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Craigville program minister resigns
The Rev. Bobbie Miner has resigned from the Massachusetts Conference staff, after having organized retreats and other activities at Craigville Conference Center for the past five years.
Miner worked part-time in the post, and decided to move on to other ministries.
There are no plans to replace Miner, according to Dawn Hammond, Associate Conference Minister for Policy and Finance.
“Rev. Miner’s position was a new and experimental one when we hired her. We wanted to see whether our members would welcome and participate in a wider range of Conference-sponsored retreat offerings at Craigville,” Hammond said.
“Rev. Miner did a wonderful job developing a rich array of programs. However, we found that, while interest in local church retreats remained strong, interest in retreats sponsored by the Conference was limited.”Hammond said the Conference staff hopes to increase the use of Craigville for programs and training events related to the Vision for Renewal and Growth.
Former Craigville director honored
Marion Vuilleumier, a long-time former manager of the Craigville Conference Center, was recently honored for years of work for the Cape Cod community.
Vuilleumier was named the first recipient of the Mercy Otis Warren Cape Cod Woman of the Year Award at a ceremony in Barnstable on July 4th.
Vuillemier, like Warren, is a writer, having written 21 books primarily about Cape history. She also founded the Cape Cod Writer’s Conference, which this year had it 40th meeting at Craigville. Vuillemier also worked as a teacher, and was a part of the effort that brought nearly 500 units of United Church of Christ senior housing to the Cape.
Warren, for whom the award was named, was a Revolutionary War-era playwright, poet and historian and was a very early fighter for women’s rights.
Harter to serve as interim president at Chicago Theological Seminary
Richard Harter, a member of First Church in Cambridge, UCC, has been appointed interim president of the Chicago Theological Seminary.
Harter is active in the Massachusetts Conference, having served as co-chair of The Gift and The Promise Campaign. He is also a member of the Just Peace Players, and he served as vice moderator of the last General Synod. He is a partner in the Boston law firm of Bingham Dana LLP.
Harter will serve as interim president during the four-month sabbatical of President Susan Thistlethwaite, which begins on September 1st.