Lakeland Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
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Our Ministers
Rev. Ann Benedetto was ordained as an Interfaith Minister in 1991 at the New Seminary, New York City. She was a teacher for 38 years, including 18 at Edwin Gould Academy ~ a residential school for survivors of abuse and neglect ~ where she coordinated a health and interfaith spiritual life program. She served as a teachers’ union organizer and official for 31 years. In 2006, Rev. Benedetto received an environmental award from Skylands CLEAN*, for her efforts to preserve Passaic County’s Saddle Mountain. She is a founding member of Highlands Peace Action, board president for Strengthen Our Sisters*, a shelter for battered women and children, a board member of Kunsi Keya Tamakoce*, a Lakota Two-Spirit community land project. She is president of the Snake Den Community Association in Ringwood, and a trustee of the Highlands Natural Pool*, a gem of local history/herstory dedicated to interracial recreation since 1935.
* links, respectively:
www.skyclean.org, www.sosdv.org,
www.kunsikeya.org, www.highlandspool.com
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Guest Rev. Allen Wells most recently served as Consultant Minister at the First Unitarian Society of Rockland County, NY. Prior to that position he was Pastoral Minister at the Unitarian Church of Summit and the First Unitarian Society of Plainfield, and as Consulting Minister at the Skylands Unitarian Fellowship. He also is a former staff member of the DiMele Center for Counseling, New York City, and past president of the North Jersey Association for Humanistic Psychology. He now directs the Allen Wells Counseling Service in Morristown.
