The Rev. Sherman Z. Logan, Jr. was called as our Senior Minister in December 2022. A native of Richmond, VA, Rev. Logan attended the University of Virginia and received a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology. After a twenty one-year career in business, he answered his call to ministry. He entered the Samuel D. Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University, earning a Master of Divinity degree in 2005. He has a certificate in congregation-based spiritual direction. Licensed to the Baptist Ministry in 2004 and ordained in 2006, Rev. Logan served as Associate Pastor of Economic Development and Finance at the Trinity Baptist Church of Richmond. He joined the First Unitarian Universalist staff and has served the Congregation since 2008, where he has served as Acting Senior Minister, Church Business Manager, Assistant Minister, and Executive Minister. In 2014, Rev. Logan was granted Preliminary Ministerial Fellowship by the Unitarian Universalist Association, and in 2019, he was granted Full Ministerial Fellowship. Since 2019, Rev. Logan has served on the UUA Board of Trustees.
Rev. Logan is married to Franka Logan, and they have four daughters and a son. They are also doting grandparents to three girls and three boys.

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The Rev. Anna Tulou (she/they) was welcomed as full-time Assistant Minister at First UU Church of Richmond in July 2024. Born and raised in Richmond, they attended VCU School of the Arts, graduating in 2001, and went on to work in theatre, administration, communications, and human resources. In 2013, Anna moved to the mountains with her family. After serving as lay worship lead at the UU Church of Roanoke for three summers, she entered seminary at Meadville Lombard Theological Seminary, graduating in May 2024. During seminary, they also served for two years as Ministerial Intern with the Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Blacksburg, Virginia. They were welcomed into preliminary fellowship with the UUA in May 2024 and ordained on June 1, 2024.
Rev. Anna is an avid writer and poet who loves to sing, hike, cook, and play. Passionate interests include music, theatre, permaculture, theology, and justice work.

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Rev. Amy Russell is an Assistant Minister at First UU of Richmond. Before coming to First UU in 2021, she served UU Community Church in Glen Allen. She has been in ministry for 22 years at UU churches in Maryland, Ohio, and Virginia. She is partially retired and loves spending time with her grandchildren and writing fiction.

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Leigh Ann Luscan (she/her), Director of Lifespan Faith Formation, graduated from Starr King School for the Ministry in 2022. Her work in faith formation is rooted in collective liberation, justice, and the love that is at the center of our Unitarian Universalist faith. When she is not working with families at First UU, she finds joy in homeschooling her two wonderful children, being outside, and knitting.

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Margaret is a lifelong UU. Unflappable and compassionate, she brings a wealth of skills and talents to our staff, juggling myriad responsibilities and people with aplomb. Her early professional dreams were to be a diplomat (of the international variety) and with maturity she has realized she is a diplomat, of the personal variety. As the Shaker hymn puts it, she’s been “set down right.” A single mom of two grown sons and one dog, she enjoys reading, movies, and travelling whenever time and budget allow.

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Jamie Kilpatrick began studying piano at the age of five. After attending Boston University for Piano Performance and Music Education, she came back home to Richmond VA where she began accompanying the First UU choir in 2008. Jamie currently juggles a number of performance gigs, a private lesson studio, and motherhood while enjoying her position as Music and Worship Director at First UU.

Kirstin is a student at Meadville Lombard Theological School. Prior to her internship, Kirstin worked in nonprofit fundraising and marketing for 19 years. Her family includes her spouse of 23 years, two sons (ages 14 & 11), and a dog named Luna.

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