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...

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...