by Cheri Plavnick, Radical Generosity Committee As First U’s Director of Finance, Bryan Hackett prepares and oversees the expenditures for a 1.1 million-dollar operating budget. He is responsible to our Board of Directors, and...
by Cheri Plavnick, Radical Generosity Committee Mia Noren began her career at First Unitarian in 2012 as RE administrative assistant. In 2015 she became Director of Religious Education. The program was sparsely attended when she began...
by Cheri Plavnick, Radical Generosity Committee Of all First U’s non-clergy staff, Laira Magnusson, Director of Congregational Life, is undoubtedly the best known. She said, “my work entails the ‘people’ part of the church:...
by Christina Socorro Yovovich of the Rad Gen Committee Around 40 years ago, Connie Molecke’s five-year-old son Greg yearned to be in Sunday School like his friends. Connie was from a Christian background and...
by Cheri Plavnick of the Radical Generosity Committee Why would a musician choose a career in a church rather than other settings? First U’s music director Susan Peck answers: ”Working in a church allows...
by Cheri Plavnick of the Radical Generosity Committee First Unitarian has recently welcomed our new church administrator, Erin Snider. We were very fortunate that she came on board two weeks prior to the departure...
by Christina Socorro Yovovich of the Rad Gen Committee Chuckie (Helen) McHenry is a 3rd generation UU. She grew up UU, and started her volunteering history while doing a gap year between high school...
by Cheri Plavnick of the Radical Generosity Committee In this inaugural article on First U staff, we spotlight Miguel Perez, our Director of Facilities. New Mexico is Miguel’s chosen home after having grown up...
Steve and Rodene Phillips grew up on small farms in Colorado’s San Luis Valley. Life took them east, where Steve taught as a professor, and where they raised their two daughters. In retirement, they...
by Christina Socorro Yovovich of the Rad Gen Committee Kris Kennedy moved to Albuquerque in 2005, and she immediately joined First Unitarian. She had visited the congregation when she was considering where to settle...
Carla Williams says she’s not political. She simply wants a just world and likes showing her kids that helping others can be a way of life. She definitely “walks the talk.” Carla has been...
