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STAFF
DIRECTORY |
| Reverend
Meg Barnhouse - Minister |
"My
parents were both students at Princeton Seminary when they
met and married, and I was born in Princeton, in August, 1955,
before my father graduated. He was the son of a famous Presbyterian
radio evangelist and she the third child of missionaries to
India from the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. On
my mother’s side of the family, there was a minister
in every generation since the late 1600’s. All the cousins
lived in fear that they would be the one in our generation
to 'get the Call.' My parents separated when I was three and
my sister was one. We lived with my mother’s parents
in NC for three years, and then all moved back to PA to be
near my father. He was on the 6 and 11 o’clock news
for CBS in Philadelphia doing commentary on the news."
"I was passionate about my Christianity, about parapsychology,
and about yoga. I didn’t like church much, so I went
to a Conservative Friend’s Meeting in Haverford, PA,
for most of my adolescence. It was a way to drive my evangelical
parents crazy, but it was church, so what could they say?"
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| Reverend David
R. Gillespie - Director
of Religious Education |
Spiritual journeys
can sometimes meander like a lazy, lowcountry river. Such
is definitely the case with mine. Presbyterianism was infused
in me from the moment my adoptive parents took me home.
I received a  Bachelor’s
in Biblical Education (Columbia International University)
and a Master of Divinity (Reformed Theological Seminary).
It was encounters with UU folks here and there that finally
made me aware that my own journey had taken me to a place
very much akin to theirs — an understanding of the
inherent dignity and worth of all aspects of the universe,
a conviction that how a person lived was the indicator of
what they truly thought and believed, over against what
they simply professed, a belief in the insights of a myriad
of religious traditions. |
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John
Gault - Director
of Music
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Mary Bracey - Director of Children's Ministries/YRUU Advisor |
Amanda Goldsmith - Childcare Coordinator |
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