General Assembly 2002 Event 2003 Friday Plenary Features Sinkford's President's Report on "Lifting up the Voice of Unitarian Universalism in the Public Arena" (Québec City, QUE—June 21, 2002) Moderator Diane Olson called the second plenary of the 41st Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA)...

General Assembly 2002 Event 1023 Canadian Culture Flavors General Assembly Opening Celebration (Québec, CA—June 20, 2002) Shortly after 7:00 p.m. in the plenary hall of the ultra-modern Centre des Congrès overlooking the old city of Québec, the lights dimmed. Rev. Kathleen McTigue, senior...

Part I General Assembly 2002 Event 2042 As faith-based investors, we want more than just financial returns from our investments. We want to direct our money to places where our values are recognized and acted upon. How can this linkage be made? A growing number of resources are available, but how...

General Assembly 2002 Event 2076 Order of Service Opening Songs: students from the Ècole V'là l'Bon Vent Si Tous les Gars du Monde Le Joyeux Promeneur Opening Words: the Rev. Jane Rzepka, minister From "Your Country": Gatien Lapointe: adapted Chalice Lighting Betsy Williams—outgoing religious...

General Assembly 2002 Event 2050 Presenters: Fred Seidl, Unitarian Universalist (UU) Church of Buffalo, NY; Rev....

General Assembly 2002 Event 5015 Sponsor: Beacon Press Susan Kingman The winner of this year’s 2002 Beacon Press Sermon Award was Susan Kingman, who delivered her address, "All a Matter of Perspective" for a rapt audience. The sermon was preached in honor of Martin Luther King Day at First Parish...

General Assembly 2002 Event 3073 Sponsors: General Assembly Planning Committee and the U.S....

General Assembly 2002 Event 3066 The 8th Annual General Assembly Bridging Ceremony took place in the main hall in the Center Congres convention center. The bridging ceremony celebrates the transition of Unitarian Universalist (UU) youth moving into young adulthood. Forty-five Unitarian...

General Assembly 2002 Event 4035 General Assembly Youth worshipers poignantly expressed themselves in an experiential service following Stephen Lewis’ Ware Lecture. Although the two were not coordinated, they meshed very well. The themes of Lewis’ speech focused on desperation, frustration,...

Fulfilling the Promise Cleveland, OH, June 21-25 Complete Program (PDF, 46 pages) Unitarian Universalist Association Elections Worship Service Concluding the Campaign, with President and Moderator Statements Thursday, June 21 1026 Opening Ceremony and Banner Parade Friday, June 22 2003 Plenary II...

General Assembly 2001 Event 4035 Speaker: Rev. Dr. James Forbes, Riverside Church, NY Rev. James Forbes Calls for Recruitment of Human Race Activists Rev. Dr....

General Assembly 2001 Event 2016 Sponsor: Mountain Retreat and Learning Center All leadership, whether by example, command, instruction or some other means, can be classed as either transactional or transformational. Transactional leadership occurs when one person takes the initiative in making...

General Assembly 2001 Event 3058 Sponsor: Board of Trustees, Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) Speakers: Rev. Brian Kiely, Rev. Katie Stein Sather, Larry Ladd, Gini Courter "We are small and are going to be swallowed." For years this has been the fear of the Canadian Unitarian Council (CUC).

General Assembly 2001 Event 3032 Sponsor: Unitarian Universalist Women's Federation Renowned radical feminist Mary Daly shared readings from her forthcoming book, Amazon Grace: A 21st Century Radical Feminist Adventure, outlining the extreme danger for all life on this planet....

General Assembly 2001 Event 3046 Sponsor: Office of Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Concerns, Unitarian Universalist Association Speaker: Elizabeth J. Andrew Rev....

General Assembly 2001 Event 4024 Sponsor: Starr King School for the Ministry Speakers: Rev. Dr. Rebecca Parker and Rev. Dr. Til Evans An overflow crowd of more than five hundred people gathered in the Grand Ballroom to hear the president of Starr King School for the Ministry (SKSM) Rev. Dr....

General Assembly 2001 Event 5010 (Transcript) Presenters: Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) Committee on Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) My name is Jim Gunning. I am the Moderator for today's workshop on Socially Responsible Investing. Welcome, and thank you for coming. Faith-based...

General Assembly 2001 Event 2049 "Have we won the war yet?" is the question Rev. Kate Rohde asks in her sermon, winner of the annual sermon contest sponsored jointly by the Commission on Social Witness and the Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association. Rev....

General Assembly 2001 Event 4003 Called! By Whom? To What? (PDF, 6 pages) Sermon by Richard S. Gilbert, Minister, First Unitarian Church of Rochester, NY Rev. Dr. Richard S. Gilbert, in his sermon at the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) General Assembly's Service of the Living tradition,...

General Assembly 2001 Event 3002 Worship Leader: Rev. Dr. Sarah Oelberg, minister, the Nora Church, Unitarian Universalist, Hanska, MN (Cleveland, OH—June 23, 2001) Morning worship began in the Cleveland Convention Center's Public Auditorium with a prelude by Gladys Rudolph, choir...