Rev. Adams retires after 18 years in YSU campus ministry

YOUNGSTOWN

The Rev. Kathryn Adams, reflecting on her 18 years as director of Protestant Campus Ministry at Youngstown State University, said it was “time to move on.” She retired May 1.

The Rev. Mrs. Adams said the position was a “perfect fit” for her when she started nearly two decades ago. The hours and responsibilities meshed well with her family lifestyle.

As director, Mrs. Adams said it was her job to provide YSU students with worship opportunities, Bible study and community service that was local and global.

Mrs. Adams, who has been in ministry for 33 years, also has served in pastoral roles.

“I had a wonderful time as director,” Mrs. Adams said.

“I’m a grandmother now,” she said, adding she wanted to spend time with her granddaughter, Pippa, daughter of Sarah and Victor Emerick of Hudson, Ohio, who was born March 31.

Mrs. Adams also is known in the Valley as the leader of 22 trips abroad as part of To Russia with Love, now renamed Project Orphans Outreach. She started visiting Russian orphanages in 1996.

Read more about this community leader in Wednesday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.