The Reverend Erik David Carlson, Minister
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Bradford Community Church UU voted unanimously on May 1, 2016 to call Rev. Erik David Carlson as its next settled minister. Rev. Carlson is a life-long UU who has held leadership positions at every level of our Association, including the Church of the Larger Fellowship, the Central Midwest District and the UUA Board of Trustees, and served the last six years as minister of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Stockton, IL.
Dedicated to the spiritual growth of our young people, Rev. Carlson is a recipient of the UUA’s Donna DiSciullo Award for Young Adult and Campus Ministry and consistently donates his time to serve as Chaplain for youth and young adult events in the MidAmerica region. Prior to ordination, Rev. Carlson served as intern minister for the three New Orleans area UU congregations who were struggling with rebuilding their churches and communities in the post-Katrina period. His work on technology and UU evangelism was a featured essay in the 2008 Jenkin Lloyd Jones Press publication Reverend X: How Generation-X Ministers are Shaping Unitarian Universalism. Rev. Carlson currently lives in Kenosha, with his wife, Kimberlee Tomczak Carlson who is a student at Meadville Lombard Theological School and Director of Religious Education for the Soul Matters program, his precocious three-year-old son Miles, and two opinionated felines. Since arriving at Bradford UU in August of 2016, Rev. Carlson has served as Co-Chair of the Religious Leaders' Caucus of Congregations United to Serve Humanity. |
Rev. Erik David Carlson
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Mary McKeown, Director of Religious Education
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Mary Mckeown has been attending BCCUU since February 2014, along with her daughter, Maggie. Mary became the Interim Director of Religious Education in January 2016. Mary’s background includes experience working with youth of all ages in childcare and school settings as well as a Master’s Degree in Community Counseling.
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Mary McKeown
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Todd Greene, Music Consultant
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Todd Greene is a multi-talented musician, performing on over a dozen different instruments and playing in several local bands in addition to teaching private music lessons. He comes to us with a background in percussion and a degree from Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA, and has been a recording producer for numerous projects over the years.
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Todd Greene
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Tom Shaughnessy, Church Musician & Choir Director
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Tom Shaughnessy became a member of Bradford in early 1993 and under Rev. Annie Holmes served on the worship, hospitality, buildings and grounds, auction, music, and finance committees. Tom was on the Board as Church Treasurer for two years during that time. As accompanist and finally Church Musician Tom began his stint in 1994 under Rev. Holmes, and continued under the Rev's Clark, Roemheld, and Wonders. Recently Tom renewed his interest in the Bradford Choir after an 8 year hiatus and began directing again. Tom has worked for 37 years in medical research, the last 29 being at Abbott/AbbVie.
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Tom Shaughnessy
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Deona Williams, Nursery Care
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Deona Williams comes to us with a background in early childhood education and many years' experience teaching pre-school and providing nursery care. She is Red Cross and First Aid certified, pursuing her bachelors' of education with a concentration in early childhood development and is currently in the process of starting her own day care center right here in Kenosha.
Deona and the nursery facilities are available for children 0-5 years old and open at 9:45am on Sundays. |
Deona Williams
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