Becca Clark will be the lay leader.

Reverend Mark Walz is a parish minister who grew up in Houston and Dallas. He and his wife, Vivian, raised three children and their family now includes 12 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild. He has had three passions in his life – theater, politics, and religion. His work as a parish Minister for the Unitarian Universalist Church in Oak Cliff (Dallas) allowed him to deepen his own spiritual journey, and become an activist for social change. He served as Chaplain for the North Texas Cluster of Unitarian Universalist congregations, served on the Board of Directors of the Texas Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry in Austin, TX., and has served on the Executive Council of the NAACP. After 14 years of Ministry for the Oak Cliff Church, he now serves the UU Village Church in Hot Springs Village.