Wellspring has adopted a “shared leadership model” for it’s Spiritual Leadership. This model provides more variety in the Sunday Messages and also brings a breadth of experience to evolving the future direction of Wellspring. There are two members of the Spiritual Leadership Team whose backgrounds are described below.
Rev. Kamatara
Reverend Kamatara Filipiak is a minister supporting multiple churches and centers in Albuquerque and Las Cruces with regular talks and visitations. Her full-time ministry is with Circles USA, where she serves as the executive director– training and coaching community leaders across the United States and Canada to implement a highly successful anti-poverty initiative that strives to create a world that works for everyone in reality. Kamatara’s core mission is always to empower conscious evolution for individual and collective transformation.
Dr. Edward Burlbaw
Edward J. Burlbaw has been a New Thought student since the 70’s and has been a member and frequent board member of the Wellspring community since the early 2000’s. After the retirement of Wellspring founding minister, Rev. Sam Ritchey, and the various ministers who have come and gone, Edward has been a steadfast supporter of his faith community, now facilitating their spiritual leadership team who support Wellspring’s Sunday service every month. Throughout his life, Edward has been committed to his own spiritual practice and fostering a deep sense of community in support of others’ spiritual practice as well.