A Sermon Delivered at the Ingathering for the 36th Annual General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Thursday, June 19, 1997, Phoenix, AZ Rev. John A. Buehrens, President It was just eight years ago. The place was Timiso ara, in eastern Transylvania—not far from...

Rev. John A. Buehrens Friday, June 20, 1997 Phoenix, AZ Thank you, Denny! Four years ago, when Denny and I were elected at the General Assembly (GA) in Charlotte, I was handed a very LARGE tin cup, labeled Handing on the Future: A Campaign for Unitarian Universalism's Next Century....

The General Assembly was convened on Thursday, June 19, 1997 at 7 p.m. by Moderator Denise Taft Davidoff at the Civic Plaza, Phoenix, AZ. A banner parade and worship service began the Assembly. The Assembly adopted, by two-thirds vote, Rules of Procedure for the conduct of the meeting. Greetings...

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General Assembly 2009 Event 4014 Sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) Office of International Resources. Moderator: Rev. Eric Cherry; Speakers: Bishop Ferenc Balint Benczedi, Rev. H. Helpme Mohrmen, Rev. Yasutaka Watanabe. The Rev. Eric Cherry introduced the workshop and the...

General Assembly 2009 Event 2026 Speakers: Rev. Eric Cherry, Claudia Kern. Do you know how many Unitarians or Universalists (U/U) there are in India, Africa, or Asia? Do you or your congregation want to become more engaged with international U/Us? You can get help and guidance from the Rev. Eric...

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General Assembly 2009 Event 3014 Led by Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) Moderator Gini Courter. UUA Commission on Appraisal: Rev. Orlanda Brugnola, Chair; Rev. Thomas Owen-Towle, Vice Chair, Chaplain; Rev. Barbara Child, Project Manager; Jacqui C. Williams, Treasurer....

Presenter: Rev. Cathleen Diane Cox. Is conflict a sign of something wrong or an organic component of growing communities? This workshop presented the clear, accessible processes of Compassionate Communication (NVC) which turn conflict into an opportunity to build stronger connections in which...

Presenters: Rev. Sue Phillips Ministers, DREs, and employees of congregations deserve to know what is expected of them, what resources are available to them, and how their performance will be judged and appreciated....

General Assembly 2008 Event 3013 A dragon, an angel, and a bug-eyed monster sit down in a Unitarian Church…. No, it's not the opening to a really bad joke. It's just another Thursday night service at the First Unitarian Church of Second Life (UUSL), which celebrates its fifth anniversary next...

Workshops and presentations at General Assembly (GA), the annual meeting of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), have been provided by a variety of Unitarian Universalist organizations and UUA staff groups over the course of several decades. Not all presentations have been reviewed for...

General Assembly 2010 Event 2097 Presenters: Mary Ellen Morgan, Deborah Bieber Sponsor: Association of Unitarian Universalist (UU) Administrators A presentation of church administration best practices including staffing models for churches of various sizes and governance structures plus resources...

General Assembly 2007 Event 3055 Presenters: Chris Walton, editor of UU World, Tom Hallock, Vice-President for Beacon Press, Deborah Weiner, Director of Electronic Communication, Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) Deb Weiner: "On the day of the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995, I happened to b...

Presenter: Rev. Dan Harper Prepared for UUA.org by the Rev. Dan Harper, Reporter; Margy Levine Young, Editor Complete Presentation Text "There is no conceptual difficulty involved in achieving significant growth in your congregation's website traffic," said Rev. Dan Harper. Harper is the parish...