NARROWSBURG, NY — Laurie Stuart, long-time Upper Delaware resident and publisher of The River Reporter, was ordained into the Unitarian Universalist ministry on October 1 at the South Nassau UU Congregation in Freeport, NY.

The ordination was conferred on Stuart by the Upper Delaware Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, where she served as a consulting minister from 2007-2013, and the South Nassau UU Congregation where she is currently serving half time as Transition Minister.

Her credentialing process began in 2006 and took her to Berkeley, CA, where she studied at the Starr King School for the Ministry; Tampa, FL, where she did her Clinical Pastoral Education at Tampa General Hospital; and Port Townsend, WA where she served as Intern Minister at Quimper UU Fellowship.

“I am so thankful for the support that I received from my family, the community, and especially the staff of The River Reporter through these long 10 years of preparation,” Stuart said.