Rev. Dr. Natalie Fenimore served as a religious educator and parish minister in congregations in Maryland and Virginia before assuming settled ministry at our congregation in 2013. She is a past President of the Liberal Religious Educators Association and was a member of the UUA Commission on Institutional Change, Rev. Dr. Fenimore has served on the Boards of the Unitarian Universalist Minister’s Association and Starr King School for the Ministry. She is a member of the Long Island interfaith organizations: LI Faith and Coalition of Faith Partners.
Rev. Dr. Fenimore is an author of Unitarian Universalist Religious Education Curriculum and Renaissance Modules, meditations, and readings. Her Doctor of Ministry area of study is Narrative Theology with an emphasis on Story and Faith Identity Development for African American Unitarian Universalists. She was the preacher of the 2021 Service of the Living Tradition at the UUA General Assembly. In 2025 she received the Angus MacLean Award for Excellence in Religious Education.
A centered, thoughtful person, Natalie is an engaging preacher and worship leader who brings a passion to lifespan religious education and faith development. In her own words, “religious education is central to Unitarian Universalism…a process of giving an outline for living. Religious education encompasses all aspects of learning and growing.”