Ed Piper has been serving as
full-time minister of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of
Waynesboro since 1997. During the early 1990s, Ed began to make the
transition from academic administrator to Unitarian Universalist
minister and became actively involved in the UU Fellowship of
Fredericksburg, where he served as president of the congregation.
After completing the requirements for UU ministry, Ed was ordained
in August 1996. He served concurrent part-time ministries on the
Outer Banks of North Carolina and at Newport News, VA in the fall of
1996. Ed also serves as a congregational consultant for the
Southeast District of the UUA and as a board member of AH Hospice of
the Shenandoah and the Boys & Girls Club of Waynesboro, Staunton &
Augusta County.
Education and Teaching
A native of Ohio, Ed graduated from
the College of Wooster and then attended the University of Chicago
where he received a Ph.D. in psychology and religion. As a student
in the 1960s, Ed was actively involved in the civil rights and
anti-Vietnam War movements. Ed taught psychology at West Virginia
Wesleyan from 1971 to 1987. He also served as the first dean of the
West Virginia Governor's Honors Academy, a summer program for gifted
high school students. From 1987 to 1995 Ed served as Dean of
Academic Services at Mary Washington College, and he has taught
courses at the Lifelong Learning Institute at James Madison
University.
Family Life and Interests
Ed has a grown daughter and son from his first marriage and now
lives in the countryside near Port Republic with his wife Renée
Herrell, who is an administrator at James Madison University, and
their collie Daisy. In his free time, Ed enjoys golfing, bicycling,
hiking, and other outdoor activities.
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past Sermons.
