About Us

Who We Are

UU Wellesley Hills is a community, a place where we walk through life together. The glue that holds us together is the Unitarian Universalist faith, centered on love, acknowledging the worth of every person. We teach each other through word and example, share joys and sorrows and offer support, and bring our values into the wider community through witness and service. Each of us finds our own way to express and nurture what is core to our being.

Each individual is free to form their own beliefs based on personal experience. Our only creed is love, and our religious practice is love. We welcome believers, seekers, and doubters of all backgrounds, and are a hospitable space for multi-faith families and LGBTQ+ people.

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Unitarian Universalism

UU Wellesley Hills is a self-governing member of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA).

Our Partners in Faith:

UU Wellesley Hills has a long history of engagement with Unitarian Universalist organizations. We maintain partnerships with local, national and international Unitarian/Universalist groups to promote our shared values and principles.

Our current affiliations include the UU Service Committee (UUSC) the UU Urban Ministry (UUUM), UU Mass Action, and the

Unitarian Universalist Association’s Office of Global Connections and Emerging Communities. Our global connections include our Unitarian Partner Church in Torockó, Romania, and the Unitarian Church of Burundi, Africa. We routinely support all of these organizations through our active involvement and through plate collections funding their work.. Additionally, we contribute regularly to the UUA’s Disaster Relief Fund to provide emergency assistance to congregations across the US.

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Join Us!

At UUWH, we find inspiration, purpose, and hope through engagement with worship, justice work, music, and more—an antidote to isolation in these fractured times.

We invite you to take time to explore what our website and community offers and enter through whatever door feels right to you.

Membership Sunday!

Paths to Membership

Visitors are always welcome to participate in our broad range of activities, but a special covenantal relationship forms when someone commits to congregational life and becomes a member here. Formally joining UU Wellesley Hills entails signing a membership book we have kept since our incorporation in 1871.

Anyone considering membership is encouraged to discuss their interest with our Senior Minister, Rev. Mark Robel, who will schedule a time to meet for a deeper conversation on what it means to become a member.

Our Ministers

Over its lengthy history, UU Wellesley Hills has had several ministers who offered distinguished service to the congregation and to the community. Our congregation has been proud to serve as a teaching congregation that has graduated many Intern Ministers; we have a dedicated endowment named after our Minister Emeritus, Rev. John Nichols, to fund their stipends.

Rev. Mark

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Senior Minister

Rev. Mark Robel

mrobel@uuwellesley.org

Rev. Mark began his tenure at the Unitarian Universalist Society of Wellesley Hills as contract minister in January 2022, and was called as our settled minister in February 2023.

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Minister Emeritus

Rev. Dr. John H. Nichols

uujhnichols@gmail.com

UU Wellesley Hills voted to confer the title of Minister Emeritus to the Rev. Dr. John H. Nichols and held a ceremony celebrating that in November 2015.

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Intern Minister

Terry Dixon

terrydixon@uuwellesley.org.

We welcome Terry to UU Wellesley Hills as Intern Minister for the 2024-25 and 2025-26 church years.

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Our Staff

At UU Wellesley Hills, we are fortunate to have dedicated church staff working alongside our capable lay leaders and ordained ministers to build an inspiring community of faith.