Rev. Dr. Adam Robersmith, Senior Minister
I’m the chief of staff, collaborative partner of the Board of Trustees & lay leaders, the main preacher, and the spiritual and practical leader of our congregation. I teach classes, do pastoral and spiritual care, engage in social action work, and support the work of the congregation as a facilitator and cheerleader. Beyond the congregation, I serve on the UUA Board of Trustees and teach as an adjunct professor with Meadville Lombard Theological School in Chicago.
Contact by email or call 860-233-3669, Extension 104
Rev. Joy Christi Przestwor, Pastoral Care Minister
I’m the minister who leads our pastoral care team and provides worship, usually once a month. I try to provide quality spiritual care to our congregants who can’t always make it to campus as well as to our entire staff and Board of Trustees. I am a dual ordained minister, a liberal Catholic priest of the Malabar Rite and a Unitarian Universalist minister. I also provide spiritual direction and serve as a member of the UU Community Ministers’ Chapter. I have served in this congregation since 2014 and I deeply love this community.
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Amanda Aldieri, Director of Administration
I oversee the daily operations of the church, ensuring all administrative, membership, and facilities functions run smoothly to support the church’s mission and ministry. This role involves coordinating membership processes, managing building and grounds maintenance, and providing strategic administrative support to the members, pastoral team and church leadership.
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T. L. Hine, Director of Music
I’ve been the Director of Music of the Universalist Church in West Hartford since 2008. I’m responsible for the administration of our music program and I also accompany worship services and direct the adult ensembles. I’m active in the field of new music as a composer, a keyboardist, a saxophonist, and a conductor. I teach private music lessons and freelance as a recording engineer, music engraver, and piano tuner. I hold an A.B. cum laude in music from Harvard College and a M.Mus. from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
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Hannah Garmise, Lifespan Religious Educator
I plan and implement curriculum on Sundays to our children ages 5-18, including our high school youth group who meet every other week in the evening, and coordinate field trips and service projects with our children. I am the chair of the LRE committee, and I also coordinate and advertise for our lifespan adult programming. I have a background in elementary and special education, working in the classroom for 8 years. I am a mom to a toddler boy, and enjoy reading and being in nature in my spare time.
Contact by email or call 860-233-3669, Extension 111
Samantha Gorski, Religious Education Assistant
Kevin Rivard, Financial Administrator
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