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First Parish of Sudbury, Unitarian Universalist
Founded 1640, Unitarian since 1837.
Rev. Katie Lee Crane, Minister 327 Concord Road, Sudbury, MA 01776 978-443-2043
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First Parish Staff
Rev. Katie Lee Crane, MinisterThe Rev. Katie Lee Crane has served as minister of First Parish of Sudbury since August 1998. She holds degrees from Marietta College (B.A.), Dartmouth College (Masters of Liberal Arts), and Harvard Divinity School (Master of Divinity). She has served both as intern and interim minister at congregations in Reading and Winchester, Massachusetts, and Laconia, New Hampshire. Katie Lee lives in Sudbury with her husband Jonas (pronounced Yo nas) and their lab mutt mix, Milo.
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Roberta Altamari, Director of Religious Exploration and Youth Ministry
Roberta Altamari began working in Religious Education and Youth Ministry at the First Parish of Watertown, MA in 2003 and is thrilled to be stepping up to full-time work at First Parish of Sudbury this year. She has also been on the volunteer staff for the past four years for Different Drummers, a camp for middle-schoolers at Ferry Beach. Her bio includes earning a Bachelor’s degree majoring in developmental psychology from Suffolk University in 1991. She has more than a decade of work supporting adults with disabilities and a wide variety of fun jobs like leading music and movement programs for young children. She is a homeschooling mom of two daughters, Dominique and Skylar Rose, and lives in Watertown with her daughters. When she’s not busy working or parenting, she loves singing and playing her guitar, reading good books, trying a new art project, laughing with friends, or walking on a beach.
Debra Morris-Bennett, Music Director
Debra Morris-Bennett has been the Music Director and Organist at the First Parish of Sudbury for the past 21 years. She received a M.M. degree in Organ Performance from the New England Conservatory of Music. During her tenure at First Parish she has enjoyed exploring the wide range of choral literature—both sacred and secular—that the Unitarian Universalist service embraces. Some of the diverse works performed with the First Parish Choir over past seasons include Henry Mollicone’s Beatitude Mass for the Homeless, Missa Gaia by Paul Winter and Jim Scott, Acquaintance With Nature by Gwyneth Walker, a collaboration with Celtic harpist Áine Minogue entitled “A Celtic Harvest,” and lesser known choral works of Johannes Brahms, selections of Aaron Copland, John Rutter’s Requiem, Benjamin Britten’s Ceremony of Carols, Irish choral music, Gabriel Faure’s Requiem, and Dietrich Buxtehude’s Cantate Domini.
Fran Sharp, Community Life Coordinator
Dear Friends and Members of First Parish,
I am writing to let you know that I will be resigning from the position of Community Life Coordinator at the end of June. This was a difficult decision for me to make, and it came after much thought, soul-searching and discussion with my family.
This will end ten years of service to First Parish on the staff (2000-02 as co-Dir. of Religious Ed.; 2002-08 as Cong. Administrator; and 2008-10 as Community Life Coordinator.) For me, it has been a great run! I am very grateful for the opportunity to have served you. I will be working with our staff and leaders this spring to ensure a smooth transition for the congregation leading up to June 30.
Some of you may have heard me tell the story that after my 3rd Sunday coming to worship at FPS (in the spring of 1998), I went home and said to my husband, Philip, “You know...First Parish is going to become a BIG part of our lives.” I didn’t realize then the extent to which congregational life would come to be at the center of our lives, especially mine. But, even then, I knew in my heart that this felt like home and that it was already beginning to be my beloved community.
Having the opportunity to serve on the staff has been a gift, and one that has helped me to grow, professionally and personally. Being part of the staff team has given me the experience of working with colleagues in right-relationship and in creative collaboration, a rare and blessed experience.
I have been supported and nurtured by you all. You have stepped up in big ways and small to help me succeed in my different positions. You have been helpful, generous, and forgiving of my “human” moments.
With deep appreciation, Fran
Donna Scalcione, Office Administrator
Donna Scalcione is in her third year as Administrator here at First Parish of Sudbury and worked in that role at the Unitarian Church of Marlborough and Hudson for over two years and has held similar jobs in the business world, so she brings experience and enthusiasm to the job. Donna is a long-time member of this congregation and has served on a variety of committees and in several leadership roles. Along with her spouse Rev. Bev Waring, Donna enjoys walking, especially by the shore or in the woods, struggling through crossword puzzles, playing the drums and doting on their two dogs and other foster-doggie visitors to their home. Office hours, September-June, are 9-12, Monday through Friday. Stop by and say hello.
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