Betsy Schwarzentraub

Rev. Dr. Betsy Schwarzentraub is the author of Tossed In Time: Steering by the Christian Seasons, Growing Generous Souls: Becoming Grace-Filled Stewards, Afire With God: Becoming Spirited Stewards, and the 2012-2016 United Methodist Guidelines book, Stewardship: Nurturing Generous Living. She has been a minister, writer and national consultant on worship, stewardship and generosity.

     After years of serving congregations as a pastor, she came to a deep passion for stewardship and sought to teach it on a wider canvas. She has served as the Director of Stewardship for the General Board of Discipleship Ministries of The United Methodist Church and worked directly with congregations as Director of Stewardship in California and Nevada for more than a decade.

     From experiences through the pandemic and following months, she has returned to the importance of the Christian worship seasons and the Canonical Hours (Daily Office) to help us find our essential bearings in time once more.

     Betsy received her Doctor of Ministry from San Francisco Theological School in San Anselmo and her Masters of Divinity from the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley. She and her husband are proud parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents. They live just south of Sacramento.