Society Staff
Brief bios of the Minister, Director of Religious Education,
Ministerial Intern, and Music Director appear below.
Our Minister
The Rev. Sarah
Lammert was ordained in 1993 and has served USR since 2002. She is a graduate of Brown University and
Starr King School for the Ministry and currently serves as the Vice President
of the UU Ministers Association. She
is married to Andrew Crum and has two daughters: Abigail (12) and Lila (9).
The minister’s duties include
leading Sunday services, teaching, pastoral counseling, conducting rites of
passage (i.e. child dedications, weddings, and memorial services),
participating in denominational and interfaith work, supporting the social
justice commitments of the Society, supervising staff, and collaborating with
our lay leadership.
Religious
Education Minister
The Rev. Tracy
Sprowls Jenks joined USR in September 2005.
Tracy has served as Minister at the Montgomery Unitarian Universalist
Fellowship in Montgomery, Alabama and Associate Minister at the Community
Church of NY, where she coordinated the Religious Enrichment/Family Ministry
Program. Her extensive experience in
RE includes positions as assistant Director of Religious Education and
Interim DRE. Tracy lives in Ridgewood
with her husband, David, and her 12-year-old son, Izaac.
The
REM is responsible for planning and implementing our Religious Education
program for children and youth, planning and conducting children’s services
(Community Gatherings) most Sunday mornings, and working with the minister on
intergenerational services. She also
serves as an educational and programming resource to any committee or group
in the congregation.
Our Music Director
Elizabeth Martyn has been a close friend of many of our
members for many years and is well known to area concert goers, both as a
soloist and as a collaborative musician.
Elizabeth is a summa cum laude graduate of the Eastman School of
Music. She has a Master of Music
degree from The Juilliard School as a student of Madame Rosina Lhevinne. She has appeared as soloist with the
Ridgewood Symphony, the Adelphi Chamber Orchestra, the Shreveport Symphony
and the New Orleans Philharmonic. In
addition to performing, she maintains a busy teaching schedule. Her strong commitment to music education is
evident in her students’ participation in many of the competitions and
auditions of the New Jersey Music Educators Association. She lives locally with her husband Tim and
their two daughters, Diana and Emily.
If you have questions or suggestions about our music
program please call Elizabeth at the Society.
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