The Rev. Richard F. McCleery,
while an ordained United Methodist Minister, has been a member of the
Religious Society of Friends, Quakers, since the 1980's.  Rev. McCleery holds
a M. Div, and a Th. M in pastoral psychology from Duke Divinity School.
His Clinical Pastoral Education training comprises an Intern Year at Duke
Medical Center and a Resident Year at North Carolina Medical Center.
During his resident year, Rev. McCleery's clinical assignment was a nursing
home. He followed that with a stint as project coordinator Ministries with
and for the Aging, a program of the North Carolina Council of Churches.

Since 2004, Rev. McCleery has served on the staff of chaplains with Halifax
Health- Hospice of Volusia Flagler.

Rev. McCleery and his wife Carole have one daughter and two delightful
granddaughters. The McCleerys make their home in Palm Coast, Florida
where they live in an area referred to as “The Hammock” where they kayak,
fish, garden and enjoy seaside life except in hurricane season.