General Assembly 2000 Event 237 Presenters: Jerry King, Wayne B. Jerry King and Dr. Wayne B. Clark led an inquisitive and responsive group through practical exploration of creating and nurturing a congregational endowment fund and its committee. For one thing, congregational endowment committees...

General Assembly 2000 Event 512 Panelists: Rev. Ellen Brandenburg, Rev. Earle Ramsdell, Rev. Kathleen Rolenz, Jean Kapuscik, Rev. Richard Erhardt, Rev. Polly Leland-Mayer "Why didn't someone tell me earlier?" This was the unfortunate reaction of a ministerial candidate who, after many years of...

General Assembly 2000 Event 504 By Jean A. Griffiths Create visually powerful newsletters that people will read and that will promote your church or organization. Jean A. Griffiths is a 20-year veteran of creating newsletters for churches, with extensive training and experience, now from the...

General Assembly 2000 Event 320 Speakers: Rev. Garry LeFevre, Rev. Eugene Widrick Cooperative action among small groups of congregations expands your congregation's programming, maximizes resources and builds our wider UU relationships. Let's explore the possibilities.

General Assembly 2000 Event 425 Jacqui James of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) Faith in Action staff and Rev. Jory Agate, Minister of Religious Education of First Church and Parish, Cambridge, MA, led a workshop introducing a program on accessibility....

General Assembly 2000 Event 219 Presenters: Professor David Bumbaugh, Professor Carol Hepokski, Rev. William Murry, Rev. Thandeka Four faculty members of Meadville/Lombard Theological School delivered essays on critical issues confronting Unitarian Universalism. Below are brief summaries of the...

General Assembly 2000 Event 328 The Ohio-Meadville District is twenty-four years into a "pilot program" to help train and commission lay leaders. Rev. Susan Ritchie and Ms. Barbara Duncan shared their philosophy of lay leadership commissioning to an audience drawn from across the continent.

General Assembly 2000 Event 554 The hall is dark except for a wisp of light that picks out a veiled dancer. A harp beckons the undulating dancer toward the chalice and a flame is born. The harpist is Christina Tourin, and the liturgical dancer is Lisa Marie Napoli....

General Assembly 2000 Event 384 "Home Still Rocks My Soul" Rev. Jane Rzepka led the full worship service of the Church of the Larger Fellowship (CLF) attended by approximately 190 people on Saturday night June 24. Rev Rzepka was installed as minister of CLF in a ceremony the previous night. The...

General Assembly 2000 Event 249 Presenters: Don Southworth, Pacific Central District; Rev. Nancee Campbell, minister, First Unitarian Universalist (UU) Church of Stockton, CA "We have more economic wealth than ever before but we feel more unsatisfied, lonely, and scared....

General Assembly 2000 Event 402 Tables packed the Center Ballroom. Centerpieces by Empty Shelves lent a more formal appearance. Unitarian Universalists (UUs) filled their plates with a hearty breakfast at the Awards Ceremony, where individuals, churches and organizations received recognition for...

General Assembly 2000 Event 548 Presented by Dave Weissbard, Unitarian Universalist Church, Rockford, IL Originally presented March 14, 1999; version below edited for General Assembly (GA) presentation as the Sunday School Society Award Winning Sermon, June 26, 2000 Life Long Learning I have been...

General Assembly 2000 Event 252 Presenters: Rev. Barbara Wells and Rev. Jaco B. ten Hove, Paint Branch Unitarian Universalist (UU) Church, Adelphi, MD "Articulating (Y)OUR Faith" is a curriculum designed to help UUs of all ages, particularly young adults and youths, to talk about Unitarian...

General Assembly 2000 Event 385 When the first Bridging Ceremony as a General Assembly event was held in 1995 in Spokane, WA, it was tucked away in a small meeting room attended by less a hundred people....

General Assembly 2000 Event 343 Michael Patrick McDonald's book, published by Beacon Press, received much critical acclaim and sold numerous copies. The book tells the story of his family's journey through poverty in the crime-ridden neighborhoods of South Boston, MA, where pride and denial, a...

General Assembly 2000 Event 461 To those familiar with Unitarian Universalist Youth Worship, it will come as no surprise that participants in Sunday Night's All General Assembly (GA) Youth Worship were challenged, enriched, and strengthened by their attendance....

General Assembly 2000 Event 355 Presenters: Rev. Nurya Love Parish, Rev. Scott Wells The Magi Network, a new, affiliated organization of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), hosted a meeting to get people thinking about forming new Unitarian Universalist (UU) Christian churches, and to...

General Assembly 2000 Event 209 Musical Inspiration During Friday General Assembly Programming The workshop called "A Taste of Fire" ended with a standing ovation for three sopranos from the original cast of "A Fire in My Bones," a meditative opera from the creative spirits of the Rev. Mary Ann...

General Assembly 2000 Event 204 Presenters: Willard R. Fey, Ann C. W. Lam Abstract below. Video and article available at Ecocosm Dynamics....

General Assembly 2000 Event 411 Rev. Dr. Thomas Owen-Towle addressed the larger issue of God and the divine. The Unitarian Universalist (UU) umbrella encompasses a wide range belief in the divine. In this address he discussed the variety of beliefs with their particular attributes, and suggested...