campus pastor
March 30, 2023
Shenk to serve as interim pastor
Jen Shenk has been selected to take on the role of campus pastor for the remainder of 2023-24 school year. GC community members received the announcement through the communicator on March 24, which was her first day in the position. Following the resignation of Cathy Stoner, student life worked to find someone to fill the role. “I recalled that Jen had applied for the campus pastor position two years ago,” said Gilberto Pérez Jr., vice president for student life and dean of students. Pérez also noted that there would be others to guide Shenk in campus ministries activities. “When I...
March 16, 2023
‘I was not trying to leave here’: Stoner resigns
After just three full semesters at Goshen College, campus pastor Cathy Stoner has resigned. Students received an email Tuesday afternoon from Stoner, announcing that with “great sadness,” she was resigning as campus pastor. “It brought a lot of stress,” said Madeleine Kelly-Kellogg, a sophomore on the Spiritual Connection Team that works directly with Stoner. “It was just so out of the blue.” Many students shared Kelly-Kellogg’s sentiment of surprise and rumors began circulating immediately. One thing is certain, though: Stoner did not want to leave. In an exclusive interview with The Record, she said that members of the GC administration...