CJ Dates

CJ Dates is a poet, author, speaker and self-described mystic from upstate New York. He has a Masters of Divinity from Columbia Theological Seminary, and works as a nonprofit professional in the Adirondacks.

Amanda is the Associate Registrar at Ripon College in Ripon, Wisconsin and has served as one of several rotating preachers and worship leaders here throughout the last 3 years. She has a Master's of Divinity and is ordained pending call in the United Church of Christ.  Her professional background includes education, administration, faith formation, and camp and retreat ministry.  As a trained spiritual director, Amanda is passionate about serving and caring with people in all twists and turns of their faith and life journeys. She stands in wonder at the capacity of worship and liturgy to weave community and reveal God's love as Scripture speaks across time and contexts. She is passionate about trauma-informed leadership, the intersection of creative arts and spirituality, and cultivating resilience and vision with communities in transition.   Amanda shares life with her wife, their five children, and three dogs on an acre in rural Wisconsin.