Category: MLTS Alums
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Rev. Jim Foti, MDiv ’13, Wins 2023 Skinner Sermon Award
Rev. Jim Foti, MDiv ’13, won the UUA’s 2023 Skinner Sermon Award for his sermon, Resisting Tyranny. According to the UUA website, the award is “open to any Unitarian Universalist layperson, religious educator, or minister, [it] was established to stimulate preaching concerned with the social implications of religion—particularly needed in this period of history.” Congratulations, Jim! Below is the…
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Appointed as UUA’s Director of Human Resources
The Unitarian Universalist Association Announces Ebony C. Peace Appointed Director of Human Resources Boston, Mass. (April 26, 2023) The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) is very pleased to announce the appointment of Ebony C. Peace as Director of Human Resources (HR). In the executive position of Director of HR, Peace helps to lead the UUA’s…
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Alum Story: Rev. Sarah Osborne, MDiv ’22
Rev. Sarah Osborne, MDiv ’22, serves as the Director of Religious Exploration for Neshoba Unitarian Universalist Church in Cordova, TN. She shared how her career led to MLTS, why she chose MLTS for her seminary, what she regards as the best experience at the school, and some advice for those who are thinking about entering…
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From Prosecution to the Ministry: Rev. Viola Abbitt, MDiv ’19
[This article was first published on February 27, 2023, on UUWorld.] Long before becoming an ordained Unitarian Universalist minister, Rev. Viola Abbitt, MDiv ’19, aspired to address failures in our criminal justice system by working within it. Abbitt—who is now a minister at the Coastal Virginia UUs in Virginia Beach—graduated from Fordham University School of…
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Alum Story: Jennifer Norber, MALS ’19
Jennifer Norber earned a Master of Arts in Leadership Studies (MALS) from Meadville Lombard in 2019. Since graduation, she has worked as a hospice spiritual care advisor and grief support manager during the Covid-19 pandemic, and now serves as a deputy director of a community activism organization called Red Wine and Blue. We asked her…
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Alum Story: Rev. Emily Conger, MDiv ’17
Rev. Emily Conger, MDiv ’17 (left), created Nourish with Rev. Aisha Ansano (right) to help Unitarian Universalists feel fed in body and spirit through embodied worship experiences. We asked them about their call to ministry, about dinner church, and their hope for Unitarian Universalism. ML: Tell us a bit about yourself and your background. What…