Clergy & Staff

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It is official! It is such a delight to be able to announce that on Sunday April 30^th, after a beautiful worship service, our congregation has voted unanimously to call Rev. Megan Berkowitz to be our next Senior Pastor, starting August 14^th.

Rev. Megan Berkowitz came into ministry in the UCC out of an interfaith upbringing (Catholic and Jewish), and draws on this interfaith and ecumenical grounding in every aspect of her work. She was immediately drawn to the ecumenical history and current story of welcome at the Union Church in Waban, from profile through every interview and conversation. Some of Megan’s passions in ministry include ecological justice, storytelling, strengthening partnerships with the communities our churches are part of, and living out Christ’s love to bring our world closer to God’s vision for all to be ‘on Earth as it is in heaven.’

Megan currently serves as Pastoral Resident at the Wellesley Village Church and Managing Pastor of the Congregational Church of Weston, and will continue in these roles through the end of her designated term ministry in late June. She has served First Church Somerville, Church of the Covenant, Cathedral High School, and Neighborhood Counseling and Community Services in Somerville in various pastoral and counseling roles in the past. She is an alumna of the Boston University School of Theology and School of Social Work’s dual MDiv/MSW program, and brings her training as a therapist and passion for supporting people’s minds and spirits into her congregational care and preaching.

Rev. Megan and her wife Leila Quinn have both lived in the Boston area for over 10 years. Leila is a member of the Reconstructionist Jewish community Congregation Dorshei Tzedek, which meets at Second Church in Newton. The search committee has heard quite a bit about Megan and Leila’s adventures in bunny care, as they recently adopted a baby Flemish Giant Rabbit named Rosey. Megan is also an avid crafter and textile artist, former butterfly researcher, and aspiring triathlete. Prior to her call to parish ministry, Megan worked as a Marketing Director for a local rock climbing gym chain and as a technical writer for a PR firm in Boston.

We also welcome the Rev. Jim Leavitt, who will serve as our Bridge Pastor from May until mid-August.

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Pastor Amy is an ordained minister with the American Baptist Churches and has a deep love for discovering the ways God is working in and through intergenerational communities of faith, and for nurturing the spiritual lives of children and youth.

Before serving as the Union Church’s Associate Pastor, Pastor Amy served as the church’s ministerial intern, and, before that, as the Director for Community Life and Communication at the First Baptist Church in Newton, MA. She received her Master’s of Divinity degree from Andover Newton Theological School, graduating with an award for excellence in communications, and a certificate in Interfaith Studies.

Pastor Amy’s previous experience includes work building bridges and communicating across differences as a bilingual consultant to organizations in the US and Latin America. In addition to her M.Div., she holds an M.B.A. from the University of Miami (FL) in international business and public administration, and B.A. degrees from the University of Connecticut in nonprofit administration and Spanish.

Pastor Amy lives in Natick with her two sons, her husband Greg, and their rescue dog Cody. She is a runner who loves to spend as much time as possible in the great outdoors.

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Mijin Choi is a versatile pianist, vocal coach, and church musician with more than a decade of experience working in the field of vocal and instrumental music. Choi holds a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Minnesota, in Collaborative Piano and Coaching, a Master of Music from the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University, with emphasis in Vocal Accompanying, and a Bachelor of Music in Piano from Kyung Hee University. Choi is excited to work at Union Church in Waban as its Music Director, and looks forward to growing together.