The Rev. George Briggs

The Rev. George Briggs was appointed our Minister Emeritus in 2000, having served as our Interim Minister from 1991-92. He actively contributes to the Fellowship in teaching, preaching and pastoral care. A native Californian, he holds an A.B. from San Jose State College, a M.Th. from Illiff School of Theology in Denver, Colorado, and an M.A. from Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas. George spent five years in the Methodist ministry in Oregon and Idaho, and was a social worker for seven years in Oakland, California. He then went on to serve as a Unitarian Universalist minister for 27 years in seven states, retiring in 1995.

George and his wife Elise, whom he married in 1957, have one daughter and three grandsons.