We are currently searching for a new full-time Minister!

SEARCH TEAM UPDATE

• 2023 Fall Congregational Survey Results (PDF)
• 2023 UUFB Congregational Record (PDF)

Meet our Settled Minister Search Committee!

Dick Corbin

Dick Corbin and his wife Louise were married 56 years ago in the Unitarian Universalist Church in Canton, NY, where Dick was a member. During their working years, they had no church affiliation. In 2003 they started attending the UU Fellowship in Bozeman, MT, which they subsequently joined. They have also been active in the UU Fellowship in Sedona, AZ, where they spend winters. In Bozeman Dick has chaired the Committee on Ministry, served on the Planned Giving task force and as a lay leader.

Dick is now fully retired after over 49 years of national security service during which he was posted in six countries. He served in the CIA for 25 years as a “cold warrior” and, after retirement in 1995, as an inspector of the Department of Energy’s counterintelligence program.

Dick and Louise have two adult children and one grandchild.

Cami Armijo-Grover

In January 2019, I was invited to present at UUFB to receive 2nd Sunday funding for the LGBTQ+ Allies Trainings I do as a sexual health educator for our local family planning clinic. I was terrified to go into a church again, but decided that if they wanted to give me funding for LGBTQ+ work, it was worth the anxiety and discomfort of sitting through one service.

That service was nothing like I expected and rather than a judgemental, proselytizing, pushy church, I found a community of people that are becoming the loving, accepting family that I didn’t know I had been looking for for the last 25 years.

I’ve served on the Caring Committee, did a short stint on the Transition Team for our current Interim Minister (before moving to the Settled Minister Search Committee), and am currently serving on the Lifetime Religious Exploration Committee.

I’ve been married to my partner for 13 years (though he does not attend UUFB) and we have a fiery 7-year-old who is the light of my life. Her name is Lucy and I affectionately refer to her as my “sidekick” because we do almost everything together outside of work and school. My job as a sexual health educator is more than a job – it’s a passion and a “past time” considering that all I have time for is work, my family, and UUFB! And I wouldn’t trade my life for any other!

Carolyn Boyd

I was first introduced to UU in Seattle where I was in graduate school, but did not become involved until I moved to Laurel and attended the UU Fellowship in Billings. While I was there I was on the Sunday Program Committee and served as Board Chair for two years. When I moved to Bozeman in 2014, I joined UUFB.I have served on the Committee on Ministry, and Membership Committee, steering committee for the new building, and did a one-year stint on the Board. I am now UUFB’s liaison to Family Promise.

I grew up in Bozeman, left for college and 38 years in Laurel and returned in 2014. I have two children and five grandchildren, all of whom live too far away. My husband John Berg died in February and is missed by all.

Lisa Trankley

Lisa Trankley found Unitarian Universalism 25 years ago and has been at UUFB since she moved to Bozeman 9 years ago. Formerly an environmental attorney with the California Attorney General’s Office, Lisa retired to Bozeman to hike, ski, watch wildlife and just generally enjoy Montana’s wonderful outdoor offerings. She enjoys traveling, including visiting her 29-year old daughter and 33-year old son. Before serving on the Search Committee, Lisa was Secretary on the UUFB Board and has enjoyed being on the Sunday Services Committee, including a stint as chairman.

Susan Backer

Susan Backer, with her husband, Marv, (who passed away in 2016), found the UUFB in 1977 after a move to Bozeman. They immediately found not only a supportive and congenial community, but a spiritual home. Over the 40 some years of membership, Susan has served on most of the committees, except for finance, and served on the Board several times.  She especially enjoys lay leading. She currently serves on the Governance and Leadership team, and as historian for the fellowship. Susan is a retired elementary teacher and pursues both writing and non-traditional watercolor painting.