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Associates

Associates are the heart of Good News Associates. The mission of GNA is to support the work of its Associates who in turn will be offering the services of their ministries to the broader public. The ministries of the Associates have several distinct characteristics in common:

  • Each ministry requires financial and emotional freedom to find the time and space in which to be faithful to the process—and thus to the ministry.
  • Each ministry falls outside the scope of most churches and para-church organizations.
  • Each ministry needs to belong to a working community for a sense of professional identity, for networking and expertise, for financial stability, for ministry infrastructure, for promotion and development, and for discernment and accountability.

The process of joining GOOD NEWS Associates is a step by step process of mutual discernment of the potential Associate, the existing Associates and the Board of Directors. For more information, contact Jan Wood, Director of GOOD NEWS Associates

Christine Hall

Christine Hall

Who am I? Like most of us, I’m a mix: I’m a nature-loving hiker, artist, wife, mother, scholar, and teacher. I’m Alaska-born, a world traveler, avid reader, lover of God, retreat leader, teacher, organizer, and spiritual director / companion. Oh, and picking blueberries is a highlight of my summer. Go figure.

Christine’s Ministries

Workshops & Retreats

Spiritual Direction

Writing & Blogs

Way of the Spirit

Emily Provance

Emily Provance
I spent seventeen years looking for a faith tradition. I knew that my people would say “God speaks to everybody,” and the day I found Quakers was the day I found home.

We are a covenant people called to establish the kingdom of God on Earth. (To be clear — I doubt Quakers are the only ones called to do this.) To be a covenant people means that we have each given ourselves to God and that God, in turn, has given us to a group of people…

Emily’s Ministries

Speaking & Preaching

Writing & Blogs

Workshops & Retreats

Organizational Consulting

Emily’s Resources

Religious Education

Community Resources

Jan Wood

Jan Wood
My journey of ministry continues to be amazing and delightful. I would never have guessed all the ways I have been privileged to serve. The roles and opportunities keep changing. I have gotten to serve in institutional roles as pastor, campus minister, professor, administrator, founder and director of GOOD NEWS Associates as well as non-institutional ministries of prayer, writing, speaking, organizational consulting and spiritual direction. But the through line is that I love to help groups and individuals to get “from here to there.”

Jan’s Ministries

Organizational Consulting

Workshops & Retreats

Spiritual Direction

Speaking & Preaching

Writing & Blogs

Jan’s Resources

Spiritual Giftedness

Rosemary Zimmerman

Rosemary Zimmerman

I am a nurse practitioner offering free home-visit primary care for people on the margins: the uninsured or underinsured, the undocumented, the medically complicated, the homeless, the abandoned, or simply anyone who finds themselves fallen on hard times. I’m driven by my Catholic faith in the Incarnate Christ who always stands on the other side of any line we draw.

Rosemary’s Ministries

Healthcare on the Margins

Good News Associates Emerita

Margaret Fraser

Margaret Fraser at a pub in Belfast City Center
I am a Quaker with ecumenical experience and growing interfaith connections. I have represented Friends on programs of the World Council of Churches and have also co-led experiential workshops on Quaker worship at the Parliament of the World’s Religions.

Thirty years ago, I made a transition from university teaching in the UK, moved to Richmond, Indiana. I graduated from Earlham School of Religion and served Quaker organizations in the USA. After retirement I twice served as an intentional interim pastor.

Margaret’s Ministries

Accompaniment