Rev. Joanne Miles is an ordained Deacon in the United Methodist church serving at Swarthmore since December of 2021. She also is a senior financial leader at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Joanne, a lifetime Methodist, felt God’s call to ministries of social justice and to bring her gifts of financial advisory to the church. She has an Mdiv from Lutheran Seminary of Philadelphia (now called United Lutheran Seminary) and has an MBA in Healthcare Administration from St. Joseph’s University. As a Deacon she sees the importance of connecting the hurts of the world to the church and the church to those needs. She serves on the South District Committee on Ordained Ministry as Registrar; provides lends her financial consultation services to local churches and social justices agencies in creating future sustainability. Joanne has previously served as the Co-Finance Chair for national board of Methodist Federation for Social Action and currently serves as co-convenor for the local regional office of both MFSA Methodist Federation for Social Action and Reconciling Ministries Network; a member of the EPA Regional Council DelVal JFON and serves on several boards. Here at Swarthmore, she serves in the worship service and lends her gifts in creative ways to experience God into our worship, in social justice ministries, congregational care, and support of our growing Young Adult and Family Ministries. She also preaches occasionally throughout the year.