Rev. Karie Ann Charlton is a PCUSA pastor, writer, and menstrual health advocate. She volunteers with Days for Girls International, providing menstrual health kits and education.
Karie would love to talk to your employer about being a period positive workplace. She is also available to speak with volunteer organizations about period poverty and all of the ways we can advocate for access to menstrual health education and menstrual products.
Pastor Karie is available to preach or speak about how she connects her faith to volunteering, giving, and community engagement. She is also available to lead workshops or retreats. Pastor Karie loves to work in interfaith/multi-faith spaces focusing on how we can unite for social justice and for respectful relationship.
Contact her to book a speaking engagement for any community group, school, or religious organization.
Read her work published in Presbyterian Outlook
Listen to her guest appearance on Spirited Animation to discuss Pixar’s Turning Red! And menstruation, ministry, and mother-daughter relationships.
Read about the period pastor in Fidelia, The Young Clergy Women magazine or in cartoon form in Public Source
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Psalm 89 (2025-2026A)
I will sing of your steadfast Love forever, my Beloved;with forthright voice I will proclaim your goodness to all generations.For your abiding Love rules the universe, your faithfulness extends thought the firmament.Your Covenant from the beginning of time encompasses all who choose to walk the path of Love; And to all generations that honor your…
Psalm 13 (2025-2026A)
How long, my Beloved?Will you forget me forever?How long will you hide your face from me?How long must I bear this pain in my soul, and live with sorrow all the day?How long will fear rule my life?Notice my heart and answer me, O my Beloved; enlighten me, lest I walk as one dead to life;Lest…
Psalm 69 (2025-2026A)
Come to my aid, O Beloved! For my fears threaten to drown me. I sink in the mire of confusion, where there is no foothold; I have entered deep waters, and the flood sweeps over me.I am exhausted from weeping; I thirst as in a desert.I no longer see the path while waiting for your return. More in…
Period Pastor Pad 