Rev. Lucas Hergert

Rev. Lucas Hergert

Unitarian Universalist

Livermore, CA

I have been incredibly blessed to grow up in a faith community that is welcoming to people of all sexual orientations. I was thirteen when I came out as a gay man. My spiritual home, St. John’s Unitarian Universalist Church, embraced me and welcome the gifts that I brought.

It was in high school that I began considering the ministry. Being active in my youth group, volunteering for committees, and engaging in social justice were all things that I loved. I couldn't imagine my life without church. And so I became open to the idea that religious leadership was my path.

After graduating from Harvard Divinity School in June of 2009, St. John’s ordained me to the ministry. The ceremony included many of my mentors, my family, and people who had watched me grow up in the church. It was a moving ceremony.

I now serve as the minister of the Unitarian Universalist Church in Livermore, CA. That congregation is also struggling to create a more just and compassionate world for all people, LGBT people included. I am humbled to be a minister in this religious tradition, and grateful for its prophetic commitment to love and justice.