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May 10, 2008: "Majority Speaks: Global Perspectives on Mission"

Conference at the Andover Newton Theological School: Majority Speaks: Global Perspectives on Mission (Printable PDF flyer)

May 8, 2008: "Natalie Gulbrandsen Day"

Join a celebration of the life of Natalie Gulbrandsen, Meadville Lombard DD ’91, former moderator of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) and leader in so many peace and justice issues. Hosted by Friends of the International Council of Unitarians and Universalists (ICUU) & the U.S. Chapter of the International Association for Reliigous Freedom (IARF) (no charge. Donations welcome to the "Unitarian Universalist Association" designated for "the Natalie Gulbrandsen Ministerial Scholarship Fund.")

Events will include:

  • 3 p.m.: Welcome and Registration
  • 3:15: "The UU World Vision," panel discussion including Meadville President Dr. Lee Barker, Nyla McCulloch, Co-President of the U.S. Chapter of the IARF & Dr. Richard Boeke. Reports on present UUA policy, the ICUU, the IARF, and the Partner Church Council—Moderator, Meadville Student Michael Leuchtenberger.
  • 4:15: Break into "Circle Groups" for discussion. One of the speakers will be in each group.
  • 5:15: Worship led by Rev. Johanna Boeke, Past President of the International Association of Liberal Religious Women (IALRW) with sermon by Rev. Dr. Doris Hunter, Co-President of the U.S. Chapter of the International Association for Religious Freedom (IARF). These events will be held in the Curtis Room at Meadville Lombard Theological School.

7:30 p.m., May 8, Gulbrandsen Public Lecture by Rev. Dr. Richard Boeke

FIRST UNITARIAN SOCIETY OF CHICAGO, 5650 S. WOODLAWN AVE.

  • Bell and Chalice Lighting
  • Welcome: Rev. Dr. Nina Grey, Minister, First Unitarian Society
  • Songs: Karen Mooney, student, Meadville Lombard
  • Introduction: Rev. Dr. Doris Hunter, Co-President, US IARF
  • Questioner: Rev. Dr. Qiyamah A. Rahman, Meadville Lombard.
  • Lecture: Rev Dr. Richard Boeke Meadville Lombard Minister-in-Residence "QUEST ON—THE CALL, THE WAY, THE HOPE" —"Who is our brother? Who is our neighbour?" "We all seek our separate peace, but we have to make peace together."

If UUs are the ONENESS CHURCH, what on earth are we doing?
Answers to questions, what are Unitarian Universalists doing? What can we be doing?

Dr Richard Boeke is Moderator of Friends of the ICUU, Vice President of the World Congress of Faiths. He served for 21 years as minister the of UU Church of Berkeley, CA. In 2005 he recieved the Cornish Award of the UU Partner Church Council. For spring 2008, he is Minister-in-Residence at Meadville Lombard. For the past decade, he and his wife, the Rev. Johanna Boeke, have been serving Unitarian Churches in England.

In his lecture Richard Boeke says, "when the Berlin Wall came down in 1990, busloads of Unitarians led by Natalie Gulbrandsen traveled from the Hamburg IARF Congress to the Czech Republic and Transylvania. Partnerships were created between churches in North America and churches in Eastern Europe: direct church-to-church aid and friendship. Church after church in North America found that "we gained more than we gave."

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