Bertice Berry, Ph.D.
2021 Clergy Retreat
October 6-8, 2021
"Renewing Our Life Together"
Sociologist, Bertice Berry, PhD. is, a best-selling author and award-winning lecturer has been named Comedian of The Year, Lecturer of the Year and Entertainer of the Year.
She has published 11 best-selling books in both fiction and non-fiction and has won numerous awards and accolades for both her writing and presentations.
Berry has had her own nationally syndicated television show and has hosted, interviewed, and made numerous television, documentary, and radio appearances on a variety of diverse venues including The Tonight Show, Oprah Winfrey, Between The Lions, Crossfire, 20-20, NPR, PBS and Comedy Central and CNN.
Berry has used her unique gifts and talents as a writer and ghostwriter for others on a wide range of topics including race and gender issues, sociological studies, stratification, healthcare reform, humor, spirituality, sexuality, slavery and the abolitionist movement, weight loss and wellness, relationships, servant leadership, transformational leadership, diversity and love.
Berry has led parades, had classrooms named after her and has been awarded over 10 honorary doctorates. She earned her own doctoral degree from Kent State University at the age of 26 and still sees her most fulfilling achievement and role in life as that of mother to her five adopted children.
“If you ain’t dead, you ain’t done,” a character in one of Berry’s novels says.
Berry believes that every one of us has been given a unique purpose and it is our obligation to find it and use it to improve first our own self and then for those we live and work with click here to read full bioCapt. Timothy F. Kinsella Jr., raised in Dublin, Ireland, enlisted in the United States Navy in 1989 and earned his Silver Dolphins as a plank owner aboard USS Kentucky (SSBN 737) in 1991.
He is a 1996 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Political Science, and a 2003 graduate of the University of San Diego, where he earned a Master of Science in Global Leadership.
Kinsella was designated a Naval Aviator in 1998.
Kinsella’s operational assignments include Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 11 (HC-11); as the assistant navigator aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75); a department head tour with Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 11 (HS-11); and as commanding officer of HS-11.
Ashore, Kinsella served as White House Liaison and later as Protocol Aide to the Secretary of the Navy; Flag Aide to the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Air Warfare; Division Chief for the Southern Command branch of the Joint Operations Directorate (J-33) on the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington, D.C.; and as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Defense Planner for Supreme Allied Commander – Transformation in Mons, Belgium.
Kinsella assumed command of Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola in March 2019.
Kinsella has been awarded the Order of Daedalians Distinguished Airmanship Award; the Naval Helicopter Association Aircrew of the Year award; and the 2009 Navy & Marine Corps Association Leadership Award for Helicopter Sea Combat Wing Atlantic; the Commander, Naval Air Forces Shiphandler of the Year Award; and various unit, campaign and service decorations. In 2021, Kinsella earned the John Paul Jones Award for Inspirational Leadership from the Navy League of the United States.
Wednesday, October 6
5:00 pm Check in & Registration
5:30 pm Social Time
6:00 pm Dinner in Wilson Hall
7:00pm Program - Fireside Chat
8:30 pm Compline
Thursday, October 7
8:00 am Breakfast
9:00 am Program w/ Dr. Berry & Capt. Kinsella
12:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Sabbath time
5:15 pm Social Time
6:00 pm Dinner
7:00 pm Holy Eucharist (Dr. Berry, Preacher)
8:00 pm Fellowship
Friday, October 8
8:00 am Breakfast
9:00 am Bishop’s Time
11:30 am Go forth into the world