Ministers and Staff

Rev. Kristin Grassel Schmidt (she / her)

Rev. Kristin Schmidt was born and raised in Montgomery County, Maryland and grew up attending the Cedar Lane UU Church in Bethesda. After graduating from Western Maryland College with a BA in music, she moved to England, attended a Unitarian church there and felt called to ministry. She was ordained in 2011 after receiving her…

Rev. Caitlin Cotter Coillberg (she – her)

Rev. Caitlin Cotter Coillberg (she/her) was born and raised in Knoxville, TN, where she attended Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church and her grandmother’s congregation- Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church.  She started feeling the call to ministry while helping to run Youth Conferences at a UU Retreat Center in North Carolina called The Mountain, volunteering as…

Sara Scott – Religious Education Assistant & Volunteer Coordinator

Sara Scott was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA. She has a degree in anthropology from Case Western and a degree in nursing from the University of Pennsylvania. She has spent half of her life teaching in various capacities. From working in preschools to tutoring elementary school students to teaching classes for new nurses to…

Jeannette Jackson 

Jeannette Jackson joined the staff team at UUCSS as Office Administrator in the Spring of 2022. She brings many years of office management and communications experience to her work with our congregation along with a deep commitment to freedom and equality.

Michael Holmes

Michael Holmes has been the Music Director of UUCSS since 2004. In this capacity, he has helped to develop a diversified and integrated music program at UUCSS and the Music Residency Program; he has also promoted enriching collaborations among musicians in the church and in the community.  A recent example of this was his vision and planning for the “Missa Gaia” project, a musical celebration of our sacred earth, in collaboration with composer/songwriter Jim Scott who was a collaborator in the original Paul Winter Consort “Missa Gaia” production in 1982.

Grace Liu

Grace Liu is a Taiwanese-American pianist who performs as a soloist and collaborative pianist in the U.S. and Taiwan, “impressing [audiences] with her finesse and sensitivity” (Orange County Register). She is the recipient of the Pauline Favin Memorial Award in Piano and the Clara Ascherfel Accompanying Award at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins…

Audrey Dixon (she-her)

Audrey (she/her) is the dedicated Staff Audio/Visual Technician, ready to infuse services and events with creativity and excitement. With prior A/V experience at other churches, she is committed to creating an inviting space where our A/V team can find joy and growth in their volunteer roles. Audrey is an avid fan of tabletop games and horror and fantasy media. She’s a firm believer…

Phi T. Thach

  Phi T. Thach received her Associates in Business Administration, Bachelor in Social Work, and Masters in Early Childhood Education in Washington, DC. She has 11 years of experience working with youth with and without special needs and have 5 years of experience in managing up to 15- 25 caseload in working with families and…

Juan Vargas

Juan Vargas is the Sexton at UUCSS.  A native of Nicaragua, Juan has been with the church for more than ten years and has enjoyed working for UUCSS.  Juan has three sons named Michael, Jimmy, and Jeffrey.  Juan is an avid baseball player and also loves animals, plants, and watching American Football.