The Rev. Kimberly Barker-Brugman is pastor of Lawrenceville UMC in Lawrenceville, VA and  is the founder/owner of Soul Story Ministries, LLC-- a ministry offering spiritual direction, supervision, and retreats.  Ordained Elder in the Virginia Annual Conference, Pastor Kim is a graduate of Methodist Theological School in Ohio, completing two degrees:  Master of Divinity and Master in Christian Education.  Kimberly holds certificates in spiritual direction from the Richmond Hill Retreat Center’s Ruah Program in spiritual guidance, training as a spiritual director supervisor, and training with Veriditas as a Labyrinth Facilitator.

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Kim has served rural and suburban churches in upstate New York and the Virginia Conference of The United Methodist Church.  Kim’s leadership and experience in ministry spans all ages and stages from retreat settings to Sunday School classes, from pulpit to pastoral care provider.  She enjoys spiritual direction, labyrinth walks, leading retreats and workshops on spirituality, prayer and Christian clowning, Bible studies and spiritual formation groups (i.e. Companions in Christ). She is active in both Kindred Project, a contemplative prayer group of lay and clergy in VA UMC, and a Spiritual Directors International group in Northern Virginia. She serves on the Virginia Conference’s Five-Day Spiritual Academy’s leadership team.  She and her husband, Kevin Brugman, have been married 27 years, have two grown sons, and a beloved black lab named Kaliyah. Kim loves to knit, to read, crochet, scrapbook, dabble in essential oils, and play with plants.