​Gospel Pilgrimage Storytelling

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Drew Willard is an ordained minister of the United Church of Christ, seeking to be what Dennis Dewey of the Network of Biblical Storytellers,Int. calls a “storyvangelist”. Biblical storytelling and graphic arts have been important interpretive skills he brings to ministry. Since the 1990s, he has been performing his own paraphrased translations of the Gospels – notably at 19 venues while on a roadtrip in 2007. He has used his drawings for PowerPoint presentations to accompany Lenten readings, as well as for bulletin cover illustrations. He has organized and participated in interfaith worship events – including “Evenings of Sacred Storytelling” with Jewish and Muslim storytellers. While on sabbatical in 2017, he was an artist-in-residence at the Grunewald Guild in Washington state. In the winter of 2019, he was a Fringe Teller at the Florida Storytelling Assn annual festival in Mt Dora, FL and that summer, he performed as a Co-Creator at the Wild Goose Festival in Asheville, NC. A collection of Drew’s paraphrased translations and artwork Gospel Pilgrimage Stories [ISBN: 978-1-5127-7722-2(sc)] was published in 2017 by Westbow. He is available for preaching, teaching, drawing & storytelling by mutual agreement. 

Available for "house concerts" (or "cei-lidhs"), retreats, event programs, & worship presentations. Fees are negotiable, but would need travel and lodging expenses covered. Storytelling goes well with food - like fundraising dinners or potlucks for fellowship. Hymnsings are great, too, and so is thematic music coordinated with musicians to perform between episodes of my recitations. Storytelling - like "stone soup", evokes community.