Reverend Rani Woodrow is a former attorney, turned United Methodist pastor,
who likes to say she went from law to grace. She received her undergraduate
degree from Berry College, her juris Doctor from Stetson University College of
Law, A Masters of Laws in Taxation from Emory University College of Law, and a
Masters of Divinity from Duke Divinity School.
        Pastor Rani is an Elder in the North Carolina Conference and has served in a
variety of settings during her 19 years in appointive ministry, including as an
associate pastor in a large urban church, as pastor of two small-town churches on
a 2-point charge, as pastor of a mid-sized congregation in Chapel Hill/Carrboro
and as pastor of a small rural church. While in seminary, she also had field
education experiences in urban ministry and in a new church start.
Pastor Rani has a passion for both worship planning and visual worship design.
She and her husband Brian are parents of three young adult daughters.