Care is a trained Spiritual Director through CFDM and is a trained Supervisor for Spiritual Directors as well. She has a passion for people to grow deeper in their relationship with Jesus Christ. Through her years of involvement and leadership with CFDM, and in her passion for Christian formation & spiritual direction, she feels as if she has “come home” to my calling. Spiritual formation and direction is the ministry where she feels most effective, the place where she now serves the Church, and where she knows “God’s pleasure!” HERE she belongs.

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Care herself continues in her own spiritual direction and sees a spiritual director supervisor for her own growth and accountability in her ministry. In addition to her work with CFDM, Care is a professor serving with several seminaries and graduate institutions.

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Married for over 30 years to Stephen Madaris, they live with their two adorable pups on the Westside of Los Angeles and on the island of Iona. Care served for 36 years as Pastor of Soul Care at Bel Air Church in Los Angeles, California.

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A graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary, Care holds both a Master of Divinity and a Master of Theology degrees. Her Doctor of Ministry degree is from Fuller Theological Seminary in Spiritual Formation and Direction. Her dissertation focused on spiritual direction and short-term mission.

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Care is a frequent speaker at retreats and events. She leads training and equipping seminars with churches, Presbyteries, and other organizations in areas of pastoral care, grief and loss, spiritual formation, spiritual disciplines, and spiritual direction.