Core Faculty
Rev. Dr. Priscilla Denham
D.Min., University of Creation Spirituality
M.Div., Union Theological Seminary, NY
B.A., Baylor University
Certifications:
American Association for Pastoral Counseling, clinical member 1983/ fellow 2001
American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, Clinical member 1985- 2006
Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, certified supervisor since 1986
Ordained a Baptist minister in 1977, Priscilla was in specialized ministries (chaplaincy, pastoral counseling, and chaplaincy education) for over 25 years. She moved to New England in 1999 and began her transition into the United Church of Christ. She is currently serving as a UCC pastor in Massachusetts since 2005.
Priscilla has worked with her own dreams for spiritual and therapeutic growth since 1975. She has worked as a therapist and spiritual director (individual and group) using dreams for deepening healing for 30 years.
In 2003, she began the D. Min program at The University of Creation Spirituality in Oakland, California in order to work with Matthew Fox (Creation Spirituality) and Jeremy Taylor (Group Process Dream work). Jeremy Taylor was a part of her dissertation team as she wrote a novel using creation spirituality themes.
Since completing her D. Min work, she has facilitated dream groups, offered presentations on Creation Spirituality and Dreams-as-Spiritual-Meditation, (for the NH UCC Conference Prepared to Serve and at local church retreats). She also has made connections between “Dreamwork and Artwork” for the Anderson-Soule Gallery’s Muse It or Lose It series. She has taught “Supervision through the Lens of Creation Spirituality” and “DreamWork and Verbatim Analysis” for Bi-regional ACPE conferences. Priscilla has created mini-sabbaticals for local clergy and does Spiritual Direction (group and individual) using these foundations. Priscilla is the author of several published articles and poetry.
Since a fundamental tenet of Creation Spirituality is that our creative work is how we express/connect the Sacred in our everyday life, Priscilla utilizes a variety of methods to support those seeking to discover the “thin places” where the light shines through in their lives.
Theresa Gleason, LICSW
D.Min., Wisdom University
MSW, The Ohio State University
BSW, The Ohio State University
Theresa has been a clinical social worker since 1982, when she graduated from Ohio State University. She has worked with children, families and adults in a variety of settings. She earned her D.Min. at Wisdom University in 2009. She is psychotherapist in Middlebury, Vermont, where she uses a variety of modalities in her work, including psychotherapy, art, sand tray, nature, individual and group dream work, and spiritual exploration. She is a Veriditas certified labyrinth facilitator and offers labyrinth ceremonies and walks. Theresa and her husband operate an organic wheat farm and mill in Bridport Vermont.
Rev. Dr. Calen Rayne
D.Min., Wisdom University
MFA, Naropa University
B.A., Purdue University
Calen Rayne is a spiritual director and founder of Wisdom Tabernacle, an interactive, experiential exploration of world wisdom traditions. In his spiritual direction and vibrational earth medicine practice, Calen draws on his experience and training in the following wisdom disciplines: labyrinth, Reiki, the Kaballah, Buddhist meditation, energy healing, Himalayan singing bowl, earth energies, sacred landscapes/feng shui, space clearing, dowsing, contemplative brush, Egyptian Bio-geometry, alchemy, sacred geometry, Druid geomancy, and medical intuitive work. Calen has trained with alchemists of various indigenous religions in North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia, including the first religion of the Himalayas (nameless religion), known as “patterns of heaven and earth” or “sacred conventions.” Calen builds labyrinths, designs and consults on sacred landscapes world-wide, and produces energy mandalas for healing using acrylics and contemplative brush. Calen is also is a circuit-rider for Unitarian Universalist churches in the tradition of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Rev. Qiuillen Shinn, and a member of UU Society for Community Ministries and UU Psi Symposium, as well as Spiritual Directors International. Calen is a member of adjunct faculty of Wisdom University.
Jini Rayne
Jini Rayne is a business and teaching professional, certified Master Teacher of Feng Shui and Interior Alignment, an Independent Reiki Master in the Usui, Japanese, Tibetan and Soul-Wind traditions and a Rebirthing consultant.
Jini is a student and disciple of His Holiness, Grand Master Thomas Lin Yun, Rinpoche, a Chinese-born Feng Shui master. Professor Lin has expanded traditional Black Sect dohctrine and pilosophy to include knowledge and influences from Western medicine, psychology, social science, architecture, ecology and natural science. Jini has studied extensively with Professor Lin for nearly 15 years. In addition, Jini has studied with Denise Linn, author of Sacred Space and many other books. Interior Alignment™, which incorporates Instinctive Feng ShuiTM, embraces ancient Feng Shui principles and little known information from native cultures as well as modern techniques for present day life. It also includes pioneering space clearing and house blessing techniques to clear subtle energy fields. She is one of only 36 certified Master Practitioners of Advanced Interior AlignmentTM worldwide. Jini has also completed teacher training with Denise Linn and is one of a few authorized to offer certification training in Interior AlignmentTM and Instinctive Feng ShuiTM. Jini has consulted in homes, offices, businesses, and health care facilities from coast to coast and in Latin America and presents numerous classes and workshops throughout the year.
Rev. Charles Stephens
Charles J. Stephens has a strong interest in interfaith dialogue. Ordained as a Lutheran minister in 1973, Stephens later studied other faiths and became a Unitarian Universalist minister in 1981. Charles served UU congregations in Ellsworth and Castille, Maine and Concord, NH, and is currently minister of Washington Crossing UU Church in Titusville, NJ. At the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation, in Bethesda, Md., he serves as adjunct staff for the Spiritual Guidance Program, working with men and women from a variety of faith traditions to deepen participants’ spirituality. Stephens also spent a semester studying with Matthew Fox at the Institute in Culture and Creation Spirituality, in Oakland, Calif., which teaches that wisdom springs from many faith traditions.
In his community, Stephens promotes efforts to legalize same-sex marriage, is involved with local peace groups, actively works to address issues related to youth behavior and mental illness, and serves on the Board of the Central Jersey Regional Equity Coalition, an interfaith organization working toward equity in the areas of taxes, affordable housing, school funding, and immigration policy. Stephens, who has served as UUCWC’s minister since 1997, graduated from Luther College, in Decorah, Iowa, as a history major. He is an outdoorsman and practices and teaches tai chi. He is married with three children.
Rev. Dr. Carol Vaccariello
D.Min., Ecumenical Theological Seminary
LPC Licensed Professional Counselor for State of Michigan
M.Div., Equivalency, Ashland Theological Seminary
M.B.A., Baldwin Wallace College
M.S.E., Saint John College of Ohio
B.A., Notre Dame
Carol Vaccariello is an ordained minister in the Christian Church, Disciples of Christ and has served as Senior Minister and Bridge Builder in Ohio, Michigan and Texas congregations. Carol's emphasis is on creating a bridge between western, eastern and indigenous spiritual traditions. She is a practicing facilitator of the Labyrinth, a teacher of the Medicine Wheel, and a sacred drum builder. Carol is a teacher, lecturer, ritual leader, healer and spiritual guide. She frequently leads Body Prayer as well as Process Group and teaches Reinvention of Faith Communities. Carol serves as the Director of Ordination Program and is Co-Director of The Art of Spiritual Direction program at Wisdom University.
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Bill Donahey
Bob Meyer
Colleen Watson
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