Speaker: Tonya Wells

Tonya Wells has been a member at Grosse Pointe Unitarian Church (GPUC) since 2009. GPUC became Tonya’s first church home as an adult, having been a lapsed Congregationalist since attending college. Since 2009 Tonya has served on their worship committee and has been chair of it for the majority of her tenure. Tonya enjoys leading worship and has delivered sermons to her Congregation (and a couple of other UU congregations) on at least an annual basis. Tonya has also served on the GPUC Board. In her day job, Tonya serves as an advocate for vulnerable populations in a leadership role at Trinity Health – a national Catholic health system headquartered in Livonia, Michigan. Her responsibilities include federal advocacy, shareholder activism and community investing.

Exploring the Wisdom of Mary Oliver

Mary Oliver is an American poet whose work reflects a deep communion with the natural world. Her poetry is beautifully simple, concise and accessible, and has been included in Unitarian Universalist worship for decades because the messages in her poems align so closely with UU … read more.