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Ann Marie Acacio
Born and raised in Wilkes-Barre, PA, Rev. Ann Marie Acacio, with the support of her husband Bob and other interested Unity friends, began the first Unity ministry in NE Pennsylvani...ver maisBorn and raised in Wilkes-Barre, PA, Rev. Ann Marie Acacio, with the support of her husband Bob and other interested Unity friends, began the first Unity ministry in NE Pennsylvania in September 1979. She felt blessed to celebrate the ministry's 40th anniversary with them in 2019.Ann Marie graduated from the Advanced Training program in Unity School of Christianity in 1983 and was licensed as a teacher of metaphysical studies by Unity Worldwide Ministries in 1984.She continued to serve as Spiritual Leader and was accepted into the then-newly-created Field Licensing and Ordination Program at Unity in 1992, culminating in Ordination in May 1996.She served on the Board of Unity Worldwide Ministries, Eastern Region for 10 years, including four years as president before her retirement in 2006. She served on Community of Inter-Faith Action (CIFA) and was a member of the Wyoming Valley Interfaith Council for 18 years, acting as president for six years.Ann Marie has served in prison ministry for over 30 years and as Chaplain, conducting Chapel Services at various nursing and retirement homes. After retirement as senior minister of Unity Church in Wilkes-Barre, she started a wedding ministry in NE Pennsylvania, which she has now re-established in central Florida, since moving to The Villages.She is also a certified Life Coach and Group Coach, having graduated from the Academy for Coaching Excellence in 2005.Rev. Ann Marie and her husband, Bob, will celebrate 58 years of marriage in August 2021 with their three adult children and their spouses, nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Her passion is (as she puts it) "being an itinerant teacher like my good Jewish friend, Jesus!"She considers herself most blessed and very grateful!ver menos