Welcome to Erik David .com - the home page of Erik David Carlson
Erik is a candidate for Unitarian Universalist ministry, an accomplished website designer, musician, and visual artist. Erik is available for preaching engagements, soulful sundown services, and musical performances.
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Erik would like to thank Community Church UU, Rev. Jim VanderWeele and all the wonderfully supportive folks in New Orleans who are making this event possible!'
Erik has just accepted a regular guest preaching spot at the Bradford Community Church of Kenosha, WI. Erik will be leading services the first and third Sundays of from January through April at Bradford while their senior minister, Rev. Georgette Wonders will be on leave for sabbatical this spring.
Erik has just been appointed the official Young Adult Observer to the UUA Board of Trustees. Erik's first assignment will be to attend the October meeting of the UUA Board and report back to the Continental UU Young Adult Network regarding specific young adult issues.
Much thanks to Kimberlee and to the C*UUYAN Steering Committee for thinking of Erik to fill this position.
Studio 84 Opening Video
Friday, 18 September 2009
Erik provides the music for the grand opening of Studio 84 in Whitewater, WI.
Video courtesy of Whitewater Community Television.
Wedding Video
Thursday, 27 August 2009
Erik and Kimberlee were married on August 8th, 2009. Their wedding website, complete with photo galleries is available at UUsWed.com. Kimberlee and Erik helped to raise $355 for Greater New Orleans Unitarian Universalists and $203 plus canned goods for the Whitewater Food Pantry of Whitewater, WI.
Erik and Kimberlee joined a great team of adults in teaching the first ever Midwest Leadership School youth component. Watch the testimonial video (created by Kimberlee) below!
Kimberlee Interviewed in UU World
Thursday, 28 May 2009
Erik's fiancee Kimberlee Tomczak was interviewed recently for the UU World!
Erik was also honored to receive the Meadville Lombard Faculty Leadership Prize, presented during commencement by Dr. Mike Hogue:
For demonstrated academic accomplishment and leadership within the MLTS community, and in the larger UU movement—and with the expectation that his ministry will continue to have creative impact in the broader world for years to come.
Erik would like to thank everyone who has supported him throughout these last four years and made them so memorable, exciting, and educational.
View Erik's graduation photo gallery here >>>
Erik David featured in Meadville Lombard Video
Saturday, 07 February 2009
Meadville Lombard Theological School has featured a story about Erik's internship in New Orleans in its latest promotional video.
The section on New Orleans starts half-way through the video and features interviews from Mary Fontenot, Executive Director of All Congregations Together and Erik's internship supervisor Rev. Jim VanderWeele from Community Church Unitarian Universalist of New Orleans as well as comments from Erik himself.
Click the "Read More" link or the Video picture to watch "Forming Ministries through Community Partnerships."
Erik is featured as a contributing author to the new Jenkin Lloyd Jones Press publication Reverend X: How Generation X Ministers Are Shaping Unitarian Universalism.
Erik has just been appointed the official Young Adult Observer to the UUA Board of Trustees. Erik's first assignment will be to attend the October meeting of the UUA Board and report back to the Continental UU Young Adult Network regarding specific young adult issues.
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Erik is featured as a contributing author to the new Jenkin Lloyd Jones Press publication Reverend X: How Generation X Ministers Are Shaping Unitarian Universalism.
