Pastor Anne Findlay-Chamberlain grew up near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she learned to love nature, sports, and God.  After involvement in church throughout her childhood, she came to a relationship with Christ in college.  She graduated from The Pennsylvania State University with a B.S. in Health and Physical Education in 1975.  Through the 1980’s she combined being a stay-at-home Mom with coaching and officiating field hockey and basketball, and also played competitive field hockey.  She graduated from Shippensburg University with an M.Ed. in counseling in 1985, and worked for over 17 years in private practice as a mental healthcounselor, integrating Christian spirituality with the life issues and challenges faced by individuals, couples, families, and groups. 

Pastor Anne remembers having a sense of calling to pastoral ministry from the time she was a young girl, playing “church” with her stuffed animals.  With a growing sense of call, she began formal training for ministry in 1999, and graduated from North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago with Master of Divinity Degree in 2004.  During her studies she worked in pastoral ministry as a hospital chaplain at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Milwaukee, WI.

In 2004 she was ordained as a United Church of Christ minister at Wananalua Congregational Church in Hana, Maui, where she served as minister for 3 years.  She served as an intentional Interim Senior Minister at Nu`uanu Congregational Church in Honolulu for 1 year before accepting the call as Senior Minister at Manoa Valley Church in 2007.  Pastor Anne is called to help individuals and congregations discover where God is in their lives, what God is calling them to do, and how to live out their Christian faith in community.

Pastor Anne has many hobbies.  She is an avid reader, loves keeping physically fit, and enjoys gardening.  Even before arriving in Hawaii, she was drawn to the ocean; you can now find her at Ala Moana Beach Park as often as possible.  Anne follows many sports team, including the Pittsburgh Steelers and Pirates, Penn State field hockey and football, and UH football.

She has been married to her high school sweetheart since 1973.  Her husband, Rod Chamberlain, works in education at Kamehameha Schools.  They have two adult sons, Seth and Dan, a daughter-in-law Kristie, and one granddaughter, Lilian Grace, and a grandson, Daniel Ross.