N. Graham Standish

The Rev. Dr. N. Graham Standish

Conference Keynote Speaker

Dr. N. Graham Standish, pastor of Calvin Presbyterian Church in Zelienople, PA, leads a church community that is trying to be intentionally open to God's guidance through prayer and spirituality in all things.  His latest book, Becoming a Blessed Church, is a guide to forming a church in spiritual purpose, presence, and power.  A teacher, retreat leader, and spiritual director, Dr. Standish has a background in individual, marital, and family therapy. He has a PhD in formative spirituality from Duquesne University, a Master of Social Work from the University of Pittsburgh, and a Master of Divinity from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary.

Eugenia A. Gamble

Conference Pastor

The Rev. Eugenia A. Gamble is a former pastor of the historic First

Presbyterian Church in downtown Birmingham, AL.  Rev. Gamble has preached throughout the US and is a writer who loves to help the Bible come alive in people's lives.  She writes a regular column for Horizons Magazine and won the Associated Church Press Award of Excellence for her Bible study called "Glimpses of Home:  Biblical Images of the Realm of God."