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#REDIRECT [[Stephen King#Personal life]]
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| birth_name = Naomi Rachel King
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|06|01}}
| birth_place = [[Bangor, Maine]], [[United States]]
| occupation = Unitarian Minister
| nationality = [[United States]]
| alma_mater = [[Meadville Lombard Theological School]]
| 2005—Present
| relatives = [[Stephen King]] (father)<br>[[Tabitha King]] (mother)<br>[[Owen King]] (brother)<br>[[Joseph Hillstrom King|Joe Hill]] (brother)
| spouse(s) = [[Rev. Dr. Thandeka]]
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'''Rev. Naomi Rachel King''' (born 1970) is an [[United States|American]] [[Unitarian Universalist]] [[Minister (Christianity)|minister]]. She is the daughter of authors [[Stephen King]] and [[Tabitha King]].<ref name="miamiherald">
{{Cite news| last = McGrory|first = Kathleen|title = Stephen King’s daughter soothes souls in Plantation| newspaper = Miami Herald| date = 2007-08-13
|url = http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19010/noami-king| postscript = <!--None-->}}</ref>

Prior to becoming involved in the ministry, she had been in the restaurant business and was also a gay activist.<ref name="miamiherald"/>

King pursued graduate religious studies at [[Meadville Lombard Theological School]] in [[Chicago, Illinois]], graduating in 2005.<ref name="miamiherald"/>
Prior to the commencement of the graduate program, King met Rev. Dr. Thandeka, a women 24 years older than her,<ref>http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MU1OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Mj4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6823,3829906&dq=naomi+king+thandeka&hl=en </ref> who is a professor at the school . They fell in love and their partnership was solemnized in a Unitarian Universalist ceremony.<ref name="miamiherald"/>

King won the 2005 Stewardship Sermon Award for her sermon "Stand By This Faith."<ref>{{cite web | title=2005 Stewardship Sermon Award Winner
| url=http://archive.uua.org/giving/apf/2005sermon.html | publisher=Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations | year=2005 | accessdate=2009-05-12}}</ref>

From August 2007 through May 2010 she served as minister of River of Grass [[Unitarian Universalist]] Congregation in [[Plantation, Florida]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.riverofgrass.org/ River of Grass]

{{Stephen King}}

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