Pat Pickett - We Do Ministry Wherever We Are (Part 1)

Cumberland Road

Pat Pickett is an ordained Cumberland Presbyterian minister currently serving worshiping communities in experimental ways and bringing diverse persons together. She writes, "God and I have been playing hide and seek since I was a child. Glimpses of God came in unexpected places. It was not in church, school, or any other institution where God welcomed me as God has through loving relationships and even failed ones. All the letters after my name might have been a help but where God is most real to me is in tears, laughter, vulnerability of those who trust enough to share their story. These people are my children, teachers, students, friends, those whose friendship I have lost. Most striking was finding God in persons who could not speak at all. Those are the persons I was privileged to serve at Clover Bottom Developmental Center as chaplain, a state institution for persons with intellectual disability. Through art and music we learned to communicate. Through hugs, tantrums, loss and abundance we learned to trust one another. Through the Program of Alternate Studies I am able to share not only academic learning as an instructor but wisdom from years of practical experience as a pastor, wife and mother. Yes, I have degrees and awards for work well done. I have loss where I have failed. Some of those degrees include D.Min., M.Div. (Colgate Rochester Divinity School) M.R.E. (University of San Diego), C.P.E (University of Rochester). Degrees in art gave me entrée to God-speak in theology and awards for Communication from Mayor Bill Purcell (Nashville) and the Trost Memorial Prize for excellence in Ministry(Colgate). I am still a learner and seeker. With COVID God and I am playing hide and seek, once again."

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