Rev. Dr. Natalie Maxwell Fenimore
“Across her work serving congregations, mentoring others, and championing associational change, Rev. Dr. Fenimore has exhibited care, generosity, honesty, and wisdom,” said Nao Bethea, co-director of Lifespan Faith Engagement for the UUA. “She has led with a depth of faith and commitment to the Unitarian Universalist movement through tumultuous times… and into the follow-up work as part of the Commission on Institutional Change.”
Read the award citation.
2025 Awardee: Rev. Dr. Natalie Fenimore
The UUA will present the Rev. Dr. Natalie Maxwell Fenimore with the 2025 Angus H. MacLean Award for Excellence in Religious Education at its General Assembly in Baltimore, MD on June 22.
About the Award
The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) presents the Angus H. MacLean award most years to someone who has made outstanding contributions to religious education. The award was established in 1972 by the St. Lawrence University Theological School Alumni Association and the Religious Education Department of the UUA.
In creating the award, the Alumni Association said, “Angus H. MacLean, Dean and Teacher of Religious Education at St. Lawrence University Theological School, was one of the pioneers in Unitarian Universalist (UU) religious education. It is appropriate that we recognize the inspiration and warmth that he gave to us all and his great concern for the religious nurture of both children and adults.”
How to Nominate Someone
Anyone may nominate a recipient. A committee chaired by Nao Bethea, the UUA’s Lifespan Faith Engagement Co-Director, selects a recipient.
A nominee should be a UU who has achieved several of the following:
- Contributed to the quality of religious education at the local level.
- Raised the quality of religious education at the Association level.
- Been innovative in the use of religious education resources.
- Brought dignity to the profession of religious education.
- Influenced religious education and faith development beyond our Association.
A nomination must specify the nominee’s qualities, achievements, and contributions relevant to the award criteria and provide nominee contact information and basic biographical data.
Nominations are welcome throughout the year at religiouseducation@uua.org.