AUUF Podcasts

Gary Holthaus has served as the called minister for our Fellowship since 2012.

Ingrid Larson is a member of the Anchorage Unitarian Universalist Fellowship.

Rosene Beachy has been the AUUF Director of Lifespan Religious Exploration for 17 years, providing leadership for the Children and Youth Religious Exploration Committee and the Adult Programs Committee. After earning a master’s degree in education, Rosene worked as a public school teacher before accepting her AUUF position. She’s a board member on the Pacific Northwest Liberal Religious Educators Association and recently served as Chapter Chair. Rosene enjoys the privilege of working with AUUF children and families, providing joyful opportunities for all ages to learn, explore their values and work for peace and social justice both in their community and the larger world. 

This service was written and conducted by the Anchorage Unitarian Universalist Fellowship's high school youth group.

Andy Baker is a registered professional engineer in Alaska and owner of YourCleanEnergy consulting in Anchorage. A graduate in civil engineering from Penn State University, he regularly teaches workshops on the theory, design and installation of renewable energy technologies suitable for northern climates.  Andy’s interest in environmental justice and the Lewis & Clark expedition, including its passage through territory long-inhabited by the Lakota and other indigenous peoples, led him to camp with more than 6,000 others at Standing Rock in November 2016. There he was able to witness the Lakota world of Prayer Ceremonies, Water Protectors, Sacred Fires and front-line action to stop the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline.  

Gary Holthaus has served as the called minister for our Fellowship since 2012.

Ivan Moore is one of Alaska’s senior pollsters.  Born in Singapore in 1964 where his family lived for 30 years, he spent his school years in England receiving a Mathematics degree from Nottingham University. He confesses he spent more time goofing off in Sherwood Forest than doing his homework.  In 1988 he made his way to Alaska, where he’s spent the last 29 years trying to get rid of his accent and forging a career in public opinion research. His business, formerly known as Ivan Moore Research, now operates under the name Alaska Survey Research. 

Dr. Tamara McCoy and several other local artists participated in the Lullaby Project at Highland Mountain Correctional Center this Fall. They wrote songs together with several inmates and presented them at a gathering of parents children and guests at the Center. Tamara, with some of the artists, will meet with us, sing, and discuss their experience. The Lullaby Project was First conducted at Rikers Island in New York. Highland Mountain was the second in the nation.

Frank Soos is completing his tenure as Alaska’s Writer Laureate.  A popular and respected professor emeritus of English at University of Alaska Fairbanks, Soos has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities Forum fellowship, and the Flannery O’Connor Award for his 1998 short story collection “Unified Field Theory.”  His latest publication is a book of essays, "Unpleasantries: Considerations of Difficult Questions.” Soos grew up in Pocahontas, Virginia, and is married to artist Margo Klass. 

Hayden Neville was introduced to Unitarian Universalism in the 1980s, when he kept seeing the same UU faces showing up for pro-choice rallies and gay pride parades. Soon thereafter, as a young college student, he joined the UU Church of Baton Rouge. He is a former congregational board President of the UU Fellowship of Fairbanks, and he is the current President of the Pacific Northwest District of the UUA. Hayden is a veterinarian by profession and a transgender activist by avocation.