UU History 101: Sessions 2 and 3 the Next Two Sundays

This Sunday, Oct. 26, is the second session on UU history. Meet in the Sanctuary at 11:30 to learn more about our Universalist roots and how they persist into the present day. Meet George de Benneville, a doctor who introduced Universalism 30 years before John Murray, and Rev. Bill Sinkford, former president of the UUA and now senior minister at the Portland, Oregon, UU congregation. Both experienced spiritual revelations affecting their faith. This session will be led by Faith Development Team member David Hamilton.

The following Sunday, Nov. 2, Rev. Jude returns for the third session of UU History, exploring the Unitarian roots of transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson and Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, who opened the first English-language kindergarten and supported ideas considered radical at the time.

The last two sessions this fall will be Nov. 16 and Dec. 7. Beverly Peterson will lead the November session on abolitionist Frances Ellen Watkins Harper; Olympia Brown, the first ordained woman minister of any denomination; and Theodore Parker, a Unitarian theological radical. Rev. Jude will lead the December session focusing on feminist Lucile Schuck Longview and Rev. Marjorie Bowens-Wheatly, a vital force in anti-racism work.

The complicated legacy of racism underlies many of these stories of our significant Unitarian and Universalist leaders, including Rev. Bill Sinkford and Rev. Theodore Parker.

Note that all coffee cups/glasses need to be returned to the hospitality team before you attend these sessions.