"As I look back over my life, I can see that God had definite plans for me from before I was
born until this very moment standing here in the church where I am doing my supervised
ministry. God had already decided which family should adopt me, when I was two and
one-half years old, to give me the nurturing that was needed to begin my long journey in
finding out what God's will would be in my life....it was not until I moved to the Tennent
area and began attending Old Tennent Presbyterian Church that I really came to know
   Jesus as my Lord and Savior. It was then that I began to understand the importance of God in my life. I began
   to set priorities and saw the importance of God as being THE priority in my life. I then felt the Holy Spirit
   nudging me toward some sort of ministry in a hospital setting. With the encouragement of my husband, children
   and church, I started studying for a degree in nursing at Brookdale community College."

   "An auto accident caused permanent neck, upper back and ear injury, thus slowing my academic career. I
   questioned my caring Father, and searched His word, and listened to Him, finally realizing that if God wanted
   me in some kind of ministry, He would see that I would be able to do what was necessary to reach that goal....
   God was pointing the way toward a chaplaincy in Hospice. Despite my physical limitations, I completed my
   studies at Brookdale, Douglass College (Rutgers University) and New Brunswick Theological Seminary, and
   completed my Chaplaincy Residency and was ordained June 22, 1997." I have once again begun studies - this
   time for a Doctorate in Urban Ministry at New Brunswick Theological Seminary.

   I served as a Hospice Chaplain and as Parish Associate at Old Tennent Church. My husband died in 2001. I
   am fortunate to have our four children, nine grand-children and one great-grandchild - most of which live nearby.
   I have served Monmouth Presbytery as Moderater, and am now the Chair of the Committee on Ministry. I served
   as Interim Pastor for three years at Englishtown, and remain active in my home community with the Monmouth
   County Correctional Institution, and with the MRC/CERT - Homeland Security first responder group. I look forward
   to being active with the church community and the larger community of South Amboy. Looking back on my life I
   can see that it was, and is, about God's sovereignty and the faith He gave me. I can see that my theology is one
   of trust in God.