Center Congregational Church
Pastor

 

Pastor James J. Olson
(617) 953-2159
Office (203) 235-1389
revjjo@mac.com

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Reverend Olson comes to Meriden from his most recent post as Associate Dean of Religious Life for Marsh Chapel at Boston University, where he was also a University Chaplain. While in his new pastorship in Meriden, he will also continue to teach at the Boston University School of Theology.

 

Reverend Olson previously served as Pastor of Greater Hartford United Church of Christ in Hartford, Vermont, and as Minister of Music and Worship at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

 

Rev. Olson is a graduate of Maine Maritime Academy, and earned a Bachelor of Science in Hospitality Administration from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He earned a Master of Divinity degree from United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities, and a Master of Sacred Theology from Boston University School of Theology, where he is currently completing a Doctor of Ministry degree. Rev. Olson has also been a visiting scholar at Regent's Park College, Oxford University, England.

 

Rev. Olson resides in Meriden with his husband, the Rev. Darrick Jackson, a Unitarian-Universalist minister; their two cats, and a lot of books.

 

HOSPITAL ADMISSION PROTOCOL

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA),
originally intended as a safeguard about the release of patient information to insurance companies,
 has grown into a nightmarish monster extending into areas of patient information
 never intended to be affected by the original act.
One consequence is that the routine notification to churches about a parishioner's admission
 to a hospital or other health care facility now cannot happen unless the patient specifically requests that notification be made. When you are admitted to a hospital please be sure to put Center Congregational Church on the notification list if you want the Pastor to visit you.

 


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