Contact Leanne Walt

Rev. Dr. Leanne Walt has served as Lead Pastor of UCC Norwell since 2015. A lifelong member of the UCC, Leanne holds a degree in Religious Studies from Bowdoin College and a Master of Divinity from Harvard Divinity School. She is currently pursuing a Doctor of Ministry at Boston University School of Theology in their Transformational Leadership program, where she’s diving deeper into how churches can navigate change with courage, clarity, and purpose.

Trained in transitional ministry and church revitalization, Leanne brings particular experience and interest in rousing congregations to become more vibrant, relevant, mission-driven, and Jesus-led communities of faith. Previously, she served as Pastor of First Congregational Church of Braintree UCC, where she was able to share her gifts for church renewal and vitality.

Leanne is passionate about helping people discover their gifts and understand how they can use those gifts to minister to the world. Through preaching, adult small groups, and her work with ministry teams and leadership, Leanne seeks to point to the power, presence, beauty, and hope of God in our everyday, lived experience.

Her highest calling is being mom to her two boys alongside her husband, Bill.

Contact Lindsay Albert

Lindsay is thrilled to join the community of UCC Norwell as Minister of Music. An accomplished pianist and music director with over two decades of experience, she has worked in churches, schools, opera companies, and musical theater programs internationally and across the Boston area. As a recital pianist, Lindsay has found her niche in solo voice repertoire—including art song, opera, and musical theatre—while also accompanying choirs, directing musical programs, coaching singers, and teaching piano to students of all ages.

Faith has been central to Lindsay’s musical journey since her upbringing in the Lutheran ELCA church, where music was both a spiritual practice and a source of fellowship. She has carried this foundation into her work as a performer, using music to build connections and community. Lindsay holds a B.A. in French and Music from Boston College and an M.M. from the Longy School of Music, where she specialized in collaborative piano performance.

A dedicated teacher, Lindsay is passionate about helping students discover their voice with confidence and presence. She believes the qualities of great performers—commitment, mindfulness, integrity, consistency, and compassion—are also the guiding principles of a meaningful life.

When not at the piano, Lindsay finds her greatest inspiration in her family and her lifelong yoga practice. She lives in Jamaica Plain with her husband, Juan Carlos, and their two daughters.

Contact Steve Burke

Steve joins the UCC Norwell staff team in the role of the part-time Director of Finance & Operations. His most recent position was working as the Controller for the First Church of Boston. Steve brings extensive career experience in the nonprofit sector for small to large organizations, where his responsibilities have included staff management, monthly and year-end closings, budget preparation and analysis, auditing, reporting, and preparation of federal and state tax filings.

Steve graduated from Bentley College (University) with a BS in Accounting and earned his CPA designation. Early on in his career, Steve was moved to pursue work in the non-profit sector where he has been able to use his accounting experience and knowledge to align an organization’s budget with a meaningful mission.

Steve lives in Scituate, enjoys “working at” tennis, and has recently taken pickleball lessons. He spends a lot of time with his three adult children, their partner’s and his three grandchildren.

As Director of Finance and Operations, Steve will be providing oversight for the financial and business operations of the church, which includes the New Nursery School and the Linden Ponds Community Church.

Contact Maryanne

Maryanne brings twenty years of experience in office and financial administration. Two years ago, after the birth of her first grandchild, she retired from Boston College where she spent most of her career as the Office/Administrative Assistant in their Business Service Center and Facilities Management Department. In this phase of her life, Maryanne is excited about a role that will utilize her administrative skills and contribute to our Christ-centered mission. Guided by her mother’s belief that “you never know what form Jesus Christ is going to take,” Maryanne is committed to supporting the needs of our congregation with compassion and care.

Contact Valerie Fink

Employed by Congregational Finance, LLC, Val enjoys working with UCC churches across the South Shore and the Cape to meet their bookkeeping needs. Val holds a B.S. in Finance from Siena College in Loudonville, NY and brings a breadth of experience in the financial services industry. Prior to taking time off to be with her family after the birth of her second child, Val worked at State Street Bank as a fund accountant and then at Pioneer Investments as a fund reporting analyst. Val works closely with our Director of Finance + Operations to support our accounting needs.

Kim proudly serves as Director and a previous member of the teaching staff in preschool and toddlers. While her children attended The New Nursery School, she served as the President of the Board of Directors.

Kim holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Northeastern University and is EEC lead teacher certified. She lives in Norwell with her husband, two sons, and their dog, Maisy. Kim feels fortunate to be part of such a caring and nurturing environment that was such a great fit for her boys and their family. The New Nursery School is such a special place and she is pleased to be a part of the experience it offers to our community!

Contact jenny healy

jenny is a teacher and a student, a gardener and a bread baker, a quilter and a writer, a mum, a wife, a daughter, a sister, an auntie, a disciple, a friend. While church was mostly absent from her life growing up, she always had this deep longing for and connection to Jesus. As an adult about to have her first child, jenny started going to church regularly. There, she found a spiritual home and the language to describe what she’d been feeling inside for so long.

Working with children has always been at the center of jenny’s heart, from her early babysitting days to college field work and summer jobs, to teaching at The Home for Little Wanderers and a paid position at her home church. jenny loves the hard questions, loves the mess, loves the connection building. jenny loves partnership with children as they explore the joys and responsibilities of being the hands and feet of Christ in this world and what it means to be God’s beloved, created in God’s image.

jenny loves this work, and she is honored to walk beside others all during this time.

Also, jenny loves berry picking, especially strawberries.

Assistant Director + Teacher

While her daughter was attending preschool at The New Nursery School, Sonia fell in love with the school. When it was time for her daughter to move on to kindergarten she decided that she just couldn’t part ways with the NNS family and decided to pursue a career in Early Childhood Education. In addition to a Bachelor’s degree in Communications from the University of Michigan and a background in advertising/marketing, she is now EEC certified as both a Director and Lead Teacher.

The children at NNS are at such precious and fundamentally important ages; to be a part of this time in their lives and to help each child as they learn and grow continues to be a rewarding and fulfilling experience for her. Sonia and her husband live in Hanover with their daughter and 2 dogs.

Contact Emily Mathews

Emily joined the UCC Norwell staff in 2023 after working in marketing and communications for seven years in small business, non-profit and public education, most recently as the Digital Marketing Manager for the Scituate Public Schools.

With a Bachelor’s degree from The Ohio State University and a Master’s degree in Education, Emily taught in Boston Public Schools for 10 years. When she saw an opportunity to transition from traditional classroom teaching to a non-traditional role in the performing arts and communications, Emily embraced it with enthusiasm–something she has plenty of! Emily’s strengths include content strategy, digital marketing communications, collaboration, and creative thinking.

Outside of UCC Norwell, you’ll find Emily running around the South Shore, and making change for the better whenever she can. Emily has two sons, a wonderful husband, and many, many animals.

Contact Eddie Rosado

He was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 1977 and was raised as a church-going Catholic, attending Catholic school through most of his early education. During his high school years, he transferred to another school, graduating a year early in 1994. After spending some time discerning his path, he attended Universidad Metropolitana in Cupey, Puerto Rico from 1996 to 1998, completing 75 credits toward a degree in Marketing. During that season, he began to feel a strong call to serve his country.

In 2000, after further reflection and searching, he joined the United States Coast Guard. What began as a step of faith grew into a fulfilling career. He attended electrician school later that year and continued advancing through training, deployments, and leadership opportunities. In 2017, he was honored to become a Naval Engineer Warrant Officer.

That same year, following a transfer from Gulfport, Mississippi, to Boston, his lovely wife, Rachel, and he found UCC Norwell. They officially became members in 2019 and quickly felt at home in this faith community with their two children Ava and Ian.

In the later years of his Coast Guard career, he discovered that his greatest joy came from mentoring young engineers—supporting both their professional growth and personal development. When Pastor Peter departed, he felt God calling him to bring that same passion for mentorship into the life of their church, particularly in serving their youth.

He has been serving as a Youth Ministry advisor for the past three years and looks forward to continuing to lead and support this ministry for years to come, with God’s guidance. Watching his own children grow in faith through their youth programs has been a powerful blessing and has reinforced his commitment to this work. His goal is to support and nurture the youth of UCC Norwell as he would his own children, helping build a strong, Christ-centered community that will continue for generations to come.

Bill, a retired builder extraordinaire with enough construction experience to build a skyscraper out of popsicle sticks, calls Scituate home sweet home with his wife, where he not only dominates the hockey rink but is also active in the lives of his adult children. Bill serves as the ultimate jack-of-all-trades at UCC Norwell, tackling everything from wrangling wildlife to playing wax whisperer after candlelight services, all while enduring the shenanigans of the rest of the staff in the office with unwavering patience. Bill's life is a blueprint for finding humor in every nail-biting moment, proving that even in retirement, he's still got a knack for things both old and new!