Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship of Lima, Ohio
Ministers
For
Sunday Services a member acts as the service leader and we arrange for a speaker to deliver the sermon (talk,
lecture, presentation). We draw speakers from our congregation and from the community. Sunday
services have featured visiting ministers from our faith or other faith traditions,
lay leaders, artists, educators, philosophers, scientists, public servants, historians, professors,
librarians, and other enthusiasts, as well as members of our own congregation. Many years we have engaged a contributing minister for 1 or 2 sermons
a month and to be available for ministerial services and ceremonies.
Rev. Sam Byrd
Rev. Sam Byrd served our fellowship in 2017-2018 with monthy Sunday Services. Rev. Byrd has a Master of Theology and a Master of Divinity. He also serves as Minister at First Universalist Church in
Westfield Center, Oh. He has a background in
human rights issues.
Rev. Tim Barger
Rev. Dr. Tim Barger served our UU Lima congregation as Contributing Minister 2014-2017. Rev. Barger graduated from Meadville Lombard in 2009 and was
ordained in the First Unitarian Church of Toledo, where he currently serves as Minister.
He holds a Ph.D. in mass communications from
Syracuse University and was religion editor of The Blade,
the daily newspaper in Toledo, Ohio, under the byline TK Barger.
Article from the Summer 2014 issue of UU World
UUA Directory information
Rev. Chuck Thomas
Rev. Chuck Thomas retired after more than twenty years with our congregation performing Sunday worship services once a month.
Rev. Thomas was ordained by First Unitarian Church of Dayton, Ohio, in 1984 and served
that church until 1998, when First Unitarian merged into Miami Valley Unitarian Fellowship. He was
affiliated with the Unitarian Universalist
Fellowship of Lima from 1990 until his retirement in 2014.
Rev. Ray Michel
Rev. Ray Michel (1920 - 2018) was a long-time friend of our Fellowship and an occasional guest
minister for our Sunday services. He retired from First Universal Church in Eldorado, OH (near Dayton) in 1992 after 26 years as
minister. Rev. Michel continued delivering occasional sermons as a guest ministor for many churches and fellowships in the area until 2016.
Obituary
First Universal Church, Eldorado
Rev. Richard Venus
Rev. Richard Venus is an occasional guest minister for UU Lima. He has been an ordained minister for 50 years, and he has been a UU minister for 30 years. He most recently served the First Universalist Church of New Madison, Ohio retiring in 2018. UUA Dirctory Information
Every Place is Holy Ground by Richard Venus. ISBN:1461104491
Faces of UU Lima
Rev. Chuck Thomas Joins Our Circle
Sermon with Rev. Barger
Rev. Byrd on UU Women in History
Rev. Venus at UU Lima Podium
Rev. Ray Michel. UU Lima 2011
Discussion Group with Rev. Thomas