Rev. James, who currently serves as UUFR’s Lead Minister, will leave UUFR in June 2026. Rev. James has been a developmental minister, a minister who serves a congregation on a time-limited basis to help it achieve specific goals. Rev. James will have served UUFR for seven years by the time he leaves, and this is usually the maximum amount of time a developmental minister serves a congregation.
In January, 2025, the UUFR Nominating Committee announced a slate of candidates for the Search Team including: Laura Dupre, Becky Elliott, Bill MacMillan, Chris Olson, Sandy Pearce, Ted Spencer, and Jim VanKirk. This slate will be voted on by the congregation in June 2025 and begin the process of helping UUFR choose a settled Lead Minister to begin serving the congregation in August 2026.
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