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EDUCATION

MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK, VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY, Richmond, Virginia, (off-campus program at

Radford, Va.) August, 1992 Concentration: Mental Health and Family, GPA: 3.92/4.0. Foundation field placement, 1990-91 at the Roanoke Valley Psychiatric Center, Salem, VA. Specialization placement as a family counselor with the 23rd Court Service Unit of Roanoke, Virginia, summer, 1992.

MASTER OF ARTS IN ENGLISH, JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY,

Harrisonburg, Virginia, part-time, Sept 1971- Dec 1980.

MASTER OF DIVINITY, LUTHERAN THEOLOGICAL SOUTHERN SEMINARY, Columbia, South Carolina, 1970. Ordination transferred to the Unitarian Universalist Association in 1995.

BACHELOR OF ARTS, PHILOSOPHY, EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY, Johnson City, Tennessee, 1966.

EXPERIENCE

CONSULTING MINISTER OF THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CONGREGATION OF FREDERICK, MD

February, 2010 – March, 2012 (part time)

ADJUNCT FACULTY IN RELIGION, LORD FAIRFAX COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Warrenton, VA, August 2009 - May, 2011

· Instructor of World Religions

FRANCHISE OWNER, HOME INSTEAD SENIOR CARE

Winchester, VA 22601, August 2001-February 2008

· Co-founded and grew Home Instead Senior Care from inception to over $2.5 million in revenues annually while employing a full time administrative staff of 10 and 160 part time CAREGivers

· Annual Business Planning and Budget Preparations

· Primary focus of networking, marketing, and media relations

· Processed client requests for services and met with perspective clients

· Organized and founded The Senior Roundtable: a dialogue group among service providers for seniors

· Led Tai Chi sessions at the local Adult Care Center

· Committee to Plan Community Wide Wellness Festival

· Publicity Chair for Community Wide Symposium on Aging

ADJUNCT FACULTY IN RELIGION, LORD FAIRFAX COMMUNITY COLLEGE,

Middletown, VA, Fall, 1997 – June, 2000.

Instructor of World Religions, Old Testament and Historical Jesus

ADJUNCT FACULTY IN RELIGION, SHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY,

Leesburg, VA campus, Fall, 1997 - 2004.

Instructor of World Religions for Business Majors

MINISTER OF THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY,

Stephens City, VA, July, 1996 – June, 2002.

· Sunday Morning Worship Leader with congregational focus on the interdependent web of existence with justice, equity and compassion in human relations

· Resource for committee chairs

· Supported and taught religious education, including consciousness raising

· Provided professional support and services during life passages and celebrations

· President and Treasurer of the Inter-Faith Council

INTERIM MINISTER OF FIRST UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF NASHVILLE,

Nashville, TN, July 1995 - June, 1996.

· The above mentioned ministerial duties with a pre-specified year long focus on congregational healing following a situation of congregational trauma

MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER/MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIST, HOME HEALTH AND HOSPICE SERVICES OF ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL,

Lancaster, PA, February, 1994 - July, 1995

· Family and individual support while with Hospice

· Linking families and individuals with community resources

CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER/THERAPIST, RECOVERY OF HOPE, PHILHAVEN,

Mt. Gretna, PA. March 1993 - February, 1994,

· Marriage therapy in week long intensive residential settings

· Outpatient individual and marriage therapy

· Public speaking among community groups

PASTOR, NEW RIVER LUTHERAN PARISH: NEW MOUNT ZION AND SHILOH CONGREGATIONS,

Blacksburg, VA, Serving part time from July 1989 - February, 1993.

· Ministerial duties described above

PASTOR, HOLY TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH,

Martinsville, VA, October, 1980 -June1989.

· Ministerial duties as described above

· Active in LCA Social Justice Task Force and World Hunger Appeal

· Organized sponsoring a John McCuthcheon concert in support of community non-profit organizations

PASTOR, ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH,

Augusta County, VA from 1970 until 1980.

· Ministerial duties as described above

· Active in LCA Social Justice Task Force and World Hunger Appeal

· President of Waynesboro-Augusta County Ministerial Association

· Dean of Southern Valley Area of the Virginia Synod Lutheran Church in America

Additional Training and Experiences

Psychosynthesis Coach Training, The Synthesis Center, Amherst, MA, 2014-2016

"Integrative Health Coaching" - Duke Integrative Medicine, 2015

"Storytelling As Healing Art," workshop with Nancy Mellon, October, 2013.

"Initiatiion Through Storytelling" workshop with Dennis Klocek, Burlington, VT, May, 2013.

“Religion in Conflict and Dialogue”, (Religion 632, 3 hours), Professor Young Chan Ro, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, Spring, 2010

“Understanding Islam and Contemporary Muslim Societies,” (Religion 1550, 4 hours) Professor Ali Asani, Harvard University Extension, Spring, 2010

One-Year, Part-Time Practical Training in Biodynamics: A Scientific and Spiritual Approach to Farming and Gardening, Pfeiffer Center, Chestnut Hill, NY, September, 2008 – June 2009

“A to Z Grantwriting,” online training from Education To Go offered through Lord Fairfax Community College, Middletown, VA. Spring, 2009

“The Quest for Social Renewal: The Threefold Nature of Our Society and the Role of Money” led by Michael Spence, Center for Anthroposophy, Wilton, NH, July, 2008

Pre-clinical phase of Bioenergetics Training with the Mid-Hudson/Philadelphia Society of the International Institute for Bioenergetic Analysis, 1991-92.

"Spirituality, Passion, and Joy," Bioenergetics workshop led by Alexander Lowen, M.D. and Angela Klopstech, Ph.D., Pawling, NY, 20-21 October, 1990.

"Your Image of God Creates You," led by Dr. Walter and Ms. June Keener-Wink of Auburn Seminary, New York City, May 15-22, 1991. Workshop included meditative body movement, Bible study, and art work to help incorporate and ground spiritual insights.

Redecision Therapy Training Program (Transactional Analysis and Gestalt Therapy), Southeast Institute, Chapel Hill, NC. I attended monthly lectures for three years and participated in the training program from Sept 1988 - June 1989. This program included 30 hours of lectures, 80 hours of supervised group therapy experience, and 30 hours of individualized case supervision.

Massage therapy, Vital Life School of Massage Therapy, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1989. Arkansas License #1170. Specializations in Swedish Massage and Polarity Therapy.

Study of Tai C'hi. Open University of the YMCA at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, 1989-1990, Shenandoah Taiji Center, Winchester, VA, 1998-2001.

Design Skills with the Mid-Atlantic Training Committee, workshops with Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, Bernie Siegel, M.D., and Dr. Claudia Black.

Business Management Training workshop through the Martinsville, Virginia Chamber of Commerce, 1988.

One quarter of Clinical Pastoral Education, University of Virginia Hospital, Charlottesville, Va., 1970-71.

One quarter of Clinical Pastoral Education, Boston State Hospital, Dorchester, Mass., 1969.