Staff Team

The Reverend Tera Klein

Minister

Rev. Tera Klein has served as Throop’s minister since 2012. In March 2017, she accepted the call to serve as their settled, permanent minister. Rev. Tera earned her Master of Divinity from Meadville Lombard Theological School, where she won the prize for religious education. Currently, Rev. Tera also serves as an Assistant Professor at Starr King School for the Ministry. She is pursuing a Doctor of Ministry through Pacific School of Religion. Prior to her ministry at Throop, Rev. Tera worked for 16 years as UUA Congregational Life Staff.

Rev. Tera is active outside of Throop. She serves as President of the Pacific Southwest District UU Ministers Chapter.  She is the Secretary for UU Animal Ministry, a member of Friends in Deed Clergy Committee, and a member of Pasadena Environmental Advocates.

Rev. ​Megan Visser
​Community Minister in Affiliation

Rev. Megan Visser is a Unitarian Universalist minister, educator and social scientist. In Fall 2018, Megan entered into a formal relationship with Throop as a community minister in affiliation. Megan received her ministerial training at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, First UU Church of San Diego, and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center here in Los Angeles. She was ordained in 2019.
 
Megan serves full-time as the Assistant Professor of Ethics and Society at Starr King School for the Ministry, which prepares people for Unitarian Universalist ministry and progressive religious leadership. Meanwhile, she participates in the spiritual care research and chaplain community here in Los Angeles. Her doctoral dissertation focuses on the religious/spiritual experiences of women of color coping with congestive heart failure. The relationship between religion/spirituality and health is central to Megan’s ministry; she looks forward to deepening her relationship to the Throop community as her teaching, scholarship and ministerial practice continue to grow and develop. 

Megan shares her life with her partner, Stefanie, a cat named Emerson and a dog named Violet.

Gregory "Greg" Cline
Intern Minister (Throop & UU of Scv)

​ “…as long as space endures, as long as sentient being remain, until then, may I too remain and dispel the miseries of the world”  -- From The Way of the Bodhisattva, Shantideva

​Greg Cline (He, Him, His) is the intern minister for Throop Unitarian Universalist Church in Pasadena and the Unitarian Universalist Church of Santa Clarita Valley. Greg is a third-year seminary student at Starr King School for the Ministry in Oakland, California and The Chaplaincy Institute in Berkeley, California.  Greg recently left a twenty-one-year career to pursue his calling in ministry full-time.  Greg has experience in offering emotional support for trauma victims and skills in chaplaincy that he brings with him in service to both congregations. 
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Greg shares his life with his wife, Angela and their dog, Maggie.

Mathew P. Taylor
Tech/Communications Coordinator

​Mathew P. Taylor (Pronouns They/He) was born and raised in San Bernardino, California. Mathew has a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies. Mathew has over 15 years’ experience working in his local community organizing and serving in Pagan Ministry leadership. Mathew is a student at Starr King School for the Ministry and will be seeking ordination in the Unitarian Universalist Faith Tradition.
 
Mathew is a Founding Member of Covenant UU an emerging covenanting community in Southern California. Mathew is a Founding Member of the Coven Sub Rosa (#3) Inland Empire. Mathew is an Intern Minister at the UU Congregation of Rockville in Rockville MD.  Mathew is currently serving our larger Unitarian Universalist faith as a Co-Vice President of the Diverse and Revolutionary Unitarian Universalist Multicultural Ministries (DRUUMM).

Board of Trustees, 2021 - 2022

Roy Inong, President, Maureen Harrington, Vice President, Stephanie Cabral, Secretary, Teri Trendler, Treasurer, James Leatham, Member-at-Large

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