NAAL Newsletter
December 2002
The following is an abbreviated edition of the Newsletter.
Proxy voting
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Dues reminder
We thank the many who have already paid dues for 2003. If you have not as yet sent your dues, please do so before January 1st, to save the additional time and expense of sending out late notices.
Our candidates for election to membership in January 2003
From Scott Haldeman, Delegate for Membership:
Let me first thank Kathleen Sullivan Stewart and Gill Ostdiek for their service on the membership committee and for their delightful companionship at dinner.
The Committee is pleased to present to the full membership a slate of nineteen candidates fro membership for election at the business meeting in Indianapolis. These persons represent a bright future for the academy as they bring a diversity of gifts and perspectives that will contribute to our continuing explorations in liturgical studies and renewal.
I commend them to you for your consideration.
Stefanos Alexopoulos is a deacon in the Greek Orthodox Church and a Ph.D. candidate in Liturgical Studies at the University of Notre Dame. He is currently working on his dissertation under the direction of Maxwell Johnson. He is a member of the Early History seminar.
Chip Andrus serves the Presbyterian Church U.S.A. as an Associate for the Office of Theology and Worship, arriving on the first Monday of the liturgical year A, 2001. He is a member of the Contemporary Worship seminar.
David Caron, OP, resides at St. Dominic’s Priory in Miami, Florida. He serves as the Director of the Center for Dominican Studies and a member of the Theological Faculty at Barry University. He is a member of the Environment and Art seminar.
Carol Ann Cook is a Candidate in Liturgical Studies with an emphasis in Women’s Studies at the Casperson School of Graduate Studies, Drew University and an Ordained Elder in the United Methodist Church. Currently she is working on her dissertation, an ethnographic study of worship practices in Churches responding to the1967 “uprising” in Newark. She shares her home with two teenage daughters, 1 dog, 2 cats and 3 fish. She is a member of the African American Liturgical Traditions seminar.
Timothy Crouch is the Resident Missionary & CEO of OPEN M, an ecumenical inner-city mission in Akron, Ohio. He is also the Director of Publications for The Order of Saint Luke and serves The Order as its Chaplain General. A member of the Eucharistic Prayer Seminar, he has taken an interest in creating musical settings for Eucharistic Prayers.
Therese DeLisio, a participant in the Liturgical Theology seminar for the past three years, is a doctoral student at Union Theological Seminary (NYC). Her interdisciplinary work in systematic theology, theological ethics and worship has led her to focus her research and writing on the role of imagination in and for liberative theologies, liturgies and ethical practices.
Brigitte Enzner-Probst studied theology in Erlangen, Tübingen, and Rome and holds the Ph.D. in theology. She currently serves as chaplain at the Technical University in Munich, while lecturing and writing in the areas of pastoral theology and liturgy. She is a member of the Feminist Liturgy seminar. She edited a worship resource book on “Liturgies of Women. “Texts, Songs and useful Hints for liturgical Practice.”
Raúl Gómez, a member of the Society of the Divine Savior, was born in Bisbee AZ and is a Roman Catholic priest. He earned a PhD in Liturgical Studies from The Catholic University of America and currently serves as Vice Rector, Director of the Hispanic Studies Program and Associate Professor of Systematic Studies at Sacred Heart School of Theology, Hales Corners, WI. He is a member of the Liturgy and Culture seminar.
Barbara Thorington Green is a doctoral candidate in Practical Theology and Liturgical Studies at Boston University, focusing on the relationship of preaching to Eucharist. She also serves as associate pastor at Endwell United Methodist Church in the Wyoming Conference. She is a member of Eucharistic Prayer seminar.
Clare V. Johnson is a Ph.D. Candidate in Liturgical Studies at the University of Notre Dame, currently writing her dissertation under the direction of Nathan Mitchell. Originally from Melbourne, Australia, she holds degrees in both theology and music. She is a member of the Liturgy and Culture seminar.
Jennifer L. Lord is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA) and serves currently as Assistant Professor of Worship and Preaching and Dean of the Chapel at Lancaster Theological Seminary, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She is completing her Ph.D. from the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California. Her dissertation is titled The Sermon in the Ordo: Toward the Development of a Liturgical Homiletic for the Reformed Tradition. She is a member of the Liturgical Theology seminar.
Cheryl Magrini is a doctoral candidate at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. Her dissertation is titled “Let the Children Speak: Children as Prophets Leading the Church in Radical Table Hospitality.” She is project director for the upcoming 2003 conference at Garrett-Evangelical titled, “A Dialogue on Children Eating and Drinking Well.” She is a member of the Eucharistic Prayer Seminar.
Marcia McFee is pursuing her Ph.D. in Liturgical Studies at the Graduate Theological Union with a focus on the physiological aspects of formation of the social person in ritual. She is a frequent liturgical leader for regional and national gatherings of the United Methodist Church and has published a workbook for worship teams, entitled “The Worship Workshop.” She is a member of the Feminist Liturgy seminar.
David Pitt is a Doctoral Candidate in Liturgical Studies at the University of Notre Dame, and is working under Dr. Maxwell Johnson. He earned his Master of Arts in Liturgical Music from St. John’s University, Minnesota, in 1999. He is a member of the Early History seminar.
Amy C. Schifrin serves as pastor at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in St. Cloud, MN while writing a dissertation titled “Give us Lips to Sing Thy Glory: The Performative Exegesis of the Preached Word through Hymnody.” She is also a composer of liturgical music and hymns, and enjoys making music, hiking, and practicing judo! She is a member of the Eucharistic Prayer seminar.
Thomas Stehle, holds masters degrees in theology and architecture and serves a pastoral associate for liturgy and music and a liturgical design consultant. He also teaches at Trinity College, Washington, DC, is a frequent lecturer in pastoral liturgy and is the incoming chair of the Council of Chapters for the National Association of Pastoral Musicians. He is a member of the Environment and Art seminar.
Diane Stephens is an ordained Elder in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and president of Stephens Communication, a consulting firm dedicated to helping congregations improve their worship and liturgical practices, opportunities for spiritual formation and outreach to the unchurched. She is also a retreat leader, small group facilitator, teacher and leader of adult education programs. She is a member of the Liturgical Spirituality seminar.
Nancy L. Woodworth-Hill serves as Director of Music and Liturgist at Trinity Episcopal Church in Rochester, New York. She holds a doctorate in linguistics as well as degrees in theology and music. She is a member of the Eucharistic Prayer seminar.
Brian Wren is the Conant Professor of Worship at Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia, USA. A Minister of the United Reformed Church (UK), he is an internationally published hymn-poet. He is a member of the Liturgical Language seminar.