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See
interviews
with Barbara
Barbara Wendland is
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a lay delegate in 2004, 2000, 1996, and 1988 to UMC Jurisdictional
Conference, the body that meets every 4 years to
elect UMC bishops
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a speaker at church-related events throughout the U.S.
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2007 recipient of the annual Seals
laity award given by SMU's Perkins School of Theology
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a graduate of the Academy for Spiritual
Formation, a 2-year ecumenical program sponsored by the United
Methodist Church
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in her local congregation, a long-time Sunday School teacher and choir member, past chairperson of numerous committees and projects, and
frequent developer and teacher of short courses about theology, church membership, and spiritual growth
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a writer
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author of Misfits: The Church's Hidden Strength
(tentative title—due
from Abingdon Press in September 2009)
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author of "Awakened by Sacred Fire," in Rhythm &
Fire: Experiencing the Holy in Community and Solitude (Upper
Room Books, 2008)
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co-author (with Larry W. Easterling, a United Methodist clergyman) of Spiritual Family Trees: Finding Your Faith
Community's Roots (Alban Institute,
2001)
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co-author (with Stanley J. Menking, retired Associate Dean of
Perkins School of
Theology) of
God's Partners: Lay Christians at Work (Judson
Press, 1993)
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author of articles in church-related periodicals, including
Zion's Herald,
Circuit
Rider, Upper Room Disciplines,
United Methodist Reporter, and Christian Social Action
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author and publisher of Connections
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a university graduate in math and theology
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recipient of a Master of Theological Studies degree from S.M.U.'s Perkins School of
Theology, a United Methodist seminary
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formerly a mathematician and computer programmer in the geophysics research department of a major oil company
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an active participant in family and community
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since 1959 a resident of Temple, a central Texas town of
55,000
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since 1959 the wife of a business owner and active volunteer in church, civic, and professional organizations
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the mother of a grown daughter
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past president of community-volunteer organizations
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