Disciples Peace Fellowship is excited to welcome Ella Johnson, Chrys Beckley, and Ruthie Weeks as 2025 DPF Peace Interns!
Ella Johnson (she/her)
Ella is a recent graduate of Texas Christian University with degrees in Religion and Political Science. In the Fall of 2024 Ella lived in Washington DC while working for the Baptist Joint Commission for Religious Liberty as part of the “Christian Against Christian Nationalism” Campaign. From Fort Collins, Colorado Ella is a member of Heart of the Rockies Christian Church (a congregation with deep roots with the Peace Intern Program). Ella was a HELM Scholar, a former moderator for the General Youth Council, and has served two summers with Be The Neighbor.
Fun Fact(s): Ella is half Canadian, strongly dislikes pretty much any condiment, and is absolutely obsessed with the book “The Book of Longings.”
Chrys Beckley (she/they)
Chrys is a Master of Divinity student at Lexington Theological Seminary who is currently serving as the Associate Pastor at First Christian Church in Rogers, Arkansas. Originally from Birmingham, Alabama, Chrys is a graduate of Rust College in Mississippi, having earned a degree in Print Journalism with a minor in African American Studies. Chrys is a published poet who shares that “poetry is my first love and my most comfortable form of expression. A former Be The Neighbor Intern, in describing their call to ministry during their Peace Intern interview Chrys, “When it comes to ministry, I want to be where the youth are.”
Fun Fact: Chrys worked at Starbucks for three years and declared, “I can make a mean Latte in under 30-seconds!”
Ruthie Weeks (she/her)
Ruthie is a senior at Chapman University who will graduate this May with a degree in Broadcast Journalism and Documentary Filmmaking, with a minor in Peace and Justice Studies. A HELM Scholar and a Phillips University Legacy Scholar, Ruthie served two years as Moderator of Disciples on Campus at Chapman. Born in Gordon, Georgia (where she literally lived at Camp Christian in Georgia as a child), Ruthie grew up in Mechanicsville, Virginia where she was active at Regional Church Camps at Craig Springs and also served on the General Youth Council as a High Schooler.
Fun Fact(s): Ruthie loves tap dancing, going to concerts, drinking Dr. Pepper, and having a good cup of coffee!