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Vail Weller, Lead Minister |
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The Rev. Vail
Weller was called to serve UUSM in August 2003. A lifelong Unitarian
Universalist, she was raised in Pittsburgh, PA. After earning her bachelor’s
degree in English at Penn State University, she received her Master of Divinity
at Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley. Vail has served on the Executive
Committee of the UU Ministers Association of the Pacific Central District, and
as co-chair of the Bay Area President’s Roundtable, a group seeking to increase
the visibility of Unitarian Universalism in the Bay Area. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the UU Partner
Church Council. Vail is passionate about this faith, enjoys being a
global citizen, seeks to live in harmony with the earth, and
treasures her husband, Bob Hardy, her son Zinn (9) and daughter Denison
(3). The winner of both the Pacific Central District Sermon Award
(2009) and the UUA
Stewardship Sermon Award (2010), Vail enjoys living the preaching life.
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Lauren Smith, Assistant Minister |
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The Rev. Lauren Smith has served our congregation as Assistant
Minister since July of 2007. A native Californian and a recent graduate of
Starr King School for the Ministry in Berkeley, CA,
Lauren is passionate about the vision of our congregation as a locus of
transformative spiritual growth, social action, and soul-nourishing fellowship.
She works with the Director of Religious Education to offer a spiritual
foundation for children, youth and adults, and also leads worship on a regular
basis, participates in church administration, and works with our emerging
Social Justice Council. Lauren understands all aspects of congregational life
as opportunities to connect to our most deeply held beliefs and values, and to
learn how to bring those beliefs and values to bear in our daily lives. Lauren
formerly served as the intern minister of the Winchester Unitarian Society in
Winchester, MA, and as a lay leader at the Arlington Street Church in Boston, MA. Before entering seminary, Lauren was a
professional fundraiser for Harvard University
and studied theater at U.C. Santa Cruz.
Lauren and her partner, Chris Holton-Jablonski (also a UU
minister), have a 2 year old son,
Benjamin, and a new baby, Jack.
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Joy Atkinson, Minister Emerita |
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The Reverend Joy Atkinson was ordained in 1974, and served congregations in Humboldt, CA, Duluth
Minnesota and Davis CA before coming to UUSM in 1988. She served UUSM for
14 years, from 1988 to 2002, and was named Minister Emerita by the
congregation in June of 2002. In 2002, Joy resigned from settled ministry
to become an interim minister, and has served as an interim in five UU
congregations, all in California. She is now serving a sixth interim
congregation, Mission Peak UU Congregation, in Fremont, California.
Rev. Atkinson became an Accredited Interim Minister with the UUA in 2004, and is now
serving on the Accredited Interim Minister's Guild Steering Committee.
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