Denver Seminary

ENGAGE 23 In more than a few ways, my life has paralleled the life of Denver Seminary. As a young teenager, I was accustomed to the first generation of Denver's faculty members visiting in our home (my father was a local pastor and a seminary board member) for serious envisioning conversations, casual times of relaxation and sacred moments of devotional activity. During my college years, I often dropped into classrooms on the first seminary campus and listened to lectures and dialogues which whetted my appetite for my future as a student. Then there were my seminary-student years when I raced back and forth between the campus and my rural church of ranchers and farmers who lived 176 miles away. Not a few people thought my schedule was crazy. During the many years after I graduated from Denver Seminary, I was frequently invited back to the seminary to present annual lectureships and courses in the Doctor of Ministry program. Perhaps my involvement might have ended there, but it didn't. There came an evening when the Chairman of the Seminary Board of Trustees called to ask if I would consider serving as the interim president of the school while a search was conducted for a new president. That year on the campus became for my wife, Gail, and me one of the happiest of our lives. Again, those days of "playing president" might have ended my time at the seminary except the new seminary president, Dr. Mark Young, asked if I might serve the school as Chancellor, a rather lightly defined responsibility which ended up meaning that Gail and I would act in a pastoral capacity for the faculty and the staff. Now in this year of 2019, we have finally reached the end of that wonderful association. It is time for Gail and me to retreat to our New England home and find other ways to serve Jesus during this new decade of life. It is not an easy thing to say an official goodbye to a school community we have loved so much. But we are at peace with the timeliness of the rearrangement. Denver Seminary enjoys leadership from a Godly and brilliant president, an exceptional provost, and a thoroughly committed faculty. A great future looms ahead. So it's time to say goodbye….and thanks for the undeserved life-long gift of being a part of this great school. BENEDICTION Gordon MacDonald, DD RETIRED CHANCELLOR Why I Give It's been over 40 years since this Texas girl arrived on the Denver Seminary campus to learn 'all things ministry.' I wasn't disappointed! My immersion in education at Denver Seminary yielded a healthy knowledge of Scripture, a humble ability to communicate it to others, and a clear calling to lead. Now as a long-time Coloradan and board member, I'm honored to give back in this season of continued engagement. I can think of no seminary better preparing men and women! Elisa Morgan, MDiv Author and Speaker DENVER SEMINARY ALUMNA AND BOARD MEMBER WHY I GIVE

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