Rev. Catherine "Cat" Allard is a graduate of University of New Hampshire, Durham, and Andover Newton Theological School, Newton Centre MA.  She was ordained a UCC minister in 2016, and has served in multiple roles and several states, most recently here at Smyrna UCC and prior to that at Meridian UCC in Wilsonville. 

She lives in Wilsonville.  

Rev. Catherine leads the primary pastoral roles of preaching and worship leadership, pastoral care, staff oversight, Christian education, and working with Council and key committees.

Rev. Dr. Janet Parker is a graduate of Furman University, Greenville, SC, Princeton Theological Seminary, and Union Theological Seminary.   She was ordained in the Presbyterian Church (USA) in 1989, and transferred to the UCC in 2005. She has served in multiple roles, many states, and overseas in Taiwan. 

She is a certified Intentional Interim minister, and so she brings the transition skills Smyrna had sought. Most recently, she served as Interim Pastor at First Congregational UCC in Portland, and prior to that at St. James Lutheran Church in Portland.

She lives in Beaverton with her wife, Rev. Robyn Hartwig.