Community Unitarian Church has a staff of professionals that includes a minister, minister in residence, director of religious education, community minister, church administrator, bookkeeper, music director, choir director, and choir accompanist.

Minister

The Reverend Carol A. Huston

The Rev. Carol Huston has been minister of Community Unitarian Church at White Plains since August, 2001. The September 11 attack came two days after her first full service here, and so we settled in together in those unsettled times. Her prior ministry had been in Michigan, where she was the founding minister of Paint Creek UU Congregation in Rochester Hills, just north of Detroit. She was with that congregation for 8 years.

Prior to the ministry, Rev. Carol was an elementary and special education teacher for 13 years, and she spent about 5 years dabbling in arts administration. She has degrees from Oberlin College, Tufts University, and Eden Seminary (outside of St. Louis).

Rev. Carol has a passion for building intergenerational community. Her preaching, and teaching focus on UU identity and growth,, and her social justice work has generally been in the direction of women’s and children’s issues. While in Michigan she was active with a mental health and mentoring program for teenagers. She organized a yearly observance of Martin Luther King Day in her community and she we active on various policy and planning task forces for the City of Rochester Hills and for the local school district. She helped her congregation in Michigan become involved in volunteer work with homeless shelters and soup kitchens.

Here in New York her work outside the congregation includes chairing the Westchester Coalition on Worldwide Poverty and AIDS and serving on the White Plains School Safety Task Force. She is also on the Board of Trustees for two civic organizations: the Hudson Valley Chapter of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice (RCRC), and Sheltering the Homesless is Our REsponsibility (SHORE).

Rev. Carol is currently serving the wider Unitarian Universalist as a member of the Executive Committee of the UU Ministers Association, and as a member of the CENTER Committee, which provides continuing education opportunities for UU ministers. She is also on the panel which reads grant proposals for the Fund for Unitarian Universalism.

Rev. Huston's husband, Hollis, is a chaplain for Continuum Hospice Care in New York City. Their older daughter Vanessa is a psychologist in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Their younger daughter Linnea is a singer and performer. She works in Manhattan and is very active in UU Young Adult circles.

You can view Rev. Carol's blog on this web site.  Her archived blog site is at revcarol.blogspot.com.

Community Minister

Deb Morra

The Rev. Deb Morra is affiliated with our congregation as an ordained minister whose calling is to work in the wider world rather than in the parish. She makes her living as a therapist and social worker, but this congregation provides her the context in which she can view that work as ministry. She preaches here twice a year and provides other leadership.

Church Administrator

Louise Jacono

Louise Jacono has been CUC's administrator since 1995. This is a full-time Monday-Friday position. Louise is responsible for maintaining the master calendar which includes: scheduling for all church activities, rentals, and building upkeep; maintenance of the mailing and member lists; editing and producing the newsletter titled "The Communitarian."

Bookkeeper

Janice Kopits

Janice joined CUC in 2009. She is a part-time employee who reports to the minister and works closely with the administrator and the volunteer treasurer.

Music Director

Adam Kent

Please visit the "Our Music, Musicians" section of this web site to read Adam's bio.

See also: www.damoclestrio.com

Choir Director

Lisa Meyer

Please visit the "Our Music, Musicians" section of this web site to read Lisa's bio.

Choir Accompanist

Becki Advocate

Please visit the "Our Music, Musicians" section of this web site to read Becki's bio.