Pastoral Summit

	PASTORAL SUMMIT ADVISORY BOARD

	Pastors/Lay Leaders:

	Marjory Bankson The Seekers Church, Faith at Work 106 E. Broad St. #B Falls Church, VA 22046-4501 (703) 237-3426 MZBankson@aol.com	Marjory is a leader at Seekers Church, a congregation that grew out of the Church of the Saviour in Washington D.C.

	Padre Arturo Banuelas, pastor Fernando Anchondo, lay leader St. Pius X 1050 N. Clark St. El Paso, TX 79905 (915) 772-3226 hopie12@aol.com	Arturo is the pastor at a largely Hispanic parish near the Mexican border. Fernando directs Life Teen at St. Pius.

	Rev. Mark Beckwith, rector All Saints Episcopal Church 10 Irving St. Worcester, MA 01609 (508) 752-3766 Mbeckwith@allsaintschurchworc.org	Mark serves as the rector at an inner-city church in the Northeast.

	Valerie Chapman, pastoral administrator St. Francis 330 SE 11th Ave. Portland, OR 97214 (503) 232-5880 vorazio@mail.ptld.uswest.net	Valerie heads an inner-city parish that serves meals daily to the homeless.

	Rev. Bill Elder, pastor MountainTop Community Church 2221 Old Columbiana Road Birmingham, AL 35216 (205) 823-7090 office@mountaintopchurch.com	Bill’s church reaches out to the “unchurched” through a contemporary worship format.

	Rodney Swillie, lay leader MountainTop Community Church (205) 444-1145	Rodney is a physician and one of MountainTop’s three elders.

	Amy Florian, lay leader 815 Wood Lawn St. Hoffman Estates, IL 60194 (847) 882-3491 amy@amyflorian.com Holy Family 2515 Palatine Road Inverness, IL 60067 (847) 359-0042 (parish off.), staff@holyfamilyparish.org	Amy specializes in both liturgy and bereavement ministry. At Holy Family Parish, she serves as the head of liturgy preparation and as facilitator of support for the widowed. Visit her web site at www.amyflorian.com

	Jeanne Byrne, lay leader Holy Family	Jeanne is director of operations and Cross of New Life ministries at Holy Family. See Holy Family’s web site @ www.holyfamilyparish.org for more on lay leadership at Holy Family.

	Dawn Mayer, lay leader Holy Family	Dawn is a pastoral associate, director of family faith and life, and serves on the pastoral council at Holy Family.

	Rev. Bill Geis, pastor Lutheran Ministries of Southwest Oklahoma PO Box 368 Lone Wolf, OK 73655 (580) 846-5459 WSgeis@lutheranok.com	Bill’s work in rural Oklahoma has changed lives and raised up lay leaders. For more, go to www.lutheranok.com.

	Sandi Geis, minister of prayer and praise Lutheran Ministries of Southwest Oklahoma sandi.geis@lutheranok.com	Sandi, Bill’s wife, is minister of prayer and praise in Lone Wolf.

	Rev. Michael Jacques, pastor Alena Boucree, lay leader St. Peter Claver 1923 St. Phillip St. New Orleans, LA 70116 (504) 822-8059 michaeljsse@aol.com	Fr. Michael is pastor of an African-American parish in New Orleans. Alena is the Director of Religious Education for St. Peter Claver.

	Sr. Clara Stang, OSF Pastoral administrator Catholic Area Parishes 508 13th St. North Benson, MN 56215 (320) 567-2278 stangosf@fedtel.net	Sr. Clara works in a cluster of rural parishes where five leaders pool their strengths.

	Pastoral Experts:

	Bishop Stephen Blaire P.O. Box 4237 Stockton, CA 95204-0237 (209) 466-0636	Bishop Blaire leads the Diocese of Stockton.

	Rev. Donald Cozzens, rector St. Mary Seminary 28700 Euclid Ave. Wickliffe, OH 44092-2585 (440) 943-7656 dcozzens@mail.cle-dioc.org	Rector at St. Mary Seminary, Fr. Cozzens recently published The Changing Face of the Priesthood, now in its fourth printing.

	Bill Droel National Center for Laity 3422 W. 59th Place Chicago, IL 60629 (708) 974-5221wdroel@cs.com	Working for years to empower lay Catholics, Bill Droel is editor of the newsletter Initiatives.

	Patrick Henry Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research Box 6188, Collegeville, MN 56321-6188 (320) 363-3367phenry@iecr.org	Formerly a professor of religion, Patrick Henry’s latest book is The Ironic Christian’s Companion.

	Sr. Eva Regina Martin, SSF, director Institute for Black Catholic Studies 1 Drexel Dr., Box 49A Xavier University New Orleans, LA 70125 (504) 483-7691 emartin@xula.edu	Sr. Eva is director of the Institute for Black Catholic Studies, which offers the only graduate level program in Black Catholic Theology in the U.S. Her website is http://www.xula.edu/IBCS.html.

	Rick McCord, executive director NCCB Office for Laity 3211 4th St. NE Washington, DC 20017 (202) 541-3043 rmccord@nccbuscc.org	Rick helped draft Called and Gifted for the Third Millennium, and works with the laity at the National Council of Catholic Bishops.

	Marshall Shelley, editor Leadership Journal Christianity Today, Inc. 465 Gundersen Dr. Carol Stream, IL 60188 (630) 260-6200 ext. 249 mshelley@mailcti.com	Marshall edits Leadership Journal, a practical journal for church leaders published quarterly.

	Tod Tamberg, media relations director Los Angeles Archdiocese 3424 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90010 (213) 637-7360 ttamberg@the-tidings.com	Tod, who served as editor of The Tidings, the newspaper of the Los Angeles Archdiocese for nine years, is now the archdiocese’s media relations director.

	Rev. David Wood, associate director Louisville Institute 1044 Alta Vista Road Louisville, KY 40205-1798 (502) 895-3411 X543 dwood@iglou.com	David is associate director at the Louisville Institute.

	Lily Endowment:

	Chris Coble P.O. Box 88068 Indianapolis, IN 46208 (317) 916-7373	Chris is program director (religion) at the Lilly Endowment.

	Pastoral Summit Staff:

	Paul Wilkes, project director (910) 962-7225 (office) (910) 962-7491 (office fax) wilkesp@uncwil.edu	Paul writes on religious topics and has 16 books to his credit. He is a professor of creative writing at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

	Melanie Bruce, project associate (910) 962-7225 brucem@uncwil.edu	Melanie is a writer and editor based in Wilmington, North Carolina.

	Marty Minchin, project associate (910) 962-7225 minchinm@uncwil.edu Pastoral Summit UNC-Wilmington 2064 Randall Library Wilmington, NC 28403	Marty is a journalist and an instructor at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

	Institute for Church Life Staff:

	Fr. Paul Philibert, O.P. Executive director (219) 631-5510 paul.j.philibert.1@nd.edu (after July 1, 00: Saint Dominic’s Priory 3601 Lindell Blvd. St. Louis, Mo 63108)	Fr. Paul is executive director at the Institute for Church Life.

	Tom Cummings Extended learning director (219) 631-5510

	Terry Garza, executive assistant (219) 631-5510 garza.19@nd.edu

	Institute for Church Life 1201 Hesburgh Library Notre Dame University Notre Dame, IN 46556

	Summit Logistical Organizer:

	Adrian Whitaker 13502 Whittier Blvd. Suite 316 Whittier, CA 90605 (562) 969-8080 [phone/fax] adrian@pastoralsummit.org	Adrian is the summit logistical organizer and is known for her work organizing the annual Congress of Religious Educators in Anaheim, California.