Rev. Meagan Henry

Rev. Meagan Henry brings three decades of experience in Unitarian Universalist religious education, youth and family ministry, place-based experiential learning, and cross-cultural experiences to her role as Associate Minister at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Shelter Rock.

A lifelong UU, Meagan was raised at the Meadville Unitarian Church in northwestern Pennsylvania. From ages 8 to 14, she spent formative summers at The Mountain Center, a UU camp in western North Carolina, where her father and stepmother served on staff. Those experiences instilled in her a deep love of nature and shaped her understanding of experiential faith formation.

Meagan holds a Master’s degree in Philosophy and Religious Studies from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and a Master of Divinity from Meadville Lombard Theological School in Chicago. After her first graduate degree, she taught world religions as an adjunct professor at UT Knoxville while serving as Youth Ministry Coordinator at Tennessee Valley UU Church, where she and her husband James were married and where their daughter Starling grew up.
Meagan has served UU congregations in Virginia, Washington DC, and New York. Most recently, she served at First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn from 2013 to 2025, first as Director of Religious Education and later as Assistant Minister.

Meagan is passionate about holistic, lifelong faith formation and believes we never stop learning, growing, and developing our spiritual selves. She feels called to help congregations deepen their spiritual lives and discover transformative practices that nourish their souls. Her vision encompasses ministry that strengthens both individual spiritual growth and collective spiritual practice—creating beloved communities where people explore contemplative practices, engage in meaningful spiritual reflection, and develop deeper connections with the sacred, however they understand it.

Meagan is particularly excited about helping congregants discover that commitment to justice and equity flows naturally from deep spiritual grounding. She believes that when we cultivate inner wisdom, compassion, and connection to something greater than ourselves, our engagement with the world becomes more sustained, joyful, and effective.

An avid nature-lover and outdoor adventurer, Meagan enjoys hiking. Being in nature is one of the primary ways she grounds herself and finds spiritual inspiration. She loves spending time with her family, including her grown daughter Starling, son-in-law, and granddaughter Lila, and she enjoys traveling. Meagan and James look forward to becoming part of the UUCSR community.