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Reverend David Herndon, Senior Minister |
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March 2010 “They paved paradise,” sang Joni Mitchell years ago, “and
put up a parking lot.” Most congregations in the suburbs have parking
lots. Some congregations in the city have parking lots. With the exception
of four spaces just outside the church office, First Unitarian Church
does not have a parking lot. Instead, we rely on street parking and
the drivethrough parking areas generously made available to us in the
evenings and on weekends at Winchester Thurston School across the street.
David P.S. If you are not currently on our
email distribution list to receive occasional email notices about church
events, please send your email address to David Herndon at dherndon@first-unitarian-pgh.org. Reverend Alma Faith Crawford, Associate Minister Reverend Crawford joined the staff of First Unitarian Church of Pittsburgh in August, 2009. She holds an A.B. in American Studies from Trinity College, a Master of Divinity from Howard University and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Theology, Ethics and Culture from Chicago Theological Seminary. She has served UU congregations in Boston, Louisville, Chicago and Washington, D.C. For three years, Rev. Crawford was Associate Professor of Preaching and Worship at Starr King School for the Ministry in Berkeley, CA. Renee Zimelis Ruchotzke, Student Minister Renee Zimelis Ruchotzke is finishing up her coursework at Meadville Lombard Theological School as a Modified Residency Student (the same program that Jeff Liebman is in). She has completed a unit in Clinical Pastoral Education (chaplaincy training) at Akron General Medical Center. She graduated from Kent State University Magna Cum Laude with a B.A. in History. She “retired” from a 20+ year career as a mechanical engineer two years ago. She then served for two years as the Interim Director of Religious Education at East Shore UU Church in Kirtland, Ohio before taking a position as consulting student minister with the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Greater Canton, OhioCanton. She currently serves as the Modified Residency Student
representative on the Meadville Lombard Board of Trustees and as the
Campus Ministry Coordinator at Kent State University for the Unitarian
Universalist Church of Kent, where she is also a member. She is a member
of the district Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association chapter
and the Alban Institute. She recently served on the Ohio Meadville District's
Leadership Development Team. She is active in Social Justice work, having traveled with Kent State students in the Spring of 2006 to the Gulf Coast to assist in cleanup after Hurricane Katrina. Renee has organized various local events that connect the arts to justice and diversity work. She is the 2007 recipient of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee Seminarian Award for Excellence in Social Justice. She also started a political action committee, Citizens for a Better Kent, to defend against the misuse of the recall provision in local city government. Renee lives in Kent, Ohio with her husband, two
children and two stepchildren.
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