Nicole has been a member of various Christian churches since childhood. She moved to Bryan in summer 2021 with her partner, dog, and cat, and began attending the UUCBV in the summer of 2022. She is a wastewater treatment engineer and spends her free time reading and gardening.

Ivy Chatwin is new to the UU scene after growing up LDS, but she’s not new to leading classes, performing music, or serving on committees geared toward children's instruction or group activities. She also brings intersectional experiences with neurodivergence, chronic illness, and LGBT+ issues to the table, brightened by enthusiasm for music, art, science, and the great outdoors. She considers herself a Buddhist, Humanist, or Atheopagan, depending on the light, and hopes her input will be helpful as we balance the steadying influence of tradition with the flexibility required to meet the quickly changing needs of younger generations.

Brian Lockridge (he/him) is a dad, husband, nurse, case manager and soccer fan. He has been a Unitarian Universalist for about 16 years. Brian is passionate about Unitarian Universalism and its power to change the world, as well as Brazos Valley UU’s power to change Texas

Lucy Deckard was jointly raised by devout Southern Baptist grandparents and an atheist single father, leaving her a bit unmoored spiritually. When she was introduced to Unitarian Universalism by a college friend, she realized she had found her spiritual home: a religion that supported exploration and inquiry without imposing dogma. Since then, when she considered moving somewhere, an important consideration was whether they had a UU church close by. She’s been a member of UUCBV since she and her family moved to the Brazos Valley in 2000.

Jeff first joined a UU congregation in 1998. He thinks he may be agnostic but isn't really sure. He still hasn't decided what he wants to be when he grows up.

Carrie (she/her) grew up in Bryan but recently moved back to her hometown. She is fairly new to Unitarian Universalism, to the church, and serving her first year on the board; but since landing has been a very active asset in the church by way of choir, mulch ministry and helping to establish the Earth-based spirituality study group “The Way of the Earth”. She is overjoyed to build community with the Brazos UU and deeply appreciates what the UU stands for and working for a better world. When she is not busy with raising and homeschooling her 4 wonderful children with her husband, Elliot and communing with her critters on her small farm/gardens; she is studying plants and medical astrology for use in her Clinical Vitalist Herbalism Apothecary Practice.  

Bee Phelps (she/they) is an Eclectic Pagan Omnist who moved to the Brazos Valley in 2022 from the Texas Panhandle. Along with her husband, she joined the UUCBV fairly recently and has been thankful to find a spiritual home here! (This is what I have so far but idk what else to include)

Katherine (she/her) has a degree in philosophy and manages a local pizza joint with her beautiful wife of 5+ years.

Liz Brackeen has been a Unitarian Universalist since 2001. She and her wife Stephanie Fulton joined UUCBV in 2022. Liz was raised Methodist and was an active member and youth leader at Simsbury (CT) UMC. In addition to serving on the board, Liz is on Worship Team 1 and the Property/GUUrus teams. In her work life, Liz is an early-retired, consumer-health librarian and is currently working part-time at the United Way 2-1-1 office as the Resource Manager for the Brazos Valley region. While culturally christian, Liz is drawn to the wisdom of all the world's religions and has been studying Buddhist teachings for the last eight years. She is happy to be at a UU church with other open-hearted and open-minded beings. In her spare time Liz loves to listen to audiobooks while working in the yard and garden. 

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