Fulfilling the Promise: Our Common Call Nashville, TN, June 22-26 Complete Program (PDF, 48 pages) Friday, June 23 202 Friday Morning Worship: "Giving Up God" 210 Church Office Basics 216 UUA-101: Walking Together in Association 219 Contemporary Issues in Liberal Religion 231 The Unitarian...

General Assembly 1999 Event 234 The Worship Service on Sexuality Education and Religion, sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) Administration, was held on Friday morning at 11:00 a.m. Rev. Linda Hart opened the service, which included an introduction by UUA Executive Vice...

Fulfilling the Promise: To Help One Another Salt Lake City, UT, June 24-29 Welcome to General Assembly (GA) 1999!...

General Assembly 1999 Event 458 We regret that our contractual arrangements with Dr. Pipher's representatives do not allow us to reproduce her Ware Lecture address in any form. The 1999 Ware Lecture was presented during the General Assembly by Dr....

General Assembly 1999 Event 301 Planning Committee Worship Speaker: Rev. Sydney Amara Morriss Several hundred people streamed into the Salt Palace Ballroom early on a sunny Saturday morning to a musical prelude that slowly changed to accompaniment for two songs....

General Assembly 1999 Event 402 Order of Service Ministry Department, Unitarian Universalist Association Worship I knew from the start that I did not want to go it alone, that I wanted to be rooted in religious community... to savor the world and to save it, in the company of like-minded others—...

General Assembly 1999 Event 505 Within the Unitarian Universalist family of theological perspectives, it is often thought that Humanism and Earth-Centered Spirituality have the least in common. The panel explored the perceptions surrounding this issue. Panelists included Rev. Kendyl Gibbons, Rev.

General Assembly 1999 Event 270 This service was presented by the Interweave Sermon contest winner selected each year from among all entries addressing gay, lesbian, bisexual and/or transgender concerns in a sermon during 1998. Order of Service Welcome: Lorna Cramer Chalice Lighting Opening Words...

General Assembly 1999 Event 546 Over 2,000 people gathered in elegant Abravanel Hall, next to the Salt Palace, for the General Assembly (GA) Closing Ceremony, and the hall rang with song....

General Assembly 1999 Event 302 Read Wooden's full script (PDF). How do you do undertake strategic planning with 1000-plus congregations? That was a question posed by Kay Aler-Maida, Chair of the Unitarian Universalist Association's (UUA's) Fulfilling the Promise Committee, to the 2000-plus...

General Assembly 1999 Event 342 Speaker: Rabbi Lawrence Kushner Lawrence Kushner, Rabbi at Congregation Beth El in Sudbury, MA, is widely regarded as one of the most creative theologians in America. He is a popular lecturer to audiences of all faiths and is the award-winning author of Eyes Remade...

General Assembly 1999 Event 306 Speaker: Thandeka "Earth ethics is the awareness that our bodies are astir with creation." More than 350 people gathered on Saturday morning to hear Thandeka, associate professor of theology and culture at Meadville/Lombard Theological School, speak on "Earth Ethic...

General Assembly 1999 Event 286 Speaker: Lisa Dodson Beacon Press author Lisa Dodson offers a radically new version of women and girls living below the poverty line. She makes a frontal assault on conventional attitudes and stereotypes of women in poor America and the seriously misguided "welfare...

General Assembly 1999 Event 344 Unitarian Universalist Peace Fellowship Lecture Speakers: Daniel Berrigan and Rev. Dennis Davidson Rev. Denny Davidson, president of Unitarian Universalist (UU) Peace Fellowship, introduced Father Daniel Berrigan, well-known Jesuit priest, and since the 60's, a...

General Assembly 1999 Event 201 Planning Committee Worship By Rev. Thandeka, Associate Professor of Theology and Culture, Meadvill/Lombard Theological School with a reading by Rev. David Bumbaugh, Minister Emeritus of the Unitarian Church in Summit, NJ, and Associate Professor of Ministry at...

General Assembly 1999 Event 334 Unitarian Sunday School Society Speakers: Rev. Mark W. Christian and Gail Forsyth-Vail The Unitarian Sunday School Society hosted its annual service where the award-winning Religious Education Adult Sermon and Intergenerational worship service were presented. Rev.

General Assembly 2000 Event 452 Speakers: Liz Jones, Director of Religious Education (DRE), First Unitarian Universalist (UU) Church of San Diego; Rev. Tom Owen-Towle, Minister, First UU Church of San Diego Unitarian Universalists may enjoy a good debate amongst themselves, but when it comes to...

Professor Robert Bellah offered us a rich and provocative address, fortunately printed in our Fulfilling the Promise booklet for us to absorb later more slowly. Read the full text of the speech (PDF, 12 pages). His initial observation will perhaps take some of us by surprise....