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The Reverend Rodney E. Thompson, Interim Minister
Rev. Rod Thompson is serving us this year as our Interim Minister. Two years ago he entered a new phase in his ministerial career, becoming the Interim Minister of the 500+ membership Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Raleigh, NC. Last year he served the 200+ membership Unitarian Universalist Church of Minnetonka in Wayzata, MN.
For seven years Rev. Thompson took on the role of resource person and consultant to 46 congregations in Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New York as the District Consultant/Executive of the Ohio-Meadville District.
Rod grew up in Canton, Ohio, has degrees from Hiram College (1963) and Lexington (KY) Theological Seminary (1968); and received Ministerial Fellowship from the Unitarian Universalist Association in 1985. He has served churches in Corbin, Kentucky, and the Panama Canal Zone, as a Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Minister; and Unitarian Universalist Congregations in Kent, Ohio, Augusta, Georgia, and Adelphi, Maryland. Between these two periods of ministry Rod was active in sales, management, and sports broadcasting for radio stations in Ohio and Indiana, as a public school teacher, and as a Mental Health Counselor.
Rev. Rod has been active in district work over his 35 years in the Unitarian Universalist movement, specializing in leadership development. He has also been quite active at The Mountain Retreat and Learning Center, near Highlands, NC, where he has served as Dean and faculty member of the UU Leadership School and Minister in Residence, among other roles.
Rod and his wife, Mary, a retired nurse and social worker, and now an active folk musician, have five grown children, nine grandchildren, and maintain a permanent residence in Ravenna, Ohio.
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Rev. Lynn Kerr
Rev. Kerr comes to us from the Greeley Foundation in Concord, Massachusetts where she was the executive director. She has recently served as Youth and Young Adult minister of the First Parish in Concord. Lynn has a Bachelor of Science in Education degree from the University of Minnesota, and completed her master of Divinity degree from the Starr King School for the Ministry in 1997. She was ordained in 1998.
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 | Dr. Robert S. Rudolph
Dr. Rudolph has been our Commissioned Lay Leader since 1992 and was re-commissioned by the Ohio-Meadville District of the denomination for his fifth 3-year term in Fall 2004. As Commissioned Lay Leader, he coordinates the Parish Visitors' activities in providing pastoral care, assists Dr. Blaine in our Sunday services, occasionally preaching the sermon as well as conducting the service, and leads some of our Adult Education classes. He also conducts wedding and funeral services at First Unitarian and provides Sunday services for Unitarian Universalist Fellowships in Northwest and West Central Ohio. With a B.A. in English from Temple University (Philadelphia) and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Medieval English Language and Literature from the University of Wisconsin (Madison), Bob was a teacher and departmental administrator in the University of Toledo's Department of English from January 1965 to January 1999 when he retired. His teaching areas were Medieval English Language and Literature, Business and Technical Writing, general composition and introductory literature classes. During his 33 years at the University, he served as Director of Freshman English, Director of Business and Technical Writing, undergraduate advisor, graduate advisor, Associate Chair, and Acting Chair of the English Department. In retirement, he continues to teach part-time at the University in the Honors Program and is working toward a B.A. in Music with an emphasis on voice. |
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2nd Sunday Order Audios of Bishop Spong Lecture
December 1 & 2, 2007 
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