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First Unitarian Church
3205 Glendale Avenue
Toledo , Ohio 43614-2423
419.381.6999Children & Adult
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Sundays 10 AM
Worship Service
Sundays 11 AM
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Church Staff:
Reverend Beth Marshall, Parish Miniter
e-mail: RevMarshall@uutoledo.org Reverend Lynn Kerr, Minister of Lifespan Religious Education
E-Mail: RevKerr@uutoledo.org TBA, Office Administor
E-mail: Office@uutoledo.org Dr. Robert S. Rudolph, Commissioned Lay Leader, Newsletter Editor
E-mail: RRudolph@uutoledo.org Gladys Rudolph, Director of Music
E-mail: musicdirector@uutoledo.org Calendar of Events:
Choir Rehearsals
7 pm - Thursdays The Gathering Rehearsals
7:00 pm - Tuesdays
RE Council Meetings
6:30 pm - 1st Wednesday
Executive Board Meetings
6;30 pm - 2nd Wednesday
Board of Trustees Meetings
7 pm - 2nd Wednesday
Newsletter Deadline
2nd Sunday |
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First Unitarian Church of Toledo
(Unitarian Universalist)
We put faith into action! Est. 1860
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Meet Our Clergy |
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Reverend Beth Marshall Reverend Beth Marshall graduated from BGSU with a BA in English in 1986 and graduated from Meadville Lombard Divin-ity School in June of 2002 with a Masters of Divinity with a concentration on parish ministry. Before coming to our church she served for a year and-a-half as part-time minister of the UU Church of Blanchard Val-ley. Prior to this, she served the First Universal-ist Church of Southold, New York from 2002 to 2006 as their settled minis-ter. At the Southold church, Beth was actively involved in organizing a program for the homeless called Maureen’s Haven. Social justice remains one of her passions. Beth is originally from Oberlin, Ohio and loves cooking, gardening, biking, and jogging. If you’ve been attending summer services you’ve no doubt noticed she also has a very good singing voice! Beth Marshall was recom-mended to the congrega-tion after a unanimous vote of the Search Com-mittee; Karen Christie, Catherine Hernandez, Mike Hill, Lynn Lyle, Arun Nadarajah, Bill Searles and Mary Sobecki. On April 27, following the Sunday service, a congregational |
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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 Bachel or 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. 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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