Elizabeth Riley, a third-year Master of Divinity student, and recently ordained to the Transitional Diaconate is a candidate from St. Mary’s in Anchorage, Alaska. She is a leader in community-building among interfaith students, past-president of the CDSP Community Council, and recipient of Mercer Foundation, Society for the Increase of Ministry, and Daughters of the King scholarships
Bill Bonnet is a career engineer and retired utility executive. Living in Hawaii, he could have spent his retirement on the beach or at a golf course. Instead, he sought something different, something meaningful. So he came to “the mainland,” and CDSP’s Certificate of Theological Studies program. “I am here to examine and strengthen my faith, to learn and worship alongside those preparing for ordination,” he says. “I want to discern what my ministry may be for the life still ahead of me.”
Steve DeMuth is a third-year Master of Divinity student at CDSP and postulant from the Diocese of Los Angeles and sponsored by St. Thomas the Apostle, Hollywood, California. Steve has worked as Assistant Project Manager for the Standing Commission on Liturgy and the Music Blessing Project. During his second year, Steve was the seminary’s head sacristan and is currently active with the Celtic Cross Mission Society. Steve participated in the Panama Project in the summer of 2012.
Jakki Flanagan is a third-year Master of Divinity student at CDSP. She was recently ordained to the Transitional Diaconate in the Diocese of Vermont, and is sponsored by the Cathedral Church of St. Paul. Jakki has been a non-profit advocate for universal health care, environmental health, LGBT civil rights, children and teens, and survivors of domestic violence. She was selected to represent CDSP at the Preaching Excellence Program as well as the Seminarian Leadership Conference. She is the recipient of a Laboiteaux Scholarship and has completed Clinical Pastoral Education at Stanford Hospital, Palo Alto, California.
Lauren Lukason is a Postulant sponsored by Christ Church Greenwich in the Diocese of Connecticut. Lauren holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Therapy from The University of Alabama and worked in early childhood music education and in an administrative position at Trinity Church, Copley Square, Boston, MA before moving across the country to CDSP. As part of her M.Div. studies Lauren is pursing a specialization in Music, Liturgy, and Homiletics; specifically the spirituality of art and the cooperative relationship and responsibilities of liturgical leaders.
Sarah Quinney is a first year Masters of Divinity student and a postulant from the Diocese of Northern California. Sarah is a full time student and owner of a music therapy practice in the Sacramento area where she specializes in the use of music to help those with Autism and other developmental disorders. Sarah is a vocalist and pianist in her “spare time” and enjoys her active involvement in the life and community at CDSP as a member of the Community Council and Episcopal Evangelism Network.
Rhian Roberts is a third-year Master of Divinity student and postulant from Gloria Dei, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is president of an Anglican religious order for women, Daughters of the King, and also serves as the president of the Episcopal Evangelism Network at CDSP. Rhian completed a hospital chaplaincy at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Her ministries are supported by the Diocese of Pennsylvania, the Deaconess of PA fund, the Episcopal Church Club of Philadelphia, the Church Periodical Club, CDSP scholarship, Daughters of the King Master Fund, Society for the Increase of the Ministry, and her home parish.
Jay Walton is a second-year Master of Divinity student at CDSP. He is a postulant from the Diocese of Pennsylvania and sponsored by Trinity Church, Ambler, Pennsylvania. Jay is currently the president of Community Council, and Treasurer of the Celtic Cross Mission Society. In addition to his studies, Jay works in the Marketing and Communications department at CDSP. Jay is the recipient of a DuBose Scholarship as well as the Episcopal Church Club of Philadelphia Scholarship.
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