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Welcoming Congregation Survey, 2003
In 2003, the congregation’s Welcoming Congregation Committee published the results of an anonymous survey regarding people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender.
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Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom was founded in April, 1915, at The Hague. Among the 1136 women from 12 nations, were Jane Addams and Emily Greene Balch, a Boston Unitarian.
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Phineas, Abel, Jenny and Us
The First Universalist Church of Cincinnati was helped out of financial difficulties by P.T. Barnum.
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Heritage History at the UUA Headquarters
A stone tablet at the Unitarian Universalist Association headquarters in Boston includes the names of past Universalist Church General Superintendents. One of these was Robert Cummins, who was once minister of our church.
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Rev. Raymond John Baughan
Raymond John Baughan had a remarkable 53-year career as a Universalist and eventually Unitarian Universalist minister.
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Plum Street Church
In 1853, our congregation moved to a new location at Plum Street, Cincinnati. This article talks about the move and about the common practice of “selling” pews to finance a church.
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The 100th Anniversary Editorial
The 100th anniversary of our congregation was celebrated in an article in the Cincinnati Post.
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Letter to Rev. Abel C. Thomas
This letter and other sources from the mid-1800s show the huge impact that the idea of universal salvation had.
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Communion Service in Our Universalist Church
Church historian Mike Roberts investigates how often and how long ago communion was practiced in our church.
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A Brief History of Our Congregation
Our church was officially founded in 1827 as The First Universalist Society of Cincinnati. Over the years it has gone by several different names, met in several locations, and been active in the social justice causes of the day.
