Victor Urbanowicz

Victor Urbanowicz

Victor Urbanowicz

MidAmerica Region History and Heritage Committee

MidAmerica Region History and Heritage Committee

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Your community. Your values. Alive in the world. First Universalist Minneapolis

A Light on the Prairie: By 1860, the vigorous growth of Universalist churches in the Midwest was slowing; congregations in the region experienced stability at best, decline at worst. Over the next century this did not improve, and the 1961 merger was sometimes seen as a matter of thriving Unitarians offering shelter to

By Victor Urbanowicz, First Universalist Church of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN | August 13, 2015 | From MidAmerica Region Historical Vignettes
First Unitarian Church Alton IL church building

Like other Unitarian churches founded during westward expansion, the one in Alton, Illinois was planted by New Englanders. The beginning was a series of meetings in the office of William Emerson, a physician and second cousin of Ralph Waldo Emerson.

By Victor Urbanowicz, Metro East UU Congregation, Glen Carbon, IL | January 13, 2015 | From MidAmerica Region Historical Vignettes
Bandstand with several musicans in blue vests getting ready to climb up steps

In 1852, German-speaking immigrant freethinkers founded the Freie Gemeinde von Sauk County in Sauk City, Wisconsin, about 20 miles northwest of Madison. Freie Gemeinde means free community or free congregation.

By Victor Urbanowicz, Free Congregation of Sauk County, Sauk City, WI | January 12, 2015 | From MidAmerica Region Historical Vignettes

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