| Rev. Mark Belletini, Senior Minister |
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Mark Belletini was ordained into the Unitarian Universalist ministry on September 22nd, 1979.
He began his ordained ministry by serving the First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco as Assistant to Rev. Diane Miller. Then he served the Starr King Unitarian Universalist Church as minister for 18 years. He has been senior parish minister at First Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbus since August 1st of 1998. He has also covered for Rev. Laurel Hallman while she was on Sabbatical from First Church, Dallas, and has had the privilege of several weekend ministries with our gathered Unitarian Universalist congregations in the European Union. Read More
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| Rev. Eric Meter, Associate Minister |
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Eric Meter has been with First UU since May 2008. Born and raised Unitarian Universalist, Eric comes to our congregation after ten years of ministry in northern California and an interim ministry year in upstate New York.
After completing his Masters of Divinity at Starr King School for the Ministry in Berkeley, and then a ministerial internship under the late Rev. Dan O’Neal at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Santa Rosa, Eric served the Unitarian Universalist Church in Livermore, California until 2007. Read More
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| Jolinda Stephens, Director of Religious Education |
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Jolinda Stephens arrived at First UU in July 2008, having most recently served the UU Church of the Monterey Peninsula in California. Jolinda brings her skills and eight years of experience in managing and nurturing Sunday School programs and adult faith development to First UU’s ever-growing programs. She is committed to continuing her own religious education. With a masters in Instructional Systems and the completion of the required coursework at Starr King School for the Ministry, she has the post graduate classes required for the UU Master Level Religious Educator credentialing process.
Among her professional passions are honoring children's spirituality, promoting the leadership of children and youth, helping those new to Unitarian Universalism discover that experiencing our history and theology is a deep and fascinating spiritual practice, and the application of the latest research in neurobiology to faith development.
Our committee which oversaw Jolinda’s hiring admired her “passion, intelligence, and ability to observe, listen, and ask the right questions.”
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| Marian Garcia, Administrative Assistant |
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| Tony McDonald, Music Director |
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Tony has had a career in music performance and administration. He received his Masters and D.M.A. degrees in orchestral conducting from Stanford University and has directed orchestras, bands and choirs and taught music at Hillsdale, Centre and Antioch Colleges. In addition, he has taught music to children of all ages at the Davis Center for the Performing Arts. In 1995 he received a Minority Arts Administration Fellowship and, consequently, has worked as an arts administrator with the St. Louis Symphony, The MacPhail Center for the Arts, Opera/Columbus and the King Arts Complex. Tony has also directed musical theatre for over 35 years and currently writes for and directs his own group, Dr. Tony’s Original Ragtime Band
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| Brandon Moss, Chalice Choir Director |
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| Cheridy (Dee) Keller, Spirit of Life and Children's Choir Directors |
| Cheridy Keller (also known as Dee) has a B.A. from Michigan State and an M.E. from OSU. She has been a worship leader at several churches, taught vocal and instrumental music at the high school level, has directed musical theatre, and is a free-lance pianist. |
| Nathan Hamm, Church Pianist and Choir Accompanist |
| Nathan has a B.M. in Piano Performance from The Ohio State University, is principal accompanist for the Columbus Gay Men’s Chorus and the Dublin Singers, and is part of “Music by reflection,” a piano/vocal duo that performs at local venues. Nathan previously held this same position at the North UU Church in Lewis Center, for almost 20 years. |
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