Rev. Andrea Raynor

Author of five books:

The Voice That Calls You Home: Inspiration for Life's Journeys (Atria Books 2009)

Incognito: Lost and Found at Harvard Divinity School (Howard Books 2014)

The Alphabet of Grace: Words to Help in Times of Sorrow (WaterBrook 2017)

A Light on the Corner: Discovering the Sacred in the Everyday (Waterfall Press 2017)

The Choice (Waterfall Press 2016)

Reflections of Grace: Finding Hope at Ground Zero (Atria 2021)

• Provided spiritual care to terminally ill patients and families of all faiths.
• Coordinated with local clergy across multiple faith traditions to enhance support
• Designed and facilitated community bereavement groups for grieving individuals.
• Delivered educational in-services to hospital staff, volunteers, and residential facilities.
• Led community-wide remembrance services to honor deceased patients.
• Officiated funeral services as requested.

• Provided spiritual guidance and emotional support to terminally ill patients and their families through visitation, counseling, and prayer.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary team for patient care and offered support to staff, including the facilitation of remembrance services.
• Offered community education about end-of-life through speaking engagements, sermons, and programs.

• Served as a chaplain to the temporary morgue at Ground Zero in the aftermath of the attacks on September 11th.
• Offered blessings on remains as they were discovered.
• Provided emotional support to the many workers there.
• Participated in religious services and prayer at Ground Zero.
• Engaged in community outreach through special programs, preaching and lecturing.
• Comforted grieving family members.

• Served as part of a pastoral team.
• Planned and conducted worship services, wrote sermons, and worked with key church leaders to carry out church mission.
• Supervised a large, ecumenical high school youth group. Coordinated yearly service trips to Appalachia and the Midnight Run in NYC.
• Mentored youth group members, providing guidance and support for personal and spiritual development.
• Provided pastoral counseling, visitation, crisis intervention, and prayer to individuals seeking guidance on personal or relationship issues.
• Officiated baptisms, weddings, and funerals.

• Case manager and supportive counselor for unhoused, mentally ill clients at this day program in Manhattan.
• Conducted thorough assessments of clients'' situations, identifying issues, goals, and necessary interventions.
• Assistance with accessing social services and appropriate housing.