Members
Rabbi Rob Abramovitz
Rev. Kendra Behn-Smith
White Salmon Methodist Church
Rev. John Boonstra
Rev. John Boonstra is a clergy person in the United Church of Christ. He is currently doing climate and creation justice ministry in partnership with the Mount Adams Ministerial Association and the Gorge Ecumenical Ministries. He is a former pastor in White Salmon (Bethel UCC) and was Executive Minister of the Washington Association of Churches from 1989 until 2005. He is based now with the Columbia Gorge Climate Action Network.
Ven. Kozen Sampson
Mt. Adams Buddhist Temple
Fr. Solomon Covarrubias
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Rev. Alicia Speidel
Reverend Alicia Speidel is pastor of Hood River Valley Christian Church. In addition, she is involved in the Gorge Youth Collective which brings together six youth groups from around the Gorge. She also supports the Hood River Warming Shelter.
Rev. Scott Crane
First Presbyterian Church
Rev. Kirk Thomas
Rev. Kirk Thomas is a Senior Priest and former Archdruid of Ár nDraíocht Féin : A Druid Fellowship (ADF). ADF Druidry is a Neopagan religion of reciprocity – we give to the Spirits in order than They might give back to us. Rev. Thomas holds public rituals at the Sanctuary for each of the 8 High Holidays.
Kyri Kengan Treiman
Kyri Kengan Treiman first began practicing meditation in 1969, and is a Shokki (senior) at Portland’s Dharma Rain Zen Center and the Hood River Zen sitting group. She leads meditation workshops and classes in Portland and the Columbia River Gorge.
Rev. David King
Rev. David D. M. King is a United Methodist elder who pastors Spirit of Grace in Hood River, a Lutheran–Methodist cooperative church. David also studies New Testament at Iliff School of Theology and University of Denver.
Brook Harvey
Brook is a member of the Bahai Faith whose main tenet is that we are all one human family. She serves on the Bahai Local Spiritual Assembly of Klickitat County and is a member of the Gorge Ecumenical Ministries board. Brook has lived in Lyle for 35 years where she raised her two sons. She developed the Pre-college program at Columbia Gorge Community College and taught there for over 30 years.
Rev. Judy Zimmerman
Rev. Judy Zimmerman is pastor at the Mid-Columbia Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, which serves Klickitat, Skamania, Wasco and Hood River Counties. She brings a career as an academic psychologist and executive director of Oregon Unitarian Universalist Voices for Justice to parish ministry.
Cheraga Kalama Reuter
Kalama Reuter has been involved with Sufism since 1976. She was drawn by the acceptance of all paths to Spirit, the inclusion of body prayer, music and sound that both the Sufi Ruhaniat International and the Mevlevi Order of America expound. She teaches Sufi classes in Portland and is moving toward the Oneness with every breath.
Rev. Kelly Mahon
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Rev. Laura Robinson
Rev. Laura Robinson is the minister of Bethel Congregational UCC in White Salmon. A Seattle native – she can’t believe her good luck at being called to the beautiful Columbia Gorge. In addition to belonging to the MAMA fellowship, she serves on the Gorge Ecumenical Ministries (GEM) Board.