In August of 2011, the Rev. Stephen Cook began a two-year term of service as our interim minister. Mr. Cook has been an ordained and lay leader in Unitarian Universalism for thirty years. As a lay leader, he served parishes in Maine, filling offices from Religious Education teacher to congregation president, and on the Board of Directors of what was then the Northeast District of the Unitarian Universalist Assocation. As a cleric, Mr. Cook served the Unitarian Church of Marlborough and Hudson in Hudson, MA, for nine years, and served as an interim minister in Portland, ME, as well as in Northampton and in Wellesley, MA. His service to First Parish will be the fourth placment in his career as a specialist in interim ministry.

Prior to entering the ministry, Mr. Cook was a joiner for Thos. Moser Cabinetmakers of Auburn, ME, and in the 1970's, was a fencing master and varsity fencing coach for Cornell University, as well as a member of the coaching staffs of the U.S. National and Olympic fencing teams. He reads widely in theology, history and poetry, and is a member of the Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus. Mr. Cook lives in Charlestown, Massachusetts, and will be commuting to Scituate serveral days a week.

A lifetime Unitarian Universalist, Christine finds that her experience within the fields of child development, family relations, and education are the perfect complement to the sphere of liberal religious education where she can indulge her passion for spiritual exploration, philosophy and wisdom from the traditions of the world. She believes that life is a spiritual journey from the beginning and that even as adults endeavor to guide children on this journey, they too can learn from the children along the way. In a society which endears itself to busy schedules and competing stimuli, we must take the time to foster our connection to that which is sacred both within ourselves and within our world and Christine believes that UU Religious Education is one way to do this. Having grown up in Scituate, she is happy to be serving the families of this community and looks forward to connecting with you and your family!

Beth Dubuisson was born in Rochester, New York in 1958. She completed the music preparatory program at the Eastman School of Music, and received a bachelor's degree in music education from Indiana University with high distinction. She taught music briefly in the Gloucester public school system and was organist for the Christian Science Church in Gloucester. Beth taught piano privately at the Mary Johnson Piano Studio in Newburyport, and later became music director and organist at the People's United Methodist Church in Newburyport. She married David Dubuisson in 1986 and began her own piano studio in Wayland. Since 1989, she has been a judge for the National Guild of Piano Teachers. She has been active in various local, state and national music teachers' associations. Beth currently teaches piano at her home in Duxbury. She became music director of First Parish Church of Scituate in the Fall of 2006. She has two teenage daughters, Jillian and Sophie, and a step-daughter, Eva. She enjoys book club, tennis, and walking her cockapoo dogs.

Our office administrator, Maggy Evans, joined the staff of First Parish Church in November 2011. Maggy has a degree in business management and is also the part-time office administrator for All Souls Church Unitarian Universalist Church in Braintree. Maggy’s hobbies are baking and photography … and she has just begun to learn how to knit! A widow with grown children on the north shore, she lives in Scituate with her eldest sister and family.