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ELCA NEWS SERVICE

August 7, 2002

SIXTEEN ELCA SEMINARIANS AWARDED FULL-TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS
02-190-AW*/CA*

     CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's
(ELCA) Fund for Leaders in Mission awarded 16 new full-tuition
scholarships, totaling $230,000, to two students entering each of the
eight ELCA seminaries to prepare for ordained or rostered ministry.
     The scholarship recipients will take part in a formal award
presentation Oct. 9 with the Rev. Mark S. Hanson, ELCA presiding
bishop.
     The Fund for Leaders in Mission is a churchwide initiative to
identify and prepare leaders for the ELCA.  The goal of the Fund,
when fully endowed, is to increase tuition support for the projected
1,200-plus students annually enrolled in ELCA seminaries.  Full-time
students are eligible for the scholarship if they are pursuing a
master of divinity degree or a master's degree.
      Established in 1999, the Fund awarded its first eight
scholarships in 2000 and then 16 scholarships in 2001. With the 16
scholarships awarded in 2002, 40 students are receiving full-tuition
awards during their years in seminary -- awards now total more than
$444,000.
     Students receiving scholarships this year, their home ELCA
synod and the seminary they are attending:
+ Charleen Adams, Grand Canyon Synod, Trinity Lutheran Seminary,
Columbus, Ohio
+ Wade Evan Apel, Southern Ohio Synod, Lutheran Theological Southern
Seminary, Columbia, S.C.
+ Jennifer Baker-Trinity, Upper Susquehanna Synod, Lutheran
Theological Seminary at Philadelphia
+ Gracie Bates, Southwestern Texas Synod, Lutheran School of Theology
at Chicago
+ Erin L. Bovendam, Northwestern Minnesota Synod, Luther Seminary,
St. Paul, Minn.
+ Rebekah E. Davis, Nebraska Synod, Pacific Lutheran Theological
Seminary, Berkeley, Calif.
+ Thomas Jacobson, Southwestern Minnesota Synod, Luther Seminary
+ Maren Loken, Minneapolis Area Synod, Lutheran School of Theology in
Chicago
+ Meredith D. Lovell, Delaware-Maryland Synod, Lutheran Theological
Seminary at Gettysburg, Pa.
+ Thomas M. Maatta, Southwestern Pennsylvania Synod, Lutheran
Theological Seminary at Gettysburg
+ Joshua N. McGuffie, Southwest California Synod, Pacific Lutheran
Theological Seminary
+ Jared M. Parker, Southeastern Iowa Synod, Wartburg Theological
Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa
+ Giovanny Sanchez, Metropolitan New York Synod, Lutheran Theological
Seminary at Philadelphia
+ Robert G. Schmidt, North/West Lower Michigan Synod, Trinity
Lutheran Seminary
+ Mackenzie Thedens, Northeast Iowa Synod, Wartburg Theological
Seminary
+ Christine Van O'Linda, Metropolitan Washington, D.C., Synod,
Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary
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*Amy Wineinger is a junior at Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa.  This
summer she is an intern with ELCA News and Media Production.

*Cynthia Anderson is communication coordinator for the ELCA
Foundation.

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