Ministerial Interns

For centuries, Unitarian and Universalist ministers have worn black academic gowns, rather than liturgical robes, a sign that reason and the search for knowledge are central to our faith.

Today, candidates for our ministry must complete a Masters in Divinity. But a class room education is not enough. Both theory and practice are needed. Every candidate must serve a UU congregation as a Ministerial Intern.

Knowing that the future of our faith depends on a well trained ministry, UUFBR became a Teaching Congregation in 2002. Through consistent support of The Endowment Committee and occasional gifts of some angels, UUFBR has welcomed 7 ministerial Interns. Each has brought their talents and passion to the congregation, enriching our lives. And each Intern felt the embrace of a gracious community, in which they could feel comfortable taking risks, while learning the delicate art of ministry.

UUFBR Interns

The Reverend Amy Carol Webb

Consulting Minister, River of Grass Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Davie, FL

Chaplain, VITAS Innovative Hospice Care
Nationally Acclaimed Folk Singer/Songwriter
UUFBR Intern 2009 – 2011 (part-time)
Ordained; May 1, 2011 by UUFBR

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The Reverend Jan Taddeo

Minister, Unitarian Universalist Church of Gwinnett, GA

UUFBR Intern 2008 – 2009
Ordained; May 1, 2011 by
The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Fairfax

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The Reverend Susan M. Shaw

Chaplain, VITAS Innovative Hospice Care
Affiliated Minister, UUFBR
UUFBR Intern 2006 – 2007
Ordained May 31, 2009 by UUFBR

The Reverend Rebekah Montgomery

Battalion Chaplain
Maryland Army National Guard
Military Chaplain of the Year, 2009
Affiliated Minister River Road UUC
UUFBR Intern 2002 – 2003
Ordained 2003 by UUFBR

The Reverend Christine Neilson

Congregational Life Consultant
St. Lawrence District
Stewardship Consultant for the Central
East Regional Group
Rochester, NY
UUFBR Intern 2001 – 2002

John S. Smith, II

Lieutenant Junior Grade, Chaplain Corps United States Navy

UUFBR Intern 2014 – 2015
Ordained October 30, 2016

John is now serving an additional year as a minister. His e mail is John will be serving in the military after that year has concluded.

Rachael Hayes

Ministerial Intern

Rev. Rachael Ann Hayes, currently 2019 Settled Minister at UU Society of Amherst
121 North Pleasant Street
Amherst, Massachusetts 01002
Mailing Address:
PO Box 502
Amherst, Massachusetts 01004-0502

Parish Ministry
BA, Bennington College
MDiv, Union Theological Seminary, NY
Date of Preliminary Fellowship, 2018
Previous Positions: UUFBR Intern 2017– 2018 Ordained 2018 by UUFBR

Dr. Scott Theodore Mulder

Ministerial Intern

Dr. Scott Theodore Mulder (they/them/theirs) came to UUFBR as a seminarian at Iliff School of Theology. Scott served as a Medic in the United States Army, holds a Bachelors in Business Management and Economics, a Masters in Organizational Leadership, and completed a doctorate in Leadership and Policy studies. Their doctoral research focused on the intersection of covenant and congregational health in Unitarian Universalist contexts, in anticipation of serving the UU as a developmental minister.

Scott is a self-described Covenantal Humanist, a faith which is grounded in the Western Esoteric tradition. Scott’s ministry is to celebrate the Holy Fire of the Human Spirit, a fire which burns brightest not in isolated individualism, but is realized when we are gathered together in beloved community. Scott is called to celebrate the salvation we can offer to one another here on earth, a salvation born in the human heart and realized in the human hand, through the gifts of compassion, justice, beauty and truth—the gifts of love which we can offer one another.

Following Scott’s time at UUFBR, Scott will be in discernment between serving as a congregational health consultant or establishing their own independent Humanist ministry.

(They / Them / Theirs)

Intern Minister, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship at Boca Raton

Seminarian, Iliff School of Theology

cell: 716-696-2915

“The salvation of this human world lies nowhere else than in the human heart, in the human power to reflect, in human meekness and human responsibility”—Vaclav Havel