MEET JOYCE
Journeying with individuals, groups and clergy to see and live out their power, creativity and possibility.
CLERGY
COACH
OPERA SINGER
ACTOR
PLAYWRIGHT
PASTORAL COUNSELOR
AUTHOR
DANCER
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
TEACHER
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR
The Rev. Dr. Joyce is an optimistic, feisty minister and coach—intent on seeing people thrive. She comes from a wellness model of supporting what is growing and developing, with a deep belief in what is possible when we partner with Life.
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You're invited to dive into what could be possible for you and your community through a partnership with Joyce and her work.
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Joyce's primary focus is coaching individuals, groups and clergy—while providing ritual, speaking and facilitating, hosting events, and performing.
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Her past work has included designing and building programs to enhance wellbeing in communities and parishes. She began the Big Heart Wellness Center in Livermore, California at St. Bartholomew's Church, including case management and an organic garden. Joyce convened an ecosystem of nonprofits on the campus of St. James in Kent, Washington. She started the arts nonprofit Andiamo! in Juneau, Alaska that still brings classical music and education to underserved, rural communities. While going to seminary and working, Joyce self-published a book on her cancer survival. (Check it out below!) She commissioned and co-wrote a piece of vocal and dance performance based on sounds from her breast MRI test, premiered at the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She has written and received many grants for community projects such as: a grocery giveaway program during the Pandemic through The Episcopal Church; a garden program that fed neighbors in need through Seattle Tilth Alliance; and a three-month sabbatical funded by the Lilly Foundation to explore the juncture of Celtic Spirituality, Creative Arts and Cancer Survival. She ​produced Arctic Magic Flute for and with the Native Alaskan village of Kotzebue. And over the 11 years of Joyce's priesthood, she has created and collaborated on over ten unique Sacred Arts Camps for youth and adults.
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DOCTOR OF MINISTRY (DMIN) IN PASTORAL COUNSELING, SAN FRANCISCO THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
Dissertation explored creative arts therapies as tools for helping women heal the traumatic effects of cancer treatments. The body of work included leading a symposium in the Pacific Northwest that included cancer caregivers, art therapists and survivors.
CERTIFIED COACH, WELLCOACHES SCHOOL OF COACHING
MASTER OF DIVINITY (MDIV), PACIFIC SCHOOL OF RELIGION
CONTINUING PASTORAL EDUCATION (CPE) IN CHAPLAINCY, PACIFIC HEALTH MINISTRIES / KAPIOLANI HOSPITAL
MASTER'S CERTIFICATE, OPERA PROGRAM, BOSTON CONSERVATORY
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN VOICE AND THEATER / DANCE, WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
OTHER EDUCATIONAL SPECIALTIES: COUNSELING, ARTS, LITURGICS, INTERCULTURAL SENSITIVITY, ECUMENISM
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Sacred Dance for Healing; Liturgical Movement Carla De Sola, Pacific School of Religion (PSR)
Liturgics Louis Weill, Ruth Meyers, CDSP
Bibliodrama and Ecumenical Worship Committee Andrea Bieler, PSR
Art and Religion Wilson Yates, PSR and Union Theological School
Christian Religious Education Boyung Lee, PSR (Groome and Friere)
Multicultural Congregations Faustino Cruz, former dean, Franciscan School
Urban Ministry and Outreach Yvette Flunder, City of Refuge, San Francisco
Faith Based Advocacy Justice and Witness Ministries, Washington D.C.
Community Organizing Genesis, a Gamaliel Affiliate, Oakland CA
Leadership and Facilitation Fierce, Inc., Seattle WA & College for Congregational Development,
Diocese of Olympia
"I believe the world would be a better place if all humans unlocked their creativity. If we all felt like artists who are painting or dancing or writing or composing our lives. Dreaming our lives. To feel like a masterpiece–one that keeps evolving, not just hanging in a museum. People seeing their life in an art studio where new masterpieces are being created all the time. A creative process.
There can be an excitement in possibility—like opening a present, a surprise. Life can feel like drudgery and then when you awaken to possibility, it’s like opening a gift you didn’t know you had. You want to share it with everyone: ‘I’ve had this present all along! Maybe you have one too! Let’s go look for it!’
We’re so often told who we have to be. Who we should be. More often than not, it’s more narrow a description than anyone could ever fit into. A spiritual equivalent of a size 2 when you're a size 14.
We’re put into boxes everyday. Even when we die, we’re put into boxes. Our whole culture and economy is based on us comparing ourselves to others. Seeing if we measure up. It’s really hard to get away from that way of thinking and being. Breaking out of those boxes can be scary. We can bust out of those boxes and have some self-leadership. Announcing ourselves! Outside the lines, and saying ‘No, thank you. That’s not the shape of me.’ "
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THE REV. DR. JOYCE PARRY-MOORE
JOYCE'S BOOK
The book steps through the journey of Joyce Parry-Moore as she finds a lump, finds a doctor, finds friends, finds a calling and finds herself. Told in vignettes that weave in the healing properties of music and dance, you’ll laugh and cry–and sing and dance!–as you come along on her journey.