Reverend John N. Marsh
Minister in Fellowship
with the Unitarian Universalist Association
Reverend John Marsh has served Unitarian Universalist congregations in professional positions since 1976. He has enjoyed successful long-term parish ministries and has been an effective and helpful interim minister.
Approach to Ministry
I believe I have a gift for assessing people and situations — and reflecting back to people the truths I behold — in a way that is both honest and affirming.
One parishioner told me that my sermons allowed her "to look at myself without flinching." While I cannot promise to do this for everyone — (nor does everyone require this), I believe that this ability is of great benefit in interim ministry.
On Unitarian Universalism
I believe that the larger world needs the message we have to offer and that our congregations deserve to flourish.
What Others Say
“He has earned the respect of both colleagues and
congregants for his faithful and penetrating social witness.”
— from the citation of the 1996 Social Justice Award of the Western Canada
District
He reaches everyone - from children to elders, those who want 'meaty'
sermons and those who appreciate wit and good story-telling. It’s a feat he
brings off with warmth, confidence, grace and an arresting presence in the
pulpit."
— Fred Fiske, President
May Memorial Unitarian Universalist Society of Syracuse