About
Rev. Thomas Marston Perchlik
Reverend Thomas Perchlik is the interim minister with the Shoreline UU Church, in Shoreline, Washington. Thomas’ spiritual leadership centers on creating peace in the soul and the world. He especially loves the ministry of storytelling, to children and adults. His spiritual practice is deeply grounded in both Buddhism, Christian Universalism, and Buddhism. He also incorporates a strong understanding of Judaism, and Hinduism, as well as neopagan and humanist traditions. His public ministry focuses on building compassion and justice, especially regarding antiracism, civil rights, social inclusion, and righting economic inequity.
Thomas first became acquainted with the Unitarian Universalist Church in 1977. During the following years, he served as an active youth leader along with teens from Colorado, New Mexico, and elsewhere. After high school, Thomas received a BA in Humanities from the University of Colorado in 1983. He received a Master of Divinity degree from the IIiff School of Theology in Denver, in 1990 Rev. Perchlik was ordained in early 1991 and has served congregations in Laramie, Wyoming, Lubbock, Texas, Muncie, Indiana, Saint Louis, Missouri, Olympia, Washington, Bainbridge Island, Washington, Solana Beach, California and Shoreline, Washington.
Thomas was born in Colorado and raised in the small city of Greeley. His father was a Political Science teacher, Chair of the Political Studies Department at the University of Northern Colorado and was an active politician. Thomas’s mother was a home maker and real estate agent. His grandparents came from the Czech Republic and England. Thomas is the eldest of four children. His brother David lives in Seattle, WA, his sister Laura lives on Vashon Island, WA, and his brother Andrew lives in Vermont. Thomas Perchlik married Amy Genova in 1984. They are the proud parents of two adult daughters, Emily and Molly. In his free time, he plays wooden flutes, gardens, goes hiking among the evergreens and reads science fiction.
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Ibsen Birgers said,
March 13, 2009 at 1:34 pm
Hello Tom.
This is Ib, sending greetings from Pueblo. Good gravy, how long ago was that? But never mind that.
I was looking for recent stuff about the Principles and Purposes when I came across your name. I’m facilitating a study group on the Principles and its congruency with sages both now and before. The text, so to speak, is Tolle’s New Earth, but I also toss in some Buddhism, Ken Wilber, Course in Miracles, and Meister Eckhart. That’s more than enough!! I organize it from session to session as coming up with a “lesson plan” was impossible. The plan unfolds as it unfolds. An other objective is to introduce UUs to the rational transformational religious message. The “Course”, incidently, and you may know this, is a marvelous text on ego psychology and its dysfunctionality.
Best regards, Ib and Midge