dr. hugh burrows will be with us next month. i have been the president at one time of the board of trustees, at pacific school of religion and just now a member of the trustees and i was for the search committee for the new president, and we discovered we had a great president. welcome reese. >> thank you ron. >> great to have you >> appreciate the invitation. >> the audience probably doesn't know a little bit about your background but you have a great deal of background in seminary education as well as the school of religion of course tell us about your background. >> well, i started in ministry united church of christ, san fernando valley southern california and was there 18 years. during that time it was an innovative congregation and so we developed a large homeless shelter with of course with other partners and we did that, and then i began teaching at a state university three quarters time. i was doing all three projects and my wife finally said can't you find one and so i ended upcoming into pacific school religion the fi