January 21, 2008
Pastor Jeffery Hough (MLK Jr. Service + Communion)
Pastor, Angel Community Church, Muskegon, MI Chapel Location: Mulder Chapel
Jeffery Hough is an M.Div. student at WTS seeking ordination in the RCA. He has also completed the Certificate in Urban Pastoral Ministry. Jeffery is the pastor at Angel Community Church in Muskegon and an ordained evangelist with the CRC.
Jan. 22, Tuesday
Rev. Jim Foster
Pastor, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Holland, MI
Chapel Location: Semelink Hall
Jim Foster is the pastor and mission developer of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, a ten year old church plant of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Before entering ordained ministry, he worked as a counselor in the Muskegon County Jail Rehabilitation Program, as a probation officer with the Muskegon County Juvenile Court, and as the founding, chief executive officer of the Muskegon Community Alternative Program, a halfway house for adult, nonviolent, felony offenders.
Jan. 23, Wednesday
Rev. J. Lynn Pier-Fitzgerald
Pastor, First United Methodist Church, Holland, MI
Chapel Location: Mulder Chapel
J. Lynn Pier-Fitzgerald has been an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church since 1980. She has served churches in East Lansing, White Cloud, and Grand Rapids; prior to her current appointment as Senior Pastor at First United Methodist Church of Holland, Lynn served as a District Superintendent of the United Methodist Church based in Traverse City. She is a graduate of Cornell College and Chicago Theological Seminary.
Jan. 24, Thursday
Rev. Matthew Krick
Pastor, Mars Hill Bible Church, Grandville, MI
Chapel Location: Semelink Hall
Matt Krick is Pastor of Spiritual Formation at Mars Hill Bible Church in Grandville, Michigan and an adjunct professor at Cornerstone University in Grand Rapids. His ministry passions include teaching and leading retreats, advocating for the care of creation and seeing others come to a realization that the way of Jesus is the best possible way to live. Matt, his wife Jenna, and their daughter Zoya, enjoy living with the land as they cultivate an organic garden, raise chickens, and heat their home with wood.
Jan. 25, Friday
Rev. Jim Croom (Communion)
Interim Rector, St. Luke Episcopal Church, Kalamazoo, MI
Chapel Location: Mulder Chapel
The Rev James Croom has been an ordained priest in the Episcopal Church USA since 2001. Prior to his ordination, he spent over 30 years in professional music as an opera singer with companies such as San Francisco Opera, Scottish Opera, the English National Opera and others. He has been a teacher of voice for many years, and has recently served on the adjunct faculty of San Francisco Theological Seminary with Dr. Jana Childers in Homiletics and as a faculty leader of senior seminars. Jim is married to the Rev. Stephanie Croom and is currently serving as Interim Rector at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Kalamazoo.