The Rev. Jeanne Lloyd

Rev. Jeanne works closely with couples to co-design unique weddings or civil unions that reflect their relationship and their individual understanding of the world, whether that understanding includes traditional religious concepts, is interfaith, or humanist. Please, contact Rev. Jeanne at RevLloyd@comcast.net or 860-930-6543, to discuss the possibilities for your wedding or civil union. For more information and resources, please go to my webpage on weddings & civil unions.

Funerals/Memorial Services/Committals

Rev. Jeanne works closely with families to create end-of-life services that honor their loved one, in meaningful and memorable ways.

Living Our Faith in Our Daily Lives . . .

Rev. Jeanne's ministry is focused on community inclusion by creating bridges among people and organizations in the community.

She says, "Our community members are in need of one another. In this busy, digitized world—where reality is analyzed down to its finest parts, we need to understand our part of the whole. And, our communities need us.

It is in the space between each other that we find the Sacred. It is in that space 'between' where the possibility of individual and community transformation exists. In that space where we build community together we will find the Holy. There . . . we find something greater than ourselves . . . and we are transformed. We are transformed even as we transform our larger communities. Such transformation is a worthy use of our lives.

When people come together to work on social justice projects, they break the bonds of individualism and isolation that fragment communities. They make sacred space for one another. Together they explore the issues that tear at their hearts, and cause them concern for the future. The issue and the passion can only come from them. And, together, they partner with others to understand their place in the community, the assets they bring to the community, and the hopes and dreams of its members. My role is to act as a bridge that links people to one another so that they can nurture and build their communities from the inside out."

The Rev. Jeanne Lloyd currently serves All Soul's Unitarian Universalist Church in Greenfield, Massachusetts, as its Parish Minister, and the Unitarian Universalist Society: East in Manchester, Connecticut as its Affiliate Community Minister. She is ordained by the Unitarian Universalist Society: East in Manchester, CT (affiliate church), and the Universalist Church of West Hartford, CT, and in final fellowship with the Unitarian Universalist Association in Boston, MA.

She holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Experimental Psychology from Virginia Tech, a Master's Degree in Clinical Psychology from Radford College (University), and a Master of Divinity Degree from Meadville Lombard Theological School. Currently, she is working on her Doctorate of Ministry Degree at Meadville Lombard Theological School.

As a minister whose specialty is in the area of community ministry, Rev. Jeanne facilitates a process whereby all people and congregations/organizations are encouraged to contribute their gifts and resources to build stronger communities.

Locally, she serves as President of the Canton United Fund, an affiliate of the United Way, distributing funds for projects that support the community. She is also a member of "Focus on Canton," an interfaith coalition that works together to meet Canton citizen's & the Avon-Canton Rotary, whose motto is "Service above Self."

Rev. Jeanne is certified by the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Religion & Spirituality Division as a pastoral care giver and uses art as a form of therapeutic self-expression for people with intellectual disabilities.