Church member, Prayer Ministry Team Coordinator & former Emerging Leader Emily Carduff will be attending The University of Chicago Divinity School as their Divinity Dean’s Fellow September 2021 to begin their Master of Divinity (MDiv) program! The MDiv program is a three-year program designed for students from all religious backgrounds who are interested in careers in public religious leadership. Emily is looking to pursue ordained congregational leadership in the UCC post-graduation.
She has also begun the ordination discernment process with the Northern California Nevada Conference of the UCC and First Church Berkeley will be sponsoring her throughout her process as a Member in Discernment.