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.
Sandra has more than 20 years of experience with Unitarian Universalist communities, transitional lifespan religious education, Our Whole Lives, Conflict and Staffing Start-ups.
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Bailey Whiteman has extensive experience working in Unitarian Universalist music and choral settings and is well known for her ability to facilitate congregational music program and staffing transitions
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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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With a desire of building community, De Anna shares guidance through all the various aspects of transitional leadership within programs for lifespan faith formation.
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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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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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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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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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The sixth sense: TASTE August 30, 2021 by Amy Huntereece The sense of taste is the second of the middle senses, classified as the threshold between the inward and the outward senses of feeling. Taste is another sense that is usually and widely accepted as a normal sense. The middle senses are all related to feeling. This does not mean specifically, the act of feeling something with your skin. That is the sense of touch which is the very first sense and is categorized as a lower sense. This is because touching is an… Read More
June 17, 2021 by Amy Huntereece The sense of sight is the third of the middle senses, classified as outward and senses of feeling. These senses are helpful with interpreting the external world. Van Gelder says, “Your eyes are your most important sensory organ. They are the only organs located visibly on your body’s surface. ‘Seeing’ is often used synonymously for ‘observing’ or ‘understanding’. Yet in actual fact, your eyes only see colours and light and dark. You can see shapes, motion and proportions because your eyes move and work together with the senses… Read More