Kathy McGowan

Southern Region Staff

Southern Region in Congregational Life

Telephone: (518) 859-9267

Email: kmcgowan@uua.org

Telephone: (518) 859-9267

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Kathy McGowan has been on the Congregational Life Staff for the Southern Region of the Unitarian Universalist Association since 2013. In that time her areas of focus have been in systems thinking, theology, conflict, intercultural sensitivity, and staff supervision. She is one of the primary teachers in the Southern Region.

She has a deep passion for Unitarian Universalism and is grounded in its history and theology. She is sensitive to marginalized groups and is committed to intercultural sensitivity. She believes in the transformative power of groups and thrives on the collaborative process. She is talented both in presentation and facilitation with a unique ability to use humor while attending to important and sensitive questions. All of her work comes from a deep respect for an individual process of spiritual development and the power of communal worship.

In addition to her congregational work, her careers have been in the areas of child welfare and theatre. She lives with her two cats in the triangle area of North Carolina. She enjoys visiting her son and daughter in New York and California.

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Southern Region

Resourcing our Congregations in a New World

Kathy McGowan

From Southern Region
Many of our congregations are trying to figure out how to cope with fewer resources than they are used to when thinking about their upcoming programs an...
To Everything a Season

Kathy McGowan

From Southern Region
When I was a religious educator I had a congregant talk to me about how amazed she was that her daughter seemed to absorb everything from the previous...
But Why Does Our Congregation Need a Covenant? Do We Have to Have One?

Natalie Briscoe, Kathy McGowan, Nancy Combs-Morgan

From Southern Region
Unitarian Universalists are a covenantal, not a creedal, Faith. There is no belief requirement, or creed, that you have to say to join us in community,...
How Do We Keep Peace in Our Soul?

Kathy McGowan

From Southern Region
“Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be...
Shared Ministry in a Time of Pandemic

Kathy McGowan, Nancy Combs-Morgan

From Southern Region
Who would have ever thought that something good could emerge during a pandemic?...
Let It Be A Dance: Reflections from your Southern Region Staff Team

Natalie Briscoe, Connie Goodbread, Kathy McGowan, Nancy Combs-Morgan

From Southern Region
I began ballet lessons when I was 3 years old. I remember begging my grandparents to allow me to stop playing softball - where the shirts were always
LeaderLab: Tips, Tools, and Trainings for Congregational Leaders

Kathy McGowan, Jonipher Kūpono Kwong, Renee Ruchotzke

From Southern Region
As Susan Frederick-Gray mentioned during her president’s report at General Assembly in June, LeaderLab is a tremendous resource for congregational leaders. Check it out at:...
A Time to Dream Big!

Kathy McGowan, Carlton Elliott Smith

From Southern Region
Most of your Southern Region staff are fresh from our Unitarian Universalist Association’s General Assembly, held this year in Kansas City, Missouri,...
Change is the Constant

Kathy McGowan

From Southern Region
“The only thing that is constant is change” Heraclitus My, my, my, but have we been surrounded with change?! If change is truly the only constant, then...
We Are Grieving

Kathy McGowan

From Southern Region
I have come to realize in the last few weeks that, in many ways, we as a nation are grieving. As liberal religious people, we are grieving....

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