Community Spiritual Leader - Rev. Michele K. Synegal

Michele Synegal is currently the Community Spiritual Leader of the Spiritual Empowerment Center in Baltimore, MD. Michele is a recent graduate of the Holmes Institute earning her masters degree in Consciousness Studies. The Holmes Institute is The Centers for Spiritual Living's premiere institution dedicated to training spiritual leaders for the global community.

At the Annual Religious Science Convention in Miami, FL, 26 February 2007 Synegal received her 10 year Service Award for serving as a Licensed Religious Science Practitioner providing spiritual counseling to her many clients. She has been a student of metaphysics since 1985.

Michele is the President and CEO of Management Dynamics, Inc. a Leadership Development and Diversity & Inclusion Consulting firm celebrating 25 years of excellence in business. Her firm consults to various agencies and laboratories within the Department of Defense.

Her passion is to empower individuals to live life to the fullest using spiritual principles and daily spiritual practices of prayer and meditation. She is a native of New Orleans, a long-term resident of California, avid tennis player and skier. She currently resides near Silver Spring, MD.

PRACTITIONERS

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The Late Rev. Paula Byfield
Founding Minister, Spiritual Empowerment Center

Rev. Paula Byfield began the journey of bringing her vision into being when she planted the seeds for the  Spiritual Empowerment Center in Baltimore, Maryland. The Center had its first Sunday Service on Nov. 2, 2003. Rev. Paula's journey in Religious Science began in Kingston, Jamaica at The Temple of Light, an affiliate of Religious Science International. Rev. Paula obtained her practitioner and ministerial licenses while attending Oakbrook Life Enrichment Center, an affiliate of United Church of Religious Science (UCRS). 

Rev. Paula and UCRS began their history together in 1998. She developed and facilitated meditation services, book discussion groups, workshops and other events including a short metaphysical skit. Rev. Paula was actively involved in the Junior League of Baltimore, an organization of women volunteers and it was her intention to be even more involved in the Baltimore community.

Her vision was for the Spiritual Empowerment Center to be the vehicle through which an increasing number of lives are transformed, uplifted and balanced. She firmly believed that given the tools, everyone can live up to his or her highest potential.

Rev. Paula held a Bachelor of Science degree in Natural Science from the University of the West Indies; a Doctor of Dental Surgery from the University of Havana; and a Master of Divinity from the Holmes Institute. Rev. Paula Byfield made her transition on July 20, 2005.