AUUF Podcasts

William R. (Bill) Clontz brings over forty years in leadership development and coaching, organizations effectiveness, and strategic planning to his work as a stewardship consultant serving UUs, from congregations to the UUA. He has over 25 years of active participation in UU church leadership and stewardship and 15 years of business development and portfolio management as a corporate officer, including working with nonprofits |and nongovernmental organizations. His focus as a stewardship consultant over the last five years has been empowering congregations to have successful stewardship environments, leadership development, and the growth of our movement.

William R. (Bill) Clontz brings over forty years in leadership development and coaching, organizational effectiveness, and strategic planning to his work as a stewardship consultant serving UUs, from congregations to the UUA. He has over 25 years of active participation in UU church leadership and stewardship and 15 years of business development and portfolio management as a corporate officer,including working with nonprofits and nongovernmental organizations. His focus as a stewardship consultant over the last five years has been empowering congregations to have successful stewardship environments, leadership development, and the growth of our movement.

William R. (Bill) Clontz brings over forty years in leadership development and coaching, organizations effectiveness, and strategic planning to his work as a stewardship consultant serving UUs, from congregations to the UUA. He has over 25 years of active participation in UU church leadership and stewardship and 15 years of business development and portfolio management as a corporate officer, including working with nonprofits |and nongovernmental organizations. His focus as a stewardship consultant over the last five years has been empowering congregations to have successful stewardship environments, leadership development, and the growth of our movement.

Gary Holthaus is a poet, author and minister. For the past three years he's served as the called minister of the Anchorage Unitarian Universalist Fellowship.

Originally ordained as a Methodist minister, Holthaus has also made a living as an educator and non-profit administrator. 

He's the author -- most recently -- of "Learning Native Wisdom: What Traditional Cultures Teach Us about Subsistence, Sustainability, and Spirituality" and "From the Farm to the Table: What All Americans Need to Know about Agriculture." In this latter work, through interviews with men and women who try to make a living farming in southeastern Minnesota, Holthaus examined the stark downside of international free-trade agreements that maximize multinational corporate profits at the expense of American farmers, wage-earners and the environment. 

Michael Carey was born and raised in Fairbanks. He attended Fairbanks public school before going on to Ithaca College in New York, where he received a B.A. in History. He did graduate work in the History Department at Duke University in North Carolina before turning to journalism. Michael was an editorial writer and columnist for the Anchorage Daily News for 16 years and the editorial page editor for 10 years. Michael has also served as the host for the Public Television shows: "Alaska Edition" and "Running"

Gary Holthaus is a poet, author and minister. For the past three years he's served as the called minister of the Anchorage Unitarian Universalist Fellowship.

Originally ordained as a Methodist minister, Holthaus has also made a living as an educator and non-profit administrator.

He's the author -- most recently -- of "Learning Native Wisdom: What Traditional Cultures Teach Us about Subsistence, Sustainability, and Spirituality" and "From the Farm to the Table: What All Americans Need to Know about Agriculture." In this latter work, through interviews with men and women who try to make a living farming in southeastern Minnesota, Holthaus examined the stark downside of international free-trade agreements that maximize multinational corporate profits at the expense of American farmers, wage-earners and the environment.

Rick Halford is a long-time Alaskan. He served for 25 years in the Alaska Legislature (from 1978 to 2003) and was Senate President for two terms. He was immersed in the decisions which implemented the Permanent Fund. Rick was in the Senate when the price of oil sank to $8 per barrel, and he had to deal with those fiscal challenges. He holds a degree in History and Political Science from Alaska Methodist University. Recently he served as co-chair of Governor Walker's 2014/ 2015 transition team.

1. Marilyn Lee
2. Shirley Dickens
3. Barb Clark
4. Stephanie Koonz
5. Wray Kinard
6. Margot Wiegel
7. Bill Sherwonit

Dr. Aron Crowell is an Arctic anthropologist and is the Director of the Smithsonian Institution's Arctic Studies Center. He has a Doctorate in anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley and he is an affiliate faculty member of the University of Alaska.

Many elements of the congregation came together to continue a celebration of Solstice.