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A retired deacon in the United Methodist Church. Until her retirement in 2014, she served as the Associate Director of Clergy Services for the Indiana Conference. Prior to serving in that position, she served a dual appointment: Associate Director of Ministerial Services for the South Indiana Conference and Director of Financial Ministries for St. Mark’s United Methodist Church in Bloomington, Indiana.
She currently resides in Indianapolis where she serves on the district Committee on Ministry. She also serves as Candidacy Mentor for persons considering the call to ministry. She is an active participant at St. Luke’s actively participating in their conversations related to becoming an “anti-racist church”. In addition, she currently leads and facilitates God Talk, an ongoing small book discussion group that focuses on how theology and spirituality connect to everyday life. She is a mother, a grandmother and great grandmother as well as aunt to numerous young family members. Her hobbies include reading, movies, travel, writing and spending time with family and friends – and just “being”.