The Reverend Ms. Kim K. Crawford Harvie was raised in Concord, Massachusetts and graduated with honors from Middlebury College (Vermont) and Harvard Divinity School. Ordained into the Unitarian Universalist ministry in 1984, she spent the following year as an intern at First Parish in Brewster, Massachusetts. In 1985, she was called to the Universalist Meeting House in Provincetown, Massachusetts, which she served until 1989. In 1987, she received the Maximilian Kolbe Award for Community Service and, in 1988, she was named Provincetown Citizen of the Year. In 1989, she was called to Arlington Street Church in Boston, Massachusetts, where she continues to serve as Senior Minister.
In Boston, Rev. Crawford Harvie co-founded two non-profit organizations: In the Best Interests of the Children, dedicated to providing educational and material assistance to young people and families affected by pediatric HIV/AIDS; and The Shared Heart, a traveling exhibition and book of photographs (released in 1997 by William Morrow) of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender teenagers with accompanying text in their own words, designed to support the Massachusetts Safe Schools Initiative.
In 1992, Rev. Crawford Harvie was the recipient of Harvard Divinity School's First Decade Award. In the same year, Rev. Crawford Harvie also received distinguished alumnae awards from Middlebury College and Concord Carlisle High School. In 1996, the Legacy Foundation named Rev. Crawford Harvie Uncommon Woman of the Year. In 1999, Rev. Crawford Harvie was named one of ten delegates from the United States to Women Waging Peace, an international women's peacemaking initiative. In 2002, the Women's Educational and Industrial Union of Boston honored her as one of 100 outstanding women in the Commonwealth.
Rev. Crawford Harvie resides in Cambridge, Massachusetts with her wife, Kem Morehead, and their three daughters.
Raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Ed graduated with a BA in philosophy from Lakeland College in 1975. He then moved to Massachusetts to attend Harvard Divinity School and study under a Fund for Theological Education fellowship.
For over fifteen years Ed was employed as an audio engineer, at Bose Corporation, National Public Radio affiliates WBUR and WGBH in Boston, and international short-wave and public radio operations for the Christian Science Monitor. He earned an MBA from Bentley College in 2000 and has since worked with not-for-profit organizations including Peace Games, the New England School of Acupuncture, Crispus Attucks Children’s Center, and United Leaders. He has been the recipient of a training grant from National Public Radio, and listed in Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in Media and Communications.
Ed is the father of four and a recent grandfather. He lives in Cambridge with his wife Katharine who is employed by the Institute for Health and Recovery.
Jeffrey David Bouchard is the Facilities Manager at ASC. He is responsible for coordinating building usage by the congregation and the public, maintaining church property, ensuring security and fire systems are operating properly, and giving tours of our facilities to the public and UU youth groups. Jeffrey schedules numerous weddings, concerts, lectures, and meetings at ASC every year.
Jeffrey, the son of a Pentecostal minister, was raised in the Belfast/Searsport, Maine area. For many years he taught Sunday School and played piano during the worship services at his father's church. Prior to coming to ASC, Jeffrey was the sexton/facilities manager at the Park Street UU Church in Bangor, Maine, where he became a Unitarian Universalist. His current favorite vacation playland is Provincetown, which he visits a few times a year.
Dan Kane has been a Unitarian Universalist since discovering the First Unitarian Church of Oakland, in Oakland, California, along with his life partner Darin Jensen, in 1992. He is currently in his fourth year as a Masters of Divinity student at Starr King School for the Ministry in Berkeley, California, and is a Candidate for Unitarian Universalist ministry.
Dan graduated from The George Washington University Elliot School of International Affairs and the University of California Hastings College of the Law. Dan was born and raised in Upstate New York and has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1981. His passions in ministry include shared (lay) ministry, pastoral care, small group ministry and lifespan religious education. His passions in life are his nieces and nephews, food, gardening and travel.
Brad Nobles has been Sexton at ASC since 1995. He is responsible for the upkeep of the building, including preparing the sanctuary and the Parish Hall for its many, many uses. Brad sets up for events, concerts, and weddings. He provides a knowledgeable presence and helping hands for our congregation, guests, and renters. Brad also helps the volunteers who set-up and staff the weekly Friday Night Supper Program.
Brad was born in New York City and raised in Boston. He loves jazz and sports. Before he came to ASC, he worked for twenty years in movie theatres, which he truly loved. He was a motion picture operator at such grand old theatres in Boston as The Orpheum, The Opera House, and The Strand in Dorchester.
Corey Spence, our full-time administrative assistant, joined the staff in February 2004.
He is a native of Lowell, MA and after spending 3 years away from home in Dallas, Texas and then Park City, Utah he returned to Massachusetts. In Dallas, he was the Administrative Assistant at the Cathedral of Hope, a large progressive congregation.
Prior to joining the staff at ASC, Corey was the Administrative Assistant at DigitalNet Government Solutions, a supplier of computer systems to the government.
Corey lives in Roslindale, Massachusetts and attends Saint John the Evangelist Church on Bowdoin Street, sings in the choir, and serves on the altar during communion. His extra-curricular activities include contra dancing and singing first tenor with the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus. Corey also plays handbells with the Old South Ringers at Old South Church and the Back Bay Ringers.
Corey and his husband Christopher were married in May of 2005.
The Reverend George G. Whitehouse was appointed Minister-at-Large by the Arlington Street Church under the Reverend Jack Mendelsohn in 1969. He attended Northeastern University and Harvard Divinity School and was ordained by Arlington Street Church. Since 1969 he has represented ASC in many social outreach programs involving students, children, families and several Juvenile Criminal Justice start-up programs. George is currently on the board of the Bethany Union for Young Women (a subsidized housing facility in Boston for young women between the ages of 18-30), the Unitarian Universalist Women's Heritage Society, and the Tuckerman Coalition (a consortium of UU's advocating for legislation affecting families and children living in poverty). He has also been the resident Campanologist at ASC since 1961.
Director of Music
Mark David Buckles, conductor and composer, is thrilled to fill the role of Director of Music at Arlington Street Church! Mark received his Masters of Music in Conducting at the Boston University College of Fine Arts, School of Music, studying under Dr. Ann Howard Jones. There, he led all of the Boston University small choral ensembles, which include the Chamber Chorus, Concert Choir, and Women's Chorale.
A native of Beverly Hills, Michigan, Mark received his Bachelors of Music in Composition from the University of Michigan, where he studied composition with Evan Chambers, William Bolcom, Karen Tanaka, Erik Santos and Susan Botti; and conducting with Jerry Blackstone, Theodore Morrison, and Sandra Snow. He also studied voice, piano, and carillon. Mark has received commissions from the University of Michigan Women's Glee Club, the University of Michigan Honors Convocation, Miller College, and Dixboro United Methodist Church, and his works have been performed and recorded by the University of Michigan Chamber Choir, the Boston Choral Ensemble and the Saint Petersburg String Quartet.
Mark is the co-founder and Music Director of Juventas, the acclaimed Boston-based New Music Ensemble dedicated to performing the works of young composers. Over the last two years, Juventas performed eleven concerts in venues across Boston, including six world premieres.