Rev. Nicoline Guerrier – Cong. Life, Lead – Central & Eastern Region

Rev. Nicoline Guerrier (she/they) is a queer, multiracial (Japanese/European) lifelong UU, having grown up at the Unitarian Congregation in Mississauga and at the First Unitarian Congregation of Toronto. Despite hearing her call to ministry as a young adult, she ended up celebrating over 25 years in a parallel career as social worker before finally graduating from Chicago’s Meadville Lombard Theological School in 2014. Prior to completing her ministerial training, Nicoline served as Lay Chaplain for the Unitarian Church of Montreal, designed and offered workshops for the CUC both regionally and nationally, and trained as an OWL Facilitator.

Nicoline served the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Winnipeg as Interim Minister from 2015 through 2017. Though still a resident of Montreal, she was minister of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Plattsburgh, NY, from 2018 through 2025. She has specialized training in transitional ministry, was the compensation consultant for Canadian UU congregations, served as treasurer of the UU Ministers of Canada, and Vice-President/Acting President of the St. Lawrence Ministers’ Chapter in upstate New York. 

In the role of Congregational Life Lead for the Central and Eastern regions, Rev. Nicoline’s work includes:

  • supporting religious professionals and lay leaders, as they work to strengthen their faith communities,
  • involvement in staff transitions, ministerial settlement, conflict management, governance reviews, planning, program development, leadership training, needs assessment, worship, membership integration strategies, and more,
  • developing and sharing resources to aid in congregational relevance and vitality,
  • creating and facilitating learning opportunities for congregations and leaders.

Outside of ministry, Rev. Nicoline is passionate about reducing her carbon footprint, trying to get better at print-making, and exploring the embodied wisdom of Qigong. Fully bilingual, she is happy to call Montreal home – especially since both of her adult children live nearby.

You can reach Nicoline at nicoline.guerrier@cuc.ca