Meet Our Religious Exploration Team

Rev. Sarah Osborne (She/Her)

Director of Religious Exploration (DRE)

​​Rev. Sarah Osborne (she/her) is the Director of Religious Exploration at Neshoba Church, serving since 2010. She facilitates, instigates, and collaborates on a variety of faith formation offerings for children and adults at Neshoba, including Sunday morning programs, Our Whole Lives Lifespan Sexuality Education, special holiday events, book clubs, retreats, workshops, and the occasional worship service. Rev. Sarah serves as a Good Officer for the Liberal Religious Educators Association (LREDA). She serves as a collaborative program experience designer for Beloved Conversations, an online program for racial justice as a spiritual practice housed at Meadville Lombard Theological School. Rev. Sarah is also the part-time minister for The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Oxford, MS. Theologically, Rev. Sarah believes in the grace of Love that holds us all. She believes in the power of mirth and reverence. She finds inspiration in the rhythms of nature and in the good storytelling of spiritual traditions from around the world. She earned her Master of Divinity degree from Meadville Lombard Theological School in Chicago and holds a B.S. in Education from Auburn University Montgomery. In her free time, Rev. Sarah loves to travel, do water aerobics, attend sound bath meditations, and read lots of books. Rev. Sarah lives in Bartlett, TN with her husband, children, and dog.

Niks Hill (She/Her or They/Them)

Family Care Coordinator and Nursery Leader

​Niks Hill is the Family Care Coordinator and Nursery leader for our Religious Exploration program, as well as the office administrator and Communications Director for the church. She has served at Neshoba since January of 2012. She has worked with children professionally since high school. Niks works closely with our DRE to ensure that our families' needs are met through childcare, events, and program development. Additionally, she also serves as our Office Administrator and is a certified O.W.L. program instructor. As our nursery leader, Niks focuses her care on the comfort and socialization of our youngest Neshobans. She facilitates play and learning through kindness, consideration for others, and setting solid boundaries with our peers. While Niks' time with the children is short, she hopes to send them into the world with the tools to make this a better place for them nd others throughout their lives. Outside of Neshoba, Niks loves photography, researching random information about a variety of things, gaming with friends, taking in nature, and spending time with her children, grandchildren, and pets. ​​​

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Kat Roth (She/Her)

Elementary Lead Teacher

Cynthia Lutey-Carothers (She/Her)

Youth Advisor