Who is the pastor?
Lise Sparrow has been licensed by the Vermont Conference of
the UCC Church to serve as pastor of the GCC since 2000. Before
becoming our pastor, she taught graduate students at the School for
International Training in Brattleboro for 25 years and at the end of
her tenure there was the Director of their Master of Arts in Teaching
Program. She is fluent in Spanish and German, lived overseas for many
years and has a doctoral degree in Multicultural Education.
In 1987, she studied for her Master of Arts in Divinity at Harvard Divinity School and served the Guilford Church as interim pastor in 1989. The focus of her studies at that time was Faith Development. She is also a Reiki Master which she brings to the church healing ministry. She is married and has four children and three dogs. They all live in Westminster West.
What does the pastor do?
Our pastor leads worship most Sundays and helps coordinate Christian Education. She leads our two youth groups and teaches 9 a.m. Sunday School. She meets with church leaders and attends committee and council meetings and is the face of the church in Guilford, Brattleboro and at UCC Association Meetings. She holds regular office hours to meet with folks in her office and spends at least one day a week visiting people in their homes, nursing homes, and hospitals.
