Milestones

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.