About Our Minister

Dr. Don Welsh began serving as minister of the Antelope Valley Church in May 1997. Previously he served in the Miami Church of Religious Science and the Ventura County Church of Religious Science beginning in 1988. He was ordained in 1991. Dr. Don graduated from the Northern California campus of what is now The Holmes Institute in 1988. He was a student of Dr. Robert Scott in San Jose where he became a Licensed Religious Science Practitioner in 1983. He has been involved in Science of Mind since 1976, and New Thought since 1968. Dr. Don holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Colorado, where he majored in speech and broadcasting. He was employed in commercial radio and television, primarily as an on-air personality, for twenty-three years. He also owned several businesses related to advertising and media communications. Dr. Don has four adult children, and seven grandchildren. He is active in the community as well as the larger movement of Science of Mind, having served as Secretary of the United church of Religious Science, President of United Clergy of Religious Science, Chairman of the Eastern conference, and several other positions. He has been president of the Antelope Valley Interfaith Council, active in the local Chambers of Commerce, and a member of the Advisory Committee for Healthy Homes of the Antelope Valley Health Care District. donwelsh@sbcglobal.net

 

Dr. Don's Doctorial Celebration 2006