Who We Are
PRC has a small staff and a big community presence. By providing organizational partners and dedicated volunteers with resources, educational opportunities, and creative solutions, we increase the impact of the good work already being done in our area. Our staff and board are accountable to all volunteers, community partners, and community members who connect through the work of PRC.
In all areas of our work, it is the goal of our staff to maximize community benefit through the coordination of local services and remove barriers to accessing those services. Central to this work as community educators and service providers is a commitment to equity and the removal of often-hidden barriers that persons of color and immigrants encounter when trying to access social services which were, historically, not designed to serve BIPOC persons or non-English speakers. In practice, this means that we take seriously the individuals who express need to our organization, advocate for those needs to professionals who can offer specialized help, offer DEI and cultural sensitivity trainings to local volunteers so that those needs might be recognized more quickly, and fundraise to cover the expense associated with a slower, more person-based approach to direct service. As we seek to educate and advocate for change, we are also always learning new ways to make our own services more equitable.
Creating Community Connections since 1976
History
Since its founding in 1976, PRC has offered inclusive religious and secular resources and programming on a wide variety of themes, including an extensive resource library and nearly 100 workshops and speaking events every year that attract more than a thousand participants from a wide variety of backgrounds. Keynote speakers have included Anne Lamott, Krista Tippett, Rachel Held Evans, and Father Greg Boyle. In addition to workshops on contemplative practices, organizational management, church life, and diversity, PRC has trained hundreds of individuals of all ages and abilities in basic computer software including Microsoft Office, Canva, QuickBooks, Zoom, and Google Suite, while also training users on websites PRC has designed.
We have also functioned as a community connector, coordinating the Lancaster Community Meal Program, which serves three meals a day at volunteer locations across Lancaster County, bringing faith communities together to pay $3.1 million dollars in local medical debt, and offering strategic partnerships to nonprofits and government entities alike.
Kairos
In 1992, Kairos School of Spiritual Formation began by offering a monthly retreat focused on deepening persons’ faith with contemplative methods, while also providing training for accompanying others on their spiritual journey. Kairos grew to offer multiple programs and wrote a Spiritual Formation Christian Education curriculum.
Kairos is best known for offering a supervised, two-year certificate program, teaching the art and practice of spiritual direction.
In early 2019, Kairos expanded its reach by reorganizing as a program under the Parish Resource Center. Kairos at PRC is continuing the commitment to broadening the contemplative aspects of faith in our community and beyond.
Since 1976, PRC has helped faith-based and community benefit organizations increase the capacity of their staff, volunteers, and members.
Staff
Kate Good
- Executive Director
Kate Good has served as Executive Director at PRC since 2014 and is the driving force behind PRC’s highly responsive program design and current standing as a respected strategic partner in south central Pennsylvania. She has a Master of Fine Arts from George Mason University, and B.A. in English and History from Eastern Mennonite University. Prior to her role at PRC, Kate specialized in brand development and marketing, working with national nonprofits such as Mayo Clinic, the Avon Foundation, and the American Diabetes Association to develop programming that increased the accessibility of their medical research and tools. She currently serves on the Home and Community Based Services Board of Landis Communities and the Hunger Free Lancaster County Steering Committee.
Gabi Dolan
- Programming Lead
Gabi Dolan is PRC’s Programming Lead, helping to plan and coordinate PRC’s programming and providing assistance with immigration-related services. She is a graduate of Hood College where she earned her B.A. in Public Health. Previously, Gabi interned at the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank with the Community Engagement and Advocacy team and with Community Health Services at the Frederick County Health Department in Frederick, Maryland.
Rhoda Shirk
- Community Initiatives Lead
Rhoda Shirk joined PRC in 2019 and oversees PRC’s Community Initiatives, including volunteer coordination, educational event planning, and supply procurement. She has a B.A. in Photography and a B.A. in Digital Media from Eastern Mennonite University and studied International Human Rights in graduate school at the University of Denver. She teaches PRC’s Tech workshops and has walked hundreds of people through how to work more efficiently with their technology.
Susannah Conner
- Program Development Lead
Susannah Conner’s role at PRC is to shape new projects and pursue grants, both within the organization and by teaching classes for churches and small organizations through PRC’s community education program. Susannah received her B.A. in English Literature from UNC, Chapel Hill and her Master of Divinity from Duke Divinity School. Prior to working at PRC, she was an independent contractor specializing in fundraising for nonprofit, cooperative, and faith-based organizations.
Accounting Staff
Robin Ingram, CPA
- Supervising Accountant
Robin is a certified public accountant (CPA) with over 30 years of experience in public accounting specializing in small business services including payroll, taxes and the training and utilization of Quickbooks software. In addition to her work at PRC, she is employed by the School District of Lancaster as an accountant in the business office.
Diana Miller
- Accountant
Diana works part-time for Parish Resource Center as an accountant directly connecting with PRC bookkeeping clients. She is also employed full-time in the accounting field and has over 10 years of accounting experience in both the non-profit and for-profit sectors. Diana has an extensive knowledge in Quickbooks including; setting up a chart of accounts, writing and printing checks, reconciling accounts, making journal entries, setting up budgets, creating customized reports, invoicing and making deposits.
Beverly Geib
- Accountant
Bev works part-time for Parish Resource Center as an accountant, directly connecting with PRC bookkeeping clients. She has worked in churches for over 27 years, in various roles from Administrative Assistant to Financial Manager. Prior to that she worked in both public and corporate accounting environments. She enjoys music, walking, time in the mountains and most of all, time with her husband, daughters, sons-in-law and five grandchildren.
Board of Directors
Daniel Mast, D.O.
- Board Chair
Internal Medicine, Union Community Care
Ed Shenk
- Vice Chair
President, Weaver’s Hardware Company
Ken Huber
- Treasurer
Toews, Ayers and Huber (Principle)
Ted Darcus
Boys and Girls Club of Lancaster (Ret.), Lancaster, PA
Stacy Kelley
Brightside Baptist Church