Rev. Bonnie Tarwater is a United Church of Christ minister and serves both the United Church of Christ of Paradise Hills as well as an Arts Community Ministry, God Is Love Church, a church without walls. Please join her at the United Church of Christ of Paradise Hills, for worship at 10 am every Sunday, 5810 Alleghany Street, SD, CA 92139-1798 or call (619) 479-3796. From National City, and the 805 Freeway, take the Plaza exit and go east about a mile to Olive and turn right, turn left on Reo and left on Alleghany.

Rev. Bonnie's husband is Dr. Walter Rutherford a Marriage and Family Therapist www.naturalchangesd.com and her two children, David and Ben are in college. She is available for Spiritual Direction and Pastoral Counseling as well as weddings, baptisms, funerals, house blessings and other special services. Previously, she worked in the professional theater as a director, drama teacher and founded a theatre. Bonnie continues to do intergenerational theater in churches which revitalize the Gospel message of love, create spirited community experiences for people of all ages. Rev. Bonnie served as the first woman minister of the First Congregational Parish in Kingston Massachusetts in 285 years and has several churches in Southern California. Growing up in Asia and having traveled extensively, she welcomes multiculturalism in all aspects of church work and worship. Receiving her MDiv from Claremont School of Theology, a MFA from the American Conservatory Theatre, and a BA in art from UCSD. Rev. Bonnie has available worship services and workshops on, "Healing and Anointing Service on Mary Magdalene" which includes contemporary music, a slide show of art work of Mary Magdalene and anointing,and "The Sacred and the Arts," exploring this mystery we call God and the creative arts.

The Center for Progressive Christianity

Progressive Christians Uniting

God is Love Church

Where everyone is welcome at the table, children and their families, the “spiritual but not
religious”, the secular left who sometimes suffer from religious phobias, the religiously wounded, all sexual orientations etc.We:
1. Believe and teach that God loves us.
2. Know Americans are too lonely, therefore we are building loving community including and celebrating children and their families.
3. Embrace and explore all the arts in worship and church programs.
4. Work for social justice and peace as we, “Do unto the least of these.” Matthew 25:40
5. Teach Christian mysticism, for we are one.
6. Provide and encourage prayer practices, services and spiritual disciplines.
7. Create a theater program for people of all ages for individual and community
healing and transformation.

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Rev Bonnie Tarwater

5156 Plainview Road
San Diego, CA 92110
(619) 881-0159
Cell (858) 442-6470
revtarwater@yahoo.com