Board Announces Next Interim Senior Minister
Dear Unity Church Members and Friends,
It is with great pleasure that the board announces Unity’s next interim senior minister, Rev. Kathleen Rolenz. Rev. Kathleen comes to Unity Church with more than 28 years ministerial experience and interim ministry at five congregations, having completed the highest level of accreditation for interim ministry. She has extensive experience with Policy Governance and has worked in several executive team structures, most recently at All Souls Church in Washington, DC. The board was impressed with her experience ministering to congregations and their staff through what can be identified as congregational trauma in response to different circumstances. She will continue to provide Unity Church with high quality worship and preaching, support on its journey to confront racism and oppression, shared ministry that fosters spiritual depth and growth of all ages, and help to navigate conflict in a healthy way that can transform our congregational culture.
Rev. Kathleen understands the time sensitive nature of finding a new associate minister to replace Rev. Karen Hering and has already been in communication with the executive team about this task. She has hit the ground running already. The executive team and board are excited about the portfolio of skills and experience that Rev. Kathleen is bringing to Unity Church in this time of transition. She is well positioned to assist Unity Church in doing the hard work that lies ahead so we will be ready to call a new settled senior minister.
To learn more about Rev. Kathleen Rolenz, please visit her website at www.kathleenrolenz.com. It is a wonderful source of insight and information as to who Rev. Kathleen is and what she will bring to Unity Church as our interim senior minster. We look forward to welcoming Rev. Kathleen and her husband, retired Rev. Dr. Wayne Arnason, when she starts her position with us on August 15, 2022.
Unity Church Board of Trustees
It is with great pleasure that the board announces Unity’s next interim senior minister, Rev. Kathleen Rolenz. Rev. Kathleen comes to Unity Church with more than 28 years ministerial experience and interim ministry at five congregations, having completed the highest level of accreditation for interim ministry. She has extensive experience with Policy Governance and has worked in several executive team structures, most recently at All Souls Church in Washington, DC. The board was impressed with her experience ministering to congregations and their staff through what can be identified as congregational trauma in response to different circumstances. She will continue to provide Unity Church with high quality worship and preaching, support on its journey to confront racism and oppression, shared ministry that fosters spiritual depth and growth of all ages, and help to navigate conflict in a healthy way that can transform our congregational culture.
Rev. Kathleen understands the time sensitive nature of finding a new associate minister to replace Rev. Karen Hering and has already been in communication with the executive team about this task. She has hit the ground running already. The executive team and board are excited about the portfolio of skills and experience that Rev. Kathleen is bringing to Unity Church in this time of transition. She is well positioned to assist Unity Church in doing the hard work that lies ahead so we will be ready to call a new settled senior minister.
To learn more about Rev. Kathleen Rolenz, please visit her website at www.kathleenrolenz.com. It is a wonderful source of insight and information as to who Rev. Kathleen is and what she will bring to Unity Church as our interim senior minster. We look forward to welcoming Rev. Kathleen and her husband, retired Rev. Dr. Wayne Arnason, when she starts her position with us on August 15, 2022.
Unity Church Board of Trustees