As part of our expressions of gratitude, we are focusing on one segment of the Iliff community each month. In February, we are appreciating our ALUMNI. Our sincere thanks our alumni community - all of YOU - and the work that you do in your respective communities.
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Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow." - Melody Beattie
Over 100 Iliff alumni, students, faculty and friends gathered at Iliff for the Renewal Conference. Participants and leaders engaged in rigorous conversation about ministry, scholarship, and social justice. Attendees also took time for self-care, re-connecting, eating, singing and laughing.
A picture speaks a thousand words.
See more photos from this year's Renewal Conference
here.
Jameson Jones Visiting Preacher - Rev. Dr. Gerald L. Durley
After the snowstorm, many of the Renewal Conference attendees came back for an inspiring worship service where the Rev. Dr. Gerald L. Durley preached "God's Environmental Music." Even Alumni Awardee Samuel Cox (MDIV '60) delayed his return flight to Hawaii to attend the service.
This allowed Tom V. Wolfe to present Samuel with the award for Outstanding Contribution to Specialized Ministry. What a time!
Thank you for everyone who participated in the Renewal Conference. We look forward to everyone coming home to Iliff again next year.
Ground Hog Day Predictions with Alum Lonnie Eakle
Iliff Alum Lonnie Eakle (MDiv '67) on Ground Hog Day as he dressed in his traditional tuxedo to announce the predictions of "Greeley Gus"
- the prairie dog who is a "cousin" to P. Phil of Pennsylvania.
He impressed the neighbors as he shoveled in his tux, then brought Ground Hog Day greetings to the people at the post office, a local restaurant, and Safeway.
Lonnie told people that there was so much snow that Greeley Gus could not dig out.
So there's a 50/50 chance of 6 more weeks of winter or of an early spring!
Contact: Caran Ware Joseph, Donor and Alumni Relations Director cwarejoseph@iliff.edu, 303-765-3111
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