Originally from Billings Montana, Linda grew up in St. Louis MO. She attended college at the University of Missouri, majoring in Business Administration. A successful career of over 15 years at AT&T in the Global Markets segments, working on staff for the Regional Vice President as a Sales Planning Analyst. Most recently she was accepted as a Canterbury scholar to attend a pilgrimage in the summer, to network with other Anglicans worldwide, learning about diverse Anglican cultures, as well as the history of Canterbury. Linda is a postulant from the Diocese of Los Angeles attending General Theological Seminary in NYC as a Master of Divinity student, specializing in the Spiritual Direction Certificate program.

Tim is a seminarian at Sewanee’s School of Theology, class of 2013. He comes to us with a broad background of experience and expertise: his education includes a bachelor’s degree in music theory and composition from UC Davis (1993), and enough coursework under his belt to make him dangerous in both mathematics and classics; past jobs have included camp leader, youth director, Latin teacher, engineer, and choir director; personal interests include hiking, biking, writing, composing, and otherwise making music with his voice, on the piano, or—his newest musical pursuit—on the carillon. Tim and his wife Holly have five wonderful children to keep them from getting lonely: four girls, ages 16, 15, 12, and 10; and the token boy, age 2.

Greg Morgan is a rising senior at General Seminary in New York (M.Div.’12) and a postulant from the Diocese of West Missouri. He has lived in many parts of the country but considers himself a Midwesterner at heart. He had a full career in education prior to pursuing a call to ordained ministry, serving as a teacher of French, history and economics as well as Headmaster (20 years) in prep schools, both in Wisconsin and on the East Coast. He holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Washington and master’s degrees from the University of Michigan and Penn State; he also spent a year in France between college and grad school. Raised an American Baptist, he came to the Episcopal church through a school leadership opportunity in Washington, DC in 1980. His growing involvement in the life of Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral in downtown Kansas City, a more recent development, led directly to his pursuit of holy orders and reflects the important role EfM has played (student and mentor) in his spiritual development. His interests include Christian formation, preaching, liturgy, pastoral care and fundraising and he is considering positions in either parishes or Episcopal schools upon graduation. Greg has a grown daughter and two grandchildren on the coast of Maine.

Jim’s parents were Episcopal missionaries in Brazil, South American when he was a young so he graduated from Indiana University with a BA in Spanish and an Outside Field in Business Administration quite a while ago. He has spent most of his secular career working for manufacturing companies developing mutually beneficial business relationships, recruiting distribution partners, and selling high technology products and services to improve processes, manage information, and reduce costs.

He is married to his high school sweetheart, Kimberly Ann Said, whom he met at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Speedway, IN. They have two children, Courtney (25) and Taylor (22). Courtney is married to Christopher Demmings and has just given birth to their first Grandson, Rylen, who was born on December 26, 2010. Taylor is engaged to her longtime boyfriend and Marine, Eddie Blair. They are planning on being married on January 7, 2012 at St. Francis.

Jim has felt God calling from the time he was a teenager but until now did not take any actions towards seminary. However, he started his official discernment on September 17, 2005 by attending Information Day sponsored by the Commission on Ministry for the Diocese of Indianapolis. Parish and Diocesan discernment sessions followed and Jim was accepted as a postulant in the Diocese of Indianapolis on February 2, 2007. Jim applied to Virginia Theological Seminary (VTS) and was accepted in 2008, however, due to the economy; Kim and Jim were not able to sell their home until 2010. They resigned from their jobs, sold most of their belongings and then moved to Alexandria, VA with their two labs, Georgia and Madison, to begin Seminary. Jim is a Middler at Virginia Theological Seminary and has completed one year of the 3 year requirement. He will begin his field work at the Church of the Epiphany in downtown Washington, DC.

Please keep them in your prayers.

A senior in the Master’s of Divinity program at Virginia Theological Seminary, Henry comes from the Diocese of Central Pennsylvania where he is a postulant for holy orders. Henry began his seminary education at Lancaster Theological Seminary where he was exposed to broad ecumenical teachings. Furthering his studies at VTS has allowed Henry to explore the depths of Anglicanism. These explorations have included Episcopal School Chaplaincy as well as witnessing the vastness of the Anglican Communion as exemplified in the Canterbury Scholars Program.

Prior to following his call to ordained ministry Henry worked in the corporate world. He has served as Chief Financial Officer of a manufacturing business as well as owned his own business coaching practice. Henry has a BBA in Marketing and Management from Stetson University and an MBA focusing in Operations Management from Drexel University. Henry and his wife Diane and son Parr have relocated to the Alexandria VA area where exploring the nation’s capital is only minutes away. Henry’s periodic blog postings can be found at stainedglassreflections.blogspot.com