Every year at this time of the year we have new staff starting in many of our congregations - new settled ministers, interim ministers, new religious educators, music directors and administrators. The staff of the Central East Region would like to welcome all our new folks to our region and let you know that we are here to help. Need assistance? Please contact your primary contact. You can find out who that is here.

This year has been a particularly busy year in our region and we have a lot of new faces to welcome. To celebrate all these new folks we've listed what we can below. We know this list is incomplete, because we don't always hear about new folks until they've been around for a while. If you have a new staff person to celebrate, please list them in the comments below.

New Ministers we are welcoming include:

• Rev. Paula Maiorano - UU Society of Southern Delaware
• Rev. Evan Keely - Paint Branch UU Church, Adelphia, MD
• Rev. Michelle Collins - Cedar Lane UU Church, Bethesda, MD
• Rev. Christian Schmidt and Rev. Kristin Schmidt - UU Church in Cherry Hill, NJ
• REv. Christian Scmidt - UUs of the Chester River, Chester Town, MD
• Rev. Justin Osterman - UU Congregation at Montclair, NJ
• Rev. Tony Johnson - Unitarian Society of Ridgewood, NJ
• Rev. Jane Thickstun - First Unitarian Society of Ithaca, NY
• Rev. Jennifer Brooks - First UU Church of Columbus, OH
• Rev. Pam Allen-Thompson - UU Congregation of Erie and UU Church, Meadville, PA
• Rev. Michael Walker - Unitarian Church of Harrisburg, PA
• Rev. Gabi Parks - UU Fellowship of Centre County, State College, PA
• Rev. Madelyn Campbell - UU Church of the Shenandoah Valley, Stephens City, VA
• Rev. Joan Montagnes – UU Church of Buffalo, NY
• Rev. David Miller - UU Congregation fo Fairfax, VA
• Rev. Amy Williams Clark - Cedarhurst UUs, Finksburg, MD
• Rev. Lynn Cox - UU Congregation of York, PA
• Rev. Dr. Neal Joans - Mainline UU Church, Devon, PA
• Rev. Roberta Finkelstein - First Unitarian Church of Wilmington, DE
• Rev. Dr. Susan Moore - All Souls UU Church, Washington, DC
• William Humpfrey - All Souls UU Church, Bellville, OH
• Rev. Michelle Buhite - UU Church of Amherst, NY

New Directors of Religious Education we know of are:

• Darrel Dyke – Pullman Memorial Universalist Church, NY
• Carol Zimmerman – UU Church of Canton, NY
• Julie Rigano – UU Society of Schenectady, NY
• Chelsea Churpak - UU Fellowship of Wooster, OH
• Karen LoBracco - UU Church of Kent, OH
• Steven Mead - First Unitarian Church of Pittsburgh, PA

Please let us know how we can assist you and your congregation!

The Central East Staff

Andrea Lerner, Patricia Infante, Rev. David Pyle, Rev. Hope Johnson, Rev. Megan Foley, Raziq Brown, Rev. Renee Ruchotzke, Evin Carvill-Ziemer, Rev. Joan Van Becelaere, Sue Tabone, Cristina Sanchis, Jillian Conway and Beth Casebolt