This year's Clergy Laity Congress features impactful ministry panels and workshops designed to equip delegates with the tools, resources, and inspiration needed to strengthen parishes and foster thriving communities. Attendees will have the opportunity to engage in meaningful dialogue, gaining valuable insights and practical strategies to enhance their local ministries. The Congress aims to empower participants with a renewed sense of purpose and vision, ensuring the ongoing growth and vitality of their parishes and the broader Orthodox Christian community. Throughout the week, there are a wide number of topics being addressed in both Ministry Panels and Workshops.
Presvytera Kerry Pappas
Presvytera Kerry Pappas
Biography
Pres. Kerry Pappas is the Coordinator for Clergy and Seminarian Couple Care of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. She is a licensed marriage and family therapist and a trainer and facilitator for Prepare/Enrich, a premarital and marriage enrichment program. She is a graduate of Gettysburg College (BA), Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (MA), and Adler Graduate School (MA).
Pres. Kerry has been married to Father Harry Pappas for 43 years and together they have three children and 6 grandchildren. She has a passion for marriage and women's ministry, and particularly seminarian and clergy wives and couples. She leads marriage and women's retreats in Orthodox Churches throughout the country, has written articles on marriage for several publications, and is the author of the Center for Family Care's "Becoming One" and "Time Out for Marriage" series.
