Laurel Hallman
Rev. Laurel Hallman, D.Min. '81, DD '97, is the Senior Minister of the First Unitarian Church of Dallas a congregation she has served for the past eighteen years. She is a graduate of the University of Chicago Divinity School and Meadville Lombard Theological School. She has been trained in individual and group spiritual direction at Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation. She is the author of Living by Heart: A Guide to Devotional Practice (workbook and video), and leads spirituality retreats.

Laurel has served on the Ministerial Fellowship Committee, the UUA President's Council, and as President of the SW UU Ministers Association Chapter. She has been instrumental in establishing the UUA's first 'fast start' congregation in Keller, Texas; Pathways Church has Anthony David as its Lead Minister.