Erica Baron

Full name: Rev. Erica Baron (she/her/hers)

Congregational Life Staff

New England Region in Congregational Life

Email: ebaron@uua.org

Telephone: (617) 948-4604

Erica Baron: Head and shoulders of a white woman with short red hair, wearing a black blazer and a black and orange necklace against a mottled blue background.

Rev. Erica Baron joined the New England region staff in 2019, focusing on helping congregations live into their missions and develop their gifts for spiritual leadership. Before joining the Congregational Life staff, she served as parish minister for the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Catskills in Kingston, NY, as well as the congregations in Rutland and Bennington, VT. She is a graduate of Andover Newton Theological School.

From Erica Baron

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scrabble leaders reading "practice" though the c is blank

Come, practice with us, and let’s see what’s possible! We are launching a new blog called Tending to Spiritual Leadership, which will share offerings on how we can engage the practices of spiritual leadership to make more things possible.

By Erica Baron | August 3, 2020 | From Practice Makes Possible Blog
Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Spiritual Practice, Spiritual Practice
Two bees hovering over a dandelion

Moving from full-time to part-time ministry asks the minister and congregation to consider renegotiating things that don’t neatly divide. Here is a suggested process based on mutuality and consent.

Story | By Erica Baron, Sarah Movius Schurr, Sharon Dittmar | July 14, 2020 | From LeaderLab
Tagged as: Budgeting for Congregations, Staffing & Supervision, Small Congregations
In the foreground, a vinyl record on a high-tech DJ board; in the background, a DJ turning dials on the board, headphones around his neck.

In our congregations, how often do we assume that preachers, music directors, and other worship leaders are there to fulfill our personal preferences?

Leader Resource | By Erika Hewitt, Erica Baron | January 10, 2018 | From WorshipLab
Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Arts & Music, Conflict, Covenant, Direct Experience, Leadership, Responsibility, Secular, Unitarian Universalism
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A story for Yule in these times.

Story | By Erica Baron | December 19, 2016 | From UU World
Tagged as: Balance, Environment, Summer, Winter
A field in Mongolia of dirt, deeply cut by cracks. The phenomenon, called a “dzud," is a drought in the summer and an extremely cold winter.

Leader: [if applicable: In addition to our own beloved dead], we take the time to acknowledge all those already lost as the world feels the effects of global warming and climate change. Thousands of people, as well as animals and plants, die every year from the effects of global climate change....

Litany | By Erica Baron | October 19, 2016 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), All Souls Day, Anti-Oppression, Brokenness, Despair, Earth, Earth Day, Earth-Centered, Humanism, Nature, Pain, Remembrance Day, Responsibility, Trauma, Climate Justice
With a foaming waterfall behind her, a woman floats in water, smiling, with her bare feet floating in the foreground

May you never thirst. May your body and your spirit always have what they need. When you are in need of refreshment, or new life, may the waters be available to you. May you never know thirst unto death, in your body or in your soul. May you never thirst. And may your body and your spirit always...

Blessing | By Erica Baron | October 13, 2016 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Autumnal Equinox, Balance, Body, Connections, Earth-Centered, Food, Growth, Journey, Justice, Life Transition, Searching, Self-Care, Spirituality
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The light and the dark are like twins.

By Erica Baron | December 21, 2015 | From Spirit
Tagged as: Balance, Diversity, Interdependence

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