About Our Minister
Rev. Lisa Schwartz has been the Fellowship’s minister since September of 2003. She earned her Master’s of Divinity from Saint Paul School of Theology in Kansas City, Mo. in 1994. Her undergraduate degree, in Anthropology, is from the University of Kansas (’85).
Previously, Lisa worked for seven years as the Chaplain at Valeo Recovery Center, a residential treatment center in Topeka. She has also been a chaplain at Stormont-Vail Hospital and Topeka State Hospital. Her basic Clinical Pastoral Education training was at the Colmery-O’Neil VA Medical Center, and her advanced CPE training was earned during a year-long residency at Topeka State Hospital.
Lisa lives in Topeka with Jim, her husband of 22 years, plus a cat and a dog. In her free time Lisa enjoys walks with Jim and the dog, riding her bike, organic gardening, crocheting, and spending time with her young adult daughter, Libby. Her newest hobby is making fused plastic from plastic grocery bags, and sewing them into durable shopping bags. It’s a form of “upcycling,” which is making a useful and beautiful object out of material that would have otherwise been headed to the recycling bin or the landfill. See photo below of some of Lisa's handiwork!
Office Hours
Rev. Lisa keeps office hours from 10:30 to 3:30 Mondays and from 1:30 to 3:30 on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. She is often available for appointments at other times, including weekends and evenings. Call the Fellowship office at 272-9233 to make an appointment, or drop by during office hours. On Mondays from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Fellowship members gather for an informal brown-bag lunch with Lisa, to discuss issues of interest in the Fellowship and the world. All are welcome!