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1. 1. Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the South Fork: Our Minister

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   Published on: 2/22/2008   Last Visited: 2/22/2008

   The Rev. Alison Cornish | The Rev. Alison Cornish | Reverend Alison Cornish
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   We were honored to ordain Alison in June, 2004, a few months before she became our consulting minister. Our fiscal constraints at that time meant that she would serve part-time, sharing the pulpit with speakers from the congregation and larger community. Today, full-time service from Alison remains a future goal, an important one.
   
   A life-long Unitarian Universalist, Alison came to the ministry quite gradually. Following her graduation from Wellesley College in Massachusetts, she worked for 20 years in architecture and historic preservation. She was equally comfortable wearing a hard hat on site or advocating for preservation in community council rooms.
   
   From 1993 to 1997, she was Director of the Bridge Hampton Historical Society. Local people remember well the focus and zest she brought to that position as well as to her work as Architectural Consultant for Southampton Town and the villages of Southampton and Sag Harbor.
   
   Focus and zest are characteristic of Alison. When she was a teenager, they fueled her pursuit of excellence in figure skating. Skating, she says, first opened her eyes to the necessity of rigorous self-discipline as well as to the varied worlds of sports politics, leadership of not-for-profit organizations, and teaching.
   
   All of this experience connects readily to ministry, to her ability to serve her congregation's needs for community, caring, ritual, spiritual growth, and social justice. "When Alison talks about equity and compassion in human relations," a UUCSF member once observed, "you know she's speaking from her life, not just from theory or something she's read." And, as another congregant put it, "Alison may be only part-time, but she's such a full-time human being you don't really notice."
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2. 2. Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the South Fork: Our Minister

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   Published on: 10/12/2004   Last Visited: 2/18/2006

   Reverend Alison Cornish
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   Alison holds a similar half-time position at the UU Fellowship of Bellport.
   
   The Rev. Cornish came to ministry from a varied background. During the 20 years following graduation from Wellesley College in Massachusetts, she worked in architecture and historic preservation. She was equally comfortable wearing a hard hat on site or advocating for preservation in community council rooms. Local people remember well the focus and zest she brought to that position as well as to her work as Architectural Consultant for Southampton Town and the villages of Southampton and Sag Harbor.
   
   The experience of advocacy and working with volunteers and non-profit organizations connects readily to ministry, to the Rev. Cornish,s ability to serve her congregations, needs for community, caring, ritual, spiritual growth, and social justice. ,When Alison talks about equity and compassion in human relations,, a member of UUCSF recently observed, ,you know she,s speaking from her life, not just from theory or something she,s read.,
   
   Alison, in a deep sense, has come home to the South Fork congregation. She began attending UUCSF services in 1989, soon after leaving her native New England to join Pat Moran in Sag Harbor. The couple married in 1994.
   
   A life-long Unitarian Universalist, Alison served as President of the UUCSF Board before going back to school to study for the ministry. One of her last official acts as Board President was to sign, in 1999, the contract for 2.25 acres bordering the Long Pond Greenbelt and the Bridgehampton - Sag Harbor Turnpike. Her close involvement in our early steps towards the great goal of building our future home makes it both fitting and splendid that she is with us and for us, as we move into our future.
   
   Rev. Alison Cornish

3. 3. All Star II Conference - Star Island

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   Published on: 6/5/2006   Last Visited: 11/3/2007

   Alison Cornish Rev. Alison Cornish serves two congregations on Long Island: the UU Fellowship of Bellport, and the UU Congregation of the South Fork. She came to ministry from a varied background. During the 20 years following her graduation from Wellesley College in Massachusetts, she worked in architecture and historic preservation, including a summer as archivist at Vaughn Cottage on Star Island. She was equally comfortable wearing a hard hat on site or advocating for preservation in community council rooms.
   
   The experience of advocacy and working with volunteers and non-profit organizations connects readily to ministry, and to the Rev. Cornish's ability to serve her congregations' needs for community, caring, ritual, spiritual growth, and social justice.