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Are you looking for some direction in your spiritual life?  Do you have a feeling there just must be "something more" than what you are currently experiencing?  Would you like to explore what God is calling you to be and to do?

A Spiritual Director is one who listens to, engages and accompanies a companion on her (or his) spiritual journey.  Spiritual Direction helps a person tell their sacred story and connect it to the larger story of God who creates and sustains life.

Spiritual direction exists in a context that emphasizes growing closer to God and invites a deeper relationship with the spiritual aspect of being human. Spiritual direction helps us learn how to live in peace, with compassion, promoting justice, as humble servants in the presence of God who exists beyond all we know and extends into the unknown.

Spiritual direction is not psychotherapy or counseling.

Cindy Serio studied spiritual direction at the Louisiana Academy for Spiritual Leadership and has been offering spiritual direction, retreats, and spiritual formation classes since 2002.  She will complete requirements for an MA in Spiritual Formation from Garrett-Evangelical Theological seminary in July 2008. 

If you would like more information about spiritual direction or would like to take a spiritual gifts assessment and discuss where you might serve God in the world through the use of the spiritual gifts God has given you, contact Cindy for an appointment via email at  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it   or call the church office.

An online Spiritual Gift Assessment can be found at http://www.umc.org/ under the “Our People” Heading