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REV. BENJAMIN J. BROADBENT, LEAD MINISTER
 Ministry Positions
Lead Minister, First Congregational United Church of Christ, Colorado Springs, February 2006 to present
Associate Minister, First Congregational United Church of Christ, Colorado Springs, September 1999 to January 2006
Ministry Intern, Union Church in Waban, Newton, Massachusetts, September 1996 to May 1998
Ministry Intern, Second Congregational Church, Beverly, Massachusetts, September 1995 to May 1996
Education
Master of Divinity (MDiv), Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University, June 1998 (www.hds.harvard.edu/). Thesis title: "Reconceiving the Vocation of Minister as Artist"
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Pacific University (www.pacificu.edu), Forest Grove, Oregon, June 1994. Majors: Spanish and Humanities.
Special Training:
Senior Pastor: Leading the Multi-Staff Team, Alban Institute, November 13-16. 2006.
Worship as Theater, Pacific School of Religion, Summer Session 2002
One Unit Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE), New York University Medical Center, Manhattan, New York, Fall 1998.
Activities/Positions Held:
Moderator, Rocky Mountain Conference UCC, June 2006 - June 2008.
Vice-Moderator, Rocky Mountain Conference UCC, June 2004 - June 2006.
Leader/Translator, Rocky Mountain Conference UCC Global Partners Youth Mission Trips to Venezuela, June 2004 & July 2006.
Founder/Member, Colorado Springs Voices of Faith for Choice, 2002 - present (www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4191/is_20050115/ai_n10043935).
Member, Board of Directors, First Steps Spirituality Center, Colorado Springs, 2001-2004 (www.1ststeps.net).
Member, Board of Directors, Urban Peak of Colorado Springs, 2001-2004 (www.urbanpeak.org).
Trainer, International Pilgrimages with Youth, including March, 2003 trip to China.
Member, General Synod Nominating Committee, United Church of Christ, 1995 to present.
Advisor, Teens Uniting Globally (TUG) trip to Dmitrov, Russia, a project of the Russian Farm Community Project (RFCP), July 1999 and August 2000.
Delegate from United States to Centennial General Assembly of the World Student Christian Federation (WSCF), Yammoussoukro, Ivory Coast, West Africa, August 1995.
Member, Student Ecumenical Partnership (STEP) between United Church of Christ and Disciples of Christ, 1992-1995.
Volunteer and Tour Leader, Habitat for Humanity, Jacaltenango, Guatemala, June 1995.
Volunteer, Habitat for Humanity, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, January 1994.
Volunteer, Habitat for Humanity, Huasteca, Mexico, January 1992.
Delegate from Northern California Nevada Conference to General Synod United Church of Christ, St. Louis, Missouri, July 1992.
Family:
Married to Brooke Bell, August 4, 2000. Brooke is a dancer, dance teacher, and special education teacher. Son Marin was born, August 2005.
Parents live and work in the Bay Area of California. Rev. Matthew Broadbent is Senior Pastor at Foothills Community UCC in Los Altos (www.foothills-church.org). Barbara Broadbent is Associate Conference Minister for programming and placement for the Northern California / Nevada Conference (www.ncncucc.org).
Email: benbroadbent@yahoo.com
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