Barb Brinkerhoff, n.OCL
Availability: Mornings, afternoons
Location: Marcellus, NY | online
Barb loves working with all kinds of people from all walks of life. She's worked with people who have a deep desire to go forward in their relationship with God and those that are curious about a contemplative way of life. Her training has been through Sustainable Faith as well as Vineyard institute, Stephens Ministry and the Apprenticeship in the Spiritual Exercises.
Barb Johns, n.OCL
Availability: Mornings, afternoons
Location: Winnipeg, MB, Canada | in-person & online
Focuses: Ignatian, inner healing, spiritual rhythms, enneagram, Ignatian Exercises (19th Annotation)
A contemplative by nature, Barb has found it natural to be drawn to sit with others in a listening posture. Inner healing prayer ministry drew her to help others explore their inner landscape and was a natural bridge into spiritual direction as a vocation. Trained by Sustainable Faith, her heart rests solidly in the desire to see people notice the movements of their heart and to find expressions of love toward God. She lives in Winnipeg, Canada with her husband Dave, with whom she has four adult children and eight grandkids that give tons of joy!
Br. Benjamin Tennant, OCL
Availability: Mornings, afternoons
Location: Holland, MI | in-person & online
Focuses: Life transitions, ministry leaders, spirituality in families, worship leaders, Ignatian Exercises (19th Annotation)
Benjamin has been pastoring and leading worship in Vineyard churches since 2001. He enjoys serving as a host for God’s presence—shaping environments that help us notice the work and movement of God, whether songs, sermons, liturgies or spiritual direction. As a director he’s eager to wait and watch with others for an awakening to true desire and for invitations from God or towards love. A father of seven, he’s passionate about the integration of family and spirituality. He and his wife are both vowed members in the Order.
Br. Eric Hershberger, OCL
Availability: Mornings, afternoons
Location: Canton, OH | in-person & online
Focuses: Rule of life, deconstruction & reconstruction, the spiritually curious
Eric is a former pastor but felt called to this beautiful vocation and loves connecting with other people. He self-describes as an Enneagram 9w8, is married and has four children. Eric is also a vowed member of the Order and was trained through the Order’s Apprenticeship in Spiritual Direction program.
Janine Rohrer, n.OCL
Availability: Mornings, afternoons, evenings
Location: New York, NY | in-person & online
Focuses: Life transitions, trauma-informed, spiritual practices, social justice work, Ignatian Exercises (19th Annotation)
Janine finds joy in creating contemplative, safe spaces for connection with God and witnessing the transformation that occurs in that loving presence. She has served in ministry in a variety of settings, including both internationally and within the U.S. She has a MSW from Columbia and has worked with survivors of homelessness, addiction and sex trafficking. She is exploring ways to create spaces of stillness and retreat within NYC. In her free time, she enjoys caring for a vegetable plot in a community garden, walking in Central Park and off-the-beaten path travel. She completed her training with Sustainable Faith in 2017 and is also certified as a supervisor with Sustainable Faith.
Jeff Doeringer, n.OCL
Availability: Mornings, afternoons, evenings, weekends
Location: Brunswick, OH | in-person & online
Focuses: Spiritual formation, leaders and clergy, healing prayer and deliverance, life as narrative, Ignatian Exercises (19th Annotation)
Jeff is a spiritual director, ordained C&MA minister and novice in the Order. He loves to think of spiritual direction as a place to get to be curious about about your life, your thoughts, your joys, your sins, your ambitions, your traumas, your fears, and to discover the message God is sharing with you through them. When open space to be curious is provided, grace abounds, and the dis-integrated parts of our humanity are restored. Jeff’s training includes an MA in Theology from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Graduate Certificate in Spiritual Direction from Loyola University-Chicago and advanced training to lead the 19th Annotation through the Apprenticeship in the Spiritual Exercises.
Wendy Gierhart, n.OCL
Availability: Mornings, afternoons, evenings
Location: Cleveland, OH | in-person & online
Focuses: Ministry leaders, embodied spirituality, deconstruction and spiritually curious, religious trauma, Ignatian Exercises (19th Annotation)
Wendy brings a contemplative, trauma-informed and embodied approach to spiritual direction, creating space to let your soul rest and honestly explore yourself within the context of your own unique story and where God is loving you in the midst of it. Her passion is to see people experience deeper integration so that they can live fully into who they are. She is an ordained pastor in the Vineyard and brings diverse experience from hospice chaplaincy to church planting to educational leadership.