FIVE BETHANY ALUMNI TO ATTEND SEMINARY SCHOOL

Five Bethany graduates will begin studies at seminaries in

 the fall. They are:

          Leslie Mordecai, a 1985 graduate, who lives in Lindsborg, Kan.  She will attend Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minn.  She has worked at Bethany College in the admissions department and for Thrivent Financial for Lutherans.

Emma Crossen, a 2004 graduate, who is originally from Terre Haute, Ind.  She will attend Harvard Divinity School in Cambridge, Mass.  Since graduation, Crossen has worked in India with ELCA Global Missions.

            Ben Fulton, a 2006 graduate from Wichita, Kan., who will attend Wartburg Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa.  Fulton has spent the last year working as the coordinator of congregational relations for Nebraska Lutheran Outdoor Ministries.

            Katy Harder, a 2006 graduate from Wichita, Kan, who will attend the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago.  Harder has spent the last year working in Slovakia with ELCA Global Missions.

Jill Klaassen, a 2006 graduate from Marquette, Kan., who will attend the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh, Penn. 

“More and more our students work or do missions for a year before they go to seminary,” said Noni Strand, campus pastor. “I think this is great preparation.”