The Rev. Heather Janules (she/her/hers) has served UU congregations for the past 19 years as both an Associate and Solo Minister, first as the Associate Minister for Pastoral Care with Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Bethesda, Maryland and then as the Parish Minister of the Winchester Unitarian Society in Winchester, MA.

The call to Winchester was part of a return to her native New England, having been raised in a nominally-Catholic family in southern New Hampshire. Heather discovered Unitarian Universalism at Arlington Street Church in 1994, a connection that was a catalyst to much personal growth and healing. In time, a call to the ministry emerged as a wish to give back to the tradition that had given - and continues to give - so much. She received a Master of Divinity degree from Meadville Lombard Theological School and was ordained by ASC in 2005.

Heather is about to begin a second master's degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, a deepening of her experience with pastoral care. Whether it is through congregational governance, engaging colleagues as a clergy coach or companioning colleagues as a Good Officer, Heather's leadership has been defined by careful listening and respectful witness in service to collectively discovering healthy paths forward.

Heather shares her home with two spoiled pets. She finds solace in walking outside by water, whether it is Horn Pond in suburban Boston, her family's log cabin on a lake in the Deep North Woods of northern New Hampshire or by the Ashuelot River near her new home in Hinsdale, NH. She also has deep appreciation for the absurd in life which, thankfully, is always available in abundance.