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Rev. Julie Conrady

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RECENT AWARDS RECEIVED

  • Commendation from the Governor of Oklahoma in honor of Palliative Care Week, 2017

  • Living Legacy Award for OU Medical Systems, 2016

  • Outstanding Trauma Services Member, 2016

 

EDUCATION

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Master of Divinity, June 2006

  • Participant in the Program for Religion and Secondary Education

  • Field Education experience: homeless meal program, student teaching

  • Relevant Coursework Includes: Hebrew Scriptures; Religion, Values, and Public Education; Thinking Theologically about Ministry; Theological Education for Ministry; Anthropology of Religion; Fundamentalisms; Buddhism in Theory and Practice; Midrash: Jewish Biblical Interpretation; Elementary Hebrew; Earliest Christologies of the New Testament; The Bible and Politics; Frontiers of Bioethics; Religion, Politics, and Public Policy in the U.S.; Religion and Government; Pastoral Care and Counseling; Public Preaching; Counseling Practice and Theory; Myth and Myth-Making in the Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern World; Psychosocial, Developmental, and Biological Perspectives of Risk in School-Age Children

 

Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, OK

Bachelor of Arts in Religion, magna cum laude, May 2003

  • Bishops’ Scholar

  • Minor in Psychology

  • University Honors program graduate

  • Relevant Coursework Includes: History of Religions; Honors Biblical Literature; New Testament Greek; Methods of Biblical Analysis; Studies in the Pentateuch; Genetics (only religion major ever); History of Christianity; Religion in Contemporary America; Ancient Cultures: Egypt; Ethnobotany; Prophetic Literature; Religion and Film; Theology of Hope; Religious Communication

 

Other Relevant Educational Experiences

University of Wisconsin at Madison – Statistics (2013)

Phillips Theological Seminary – UU History and Polity (2014)

Certificate in Palliative Care - California State University, San Marcos (2015)

The Religious Institute – Sexuality for UU Ministers (2015)

Certified OWL instructor for elementary ages (2015)

Certificate in Non-Profit Management from Oklahoma State University (in pursuit) 2017-present

 

 

EMPLOYMENT

Affiliated Community Minister, First Unitarian Church of Oklahoma City, 2016-present

previously Ministerial Candidate of First Unitarian Church of OKC, 2015-2016

  • Regularly offers sermons and plans worship service

  • Offers emergent pastoral care

  • Conducts weddings and funerals

  • Leads religious education for adults

  • Visits members and friends in the hospital

 

Hospital Chaplain, Oklahoma City, 2014-present

  • Organized and trained volunteers for No One Dies Alone program

  • Chaplain representative on Trauma One Team

  • Chaplain on Palliative Care consult team

  • Chaplain representative on Employee Advisory Group

  • Providing Pastoral Care and grief support to people of many different faiths and philosophies

  • Officer of Decedent Affairs

  • Certified in Suicide Prevention and SBIRT (alcoholism prevention)

  • Experience includes Level 1 Trauma Center and inpatient hospitalizations of adults and children

 

Hospital Chaplain, Oklahoma City, 2012-2014

  • Completed 4 units of Clinical Pastoral Education

  • Providing Pastoral Care and grief support to people of many different faiths and philosophies

  • Certified in Suicide Prevention

  • Experience includes Level 1 Trauma Center and inpatient hospitalizations of adults and children

 

Online Faculty, Phoenix, AZ, 2010-present

  • Courses Repeatedly Taught: Religions of the World (Associate level); World Religious Traditions I (Bachelor’s level)

 

Freelance Writer, United Methodist Publishing House, Nashville, TN, 2006-2015

  • Lessons Published: Spring 2008, Winter 2008/09, Summer 2009, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Summer 2011, Fall 2011, Summer 2012, Summer 2013

  • Articles Published: Winter 07/08, Summer 2010

 

Social Studies Teacher, September 2008-2012

  • Logged over 300 hours in Professional Development in less than 4 years

  • Coached a We The People team to State finals

  • Academic Team Coach (national qualifiers) and Mock Trial

  • Responsible for mapping the curriculum and involved in the World History Collaborative Team

  • Coordinated Multicultural Week for the Social Studies Department – 2009

 

Minister of Faith Formation, United Methodist Church, OKC, OK, 2007-2008

  • Created, organized, and supervised Samuel’s Call, a ministry for special needs children

  • Organized and trained volunteer Sunday School teachers

  • Taught Sunday School lessons regularly from Pre-K to adult

  • Updated and organized facilities and materials for religious education

  • Co-led worship with other ministers regularly

 

Director of Religious Education, United Methodist Church, New Canaan, CT, 2006-2007

  • Organized and implemented programs for Religious Education from infant through adult

  • Led a District Training for Christian Educators, January 2007

  • Taught youth Confirmation class

  • Chaperone to youth group

  • Choose appropriate curriculum for Sunday School teachers

  • Collaborated with other local Religious Education leaders on Vacation Bible School

  • Directed Christmas pageant

 

Paid Sunday school teacher at Old Cambridge Baptist Church, Cambridge, MA, Sept. 2004-Nov. 2005

  • Implemented both the Bible Quest and the One Room Sunday School curriculum for kids 2-13 years old

  • Directed a Christmas pageant involving 10 children and several adults

 

 

RELEVANT SKILLS

Ordained Minister in the UUA

Certified and experienced wedding and funeral officiant

Experience with persons, families, and children in crisis

Providing support, care, and comfort to persons of varied religious traditions

© 2018 by Julie D. Conrady

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