Faculty

Gisela Wielki
Gisela Wielki
Director of the Seminary		 Gisela Wielki (b. 1944) grew up in Stuttgart, Germany. After receiving her diploma in early childhood education, she spent a year in Chicago as a student teacher. She also spent 6 months working in a Camphill village for adults with special needs. In 1967 she entered the seminary of the Christian Community in Stuttgart and was ordained at the age of 26. “I wanted to work with people from the cradle to the grave and beyond, if possible.” Gisela was sent to work in the congregation in New York City in 1972. In March, 2002 she moved to Chicago to help establish and direct the Seminary of The Christian Community. See here for an interview with Gisela about the seminary.
REV. GISELA WIELKI, P.O. BOX 25603, CHICAGO, IL 60625  TEL/FAX 773 472-7041
Richard Dancey
Richard Dancey
Director of the Seminary		 Richard Dancey (b. 1945) grew up in the Midwest and received a Masters of Theology from Drew Seminary in New Jersey. “Growing up, I often sensed in my faith something unsettling: it could not stand up all the way—from the feet, through the heart, to the top of the head.” In 1977 Richard attended the seminary of The Christian Community in Stuttgart and was ordained at the age of 34. He was sent to the Devon-Philadelphia congregation in 1981. Married for 34 years, he has three children. He moved to Chicago in July, 2002 to serve as its resident priest and help with establishing and directing the Seminary.
REV. RICHARD DANCEY, 2168 WEST WINDSOR AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60625 | TEL. 773 506-0963
Christa Macbeth
Christa Macbeth
Speech Formation		 Christa Macbeth (b. 1947) was born in California and grew up there and in Europe.  She received an undergraduate degree in English from Smith College, and went on to train in creative speech in Dornach, Switzerland.  For ten years she was the speaker for Eurythmy Spring Valley, and taught creative speech at the School of Eurythmy.  Then she followed a longing to study social work, earning an MSW from Fordham University and spending several years after that as a social worker.  When the plan for a seminary was announced she was moved to offer what she could as a speech artist and moved to Chicago.  She also teaches English as a foreign language to immigrants at one of the city colleges. 
Susanne Zipperlen
Susanne Zipperlen
Eurythmy
 Susanne Zipperlen is a native of Sweden. After working for one year at a school for children with special needs outside Stockholm, she has lived mostly in the United States.  Susanne is co-founder of Camphill Communities CA. She finished the Eurythmy training in Spring Valley, NY, in 1994, then the Pedagogical Eurythmy Teacher Training at Antioch in 1996, and the Therapeutic Eurythmy training in England in 2001.  She moved to Chicago in 2002, after living in Europe for some time. Her teaching experiences were:  Esperanza Community, Great Oaks School, and the Chicago Waldorf School, both teaching and doing therapeutic Eurythmy.  She is also teaching in the Arcturus program.