Warm greetings -

I'm looking forward to sharing ministry with the Browns Point Community. I grew up in Spokane. There I attended Gonzaga for both undergraduate and Law School. My two teenagers Isaac and Hannah (sophomore and freshman at Stadium High school) and my sister and family who live in New Jersey are my
closest family.

 Prior to United Methodist ministry I served in the U. S. Army, worked as a poverty and Civil Rights lawyer, worked with an Ashram project in North India and Crestone, Colorado, and as a prayer counselor at Silent Unity. During Seminary at St. Paul School of Theology in
Kansas City I served Hamilton Chapel UMC, an African American congregation in Parsons, Kansas. There we rebuilt part of the church and helped elect the first black member to the city council. Then for two years I served as the associate pastor at First UMC in Topeka. I was involved with congregational care, a Habitat For Humanity project and peace and justice projects. Moving back to Washington I served the churches in Willipa, Raymond, South Bend and Bay Center before coming to Tacoma First Church.

 In late July my kids and I will attend a family camp in Colorado, a favorite outing along with skiing/snow boarding and swimming. Both kids play musical instruments and are involved in school bands but I am a non-literate lover of music. For me ministry is a way of life and an outlet for my love of service and justice. I am interested in all faith traditions and many expressions of loving and worshipping God. In 2001 I earned a Coaching certificate from the Academy for Coach Training and continue an interest in human and organizational development. We live in North Tacoma, and having just invested in a Prius, I get 60 miles
to the gallon roundtrip to BPUMC - this I love - and look forward to my years at
Browns Point.