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Milestones—vital steps and transitions in our religious professionals' journeys—are compiled by the UUA’s Ministry and Faith Development staff group.
The UUA Ministerial Fellowship Committee grants Preliminary Fellowship status to ministerial candidates who are qualified to pursue ordained ministry and grants Full Fellowship after a period of review, usually several years. Ordination takes place when a congregation votes to ordain someone a minister. Interim ministers are hired for a year or two by a congregation to help prepare for the next settled minister. Developmental ministers address longstanding concerns specific to individual congregations. Contract ministers are hired on renewable terms. Departures occur when ministers leave their ministerial positions. Retirements are when a minister retires, usually at the end of a church year. The title Emeritus/Emerita is bestowed by congregations on ministers to honor years of meritorious leadership and service.
Preliminary Fellowship
Jenny Amstutz, Joshua Berg, Jenna Crawford, Kiya Heartwood, E. N. Hill, mandi huizenga, Tara Humphries, Lauren Levwood, Charles Loflin, Meghan McGuire, Kelli McNeal, Ali Peters, Victoria Poling, Jill Schwendeman, Althea M. Smith, J Sylvan, Sara Tolfree, Stephanie Vos.
Full Fellowship
Ashley Burczak, Rita Antoinette Capezzi, Diana K. Davies, Donna Dolham, Valerie Freseman, John Gaede, Sara Angell Goodman, Sara Elaine Green, Debra Guthrie, Jan Hutslar, Kristen Kuriga, Lori Kyle, Sadie Lansdale, Janet Newton, Sage A. Olnick, Michelle Pederson, Lisa Perry-Wood, Mark S. Richards, Karen Scrivo, Diana L. Smith, Melissa C. Thomson.
Ordained
Jenny Amstutz, Littleton, Denver (First Universalist), and Golden, Colo.; Erien Babcock, Tacoma, Wash.; Meredith Barber, Memphis, Tenn.; Joshua Berg, Southfield, Mich.; Jaimie Dingus, Huntsville, Ala.; Mary Early-Zald, Summit, N.J.; Kiya Heartwood, Austin (First UU), Victoria, and Bryan/College Station, Tex.; mandi huizenga, Naperville, Tenn.; Tara Humphries, Natick, Mass., and Auburn, Me.; Alison Jablonsky, Boston, Mass. (Arlington Street); Pamela Johnson, Chattanooga and Knoxville (Tennessee Valley), Tenn.; Daniel Lawlor, Boston, Mass. (First Church); Bran Lennox, Malden, Mass.; Lauren Levwood, Richmond, Va.; Charles Loflin, Montclair, N.J.; Kelli McNeal, Columbus, Ohio, and Richmond, Va.; Chris Scheller, Swampscott, Mass.; Amanda Schuber, Chattanooga, Tenn., and Huntsville and Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Jill M. Schwendeman, Mahtomedi, Minn.; Althea M. Smith, Dorchester and Boston (CLF), Mass.; Laura Solomon, Columbia, Md.; Sara Tolfree, Chapel Hill, N.C.; Julio Torres, Westport, Conn., and Flushing, N.Y.; Sky Williams-Tao, Phoenix, Ariz.
Began Settled Ministry
Kharma Amos, Brunswick, Me.; Eric Banner, Denver, Colo. (First Univ.); Jacqueline C. Brett, Durham, N.C.; Maria Cristina Vlassidis Burgoa, Bellevue, Wash. (East Shore); Matthew Crary, Tucson, Ariz. (Mountain Vista); Jenna Crawford, Marblehead, Mass.; Katie Romano Griffin, Indianapolis, Ind. (All Souls); Nicoline Guerrier, Plattsburgh, N.Y.; Christina Hockman, Greenville, S.C.; mandi huizenga, Naperville, Ill. (DuPage); Justin McCreary, Tulsa, Okla. (Hope Unitarian); Alison Miller, Portland, Ore. (First); Elizabeth Mount, Cheyenne, Wyo.; Sarah Oglesby-Dunegan, Chandler, Ariz. (Valley UU); Ellen Quaadgras, Portsmouth, N.H. (South); KC Slack, Washington, D.C. (Washington Ethical Society); Josh Snyder, Akron/Fairlawn, Ohio; Pippin Whitaker, Athens, Ga.; Jay Wolin, Sarasota, Fla.
Began Interim Ministry
Lisa Bovee-Kemper, Charlotte, N.C.; Chloë A. Briedé, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.; Madelyn E. Campbell, Stony Brook, N.Y.; Seth Carrier-Ladd, Concord, Mass.; Denise Cawley, Palatine, Ill.; Eric Cherry, East Greenwich, R.I.; Dave Clements, Santa Rosa, Calif.; Amy DeBeck, Reading, Pa.; Peter Farriday, Duluth, Minn.; Roger Fritts, Media, Pa.; A.J. Galazen, Ames, Iowa; Constance Grant, Bloomington, Ind.; Debra W. Haffner, Huntington, N.Y.; Rick Hoyt-McDaniels, Studio City, Calif.; Kathy Hurt, Wilmington, N.C.; Xolani Kacela, San Jose, Calif.; Joel Miller, Morristown, N.J.; Parisa Parsa, Newton, Mass.; Jenny Rankin, Salem, Mass.; Margo Rinehart, Bozeman, Mont.; Ruth Rinehart, Hayward, Calif.; Kathleen Rolenz, St. Paul, Minn. (Unity); Lisa Romantum Schwartz, Oak Ridge, Tenn.; Amy Petrie Shaw, Venice, Fla.; Connie Simon, Davis, Calif.; Erin Splaine, Hingham, Mass.; Gregory L. Stewart, Kelowna, British Columbia; Julie Stoneberg, Brookfield, Wisc.; Terry Sweetser, Exeter, N.H.; Douglas Wadkins, Kirkwood, Mo.; Cheryl M. Walker, Germantown, Pa.; Bev Waring, Franklin, Mass.
Began Developmental Ministry
Amy Kindred, Clearwater, Fla.; Amanda Schuber, Macon, Ga.; Justine Sullivan, San Diego, Calif.; Tim Temerson, Charlottesville, Va.
Began Contract Ministry
Jenny Amstutz, Littleton, Colo.; Kiya Heartwood, College Station, Tex.; Chris Long, Baton Rouge, La.; Edith A. Love, Fargo, N.Dak.; Matthew Pargeter-Villarreal, Stockton, Calif.; Hannah Villnave, Appleton, Wisc. (Fox Valley);W. Frederick Wooden, Southfield, Mich.
Departed Settled Ministry
Margaret (Margie) Allen, Stony Brook, N.Y.; Kelly Weisman Asprooth-Jackson, Beverly, Mass.; Jennifer Brower, Manhasset, N.Y.; Maria Cristina Vlassidis Burgoa, Hayward, Calif.; Deborah Cayer, Durham, N.C.; Caitlin Cotter Coillberg, Charleston, W.Va.; Howard N. Dana, Concord, Mass.; Glenn C. Farley, Farmington Hills, Mich.; T.J. FitzGerald, Honolulu, Hawaii; Kendra Ford, Exeter, N.H.; Jude Geiger, Huntington, N.Y.; Freida Gillespie, Waltham, Mass.; Katie Romano Griffin, Bethesda, Md.; Norm Horofker, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Elizabeth Ide, Salem, Mass.; Amy Kindred, Rockledge, Fla.; Hilary Krivchenia, Palatine, Ill.; Jay Leach, Charlotte, N.C.; Suzelle Lynch, Brookfield, Wisc.; Mary Ann Macklin, Bloomington, Ind.; Meg Mathieson, North Royalton, Ohio; Kent Matthies, Philadelphia, Pa.; CJ McGregor, Fort Myers, Fla.; Robert McKetchnie, Cohasset, Mass.; Benjamin Meyers, San Mateo, Calif.; Alison Miller, Morristown, N.J.; Leslie Mills, LaCrosse, Wisc.; Jake Morrill, Oak Ridge, Tenn.; Kathryn Rickey, Ormond Beach, Fla.; Misty-Dawn Shelly, Fort Wayne, Ind.; Erin Splaine, Newton, Mass.; Julie Stoneberg, Peterborough, Ontario; Michael Tino, Mount Kisco, N.Y.; Hannah Villnave, Cheyenne, Wyo.; Cheryl M. Walker, Wilmington, N.C.
Departed Interim Ministry
Seth Carrier-Ladd, Marblehead, Mass.; Lyn Cox, Washington, D.C. (Washington Ethical Society); Constance Grant, Naperville, Ill. (DuPage); Kathy Hurt, St Paul, Minn. (Unity); Bruce Johnson, Duluth, Minn.; Kate Landis, Akron/Fairlawn, Ohio; Joel Miller, Indianapolis, Ind.; Hannah Petrie, Studio City, Calif.; Eric Posa, Baton Rouge, La.; Ken Read-Brown, Hingham, Mass.; Ruth Rinehart, Denver, Colo. (First Universalist); Lisa Romantum Schwartz, Athens, Ga.; Gregory L. Stewart, Tulsa, Okla. (Hope Unitarian); Susan Suchocki Brown, Portsmouth, N.H. (South); Justine Sullivan, Brunswick, Me.; Douglas Wadkins, Sarasota, Fla.; Samantha Wilson, Tucson, Ariz. (Mountain Vista); Steven Wilson, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.; W. Frederick Wooden, Chandler, Ariz. (Valley UU).
Departed Developmental Ministry
Lisa Bovee-Kemper, Greenville, S.C.; Stephen Furrer, Bellevue, Wash. (East Shore).
Departed Contract Ministry
Madelyn E. Campbell, Bethlehem, Pa.; Chris Long, New York, N.Y. (Community Church).
Retired
Elizabeth Banks, Davis, Calif.; Meg Barnhouse, Austin, Tex. (First UU Church); Margaret L. Beard, Fort Myers, Fla.; Jeff Briere, Gray, Tenn.; George Buchanan, Fredonia, N.Y.; Jan Christian, Pacific Western Region; Joyce Duncan, Lutherville, Md.; Peter A. Friedrichs, Media, Pa.; Claudia M. Frost, Seven Springs, N.C.; Barbara Gadon, St. Louis, Mo. (Eliot Unitarian Chapel); Tom Goldsmith, Salt Lake City, Utah (First Unitarian); Jennifer Hamlin-Navias, Syracuse, N.Y. (First UU Society); Alyson Jacks, San Francisco, Calif. (First UU Society); Nancy Palmer Jones, San Jose, Calif.; Katie Kandarian, Durango, Colo.; Laurel S. Liefert, Loveland, Colo.; Suzan Emine Alpay McCrystal, Columbus, Ohio (First UU Church); Julia McKay, Colorado Springs, Colo.; Kent C. McKusick, Ames, Iowa; Sarah Kate Person, Middleborough, Mass.; Patti A. Pomerantz, Gresham, Ore.; Deborah Raible, Seattle, Wash. (University Unitarian); Tracey Robinson-Harris, Wilmington, Dele.; Tandy Wilkins Scheffler, Oak Ridge, Tenn.; Terry Sims, Surprize, Ariz.; Sonya Greiner Sukalski, Sonora, Calif.; Lynda Sutherland, Northborough, Mass.; Gretchen Thomas, Toronto, Ontario (Neighbourhood UU); Felicia Mary Urbanski, Erin, Ontario (Erin United); Lois E. Van Leer, Eugene, Ore.; Wayne L. Walder, Toronto, Ontario (Neighbourhood UU).
Ministers Emeriti
Meg Barnhouse, Austin, Tex.; Sandra Fees, Reading, Pa.; Peter Friedrichs, Media, Pa.; Tom Goldsmith, Salt Lake City, Utah (First UU); Nancy Palmer Jones, San Jose, Calif.; Laurel S. Liefert, Loveland, Colo.; Robert McKetchnie, Cohasset, Mass.; Jan K. Nielsen, Little Rock, Ark.; Harris Riordan, Boca Raton, Fla.; Wayne L. Walder, Toronto, Ontario (Neighborhood UU); Sally White, Morehead City, N.C.
Resigned Fellowship
Timothy House, M'ellen Kennedy, Michael A. Schuler.
Suspended from Fellowship
David Miller Kohlmeier.
Board Certification
Claire Eustace, Sage A. Olnick, Julie Price.
Credentialed Religious Educator (Credentialed Level)
Carol Burrus, Sarah Cannon, Jessica Harwood, Rayven Holmes, Molly Lemen, Jennifer Troy Papp, April Rosario, Matthew Shineman, Judith Stein-Farrall, Amanda Uluhan, Patricia Woods.
Clergy Deaths
For clergy obituaries, please visit the UU Ministers Association’s website.
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