General Assembly 2001 Event 3084 Presenter: UUA Public Information Office John Hurley, Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) Director of Information, historian and archivist, stressed the importance of maintaining accurate church records and archives as a way of keeping alive the history of a...

General Assembly 2001 Event 4004 Fourth Plenary Features Presentation of Distinguished Service Award to William R....

General Assembly 2001 Event 3003 Saturday Plenary Features Vote on Study/Action Issues and a Beloved Moderator's Goodbye (Cleveland, OH—June 23, 2001) Moderator Denny Davidoff called the third plenary of the Unitarian Universalist General Assembly to order at 8:35 a.m in the Cleveland Convention...

General Assembly 2001 Event 2003 Friday Plenary Features Debate on Study/Action Issues and a Farewell from President Buehrens (Cleveland, OH—June 22, 2001) Making their way into the Cleveland Public Auditorium under gray skies, delegates and observers of the fortieth Unitarian Universalist...

General Assembly 2001 Event 1026 Opening Celebration (Cleveland, OH—June 21, 2001) The fortieth General Assembly (GA) formally opened at 7:00 p.m. in the Public Auditorium of the Cleveland Convention Center. After the lighting of the chalice by Rev. Dr....

General Assembly 2001 Event 5048 "Universalists-in-Training" Rev. Marta Morris Flanagan (co-minister with Rev....

General Assembly 2001 Event 3088 Sponsor: Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association To a packed room of about 150, Rev. Dr. Paul Rasor took up the difficult topic, especially for religious liberals, of evil. Rasor received his Ph.D. in theology from Harvard a couple of years ago, has taught at...

General Assembly 2001 Event 3015 Sponsor: Faith in Action Department, Unitarian Universalist Association Speaker: Roger Wilkins Roger Wilkins, noted journalist, educator, and activist, is a descendant of American slaves. He is also a scholar of the slave-owning founding fathers of the United States.

General Assembly 2001 Event 2075 Sponsor: Unitarian Universalist Men's Network Are we losing our men, and if so, why? Church after church reports that roughly two thirds of new members are women, and nominating committees report that men are more difficult to dragoon into serving positions of...

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General Assembly 2001 Event 3113 Worship Service Closes the Campaign The 2001 UUA election campaign closed Saturday evening with a worship service. Rev Wayne Arnason and Rev Kathleen Rolenz presided....

General Assembly 2001 Event 5058 Choral Introit Keith Arnold directed the 170-voice General Assembly (GA) Choir in a rousing choral opening entitled "The Storm Is Passing Over." Call to Worship Rev....

General Assembly 2001 Event 5014 Sponsor: Friends of Religious Humanism Speakers: Rev. Roger Brewin and Rev. Stefan Jonasson This morning, in a basement meeting room of the Cleveland Convention Center, Clarence Darrow returned to life—or maybe his audience stepped back in time. Mr. Darrow, just...

General Assembly 2001 Event 3101 Speakers: Kathy Kelly, Rev. Dennis Davidson The 2001 Adin Ballou Peace Award will be presented to Kathy Kelly and her organization Voices in the Wilderness. Kathy and her colleagues have led many faith-based delegations to Iraq....

General Assembly 2001 Event 2055 Sponsor: Unitarian Universalists for Alternatives to Death Penalty Speakers: Lois Robison, Ken Robison Tim Stanton, Executive Director of Unitarian Universalists Against the Death Penalty (UUADP) opened the workshop with a note that this was that organization's fi...

General Assembly 2001 Event 5041 Sponsor: Ministerial Conference in Berry Street Speakers: Rev. John Buehrens and Rev. David Hubner It's Easier to Throw a Brick Than Build a House: Conducting Public Ministries "Public ministry is how ministers, educators and laity relate to the public role of...

General Assembly 2000 Event 460 "Responding to Hate: Voices of Hope and Tolerance," Presented by Morris Dees, Head of the Southern Poverty Law Foundation Rev. John Buehrens, President of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), introduced Sunday's Ware Lecture as "among the most beloved" of...

General Assembly 2000 Event 440 Presenters: Barry and Holly Tashian Barry's pick dug into the strings and he and Holly lit into a tight, close harmony version of "Will You Travel Down This Road With Me?" The Tashians are two of the talented professionals who are members of the Nashville Church.

General Assembly 2000 Event 231 Presenters: Rev. Anne Hines, Rev. John Marsh Jean Rabenold, President of Unitarian Universalists Against the Death Penalty, moderated a panel presenting reflections on why we, as religious liberals, are called to work toward abolition of capital punishment. In...

General Assembly 2000 Event 265 Presenter: Rev. Gordon D. Gibson A standing-room-only audience of more than ninety people listened with rapt attention Saturday night as Rev. Gordon Gibson, minister of the Unitarian Universalist (UU) Fellowship of Elkhart, IN, presented partial results of his...