Deborah Weiner is a Unitarian Universalist transitional ministries consultant and leader who has worked with congregations throughout the US and Canada. Deb is a lifelong UU and a credentialed interim religious educator focused on helping congregations in transition bring health and vitality to their ministries and congregational systems. She is also a coach and mentor to religious professionals, a writer and editor, an inspirational leader, public speaker and team organizer. She has served in leadership roles for both the continental and New England Liberal Religious Educators Association (LREDA) and the Association for Unitarian Universalist Music Ministries (AUUMM) as well as the Association of Unitarian Universalist Transitions Professionals (AUUTP). For more than twenty years was on the staff of the Unitarian Universalist Association. She is serving this year as Consulting Transitional Director of Faith Formation at the Unitarian Universalist Area Church in Sherborn, MA. In her ‘copious spare time’ she operates a small catering business, The Delicious Dish, and can often be found performing in musical or theatrical productions in the greater Boston area. Deb lives in Lexington with her spouse, Ben Soule (also a lifelong UU) ; together they are parents to two daughters.