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 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…
Psalm 86(2025-2026A)
Give ear to my cry, O Comforter, and answer me, for I am sorely in need of You. Awaken new life in me, as I yearn to do your Will; dispel the ignorance of my ways, as I put my trust in You. You are the Beloved; be gracious to me, Heart of my heart, for with…
Psalm 50(2025-2026A)
The Beloved, through the energy of Love, brought forth the world.From the rising to the setting sun, Love radiates out to all the nations perfect in beauty.The Beloved has come and will not keep silence; for Divine Love is a consuming Fire,calling forth heaven and earth to the judgement of all peoples:“Gather around, my loyal friends, all who…
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