Guest Minister - Rev. Stephanie Ann Vander Lugt

Stephanie Ann is a weaver of community, a minister, and a licensed clinical social worker associate who works at the intersection of justice, faith, healing, ecology, and personal/communal transformation. Her background is in community development and violence prevention and includes ten years walking with incarcerated women and returning citizens. She is the cofounder and executive director of Kinship Plot, an intentional community rooted in Charlotte, NC that cultivates resonant relationships through collaborative learning, contemplative action, formative artistry, slow cultivation, and liberatory welcome. She is an ordained minister in the Presbytery of the Central Carolinas. Her current research and practice explores healing trauma through holistic, embodied, and experiential modalities with an emphasis on ecotherapy and nature-informed practices.