CHURCH FOR TODAY’S
Ministry CouncilBOARD MEMBER, Bill Marvin, PRESIDENT
Children & Youth Ministries LiaisonYOUTH MINISTRY
Middles and Teens: Ages 9 - 18
Ministry Council: Connie Treis and Gary Styers, Directors
CHILDREN’S MINISTRY
Ministry Council: Mirtha Koder, Director
BOARD MEMBER, Lucie Carter Lopez , SECRETARY
PRAYER MINISTRY
Rev. Sherry Wynne, DirectorCOMMUNICATIONS MINISTRY
Rio Waller, Director
SERVICE MINISTRY
Kathy Landes, Co-Director
BOARD MEMBER, Margaret Sasaki, TREASURER
Connie is a marriage and family therapist. She has an agency in Visalia with three other partners. She is an ANTN minister who graduated with Reverend Janette in the Religious Science tradition. Connie's interest is New Thought youth ministry. Connie is a mother of two boys, Bart, 27, architect, Rob, 30, recently discharged as an officer in the Navy.
Gary is a high school teacher, (engineering, design, architecture, engines, and industrial technology). He has been in RSI youth programs since1994. He is currently working to establish a strong group of teachers for the "Middles" (9-11 yrs.) youth program. He is a father of three, Jaime, 21, missionary student; Brad, 23 student; and Janna 27, married and an elementary school teacher.
Connie and Gary have been married nearly six years. They met at Winter Youth Camp in 1997. Their vision for the youth program is to create opportunities for young people to experience and live this teaching.
Sherry Wynne is a licensed Religious Science minister and has been involved in New Thought since 1978. She is the mother of two sons; Will, a chef and wilderness guide and Michael, who is married and a happy new father.
She is a practitioner for the Trager Approach, which is movement education through body/mind integration. Polarity therapy, energy balancing, Reiki, Spiritual counseling, breath work, meditation, prayer and communication coaching for the ndividual and couples are a few of the modalities she uses in her practice. Her aim is to empower the individual to trust there own inner wisdom. Her vision is to continue to empower people in their relationship with the Divine and their own inner wisdom. She also sees Prayer and Healing Ministry growing tremendously, with an enormous body of powerful Spiritual Mind Practitioners serving our community, as well as a spiritual community who understands the value of utilizing practitioners as a part of their spiritual direction, and willingly supports them.
Return to TopRio Waller has been working with computers for over 15 years. She holds both an Associate of Science and Bachelor of Science degree. She currently does all the web development for the Fresno County Human Services http://www.FresnoHumanServices.org) and is one of the owners of Zwerx.com LLC (http://www.Zwerx.com) and is also part-time teacher at Fresno City College. She finds enjoyment in her computer work but her spiritual and political work are her total enjoyment. She is on her second year Practitioner Studies, and she is currently enrolled in Conscious Evolution (http://www.consciousevolution.net/), has been clean and sober for over ten years, is a graduate of the Hoffman Quadrinity Process (http://www.hoffmaninstitute.org) and has completed the ten day Vipassana Meditation Course (http://www.mahavana.dhamma.org/). Her future plans include a Master of Religious Studies and running for some political office under the Green Party and writing a screenplay for a mainstream metaphysical movie “Impacts”.
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Kathy Landes began attending Church for Today one year ago. She has always been a seeker and found the group of people on the same path at our church. Rev. Janette’s talk on that first Sunday resonated with Kathy. It has continued to be that way ever since, as each message strikes a chord with her. Kathy has been married for 30 years to Gary. They have 6 children, including twin daughters, and 13 grandchildren. They lived in Placerville and were planning to retire in Palm Springs when Gary retired. Instead, they found themselves making visits to Fresno to help care for one of their grandchildren. In the process of bonding with their grandchild, they bonded with Fresno and decided to retire here instead. Kathy has always done lots of volunteer work. She was Director of Human Concern Ministry in Placerville. She worked with 13 ministries, which did outreach to clothe and feed the homeless, provide meals for funerals, etc. Kathy has a long background of volunteerism. She believes volunteering is a joy, and there is no reward comparable to that joy or to the blessing you receive from being a volunteer.
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