General Assembly 2007 Event 4020 A large crowd gathered to hear The Reverend William Schulz and Professor Sharon Welch discuss the theology of peacemaking. The crowd was so large that many people were required to leave the room due to safety regulations. Meg Riley, Director of the Unitarian...

General Assembly 2007 Event 2062 Speaker: The Reverend Dr. Paul Rasor Universalism and the Sectarian Element in Liberal Religion In the 21st annual John Murray Distinguished Lecture, Rev. Dr....

General Assembly 2007 Event 4038 Presenters: Shirley Ranck, Dorothy Emerson, Laurie James, Helen Popenoe This worship service recalls the dramatic events leading to the creation and passage of the Women & Religion Resolution at General Assembly 1977 and the resulting significant changes within th...

General Assembly 2007 Event 2058 Presenters: Glenn Maxwell, Colleen Dolan-Greene Urban church, shrinking congregation, and rising expenses means financial disaster. With 90 years of history what can we do? Steps to convince the congregation to sell property, move into a smaller space, reduce...

General Assembly 2007 Event 1030 "Welcome to Portland! We've been waiting for you," said Judi McGavin, a resident of Portland, OR, and the District Coordinator for this year's General Assembly (GA) Planning Committee....

General Assembly 2007 Event 2018 Presenter and youth advisor Jack Brand spoke to a room full of youth and adult participants in a lively exchange of information and ideas on Thursday morning. Mr....

General Assembly 2007 Event 3057 "A small group of people can change the world," author David Korten said to a packed room of several hundred Unitarian Universalists Friday afternoon. "This is not a few people." Korten's talk, Navigating the Great Turning, was one of several at the 2007 General...

General Assembly 2007 Event 4023 Presenters: Rev. Beth Miller, Director of Ministry and Professional Leadership Staff Group; Rev. Lisa Presley, Interim District Executive, Heartland District; Rev. Cynthia Kane, UU minister and Navy chaplain; Dr....

General Assembly 2007 Event 1015The Massachusetts Bay District Ingathering was held in a room filled with one 130 delegates and fifty non-delegate attendees from the district. The district's executive, The Reverend Teresa Cooley, briefly welcomed the group, introduced other staff, and invited...

General Assembly 2007 Event 3014 Speaker: Dr. Amina Wadud, professor, Islamic Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University Dr. Amina Wadud began her talk titled "Islam and Gender: The Slippery Slope of Interfaith Dialogues" by offering a prayer in Arabic. "I always begin in the name of Allah," she...

General Assembly 2007 Event 3017 On Friday morning, a collection of youth advisors, youth and adult lay leaders, religious educators, ministers, youth, and parents of youth came together to hear from the Consultation on Ministry To and With Youth Task Force of the Unitarian Universalist Associati...

General Assembly 2007 Event 2054 Participants will have a chance to experience basic anti-racism and anti-oppression analysis building, a simple first step on the lifelong journey of anti-racism and anti-oppression work. Participants will also have a chance to learn about anti-racism and...

General Assembly 2007 Event 3080 The annual Bridging Ceremony worship service honors the voices of youth and young adults and celebrates those youth who are becoming adults. This year's service will focus on our faith finding a voice for positive change in our society.

General Assembly 2007 Event 5023 Prior to the start of the final Plenary of the 2007 General Assembly on June 24 in Portland, OR, a slide-show presentation was made in thanksgiving for those who have given money to the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) or their congregations in memorium....

General Assembly 2007 Event 2004 Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) Moderator Gini Courter called Plenary VII to order on Sunday, June 24, 2007, at the Oregon Convention Center, and informed delegates that the day's business included voting on the Open Space presentations and debating Actio...