Bringing Over 20 Years of Storytelling Experience

Collaborator

Rev. Jane Anne Ferguson worked in theater and storytelling across the country for over twenty years before entering theological education and the ministry. She holds a Master's in Performance Studies from Northwestern University and a Master Storyteller certificate in Sacred Storytelling from her apprenticeship work with storyteller and theologian, Dr. Robert Bela Wilhelm. After receiving her Master of Divinity from Yale Divinity School in May of 2001, Jane Anne was ordained in 2004 in the United Church of Christ. From 1999 to 2010 she served First Plymouth Congregational Church, UCC in Englewood, Colorado as Director of Christian Education and Associate Minister. Now living in Ft. Collins, Colorado, Jane Anne has served in interim ministry for several northern Colorado UCC congregations, as a chaplain for a regional medical center, and is the associate minister at Plymouth Congregational Chruch UCC in Fort Collins. She was recently published in three volumes of the new lectionary commentary, Feasting on the Word.

In addition to her collaborations with Eremos Consulting, Jane Anne is the owner of Soul Journeys UN-limited and the creator of Sermon-Stories.com, a weekly resource that follows the lectionary and provides story ideas for worship and sermons that fit the scripture references each week.

Drawing on her gift for story telling she creates opportunities for individuals and communities to listen to the soul stories of their lives in retreats, conferences, worship and workshops. Themes of past events include forgiveness, re-awakening creativity, discerning our personal call to service in the world, aging wisely through soul work, and re-writing the narrative of our lives for personal and communal change. Learn more at www.SoulJourneysUnltd.com.