Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Franklin selects Rev. Hall as new minister

FRANKLIN — Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Franklin has selected Rev. Michael F. Hall to serve as minister for the church.

Hall comes to UUCF after 12 years of settled ministry at the Keene Unitarian Universalist Church. During his time in Keene, Hall served as chair of the Keene Interfaith Clergy, the United Campus Ministry to Keene State College and was a member of the City of Keene’s Martin Luther King/Jonathan Daniels Committee (now the Human Rights Committee). He participated in the presentation, “Learn, Love, Act: The Morals of the Minimum Wage” at the Unitarian Universalist Association General Assembly in Providence, Rhode Island in 2014.

During one sabbatical, Hall spent much of his time studying historical Universalism in the Monadnock Region and focused on contemplative practices and building a model for spirituality centered in the captivating, restorative powers of nature. He deepened his own contemplative practice as part of the first class of the Genesis School for Contemplative Living in Westfield, Massachusetts. A second sabbatical was centered on pilgrimages: formal and informal, healing and challenging, and how they fit into the ultimate pilgrimage— life itself. 

Hall is a native of the Bay State. His first career was in living history at a well-known museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts, where he portrayed many of the so-called “pilgrims,” and trained newcomers in the art and craft of historical “interpretation.” He also spent several years as a case manager on the dual diagnosis unit of High Point Treatment Center where, among other duties, he developed spirituality-based group therapy sessions.

He lives in Keene with his wife Jill, two of their three children and three very demanding pets.

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