GIRE Consultants and Coaching

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    • Peter Fontneau
    • Michele Grove
    • De Anna Hoyle
    • Amy Huntereece
    • Andrea Lerner
    • Lily Rappaport
    • Deborah Weiner
    • Patricia Withers
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Bridging Transitions

The Guild of Interim Religious Education (GIRE) Consultants provide unique leadership for congregations in the midst of religious education transitions. The unique talents and flexibility of each consultant means that there is someone who will be able to meet your religious education transition goals.

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GIRE Consultants

Peter Fontneau

Pete is a life-long Unitarian Universalist. Since 1986, he has been a member of Accotink UU Church in Burke, VA, and has served in RE-related positions with the congregation.

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Michele Grove

Michele is a 30+ year religious educator with 15 years of experience with the United Methodist church and 18 years of experience with the Unitarian Universalists.

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De Anna Hoyle

With a desire of building community, De Anna shares guidance through all aspects of transitional leadership within programs for lifespan faith formation.

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Amy Huntereece

Amy has 25 years of experience working in education. She leads through change in supportive, interconnected, and innovative ways that encourage self-discovery and joy.

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Andrea Lerner

Andrea Perry Lerner has extensive experience working in religious education, and is well-known for her use of social networking to promote Unitarian Universalism.

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Lily Rappaport

Lily is an experienced interim religious educator and has served numerous Unitarian Universalist congregations in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Ohio.

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Deborah Weiner

Deborah offers more than three decades of experience working with congregations and their leaders, and has worked with many Unitarian Universalist congregations.

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Patricia Withers

Patricia is based out of Houston and is a Master Level Credentialed Religious Educator with 25+ years’ experience in congregational religious education.

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From Our Blog

Posted on February 7, 2021 by amyhuntereece

The Sense of Movement

Movement is the second sense among the twelve that Rudolf Steiner, founder of Waldorf Education, developed and introduced about 100 years ago. The sense of movement is a lower sense, classified as physical, inner, or a sense of the will.  These inward senses make the effects of the external world upon us evident and are helpful with perception of one’s own body. This is your proprioceptive system at work! The sense of movement allows you to know where parts of your body are and what position they are in space.  This may be extremely subtle… Read More

Posted on February 4, 2021 by amyhuntereece

Collaborative Leadership

      Collaborative leadership came into public view in the early 1990s (Chrislip and Larson, 1994).  The fundamental premise of collaborative leadership is that any organization is only as strong as each individual’s collective strength within the organization. The strength of the contributors becomes evident through creative problem solving for shared concerns of the organizations.       The collaborative leader encourages relationships that are grounded in commitment and prioritizes confidence in collaborators in the group. The resulting trusting relationship is mutually beneficial because as peer problem solvers, contributors encourage each other to achieve group… Read More

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