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Note #7001 from PCUSA NEWS to PRESBYNEWS:

07-January-2002
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Notes about people

by Jerry L. Van Marter

	The Rev. Roberta Wells Hargleroad has been named editor of Church & Society
magazine, succeeding the Rev. Kathy Lancaster, who retires at the end of
this year.

	Hargleroad's first issue as editor will be the March/April 2002 issue on
the theme "Congregational Care Teams: Expanding the Circle of Care."

	Hargleroad, who was ordained by Chicago Presbytery in 1979, has been
minister of mission for First United Presbyterian Church of Oak Park, IL,
since 1989. Prior to that she served for 14 years as documentation director
for the Institute on the Church in Urban-Industrial Society. From 1977 to
1983 she served on the Advisory Council on Church and Society of the former
United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, a fore-runner of
the current Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy.

# # #

	Frances M. Gray, a Presbyterian missionary to Lebanon and Iran, died in San
Francisco on Dec. 15. She was 91.

	Born in Little Rock, AR,Gray graduated Rhodes College in Memphis, TN, New
York Theological Seminary, the Divinity School of the  University of
Chicago, and Columbia University's School of Social Work.

	After a career in social work that included two years in Europe, Gray
became the Western Area Secretary for Women's Work of the United
Presbyterian Church in 1946. In 1950 she became the first woman to serve as
a Portfolio Secretary for the Board of Foreign Missions, responsible for
oversight of missions in Africa and the Middle East.

	In 1956 she was appointed to the Beirut College for Women, serving first as
Professor of Biblical Literature, then becoming president of the college in
1959. Gray moved to Iran in 1965 to head the Iran Bethel School for girls in
Teheran, guiding  the school through its upgrading to Damavand College in
1968. Damavand College now has a student body of more than 600.

	Upon retiring in 1975, she moved to San Francisco and devoted herself to
teaching and lecturing, primarily in the field of Christian art.

	A memorial service was held at San Francisco's Old First Presbyterian
Church on Dec. 22.

# # #

	The Rev. Patricia Lloyd-Sidle, who for 10 years has been coordinator for
global awareness and involvement in the Worldwide Ministries Division, has
resigned in order to become a Presbyterian Church (USA) mission co-worker 
for Cuba.

	In her new position, Lloyd-Sidle will coordinate the numerous partnerships
between the PC(USA) and its presbyteries and congregations and the
Presbyterian Reformed Church in Cuba. She will continue to live in
Louisville, work out of her home and travel to Cuba several times a year.
Her husband, Phil, is pastor of James Lees Presbyterian Church in
Louisville.

	Lloyd-Sidle, a graduate of Maryville (TN) College and Union Theological
Seminary in New York. Prior to her work at the Presbyterian Center, she
served as a missionary to Uruguay and on the staff of the Presbytery of
Philadelphia.

# # #

	The Rev. James Edwin Loder, a scholar in the field of Christian education
and professor of the philosophy of Christian education at Princeton
Theological Seminary for almost 40 years, died Nov. 9 at the age of 69.

	Prior to joining the Princeton faculty in 1962, Loder was pastor of Hope
Chapel in Lakewood, NJ, and North Christian Church in Fall River, MA.

	A native of Lincoln, NE, Loder graduated from Carleton College in Minnesota
and Princeton Theological Seminary in 1957. He earned a Master of Theology
degree from Harvard University Divinity School in 1958 and his Ph.D. from
Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in 1962.

	Loder is survived by his wife, Arlene; two daughters, Kim V. Engelmann of
San Mateo, CA, and Tamara J. Tiss of Minneapolis; and three grandchildren,
Christopher C. Engelmann, Julie K. Engelmann and Jonathan J. Engelmann.

	A memorial service was held Nov. 14 in Miller Chapel on the Princeton
Seminary campus.

# # #

	Eleanor Doty has joined the General Assembly Council's Human Resources team
as associate for recruitment and staffing. She began Jan. 2.

	In the newly created position, Doty will be responsible for assisting in
recruiting, interviewing and selecting candidates for staff positions at the
Presbyterian Center. potential new hire candidates.

	An active Presbyterian who has served on the board of the National Black
Presbyterian Caucus, Doty has previously worked for AT&T, CitiGroup and NCR.

# # #

	The Rev. Theo Gill, associate for theology and worship in the
Congregational Ministries Division and an editor for Geneva Press of the
Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, has been named Senior Editor with the
Communications Cluster of the World Council of Churches. He and his wife,
Ruth Ann, will be moving to Geneva, Switzerland, in March. She is currently
associate for business administration for Congregational Ministries
Publishing.

	His responsibilities will include editing a number of WCC publications as
well as overseeing production for the WCC's  publishing house.

	Gill, a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Princeton Theological
Seminary and Oxford University in England, has served in a number of
capacities with the PC(USA), including work as a pastor, campus minister,
editor of Monday Morning, and an ecumenical officer for the Office of the
General Assembly. For many years, Gill served as a reporter in the General
Assembly Newsroom.

# # #

	The Rev. Mienda Uriarte has been named coordinator for the Youth and Young
Adult Ministries Program Team of the Christian Education and Leader
Development Program Area.  A member of the Presbytery of the Pacific, Mienda
most recently served the Synod of Southern California and Hawaii as program
director for the synod's camp and conference ministries. She began her new
work Dec. 31, 2001.

	At the national level, Mienda has served on the leadership team for the
last five Youth Trienniums, has coordinated the Youth Advisory Delegate
advisors at General Assembly, served on the planning team for the Racial
Ethnic Youth and Young Adult Leadership Conference, and is currently the
Racial Ethnic Caucus coordinator on the National Presbyterian Youth Ministry
Council.

# # #

	The Rev. Patricia R. Case has resigned as editor of The Disciple, the
magazine of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). The first woman to
edit The Disciple during its 140 years of publication, Case has been with
the magazine for 11 years, the last four as editor.

	A native of Kingfisher, OK, Case has been an award-winning newspaper and
magazine journalist throughout her writing career.

	The Disciple is scheduled to cease publication within the next three
months.

# # #

	Interlink Media, a technology company founded and operated by the Rev. J.W.
Gregg Meister, has received - in partnership with Foundations, Inc. of
Moorestown, NJ, a $726,000 federal grant to develop electronic tools for
improving charter schools around the country.

	The two-year project will include production of Internet-based and CD-ROM
programs to help charter schools rate their own effectiveness and plan for
improving their performance. Interlink will also design databases that will
enable charter schools to share their assessment information with other
charter schools.

	For more information about Interlink Media, contact Meister at 856-427-7263
or visit Interlink's website at www.interlink-media.com.
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