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 Beneficent Congregational Church, United Church of Christ
 300 Weybosset Street   Providence, Rhode Island 02903   401.331.9844
 
"Round Top Church"
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Beneficent
Congregational
Church

seeks to be
a wellspring of
Christian faith
for a
diverse people
and a
voice for justice,
in the heart
of the City
of Providence.

Located in
Downcity Providence
300 Weybosset
at the
intersection of
Empire, Broad
and Chestnut

Ms. Betsy Aldrich Garland has been Minister of Administration at Beneficent since 1998. She has also served as Director of the Volunteer Center of Rhode Island (1975-1995), and the Mission Enabler of the Rhode Island United Methodist Association (1996-2005).

Ms. Garland is a graduate of the University of Rhode Island and the Harvard Divinity School. She previously served as national Vice President and a board member of Church Women United, and also on the national board of the Association for Volunteer Administration. She currently serves on the governing board of the Rhode Island State Council of Churches and also conducts her own business, Lay Spirit Consulting Services. She is a registered nurse and the mother of two grown children, and has three grand children.

Betsy Aldrich Garland