Spring/Summer 2025 Milestones

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.

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Spring/Summer 2025 Milestones

Accredited Interim Ministers

Beverly Waring
Carlton Smith
Justine Sullivan

Chaplain Board Certification

Christopher Watkins Lamb

Preliminary Fellowship

Greg Bonin
Darrah Bryans
Brenna Clanton
Elizabeth Elliot
Danielle Garrett
Samuel Hunt
William F. Lyon
Lisa Schilansky
Mykal O’Neal Slack

Full Fellowship

Ariel Aaronson-Eves
Kierstin Homblette Allen
Kharma Amos
Matthew Aspin
Christina Branum-Martin
Carin Bringelson
Holly Brown
Emily M. Bruce
Omega S. Burckhardt
Byron Tyler Coles
Barbara Ann Cornell
Nic Filzen
Allen Galazen
Jamie Hinson-Rieger
Alex Jensen
Anthony Mtuaswa Johnson
Ann Kadlecek
Sophia M. Lyons
Karen Madrone
Karyn Bergmann Marsh
Randy Partain
Ed Proulx
Jennifer Raffensperger
Margo Rinehart
Ben Robins
theresa rohlck
Chris Scheller
Sara Smalley
Duncan Teague
Petra Thombs
Danie Webber
Jami A. Yandle

Ordained

Phoenix Bell-Shelton Biggs
Tennessee Valley UU Church in Knoxville, Tenn. and the UU Fellowship of Fredericksburg, Va.
Jill Braithwaite
UU Church West in Brookfield, Wisc. and First Universalist Church of Minneapolis Minn.
Rosemary Dodd
Unitarian Universalists of Petaluma, Calif.
Martha Durkee-Neuman
First Parish in Malden, Mass. and First Church in Belmont, Mass.
Kristin Famula
UU Church of Ogden, Utah, and First Unitarian Church of Albuquerque, N.Mex., and UU Fellowship of Northern Nevada in Reno, Nev.
Amanda Hays
First UU Church of Columbus, Ohio
Angeline Jackson
Neighborhood UU Church, Pasadena, Calif.
Stephani Michelle Skalak
UU Congregation of Willamette Falls in Oregon City, Ore.

Began Settled Ministry

Colin Bossen, Houston, Tex. (First UU Church)

Departed Settled Ministry

Kathryn E. Hawbaker, Marietta, Ohio
Eric Kaminetzky, Edmonds, Wash.

Began Contract Ministry

Terri Burnor, Saint Croix Falls, Wisc.
Michael F. Hall, Franklin, N.H.
Doak Mansfield, Tampa, Fla.
Margo Rinehart, Tacoma, Wash.
Kathleen Rolenz, New York, N.Y. (All Souls)
Greta Jo Seidohl, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Zackrie Vinczen, Freeland, Wash.

Departed Contract Ministry

Ken Jones, Ellensberg, Wash.
Doak Mansfield, Newton, N.J.
Elizabeth Weber, Concord, Mass.

Retired

Karen Brammer
Frank Clarkson
Diane Dowgiert
Mark Gallagher
Kim Crawford Harvie
Susan Lynn Karlson
Catherine Massey
Robert W. McKetchnie
Dena McPhetres
Rod Richards
Kathryn Tew Rickey
Kathleen C. Rolenz
William G. Sinkford
Cheryl M. Walker

Minister Emerita

Jan Taddeo, UU Congregation of Gwinnett in Lawrenceville, Ga.

Removed from Fellowship

John L. Saxon

Clergy Deaths

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