ALUMNI/AE NEWS

David Ankcorn ('01) and his wife, Jennifer, welcomed a new baby boy to their family in February.

Gregory Bearce ('74) received the Outstanding Mentor Award from the California Association of Homes and Services for the Aging. He is currently Executive Vice President for Southern California Presbyterian Homes.

Wesley Brown ('57) and Cheryl Brown will be leaving Prague on Sept. 3 and moving to Pilgrim Place in Claremont, Calif.

Everett Curry ('67) retired as Director of Planned Giving at Linfield College on June 30. He has created a consulting firm, Barnabas & Co., working with congregations and not-for-profit organizations.

Eldon Ernst, Distinguished Senior Professor of American Church History, was recognized in April as a distinguished alumnus by Colgate Rochester Divinity School in Rochester, N.Y.

Desmond Hoffmeister ('01) was named Interim Executive Minister of the American Baptist Churches of the Rocky Mountains. He began July 1st.

Richard Ice ('55) celebrated 50 years of ordination at First Baptist Church in Oakland, California on May 9.

Keith Martin ('04) was ordained on May 30 at Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church, Oakland, Calif.

John Polite ('97) was elected Vice President of Communications for the ABC Ministers Council.

Daniel Pryfogle ('01) was ordained on June 20 at Lakeshore Avenue Baptist Church, Oakland, Calif. Daniel was named Interim Director of the Association of Welcoming & Affirming Baptists in April.

Victoria Schlintz ('02) was appointed Pastor of Atwater United Methodist Church in Atwater, Calif., on July 1.

Nancy Smith ('03) became Interim Pastor of First Baptist Church in Oakland on June 1.

Robert Sturdivant ('96) married Jennifer Lynn Cassetty on Aug. 7.

Richard Sutterlin ('49) is now the Interim Pastor at the Community Baptist Church of Mud Lake in Idaho.

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