Minister & Staff

The Reverend Erin Splaine is serving as Interim Minister at First Parish Scituate for a term of two years starting August 1, 2023. Erin graduated from Harvard Divinity School in 1998. During three happy settled ministries in Northhampton/Florence, Wayland, and Newton, she built a reputation as a strong preacher, an engaged activist in social causes, and a caring minister to her congregations. She comes to us from her first Interim stint at Old Ship Unitarian in Hingham. She and her wife live in Provincetown, where they are actively involved with the Ptown community, run an iconic feminist bookstore, and are raising the cutest puppy ever. 

Stephanie Stewart became Parish Administrator of First Parish UU Church of Scituate in the Fall of 2016. Originally from Philadelphia, Stephanie received a bachelor's degree in geography from Bridgewater State College in 1988, and now lives in Scituate with her husband and two adult daughters.

Beth Dubuisson became music director of First Parish UU Church of Scituate in the Fall of 2006. She was born in Rochester, New York in 1958. She completed the music preparatory program at the Eastman School of Music, and received a bachelor's degree in music education from Indiana University with high distinction. She taught music briefly in the Gloucester MA public school system and was organist for the Christian Science Church in Gloucester. Beth taught piano privately at the Mary Johnson Piano Studio in Newburyport, and later became music director and organist at the People's United Methodist Church in Newburyport. She married David Dubuisson in 1986 and began her own piano studio in Wayland. Since 1989, she has been a judge for the National Guild of Piano Teachers. She has been active in various local, state and national music teachers' associations. Beth currently teaches piano at her home in Kingston. She is the rehearsal accompanist for the Fine Arts Chorale in Weymouth. She has two adult daughters, Jillian and Sophie, and a step-daughter, Eva-Marie.