Email: aliyah@broadwayunitedmethodist.com
Aliyah brings 15+ years of experience as a musician and teacher. Her passion is for providing a compassionate, affirming, and inclusive space for anyone on the spiritual journey, regardless of where they are or how they identify on the journey. She is passionate about building bridges and connections across cultures and faith traditions as well as accompanying those who have come to distrust faith communities. Aliyah leads our meditation and spiritual practices classes and offers one on one sessions for those interested in deepening their journey with the Divine and self in the prayerful presence of another through the ministry of Spiritual Direction. She also leads our contemporary worship music team.
She holds a certification in Spiritual Direction from Seeking the Spirit Within (in partnership with the ELCA Nebraska Synod) and is currently pursuing a Contemplative Enneagram Practitioner Certification through Evolving Enneagram.
Aliyah’s perpetual call to ministry has taken on various forms over the years. She is an 8-year veteran of the United States Air Force where she served as an active duty airman and musician. Before enlisting in the Air Force, she served as a missionary through Young Adults In Global Mission with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, partnering with the Hungarian Lutheran Church and local schools in Békéscsaba, Hungary. Aliyah began her career as a classical vocalist, voice teacher, and choral director. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa and a Master of Music from Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas.
She enjoys baking, yoga, and being in nature (especially near water and the mountains). She lives with a chronic illness and finds joy in the daily ritual of coffee making.
If you are interested in meeting with Aliyah for spiritual direction or interested in joining the contemporary worship team, please contact her at the email address above.
To learn more about Aliyah’s work with Evolving Enneagram, you can visit: https://evolvingenneagram.com/
*Spiritual Direction is an ancient form of tending to one’s deepening journey towards full communion with God. Spiritual Direction is a form of soul care in which one draws attention to God’s activity and mystery in the lives of both director and directee. Spiritual Direction is a prayerful reflection in which we bear witness to the orientation, disorientation and reorientation that we all experience in life.