PC(USA) - Re-forming Ministry - Current Participants: the Core Cluster


	Current participants


	Who's involved? Core cluster Cluster groups Pastor initiative cluster group Church official initiative cluster group Faculty initiative cluster group Advisory board


	Re-Forming Ministry — Core cluster Pastors Jerry Andrews Pastor, First Presbyterian Church of Glen Ellyn Glen Ellyn, Illinois Elward Ellis Pastor, Crossroads Presbyterian Church Stone Mountain, Georgia E. Quinn Fox Minister of Adult Education, First Presbyterian Church Colorado Springs, Colorado Adelia Kelso Pastor, Trinity Presbyterian Church Charlotte, North Carolina Michael Lindvall Pastor, the Brick Presbyterian Church New York, New York Kevin Park Pastor, Bethany Presbyterian Church Bloomfield, New Jersey Neal Presa Pastor, Middlesex Presbyterian Church Middlesex, New Jersey Melissa Ramos Minister of Word and Sacrament Pasadena, California Tom Walker Pastor/Head of Staff, Palms Presbyterian Church Jacksonville Beach, Florida


	Church officials Jill M. Hudson Coordinator, Governing Body Relations, (PC)USA Louisville, Kentucky Marianne Rhebergen Senior Consultant Center for Parish Development/Missional Church Hopewell, New Jersey Joseph D. Small, Director Theology Worship and Education Louisville, Kentucky Charles A. Wiley III, Coordinator Office of Theology and Worship Louisville, Kentucky Steven Toshio Yamaguchi Executive Presbyter, Presbytery of Los Ranchos Anaheim, California


	Professors John P. Burgess James Henry Snowden Associate Professor of Systematic Theology Pittsburgh Theological Seminary Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Darrell L. Guder Henry Winters Luce Professor of Missional and Ecumenical Theology and Dean of Academic Affairs Princeton Theological Seminary Princeton, New Jersey Bradley J. Longfield Dean of the Seminary and Vice President of the University, Professor of Church History University of Dubuque Theological Seminary Dubuque, Iowa Laura Smit Assistant Professor and Dean of the Chapel, Calvin College Grand Rapids, Michigan Rebecca Harden Weaver John Q. Dickinson Professor of Church History, Union Theological Seminary and Presbyterian School of Christian Education Richmond, Virginia


	Re-Forming Ministry program director Barry Ensign-George Associate for Theology, Re-Forming Ministry Program Director Office of Theology and Worship Louisville, Kentucky



	Re-Forming Ministry - Pastor initiative cluster group 1 Pastors Dave Rohrer (co-leader) Pastor of Discipleship, University Presbyterian Church Seattle, Washington Jan Alexander Pastor, Trinity Presbyterian Church Stockton, California Frank Alton Pastor, Immanuel Presbyterian Church Los Angeles, California Dani Forbess Minister of Word and Sacrament Bothell, Washington Reinhard Krauss Pastor, St. Luke’s Presbyterian Church Rolling Hills Estates, California Thanit Osiripaibul Co-Pastor, First Thai Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Covina, California Juan Sarmiento Pastor, Quartz Hill Presbyterian Church Quartz Hill, California Dan Smith Pastor, West Hollywood Presbyterian Church Los Angeles, California Charles Tinsley Chaplain, Juvenile Detention System, Contra Costa County Martinez, California Debra Whaley Associate Pastor for Congregational Care, First Presbyterian Church Berkeley, California


	Professors Elizabeth Nordquist (co-leader) Associate Professor of Spirituality, Director of Student Services San Francisco Theological Seminary/Southern California Campus Pasadena, California Edwin Aponte Dean and Vice President of Academic Affairs Lancaster Theological Seminary Lancaster, Pennsylvania Scott Cormode Hugh DePree Professor of Leadership Development Assistant Dean for Institutional Research Fuller Theological Seminary Pasadena, California Bonnie Sue Lewis Associate Professor of Mission and Native American Christianity University of Dubuque Theological Seminary Dubuque, Iowa


	Church officials Jane Odell Interim Executive Presbyter, The Presbytery of San Jose San Jose, California José Olagues Associate for Congregational Resourcing, Presbytery of Grand Canyon Phoenix, Arizona Jay P. Olson Associate for Mission Support, Sierra Mission Partnership Sacramento, California Boyd Stockdale Minister of Word and Sacrament, Honorably Retired Maple Valley, Washington



	Re-Forming Ministry - Church official initiative cluster group 1 Church officials Douglas E. Holben (co-leader) Executive Presbyter, Presbytery of Redstone Greensburg, Pennsylvania K. Joy Kaufmann (co-leader) General Presbyter, Presbytery Of Huntingdon Bellwood, Pennsylvania David S. Oyler (co-leader) General Presbyter, Lake Erie Presbytery Erie, Pennsylvania Bruce G. Stevens (co-leader) Synod Executive, The Synod of the Trinity Camp Hill, Pennsylvania


	Pastors SanDawna G. Ashley Pastor, Community Presbyterian Church New Castle, Delaware James D. Brown Pastor, Market Square Presbyterian Church Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Charles J. Curley Pastor, State College Presbyterian Church State College, Pennsylvania John Dietz Pastor, First Presbyterian Church Edinboro, Pennsylvania Kerra Becker English Pastor, First Presbyterian Church Oak Ridge, Tennessee Dennis Molnar Pastor, Wallace Memorial Presbyterian Church Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Marsha Parrish Commissioned Lay Pastor, Oak Grove Presbyterian Church Portersville, Pennsylvania Marion Nimick Silbert Associate Pastor, Newlonsburg Presbyterian Church Murrysville, Pennsylvania Arthur Tung Pastor, Calvary Presbyterian Church Upper Darby, Pennsylvania


	Professors Geddes W. Hanson Charlotte W. Newcombe Professor of Congregational Ministry Princeton Theological Seminary Princeton, New Jersey Charles D. Myers (“Buz”) Edwin T. & Cynthia S. Johnson Professor of Distinguished Teaching in the Humanities and Chair of the Religion Department Gettysburg College Gettysburg, Pennsylvania William J. Weston ("Beau") Associate Professor of Sociology, Centre College Danville, Kentucky



	Re-Forming Ministry - Faculty initiative cluster group 1 Faculty Esther Acolatse Professor of Pastoral Theology and World Christianity, Duke Divinity School Durham, North Carolina John R. Franke Professor of Theology, Biblical Theological Seminary Hatfield, Pennsylvania Martha Moore-Keish (co-leader) Assistant Professor of Theology, Columbia Theological Seminary Decatur, Georgia Tim Beach-Verhey Adjunct Assistant Professor, Religion Department and Director, Program for the Theological Exploration of Vocation Davidson College Davidson, North Carolina


	Pastors Eunice "Junior" McGarrahan (co-leader) Associate Pastor, The National Presbyterian Church Washington, D.C. Anne Apple Parish Associate, Idlewild Presbyterian Church Memphis, Tennessee Rufus Burton Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Martinsburg Martinsburg, West Virginia James Gunn Chaplain, University of Dubuque Dubuque, Iowa Julie Hodges Associate Pastor, Palm Desert Community Presbyterian Church Palm Desert, California Douglass D. Key Pastor, Clover Presbyterian Church Clover, South Carolina Sarah Marsh Associate Pastor, Calvin Presbyterian Church Louisville, Kentucky Portia Turner Williamson Minister of Word and Sacrament Durham, North Carolina


	Church officials George Goodman Associate Presbyter, Presbytery of the Peaks Lynchburg, Virginia Paul K Hooker Executive Presbyter, Presbytery of St. Augustine Jacksonville, Florida Ike Kennerly Associate Presbyter, Western North Carolina Presbytery and Stated Supply at Etowah Presbyterian Church Etowah, North Carolina Mary Newbern-Williams Associate Presbyter, Presbytery of Eastern Virginia Portsmouth, Virginia



	Re-Forming Ministry – Advisory board Pastors Rosario Batlle Minister of Word and Sacrament, Honorably Retired Boerne, Texas Fairfax F. Fair Pastor, Highland Presbyterian Church Louisville, Kentucky Tim Hart-Anderson Pastor and Head of Staff, Westminster Presbyterian Church Minneapolis, Minnesota Jin S. Kim Pastor, Church of All Nations Minneapolis, Minnesota


	Church officials Neil Brown Minister of Word and Sacrament, Honorably Retired San Diego, California Thom Hood Associate Executive for Missional Outreach, The Presbytery of Giddings-Lovejoy Saint Louis, Missouri Lucy Rupe Executive Presbyter, Presbytery of Winnebago Appleton, Wisconsin


	Faculty David Esterline Dean and Professor, McCormick Theological Seminary Chicago, Illinois Laura Mendenhall President, Columbia Theological Seminary Decatur, Georgia Position to be filled



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