Carolyn has completed a two-year certificate program with the Academy for Spiritual Formation (Upper Room division of the United Methodist Church). She served on the Standing High Council for the church from 1994 to 2000 and was ordained as an evangelist in April 2000.  

E-mail: cbrock@CofChrist.org
Workshops
Covenant Discipleship Groups
Spirituality/Wholeness

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After graduating from Graceland College, Sandee spent nine months living in Haarlem, The Netherlands, and traveling through Europe. She returned to the United States and began her career as an elementary school music teacher, which lasted more than 27 years.

Sandee is an elder in the Community of Christ. She has served the church in the areas of worship, pastoral care, music, and clown ministry.  She was a senior high youth leader for 18 years. She enjoys traveling and reading novels of mystery and intrigue.

During the last 10 years of teaching, Sandee developed and coordinated a comprehensive conflict resolution program in her school. In 1990 Sandee and Diane Kyser helped to create the Community Mediation Center in Davenport, Iowa. Some of the areas in which they mediated were neighborhood disputes, small claims, victim/offender, parent/child, churches, and businesses. During her 10 years with the Community Mediation Center, Sandee was the co-trainer for all of the center's training, a mediator, and case manager. They were responsible for training staff and children in conflict management skills at more than 30 schools. During the last 12 years, Sandee has received more than 275 hours of training in the area of conflict resolution and mediation.    

Telephone: 816/833-1000, ext. 2353
E-mail: sgamet@CofChrist.org 
Training Information
Conflict Resolution

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Jeri is a partner to Sam and a full-time mother to Claire and Logan. She is a family ministry specialist with Community of Christ Peace and Justice Ministries and a therapist with the Archdiocese of Louisville, Kentucky. In addition, she is pursuing a doctor of ministry degree at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary and is a member of the Community of Christ Forest Hills congregation in Louisville, Kentucky.   

Workshops
Family Ministries

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Roy H. Schaefer is a minister for Community of Christ. He serves on the World Church Peace and Justice Ministries team as the World Church congregational minister. In the course of his ministry he has traveled throughout the world, sharing services in almost thirty nations.

His ministry focuses on church an participatory community development, especially centering on health related programs. He was an incorporator and board member of Outreach, Inc., which has since become Outreach International. Roy serves in leadership roles with several local, area, national, and international groups that focus on community betterment--eliminating poverty and homelessness, providing for health care needs, and focusing on peace and justice, interfaith initiatives, abolition of the death penalty, and human rights issues. He facilitated the Temple School course Personal Peace and Community. He chaired a team that developed the Congregations and Community Together Trainers and Addendum Handbook and Discover and Share Your Gifts. He also published a book entitled Life's Reflections and has written several other articles and papers.  

Workshops

Discover and Share Your Gifts - A dynamic support resource to help fulfill every disciple's response that indeed "all are called according to the gifts of God."

Congregation and Community Together (CCT) - A three-evening or weekend congregation based training session. Four resources are used: Called to Discipleship, CCT Addendum Handbooks and Discover and Share Your Gifts. Resources are available in the Peace and Justice Ministries Office and Herald House. Affirms the congregation as the demonstration plot of the community.

Health and Wholeness - Partners with the World Church Health Ministries Association (HMA)  in facilitating classes and workshops on health, wholeness, nutrition, mental, social, physical, church-related health history, congregational nurses, and alternative health services. This is addressed in the context of the call to blend body-mind-spirit. Integrates ministers with active medical, dental, and nursing teams outreaching services in mission.

Members and Priesthood Discipleship - A comprehensive review is shared as to the calling, processing, roles, offices, mission, and ministries of each. Each priesthood office and member is a partner in the congregation's mission and service. The Priesthood Manual (available from Herald House) is a central resource.

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