Our New Minister:
Rev. Doak Mansfield,
MUUS Minister
Effective July 2024, the congregation has hired a new Minister, Rev. Dr. Doak Mansfield.
Rev. Doak is a native of Tennessee and was ordained in 1976 by the First Universalist Society of Cincinnati, now Heritage Universalist Unitarian Church where he is honored to be Minister Emeritus. He served as minister in churches in Alabama, North Carolina, Washington State, and Florida. He was a US Army Reserve Chaplain, a staff hospital chaplain, the founding chaplain of a non-profit hospice and has written five books. He is also currently serving as halftime minister at the UU Fellowship of Sussex, County, NJ.
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Our Music Director: Ann Quackenbos
Ann Quackenbos
Ann grew up in New Jersey in a family of six kids, went to college in Maine, and studied music in New York City. She likes to accompany singers and instrumentalists; a bright spot of the past year has been working with Jeff, Alan, and our singers to put together the UUOne virtual choir. She studied life drawing and painting at the Art Students League in N.Y. and at the Washington Art Association, and is part of a group of landscape painters at the WAA. She enjoys jogging, hiking and swimming (has invented a unique swim-stroke!), and has two grown children.
