What we now know as the UU Congregation of Lakeland was established on November 20, 1955 with 35 charter members as the Lake Region Unitarian Fellowship, Inc.

From our Founders to our present day staff and volunteers, we have been blessed to have many talented leaders helping us to grow and thrive as a vibrant community.  Below, we name and honor those who have served as our Board Presidents and Spiritual Leaders.

LRUUF/ UUCL PRESIDENTS 1955-present

* Dr. Roger Bart, 1955-56 * George Lees, 1956 * Dale Mathias, 1957-58

* Ellery A. Foster, 1958-59 * Claude Denham, 1959-1960 * Bayliss Corbett, 1960-61

* Ralph Upham, 1962 * Edward Bossing, 1964-65 * Henry Durick, 1965-67

* James Taylor, 1967-68 * George Gerlach, 1968-73 * Gilbert Kearton, 1973-74

* Dr. Al Eskenazi, 1974-77 * Gilbert Kearton, 1977-78 * Keyno Hicks, 1978-79

* Anne Kearton, 1979-80 * Adair Wheaton 1980-82 * Shirley Curtis, 1982-83

* Sara Anderson, 1984-86 * Howard Buss, 1986-88 * Dr. Robert Baum, 1988-90

* Peter Helwig, 1990-91 * Joyce Bode, 1991-92 * Alice Walcheck, 1992-94

* Don Micklewright 1994-96 * Dr. Robert Baum 1996-97 * Dorothy Warmke 1997-99

* Sue Harris 1999-2000 * Melinda Andreski 2000-2001 * Sue Mitchel 2001-02

* Ken Schmidt 2002-03 * Larry Wolitz 2003-04 * Ken Davis 2004-05

* Joyce Bode 2005-06 * Elaine Lehmann 2006 * Linda Walters 2006-2009

* Rafi Ellis 2009-2010 * Theresa Lutz 2010-2011 * Cynthia Patterson 2011-2012

* Janet Stevens 2012-2013 * Judi Irwin 2013-2014 * Ron Nickolas 2014-2015

* Melissa Marshall 2015-2017 * Jeannette Manning 2017-2018 * Helen Dingus 2018-2020

* Brandon Nuckols 2020-2022 * Ken Waechter 2023-2025 * Jenn Dean 2025 to present

LRUUF/ UUCL MINISTERS

The Rev. Richard J. Norsworthy, January 1971 – May 1972

The Rev. David Scheyer, October 1972 – November 1976

The Rev. Carl Westman, September 1977 – November 1986 (Minister Emeritus)

The Rev. Emily Morse Palmer, October 1989 – July 1990

The Rev. Todd Taylor, Consulting Minister 1991

The Rev. Clarke Dewey Wells, March 1992 – June 1995

The Rev. Dr. Robert P. Tucker – December 1995 – 2008 (Minister Emeritus)

The Rev. Dr. E. Bonnie Devlin, 2008 – 2010

The Rev. Dr. Marni Harmony 2010 – 2011

The Rev. Susanne Nazian 2011- 2013

The Rev. Janet Onnie 2013 – 2014

The Rev. Lynne Garner 2015 – 2018

Heather Norby, Spiritual Life Director 2018 to present