Biography

Tirrell and Rick Kimball have developed Unitarian Universalist curriculum for over 20 years. Tirrell was Director of Religious Education at Allen Avenue Unitarian Universalist Church for 26 years. She received the UUA's Angus McLean Award for Excellence in Religious Education in 2003. Tirrell was designated Director of Religious Education Emerita at the Allen Avenue UU Church in June 2010.

Rick has worked as a journalist, as the editor-in-chief of a publisher producing supplemental materials for public and private schools, and as a freelance writer, editor and photographer. He has authored children's books, books about creativity, and local history, as well as Our Whole Lives: Sexuality Education for Adults.

Tirrell and Rick have together led creativity workshops for various churches and groups, and have also been leaders for About Your Sexuality and Our Whole Lives- 7-9. They have written curricula for the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock, in Manhasset, New York.