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Stephen Marsh to Address 2009 Graduates
 The Rev.
Stephen Marsh, newly elected bishop of the Southeast Michigan Synod and a
1983 Trinity graduate, will address the classes of 2009 from Trinity Lutheran
Seminary and Bexley Hall Seminary during a joint commencement at 2 p.m.,
May 23, in Mees Auditorium on the campus of Capital University.
Pastor Marsh was elected bishop during the Southeast Michigan Synod Assembly on May 2. He had been serving as an assistant to the bishop. He previously served The Church of the Holy Redeemer
in Brooklyn, New York
(1993-2004); The Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, Chicago
(1989-1991); and St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Springfield
Gardens, New York
(1983-1989). He earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Northwestern University,
Evanston, Illinois,
and serves on many boards and committees, including the Trinity Lutheran Seminary Board of Directors.
An anticipated 37
students from Trinity and seven students from Bexley Hall
Seminary will receive degrees. A service of Holy
Communion will be held prior to commencement at 10 a.m. in the Gloria Dei
Worship Center. The Rev. Dr. James M. Childs Jr., Edward C. Fendt Professor of
Systematic Theology, will preach; Trinity President Mark R. Ramseth and Bexley
Hall Dean John R. Kevern will preside.
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