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Reverend Alison Miller is delighted to return to preach in Rensselaerville at the Presbyterian Church. She has generational family ties to both the town and this church. 

Alison is the Senior Minister of the First Unitarian Church of Portland (OR) since 2022 (www.firstunitarianportland.org). Prior to that, she served as the Minister of the Morristown Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (NJ) from 2005 – 2022. 

She is an engaged leader in her denomination, currently serving as the Chair of the Board of Starr King School for the Ministry, which is a Unitarian Universalist and multireligious theological school (www.sksm.edu). She is also on the Board of UUs for Jewish Awareness. 

Alison is a prophetic voice and organizer in interfaith coalitions whose work has included advocacy around immigrant justice, anti-gun violence, police accountability, LGBTQ+ rights, and environmental justice. 

As a person with an interfaith background, she has long held a commitment of helping families and communities bridge across faith divides. Her family became Unitarian Universalist when she was a child as a path to bridge between her father’s Presbyterian roots and her mother’s Jewish roots. 

She received her Master of Divinity from Harvard Divinity School and her Bachelor of Arts from Bryn Mawr College with a Major in French. 

Alison’s family includes her husband David Snedden, and their son, Asher – also big fans of Rensselaerville. i