Rev. Sonia Ketchian is an Interfaith/Inter-Spiritual Minister, Love Activist, Spiritual Counselor, and Meditation Facilitator. She received her ordination from One Spirit Interfaith Seminary in 2013. 

Soon thereafter, Rev. Sonia co-founded One Spirit in Action (OSIA), the sacred service and activism arm of One Spirit Learning Alliance. During her years as co-director, OSIA facilitated initiatives in response to homelessness, poverty, racism, religion and violence, xenophobia, domestic violence, LGBTQ issues, climate crisis, gun violence, and mass incarceration. As a native New Yorker, she’s drawn to street ministry and opportunities which serve NYC’s underserved communities.

Rev. Sonia joined us at UUCP in the midst of the pandemic in 2020, bringing along years of experience in activism, extensive knowledge of interfaith traditions, and a profoundly compassionate heart. As a Love Activist, she works to help dissolve the illusion of separation she feels is at the core of humanity’s experience of suffering.   

When asked what’s her religious affiliation? She shares “Love is my Religion and is at the core of it all.”

Rev. Philippa “Pippa” Jones (Guest, Consultant Minister) is currently living and working in Cape Town where she is an active member of the Cape Town Interfaith Initiative, serving on the Board and leading their Interfaith and Intercultural Youth Program. She is also involved in ongoing research on the history of Interfaith during the Liberation Struggle in South Africa, and on global Indigenous Knowledge Systems.

As a longtime resident of New York City, Pippa pursued her lifelong interest in global spirituality and practices, graduating from One Spirit Interfaith Seminary (Class of 2012) as an ordained Interfaith minister. Since then, her passion for studying has taken her to Australia for a Theology degree, then to the Netherlands and South Africa for her Masters in Interfaith Studies.

Pippa is a teacher by profession. She specializes in adult education, Academic English, and the Cambridge English Exam Preparation Courses for international students.

As an active member of the ministerial team for ‘Interfaith Sydney’ in Australia, she regularly contributed to their monthly services at Pitt Street Uniting Church (2013-2016) and co-founded the Sydney Sacred Center in 2017. Pippa has also served as a Board Member for One Spirit Seminary, New York (2017-2021).

A world traveler, who is profoundly interested in cultures old and new, and a lover of the written word, especially sacred poetry, along with the wisdom of native and first nation traditions, Pippa aims to use her knowledge and skills to help build cross-cultural awareness and tolerance, and to become an ambassador of healing, reconciliation and understanding between communities, locally, nationally and internationally.

She has been a consultant minister of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Palisades since May 2022.