Rev. Virginia Barnes
is interviewed by host Brad Swift and co-host Reva Kussmaul
On the Living & Working On Purpose show

Reverend Virginia Barnes brings an impressive list of accomplishments to the Foothill Center for Spiritual Living. She completed her ministerial training with Religious Science International in 1998 and went on to become the pastor of the San Diego Church of Religious Science. Each community she has served in has flourished in the area of Science of Mind philosophy.

Reverend Virginia is an accomplished speaker and workshop presenter. Prior to her commitment to ministry, she had a successful career as a school administrator and a management consultant. In these roles, she was widely acknowledged for her business expertise, interpersonal skills and ability to provide purposeful and challenging presentations. Currently she is adding to those skills by taking the Certified Coaches training from the Academy for Coaching Excellence.

Virginia has done extensive postgraduate ministerial study and in so doing, has developed a sacred covenant for her ministry. She joyfully shares her vision “...to reveal wholeness by teaching truth and practicing peace.” She intends that this manifest by “embodying and expressing God, living through me; by teaching truth, peace and wholeness to those I serve; and by providing a loving, supportive environment in which spiritual awareness can grow and prosper.”

Virginia is a very proud mother of three married daughters. She also boasts of having six grandchildren.