2008 Program Leaders

Helen Goodkin , SCHC

Helen Goodkin has extensive experience in medical rehabilitation & disability rights, and is the former Director of the Master of Arts and Lay Education Program at The General Theological Seminary in New York City. She is also a Bible study leader, an Education for Ministry mentor, and an SCHC Companion.

Gale Lyman, RN, HN-BC, CCM, CDMS, RM-T

Gale Lyman is a board certified holistic nurse, a health educator, and the founder of The Lyman Center. Gale is dedicated to helping people take care of themselves holistically. Visit www.lymancenter.com to find out more about Gale.

Kathryn Romain, SCHC

Kathryn Romain, SCHC, has been trained as a healing minister and facilitates the healing prayer ministry at St. Augustine's Episcopal Church, Oakland, CA. She is currently in training to be a spiritual director.

David Romain, MA

David Romain, MA, is a community college instructor, who incorporates concepts of earth stewardship into his physical geography coursework. He has recently completed a course through the Formation for Healing Ministry Program, San Francisco, and serves along with Kathy as a Lay Eucharistic Minister.

The Rt. Rev. Mark Dyer

The Rt. Rev. Mark Dyer, our retreat leader, is a retired bishop who currently teaches at Virginia Theological Seminary. In 1971, he came to the diocese of Massachusetts to be pastor to the clergy under Bishop John Burgess. In 1979, he became rector of Christ Church, Hamilton, MA and in 1982, he became the Bishop of the Diocese of Bethlehem, PA. Since 1987, he has worked under all three Archbishops of Canterbury doing theological and pastoral work seeking unity for the Anglican Communion.

Sally Fisher , SCHC

Sally Fisher, SCHC, recently retired from her job as a computer systems analyst for North Carolina Public Television. She has served the Society in many roles including Treasurer, member of the Nominating Committee, and leader of the SCHC Chapter in North Carolina. She is the mother of five, grandmother of five and the wife of an Episcopal priest.

Bonnie Anderson, DD, SCHC

Bonnie Anderson, DD, SCHC is currently the President of the House of Deputies of The Episcopal Church and has been an active lay person for over 30 years. As an adjunct at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, she taught in the School of Natural Resources and the Women’s Studies Department. Bonnie was trained as a community organizer in Saul Alinsky’s Industrial Areas Foundation, and also served as Canon to the Ordinary in the Diocese of Michigan. She has received an honorary doctorate of theology from the Episcopal Divinity School and an honorary doctorate of canon law from Seabury Western Theological Seminary.

The Rev. Mary Frances Schjonberg

The Rev. Mary Frances Schjonberg, Chaplain to this event, is the National Correspondent for the Episcopal News Service (ENS) and is also Assisting Priest at Trinity Church, Asbury Park, New Jersey. In her pastoral ministry she journeys with people as they search for, encounter and respond to the risen Christ and as they become ministers, theologians, and friends in Christ.

Robin Antonia Hendrich and Paula Tanzi

Robin Antonia Hendrich and Paula Tanzi are members of the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross. Both consider prayer as integral to their work, Paula as an artist and a high school special educator, and Robin first as a flutist and professor of music, and now as a criminal defense attorney. Robin’s Prayer for Children is included in Women's Uncommon Prayers.

The Rt. Rev. Barbara C. Harris

The Rt. Rev. Barbara C. Harris is the retired Bishop Suffragan of the Diocese of Massachusetts, and the first woman elected to the episcopacy in the Anglican Communion. Prior to her election as bishop she had a varied ministry as a parish priest, prison chaplain, and Executive Director of the Episcopal Church Publishing Co., publisher of The Witness magazine, for which she wrote a monthly column. Before ordination Bishop Harris had a career in the field of Public Relations. She also has been active in civil rights and peace & justice causes. Barbara is the author of Parting Words, a book of sermons delivered during the year preceding her retirement.

Joan Cannon Borton, MEd

Joan Cannon Borton, MEd is the author of Deep in the Familiar (Pilgrim Press, 2001) and Drawing from the Women’s Well (LuraMedia, 1991). Joan, a retired Licensed Mental Health Counselor, continues to lead retreats and journal workshops and leads women in spiritual direction. She and her husband, a retired UCC minister, live in Portland, ME.

LR Berger

LR Berger, New England Associate for Pace e Bene Nonviolence Service, offers nonviolence education programs throughout the U.S. and in Canada. As an educator, counselor and poet she is devoted to understanding and healing the wounds of violence. She has been trained in nonviolence education by Pace e Bene, The Fellowship of Reconciliation, Andover Newton Theological Seminary, and the Boston Theological Institute. Her book of poems, The Unexpected Aviary, was awarded the Jane Kenyon Award. For more information go to: www.paceebene.org

Ruth Ann Dillon, SCHC

Ruth Ann Dillon, SCHC, holds a BA in Music, Orff Certification in Music Methods, and a MA in Education with an emphasis in multicultural music. Her experience includes Episcopal Parish Music Director, Arts Administration and Music Education in private and public schools. A licensed Eucharistic minister and Lay Liturgist, she is a member of Trinity Church, Boston, where she served as Director of Youth Music and is currently active as a member of the Worship Team.

Janet O'Flynn, SCHC

Janet O'Flynn, SCHC, is an occupational therapist in the public schools and teaches a graduate course at Syracuse University. She has lived overseas in Guyana and Peru, and has joined medical trips to Haiti. She sings in church and community choirs, and plays the flute for worship.

William Shullenberger

William Shullenberger is the Joseph Campbell Chair in Humanities at Sarah Lawrence College, where he teaches English and African literature, and literary theory. From 1992 to 1994 he was a Fulbright Lecturer in American Literature at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda. His book on Milton, entitled Lady in the Labyrinth: Milton’s Comus as Initiation, is scheduled for publication in 2008. An Episcopal lay reader, vestry member, and church school teacher, Bill and his wife, The Rev. Bonnie Shullenberger, SCHC, have coauthored a book of journal essays and poems about their experience in Uganda, Africa Time: Two Scholars’ Seasons in Uganda.

Lynne Nelson, RN, MS, SCHC

Lynne Nelson, RN, MS, SCHC has been a member of an intentional community, Karatana, since the early 1970s. She currently is an adjunct professor in nursing at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Lynne is a poet and freelance writer, and has led retreats and held workshops focusing on issues in science and health.

T. Sammie Wakefield, OTR/L, ATP, SCHC

T. Sammie Wakefield, OTR/L, ATP, SCHC is a sculptor and an Occupational Therapist with a specialty in Seating and Mobility. In addition to many years of working in this area of Assistive Technology, she has recently participated in a mission trip to do fitting of wheelchairs for children in Peru. While she has been doing wood carving all her life, the majority of her work dates from 1986 to the present. Sammie’s sculptures are in private and municipal collections throughout the US, Canada and Europe.

Deirdre Good

Deirdre Good is Professor of New Testament at The General Theological Seminary and holds a Master of Theology from St. Andrew’s University, Scotland; Master of Sacred Theology, Union Theological Seminary; and Doctor of Theology, Harvard University. She is widely published and her book, Jesus' Family Values (Church Publishing 2006) explores this topic in depth.

Clare Walker Leslie

Clare Walker Leslie has been teaching and leading workshops in drawing nature and field journaling for over thirty years. She is a visiting faculty member at Williams College, Harvard's Landscape Design Program, College of the Atlantic, and many other schools and nature centers. She is a working professional artist, with exhibitions throughout New England. Clare is the author of nine books, including Keeping A Nature Journal, Nature All Year Long and The Ancient Celtic Festivals. For more information, go to: www.clarewalkerleslie.com

Heather Pentland, MDiv, SCHC

Heather Pentland, MDiv, SCHC is a lay Episcopal chaplain, spiritual director, educator, and group facilitator. She is the current chairwoman of the SCHC Worship Committee. Heather has had a long-time interest in Celtic spirituality and is eager to share her love of the holy and historic Isle of Iona.

Fall 2007 program leaders

Lee McGee, SCHC  

Lee McGee, SCHC is a priest of the Episcopal Church and retired professor of Pastoral Counseling at Yale Divinity School. Her career spans a variety of work in college chaplaincy, parish ministry, teaching social work, psychotherapy, consulting and parenthood. She is a retreat leader and a spiritual director. She resides on a working farm in Colorado with her husband and her faithful guide dog.

Margy Gifford, SCHC

Margy Gifford has been teaching English at the Community College of Baltimore County for twenty years and currently chairs the English Department. “Windows to Windows™” is adapted from a semester-long honors seminar of technology and the information revolution. Her last presentation at Adelynrood was “Bad Girls of the Bible”.

Gillian Thomas, SCHC

Gillian Thomas has a Master’s degree in spiritual direction from General Seminary and has led several retreats. She is an avid gardener, and nurtures this passion, while using her professional experience as a municipal planner, to fulfill her current role as Chairwoman of Gardens at Adelynrood.

Below are the program leaders from the 2007 Summer Season Programs

Anne Marie Bennett, BS

Anne Marie Bennett, BS is an educator, artist, freelance writer, and experienced SoulCollage ® facilitator. She has taught children, teens and adults throughout the eastern United States. Workshop participants flourish as she gently guides them through the process of self-discovery. She encourages playful, creative self-expression with gentleness, joy, and an open heart. Her website is www.KaleidoSoul.com.

Marilyn Berthelette, SCHC

Marilyn Berthelette, SCHC lives in Greenfield, MA and has a love of knitting, quilting, embroidery, and music.

Judith Conley, SCHC

Judith Conley, SCHC is an active Episcopalian and lay minister in Arizona where she lives with her husband. She was one of the representatives to the 7th World Council of Churches Assembly in Canberra Australia in 1991. She is co-author of the Dreamworks Process, which was used to develop The Episcopal Church’s anti-racism national training program. Judith is currently Chairwoman of the Diocesan Anti-racism Committee in the Episcopal Diocese of Arizona and was on the 1997 Nominating Committee for Presiding Bishop. She is a certified anti-racism trainer.

L. William Countryman, PhD

L. William Countryman, PhD is a priest of the Episcopal Church and the Sherman E. Johnson Professor in Biblical Studies at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific in Berkeley, CA. He is the author of a number of books on spirituality, two of which are of particular relevance to this session: Forgiven and Forgiving, Good News of Jesus, and Love Human and Divine.

Jaci Fellows, SCHC

Jaci Fellows, SCHC lives in Philadelphia and is a fiber woman of many genres – weaving, knitting, and embroidery.

Lyn M. Fraser, DMin

Lyn M. Fraser, DMin has been involved with hospice organizations for more than fifteen years in patient care and bereavement. She has taught at Texas A&M University and at Mesa State College in Colorado. A lifelong Episcopalian, Lyn is the author of Prayers from the Darkness, the Difficult Psalms and Water from the Rock, Finding Grace in Time of Grief. Lyn is currently a volunteer chaplain where she provides spiritual care for patients, facilitates bereavement support groups, teaches creative writing to incarcerated teens, and has helped develop a hospice program in which teen volunteers help hospice patients record their life stories.

Jehanne M Gheith, PhD, SCHC

Jehanne M Gheith, PhD, SCHC is an Associate Professor of Russian Literature and Culture and Co-Director of International Comparative Studies at Duke University. She is also studying in an MSW/MDiv program with a focus on bereavement work. She recently won the Trinity College Richard K. Lublin award for excellence in teaching. Author and editor of several books, she is currently working on a book called A Dog Named Stalin: Memory, Trauma, and the Gulag.

Ana Hernández

Ana Hernández is a singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, and consultant. She leads workshops on the uses of chanting and rhythm to foster deep listening, balance, compassion, and laughter. She has produced five CDs; most recently HARC: Inside Chants, with sound healer and singer Ruth Cunningham. She is the author of The Sacred Art of Chant: Preparing to Practice. Her website is www.anahermusic.com.

Lynne Kozlowski, SCHC

Lynne Kozlowski, SCHC has been a Licensed Family Child Care Provider for more than twenty-five years. She is the mother of two grown children and is active in parish ministry and adult Christian Education at St. John's Episcopal Church, Westwood, MA. When not finger-painting or stringing wooden beads with toddlers, Lynne is an avid reader and gardener.

John Lloyd, BFA

John Lloyd, BFA is an artist who has spent the past 30 years studying the art of cultures from around the world. Having initially earned his degree from the unique combined Tufts University/Boston Museum of Fine Arts Program, he has spent the past several years studying with Keith Critchlow, a world-renowned architect, author, and teacher of sacred geometry. John is the son and grandson of Episcopal missionaries to Japan.

Lee McGee, SCHC

Lee McGee, SCHC is a priest of the Episcopal Church and retired professor of Pastoral Counseling at Yale Divinity School. Her career spans a variety of work in college chaplaincy, parish ministry, teaching social work, psychotherapy, consulting and parenthood. She is a retreat leader and a spiritual director. She resides on a working farm in Colorado with her husband and her faithful guide dog.

William W. Rich, PhD

William W. Rich, PhD is the Associate Rector for Adult Christian Formation at Trinity Church in Boston. He also teaches in New York City at the Blanton-Peale Graduate Institute and at Union Theological Seminary where he did his doctoral work in Psychology and Religion. For more than two decades he has served as a spiritual director and a retreat leader.

Bavi Edna ("Nedi") Rivera

Bavi Edna ("Nedi") Rivera is Bishop Suffragan of the Diocese of Olympia (Seattle), the first Hispanic woman bishop in the history of The Episcopal Church. One of her areas of leadership is getting more people involved in focusing on the future leadership of the church and developing multi-cultural congregations. In her keynote address to the 2005 meeting of the Episcopal Women's Caucus, Rivera recounted her sense of responsibility to the women who served in all forms of ministry before her – family, teachers, mentors and friends – and her commitment to tell their stories for our continued inspiration.

Joan Russell, SCHC

Joan Russell, SCHC is a licensed Eucharistic minister, chairwoman of the Worship Committee in her parish, St. John's Episcopal Church in Westwood, MA, and a former director of Adelynrood. She is a world traveler who is passionate about the plight of the homeless, the hungry and the imprisoned.

Kathy Schlecht, SCHC

Kathy Schlecht, SCHC lives in North Attleboro, MA and is a knitter who has a passion for knitting groups, ministries, and yarn!

Martin Smith

Martin Smith is a priest of the Episcopal Church and is well known as a writer, preacher, and teacher. He travels widely leading retreats and workshops and has recently served for three years on the staff of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Currently he serves as theologian in residence on the staff of St. Columba's Church, a large and vibrant parish in Washington, D.C.

Alene M. Tate, SCHC

Alene M. Tate, SCHC is an active layperson in the Episcopal Church, having served in local, diocesan and national leadership positions. Her professional background includes work with Family and Children's Services and thirty years in supervisory administration of social insurance programs.