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The Reverend Gail Seavey
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Meet Our Minister
“I long to be part of a shared ministry in a faith community in which the people are beloved to one another, where the strong care for the weak, the old care for the children, and the experienced institution builders teach the novice church goers how to 'do' church. I long to be part of a shared ministry in a faith community that dares to live with a unified mission that includes acts of love and service, both inside and outside its wide open doors. I long to be a part of a shared ministry that arises from the expression of that community's unique experiences with the holy spirit of compassion and justice during worship.”
The Rev. Gail Seavey joined us recently - in the fall of 2005. Before coming here, she was parish minister of the First Universalist Church of Salem, Massachusetts, for six years. Having served both a humanist and a traditional Universalist congregation, the Rev. Seavey describes herself as "primarily a Unitarian Universalist, believing in a sacred Unity that is expressed in diversity."
A committed social activist, the Rev. Seavey was a leader with the Women's Friends Society, which managed the Emmerton House, a 20-room rooming house for single working women. In Nashville, she is starting to become very invovled with Tying Nashville Together and the Interfaith Alliance. She has also contributed significantly to Unitarian Universalism on district and national levels, serving on the Advisory Committee on Ministerial Sexual Misconduct and the UU Minister's Association Guidelines Committee.
The Rev. Seavey obtained a BFA degree from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1971 and spent 15 years as a community activist, sculptor, and manager of a co-op gallery. Prior to her call to ministry, she was an active lay leader in her home church, First Universalist Society of Rockport, Massachusetts. After graduating from Harvard Divinity School in 1990, she interned at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Ventura, California. The Rev. Seavey began her ministry at White Bear Unitarian Universalist Church in Mahtomedi, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis/St. Paul. The Rev. Seavey led this church to double its membership and increase significantly in staff and fund raising. She also led the church through a major building program during her eight years of leadership. During her stay in White Bear, Gail was very active in White Bear community and interfaith organizations, including a family violence task force and an anti-poverty housing program.
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