Julie Sibbald

(Bergen County)
(201) 843-5499

Julie Sibbald completed her training in the "Ministry in Story" program of Storytelling and Spirituality at Mariandale Center in Ossining, New York in l992. She holds a BFA in Acting from Boston University and an MA in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Montclair State University. She loves to tell stories to youth, singles, families and senior citizens at worship services, retreats and storytelling festivals. Julie Sibbald can adapt her stories to any celebration, audience or space. Since 1992 Julie has told stories up and down the East Coast, from Plattsburgh New York to Washington D.C.; from St. John's University in Jamaica, New York to the Safe Space Summer Camp at the United Presbyterian Church in Paterson, New Jersey.

Julie Sibbald says storytelling, "feeds my soul…stories are life-changing, for me a reminder that each of us is called to contribute."

"Your stories are like bells ringing early - a voice from the rooftop - remember, rejoice, and re-turn." So says Carolyn McDade, a Songwriter and frequent Retreat Leader at the Kirkridge Retreat Center in Bangor, Pennsylvania.

Member since: 10/12