Renee is a retired Montessori teacher and longtime member of First Unitarian. Her path to becoming the Unitarian she is today, began in 1969 while attending the University of Cincinnati at St. John’s Unitarian Church. She married her husband Charlie in 1971 at Camp Hilaka Girl Scout Camp where they wrote their own vows and spoke them in front of friends, family and a judge (back in the days when summers were more of a break for UU ministers). They lived in Dayton, Ohio and attended both Stillwater Fellowship and Miami Valley Unitarian Church over the next 20 years while growing a family, careers, and their passions.

All of these evolved into what they pursued when they moved to Wilmington in 1991. At Church, this meant Membership committee, high school part-time youth director, Adult and Children’s RE, Forum Committee, Green Sanctuary/Environmental Justice Task Force, Expansion Task Force, Nominating Committee, Small Group and Soul Matters participation, as well as, ushering, greeting and working in the kitchen. She continues to find direction and passion here at the First Unitarian Society of Wilmington. And the Beat goes on…