The Wisdom of Family Restaurants

Grilled Cheese! Sundaes! Being Yourself! What can we learn from Friendly’s, and other family restaurants, as multigenerational spaces? Join Rev. Stevie–Minister of Religious Education in Arlington, MA–to explore what it means to be a community of practice. Rev. Stevie remembers fondly serving First Parish Cambridge as our Summer Student Minister in 2016, and is glad to return to share this message. Rev. Stevie Carmody is preaching.

Biography

Stevie came to Unitarian Universalism through First Parish Arlington, drawn in by how our community values young people. Regularly attending during high school, Stevie found a spiritual home here, and first felt a pull towards ministry.

Stevie studied religion while attending Deep Springs College and Brown University. In his early twenties, Stevie worked in a preschool for children with autism in Providence, RI. During this time, Stevie also co-created a young adult social justice retreat at Rowe Camp & Conference Center.

Stevie initially worked as First Parish’s Religious Education Assistant in 2014, under the direction of Tina Schultz. Called to UU ministry, Stevie completed a Master of Divinity program at Harvard Divinity School while simultaneously putting his ministry training into practice as the First Parish Youth Program Coordinator. Additionally, Stevie served as an intern minister at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Diego, CA. In 2019, First Parish voted to ordain Stevie, which we celebrated together in October of that year.

Immediately before returning to First Parish in August 2023, Stevie served as the Youth and Young Adult program staff in the UUA’s Office of Lifespan Faith Engagement, accompanying the denomination’s youth and young adult ministries.