Rev. Allison Farnum, UUCFM Minister

Rev. Farnum has been a member of the Unitarian Universalist Ministers’ Association since 2005 and received her preliminary Unitarian Universalist Association fellowship in September 2007.  She received her Master of Divinity degree from Meadville Lombard Theological School in June 2008.  Prior to becoming minister of this congregation in August of 2008, she served as contract minister at the Open Circle Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Fond du Lac, WI., intern minister at the First Unitarian Church of Baltimore in 2005-2006 and as summer minister at the Unitarian Church of Evanston, IL, in 2007. 

Before studying for the ministry, she was active in her home church, Second Unitarian Church of Chicago. She was a youth advisor serving the Young Unitarian Universalists and the adult representative for the Central Midwest District Youth Steering Committee.  Rev. Farnum began seminary in part due to her church involvement as a lay-leader and also due to her work at Planned Parenthood Chicago area as a health care assistant and then in clinic administration.  In undergraduate studies, Rev. Farnum received a Bachelor of Science in Speech from Northwestern University, majoring in theatre.