Maureen began serving our church in March 2012, as our Associate Pastor. Our congregation called her to be our Senior Pastor in May 2019. She was born and raised in Long Island, NY. She was raised as a Catholic, and cultivated her ministerial skills as a Unitarian Universalist before finding a spiritual home in the… Read More »
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The Rev. Katherine (Kate) Kennedy
Kate graduated with a Masters of Divinity from Boston University, School of Theology in 2015, where she maintained a Dean’s Fellowship Scholarship throughout her three-year degree program. Kate focused on pastoral ministry in seminary, interning at a church start-up in Somerville MA from 2012-2013, and at Old South Church in Boston from 2013-2015. After graduating,… Read More »
Read MoreAndrea Cyr
Andrea is responsible for all church office functions and responsibilities. She grew up in Nashua and now lives in Lyndeborough, NH with her husband Steve. She has two young adult children, Lauren and Tim. Andrea is very active in gardening, cooking, kayaking and cross-stitching. She also has an unusual hobby, reef keeping, which is the… Read More »
Read MoreSara Phelps
Sara has been on the music staff since 1991. She is director of our Chancel Choir and Youth Choir program. Additionally she coordinates music for worship with the pastors; Michael Havay, our organist/accompanist; and Wendy Valeri, our Handbell Choir director. She received her Bachelor of Science in Music Education from Hartwick College and her Master… Read More »
Read MoreWendy Valeri
Wendy has been playing handbells on and off in this church for 30 years, starting in our very first Junior Handbell Choir. She has been directing the choir for the last few years and greatly enjoys the fun and friendship that is a result of the wonderful people in the choir. While Wendy enjoys directing,… Read More »
Read MoreMichael Havay
Michael Havay is a lifelong student of music. For much of his education and career he was a string player, first as a double bassist, then as a violinist. He received a degree in violin performance from Susquehanna University in Pennsylvania, and was a member of the Harrisburg Symphony for four years, and a founding… Read More »
Read MoreLarissa Riley
Larissa grew up in a Congregational Church in Connecticut, where she was baptized, confirmed and married. As a teenager she taught Sunday School and mentored confirmands. She and her husband Travis joined our church twelve years ago, just before the oldest of their three children was born. Larissa, who was a high school science teacher,… Read More »
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