In the days prior to this Sunday, Karen Gustafson will facilitate a series of conversations around some questions central to the life of UUFDC. This morning she will share her impressions and observations on the present and future possibilities for the fellowship.

Karen Gustafson retired as Associate Minister of First Unitarian Society of Madison on July 1, 2013. Before that she served as Minister of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Duluth, Minnesota for twenty-one years. During that time the congregation grew from 96 members to over 200. While serving Duluth, Karen also consulted extensively with the Lakehead UU Fellowship in Thunder Bay, Ontario and provided shorter term support for many of the small congregations in the northern part of the Prairie Star District. She currently resides in Knife River, Minnesota with her husband John.