David R Gaewski

David R Gaewski, Conference Minister

David R Gaewski (Guy-es'-key) resides in Readfield, Maine. He holds an M.Div. from Andover Newton Theological School and a B.S. from UCONN, Storrs, CT. Further he has completed three units of Post Graduate studies in Bowen Family Systems Theory. He also studied for one year at ISEDET, an ecumenical seminary in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He has received Continuing Education Units from Princeton Seminary in the area of Youth Ministry.

Prior to accepting this position in Maine in 1997, David served for three years as a
UCBWM missionary in northeast Brazil and has ten years of parish pastor experience serving churches in Vermont and Virginia. He provides staff support to the Cumberland, York and Aroostook Association Church and Ministry Committees.. David also lends staff support to the following Conference committees: Personnel Committee, Outdoor Ministries, Finance Committee, Communications Committee and Honduras Committee. He also serves as a Board Member on the Executive Council of the United Church of Christ representing the Council of Conference Ministers and is a member of the Make a Difference/Brown Scholarship Committee.

In recent years he has visited UCC mission sites in Turkey, Mozambique, and South Africa, as well as annually in Honduras. He is fluent in Portuguese and Spanish. David teaches two courses at Bangor Theological Seminary: “UCC Polity and Practice” and “The History and Theology of the United Church of Christ.” David is married to Sueli Alves da Costa Gaewsky, a Brazilian native. They have three children: Emily, Lyvia, and Chase. His hobbies include writing, cooking, Cocker Spaniels, flower gardening, computers, and handbell ringing.

David Gaewski