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.
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Fall/Winter 2024 Milestones

Preliminary Fellowship

Brigitte Bechtold, Phoenix Bell-Shelton Biggs, Caroline Bright, Cristy Cardinal, Rosemary Dodd, Martha Durkee-Neuman, Elisabeth Geschiere, George Grimm-Howell, Shiloh Hoffman, Carrie Holley-Hurt, Arran Morton, JeKaren Olaoya, Jamili Omar, KC Marie Pandell, Margaret Rieser, Carol Runnels, Amelia Shenstone, Stephani Skalak, Anna Tulou, Brigitta Vieyra.

Full Fellowship

Kimberlee Carlson, Susan Frances, Lisa Garcia-Sampson, Mr. Barb Greve, Daniel Lillie, Daniel Miyake, Eleanor Piez.

Ordained

Caroline Bright, Main Line Unitarian Church, Devon, Pa.; Claire Eustace, First Unitarian Church of Oakland, Calif.; George Grimm-Howell, First Unitarian Church of St. Louis and Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia, Mo.; Carrie Holley-Hurt, First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin and Live Oak Unitarian Universalist Church in Cedar Park, Tex.; Alyssa Lee, First Unitarian Church of Oklahoma City, Okla.; Arran Morton, First Unitarian Church of Victoria and Comox Valley Unitarian Fellowship, B.C.; JeKaren Olaoya, High Street UU Church, Macon, Ga.; Jamili Omar, UU Church of Tucson, Ariz.; KC Marie Pandell, Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Fullerton and Summit Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Santee, Calif.; Margaret Rieser, Starr King Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Plymouth and Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Eastern Slopes in Tamworth, N.H.; Leslie Runnels, First UU Church of New Orleans, La.; Lóre Stevens, First Unitarian Universalist Church of Nashville, Tenn.; Vanessa Titang, Unitarian Universalist Church of Ellsworth, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Castine, and Unitarian Universalist Church of Belfast, Me.; Anna Tulou, Unitarian Universalist Church of Roanoke and Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Blacksburg, Va.; Brigitta Vieyra, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Phoenix, Ariz.

Began Settled Ministry

Deborah Bennett, Westminster Unitarian Church in East Greenwich, R.I.; Joshua Berg, Pacific Unitarian Church in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.; Jamie Boyce, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Durango, Colo.; Jill Braithwaite, Unitarian Universalist Church West in Brookfield, Wisc.; Hannah Capaldi, Unitarian Society of Germantown in Philadelphia, Pa.; Tom Capo, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Vero Beach, Fla.; Elka Carrier-Ladd, First Parish in Waltham, Mass.; Kelli Clement, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Ames, Iowa; John Cullinan, First Unitarian Universalist Church of Berks County in Reading, Pa.; Donna Dolham, Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Augusta, Me.; Susan Frederick-Gray, Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington, Ind.; George Grimm-Howell, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Hendersonville, N.C.; Debra Haffner, (co-min) First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton, Mass.; Angeline C. Jackson, Unitarian Universalist Church of Davis, Calif.; Chris Jimmerson, First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin, Tex.; Jennifer Beth Johnson, First Parish in Concord, Mass.; Alyssa Lee, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Wilmington, N.C.; Danielle Lindstrom, Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation at White Plains, N.Y.; Matthew McHale, First Unitarian Church of San José, Calif.; Joel Miller, (co-min) First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton, Mass.; Nastasha Ostrom, Morristown Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Morristown, N.J.; Nori Rost, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Lawrence, Kans.; Oscar Sinclair, Unity Church Unitarian in St. Paul, Minn.; Lóre Stevens, Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church in Oak Ridge, Tenn.; Krista Taves, Eliot Unitarian Chapel in Kirkwood, Mo.; Amanda Weatherspoon, Unitarian Universalist Community of Charlotte, N.C.; Danie Webber, First Unitarian Church of Hamilton, Ontario.

Began Interim Ministry Contract Ministry

Seth Carrier-Ladd, Winchester Unitarian Society in Winchester, Mass.; Eric Cherry, Unitarian Society of Northampton and Florence, Mass.; Barbara Coeyman, Boulder Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Lafayette, Colo.; A.J. Galazen, Unitarian Church of Lincoln, Neb.; Xolani Kacela, First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Antonio, Tex.; Ann Kadlecek, First Unitarian Universalist Society of Albany, N.Y.; Elizabeth (Lisa) Bovee Kemper, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Columbia, Md.; Micah Ma, First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn, N.Y.; Parisa Parsa, Arlington Street Church in Boston, Mass.; Connie Simon, River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Bethesda, Md.; Julie Stoneberg, First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis, Minn.; Shelly Thompson, Pallomar Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Vista, Calif.; Samuel Trumbore, Fourth Universalist Society in New York, N.Y.; Brigitta Vieyra, Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church in Kirkland, Wash.; Douglas Wadkins, University Unitarian Church in Seattle, Wash.

Began Contract Ministry

Ariel Aaronson-Eves, First Unitarian Universalist Society of Exeter, N.H.; Kathryn Adams, Unitarian Universalists of the Chester River in Chestertown, Md.; Ali K.C. Bell, Unitarian Universalist Church of Silver Spring, Md.; Chloë Briedé, Emerson Unitarian Universalist Church in Canoga Park, Calif.; Amy G.S.A. Brooks, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Duluth, Minn.; Madelyn Campbell, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Huntington, N.Y.; Kristina Church, Unitarian Universalist Church of Kent, Ohio; Stacy Craig, Chico, Calif.; Howard Dana, Lancaster, Pa.; Amy Kulesza DeBeck, Castine, Me.; Rosemary Dodd, Bridgewater, Mass.; Lisa Doege, Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, Ga.; Sophia Doescher, First Parish in Cambridge, Mass.; Adam Dyer, Unitarian Universalist Church of the Shenandoah Valley in Stephens City, Va.; Roger Fritts, Granite Peak Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Prescott, Ariz.; Laurel Gray, First Religious Society, UU in Newburyport, Mass.; Christin Green, UU Congregation of York, Pa.; Patti Hanks, Unitarian Universalist Church of Tarpon Springs, Fla.; Laura Horton-Ludwig, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Santa Cruz County in Aptos, Calif.; Krista Weber Huang, Merging Waters Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Fridley, Minn.; Anthony Jenkins, Paint Branch Unitarian Universalist Church in Hyattsville, Md.; Bran Lennox, Unitarian Church of Harrisburg, Pa.; Lauren Levwood, Unitarian Universalists of the Blue Ridge in Sperryville, Va.; Megan Lynes, Harvard Unitarian Universalist Church in Harvard, Mass.; Patrick McLaughlin, Beacon Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Flagstaff, Ariz.; Susan Panttaja, Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists in Napa, Calif.; Elizabeth (Lisa) Perry-Wood, First Parish in Wayland, Mass.; Eric Posa, Unitarian Universalist Church in Cherry Hill, N.J.; Jennifer Raffensperger, Unitarian Universalist Church of Roanoke, Va.; Beau Rivers, First Unitarian Universalist Society of Middleboro, Mass.; Edmund Robinson, Unitarian Universalist Church of Marblehead, Mass.; Pamela Rumancik, Countryside Church Unitarian Universalist in Palatine, Ill.; Carol (Leslie) Runnels, Unitarian Coastal Fellowship in Morehead City, N.C.; Misty-Dawn Shelly, Unitarian Universalist Congregational Society of Westborough, Mass.; Aija Simpson-Newbury, Unitarian Universalists of Petaluma, Calif.; Terry Sweetser, First Universalist Church of Auburn, Me.; Monica Jacob Tennessen, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Salem, Ore.; Sabrina Trupia, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Quad Cities Davenport, Iowa; Anna Tulou, First Unitarian Universalist Church of Richmond, Va.; Steven Wilson, First Parish Church Unitarian Universalist of Northborough, Mass.; Nathan Woodliff-Stanley, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Beaufort, S.C.

Began Developmental Ministry

Anthony Jenkins, Paint Branch Unitarian Universalist Church in Hyattsville, Md.; Shelley Page, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Lawrence, Kans.; Anastassia Zinke, All Souls Church in Washington, D.C.

Departed Settled Ministry

Paul Beckel, Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship in Bellingham, Wash.; David Breeden, First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis, Minn.; Janet Bush, Unitarian Society of Northampton & Florence, Mass.; Richard Davis, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Salem, Ore.; Aileen Fitzke, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Sterling, Va.; Patricia Guthman Haresch, Unitarian Universalist Church of Lancaster, Pa.; Kim Crawford Harvie, Arlington Street Church, Boston, Mass.; Nancy McDonald Ladd, River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Bethesda, Md.; Ana Levy-Lyons, First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn, N.Y.; Danielle Lindstrom, Olympia Brown Unitarian Universalist Church, Racine, Wisc.; Jon Luopa, University Unitarian Church in Seattle, Wash.; Douglas McCusker, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Fredericksburg, Va.; Matthew McHale, Emerson Unitarian Universalist Church in Canoga Park, Calif.; Alice Anacheka Naseman, Unitarian Church of Marlborough & Hudson, Mass.; Eric Posa, Denton Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Denton, Tex.; Nancy Reid-McKee, Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church in Kirkland, Wash.; Diane Rollert, Unitarian Church of Montreal, Quebec; James Roush, First Unitarian Church of South Bend, Ind.; Maddie Sifantus, First Universalist Parish of Santa Paula, Calif.; Oscar Sinclair, Unitarian Church of Lincoln, Nebr.; Schuyler Vogel, Fourth Universalist Society in New York, N.Y.

Departed Contract Ministry

Anne Bancroft, Damariscotta, Me.; Jill Braithwaite, Duluth, Minn.; Sue Browning, Chestertown, Md.; Leonetta Bugleisi, Brighton, Mich.; Stacy Craig, Houghton, Mich.; Alexa Fraser, Indiana, Pa.; Laurel Gray, Westborough, Mass.; Christin Green, Oakton, Va.; Sangye Hawke, Livermore, Calif.; Bruce Johnson, La Crosse, Wisc.; Jennifer Johnson, Bridgewater, Mass.; Jonipher Kwong, New York, N.Y.; Elizabeth Newton, San Antonio, Tex.; Jen Raffensperger, York, Pa.; Beau Rivers, Braintree, Mass.; Misty-Dawn Shelly, Berlin, Mass.; Mark Skrabacz, San Antonio, Tex.; Kristina Spaude, Tarpon Springs, Fla.; Zackrie Vinczen, Bainbridge Island, Wash.

Retired

David Breeden, Janet Bush, Peter Connolly, Richard R. Davis, Jon M. Luopa, Douglas Edward McCusker, G. Kathleen Owens, Bryan Plude, Sarah Schurr, Mark Skrabacz.

Credentialed Religious Educators (Advanced Level)

Amy Brock, Skyla King-Christison, Marena McGregor, Stacy Sceiford.

Certified Music Leaders

Anna Hamilton.

Chaplain Board Certification

Joshua Berg, Ethan Loewi.

Resigned Fellowship

Floyd Chandler, Pratima Dharm.

Removed from Fellowship

David Miller Kohlmeier, Marian Stewart.

Clergy Deaths

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