Rev. Peggy Haymes, M.Div., Haymes Counseling, Winston-Salem, NC. Peggy is a graduate of Furman University, Southeastern Seminary and Wake Forest University.  She is an ordained Baptist minister.  Peggy completed a year’s residency in Pastoral Care and Counseling in NCBH and a year-long training in the therapy methods of Virginia Satir. Peggy has had a private counseling practice for ten years and is the author of several books. Her most recent is I Don’t Remember Signing Up for This Class: A life of darkness, light and surprising grace (West Summit Publishing: Winston-Salem, NC, 2014).

Chaplain April Rhinehardt has been serving as the University Chaplain at Shaw University since August of 2013. As Chaplain for the University, her duties have been wide and varied, including Pastoral Care and Counseling and Academic Advising.  Chaplain Rhinehardt works closely with the students to ensure that not only students’ minds and bodies are prepared, but also that their spirits are open and ready to receive whatever God has for them.  She was ordained by the Rowan Baptist Association and endorsed by the National Baptist Convention.  She is a Board Certified Chaplain with the Association of Professional Chaplains. Rev. Rhinehardt is also a Suicide Intervention Specialist and has most recently become certified as a Lifeforming Coach.  Rev. Rhinehardt holds Masters degrees in Counseling and in Divinity. Currently, she is a doctoral candidate at Regent University in Virginia Beach, VA.  Rev. Rhinehardt is the proud mother of John Rhinehardt, Jr.  He and his wife Nicole have three daughters, Kai, Khloe and Kennedie. She is also the mother of Dr. Kristen Rhinehardt.

Motto: Christianity does not ask us to live in the shadow of the cross but in the fire of its creative power.

Rev. Ginny Tobiassen, M.Div.,  Associate Pastor, Home Moravian Church, Winston-Salem, NC. Ginny is a native of Winston-Salem and a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill.  She worked 25 years as an editor in the book publishing industry before hearing a call to ministry. Ginny is a 2010 alumna of the WFU Divinity School and a 2011 alumna of the CPE program at WFBH. She was installed as associate pastor at Home Moravian Church in February 2013.