The Rev Deacon Marsha Evans Holmes (she/her/hers) comes from a background that includes a 30-year history of working as a corporate Executive, serving as a Vice President of Verizon Communications and managing Pastoral Care for one of the 5 largest Episcopal Churches in the U.S. She is currently an Episcopal Deacon in Diocese of Florida with her work focused on Racial Healing and Pastoral Care. She has a private Spiritual Direction Practice and serves as a Facilitator of Diocese of Florida School for Deacons. She graduated from the Haden Institute’s Spiritual Direction Training Program and serves as one of its Mentors. She has also attended several of Haden Institute’s Dream Conferences. Marsha has a significant focus on racial healing as a part of her parish ministry. One of her passions is dream work and she hopes to offer dream work opportunities to her parish with another Haden colleague. In her role as facilitator to the Diocesan School of Deacons Marsha believes that she brings the tools she has learned as a Spiritual Director to aid in the development of her students. She feels her role as Deacon is at times connected with the marginalized community and that her experience with Haden has had an effect on making her connections feel even deeper. Marsha says Haden Institute has been valuable to her on many levels of her personal and Ecclesiastical work.
