Thank you!

I've always felt that the Instructional Resource Center is a unique place where the intersection of theological education and life of the local church is very clear. The collection here is used by faculty members to enhance their teaching, and to give students a chance to work with material they are likely to see and use when they are in local church settings.

At the end of May, the school is saying goodbye to four faculty members who will be finishing their service here. They have been our colleagues in the IRC in every sense of the word. They have challenged us to find the best material to use in their teaching; they have used the collection to teach their students evaluative skills that will be invaluable in their future ministry; they have exposed students to the rich depth of the teaching ministry of the church; they have engaged the IRC staff in conversations about teaching and learning and have shared their own ideas about areas important to their particular fields of interest that have enabled us to try and be more responsive to their needs. They have seen the Library as a partner in their service and that parnership has enriched, we hope, the teaching ministry of the church.

The IRC staff wants to say thank you to Fernando Cascante, Gwen Hawley, Henry Simmons and Jane Vann for their wonderful contributions to Union-PSCE, and for the way they have supported our work and always challenged us to do our best. We will miss you!

Ann