Justice, Equity and Love in ACTION!
Rev. Lora Young, MDiv.
serving the greater SLC metro area:
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Weddings
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Memorials
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Rites of Passage
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Spiritual Direction
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Welcome!
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Rev. Lora Young (she/her) is currently serving as the minister for South Valley Unitarian Universalist Society in Cottonwood Heights, Utah.
Kindness is her primary theology.
All are welcome here.
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TESTIMONIAL
"Reverend Lora is very intuitive, she could sense how anxious I was before our wedding ceremony began and she pulled me aside to briefly meditate and just be present, which really reassured me and helped me to enjoy the moment while feeling relaxed and confident as I walked down the aisle."
-Alex Mills, Bride
RITES OF PASSAGE:
WEDDINGS AND MEMORIALS
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Rev. Lora is available to officiate weddings, memorials and other rites of passage in the Salt Lake City Metro Area and Santa Barbara, CA.
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Click here to view
a sample wedding or memorial service.
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Spiritual Direction/Coaching
The art of spiritual direction is focused on being present to what is and engaging with the world from a place of sacred storytelling. Rev. Lora trained as a life coach prior to entering the ministry with The Coaches Institute. She maintains a small private practice.
SERMONS and BLOG
Please visit www.svuus.org
for my blog and sermons
EXPERIENCE
August 2020- Current
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Minister
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South Valley Unitarian Universalist Society
August 2017-June 2020
Chaplain
VNA Health (formerly Visiting Nurse and Hospice Care of Santa Barbara)
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Provide pastoral and/or spiritual care to patients, families, staff and volunteers that is respectful of their faith background and grounded in a theology of deep kindness and compassion.
Summer 2017
Sabbatical Ministry
San Luis Obispo Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
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Served as summer sabbatical minister for Rev. Rod Richards
EDUCATION
Master's Degree
Iliff School of Theology, Denver CO
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Social Justice Immersion trip through Southern Africa.
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Invited to participate in the Spiritually Integrated Financially Resilient program through Lilly Foundation for 2016 academic year.
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Graduated with Honors, June 2017.
Bachelor's Degree
University of California, Santa Barbara
Bachelors of Arts, Sociology.
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