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.
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 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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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 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 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 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 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 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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Amy Huntereece, PhD candidate, M.Ed. January 2021 Life is the first sense among the 12 that Rudolf Steiner, founder of Waldorf Education, developed and introduced about 100 years ago. The sense of life 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. They are helpful with perception of one’s own body. The sense of life informs you of being full, indigestion, needing to use the toilet, an injury, or a body ache. Usually this… Read More
by Amy Huntereece, PhD candidate, M.Ed., January 2021 About 100 years ago, Rudolf Steiner, founder of Waldorf Education, developed and introduced the idea that humans have 12 senses, not just five. Tom van Gelder wrote about these on his website about Phenomenology. There he states, “There is a relationship between sensory perception, and health and vitality. Your vitality increases if you observe intensively and perceptively. At the same time, the healthier and more vital you are, the more intensive and perceptive your observations.” Steiner grouped the 12 senses in this order into… Read More