Committees and Activity Leaders 2025-2026
Board of Trustees – board@uufeaston.org
Officers

- President Lauren Harton
- Vice President
- Treasurer Amanda Branham
- Clerk Jean Kader
Members at Large
- Doug Jurrius
- Mike Hammett
- Elizabeth Cohen
- Bobbie Wells
Staff – office@uufeaston.org
- Minister – Reverend Chris Antal – minister@uufeaston.org
- Music Director – Melanie Young – musicdirector@uufeaston.org
- Coordinator of Religious Education Patty Hamsher – childrens-ed@uufeaston.org
- Playroom Supervisors Sarah B., Sariah
- Property and Maintenance Craig Scharre
- Office Administration – Sydney Bradner-Jacobs
- Calendar – Send items to: calendar@uufeaston.org
- Administrative volunteer Amy Williamson
Adult Enrichment
- Emily Cranwell (Soul Matters)
- Elizabeth Cohen (Board Representative)
Archives (ad hoc)
- Barbara Doughty
Buildings and Grounds Pod

- Rob Todd (Team Leader)
- Ralph Dolinger
- Tom Wheeler
- David Stevens
- Ann Davis (Aesthetics)
- Craig Scharre (Staff)
- Bobbie Wells (Board Representative)
Capital Campaign Team
- Lauren Harton (Team Leader)
- Amanda Branham
- Gail Doerr
- Bo Earnest (Advisor and Memorial Garden Project)
- Joy Gaddy (Advisor)
- Maggie Garey (Memorial Garden Project, Team Leader)
- Dick Doughty (Memorial Garden Project)
- Ann Davis
- Colleen Ronning (Kitchen Renovation Project)
- Sharif Branham (Playground Project)
Children’s Religious Education – childrens-ed@uufeaston.org
- April Harton (Team leader)
- Kate Hogan
- Patty Hamsher
- Amanda Branham
- Emily Cranwell
- Jean Kader (Board Representative)
Committee on Congregational Ministry – cocm@uufeaston.org
- Leigh Marquess (Team Leader)
- Lynn Dolinger
- Nancy Sajda
- Mark Faber
- Jean Kader (Board Representative)
Communications/IT Pod – newsletter@uufeaston.org webmaster@uufeaston.org
- Beth Lawton (Webmaster & Newsletter) – Team Leader
- Lauren Harton (Facebook & Newsletter)
- Vickie Race Dowling (IT Team)
- Topher Lawton (IT Team)
- Dave Moore (IT Team, Sound Tech for Services)
- Don Barker (Newsletter, IT Team)
- Patty Hamsher (Newsletter)
- Gail Doerr (Newsletter)
- Vanessa Nemeth (Facebook)
- Rick Hughes (Facebook)
- Bobbie Wells (Wayside Pulpit)
- Doug Jurrius (Board Representative)
Denominational Connections
- Mike Hammett (Board Representative)
Finance Committee — treasurer@uufeaston.org
- Amanda Branham (Board Treasurer)
- Joy Gaddy (Income and Stewardship)
- Jean Rhian (Endowment)
- Don Barker (Reconciliation)
- Bobbie Wells
- Suzanne Campos
- Lynn Dolinger
Member Services Pod and Connections
- Jane Tereby (Team Leader)
- Rita Barker (Connections)
- Carol Meredith (Greeters)
- Liz and Steve Parks (Coffee Hosts)
- Jerry Fairbanks (Men’s Lunch)
- David Stevens (Kayak/Canoe Outings)
- Susanne Todd (Caring Circle) – caring@uufeaston.org
- Jean Kader (Caring Circle)
- Mary Mistrangelo (Caring Circle)
- Bobbie Wells (Board Representative)
Music Committee music@uufeaston.org
- Dick Doughty (chair)
- Trish See
- Beth Lawton
- Topher Lawton
- Nina Wahl
- Mike Hammett (Board Representative)
Nominating/Leadership Development Committee
- Jane Tereby (Team Leader)
- Ann Davis
- Suzanne Todd
- Lauren Harton (Board Representative)
Planned Giving Committee
- April Harton
- Rob Todd
- Jean Rhian
- Lauren Harton & John Mistrangelo (Board Representatives)
Safety Team
- Elizabeth Cohen (Team Leader & Board Representative)
- Peter Paul
- Sharif Branham
- Carol Meredith (Greeters/Medical)
- Rob Todd
- Gayle Scroggs (Ushers)
- April Harton (Children’s RE)
Social Justice Pod — socialjustice@uufeaston.org
- Joyce Dowling (Co-leader)
- David Stevens (Co-leader)
- Carol Meredith
- 30+ members running different programs
- Mike Hammett (Board Representative)
Worship Team — worship@uufeaston.org
- Linda Wilcox (Team Leader)
- Dave Moore (Tech and Audio)
- Emily Cranwell
- Nancy Sajda
- Gayle Scroggs (Ushers)
- Jean Kader (Board Representative)
- Mike Hammett (Board Representative)
Updated July 15, 2026
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