Staff and Minister

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Staff Contact and Bios

Rev. Alex is generally in the office and available for meetings Wednesday and Thursday 9 AM – 4 PM, but can meet other times as well.  Monday is staff planning day; Tuesday is worship planning day, and Friday is her personal Sabbath.  Feel free to reach out with ideas, joys, sorrows, and community connections.  You can email or call at the number above, or use her calendar sign up by email request, or sign up outside her office door.

Alex is serving UU Corvallis during our interim period and began August 1, 2025.  

Alex was ordained in 2015 and celebrated Full Fellowship in 2021.  She served the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Charlottesville as Assistant Minister from 2010 – 2021.  Her training includes chaplaincy board certification and yoga teaching certification.  Her past work settings include homeless shelters; a non-profit to educate about clergy sexual misconduct and spiritual care for sexual and domestic violence; an ecovillage where she worked in the garden, kitchen, woodshop, and sewage treatment plant; yoga centers and gyms; hospice; and hospitals.  

By the time she was 21, she had lived in 12 different countries for a total of 2 years.  Alex is passionate about healthy systems, community care, spiritual health, and good clean fun.

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tephanie is available for scheduled meetings at the Fellowship, preferring weekdays.

I oversee the financial and personnel resources of the Fellowship to support its mission and operations. This includes performing bookkeeping functions in coordination with the external bookkeeper, managing all bills, invoices and reimbursement requests, and managing the annual budget process. I work closely with the Financial Oversight Council (FOC) and the treasurer.

I also run staff payroll and serve as the employee benefits manager and human resources contact, working with the Personnel Committee.

Stephanie is originally from England and moved to the US at age 18. She’s lived in Corvallis for 10 years with her husband, two sons and their dog Oliver. With a background in math and science research, Stephanie, after taking a break from work for several years to raise her children, decided to apply her skills to bookkeeping. She took the local Brass Jacks bookkeeping course in 2023. Shortly after completing the program Stephanie was hired on as the bookkeeper for UUFC. Since then she was been working closely with staff and volunteers at UUFC and in the process has gained a strong understanding of the financial management of UUFC. Stephanie is looking forward to using this knowledge to contribute to the continued success of the fellowship. (top)

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Skyla is generally in the office Monday, Tuesday, Thursday from 8 AM – 4 PM, and Sunday 7 AM – 2 PM. Booking an appointment HERE is recommended, as Skyla routinely has meetings via Zoom and away from the building.

I coordinate and facilitate lifespan faith formation programs and events. I also supervise our youth and young adult childcare staff, and support and guide our team of lay leaders. Additionally, I provide pastoral care and connect individuals engaged in Religious Exploration programs with the resources they need for spiritual growth and support.

Skyla King-Christison joined the Religious Exploration team in 2021, and became an Advanced Level Credentialed Religious Educator in 2024. In addition to her work at the Fellowship, Skyla works as a Conflict Engagement Coach on the Hope for Us team, which is housed in the Congregational Life staff group of the UUA.

Skyla has served as a board member for the UU Mental Health Network and in restorative juvenile victim-offender mediation. Before her time in religious education, Skyla worked in public and alternative education, interfaith collaboration, and directed many a children’s choir. She continues to write and speak on topics at the intersection of education, community healing, and spirituality. 

It says Tennessee on her birth certificate, but Skyla is most at home in the fog and rain of the Pacific Northwest. When she’s not at the Fellowship, she can be found playing ukulele, painting birds, or wandering the wetlands near the home that she shares with her spouse, a rescue Chiweenie named Atom, and some combination of her three mostly grown kids. Book and song recommendations are Skyla’s love language, and she’s super interested in knowing what book most recently changed your mind. (top)

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David is at the Fellowship on Sunday mornings, and other times as needed for rehearsals and other activities. (Please allow 72 hours for email responses).

Responsibilities include overseeing the overall music program, coordinating with the music staff, volunteers, planning with the minister, leading the UUFC Band and Drop-In Choir, playing piano at Sunday services.

David Servias has served as UUFC Music Director since 2013. He holds MA and DMA degrees in piano performance (Washington State University, University of Washington) and an MA in teaching with a choral music education emphasis (Oregon State University). In 2022 he also completed a second Bachelor’s in Computer Science at OSU.

David has directed church and high school choirs and performed widely as a piano soloist, chamber musician, accompanist, and church musician. He has also been a rehearsal pianist for opera and musical theater, worked as a ballet accompanist, and performed with orchestras, wind ensembles, chamber groups, jazz bands, and combos.

He previously served as music director at the UU church in Moscow, Idaho, and played at the UU church in Kirkland, Washington. From 2009–2024 he was on the OSU music faculty. In spring 2024, David began a new career as a computer programmer and now works for Benton County.

He believes in music’s power to bring people together and values the chance to serve UUFC and collaborate with its many talented musicians. (top)

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Lauren holds a quarter-time appointment at the UUFC.  She is at the Fellowship on Wednesday evenings and two to three Sunday mornings each month.

Lauren Servias began her role as the Fellowship’s pianist in January 2013, after previously serving as the UUFC interim Music Director for three months.  She provides piano accompaniment for the Fellowship choir and congregational singing, as well as solo piano works and improvisations during services. Servias has performed with Tacoma Opera, the Oregon Festival of American Music, Eugene Ballet, the John G. Shedd Institute of the Arts, Seattle Civic Dance Theatre, and other performing arts organizations. Collaborators have included New York Philharmonic principal trombonist Joseph Alessi, San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus Conductor Laureate Tim Seelig, internationally acclaimed Kirtan songstress Johanna Beekman, and faculty artists from a number of academic institutions, including Oregon State University.

After working as a staff pianist at Interlochen Arts Camp, Seattle Civic Dance Theatre, and Seattle Pacific University, Servias taught on the Oregon State University music faculty from 2012 to 2021, serving as Music Director for OSU’s award-winning opera program, pianist for Bella Voce and the Corvallis-OSU Symphony, and an instructor of accompanying and group piano courses. Servias holds a Master of Music degree in Collaborative Piano Performance from the University of Oregon and a Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance from Central Washington University. She now balances her position as Assistant Director of Development for OSU’s College of Liberal Arts at the OSU Foundation with an active performing and adjudication schedule, as well as writing program notes for the Corvallis-OSU Symphony. (top)

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Cameron is available for scheduled meetings at the Fellowship.

Cameron McGrath took on the role of Communication Coordinator at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Corvallis in February 2025. His primary responsibilities involve managing the various periodic communications created by the Fellowship – such as the Weekly Announcements – serving as the contact person for inquiries about Fellowship communications, and providing publicity for Fellowship events.

Cameron holds an AA from Portland Community College, a BS in Chemical Engineering from Oregon State, and a MS in Chemistry from University of Oregon. The bulk of his work experience has been in corporate R&D engineering, where he has found that interpersonal communication skills are often more important than technical skills for getting things done right.

In his free time, Cameron enjoys running Dungeons & Dragons games, 3D printing, and helping his wife, Rachel, with her embroidery business. (top)