Dr. Sara Little
1979 Educator of the Year

From an APCE ADVOCATE article on education as evangelism: "In De Magistro (Augustine) reminds us that onle God is Teacher, and that all humans stand in the same relation to teaching as farmers and doctors do to the possibility of cultivating and healing - as aids, not controllers. The basic question, then, is whether we are humble before God and faithful to him in our ministry, whatever the form."

Dr. Sara Little, Professor of Christian Education at Union Theological Seminary in Virginia, is well known for her work in the Presbyterian Church in the United States. She has nurtured church educators at the Presbyterian School of Christian Education for twenty-five years and is working now in the area of minister as teacher. Her contributions to youth ministry and the development of the Covenant Life Curriculum have been salutory.

Dr. Little received her Ph.D from Yale University, where she studied under H. Richard Niebuhr. She has written many articles and books, including Learning in the Christian Community, a popular John Knox Press title for 35 years. Her ecumenical work has included serving as chairperson of the editorial board of Religious Education.

Sara, or "S. L.", is internationally known and has been a leader of church education events around the world. She cares about church education as a whole and supports and participates in professional organizations, such as APCE, as well as continuing her outstanding work as researcher, writer and teacher.