Church of Mary Magdalene
A Christian Ministry with Homeless Women in Seattle
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Program Staff Joan Henjum Pastor Joan Henjum is our pastor. A United Church of Christ (UCC) minister, Joan previously worked with homeless people at the Solanus Casey Center in Seattle and at Mountlake Terrace Food Bank. Joan has worked with women in leadership training while facilitating community development projects in the Marshall Islands, South Korea and Australia. She also has several years experience working with volunteers in churches and social agencies. While getting her Masters of Divinity at Seattle University, Joan created connections with pastors from several denominations currently serving area churches.
Marty Hartman -- Program Director Marty Hartman is the Program Director and has led Mary's Place, our weekday program, since its beginning in 1999. She brings professional experience in the recreational therapy with the disabled and mentally ill and with special needs students. Girl Scouts, PTA, children's ministry, motherhood and a B.S. in Recreation Administration (Therapeutic) from California State Polytechnic University of Pomona prepared her well for this job. She was the coordinator for the Lakeview Women's Shelter for many years, organizing everything from van drivers to prayer support.
Kimberly Tanner -- Mary's Place Assistant Program Coordinator Kim is the program assistant of Mary's Place, our weekday program. Before becoming a staff member, Kim was a founding participant in the Mary's Place program.
Christine Weed -- Administrative & Development Director As the administrative and development director Christine is responsible for public relations, donor relations, grant writing and administrative oversight of operations. She brings more than twenty years of successful management experience working in non-profit and public agencies and a degree in Master in Public Administration from the University of Washington to the organization. Her passion for the mission of the organization motivates her to work to sustain and increase the funding support for the Church of Mary Magdalene/Mary’s Place ministry to homeless women.
Carol Cameron -- Office Manager Carol is at the center of our busy office, handling program, administrative, and financial details with attentive competence. With previous experience in bookkeeping, she brings recordkeeping sensibilities to our human services. Before joining us as office manager, Carol was a leader and active participant in Mary's Place and the Church of Mary Magdalene. She is active with WHEEL organizing efforts with homeless women.
Sari Breznau -- Music Director Sari is our music director, livening up our Saturday mornings with an eclectic mix of old favorites and new discoveries. She directs the choir for our services and community appearances. Sari is a music graduate of Western Washington University, with experience that ranges from church musician to cabaret singer. She plays piano, trumpet and guitar, and loves to help people build community by singing together.
Suzanne Gillette Ph. D. -- Parish Nurse Suzanne is our parish nurse, providing nursing care to the women and supervising volunteer nurses and students. Suzanne's dissertation research at the University of Washington focused on homeless women. She is also is a longtime volunteer for the Women's Referral Center. Since this is a quarter time position we share Suzanne with Seattle University, where she is on the nursing faculty. We are grateful to the Foster Foundation for funding this program.
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