The Art of Spiritual Transformation Featured Presenters
Opening night on Tuesday features the dynamic duo of Rev. Greta Counts and Rev. Christina Garza.
Rev. Christina Garza is the Senior Minister of Unity of Nashville.
Rev. Christina has been a Unity Truth/New Thought student for over 18 years. She graduated and became a licensed minister through the Unity Urban Ministerial School in Detroit, MI in 2018 and was ordained by Unity Worldwide Ministries in June 2019. Also a certified Q Effect/Q Process facilitator and coach, she regularly offers workshops and trainings.
Rev. Christina is passionate about the Unity message of affirmative prayer and inherent Divinity, and wants to share it with the world. Her personal ministry focuses on spiritual liberation and engaging diverse communities including LGBTQ, low-income, and Spanish-speaking/Latino populations. She was born and raised in Chicago, but is very connected to her Mexican roots, as well as her “Spanglish” identity, and is committed to developing bi-lingual and Spanish Unity services.
Christina has more than 25 years of experience working with and in nonprofit organizations as a community activist, nonprofit executive, foster care advocate, and participatory action researcher. She has dedicated her career to supporting social justice, equity, and improving people’s daily lives. For the last 13 years, she administered her private consulting firm that specializes in organizational development, evaluation, and funds development. She holds a Master’s degree in Political Science from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and is ABD (All but Dissertation) in her Doctoral work in Political Philosophy.
Christina’s greatest blessing is her family which includes her wife, Veronica, her daughter, Isabella, and their highly intelligent Shih Tzu, Cutie. When she’s not buried under books reading for work or pleasure, she enjoys salsa dancing, shoe shopping, antiquing, and traveling.
Rev. Greta Counts is the Spiritual Leader of Unity South Atlanta.
Rev. Coach Greta is also a Religious Science Practitioner with the Spiritual Living Center of Atlanta and an accredited Hay House Licensed Heal Your Life ® Workshop Facilitator who is passionate about teaching others how to love, accept and approve of themselves to create positive changes in their personal and professional lives. She coaches individuals and groups who are seeking to live a life of good health, inner peace, unbridled joy and personal success.
She is uniquely trained to help others move to a higher level of awareness about who they are and offers workshops on self-love, inner child and forgiveness just to name a few.
Pastor D. E. Paulk, Spirit and Truth Sanctuary, Atlanta GA
D. E. Paulk is the Senior Pastor of Spirit and Truth Sanctuary in Atlanta, GA where he successfully transitioned an Evangelical Charismatic church into a thriving multicultural, interfaith, LGBTQ+ affirming congregation. D. E. holds a Master of Theological Studies / Global Religions from Emory University’s Candler School Of Theology and is widely known as a radically inclusive minister who believes that the Christ Spirit is present in all of creation and cannot be defined by, nor confined to, Christianity.
Rev D.E. Paulk will take us on a journey of spiritual transformation and saying YES to change. Paulk has lived through many changes in his own life that has informed his understanding about inclusivity, diversity and spiritual growth. He will share his journey of transitioning from an evangelical Pentecostal Holiness Church into an Interfaith, LGBTQ+ affirming congregation – and surviving it.
Rev Paulk invites us to the mountaintop to discover the various levels of happiness.
- How to go from material consciousness to an authentic spiritual awareness
- Waking up to the power to create your life
- Safeguards against ego and resistance
- How much happiness can you really stand?
You don’t want to miss this engaging spiritual teacher as he shares his unique and amazing journey from mega-church politics to authentic spirituality.
D.E.’s preaching is as easy-going as the church’s approach to differences. No wagging fingers or thunderous revelations. He treats parishioners as fellow companions on a spiritual journey. He sprinkles his conversational sermons with references to everyone from the Buddha to Teddy Pendergrass.
John Blake , CNN Enterprise writer/producer
Pastor Paulk is our featured presenter on Wednesday morning and afternoon. Learn more about him and the Spirit and Truth Sanctuary at http://mytruthsanctuary.com.
Rev. Amy Steinberg, House of Love and Light (HOLLA), Asheville NC
“Singular” is the word that best describes Amy Steinberg.
Uplifting, enlightening and hilarious with a voice that can burn the house down, Amy Steinberg is singer, songwriter and storyteller like none other. The main thrust of her work comes from marrying the sacred and profane, fusing the dreamlike nature of Spirit with the rooted realness of sexuality and humor.
She plays the piano and guitar with her own swingy rhythmic bounce, injecting shades of jazz, rock, hip hop, and poetry, all with a theatrical flair. Deeply soulful, with her bombastic belt, she sings of self-love, open-mindedness, and the holiness of everything.
Rev. Amy is our keynote on Wednesday evening. Listen to her music at https://www.amysteinberg.net and explore the House of Love and Light at https://houseofloveandlight.org.