About the Pastor
Pastor Ann moved to Paradise with her husband Linn Brownmiller and her four year old son Victor on May l, 2006’. Victor is now eight and has two more siblings. Ann was ordained on Feb. 4, l999’ at St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church in Mt. View, CA. Before coming to St. Nicholas, she previously served for six years as assistant priest at St. Edward’s Episcopal Church in San Jose, CA.
Ann had a private practice for fifteen years in San Jose, CA as Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. Her areas of specialty are addictions of all kinds, codependency, couples counseling, grief counseling, and depression.
Ann grew up in San Jose, CA and was raised in a large Irish Catholic family. She attended Santa Clara University for her Masters in Counseling Psychology from 83’ to 87’and she went to seminary at the GTU (Graduate Theological Union) in Berkeley, CA from 92’ to 97’. When she discerned a clear call to the priesthood at age 29, she transferred to the Episcopal Church.
Ann has a passion for healing and for gathering people together to know Jesus in practical everyday life. She was specifically hired at St. Nicholas’ to bring them through the dynamic process of change in an effort to create methods of worship and ministries to meet the needs of an unchurched culture.
Ann has a passion and calling to meet the needs of those who are often overlooked; the least, the last and the lost.She would like to meet you and welcome you to our church family! She has created a 101 Welcome class that helps people come together to know each other and become easily oriented to our church.
Come and join us!
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