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Dear Friends:
Thank you for your interest in having Rev. Terry Braverman as a guest speaker for your church or conference.
Rev. Terry is a newly ordained minister with the Progressive Universal Life Church; his most popular Sunday church topic, “The Healing Power of Humor,” followed by the “Trance & Dental” humor workshop, has been presented to date at over 45 Unity and Science of Mind churches around the country. The message is a blend of hilarity with heart, and focuses on the spiritual qualities of humor that help us access levity, even in adversity. Terry shares what it was like to grow up with a father who had cancer since he was four years old, who had six major operations in eight years before making his transition—what Terry learned, and how he overcame and transcended that experience, along with witnessing a murder the same year.
Speaking at a church with his professional comedic background has opened publicity doors for the church and brought in people who normally don’t attend. In addition, Rev. Terry is a musician who plays in a working L.A. band, and he would be happy to be the musical inspiration for the church as well, on the day that he speaks.
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Rev. Braverman is the author of the uplifting book, When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Lighten Up! which is currently ranked in amazon.com’s top 5% of sales. He calls himself a “recovering” stand-up comedian (still in recovery) who has opened for Broadway/T.V. star Ben Vereen, and seen several times on Comedy Central, and at the famous Improv Comedy Club. He’s been written up as a Sunday service guest speaker in the L.A. Times,Oakland Tribune, and New Orleans Times-Picayune and was featured on NPR, CBS, AP and USA Radio Network. As a professional speaker and trainer, he inspires people to boost morale, teamwork, and creativity by developing a humorous perspective to meet their personal and professional challenges. He has presented programs at Fortune 500 companies such as Xerox, Northrop-Grumman, Fluor and Baxter Healthcare Corporations. Terry is also an accomplished musician who currently plays in a working L.A. band called “Swingshift.”
A member of the Agape Church Of Religious Science in L.A. since 1988, Terry has presented his "Trance & Dental Humor Workshop" there twice, was featured at the 1995 RSI Asilomar conference, and the 1992, 93 & 96 INTA conferences. He was the keynote speaker for both the 2001 Eastern regional and 1998 Mid-Atlantic regional conferences. He gave a workshop at the October, 1995 monthly ministers' meeting for the United Church of Religious Science and performed at the 1994 & 1995 UCRS Asilomar conferences. Terry was the Sunday service guest speaker and/or presented his workshop at the following churches:
Unity churches: Palo Alto, Walnut
Creek, Richmond, Long Beach (CA); Mesa (AZ); West
Palm Beach, Naples, Miami (FL); New Orleans
(LA); Montgomery (AL); Lebanon (NJ),
Des Moines (IA); Traverse City (MI);
Minneapolis (MN); Montclair (NJ); Flushing
(NY); Valley Stream (NY); Asheville,
Raleigh, Wilmington (NC); Columbus (OH);
Austin (TX); Chesapeake (VA); Anchorage
(AK); Kailua
and Honolulu (HI).
Religious Science churches: Agape, Carmel, Fremont, Huntington Beach, Laguna Hills, Long Beach, Marin, Oakland, Redondo Beach, Riverside, San Jose, San Juan Capistrano, Santa Ana, Santa Rosa, Simi Valley, Whittier (CA); Phoenix, Prescott (AZ); Fort Lauderdale, Miami (FL); Hilo, Maui (HI); Reno (NV); Huntington (NY); Moorestown (NJ); and Anchorage (AK).
Independent New Thought churches: Tiburon (CA), Kona (HI), and the Truth Center for Higher Consciousness in Brooklyn (NY).
Unitarian churches : Barrington Unitarian Universalist Church (CA)
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