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Dates July 14-19, 2014 - First Summer Session at Wabash College January 22-25, 2015 - Winter Session at Mustang Island June 8-13, 2015 - Second Summer Session at Wabash College 
Leadership Team Evelyn Parker, Perkins School of Theology Michael Bourgeois, Emmanuel College, Toronto Francisco Lozada Jr., Brite Divinity School Damayanthi Niles, Eden Theological Seminary Paul Myhre, Wabash Center 
 Front Row (left to right): Katherine Shaner (Wake Forest University Divinity School), Devin Zuber (Pacific School of Religion), Eboni Marshall Turman (Duke Divinity School), Lisa Thompson (Pittsburgh Theological Seminary), Robert Heaney (Virginia Theological Seminary). Second Row: Malinda Berry (Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary), Lynne Darden (Interdenominational Theological Center), Gilberto Ruiz (Loyola Institute for Ministry), *Evelyn Parker (Perkins School of Theology), Safwat Marzouk (Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary), Najeeba Syeed-Miller (Claremont School of Theology), *Francisco Lozada Jr. (Brite Divinity School). Third Row: Gerald Liu (Drew Theological School), Linn Tonstad (Yale Divinity School), Shanell Smith (Hartford Seminary), *Michael Bourgeois (Emmanuel College, University of Toronto), *Damayanthi Niles (Eden Theological Seminary), Cameron Howard (Luther Seminary), *Paul Myhre (Wabash Center). *leadership/staff

2014-15Teaching and Learning Colloquy for Mid-Career Theological School Faculty 
Dates July 7-12, 2014 - First Summer Session at Wabash College January 8-11, 2015 - Winter Session at Mustang Island June 15-20, 2015 - Second Summer Session at Wabash College 
Leadership Team Willie James Jennings, Duke Divinity School, Director Teresa Fry Brown, Candler School of Theology Diane Grace Chen, Palmer Theological Seminary Lisa Hess, United Theological Seminary, Dayton Paul Myhre,Wabash Center 
 Description This colloquy will gather 14 faculty in the middle of their teaching careers to consider “The Art of the Teaching Life.” The purpose of the colloquy is to create a community of committed and skilled teachers to explore how their understanding of the teaching life might be deepened by imagining its form through the identities and realities of artists. This colloquy is not designed necessarily for those in the arts, rather for teachers who want to creatively consider their work in light of the artistic imagination and are at the point of asking: What are the projects that I am prepared to imagine that will demand all my wisdom, experience, and skill? Where do I want to take my students? Are there new places I want them to go within the art of teaching? What is my unique contribution to the classroom, my discipline, and my institution? How can I chart my own vision of the teaching life in terms of pedagogy, scholarship, and institutional involvement? Do I have interest in a greater leadership role? The colloquy balances plenary sessions with small group discussions and workshop sessions, structured and unstructured social time, and time for relaxation, exercise, meditation, restoration, and lots of good food and drink. Colloquy Goals The overarching goal of the colloquy will be to engage in sustained reflection on the teaching life in terms of our work in the classroom, our scholarship, and citizenship in our theological institution. We will do this through: Reflecting carefully on the teacher as artist by considering the formation of artists, noting the parallels, differences, and points of convergence Comparing pedagogical form to artistic form by considering the best practices available in teaching and learning in relation to various artistic media (e.g. acting, dancing, oratory, singing, playing an instrument, painting, sculpting, and other forms of crafting) Exploring the mentoring, nurturing, facilitating, and directing characteristics of a "life that teaches" by comparing the embodied wisdom of a teacher with the intimate relation of the artist and her art Exploring the significance of a "life with students," and the necessary relationships for sustaining such an "exposed" life in an institutional setting Front Row (left to right): Nancy Lynne Westfield (Drew Theological School), Paul Galbreath (Union Presbyterian Seminary), Chris Kiesling (Asbury Theological Seminary), *Lisa Hess (United Theological Seminary, Dayton), Miguel De La Torre (Iliff School of Theology). Second Row: *Paul Myhre (Wabash Center), Wilda Gafney (Brite Divinity School), Katherine Turpin (Iliff School of Theology), *Teresa Fry Brown (Candler School of Theology), Love Sechrest (Fuller Theological Seminary), Mary Hess (Luther Seminary), *Willie James Jennings (Duke Divinity School). Third Row: William Scott Haldeman (Chicago Theological Seminary), *Diane Grace Chen (Palmer Theological Seminary), Lisa Davison (Phillips Theological Seminary), Shannon Craigo-Snell (Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary), Leopoldo Sánchez (Concordia Seminary, MO). *leadership/staff position

2013 Workshop for Hispanic Theological Initiative Fellows 
DateMarch 1-3, 2013 Co-Sponsored with the Hispanic Theological Initiative A gathering of HTI Fellows to discuss issues about teaching and learning related to syllabi design, professional teaching development, and other issues related to the first years of teaching. 
Leadership Team Elizabeth Conde-Frazier, Esperanza College Eduardo C. Fernández, S.J., Jesuit School of Theology, GTU Joanne Rodriguez, Hispanic Theological Initiative Paul Myhre, Wabash Center 
 Front Row (left to right): *Joanne Rodriguez (Hispanic Theological Initiative), *Eduardo Fernández (Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University), *Elizabeth Conde-Frazier (Esperanza College), *Paul Myhre (Wabash Center). Second Row: Gilberto Ruiz (Emory University), Wendy Arce (Graduate Theological Union), Matilde Moros (Drew University), Xochitl Alvizo (Boston University School of Theology), Robyn Henderson-Espinoza (University of Denver), Leila Ortiz (Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia), Theresa Yugar (Claremont Graduate University). Third Row: Victor Carmona (University of Notre Dame), Jeremy Cruz (Boston College), Robert Rivera (Boston College), Miguel Romero (Emory University), Luis Tampe (The Catholic University of America), Jared Alcántara (Princeton Theological Seminary). *leadership/staff position

2015-16 Teaching and Learning Workshop for Pre-Tenure Theological School Faculty 
Dates July 20-25, 2015 - First Summer Session at Wabash College January 7-10, 2016 - Winter Session at Mustang Island June 13-18, 2016 - Second Summer Session at Wabash College 
Leadership Team Katherine Turpin, Iliff School of Theology, Director Eric D. Barreto, Luther Seminary Peter T. Cha, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School Mary McClintock Fulkerson, Duke Divinity School Paul Myhre, Wabash Center 
 Front Row (left to right): Michal Beth Dinkler (Yale Divinity School), Jared Alcántara (Trinity Evangelical Divinity School), William Yoo (Columbia Theological Seminary), Jin Young Choi (Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School), *Peter Cha (Trinity Evangelical Divinity School), Adam Hearlson (Andover Newton Theological School). Second Row: Natalia Marandiuc (Perkins School of Theology at SMU), Laurel Koepf Taylor (Eden Theological Seminary), *Mary McClintock Fulkerson (Duke Divinity School), *Katherine Turpin (Iliff School of Theology), Brittany Wilson (Duke Divinity School), Paul Cho (Wesley Theological Seminary) * Paul Myhre (Wabash Center). Third Row: Victor Carmona (Oblate School of Theology), James Lee (Perkins School of Theology at SMU), Kathleen McCallie (Phillips Theological Seminary), Carmichael Crutchfield (Memphis Theological Seminary), Nijay Gupta (George Fox Evangelical Seminary), *Eric Barreto (Luther Seminary). *leadership/staff

2017-18 Workshop for Early CareerAsian and Pacific Islander DescentFaculty This workshop will gather 14 faculty drawn from diverse religious specializations, in their first years of teaching, for a week in two successive summers and for a weekend winter retreat. As a learning community of committed and skilled teachers, this workshop will explore issues such as: Pedagogy and politics of faculty of Asian and Pacific Islander descent Being a fulfilled and engaged teacher/scholar Career growth such as tenure and alternate academic tracks Teaching and thriving in one’s institutional context Dealing with religious, social, ethnic, racial, and learning diversities in the classroom Connecting the classroom to broader social issues Course design, assignments, learning goals, and assessment There will be a balance of plenary sessions, small group discussions, workshop sessions, structured and unstructured social time, and time for relaxation, exercise, meditation, discovery, laughter, and lots of good food and drink. Goals To develop a professional network of mutually supportive teachers/scholars of Asian and Pacific Islander descent To speak candidly about the politics and pressures of teaching and learning in higher education To explore the intersections of positionality in the classroom, institution, and academy, such as race, class, gender, sexuality, ability, and age To engage in formal and informal dialogue about existing and needed habits and practices of teaching in mono- or multi-cultural contexts To reflect critically on vocation, identity, and well-being that integrates the rigors of scholarship, teaching, leadership, and work/life balance To hone teaching practices and innovative pedagogies through design and implementation of collaborative projects To prepare for trends and changes in higher education Honorarium and Fellowship Participants will receive an honorarium of $3400 for full participation in the three workshop sessions, plus local expenses and travel. In addition, participants are eligible to apply for a $5000 fellowship for work on a teaching project during the following academic year (2018-19). These awards are for projects that emerge from the conversation and ideas of the workshop, in consultation with the leadership team, and are conducted during the year following the workshop. Read More about Payment of Participants Read More about the Workshop Fellowship Program Participants Front Row: Yii-Jan Lin (Yale Divinity School), *Zayn Kassam (Pomona College), *Tat-siong Benny Liew (College of the Holy Cross), *Su Yon Pak (Union Theological Seminary in NYC), *David Kamitsuka (Oberlin College), Roshan Iqbal (Agnes Scott College). Second Row: Hee-Kyu Heidi Park (Xavier University-Cincinnati), Samira Mehta (Albright College), Cuilan Liu (Emmanuel College of Victoria University in the University of Toronto), Fuad Naeem (Gustavus Adolphus College), Jung Hyun Choi (North Carolina Wesleyan College), Sailaja Krishnamurti (Saint Mary’s University-Nova Scotia), Christine Hong (Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary). Back Row: *Paul Myhre (Wabash Center), William Yoo (Columbia Theological Seminary), Harshita Kamath (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill), Chrissy Lau (Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi), Kenneth Woo (Pittsburgh Theological Seminary), Hoon Choi (Bellarmine University). *leadership/staff position. APPLICATIONS CLOSED Workshop Information Dates First session: July 10-15, 2017, Wabash College Second session: January 25-28, 2018. Corpus Christi, Texas Third session: June 25-30, 2018, Wabash College Leadership Team Tat-siong Benny Liew,College of the Holy Cross, Director David Kamitsuka, Oberlin College Zayn Kassam,Pomona College Su Yon Pak, Union Theological Seminary in NYC Paul Myhre, Wabash Center Important Information flickr Photo Gallery for this Workshop Travel and Accommodations for Summer Sessions at the Wabash Center Policy on Participation Map of Wabash College Campus Travel Reimbursement Form (pdf) Foreign National Information Form (pdf) Payment of Honorarium Fellowship Program (2016-17) For More Information, Please Contact: Paul Myhre, Associate Director Wabash Center 301 West Wabash Ave. Crawfordsville, IN 47933 800-655-7117 myhrep@wabash.edu

2017-18Colloquy for Theological School Deans This colloquy seeks to gather a diverse group of theological school deans to engage in creative conversations about academic leadership in an age of dramatic socio-economic, environmental, demographic, and religious change in the North American context. Colloquy participants can expect to engage in collaborative learning, expand their understanding of the work of academic administration, and build a network of collegial support. Goals As peers in a collegial and confidential atmosphere, we will consider such questions as: How do you discern and affirm your vocation as a theological educator in the role of an academic dean within the mission of your institution? How do academic deans lead in times of dramatic social and religious change that directly and indirectly impact theological education? How do academic deans lead to keep faculties vital, curricula relevant, and teaching and learning the center of the theological school enterprise? Read our Policy on Participation Honorarium and Fellowship Participants will receive an honorarium of $3000 for full participation in the two sessions, plus local expenses and travel. In addition, the Wabash Center will reimburse expenses up to $500 for your attendance at the Association of Theological Schools’ CAOS meeting to be held prior to the ATS biennial in June 2018. Read More about Payment of Participants Participants Front Row: Stephen McMullin (Acadia Divinity College), *Deborah Krause (Eden Theological Seminary), *Luis Rivera (Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary), Heather Vacek (Pittsburgh Theological Seminary), Munir Shaikh (Claremont School of Theology). Back Row: Susan Abraham (Pacific School of Religion), Grant Taylor (Beeson Divinity School at Samford University), Melanie Johnson-DeBaufre (Drew Theological School), Jeanne Hoeft (Saint Paul School of Theology), Lynda Robitaille (St. Mark’s College), Valerie Rempel (Fresno Pacific University Biblical Seminary), *Paul Myhre (Wabash Center). *leadership/staff position. APPLICATIONS CLOSED Due January 17, 2017 Colloquy Information Dates First Session: July 17-22, 2017, Wabash College Second Session: April 18-22, 2018, Corpus Christi, Texas Leadership Team Deborah Krause, Eden Theological Seminary Luis Rivera, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Paul O.Myhre, Wabash Center Important Information flickr Photo Gallery for this Workshop Travel and Accommodations for Summer Sessions at the Wabash Center Travel and Accommodations for Winter Sessions in Texas Philosophy of Workshops Policy on Participation Map of Wabash College Campus Travel Reimbursement Form (pdf) Foreign National Information Form (pdf) Payment of Honorarium For More Information, Please Contact: Paul O.Myhre, Associate Director Wabash Center 301 West Wabash Ave. Crawfordsville, IN 47933 800-655-7117 myhrep@wabash.edu

Our Philosophy of Workshops, Consultations, and Other Gatherings I. Teaching is a Vocation Discerning the telos or goal of one's teaching vocation is crucial to the teaching and learning task. Good teaching is grounded in sound scholarship and nurtures an ongoing discussion about one's subject area. Clarifying one's teaching philosophy and learning goals facilitates classroom decisions such as course design, assignments, and assessment. Faculty members gain vocational colleagues and companions when they think collaboratively about teaching and learning. Thinking holistically about the work of teaching and scholarship develops a sense of one's career trajectory and stages. When faculty members talk together about their craft, they discover a richness of teaching knowledge and experience among them. II. Teaching is a Craft Teaching is a craft developed over a lifetime of critically reflective practice. Critical reflective practice is enhanced by engagement with pedagogical research and participation in the scholarly discourses on teaching and learning. Improving one's skill as a teacher enhances the quality and satisfaction of one's vocational choice. Teaching involves understanding the power of one's persona and embodied presence in the classroom. Teaching benefits from increased awareness, intentionality, and commitment to student learning. The digital environment has significant influence on teaching and needs to be reflectively engaged in classroom practice. There are many perspectives about teaching and learning, each with its own particular strengths and weaknesses. Understanding this variety expands the range of one's teaching capacity and ability to engage a diversity of students and learning environments. III. Institutional Setting Matters Appreciating the fundamental values of the institution is key to understanding the dynamics of teaching and learning in a particular place. The larger teaching culture of an institution deeply influences the work in each particular classroom. Sustained conversation about teaching and learning can transform the culture of teaching in a school or department. Focusing on the daily work of teaching and learning transcends boundaries between different disciplines, ranks, and other academic divisions to create a space for collaborative and fruitful discussion. Good teaching enhances the institutional culture and is an act of institutional citizenship. Teaching is integrally connected to the public interpretive role of the department, seminary, or theological school.

2016-17 Teaching and Learning Colloquy for Mid-Career Religion Faculty at Colleges and Universities "Pedagogies of Community Engagement" APPLICATIONS CLOSED Experiential education includes a wide range of pedagogies that engage students in the use of material culture, site visits, active experimentation, creative performance, and service. This colloquy will focus on one type of experiential education, pedagogies of community engagement. These pedagogies are motivated by ethical intent, give attention to questions of embodiment and social location, foster empathetic imagination, and are characterized by collaborative partnerships. Why would mid-career faculty focus on pedagogies of community engagement? To align their passions and commitments with their teaching practice and scholarship To develop learning outcomes that demonstrate civic knowledge and engagement, intercultural competency, and ethical reasoning and action, all through active involvement with diverse communities and real-world challenges (identified as an essential learning outcome of the “Liberal Education, America’s Promise” initiative of the American Association of Colleges and Universities) To engage the work of disciplines, institutions, and communities that effectively address difficult social issues in an increasingly pluralistic and globalized world To consider whether existing models of pedagogies of community engagement are sufficient to transform learners and teachers, institutions, and communities over time This colloquy will explore how, why, and if Religious Studies and Theology offer unique questions, methodologies, and tools for collaborative learning through community engagement. Do comparativist and interdisciplinary approaches expand our capacities to critically understand and engage the multiplicity of experiences in diverse communities? Can the content of our field offer constructive sources for thinking about ethical intent including embodiment, empathy, and action in partnership with local communities? Does this thinking challenge us to reconsider how we engage diverse opinions and values inherent in pluralistic democracies? We invite applications from mid-career teachers with a range of experience with these pedagogies: from those who are new to these pedagogies and are ready to seriously explore their use to those who want to deepen their own experience and/or guide conversations about these pedagogies with departments, institutions, or community partners. Goals To create a collaborative learning community in which participants will share and learn from each other’s expertise and experience To explore emerging models and trends of community-engaged pedagogies To develop teaching practices that: • complexify students’ thinking about civic and community-based issues; • interrogate social locations of students and teachers; • invite students to cultivate empathic perspectives by creatively/imaginatively inhabiting worlds beyond their own; To reflect on one’s personal and professional priorities at mid-career by: • considering the alignment between teachers’ passions and commitments and their teaching practice; • increasing participants’ capacity to be effective agents for change; • developing projects that will translate and disseminate the insights of the colloquy into other contexts • integrate class content with community-based action in partnership with local communities Honorarium Participants will receive an honorarium of $3,400 for full participation in the three workshop sessions, plus local expenses and travel. Each participant is eligible to apply for a $1,000 grant for a colloquy-linked project. Read More about Payment of Participants Read More about the Colloquy GrantProgram Participants Front Row: *Tom Pearson (Wabash Center), * Joseph Favazza (Stonehill College), *Joy Bostic (Case Western Reserve University), *Bobbi Patterson (Emory University), Andrew Irvine (Maryville College). Second Row: Lori Hale (Augsburg College), Robert Williamson (Hendrix College), Teresa Delgado (Iona College), Joyce Nki (Bethune-Cookman College), Julie Miller (University of the Incarnate Word), Ahida Calderon Pilarski (Saint Anselm College), Christopher Tirres (DePaul University). Third Row: Maureen O’Connell (LaSalle University), Todd Hibbard (University of Detroit Mercy), Davina Lopez (Eckerd College), Sara Pattterson (Hanover College), William McDonald (Tennessee Wesleyan College), David Aftandilian (Texas Christian University), Sarah King (Grand Valley State University). leadership/staff Workshop Information Dates First Session: June 27 to July 2, 2016, Wabash College Second Session: January 26-29, 2017, Corpus Christi, Texas Third Session: June 5-10, 2017, Wabash College Leadership Team Joseph Favazza, Stonehill College, Director Joy R. Bostic, Case Western Reserve University Bobbi Patterson, Emory University Thomas Pearson, Wabash Center Important Information Travel and Accommodations for Summer Sessions at the Wabash Center Policy on Full Participation Map of Wabash College Campus Payment of Participants Colloquy Grant Program (2016-17) List of Awarded Grants For More Information, Please Contact: Lynne Westfield, Director Wabash Center 301 West Wabash Ave. Crawfordsville, IN 47933 765-361-6047 westfiel@wabash.edu

2016-17 Teaching Workshop for Early Career Theological School Faculty Designed for faculty members who are in their first years of teaching, this workshop will explore 21st century challenges in theological education, innovative teaching practices, and complex institutional ecologies. We invite applicants who are interested in joining a community of collaborative inquiry to wrestle with questions such as: What does it mean to teach disciplines differently? What does it mean to teach in ways that generate new learning? What does it take to (re)imagine pedagogies and curricula for responsible teaching in changing local/global situations and contexts? What does it take to navigate institutional cultures and realities in ways that are liberative and bring about wellness? The workshop will gather 14 faculty members for a week in two successive summers and a weekend winter retreat in Corpus Christi, Texas. There will be a balance of plenary sessions, small group discussions, workshop sessions, structured and unstructured social time, and time for relaxation, exercise, meditation, discovery, laughter, and lots of good food and drink. Goals To cultivate imagination for teaching that affirms the particularities of traditions, expand ways of knowing, and embrace the vitality of global perspectives To explore pedagogical practices that foster self-reflexive discovery, honor authenticity of voice and authority, bolster creativity and innovation, and yield potential for liberative change To sharpen personal capacity to navigate institutional cultures and realities in ways that integrate passion and ability, proactive agency, and strategic alliances for academic flourishing and advancement Honorarium Participants will receive an honorarium of $3400 for full participation in the three workshop sessions, plus local expenses and travel. Read More about Payment of Participants Read about our Policy on Full Participation Fellowships Participants are eligible to apply for a $5000 workshopfellowship.These awards are for projects that emerge from the conversation and ideas of the workshop, in consultation with the leadership team, and are conducted during the year following the workshop. Participants Front Row: *Gay Byron (Howard University School of Divinity), Carlos Cardoza-Orlandi (Perkins School of Theology, SMU), *Mai-Anh Le Tran (Eden Theological Seminary), *Dwight Hopkins (University of Chicago Divinity School). Second Row: Angela Parker (The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology), Carolyn Browning Helsel (Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary), Sharon Jacob (Phillips Theological Seminary), Leanna Fuller (Pittsburgh Theological Seminary), Sophia Park (Neumann University), Timothy Hartman (Columbia Theological Seminary), Deanna Ferree Womack (Candler School of Theology – Emory University). Third Row: Julián Gonzalez Holguin (Church Divinity School of the Pacific), Danjuma Gibson (Calvin Theological Seminary), Adam Ghali (Fresno Pacific University), Michael Chan (Luther Seminary), Peter Anthony Mena (Phillips Theological Seminary), Lisa Bowens (Princeton Theological Seminary), Daniel Shin (Interdenominational Theological Center), Paul Myhre (Wabash Center). *leadership/staff APPLICATIONS CLOSED Workshop Information Dates First Session: July 11-16, 2016, Wabash College Second Session: January 19-22, 2017, Corpus Christi, Texas Third Session: June 12-17, 2017, Wabash College Policy on Full Participation Leadership Team Mai-Anh Le Tran, Eden Theological Seminary, Director Gay L. Byron, Howard University School of Divinity Carlos F. Cardoza-Orlandi, Perkins School of Theology, SMU Dwight N. Hopkins, University of Chicago Divinity School Paul O. Myhre, Wabash Center Important Information Policy on Full Participation Map of Wabash College Campus Travel Reimbursement Form (pdf) Foreign National Information Form (pdf) Payment of Participants Fellowship Program (2016-17) For More Information, Please Contact: Paul O. Myhre, Associate Director Wabash Center 301 West Wabash Ave. Crawfordsville, IN 47933 800-655-7117 myhrep@wabash.edu

Wabash Center Ground Transportation Information Indianapolis Airport Procedures On the day of travel, please call Beth Reffett at 1-765-376-1225 if you have any delays, changes or cancellation of your flight. The shuttle driver will wait in the vehicle in the "cell phone lot." Please meet the people who are listed in your shuttle group at the designated baggage claim area, then contact your shuttle driver. If you have trouble finding your group, please first call other travelers in your group, second, your shuttle driver and, third, Beth at 1-765-376-1225. In all circumstances, please LEAVE A MESSAGE if you reach a voice mail service. While here, you will be staying at Trippet Hall, the equivalent of a small conference center with 18 beautifully designed and decorated guest rooms that rival those of the best hotels. Amenities include a TV, alarm clock, hair dryer, iron and ironing board, personal in-room coffee service, on-site laundry facilities, a guest lounge with TV/VCR, small refrigerator, ice maker and an endless supply of snacks and beverages. Trippet Hall is a smoke-free facility. See http://trippet.wabash.edu/. Trippet Hall and its guest rooms have both internet cable connection and wireless service. For those traveling without personal laptops, there are two PC's available for guest use around the clock. Printing and copy service is also available for our guests. Your guest room key card identifies you as a guest of the College and will allow access to the College fitness center and track. For contact information during your stay: Wabash College Trippet Hall 410 West Wabash Avenue Crawfordsville, IN 47933 Phone: 765-361-6490 If we can assist you further, please call Beth Reffett at 1-765-376-1225 .