Community Spiritual Leader - Rev. Michele K. Synegal |
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| Michele K. Synegal has served as Community Spiritual Leader of the Spiritual Empowerment Center (SEC) for more than four years. She was officially installed as Senior Minister December 4, 2009. She has been a student of metaphysics since 1985, served on two CORE Councils as an officer. She has been Junior Church Director and Co-Director of Youth of Religious Science camps while in service at East Bay Church of Religious Science and the Oakland Center for Spiritual Living. She is a licensed Religious Practitioner and has provided spiritual support to her many clients for the past 13 years. She completed her ministerial training at the Holmes Institute Graduate School of Consciousness Studies; Religious Science’s premier institution dedicated to training spiritual leaders for the global community. She graduated June 13, 2009 earning her Master of Consciousness Studies. She also holds a Bachelors degree in Human Relations and Organizational Behavior. Michele is the President and CEO of Management Dynamics, Inc. (MDI), a management consulting firm specializing in Leadership and Organizational Development, EEO Legal Compliance, Mediation and Diversity. MDI is celebrating 27 years of excellence in business. She is a former adjunct professor at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. She is a certified Mediator and has recently embarked upon co-authoring a book to be released early summer; its title is The Way to Perfect Freedom. |
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| Rev Michele Synegal | |
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| Office Administrator: | Jane Ashley |
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| Jane Ashley | Kim Walker | |
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| Harvey L. Bailey | Ernest W. Martin, Jr. | |
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The Late Rev. Paula Byfield
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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. |
