AUUF Podcasts

A last minute change to the planned service due to the 7.0, 30 November 2018, Anchorage quake

Dr. William Cox is a retired Alaskan radiologist who’s traveled and lectured extensively in Asia and speaks outfrequently against human rights abuses in China, Tibet and Taiwan. Cox worked as a  radiologist at the Alaska Native Medical Center for 13 years and then 16 years in Nome. He now lives in Anchorage and is an active member of the Anchorage Unitarian Universalist Fellowship.

Marilyn Lee and Wray Kinard explored thanksgiving and gratefulness in this era of uncivil discourse. Can we be happy and cheerful and still watch the evening news?

Marilyn Lee is a long time member of AUUF, and has held many volunteer positions such as music director and chair of the worship associates committee.

Wray Kinard joined AUUF in 2000, and has worked on canvass, worship associate, and endowment fundcommittees, as well as treasurer.

Jane Angvik is a community planner, political consultant and longtime civic leader in Anchorage. In her 20s, she was selected as one of 11 people to serve on the 1975 Anchorage Charter Commission that unified the city and borough. In 1979 she was elected to the Anchorage Assembly and eventually became the first woman to chair the Assembly. In the 1990s she helped plan and develop the Alaska Native Heritage Center, then was appointed state director of the Division of Lands under Gov. Tony Knowles. She’s served on numerous non-profit boards of directors, including the Girl Scouts of Alaska, Standing Together Against Rape and the Alaska Women’s Political Caucus. Along with other members of the two-year-old "Alaska Women Ascend," a movement inspired by the 2017 Women's March on the Park Strip, she’s trained scores of female candidates on how to fund-raise and manage political campaigns. In 2014 she was named to the Alaska Women’s Hall of Fame.

Rev. Dr. Denise Sudbeck is a married trans woman living in Anchorage and pastor of the emergingMetropolitan Community Church. She recently earned her Doctor of Ministry degree with a dissertation intrans-focused theology.

Note: the recording starts late.

Tim Hinterberger is a professor of Developmental Biology in the School of Medical Education at University of Alaska Anchorage, with teaching responsibilities in anatomy and neuroscience and a research program in molecular embryology. He earned his BS, MS, and PhD in biology at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign. Four years ago, he served as chair of the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol as part of the successful 2014 voter initiative to legalize marijuana in Alaska. His commentary, “Alaska should rethink its approach on marijuana testing,” was recently published in the Anchorage Daily News.

This service was a "special service" held from 1000 to 1215 and consisted mainly of reviews, recollections, and recommendations  from the last 2 Ministerial Search Committees. This was followed by many good questions.

Rev. Shelley Page serves as the Interim Minister at the Anchorage Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. A graduate of Cornell University and Starr King School for the Ministry in Berkeley, she also served congregations in Delaware, Michigan, and Utah. A Unitarian Universalist for over 35 years, her lay leadership roles include the founding mother of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Canandaigua in New York.  Her previous careers included marketing and communications manager for business and not-for-profit organizations. The mother of two grown daughters, she originally hails from the Finger Lakes region of Western New York and has lived in states across the U.S.

Jasmine Kahn is the Executive Director of the Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness. She’s spent the past two decades leading large-scale strategic planning and operational change efforts in both the public and private sector, often with a focus on serving at-risk populations. Prior to coming on-board the Anchorage Coalition, she spent several years managing global consulting projects for Deloitte Consulting. She earned her MBA from the University of Michigan and her Master of Science in Human Services from Bellevue University. She currently lives outside of Eagle River with her partner Wade and a menagerie of farm animals.

Rev. Shelley Page serves as the Interim Minister at the Anchorage Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. A graduate of Cornell University and Starr King School for the Ministry in Berkeley, she also served congregations in Delaware, Michigan and Utah. A Unitarian Universalist for over 35 years, her lay leadership roles include founding mother of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Canandaigua in New York. Her previous careers included marketing and communications management for business and not-for-profit organizations. The mother of two grown daughters, she originally hails from the Finger Lakes region of Western New York and has lived in states across the U.S.

Hayden Nevill is former president of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Fairbanks as well as former president of the UUA Pacific Northwest District. A career veterinarian, Nevill also served as chair of the UUFF Ministerial Search Committee.

Jana Peirce is a public policy consultant who served as a member of the UUFF Ministerial Search Committee. She also served as chair of the Ministerial Visioning Process.

Going into Ministerial Search is an exciting and daunting process for a congregation. We'll hear from our sister congregation in Fairbanks about their recent and very successful search process as we prepare for our own search for a new settled minister.