Unitarian Universalist Church of Silver Spring
Interim Assistant Minister
The Reverend Kären Rasmussen
Rev. Kären Rasmussen has been a Unitarian Universalist for over twenty-six years. After retiring from the Navy and then working for a defense contractor as a staffing manager for two years, she heard a different calling. Concluding her initial pastoral care training, she volunteered at two local hospitals as a lay chaplain. After the timeless struggle of discernment, she released her heart to the call and entered seminary five years ago. She received her Masters of Divinity from Wesley Theological Seminary in 2010 and was joyously ordained in September, 2011. Rev. Kären served her home congregation, the UU Congregation of Fairfax, in several lay leadership positions, as student minister and as their summer minister. Rev. Kären completed her internship at the Mount Vernon Unitarian Church.
Rev. Kären is a member of the Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association (UUMA) and the local Chesapeake Chapter of UUMA. She is also a member of the UU Trauma Response Ministry. Rev. Kären is a Tellington Touch animal practitioner and works with a spectrum of animals helping with healing and wellness.
Kären and her partner Barb are both retired from the Navy and live in Annandale, Virginia. They live with the light of their hearts, a yellow lab named Maddie.