Three-quarter time Minister: Rev. Donna Dolham
UPDATE: UUCC calls the Rev. Donna Dolham as the next settled minister!
On Sunday, February 11, 2024, the atmosphere in UUCC’s overflowing sanctuary was jubilant following a unanimous vote to confirm the full-time Ministry of Rev. Dolham. She is currently serving as a ¾ time contract Minister until her settled ministry begins on August 1, 2024.
Link to Rev. Donna's updated Minister's Message (from March Newsletter): https://youtu.be/gDrRf3jr_Sc
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A Message from our New Minister E-Blast July 19, 2023
Dear Unitarian Universalist Community Church Members and Friends,
What a delight to anticipate the next year of 3/4th time contract ministry with you! Your strong commitment to justice, active engagement with the community and focus on covenant are just a few things that drew me in. As our time unfolds, I look forward to getting to know you and supporting your ongoing work toward congregational goals. Our time together will begin August 1st.
Please feel free to pre-schedule a meeting time using this scheduling link. If you have any issues with this link or prefer to reach out by email or phone, please contact me at the beginning of August to schedule some time to meet. My email is minister@augustauu.org and office phone is (207) 263-3663.
I look forward to learning more about you, your strengths, and hopes. If you’d like to learn more about my ministry, please feel free to go to my website at www.donnadolham.com. Or if you’d like to watch a greeting video, please go to this link: https://youtu.be/VUeR8qOGiM8
Wishing you peace and joy as the rest of July unfolds!
Blessings, Rev. Donna Dolham, (she, her)
And here is the long scheduling link: https://calendly.com/revdolham/conversation-with-rev-donna
Bio: Rev. Donna Dolham’s desire for infusing life with justice fuels her ministry and involvement in the development of collaborative justice work, interreligious education, and dialogue. She is delighted to serve the Unitarian Universalist Community Church in Augusta, Maine as their ¾ time, one year contract minister. Prior to attending seminary, Donna served as President of the Board of Trustees for the UU congregations in Auburn and the Damariscotta Maine.
Her prior career as a clinical social worker in Coastal, Maine offered Donna an opportunity to develop a specialty working with Transgender and Gender Queer folks and their families. She shares her life with her spouse, Kate, and their two cats in Portland, Maine. She identifies as a gardener, spouse, cat lover, cis gender lesbian and uses the pronouns, she, her, and hers.
Donna continues to serve the Unitarian Universalist Association as a Beyond Categorical Thinking Facilitator (BCT), facilitating BCT workshops throughout the US and Canada.