!e Reverend Kenne" Gordon Hu#o
Unitarian Universalist Minister
Unitarian Universalist Association in Florida
District Executive
Florida 33913-8171
Office: 321-***-**** cell: 239-***-****
E-mail: abpqjk@r.postjobfree.com or
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Education
1986 1998 Clinical supervision in Bowen Family Systems therapy with Rabbi Dr. Edwin H.
Friedman, Bethesda, Maryland.
1995 Certification, Welcoming Diversity & Prejudice Reduction, National Coalition Building
Institute, Washington, D.C.
1969 1972 Masters of Divinity (cum laude), Theology/Church. The Divinity School, Harvard
University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1967 1969 A.B. Philosophy/Political Science. Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois.
1965 1967 Chemical Engineering studies. Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois.
Unitarian Universalist Ministries
2006 present: Chief Executive Officer, Florida District Unitarian Universalist Association
2003 2006: Senior Minister, Unitarian Universalist Church of Fort Myers, Florida.
2002 2003: Interim Minister, Unitarian Universalist Church of Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
2001 2002: Acting Ministerial Development Director, Depart of Ministry, Unitarian
Universalist Association, Boston, Massachusetts.
1986 2001: Senior Parish Minister, Mt. Vernon Unitarian Church (Unitarian Universalist),
Alexandria, Virginia.
1975 1985: Minister, First Unitarian Church, Des Moines, Iowa.
1984: Minister-in-Residence, Unitarian Church, Auckland, New Zealand. Minister-in-Residence,
Unitarian Church, Adelaide, Australia.
1983: Minister-on-Loan, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
1972 1975: Minister, Unitarian Fellowship of Greater Lafayette, West Lafayette, Indiana.
The Reverend Kenneth Gordon Hurto Unitarian Universalist Minister
Additional Service to the Wider Unitarian Universalist Ministry:
2007 - present: Member, Allies for Racial Equity.
2006 - present: Member, HallelUUjah Staff team, Unitarian Universalist Association Department
of Congregational Life
2005 2006 Member of the Board, Florida District Unitarian Universalist Association.
2003 2006 Presenter, Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association C.E.N.T.E.R.
Committee for Continuing Education: The Family Zoo Revisited Family Systems Theory Since
Bowen.
2001 Executive Editor, Assessing Our Leadership, Unitarian Universalist Association.
1999 2001 Representative, Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association to the Unitarian
Universalist Association s Fulfilling the Promise team.
1998 2001 Vice-President, Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association.
1995 1997. Chair, Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association C.E.N.T.E.R. Committee for
Continuing Education.
1993 1995. Convener, Planning Team Leader, Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association
Convocation 1995 "The Transient & Permanent in Liberal Religion: The Promise of the New
Millennium," Little Rock, Arkansas.
1991 1995. Member, Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association C.E.N.T.E.R. Committee for
Continuing Education.
1991 1992 Presenter, Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association C.E.N.T.E.R. Committee
for Continuing Education: The Family Zoo.
1988 Present Lecturer & Presenter, Family Systems Theory applications, various U.S. venues.
1988 1989 Presenter, Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association C.E.N.T.E.R. Committee
for Continuing Education: "Applications of Family Systems Theory to the Unitarian Universalist
Ministry."
1987 1989 Member of the Board, Unitarian Universalist Advance.
1989 Unitarian Universalist General Assembly, Unitarian Universalist Advance panel,
"Humanist/Theist Conceptions of Evil."
1988. Program Respondent. Unitarian Universalist Advance Conference, "Our Differing Social
Visions," Bethesda, Maryland.
1987 1988. President, Greater Washington Area Unitarian Universalist Council.
1982 1985 Member of the Board, Prairie Star District.
1982. Training, Unitarian Universalist Association Growth Book.
1981 Prairie Star District Weekend Extension Ministry, Manhattan, Kansas.
1977, 1983 Training, Unitarian Universalist Association, About Your Sexuality Curriculum.
1979 1981 Workshop Leader, Prairie Star District Fall Conference.
1977 Program Chair, Prairie Star District Fall Conference.
1977 1984 Member, Prairie Star District Education and Program Committee.
1974 Present Attendance Unitarian Universalist Association General Assembly.
1986 1995 Attendance Joseph Priestley District Conferences.
1975 1985 Attendance, Prairie Star District Conferences.
1972 1975 Attendance, Ohio Valley District Conferences.
The Reverend Kenneth Gordon Hurto Unitarian Universalist Minister
Community Service:
2003 2007: Member of the Board, Planned Parenthood of Central & Southwest Florida.
2003 2006: Member, Leadership Lee County, Florida.
1998 2001: Member of the Board, Hope Housing, Fairfax County, Virginia.
1995 2005: Faculty, Leadership in Ministry, Vienna, Virginia.
1991 1994: National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute Internal Review Board.
1994: Racial Justice & Cultural Diversity Task Force.
1990 1995: Member, organizing team, Unitarian Universalist Affordable Housing Coalition,
1988 Present: Lecturer on Bowen Family Systems theory, various U.S. venues.
1986 2000: Member, Ventures in Community, an inter-religious organization, Alexandria,
Virginia.
1983 1992: Member, North American Committee on Humanism, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
1980 1985: Member, Iowa Inter-Church Forum Consortium For International Peace and
Reconciliation, Des Moines, Iowa.
1977 1983: Member of the Board, Family Counseling Center, Des Moines, Iowa.
1978 1983: Member of the Board, President, Partners-in-Living (a transitional residency
program for the mentally ill), Des Moines, Iowa.
1978 1979: Member of the Board, Prescribe Activities Center (for learning disabled
children), Des Moines, Iowa.
1976 1978: Member of the Board, Pastoral Counseling Center, Des Moines, Iowa.
1979: Civil Libertarian of the Year, Iowa Civil Liberties Union, Des Moines, Iowa.
1977: Co-Founder, Humanists of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa.
1977: Co-Chair, Coalition for Quality Education (group working for peaceful implementation of
school desegregation program).
1973 - 1975: President, Planned Parenthood of Tippecanoe County, Indiana
Major Publication in Family Theory:
Congregational Life Dynamics and Conflict Management: An Application of Family Systems
Theory; Part I: Systems Theory. Available on line at: http://www.uua.org/documents/
congservices/dynamics_systems.pdf
Congregational Life Dynamics and Conflict Management: An Application of Family Systems
Theory; Part II: Conflict Management. Available on line at: http://www.uua.org/documents/
congservices/dynamics_conflict.pdf
Personal Information:
I am the father of two sons, Nathan & Shane, now grown, of Arlington, Virginia.
My personal avocations include: distance bicycling, scuba diving, downhill skiing, travel to places
I ve never been, and commitment to sustainable living.
My Golden Retriever, Hunter, is my constant companion.
The Reverend Kenneth Gordon Hurto Unitarian Universalist Minister