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....

General Assembly 2000 Event 243 Moderator: Rev. Susan Sochocki Brown Panelists: Dr. James Cone, Rev. Dr. John Buehrens, Rev. Jose Ballester, Rev. Dr. Rebecca Parker Dr. James Cone is still angry—angry that America is no closer to King's dream of a just society, angry at the appalling silence of...

In a year when the Unitarian Universalist Association's (UUA's) General Assembly theme is "fulfilling the promise," UUA President John A. Buehrens called on the largest gathering in UUA history to "develop and renew in our midst the spiritual disciplines which make for integrity, forebearance,...

William Wells Belan, Conductor; Marvin Mills, Keyboards; Jim Scott, Guest Artist The Program A Child Is Born (Magnified In Glory) by Nick Page. Gwen Foss, Jill Thompson, soloists. The child in this song refers to all children—to all of us—magnified in glory. The style is inspired by both Black...

Today the General Assembly (GA) Planning Committee is sponsoring an "Empty Bowls" luncheon to benefit WasteNOT, an organization which provides food to the homeless and hungry in Phoenix and the Valley of the Sun. By donating $10 or more, participants receive a handcrafted ceramic bowl and lunch....

Building Interfaith Cooperation: Interfaith Action for a Just Community Phoenix, AZ, June 19-24 Interfaith Task Force Chair Rev. Suzanne Meyer is spreading the "Good News" at General Assembly (GA). She says, "We knew from anecdotal evidence that there was a lot going on at the international,...