Our Minister
	Rev. Janet Newman, Interim Minister The Reverend Janet Newman, who is our Interim Minister for 2007-08, has 20 years of very varied experience in this specialized ministry. Most recently she has been outstandingly successful as Interim Minister at First Unitarian Congregation of Toronto.

Our Ministers Emeriti (past ministers)
	Rev. Brian Kopke, Minister Emeritus Rev. Brian Kopke came to us from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1985. He was a teacher before entering the Unitarian ministry. He completed his work for the Unitarian-Universalist ministry at Harvard Divinity School at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Brian was ordained in Duxbury, Massachusetts, in 1970. He now has dual citizenship in Canada and the U.S. He was appointed Minister Emeritus in 2007. NOTE: Rev. Kopke is observing "time away from the congregation" per protocols of the UUA and UUMA for recently retired ministers.
	Rev. Elizabeth Benjamin, Minister Emerita Rev. Benjamin came to us from Houston, Texas, in 1987. She had been a children's librarian, kindergarten teacher, and Director of Religious Education. She completed her work for the Unitarian Universalist ministry in the Independent Study program of Meadville Lombard Theological School at the University of Chicago. Rev. Benjamin was ordained by the Ottawa congregation in 1988. She now has dual citizenship, Canada and the U.S. Specializing in Religious Education, Elizabeth shared the rest of the congregation's ministry with Rev. Kopke until she retired in 2002. She was appointed Minister Emerita in 2003.