Gopp Named 2003 Katherine Schutze ScholarFormer missionary and current theological student, Amy Gopp, has
been named the Katherine Schutze Scholar for the academic year,
2003-04. A Kent, Ohio, native, Gopp will be a second year student
at Union Theological Seminary, New York. Her plans are to enter
pastoral ministry with continued interest in academics, hoping to
write and teach. Ohio Regional Associate Minister, Roger McKinny,
refers to Gopp as "one of the most gifted, faithful, energetic
persons in our entire church" while Union professor, Janet
Walton writes that she (Gopp), "goes beyond what is required
to probe whatever opportunities become available to learn something
more." Week of Compassion director, Johnny Wray, says Gopp is, "an inspiration and encouragement to many." She holds degrees from the School of International Service of the American University, Washington, D.C., and a Mas-ters in Conflict Resolution from Antioch University, Antioch, Ohio. During her years at American, she was a Disciples Peace Fellowship intern. She currently directs that summer program in addition to serving on staff at New York's Park Avenue Christian Church. Prior to seminary she served with the Division of Overseas Ministries as a missionary to Bosnia and Croatia. The Katherine Schutze Scholarship is named for the late Rev. Katherine Schutze whose career as a missionary abroad and at home for the United Christian Missionary Society (UCMS), exceeded 35 years. Rev. Schutze, a native of Marfa, Texas, taught Hispanic children in that community for several years before serving as a missionary to China from 1935 to 1940. In years following, she was a home missionary at Hazel Green Academy and the Yakama Indian Christian Mission, now known as Yakama Christian Mission. Between terms as a missionary, the Texas Christian University graduate continued her education at University of Marlsburg, Germany, and Yale Divinity School, New Haven, Conn. She also taught at Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, and College of the Bible, now known as Lexington (Ky.) Theological Seminary. Ordained at 30, Schutze maintained a passion for women in ministry in the Disciples of Christ. In her last years with the UCMS, she devoted energy to locating other ordained women and establishing the first programs for support of Disciple clergy women. Upon her death in 1980, this scholarship was founded to encourage future generations of women in preparation for ministry. Amy Gopp was deemed as someone who embodies the spirit and goal of this scholarship's namesake.
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