BLOOMINGTON, Ill.—The Reverend Hope N. Luckie, minister of the Lexington United Methodist Church in Lexington, Mass., and an adjunct instructor at Andover-Newton Theological School in Newton Centre, Mass., has been named university chaplain at Illinois Wesleyan University.
Luckie’s appointment was announced by Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Kathy Cavins. She succeeds Dennis E. Groh, who retired in December of 2006 as university chaplain and professor of humanities and archaeology at IWU.
“We are thrilled to have Hope join our campus community and excited about the direction she will take in building on the strengths of Denny Groh’s chaplaincy. Our students are eager to make some new connections with our chaplain and explore new ways to develop spiritually while they study at IWU,” said Cavins.
A resident of Somerville, Mass., Luckie received her Master of Divinity degree from Boston University in 1997, where she was the recipient of a Merit Scholarship in recognition of her scholastic achievement and was also awarded the Howard Bonniwell Warren Scholarship. She is currently pursuing a Doctor of Ministry degree at Boston University and is working on a dissertation called “The Art of Saying Goodbye: Issues of Discernment, Pastoral Role and Liturgical Responses to Leave Taking and Transition in Parish Ministry.”