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Hazel Shirk, Spiritual Director followed her Bachelor degree at Eastern Mennonite University with a year of study at EMU Seminary, got her M.Ed. in counseling from James Madison University, and did a one-year internship in Spiritual Direction at Sacred Heart Seminary in Michigan. She is a certified, chaplain by the Association of Professional' Chaplains, and is Minister of Special Care at Bayshore Mennonite Church.




Linda O. Hovde, M.Ed., earned her degrees at the University of Illinois, directed Mennonite mission programs in Ethiopia and the United States, taught in Ethiopia and the United States, completed a Spiritual Formation Program at the Hermitage in MI, and facilitated Christian growth groups and retreats. Linda's call is to pray for and encourage persons to mature in their relationship with God. She is a wife, mother, and grandmother. Linda is a member of Abundant Life Church.