Interim Pastor, Rev. Larry Brickner-Wood
Reverend Larry Brickner-Wood served as the Interim Minsiter for the Lee Church Congregational, UCC for the past 3 years, starting in that post in March of 2020. Prior to that, he was the Chaplain and Executive Director of the Waysmeet Center at the University of New Hampshire for 22 years. The Waysmeet Center is an inter/multi/post-faith community center that offers an open and inclusive witness to the Beloved Community envisioned by Martin Luther King, Jr. The Waysmeet Center also coordinates the Cornucopia Food Pantry, the Food Rescue and Recovery program, the Flames of Hope program and other direct service initiatives.
Larry is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ (UCC) and also serves as the Chair of the Carroll-Strafford Association Committee on Church and Ministry.. He served previously as the Assistant Pastor at First Church Congregational, UCC, in Rochester, NH, and spent twenty years in another calling in local government, serving as a municipal manager in Virginia, Vermont, and New Hampshire. He has a Bachelors degree in Public Administration from James Madison University in Virginia, a Masters in Public Administration from the University of Vermont, and a Master in Divinity from Andover Newton Theolgical School. He is a UNH Social Justice Educator, and an MLK Smmit Leadership Facilitator. He is interested in inter- and muilti-faith work, spirituality, healing, community service, activism, racial and gender justice, community organizing, food and economic justice, earth and climate justice, environmental sustainability, and sustainable indigenous communties around the world. He enjoys hiking, biking, kayaking, gardens, poetry, reading, sports, drumming, drinking tea and cooking and spending time with his family. He lives in Durham. He is married and has two sons, two partners-in-law, and two grandchildren, who are in living in Portland, Maine and Prescott, Arizona. He loves his work!
Andrea Selig, Congregational Life Administrator
In July 2021, we welcomed Andrea Selig to our staff. As Congregational Life Administrator, she handles our church office administration and pastor support as well as assisting the various church ministries. Office hours are generally Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Andrea grew up in York, Maine and then attended undergraduate studies in business at Siena College in upstate New York. After school she entered the Real Estate Lending Industry and then the Real Estate Title Insurance Industry, where she facilitated real estate closings for over a decade. Most recently, Andrea worked at a local family- owned insurance agency as a Service Specialist and Administrative Assistant. There she supported all departments in day-to-day operations.
In 2004, Andrea and her husband Steve moved from the seacoast to enjoy the quiet country life in the hills of Wakefield, New Hampshire. There they enjoy gardening, kayaking, snowshoeing, and spending lots of time with their fuzzy four-legged “kids”.
Cindy Eggleston, Organist and Music Director
Cindy, also known as “Miss E”, has directed the choir and been the organist since the Christmas season of 1980. She taught science to middle schoolers at the Paul School for 37 years and was the music teacher there as well for the first 11 of those years. She continues to direct SCAMP, which is essentially a community theater program focusing on students in grades 6-12, since 1977, producing a musical each spring. New members of the choir (and SCAMP) and musicians who would like to play on the occasional Sunday are always welcome. Don’t be afraid to ask.