Director of Religious Education

Dianne Spittler, M.Ed.

Dianne received her Bachelor's Degree in early childhood education from Framingham State College and her Master's Degree in Early Childhood Education from Wheelock College. She has worked with children and their families for over 20 years in various settings.

Dianne and her family have been members of the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Milford since 2004. Dianne and her husband were looking for a warm, welcoming community in which to raise their children. They found that community here. She became active in the Religious Education program as a Friendship Club teacher.

Dianne became the Director of Religious Education at our church in January 2006. She has continued her education by participating in ongoing religious education trainings, meetings and conferences. Dianne says, "Like all Unitarian Universalists, I am continually learning, re-evaluating and evolving my spirituality, my faith and my philosophy.  The children and the families in our program are the biggest source of energy to help me on my spiritual path."

 

 

Gregg Harry, President  Board of Trustees

 

Gregg holds a PhD in experimental physics and works as a research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge on a project to better measure gravity.  Gregg lives in Milford with his wife Val and  daughter Morgan, who was born in 2007.  Previously he lived in New Jersey, Wisconsin, Colorado, Southern California, Maryland, and Syracuse, New York before moving to Massachusetts in 2001.  His hobbies include boardgaming, reading science fiction and history, and collecting Roman coins.  Brazil, Australia, England, Ireland, France, the Netherlands, Germany, and Italy are all places that he has traveled either with work or for pleasure.

 

In addition to being president, Gregg also serve as advertising chair for the church.  Previously, Gregg have been church treasurer, clerk, an at-large Board member,  and chair of the membership commitee.

Gregg was raised Episcopalian, but came to Unitarian Universalism after moving to Milford.  His personal religious philosophy is closest to humanism/agnosticism.  Gregg can be reached through the church, at gharry24_at_gmail.com, and on Facebook.

Church Administrator, Therese Cooper

Therese came to us from an extensive accounting and office management background.  Laid off after more than twenty years of office work, Therese chose to take the opportunity to return to school, something she was unable to do as a single working mother.  She is currently working on her Bachelor’s Degree and hopes to graduate in 2011.  Now a grandmother, Therese has been a Unitarian Universalist since 2003, speaking from the pulpit when the opportunity presents itself, volunteering when time permits, and actively participating in the Prison Ministry. 

 “Walking into a UU church for the first time, I knew that I’d found a place to explore who I was from a spiritual perspective. Until that point in my life, I had felt spiritually ‘homeless’. I knew only what I didn’t believe.  Being a UU has helped me to focus on what I do believe and, in the process, has encouraged me to be who I am, only better.”