Member News & Information. Visit now. 

Minister & Staff


We're pleased to introduce you to our minster and staff. 
Reverend Sheldon Bennett, PhD.
minister@ufpc.org
Rev.  Bennett is Senior Minister of United First Parish Church, where he has served since 1986, and is an active community and denominational leader. 


He is former President and current member of the Board of Directors of Quincy Community Action Programs, is a founder and current member of the Quincy Affordable Housing Trust Committee, a leader of the Quincy interfaith clergy, a founding leader in the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization (GBIO), and former Chairman of the Board of Supervisors and then a member of the reorganized Board of Trustees of the Woodward School for Girls in Quincy. 


Of special note, Rev. Bennett was recognized on the front page of the December 28, 2006 - January 3, 2007 issue of Bay Windows as one of five Massachusetts “2006 People Who Made a Difference” for his and United First Parish Church’s public witness and leadership for Marriage Equality in Massachusetts.


He has recently completed seven years service as Moderator of the Massachusetts Bay District of Unitarian Universalist Congregations and currently serves as President and Trustee of the Unitarian Service Pension Society. He also serves as Moderator of the Massachusetts Convention of Congregational Ministers.


With a Master of Divinity degree from Harvard Divinity School, he has a prior background in physics (Ph.D. Columbia University, member of the Harvard University Faculty), construction management, and lay church leadership. Rev. Bennett is married to Molly Mattfield Bennett and is the father of four daughters.
Nan Moore, Director of Religious Education
DRE@ufpc.org
(In her own words....) I am Nan Moore the Director of Religious Exploration at United First Parish Church.  The most important fact you need to know about me - I am an experiential learner and everything I do and whatever I create includes an experience that hopefully your heart and spirit will remember. Children learn and remember 80% of what is experienced and about 20 % of what is heard.

I appreciate my time at UFPC because it is one of the most fully engaged Unitarian Universalist communities I have served to date. In this community we are guided by the 7 Principles and the 7 Spirit Play Promises. Everyone does something and everyone is involved in some small way.  

Getting teachers and volunteers are not a challenge here because everyone steps up to help. If you are looking for a community experience where you want your children to learn experientially - this is the community for you. Please see the church school offerings to have a greater understanding or our program content guided by our Unitarian Universalist faith tradition.   

I look forward to this year and hopefully meeting new families as they seek a spiritual community where they feel they belong.  This is the place for you.......

Norman Corey, Music Director

musicdirector@ufpc.org

Norman has been with United First Parish Church for more than 25 years. Growing up in Western New York, he started piano lessons at the age of six. In high school, he began organ studies, played clarinet in the school band, accompanied the high school chorus, and sang in his church choir. 

 

At the University of Rochester, he majored in English, but studied organ all four years at Eastman School of Music, and sang in his organ teacher’s choir, where he met his wife Rita. He has spent most of his life in the Boston area as organist and choir director.  He is also library assistant at Social Law Library in Boston.

 

“While my parents listened to all types of music, they especially enjoyed the popular music of the forties and fifties.  I felt drawn to classical music from a very early age, and came to love Prokofiev, Stravinsky and Charles Ives, as well as Bach and Handel.  I am constantly learning new music, and try to challenge myself and the choir as performers, and the congregation as listeners.”

Adele Gormley, Office Manager

info@ufpc.org


Adele is very often the very first person you will speak with when inquiring about the United First Parish Church. She's been with us for many years and wears many hats. We're thankful for her ability to provide assistance to so many -- from every caller to the Minister and members of the congregation.