Milestones

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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.

Milestones will only appear for congregations who have completed and sent in their Notice of Call or Hire form and/or Notice of Ministerial Transition form. Don’t see your Ministerial Transition included in this list? Please fill out the appropriate form below to let our Transitions Office know. Your transition will be included in the next edition of Milestones on uuworld.org.

Notice of Ministerial Transition

Notice of Ministerial Call or Hire

Fall/Winter 2025 Milestones

Full Fellowship

  • Jennifer Amstutz
  • Chloe Briede
  • Elizabeth Carrier-Ladd
  • Terri Dennehy
  • Everett Howe
  • Howard Pelham
  • Beau Rivers
  • KC Slack

Preliminary Fellowship

  • Sharon Dively
  • Sophia Doescher
  • Julica Hermann de la Fuente
  • Kathryn Jay
  • Jamie Johnson
  • Leika Lewis
  • Edwin Morgen
  • Samara Powers
  • Stephen Sieck
  • Matthew Waterman

Minister Emerita

  • Jon M. Luopa, University Unitarian Church, Seattle, WA
  • Bryan Plude, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Chico, CA

Ordinations

  • Rebecca Bernard
    Anchorage Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Anchorage, AK; Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Fairbanks, AK
  • Darrah Bryans
    First Parish in Needham, UU, Needham, MA; Unitarian Universalist Area Church at First Parish in Sherborn, MA
  • Beth Elliot
    First Unitarian Church of Albuquerque, NM; All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church of Colorado Springs, CO
  • Danielle Garrett
    First Unitarian Church of Portland, OR
  • Julica Hermann de la Fuente
    All Souls Unitarian Church Indianapolis, IN
  • Jamie Johnson
    Unitarian Society of New Haven, Hamden, CT
  • Brenna Kelley
    Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Rockville, MD; Accotink Unitarian Universalist Church, Burke, VA
  • Leika Lewis
    Unitarian Universalists of Southern Delaware, Lewes, DE
  • William Lyon
    Heritage Universalist Unitarian Church, Cincinnati, OH; The Unitarian Universalist Church of Lexington, KY
  • Lisa Schilansky
    First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia, PA; Unitarian Universalist Church at Washington Crossing, Titusville NJ
  • Stephen Sieck
    Fox Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Appleton, MA
  • Rowan Van Ness
    First Unitarian Universalist Society of Burlington, VT; Keene Unitarian Universalist Church, Keene, NH

Retired

  • Beryl Aschenberg
  • Thomas Bodie
  • Clare Butterfield
  • Frank Clarkson
  • Steven Meredith Garmon
  • Jo Green
  • Bill Gupton
  • Lynn Kerr
  • Doak Mansfield
  • Jill McAllister
  • Jan K. Nielsen
  • Carolyn Patierno
  • Lisa (Elizabeth) Presley
  • Sarah Richards
  • Kathryn Rickey
  • Kathleen C. Rolenz
  • Gretchen Louise Thompson
  • Amy Carol Webb

Chaplain Board Certification

  • Kimberly Wootan

Began Contract Ministry

  • Chris Antal, Easton, MD
  • Mandy Beal, Fort Wayne, IN
  • Ali K.C. Bell, Las Cruces, NM
  • Phoenix Bell-Shelton Biggs, Boiling Springs, PA
  • Israel Buffardi, Huntington, NY
  • Eileen Casey-Campbell, Rochester, NY
  • Kristina Church, Kent, OH
  • Brenna Clanton, East Brunswick, NJ
  • Lara Cowtan, Ottawa, ONTARIO
  • Kent Doss, Oklahoma City, OK
  • Kristin Famula, Reno, NV
  • DC Fortune, Auburn, ME
  • Jude Geiger, Williamsburg, VA
  • Cathy Harrington, Hobart, IN
  • E.N. Hill, Atlanta, GA
  • Katherine Hurt, Valparaiso, FL
  • Anthony Jenkins, Silver Spring, MD
  • Susan Kennedy, Tamworth, ND
  • Michelle LaGrave, Prescott, AZ
  • Paul Langston-Daley, Ruthven, ONTARIO
  • Chris Long, Milwaukee, WI
  • Phillip Lund, St. Cloud, MN
  • Christe Lunsford, Newark, DE
  • Shay MacKay, Saint Paul, MN (Unity)
  • Diana McLean, Bloomington, MN
  • Eric Meter, Hayward, CA
  • David Morgen, Dahlonega, GA
  • Gaye Morris, Kitty Hawk, NC
  • Victoria Poling, Seattle, WA
  • Samara Powers, Statesboro, GA
  • Margo Rinehart, Bainbridge Island, WA
  • Verdis LeVar Robinson, New London, CT
  • James Roush, Parker, CO
  • Lisa Schilansky, Titusville, NJ
  • Christian Schmidt, Gettysburg, PA
  • Amelia “Mel” Shenstone, Dedham, MA
  • Althea Smith, Newport, RI
  • Lauren Spivey, Stephens City, VA
  • Cindy Terlazzo, Canandaigua, NY
  • Megan Visser, Studio City, CA
  • Liz Weber, Louisville, KY

Departed Contract Ministry

  • Beth Chronister, Seattle, WA
  • James Coakley, Green Bay, WI
  • Adam Dyer, Stephens City, VA
  • David Horst, Norwich, CT
  • Monica Jacobson-Tennessen, Pasco, WA
  • Julie Lombard, Milford, NH
  • Mitra Rahnema, Grosse Point, MI
  • Beth Robbins, Boston, MA (Arlington St)
  • Laura Thompson, Bloomington, MN
  • Kim Wilson, Newark, DE

Departed Developmental Ministry

  • Linda Hart, Port Townsend, WA

Began Interim Ministry

  • Madelyn Campbell, Framingham, MA
  • Jason Cook, Lake Forest, CA
  • AJ Galazen, Lincoln, NE
  • Lynn Hopkins, Memphis, TN
  • Jonipher Kwong, Arlington, MA
  • Natalie Malter, Edmonds, WA
  • Alexandra McGee, Corvallis, OR
  • Susan Milnor, Havrhill, MA
  • Stacey Mitchell, Albuquerque, NM
  • Elaine Peresluha, New York, NY (All Souls)
  • Elizabeth Sollie, Kirkland, WA
  • Alan Taylor, Geneva, IL
  • Brigitta Vieyra, San Luis Obispo, CA

Departed Interim Ministry

  • Cathy Harrington, Buffalo, NY
  • Tovis Page, San Mateo, CA

Began Settled Ministry

  • Charlotte Aresenault, Nashville, TN
  • Darrah Bryans, Duxbury, MA
  • Bethany Russell-Lowe, Buffalo, NY
  • Stephen Sieck, Des Moines, IA
  • Laura Solomon, Media, PA
  • Aaron Stockwell Wisman, Grosse Point, MI

Departed Settled Ministry

  • Paul Beckel, Bellingham, WA
  • Lane-Mairead Campbell, Rochester, NY
  • Frank Clarkson, Haverhill, MA
  • Kent Doss, Lake Forest, CA
  • Marta Flanagan, Arlington, MA
  • Kendyl Gibbons, Kansas City, MO
  • Nicoline Guerrier, Plattsburgh, NY
  • Angela Herrera-Koren, Albuquerque, NM
  • Lynn Hopkins, Montgomery, AL
  • Matthew Johnson, Rockford, IL
  • Jill McAllister, Corvalis, OR
  • Amy Morgenstern, Palo Alto, CA
  • Rod Richards, San Luis Obispo, CA
  • Sarah Richards, Carbondale, IL
  • Dana Worsnop, Ventura, CA

Religious Education Credentials Removed

  • Gregory Carrow-Boyd — Advanced and Leadership Levels removed

Resigned Fellowship

  • Adam Tierney-Eliot

Resigned Fellowship Pending Investigation

  • Kaaren Anderson

For clergy obituaries, please visit the UU Ministers Association’s website.

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