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People, not place, make a church.
We are blessed to have so many great people participating in the mission of our church.


On this page, learn a little more about a few members and consider your place among us.  We'd love to see a few new faces at Sunday service, special events, or workshops.

Carol Tully

President


Carol founded a small business in 1991 and has nearly thirty years experience in the business world.   She has been Director of Finance for several not-for-profit organizations and has served on various not-for-profit boards.  She earned a degree in finance from Indiana University and holds an Indiana Real Estate Broker’s License.  Hobbies include biking, walking, mixed-media art, reading, and dancing. 


Rev. Mike Mellott

Co-Pastor and Vice-President


Mike has worked as a Spiritualist platform worker since 1987 and has served many churches in Indiana and Ohio.  He studied for almost 10 years with many old-time mediums to help hone his abilities.  He specializes in past life work in trance.  He was ordained as a Spiritualist minister in 1997 and has been the co-pastor of Progressive Spiritualist Church since 2001.


Jacqueline M. Gardner

Secretary


Jackie is a certified Reiki Master Teacher providing leadership in personal healing activities, professional healing training, and medical research of spiritual healing modalities. She has 20 years experience in marketing and product marketing fields for technology and not-for-profit organizations. She is currently serving Spirit full time through Reiki, Oneness Blessings and Spirit readings.



Marsha Williamson

Treasurer


Bio coming soon.




Jane Droege

Trustee


Bio coming soon.


Cara Haynes

Trustee


Cara is a Loan Advisor for a local mortgage company, and has just over 10 years' experience in business management.  She earned her BS in Business Administration with a focus on MIS.  She has been attending Progressive Spiritualist Church for 2 years and is currently attending as many classes as time will permit.  Her hobbies include painting landscapes on wine bottles and reading.


Hoss Hostetler

Trustee


Hoss discovered Progressive Spiritualist Church in 2004.  He is proud to be serving his second term as a Trustee.  His work experience includes years of restaurant management, and wholesale and retail sales.  Currently, he is a procurement analyst for a large corporation.  Spiritualism is nothing new to him.  His great-grandmother was a practicing medium at Camp Chesterfield.  To help strengthen his spiritual gifts, Hoss actively participates in Progressive's Mediumship Development program.  Shamanism and Tarot are additional subjects of study for Hoss. 


Sue Kuehnhold

Trustee


Sue brings to the table an arts in education background and more than 25 years in major event management and non-profit administration, serving on and aiding expertise to the development of non-profit boards across America.  Currently she is the Director of Events & Corps Relations for Drum Corps International, now headquartered in Indianapolis.  She holds a degree in PR & Marketing, an MA in Theatre and an MEd in Severe Needs Special Education - all three areas combining to make for some very creative approaches to her work and personal life!!


Annie Truesdell

Trustee


Annie is the founder of the Godsign Institute, a teacher of Godsign, Tarot, dream interpretation, rock messages, scrying, and flame messages.  She is a practicing medium, spiritual counselor, teacher, and seminar instructor at Inner Path in Indianapolis and owner of Maro Art, a graphic design studio.  She is the author of the recently released book A butterfly in the Garden.


Rev. Susan Hill-Mellott

Co-Pastor and Ex-Officio Board Member


Susan was ordained as a Spiritualist minister in October, 2000.  She holds a BA in Liberal Studies from the University of Indianapolis.  She is a medium, a Tarot card reader, and a spirit artist.  She teaches a weekly mediumship development class at church, as well as workshops on a variety of subjects, including Ascended Masters and Qaballah.  She is especially interested in the role of women throughout the history of Spiritualism and firmly believes in finding the fun in everything – including church.  She is a mixed media artist, an award-winning knitter and beadworker and a hoarder of books.  She is the boastfully proud grandmother of Bridget and Graham.  She has been the co-pastor of Progressive Spiritualist Church since 2001.


Carol Myers

Director of Music


Bio coming soon.

 

Candice Moor

Webmaster and blog contributor

 

Candice found her way to Progressive Spiritualist Church in 2010 and has enthusiatically volunteered her time for various church activities. Candice works for the State of Indiana  and is currently pursuing an MBA . Candice's hobbies include writing and cycling.

 

 


Board of Trustees

Carol Tully, President

Rev. Mike Mellott, Vice-President

Jacqueline Gardner, Secretary

Marsha Williamson, Treasurer

Jane Droege, Trustee

Cara Haynes, Trustee

Hoss Hostetler, Trustee

Sue Kuehnhold, Trustee

Annie Truesdell, Trustee

Rev. Susan Hill-Mellott, Ex-officio