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Rod Debs, who is pastor of the Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship in Valparaiso, and his wife, Jeannette, will speak at the April 3 meeting of the Emerald Coast Meditation Society. Their topic will be "A Free Nation, a Free Faith: Unitarian Universalism."

The meeting will start with a 30-minute meditation at 6:30 p.m. at Christ the King Episcopal Church, 480 N. Co. Hwy. 393, Santa Rosa Beach, one-half mile north of Hwy. 98. The ECMS follows no religion and does not charge.

Rod Debs was born in Grinnell, Iowa, and lived in various places in Ohio where his father was an Evangelical Friends minister. He earned an M.A. in philosophy from Kent State University. After 10 years of factory work, he attended Boston University School of Theology where he earned his master of divinity degree and ordination to Unitarian Universalist ministry. He has served UU congregations in Texas, Iowa and Florida for 24 years.

Rev. Debs is active with the Continuum of Care for the homeless, the non-partisan League of Women Voters, and the Niceville Garden Club--and raises rabbits.

Jeannette Debs was born and grew up in Troy, N.Y. She holds a master’s degree in education from the University of Maryland and a B.A. degree in mathematics from the State University College in Potsdam, N.Y.

Since 2008 she has worked for the Judge Ben Gordon Jr. Family Visitation Center in Shalimar, where, since 2011, she has been volunteer coordinator and visit monitor. From 2003 to 2007 she worked at the Okaloosa-Walton Shelter House in Ft. Walton Beach, her last two years as executive director. In Iowa she directed a domestic violence prevention agency and worked in agencies serving women and children in Texas and Massachusetts since 1989.

She and Rod met at the UU church in Binghamton, N.Y. They moved to this area in 2003, when Rod was asked to be the first full- time minister of UUFEC. Their only child, Katrina, lives in Colorado as an organic farmer.

The evening will conclude with a short guided meditation. The ECMS meets on the first and third Thursday of every month except July and August. Anyone who needs meditation instruction should arrive by 6:15 p.m. For information contact Nancy James, at nancyjames@embarqmail.com.


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