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     See interviews with Barbara 

in the May/June 2005 issue of Zion's Herald magazine

and the December 30, 2006 issue of the Temple [Texas] Daily Telegram

Barbara Wendland is

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a lifelong active Methodist

a lay delegate in 1996 and 1988 to General Conference, the worldwide governing body of the United Methodist Church (UMC), which meets every 4 years

a lay delegate in 2004, 2000, 1996, and 1988 to UMC Jurisdictional Conference, the body that meets every 4 years to elect UMC bishops

a speaker at church-related events throughout the U.S. 

 

2007 recipient of the annual Seals laity award given by SMU's Perkins School of Theology

a graduate of the Academy for Spiritual Formation, a 2-year ecumenical program sponsored by the United Methodist Church

a member of the UMC's General Board of Church and Society and its Executive Committee, 1996-2004

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

coming!

author of Misfits: The Church's Hidden Strength (tentative title—due from Abingdon Press in September 2009)

author of "Awakened by Sacred Fire," in Rhythm & Fire: Experiencing the Holy in Community and Solitude (Upper Room Books, 2008)

co-author (with Larry W. Easterling, a United Methodist clergyman) of Spiritual Family Trees: Finding Your Faith Community's Roots (Alban Institute, 2001)

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)

author of articles in church-related periodicals, including Zion's Herald, Circuit Rider, Upper Room Disciplines, United Methodist Reporter, and Christian Social Action

author and publisher of Connections

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a university graduate in math and theology

a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Southern Methodist University with a degree in mathematics

recipient of a Master of Theological Studies degree from S.M.U.'s Perkins School of Theology, a United Methodist seminary

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

since 1959 a resident of Temple, a central Texas town of 55,000

since 1959 the wife of a business owner and active volunteer in church, civic, and professional organizations

the mother of a grown daughter

past president of community-volunteer organizations

 
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