Board Appointment: Welcome Rev. Karen Saunders

Rev. Karen Saunders, Member at Large

Dear Friends,

The board of trustees is excited to announce that we have appointed Rev. Karen Saunders to the board position left open due to resignation in 2022. With Rev. Karen joining our team, we will add a wealth of experience and Wisdom to our leadership team to help us move forward into an exciting future.

Review Rev. Karen’s bio and get equally excited about her service as we all are:

Rev. Karen Saunders is an ordained Unity Minister. She follows as a legacy with her mother, Rev. Helen D. Saunders, who graduated from the first class of Unity Urban Ministerial School, and Karen graduated from the first online class of the Urban School 30 years later.

Karen currently is the senior minister at Christ-Love Unity Church in Omaha, Nebraska, founded by her mother. In addition, she is the registrar and adjunct professor for the Unity Urban Ministerial School.

She has worked in non-profit management for over 35 years, during which she held positions as executive director, project manager, and volunteer manager. Karen holds a BA in Urban and Metropolitan Studies from Michigan State University. She is an accomplished speaker, trainer, and community advocate. Karen has studied New Thought all her life, joining Unity in 1994.

Please welcome Rev. Karen to our board of trustees and surround her with your prayers and best wishes for her and our region’s future. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

With many blessings,

Rev. Jean-Marie Schweizer
Unity South Central Region (USCR)
President of the Board