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The Reverend Frank Hall, Senior Minister -

Frank Hall was called to this congregation in 1984, after serving a Unitarian Universalist church in Attleboro, Massachusetts, where he was ordained in 1972.

He has a Master of Theology degree from Boston University.  His undergraduate degree is from Salem State College, and a Master's in Education from Northeastern University in Boston.  He taught at Wellesley High School from 1962-69, when he entered seminary.

Frank has two grown children, Jonathan and Susan, two grandchildren, Alex and Hannah, and he lives in Westport with his wife, Lory Nurenberg and his step-daughter, Carlyn.

The Reverend Dr. EdWard Thompson, Minister of Music -

EdWard Thompson, D.M.A., has been at this Church since 1978.  He holds a Masters Degree from the Juilliard School and his Doctorate from the University of Hartford.  Dr. Thompson is a past Dean of the Fairfield West Chapter of the American Guild of Organists and has concertized throughout the United States and Europe.  In addition, he teaches privately, coaches, composes and accompanies throughout the area.  He is an active member of the Unitarian-Universalist Musician's Network

The Reverend Debra Haffner, Community Minister -

Debra W. Haffner was ordained and endorsed as a community minister by this congregation on May 24, 2003. She is currently the Director of the Religious Institute on Sexual Morality, Justice, and Healing.

Debra has a Masters of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary, a Masters of Public Health from the Yale School of Medicine, and a B.A. from Wesleyan University. She did her ministerial internship at the First Unitarian Society of Westchester and clinical pastoral education at Norwalk Hospital.

Debra and her husband, Ralph Tartaglione, have been members in Westport since 1989. They have two children, Alyssa and Gregory.