Preparing women and men for varied Christian ministries in the church and society. Stained glass window in the Meinders Chapel at PTS.

Graduations

 

                                             2009 Graduation

Phillips Theological Seminary held Commencement exercises

on Saturday, May 16, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. at First Christian Church in downtown Tulsa. 

 

 The Rev. Johnny Wray preached the commencement sermon and received an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree. The Rev. William Simms and Ms. Donna Killen also received honorary degrees:

a Doctor of Divinity and a Doctor of Humane Letters, respectively.

 

 

 

 

 2009 PTS Graduates and Faculty Celebrate
at First Christian Church, Tulsa

 

2009 PTS Graduates

Certificate in Graduate Theological Studies

  John Russell Harwell

  Sidney Allen Martin II

 

Master of Arts in Ministry and Culture

  Janel Eileen Edge

  Andrew Dean Phillips, Jr. 

 

Master of Divinity

Rita Lynn Allen

    (honors)                                        
Mary Ellen Altizer

Steven Craig Blacksher
     (high honors)  
Dylan Joseph Cole
Carolyn Faye Cooper
Tanja Leigh Edwards
      (honors)
Natalie Estelle Ervin

Joseph John Garkovich
Donna Kay Gilchrist
      (high honors)
Donald Floyd Heath, Jr.
       (high honors)
Samuel Kye Lee

Tracy Juanita Lemons

Todd Williams Mallory

William Hower Mauldin
Christopher Thomas Moore 
     (honors) 
Kathy Ann Morris
Marsha Nan Purtell
Estell Ray
Jerrold Douglas Scribner
Marcia Simpson Shoemaker
       (honors)
Robin Annette Spurling
James Earl Taylor III
Elizabeth Ann Wells

David Ryan Wheeler
Susan S. Whitley
       (high honors)
Lexie Diane Williams

 

Doctor of Ministry

Kim Joleen Biery

  • Doctor of Ministry Project: “Enhancing Resiliency through Patoral Care”
  • Adviser: Dr. Mady Fraser; Reader: Dr. J. Douglas Morphis

Gerald Gregory Demarest

  • Doctor of Ministry Project: “Designing and Teaching the Curriculum, Loving our Neighbors: Respect and Care for All of Creation, for the 2007 Vacation Bible School of the First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Monongahela, Pennsylvania”
  • Adviser: Dr. Nancy Claire Pittman, Jr.; Reader: Dr. Mady Fraser 

Phyllis Williams Provost 

  • Doctor of Ministry Project: “Intergenerational Communication and Connection in the Church Family through the Sharing of Story”
  • Adviser: Dr. Dennis E. Smith; Reader: Dr. J. Douglas Morphis