rangall; Saskatoon
Ross, Jack; Moose Jaw
Ryan, Carol; Unity
Salin, Eleanor; Saskatoon
Sampson, April; Weyburn
Sargeant, James & Pauline; Moose
Jaw
Saunderson, Dorothy; Vanguard
Schmidt, Tannis & Kevin; Saskatoon
Scott, Margaret; Saskatoon
Shank, Bill; Saskatoon
Shead, Joan; Unity
Shepherd, Heather & Douglas;
Moose Jaw
Shewchuk, Joan; Lanigan
Sibbald, Jean; Saskatoon
Smith, Dennis; Creelman
Smith, Gayle; Clavet
Smith, Janet & Roy; Saskatoon
Smith, Winifred; Ponteix
Spence, C. Isobel; Lafleche
Sproule, David; Moose Jaw
Stanzel, Erwin; Saskatoon
Stevens, Wendell; Saskatoon
Stevenson, Chester & Annette;
Moose Jaw
Stockton, Donald & Shirley;
Moose Jaw
Stoesz, Anne; Saskatoon
Strong, E. Grace; Drake
Sudom-Young, K.; Moose Jaw
Taylor, Annette; Fort Qu'Appelle
Tempel, Erin; Warman
Thingvold, John & Charlotte;
Cadillac
Thomas, Jean; Regina
Thomas, Pamela; Regina
Thompson, G. Wayne; Regina
Thompson, Tony; Prince Albert
Thomson, Judy; Saskatoon
Thomson, Laura; Regina
Thue, E. Jean; Regina
Thurlow, Diane; Meadow Lake
Toles, Ron & Carole; Swift Current
Torgersen, Maxine; Pierceland
Trembley, James & Noreen; Melfort
Turner, Gayleen; Swift Current
Vonhagen, Yvonne; Weyburn
Ward, George & Rosalis; Unity
Watson, Rod; Weyburn
Weber, Dawn; Saskatoon
Weiss, Janet; Langham
Wenzel, Rubena; Prince Albert
Wessel, Wilma; Regina
West, Alison; Watrous
Wettergreen, Ilene; North Battleford
Widenmaier, Lloyd & Shirley; Clavet
Wiebe, Maxine; Guernsey
Wiebe, Vic & Bunny; Weyburn
Wiig, Ursula; Saskatoon
Wilson, Donna; Saskatoon
Wilson, W. D.; Watrous
Worrell, James & Peggy;
Swift Current
Wright, Thelma; Balgonie
Wyand, Donald & Marilyn;
Langenburg
Yurkoski, Kathleen; Regina
Zalinko, Barbara; Regina
Zimmerman, Verna; Moose Jaw
MANITOBA AND
NORTHWESTERN
ONTARIO
Pastoral Charges
Binscarth Knox United Church;
Binscarth
Brookdale United Church; Brookdale
Calvin United Church; Rahtwell
Carberry United Church; Carberry
Killarney United Church; Killarney
MacGregor United Church;
MacGregor
Minto United Church; Minto
Pilot Mound Pastoral Charge;
Pilot Mound
Pine River United Church; Pine River
Selkirk United Church; Selkirk
Shoal Lake Decker Pastoral Charge;
Shoal Lake
St. Andrew's United Church;
Keewatin
St. Paul's United Church;
Gilbert Plains
Stonewall United Church; Stonewall
Windsor Park United Church;
Winnipeg
Winnipeg Beach United Church;
Gimli
UCW’s
First United Church UCW; Dryden
Fort Frances UCW; Fort Frances
Griswold UCW; Griswold
Kildonan UCW; Winnipeg
Killarney UCW; Killarney
La Riviere UCW; La Riviere
Lyleton UCW; Lyleton
Manitou UCW; Manitou
Meadowood UCW; Winnipeg
Miami UCW; Miami
Miniota UCW; Miniota
Neepawa UCW; Neepawa
North Kildonan UCW; Winnipeg
Oak River UCW; Oak River
Oakville UCW; Oakeville
Plumas UCW; Plumas
Rathwell UCW; Rathwell
Rivers UCW; Rivers
Silverton UCW; Russell
St. Andrew`s UCW; Sioux Lookout
St. Andrew`s UCW; Swan River
St. Paul`s UCW; Souris
Strathclaire UCW; Strathclair
Transcona Memorial UCW;
Winnipeg
Trinity UCW; Brandon
Trinity UCW; Portage La Prairie
Whitemouth UCW; Whitemouth
Individuals
Ballantine-Dickson, Dawn & Jack;
Winnipeg
Campbell, Paul; Winnipeg
Compton, Adel; Winnipeg
Dillon, Helene; Hamiota
Henderson, Lionel & Laura;
Minitonas
Kalberg, Ronald & Mary; Bagot
Kristjansson, Margret; Wawanesa
Lea, John; Gladstone
Lowe, Roger & Norma; Brandon
Mayer, Leona; Thompson
McIntyre, Donald; Winnipeg
Oliver, Geertrui; Winnipeg
Riddell, Betty; Swan River
Stevens, Lynn; Winnipeg
Thompson, Glen & Jesmondine;
Gimli
Tjaden, William & Isabell; Sperling
Wenstob, Murray & Joy; Swan River
Other Conferences
Allan, Gail; Toronto, ON
Hagerman, Isabelle; Thornbury, ON
Hummel, Ellie & Heather McClure;
Point-Claire, QC
Jones, Teresa; North Bay, ON
Laing, Don; Toronto, ON
Lobaugh, Bruce & Charlotte;
Omaha, NE
Manning, Harry; Niagra On
The Lake, ON
McMurtry, Elizabeth; Delta, BC
McMurtry, Joan; White Rock, BC
Rowe, Dwayne; Sidney, BC
Webb, Paul; Guelph, ON
Other Donors
Northland Presbytery; The Pas
Would you like the convenience of making
pre-authorized monthly donations to the college?
We would need you to fill out our preauthorized payment form and send it to us along with a
“VOID” cheque. To obtain this form please contact the college or check the web site
www.standrews.ca
Our current monthly donors give amounts from
$10 to more than $100.
All amounts are greatly appreciated.
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St.Andrew’s College
The St. Andrew’s Second Century Fund
Having now entered a second century
as a theological college serving the leadership and theological needs of the United
Church, and the ninetieth year of occupancy in the College building on the University
of Saskatchewan campus, St. Andrew’s is
making ready for a major launch of new
fund to sustain the building well into the
future.
The Second Century Fund has now
been established to take the place of the
Accessibility Fund that completed the
installation of the elevator and accessible
washroom. With the generous support the
College received for the Accessibility Fund,
the elevator and washroom have been completely paid for with some funds in excess.
With the permission of the donors those
funds have made the first contributions to
the Second Century Fund.
St. Andrew’s House has provided a
welcome home for theological students
and faculty, a residence home on campus
for generations of students, a place of worship on campus, a home for the extensive
library collection held by the College, and a
place of gathering for the community.
Through lease arrangements a significant
source of annual income is earned by the
building to support the educational program. And the building serves a centre for
a United Church of Canada presence in the
heartland of Canada. To ensure the future
of the College building and its potential to
serve well into the future, a long term
maintenance and renewal plan is being
established for the building.
The Second Century Fund, to be fully
launched in the fall, will seek to provide the
resources that will be necessary over the
next ten to twenty years to support the
College’s stewardship of its home.
St. Andrew’s College Second Century Fund Donations
November 3, 2012 – May 27, 2013
THANK YOU TO SASKATCHEWAN
ALBERTA
St Andrew's United Church;
Bow Island
Bolstad, Tammy; Lethbridge
Brazier, Doreen; Lethbridge
Doughty, Jeanette; Lethbridge
Graham, Kenneth; Lethbridge
Iwanicki, Lillian; Medicine Hat
Kersell, Brenda; Lethbridge
Koenen, Marilyn; Picture Butte
Kostelansky, Alice; Lethbridge
McLeod, Sheila; Bow Island
Perron, Marilyn; Lethbridge
Robertson, David & Elinor;
Bow Island
Rogers, Ken & Christine; Lethbridge
Romeril, Candy; Lethbridge
Smith, Harold & Joan; Lethbridge
Yamashita, Kathryn; Lethbridge
www.standrews.ca
Ashwin, Wes; Saskatoon
Goldie, Jean & Hugh; Saskatoon
Thomas, Bruce & Elaine; Saskatoon
Thompson, G. Wayne; Regina
MANITOBA
Wotton, Patricia; Winnipeg
OTHER
Did You Know??
You are now able to submit donations online by
clicking on the CanadaHelps.org link found on our website.
This secure online donation site allows you to quickly
and easily donate money in a secure fashion.
McLellan, Jonelle; Brentwood, BC
Mitchell, Jo-Ann & Richard;
Chester Basin, NS
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St.Andrew’s College
St. Andrew’s People
Don Schweitzer
In January of this year I traveled to
India. I was at Bishop’s College in Kolkata
from January 13-20. Here I worked with
the second year Bachelor of Divinity (BD
II) students on modern Western
Christologies, focusing on those of
Schleiermacher, Barth, Bultmann, Tillich
and Pannenberg. In the Protestant seminary system in India, all the Protestant
schools are under the academic auspices of
the College of Serampore. This College sets
the curriculum. Students write exams on
the topics set for the curriculum. Their
exams are marked by faculty at an institution other than their own. Schleiermacher
et al. are the theologians that they must
study for the section entitled Modern
Western Christologies. It was a great time.
When we discussed Karl Barth’s argument
that in light of Jesus Christ, probably all
will be saved, students asked what was the
point of preaching Christ. I answered that
we do this so that others may have the joy
of knowing Christ and participating in his
work, and so that the gospel can help
unmask the evils of today. Few accepted
this. Some were also dubious about Paul
Tillich’s notion that there is a social dimension to Jesus as the Christ, that Jesus would
not be the Christ without those who
believe in him. However, a student from
Nagaland spoke up that this was the way
his people understood everyone. There is a
social dimension to all our identities, and
so there would be to Jesus as well.
In addition to this, I worked on
hermeneutical philosophy with the Masters
of Theology (M.Th) students. We studied
the
hermeneutical
theories
of
Schleiermacher,
Dilthey,
Husserl,
Heidegger, Gadamer and Riceour. In addition to this, I presented a paper to the seminary community entitled “George SoaresPrabhu’s approach to inculturating the
gospel in India.”
On January 20 I flew to Bangalore and
visited United Theological Seminary there
for a week. Here I taught the M. Th students the same material on philosophical
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hermeneutics. I also taught two classes on
Jesus’ resurrection, two classes on public
theology, and gave my paper on SoaresPrabhu to the seminary community. In the
1980s, Soares-Prabhu used to come and
give papers here himself. Students here
were very concerned about Hindu communalism. I was surprised by this, as four years
ago when I visited, shortly after the communal violence in the state of Odisha
(Orissa), none of the students seemed worried about this.
I also visited another seminary in
Bangalore, where I made a presentation to
faculty and students on the sociality of
Jesus Christ. Most were dubious about this
idea. On January 25 I flew home.
In addition to teaching and other
duties, I also published two articles. One,
jointly written with Christian Eberhart, is
published online. It is entitled “Did Paul
See the Saving Significance of Jesus’ Death
as Resulting from Divine Violence?
Dialogical Reflections on Romans 3:25,”
and can be found in Consensus 34/1
(2012), at
http://www.consensusjournal.ca/studobsv34-1.html.
Another
is
“Two
Theological Movements in India that complicate Western Reformed Identities,”
Toronto Journal of Theology 28/2 (fall
2012), 217-233.
Christine Mitchell
Christine Mitchell gave two papers at
the annual meeting of the Society of
Biblical Literature in Chicago in
November, one on Levites in 2 Chronicles
29, and the other on the scholarly myth of
the benevolent Persians. She is working on
a paper on Malachi for the Canadian
Society of Biblical Studies annual meeting
in June, and two papers on Zechariah for
the international meeting of the Society of
Biblical Literature in Scotland in July. Then
her writing will switch to a different focus:
the completion of the reaccreditation selfstudy, which she’s directing.
She’s also been teaching the introduc-
tory Hebrew Bible course both on-campus
and on-line this winter semester.
Sandra Beardsall
The academic year has once more sped
by! In January I spent four days meeting
with the Anglican-United Church Dialogue
group in Vancouver. This is a nationallyappointed group, consisting of six Anglican
and six United Church representatives, plus
an ecumenical partner. The goal of the dialogue is to help our churches name more
clearly our common theological ground, to
help us work and live together more effectively. Realizing our history of “failure” in
union discussions, we have chosen to proceed carefully, unpacking the many layers
of theology and church culture that underpin our communities. At this meeting we
discussed the role of creeds in our two
churches.
This February I worked with a wonderful student committee to host Winter
Refresher, with our fine speaker,
Christopher Evans, of Boston University
School of Theology. An expert on the history of the Social Gospel movement, Chris
engaged us with the history of this important movement, and its relevance for current church life and practice.
Other activities for me this year
included serving on the board of the
Ecumenical Chaplaincy at the University of
Saskatchewan, where we support our fine
chaplain, Emily Carr, who is a deacon in
the Anglican Church and a student in the
Saskatoon Theological Union. I am also on
the PhD committee of a university student
who is writing a dissertation on Canadian
women leaders in the early years of the
Baha’i Faith. I preached on behalf of the
College at St. Martin’s United Church,
Saskatoon, and prepared articles for the
United Church Observer and These Days, a
devotional publication of the Presbyterian
Church USA. I look forward to teaching
this July in the summer program of
Sorrento Centre, an Anglican retreat and
educational centre on Shuswap Lake, B.C.
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HyeRan Kim-Cragg
This winter has been full of traveling,
teaching, and lecturing. In January, I was
invited to teach a course at Hanshin
Graduate School of Theology with whom
our college has a partnership. The course
was on the topic of “ecumenical liturgy and
education.” It was taught in English for 10
prominent students across Asia. Upon my
return from Korea, I had my biggest class
ever for the preaching course. In April, I
was invited to give a lecture at Emmanuel
College, Toronto, with the theme, “What
happens to Practical Theology when we
take Migration seriously?” This was followed by my participation in the
International Academy of Practical
Theology with the theme, “Complex
Identities in a Shifting World” where I with
my colleague from the USA presented a
paper, “Conversion to the ‘Other’:
Interdenominational,
Interethnic,
Interreligious, Transnational Activism and
the New Ecclesia.” In May, I traveled to the
University of Alberta, Edmonton, to be the
keynote speaker for the Canadian
Theological Students Conference, with the
theme, “Doing Theology in an
Intercultural World.”
On the publication and research side,
I was extremely grateful for the launch of
my book, Story and Song: A Postcolonial
Interplay between Christian Education and
Worship, which the college organized on
the first day of the Winter Refresher in
February. In January, my co-authored book
in Korean, Re-reading the Bible in light of
Migration, was published. I was blessed
with the launch of this book in Toronto in
April while at the International Academy of
Practical Theology. My Hanshin Alumni
association and the Korean United Church
Association East region graciously organized this event. I am working on writing the
final report for the McGeachy research
grant this summer as well as a few articles
including “a Theology of Baptism as
Crossing beyond Belonging” and “Idle No
More: Four Canadian Women’s Gesture in
Solidarity for Social Change.”
Lynn Caldwell
I continue to combine my half-time
work as faculty at St. Andrew’s College with
teaching contracts in Educational
Foundations and in Sociology at the
University of Saskatchewan and St.
Thomas More College. I am a co-editor of
a new publication released by Fernwood
Publishing in April 2013, titled Critical
Inquiries: A Reader in Studies of Canada;
and, along with the other two editors and
the book’s contributors I will be promoting
this as a resource for teaching and learning
about the contested meanings given to
Canada as a nation. Along with other contributors, I’ll be participating in a
Roundtable discussion about the book and
related studies, at the Congress of the
Humanities and Social Sciences, in Victoria
this June. Also later in June I will be presenting a paper on similar themes, at the
Centre for Education for Racial Equality
(CERES) in Scotland. These are projects
that very much inform and are informed
by my teaching and learning with students
at St. Andrew’s as together we take up questions about social identity and difference
“in a prairie context.”
In other news, I have recently completed a very engaging and full three year term
as a Board member with River Bend
Presbytery
Integrated
Community
Ministries (ICM) and look forward to continuing as a volunteer and participant in
their projects and events. On campus, I
continue to serve as co-chair of the
Provost’s Advisory Committee on Gender
and Sexual Diversity (PACGSD). In some
of my professional development activities, I
recently completed a six-week introductory
course in Teaching Online, offered through
the Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching and
Learning
at
the
University
of
Saskatchewan; and over the course of the
past academic year participated in several
workshops through a pilot project at the
Gwenna Moss Centre, focused on integrating Indigenous Education at the University.
The most recent of those workshops was
focused on “community-engaged learning,” which opened up a lot of good questions and ideas related to my support for
field-based learning through our
Integration Seminar. I look forward to
integrating my own learning from that
experience.
I also very much look forward to my
involvement, over the next months, in
preparing for Winter Refresher 2014 and
am thrilled that Andrea Smith has agreed
to join us as the speaker!
WZION Radio Show/Fundraiser
The congregation of Zion United Church in Moose Jaw Saskatchewan combined their culinary and creative performing skills in a
delightful fundraising event for the students at St. Andrew’s.
Following a pot-luck banquet, the social hall of Zion Church was transformed into a radio broadcast venue with a live studio audience.
The program hosts introduced a local Celtic band, a community choir, and musicians from the Zion congregation interspersed with conversations and interviews on the arts, sport and political scene in Moose Jaw. The current coach of the Moose Jaw Miller Express baseball
team and a former Premier of Saskatchewan both found themselves on the interviewer’s ‘hot seat’. The evening was great fun and raised
over $1,200 for St. Andrew’s.
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Recently Spotted at the College!
Gala Dinners
St. Andrew’s College hosted two successful dinners this spring. The first dinner
was held in Regina on April 17th. The second dinner was held in Saskatoon on May
1st.
The Regina dinner was held at the
Royal United Services Institute with Dr.
Shauneen Pete from the University of
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Regina as the keynote speaker and Belle
Plaine provided musical entertainment.
The Saskatoon dinner was held at the
Western Development Museum. The Kids
of Note, an integrated choir for children
and youth, with and without disabilities,
provided entertainment with a country
and western theme. A successful silent auc-
tion was also held.
Both evenings were filled with laughter, music and good food.
Thank you to our event sponsor,
Guardian Capital and our gold sponsors,
MNP and Mulberry’s Bakery and Café.
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Staff Update
The College said farewell to Moe
Roberts, part of the Building Management
Team, at the end of May to become a fulltime nanny to her granddaughter. Moe has
been a member of the staff for 13 years.
Sarah Benson, Head Librarian for the
Saskatoon Theological Union, will be leaving the College at the end of July. She is
moving to Toronto, with her partner,
Walter Hannam. Sarah has been the
Librarian for 4 years.
Moe and Sarah will be greatly missed
at the College.
Garden of Eatin’
For the second year the College
Council of St. Andrew’s is sharing some of
the College owned land around the building for community gardening. The garden
plots were prepared by Jake Buhler last
spring and this year are being utilized by
the University of Saskatchewan Aboriginal
Students Association in co-operation with
the community based organization CHEP
(the Child Hunger and Education
Program) based in Station 20 West
Saskatoon.
From the Library
This will be my final missive to you as
the Saskatoon Theological Union’s Head
Librarian.
It sounds terribly dramatic, but the
fact is, in July we’ll be moving to Toronto –
Big Smoke, T-O, Centre of the Universe,
etc. I am very torn about this, as I have
loved my work at the Saskatoon
Theological Union, we’ve made very close
friends here, and Saskatchewan is where I
grew up. However, as many of you will
know, my husband is a professor at
Emmanuel & St Chad, and their suspen-
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sion of operations has meant we’ve had to
consider our options, and – well, the short
version is, Toronto called and we felt we
couldn’t say no.
I lived in Boston for a few years, so the
Big City doesn’t scare me (honest!), but I
admit I’m a little nervous. New adventures
are wonderful but a bit nerve-wracking.
Just getting there will be a big enough deal
– we’re driving, with three cats! Toronto
is new for me, though, so if anyone has any
restaurant recommendations, places to
visit, etc – please send them my way!
There have been a lot of changes in the
library in the past few years, which I hope
I’ve chronicled for you in a useful way. I
have been touched by the support we’ve
received from our extended community,
and remain grateful for it.
The library is in excellent hands.
Mallory Wiebe, our library technician, is
knowledgeable, generous, and right out of
library tech school she accepted a position
which was basically a trial by fire. She handles all the day-to-day running of the
library, most of the time on her own. She’s
a trooper and a champ. A new librarian
will be here for the new students in the
autumn, and he or she will bring new perspective and new ideas, which is always a
good thing.
I have wonderful memories of my time
here, and will treasure them always.
And yes, sorry, but we’re taking the
MG.
Questions, comments, just want to
complain about the potholes? Please give
us a shout! Our number is 306-966-8983.
Email: standrews.libary@usask.ca.
Or
stop by.
All the very best to you all.
Very sincerely,
Sarah Benson
STU Head Librarian
(well, until the end of July)
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