OUR STAFF
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Rev. Erin Splaine, Minister
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Nigel Goss, Music Director
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Leyah Jensen, Children & Youth Program Director
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Dr. Rev. Althea Smith, Past Minister (2023-2025)
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Rev. Edward B. Anderson, Minister Emeritus
Rev Erin Splaine
Minister
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The Rev. Erin Splaine began her ministry here on August 1, 2025 which marks her return to the congregation where she first heard the call to ministry over 30 years ago. Erin earned a bachelor’s degree at Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York, and her master’s degree in Divinity from Harvard Divinity School.
Over the course of her ministry Erin has served as the settled minister at the Unitarian Society of Northampton and Florence in Northampton, MA, the First Parish in Wayland in Wayland, MA, and the First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton, MA. Since 2022 she has served first at the First Parish Unitarian Universalist congregation in Hingham, MA and then the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Scituate, MA.
Over the course of her 27 year ministry Erin has served our larger Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) in multiple roles including as a member of the national UUA Scholarship Committee and her local chapter of the UU Ministers Association as a Good Offices Person. She is a contributor to This Day in Recovery: 365 Meditations, a meditation manual published by Skinner House Books.
Erin, her wife, Michelle and their very cute dog Charlie are thrilled to be part of the Nantucket UU and larger community.
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Nigel Goss
Music Director
In September 2019, Nigel Goss was hired as Music Director. Nigel brings a wide range of music and musical experience to the Meeting House music program. He has been a keyboard player and bassist in every kind of ensemble from reggae bands to jazz combos to classical orchestras, and has a vast love and appreciation for all facets of music and musicality.
In addition to his role at the Meeting House, he teaches music at the Nantucket Community Music Center and the Nantucket Lighthouse School, and can be found performing at various venues all over the island. He brings his love of all kinds of music to the Meeting House and strives for vibrant and eclectic presentations, and collaborates with musicians in the church community as well as guest musicians from the island community.
Leyah Jensen
Children and Youth Program Director​
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Leyah Jensen Marshall holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts Honors degree from the Rhode Island School of Design. Studies in fine art have taken her worldwide, from acclaimed institutions like the Danish Design School and Pacific Northwest College of Art; to Artist Residencies in India, Haiti, and Nepal.
Leyah is the recipient of distinguished awards ranging from a National Gold Medal in Art & Design (VICA) to New York Book Show 1st place winner and #1 bestselling pop-ups (New York Times). Locally she is a recipient of the Chase Plein-Air Award, and enjoys sharing her broad fluency in art mediums through teaching while working as a fine artist and children's book creator in Nantucket.