Covenant Spiritual Director Spotlight

Meet Dan Gilliam

Rev. Dan Gilliam is a "retired" United Methodist Elder continuing to serve and minister at Lake Rayburn United Methodist Church. He and his wife, Paige, have three grown children and another they "adopted." Dan's love of learning and pastoral care has drawn him to begin a Clinical Pastoral Education class that meets throughout the summer months.

Dan was introduced to spiritual direction through one of our own, Connie Bovier, as he began his training to be a minister. Following his ordination, he found a spiritual director and eventually felt called to enter the Charis Training Program. He explains jokingly, "As a minister, I'm paid to talk. Spiritual direction taught me to listen, which has profoundly changed my pastoral care. Because of spiritual direction training, I'm better able to sit and listen compassionately to my parishioners."

Dan joined The Gathered Community and began participating in Thursday Night Prayer Group as well as reCharge events. He currently serves on the Extended Leadership Team and will be leading The Great Silence team in October. He is also helping to facilitate a discussion group on Aging with Grace that will begin soon.

Note: Aging with Grace meets from 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm CT via the same Zoom (LINK) on the 2nd & 4th Wednesdays. ALL are WELCOME. 

Shared in the July 2026 ENewsletter
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