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12-August-1998 
98255 
 
                         Notes about People 
 
                        by Jerry L. Van Marter 
 
    The Ghost Ranch/Plaza Resolana Governing Board Executive Committee has 
announced the selection of Henry J. Jibaja of Orlando, Fla., as interim 
director of the New Mexico conference center, effective Sept. 15. 
    Jibaja, who attended his first Ghost Ranch conference in May, is 
retiring as Florida program director for the Corporation for National 
Service.  He has lived and worked in Guatemala, for the Ralston Purina 
Company, and in Colombia with the Peace Corps.  He and his wife, Ruby, are 
Presbyterians. 
 
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    The General Assembly Council has confirmed the appointment of Joey B. 
Bailey as chief operating officer and vice president of finance and 
administration for the Presbyterian Investment and Loan Program. 
    Bailey is a certified public accountant with more than 28 years' 
experience in the financial services industry.  Most recently he was 
president and CEO of First Bank of Louisville, which he chartered in 1996. 
 
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    The Rev. Carroll D. Jenkins, 63, who has been synod executive for the 
Synod of the Mid-Atlantic since its creation in 1988, has announced his 
retirement, effective Sept. 30. 
    Jenkins' retirement follows the resignation of the synod's two 
full-time program associates, moves unrelated to his retirement. 
    The Synod of the Mid-Atlantic is the most populous synod in the 
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).  It was formed by the merger of the former 
synods of North Carolina, the Virginias and the Piedmont, of which Jenkins 
was executive for seven years.  He previously served on the staff of 
Philadelphia Presbytery for 11 years. 
 
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    The violent struggle over civil rights in 1964 Mississippi shows the 
different ways God's will can be interpreted to fit individual beliefs.  In 
his book "God's Long Summer: Stories of Faith and Civil Rights," Charles 
Marsh takes an in-depth look at what happens when those beliefs clash. 
    Marsh's work has earned him the 1998 Louisville Grawemeyer Award in 
Religion, a $150,000 prize for ideas and creative works that promote 
understanding of the relationship between human beings and the divine.  The 
award is presented jointly by Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary 
and the University of Louisville. 
    Marsh is professor of theology and director of the Project on Theology 
and Community at Loyola College in Baltimore. 
 
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    A Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) executive for Latin America 
and the Caribbean has been called to lead the denomination's Hispanic 
Ministries office.  The Rev. David A. Vargas will assume the position of 
national pastor for Hispanic Ministries for the Christian Church (Disciples 
of Christ) Jan. 1, 1999.  Vargas, a native of Puerto Rico, has served on 
the Disciples' national staff since 1979. 

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