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Our Church Staff
Church Administrator
– Kathie Bergman
Music Director – Desi Long
Director of Religious Education
– Lisa Fritsche
Church Administrator –
Kathie Bergman
"This is more than my job, it’s my community. I have grown
as a human being by being a part of Unitarian Universalism. I hope I am
making a positive impact as I serve my fellow UUs." Kathie Bergman was hired
as a quarter time administrator in October 1992. A few years later her hours
were increased to half time. She and her family have been members of the
church since 1988. Kathie brings many years of office work experience, but
this is the first time she has ever developed a job from scratch! Kathie’s
major job duty is to support the volunteer structure of the church. She
works with the Board of Trustees, the other staff members, and the Leader
Councils to envision the future of our church community. On a daily basis
she is probably the first person a caller will talk to when inquiring about
the church. She maintains the membership and the pledge database, pays
monthly bills, prints the weekly announcements, organizes the office files,
sorts the daily mail, collects articles for the monthly newsletter,
maintains the building use and rental calendar, and generally sees to it
that the church building is in good repair. Email Kathie.
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Music Director –
Desi
Long
Desi grew up and went to school in Monrovia, a suburb of
Los Angeles. She graduated from the University of Southern California (USC)
with a Bachelor of Music. After taking advance work in Library Science she
worked for the city of Los Angeles as a children’s librarian for 12 years.
Fleeing the southern California smog, she landed in Columbia in 1975 and has
been a member of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia since 1984. She
became Music Director in 1992. Desi is active musically in the Columbia
community, singing in the Columbia Chorale and Choral Union, and playing
violin in the Columbia Civic Orchestra. She was one of the founding members
of the Cameline Consort (an early music group) and plays in a string
quartet, Quartet Dolce, which is available for weddings, receptions and
parties. She has a grown daughter, Norah, and one cat, Shadow. Email Desi.
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Director of Religious Education
– Lisa Fritsche
A lifelong Unitarian Universalist, Lisa has been serving as the Director of
Religious Education since 2004. She grew up north of Chicago and went to
college in Appleton, Wisconsin, where she received a BA in psychology.
Moving to Columbia, via Champaign, Illinois, in 1987, Lisa and her husband
Kevin joined the church in 1989. Their four children (two grown up, two at
home) have participated in the Sunday school program here. When not
recruiting volunteers for Sunday mornings, Lisa spends her time traveling,
reading, quilting and looking after her children, spouse and dogs. Email Lisa.
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