Facilitator

A trained and experienced facilitator/retreat leader for the Center for Courage and Renewal (based on Parker Palmer’s writings.) She has served on the board of Women in Northfield Giving Support (WINGS) and Northfield Shares. She is a retired clinic administrator for Fairview Health and grandmother to Cormac and Ada.

Retired Pastor

A retired ELCA Lutheran pastor.  He has served eight different congregations and also worked for 15 years as a capital fundraiser for churches.  Northfield UMC was one of his clients.  He has lived in Northfield for 33 years with his wife Janet, who served Northfield UMC as associate pastor some 20 years ago. Howard has been active in Citizens’ Climate Lobby since 2016 and served as the Northfield chapter co-leader (with Janet Petri) since 2018.  He is also CCL’s liaison to the office of Rep. Angie Craig.

Director

Director of Center for Ecological Regeneration and Robert and Marilyn Degler McClean Associate Professor of Theology and Practice at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. He holds degrees from St. Olaf College, and PhD and Masters of Divinity from Vanderbilt University.  He teaches theology and ethics, focusing on relation of Christian doctrine to environmental, economic, political, and social change.  His most recent publications include Rooted in Grounded Love: Holy Communion for the Whole Creation and The Economy of Salvation: Essays in Honor of M.

Professor

Former Extension Climatologist and Professor Emeritus of Soil, Water, and Climate for the University of MN where he managed the Weather and Climate Education Program. He has been a weekly commentator on Minnesota Public Radio’s Morning Edition and writes a weekly blog, “Minnesota Weather Talk.” He has helped Twin Cities Public Television produce award-winning documentaries and is author of the Minnesota Weather Almanac and co-author of Voyageur Skies: Weather and Wilderness in Minnesota’s National Park. 

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