Heather A. Woodman,
Heather Woodman is committed to
knowing and serving God.
After a B.A. in Communications
from the
and active Christian Science Information Center in a
The participants and the Christian Scientists serving in the
demonstrated that the truths of the Science of the Christ are practical,
universal, healing,
and regenerative for people of all ages, and in any neighborhood or life
situation.
Heather’s subsequent career has offered her opportunities to work with a wide
variety
of people and communities. With an Early Childhood teaching certificate, she
taught
3 and 4 year olds in a Community College Day Care, and also worked with
Hispanic
infants and young children on a Migrant Worker’s camp in
Heather spent six wonderful years
in
work with June and Doug Dickinson at the
She finished a Master’s Degree in Personnel Counseling at nearby Wright State
University,
and utilized her Master’s study in career counseling jobs for the next seven
years, working
with job training for the unemployed in Springfield, Ohio, then in Dover, New
Hampshire,
and finally counseling students for several years at a Community College back
in Springfield, Ohio.
Heather spent a year in Christian
Science Nurse’s training; she then moved to
where she worked for eight years at Tenacre Foundation, a Christian Science
Nursing Facility.
There Heather helped develop and manage the New Views programs, a ministry of
inspirational weekend retreat programs for Christian Scientists.
These days Heather is
self-employed, working on home and office transformations in her
organizing business, Inner Voice Consulting--dba “Order from the Inside
Out.”
She is currently living and doing organizing work in
Patricia L. Robertson,
Pat Robertson has been a
member of The Rainbow Valley Ranch Executive Board
since the Ranch was founded, over 20 years ago. She retired in August from the
Christian Science Publishing Society. In and around the many years she worked
at
the Center, she spent 4 years in the
She has raised two children—a
daughter who lives in Miami Beach where she is an
active artist, and a son, who lives in St. Louis and has two children, a son
who is a Junior at Principia
Upper School, and a daughter, who is in her last year at Mt. Holyoke.
Pat has recently moved to
community of Christian Scientists.
Thomas G. Reed, Ph.D.,
Tom Reed is currently working
full time with his own media and graphics company,
TGR Studio, in
Tom worked with June, Joy and
Doug during the initial startup phases of the Rainbow
Valley Ranch idea and has served on the Rainbow Valley Ranch Board of Directors
since its founding.
He met June and Doug at Crystal
Lake Camps in
an adventure program for Crystal Lake Camps which involved wilderness canoe
trips in
counselors together June, Doug and Tom initiated a summer program for teenagers
in Pennington,
New Jersey which involved overnight bike trips, canoe trips on the Delaware
River and camping trips to
challenge teenagers during their summer vacation.
For many years Tom taught at West
Chester University of Pennsylvania in the Communications Department.
He taught a variety of photography, video and Mass Media courses.
Tom has worked with the Dali Lama to record ancient ceremonies for archival
purposes and for limited release.
He is currently working on a film
project with the Dali Lama’s nephew to be filmed in
As a life long Christian Scientist, Tom continues to serve his local church in
a variety of capacities.
Sandra Eggleston, Biography
Sandra Eggleston was born and
raised in
been important to her. Other interests include baking, quilting,
x-country skiing, and learning to play the
hammered dulcimer. Sandi and her
husband of 36 years have chosen to live most of their married life in rural
areas.
After graduating from the
Matthew, in the small ranching community
of
education and she taught third grade.
Eleven consecutive summers were
spent in
School Counseling and Ken worked on a doctorate in school
administration. They and their boys enjoyed the many
activities offered in this
college community. Together they built a summer cabin there.
After their older son graduated from high school and continued onto college in
decided to move to
For six years they lived in a Yupik village on
(as school
counselor) flew in bush mail planes between five different village schools. She
is grateful for those
eight years where they had the opportunity to be immersed
in different cultures, live as a minority, and gain new
perspectives. They
moved back to
Now
they are again in
was hired as
superintendent of the school district (although he recently retired). Sandi is
working as a counselor for the
they
attend the local school here in Nenana. They are glad that their older son is
fairly near by in
Their younger son, Matthew, has felt Rainbow Valley Ranch's 'Circle of Love,
Circle of Support' for many years.
Labeled from a material perspective as down
syndrome, Matt has special learning needs. It was important to Ken and
Sandi
that Matt be brought up at home. They are thankful for his 14 years of
education in the public school system,
both in
Special
Olympics, and then being a part of the school team for basketball, volleyball
and wrestling in
After turning 21 and finishing what the public school offered him, he had the opportunity to become one of the
RVR 'Ranchers' in
were
challenging the label of developmental disability based on the teachings of Christian
Science. Matt now considers
closer
to them, Sandi and Ken are grateful for his independence, his sense of completeness,
his many friends and the
kindness of the many people that touch his life. A favorite citation of Sandi's is from Science
and Health
(p. 258) "God expresses in man the infinite idea, forever
developing itself, broadening and rising higher and higher from
a boundless basis." And when
she's found herself in challenging situations, she thinks of Mary Baker Eddy's
poem,
'Satisfied': "It matters not what be thy lot, so love doth guide;
For storm or shine, pure peace is thine, what ere be tide."
Ann Voges, Biography
Ann Voges has served
as a Christian Science nurse for over 34 years. She and her husband have
provided living
accommodations and daily Christian Science nursing needs for 25
of those years and call these homes
After college and while her husband was serving as an Air Force officer, Ann
was able to attend and graduate from the
Christian Science Nurses’ Training
program in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. She has served in various capacities
including visiting nurse, private duty, facility and served as a chaperone at
Family Camp for several years.
Ann currently serves on
her Church Board and is Superintendent of the Sunday School. She is the Executive Coordinator
of the Organization of Residential Homes, and a Master Gardener for
Food Bank, and will serve as a Volunteer for Morgan's
Wonderland (largest outdoor park in the world for special needs challenges)
when it begins operation in April.
Ann’s interests include Bible
studies, photography, computer print shop projects,
cooking, rving, reading and
paramount is time spent with her five grandchildren and family.
Jeff Cornelius joined the Board of
Jeff is a professor of Chemistry
at
in
as
Board Chair and Treasurer. He is currently a member of the First Church of Christ Scientist in
Jeff worked with special needs
Boy Scouts teaching scouting skills and leading overnight trips as part of his
Eagle
Scout project in Swarthmore
and
visited Rainbow Valley Ranch several times. He has helped as a chaperone with
Margaret Powell
Currently, living in
wonderful Reading
Room work in our local mall. I'm semi-retired teaching adjunct education
classes at Southern Illinois University,
Prior work was teaching Developmental
Reading at Florissant Valley Campus of St. Louis Community College in
I am a beginning member of the St. Louis International
Folk Dance Organization. I have family in
folks in those three
locations as often as I can. Besides my on-going study of Christian Science, I
love reading, taking walks along
the
I did graduate studies at
Norfolk State
College and
and at a