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The Lily Dale Spiritualist Church is proud to have a wonderful board that supports not only the church, but each and every member.
Our Board is the following individuals:
President: Jane Babinsky
Vice President: Paulette Smith
Secretary: Michelle Sadowski
Treasurer: Barb Papaserge
Trustee: Anita Eklund
Trustee: Karen Payne
Trustee: Andrea Piedmont
Interim Pastor: Reverend Havivah Richards, NST
Jane Babinsky
Jane Babinsky has been a Lily Dale Leaseholder since 1990 and a member of the Lily Dale Spiritualist Church for over 30 years. She serves as a Healer during the summer at the Healing Temple and serves LDSC as a Healer and speaker. Jane has served on the Church Board for 5 years, and is currently the President of LDSC.
Jane is the Executive Director of the Fenton History Center in Jamestown, NY. She serves on the Chautauqua County Humane Society Board and is a member of the 96th Highlanders Pipes and Drums of Jamestown.
Paulette Smith
Paulette has been a member of the Lily Dale Spiritualist Church since 2018, and is currently the Vice President of the church board.
Paulette is a graduate of the Morris Pratt Institute, and a National Spiritualist Association of Churches Commissioned Spiritualist Healer.
Paulette teaches healing classes for the church in the off season.
She is the Lily Dale Spiritualist Church Chair for the Wednesday Evening Healing/Message Service, and also volunteers as a healing the Healing Temple during the summer season.
She is a member of the Lily Dale Assembly, a member of the Environmental Committee, and a member of the Lily Dale Fire Company Auxiliary, as well as a year round resident of Lily Dale.
Michelle Sadowski
Michelle is a wife, mother of three children, grandmother of three children and a Spiritualist. She has served on the board of Lily Dale Spiritualist Church as a trustee for a number of years and now as Secretary. She is a Morris Pratt Institute student who is enjoying learning about this wonderful religion.
She is self employed at New Directions Youth and Family Services as a supervisor and trainer for twenty-eight years. She is a Reiki Master of Holy Fire for nine years.
Barbara Papaserg
Barbara have been a member of the Lily Dale Spiritualist Church for 5 years and she currently serve as Treasure.
She is an active member of the Church an also volunteer for activities. She also enjoy seeking as much knowledge about the religion of Spiritualism.
She also served as a delegate at 2023 NSAC Convention in Niagara Falls NY.
Denise Simmance
Denise is an active member of Lily Dale Spiritualist Church for one year and is a "healer in training". She has been married for 48 years and has one daughter, and two sons. Denise is retired and was an insurance broker who was active in PTA and Head Start Program. She enjoys reading, arts and crafts and cooking. Mark, Denise and Sadie the cat reside in Tonawanda, NY and hope to live in Lily Dale soon.
Anita Eklund
Anita Josephson Eklund is a third generation Spiritualist. She is the daughter of Margaret and Joseph Josephson. She was raised in Lily Dale, along with two brothers. She is a graduate of Cassadaga Valley High School Then she continued her schooling for both Practical Nursing and Registered Nursing. She had worked in many different areas of nursing for over thirty years. She has attended many classes and workshops over the years on the various aspects of Spiritualism., under the tutelage of several different teachers.
She married her husband in 1976 at Lily Dale. She moved back to Lily Dale in 1984 to her original family home. she has raised two sons and a daughter in Lily Dale. She enjoys gardening, reading, playing games with family and traveling.
Karen Payne
Born in Dunkirk, NY and traveled all over the United States as an Air Force brat. She is a graduate of Cardinal Mindszenty High School, class of '79. She met her husband to be, Bernie Payne at Dunkirk Ice Cream in 1981 when her husband was a new lab tech and she was a production worker on the second shift. She married on September 24, 1983, and recently celebrated 40 years of marriage. She has three children and six grandchildren. Karen is a member of the church and is currently serving as a member of the board. She joined the Lily Dale Fire Company twenty-five years ago and is still active. She is also an Elk with the Dunkirk Els Lodge 922 and is a past Exalted Ruler.
Reverend Havivah Richards, NST
Havivah Richards recently moved from Phoenix, Arizona to Lily Dale, NY last year. She has all her NSAC credentials, which include Ordained Minister, NST teacher, Certified Medium, and Commissioned Healer. She is the Vice President of the NSAC Board of Trustees. She also is the Lyceum Director for the NSAC, and the President of Healers League.
She is pastor of the Lily Dale Spiritualist Church. She is not only a mental medium, but a physical medium as well. She works with skotography, trumpets, table tipping, spirit drawings, transfiguration, and trance work.
She is a fifth generation Spiritualist and her mother Reverend Sandra Cook, NST had a church in Santa Barbara, California.
She was the pastor at Church of the Living Spirit in Phoenix, Arizona for 6 years. Havivah teaches Beginning Physical Phenomena, Natural Law, Healing workshops, Spiritualism 101 classes and any other classes that someone would like to have a class on. She works full time as an Office Manager for Lily Dale Assembly.
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123-456-7890