Staff
Director of Religious Education
Erin Forstein
erin.forstein@uuft.org
Text or call (785)233-3612
Erin’s association with UUFT began as a toddler, and continued into her adulthood. And now, marriage, three children, a teaching degree, and several years in California later, she is back as our DRE. Erin has taught at Head Start and at Topeka Collegiate, and she had nearly three years’ experience as DRE at Unitarian Universalist Church of the Monterey Peninsula in Carmel, California. She became DRE for UUFT in April, 2022. She is dedicated to creating a safe and loving space in which our children can learn and grow, and she has a real passion for enabling children to find their spiritual path. Erin has many other enthusiasms. Among them, she plays violin in the Washburn Symphony Orchestra, she creates lovely chainmail wearable art, and she is a part time staff member at the Children’s Discovery Center.
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Nursery Attendant
Farai Harreld
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Farai is a mother, herbalist, birth worker and writer. She loves working in the nursery because as a home educator, she believes that early childhood is a sacred, joyful, and liminal time.
Office Coordinator
Carol Ann Cooley
office@uuft.org
(785)272-9233
A Missouri native, Carol Ann has lived in Topeka since 1963. She has 30 years of experience working in office settings. She has associate degrees in office administration and paralegal, and a bachelor’s degree in business administration. A mother of two grown children, her hobbies are puzzles, cooking for others and sewing projects. And her motto is to “always be kind to others and try to help all mankind.”
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