Jane McCready of Westfield and Courtney Auchter of Berkeley Heights have each been awarded a Franklin & Elsie Nelson Scholarship of Faith Lutheran Church for the academic year, 2011-2012.
Mrs. McCready will be entering her second year of a four year program of study at The Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia to become a pastor of Word and Sacrament of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. Ms. Auchter will be entering her senior year at Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, PA.
The Franklin & Elsie Nelson Scholarship program was established eighteen years ago by Franklin Nelson, a long-time member of Faith. The scholarship is given to a member of the church who is pursuing a degree at a Lutheran college or university.
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Faith Lutheran is located at 524 South Street in New Providence. The phone number is 908-464-5177. The web site is www.famfaith.org.
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