Introduction Sheet for Patricia D. Brown

Here is a sheet you can use to introduce Patricia. Choose those items that pertain to your audience.

• The Reverend Dr. Patricia D. Brown is Executive Director of Spiritworks Center for Formation and Leadership.

• With 30 years in ministry, she has worked as a pastor of six congregations, both rural and urban, and as a CPE chaplain-supervisor to two major medical centers and a chaplain of hospice.

• Patricia has nine published books. Her newest is “Pilgrimage: Meditations on the Journey of Faith”, Abingdon Press, 2007. Her favorite is “Paths to Prayer: Finding Your Own Way to the Presence of God – Discover Your Prayer Type and Explore 40 Ways to Pray from 2000 Years of Christian Tradition,” Jossey-Bass Publishing, San Francisco, 2003.

• She traveled to six continents for her writing, through her work as Executive Director of Mission Evangelism with the global mission agency of the church and through service in mission in Ecuador and Rwanda.

• She has served as Director of Spiritual Nurture and Evangelism of the Central Pennsylvania Conference (region) and Director of Spiritual Formation of the Florida Conference (region) of the United Methodist Church.

• Patricia completed her Ph.D. in Pastoral Theology and Practical Spirituality, Graduate College of the Union University, Cincinnati.

• She serves on the Board of Directors of Hope Made Real which supports ministries to children and families in Rwanda, Africa.

• On a more personal note: “Tricia” is married to Dale Bauman, a registered surgical nurse and has two sons, Christian with Molly in NYC, and Stephen, an actor in Seattle.