Rev. Kathleen Buckley, University Chaplain

Welcome! I am the Reverend Kathleen Buckley. As an ordained Minister of Word and Sacrament in the Presbyterian Church in 1986, I am also a member of the United Church of Christ [Congregationalists]. I received my Master of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in 1981. Subsequent to seminary I did a Chaplain Residency at Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Illinois. When I came to the Capital District in 1986, I accepted a call to be Pastor of the First Presbytarian Church of Watervliet where I served until 1993.

I teach workshops on practical communication skills and have spoken regularly to community groups and congregations on issues related to theology and sexuality. As University Chaplain I seek to minister to students, faculty and staff in a broad based spiritual framework focusing on 3 primary goals: inviting inquiry, fostering wholeness and teaching respect for all life. My office is in Gunnison Memorial Chapel.

 

Rev. Shaun Whitehead, Associate Chaplain

Greetings! My name is Reverend Shaun Whitehead and I am a native of Chicago, Illinois. I am a graduate of McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, Illinois, where I received a Master of Divinity degree. I accepted a call as Associate Chaplain, here at St. Lawrence University in September 2003. I am an ordained Minister of Word and Sacrament in the United Church of Christ.

As Associate Chaplain, I am the worship leader of the Progressive Christian Worship Community, a community that seeks to foster the Christian ideals of Welcome and Hospitality... to ALL people. We further seek to break down barriers, and build relationships that are inclusive, reconciling and affirming. With so much unrest in our world, I believe that we are in dire need of the good news the Gospel; the Gospel that loves and welcomes not the rhetoric that rejects and judges. I believe this Gospel to be a living word and we are the living text!

We gather for worship services each Sunday evening at 5:00pm in Gunnison Chapel. Come sing along with our Gospel Choir! Come and lift up prayers and praise to God! As we live into the welcome of God, YOU are indeed welcome in this place. My office is in Gunnison Memorial Chapel. Peace & Blessings to you!