Our Staff
Rev. Kit Novotny
Co-Minister
(she/her)
Rev. Kit Novotny and Rev. Nate Klug
Co-Ministers
Revs. Kit and Nate began as Co-Ministers of First Parish in Lincoln in August 2022. They are drawn to FPL’s vision of a warm and inclusive spiritual community, its passion for environmental and racial justice, and its interest in intellectual and artistic engagement. They look forward to working within a creative ministry model to lead this historic congregation in its next chapter.
Nate and Kit are graduates of Yale Divinity School and were both ordained in the United Church of Christ in 2013. They served separate churches in Iowa and the Bay Area of California before returning home to Massachusetts, where they both grew up.
Kit and Nate share a passion for transformative preaching, and for helping children, youth, and adults discover joy and surprise in their spiritual journeys — however they seek and name the sacred.
Nate is a poet and essayist and the author, most recently, of Hosts and Guests (Princeton University Press). He teaches at the Graduate Theological Union and Dominican University’s MFA program. Kit has a background in professional theater and improvisation and is a certified yoga instructor with training in Trauma Sensitive Yoga. She is a member of the Next Generation Leadership Initiative (NGLI), a program for younger UCC clergy identified as promising leaders in co-creating “the Church of the Future.”
Nate and Kit live in nearby Concord with their three children, Zoe, Gwendolyn, and Felix. When they’re not at church or chasing their children, they love a strong cup of coffee and the beauty of the New England seasons.
Learn more about Kit and Nate HERE.
You may contact them at ministers@fplincoln.org, kit@fplincoln.org, and nate@fplincoln.org.
Sarah Klockowski
Ministry Associate
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Sarah Klockowski
Ministry Associate
Office Hours (subject to change, appointments recommended):
Monday – Thursday, 10am – 6pm
Sarah joined our staff in 2019, bringing enormous talent and presence to a new position at First Parish. Along with significant religious training in an interfaith, justice-oriented context she is experienced in organization and program development within a church setting.
Born and raised in New England, Sarah has also lived in Texas, on the island of Saipan, where she served as a Youth Pastor and High School Educator for five years, and most recently New York City. She holds an MA in Biblical Languages from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and an MDiv with a concentration in Social Ethics from Union Theological Seminary. Sarah’s academic interests are in theologies of embodiment and liberation, and her ongoing writing projects work to integrate the two — particularly as it pertains to fat embodiment.
Silvia Dieckow
Parish Administrator
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Silvia Dieckow
Parish Administrator
Office Hours (subject to change, appointments recommended):
Monday – Thursday, 8am – 3pm, work from home on Mondays
Silvia grew up in Germany, where she attended Law School. In 1997 she came to the United States with her family. In Massachusetts she has held various positions at a therapeutic horseback riding facility and was the office manager at Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Chelmsford.
Silvia enjoys working in the non-profit world as it allows her to connect her professional experience with a cause close to her heart. She feels to have found a great fit at First Parish with its unique history and engaged community.
Silvia and her husband Andreas live in the Merrimack Valley. Silvia enjoys the outdoors, traveling, and reading.
Miranda Loud
Music Director
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Miranda Loud
Music Director
Lora Venesy
Director of Religious Exploration
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Lora Venesy
Director of Religious Exploration
Lora lives nearby in Concord, MA, where she and her family are members of Concord’s First Parish (UU), where she also currently serves as Lead Educator, teaching the “Our Whole Lives” (OWL) sexuality education program for grades K-8 and leading a successful ongoing Junior Youth Group (grades 6-8).
Lora comes to FPL with many gifts and extensive professional experience in teaching, administration, and community leadership. She understands the issues facing religious education programs today and brings energy, creativity and heart to her work with children and families. Moreover, Lora’s activism and advocacy efforts as a community organizer on behalf of women and children are admirable. She has worked for organizations such as Dignity Matters, Advocates for Women’s Empowerment (which she co-founded), The Walker School, Community Youth Alliance, and the Cambridge Health Alliance.
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