General Assembly 2004 Event 3110 "We are gathered here on a Saturday at five, in an unchurchy room, to worship together," said the Rev. Jan Rzepka, "To pause, to reflect a little, to celebrate, to gather our wits in the midst of General Assembly, and to recall why it is we are here smack in the...

General Assembly 2004 Event 2078 The Annual Program Fund and the Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association Stewardship Award Sermon Award Service "How much more do you think you need to buy in order to be happy?" asked Bonnie Dlott in a sermon titled, "Wanting, Getting and Giving." Dlott, a...

General Assembly 2004 Event 3112 Now in its tenth year, the Bridging Ceremony has become a significant rite of passage at General Assembly (GA), as the entire GA community gathers to honor and support those passing from youth to young adult....

General Assembly 2004 Event 2039 Introduced as "a woman who has pressed the edges" and a woman "who doesn't know when to be quiet," Amy Goodman began by warning, "These are dire times....

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General Assembly 2004 Event 3103 Moderator: Dr. John B. Hooper; Panel: Rev. Dr. Sheldon W. Bennett, Prof. Jim Proctor, Rev. Dr. Sarah Voss A standing-room-only crowd of almost 300 people gathered in a difficult-to-find location to hear a panel of Unitarian Universalist (UU) scientists discuss...

General Assembly 2004 Event 5046 Before calling the delegates to order, Moderator Gini Courter asked, "Who's in the House?" Each day, a different part of the General Assembly (GA) constituency was recognized and honored, and today Courter honored all those who will carry back the light of ministr...

General Assembly 2004 Event 4006 (Long Beach, CA, June 27, 2004) As “warm up” to Sunday's Plenary session, the Rev. Carlton Elliott Smith, Assistant Minister of First Parish in Arlington, MA, and friends offered a rousing musical presentation, “Get Free,” which Smith has recorded under his...

General Assembly 2004 Event 3004 (Long Beach, CA, June 26, 2004) Acting Moderator Gini Courter called to order the second plenary session of the General Assembly (GA) by announcing that it was President's Day at GA, and offered appreciation for the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) Web Sta...

General Assembly 2004 Event 2004 (Long Beach, June 25, 2004) Acting Moderator Gini Courter called to order the forty-third General Assembly (GA) of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), welcoming delegates from all fifty United States and the District of Columbia, Canada and Mexico, and...

Minutes Official Minutes (PDF) of the Forty-third General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association, held in Long Beach, CA Social Justice Statements http://www.uua.org/socialjustice/socialjustice/results.php?search_text=… Social Justice Statements Annual Reports to the General Assembly...

Boston, MA, June 26-30 Friday, June 27 2028 Family Values: Law and Marriage in the 21st Century 2051 Abolition Today: Ending Modern Slavery Saturday, June 28 3034 New Paradigms in Lifespan Faith Development 3130 Church of the Larger Fellowship (CLF) Worship Service Sunday, June 29 4003 Service of...

General Assembly 2003 Event 4051 Julian Bond delivered the 79th Ware Lecture with stinging eloquence, deriding a “President who talks like a populist and governs for the privileged,” one political party that “is shameless and the other spineless,” and an administration aiming from several...

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GA 2003, 3034: UUA new curriculum development project and about the idea of using the Small Group Ministry with children and youth.

General Assembly 2003 Event 5056 Order of Service Prelude Call to Worship Opening Hymn #145 "As Tranquil Streams" Words by Marion Franklin Ham, 1867-1956 Music from Musicalisches Hand-buch, Hamburg, 1690, adapt. Prayer Musical Interlude Sermon God, the Universe, and Other Related Matters The Rev.

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General Assembly 2003 Event 5026 Charging his audience to “be as good as your theology,” Rabbi Harold S. Kushner, author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People and other books, said “I feel very much at home here with you. The greatest strength and the greatest limitation of Unitarian...