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Shelley Jackson Denham
Shelly Jackson Denham was a member and music director of our church. She wrote many hymns, five of which appear in the UUA’s hymnbook, “Singing the Living Tradition.”
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Memories of New Thought Temple and First Universalist Church
In 1993, Josephine Hopkins, originally of New Thought Temple, shared her memories of the Temple and of the combined church that resulted from the merger with our Universalist church.
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Rev. Albert Q. Perry
Mike Roberts, Church Historian, shares information about Albert Q. Perry, who was the minister of our church through some of its most turbulent times.
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Rev. Elinor Artman’s Perspective on the Year 1992
Mike Roberts, Church Historian, shares excerpts from the 1992 report of Rev. Elinor Artman.
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The Service Circle
During the middle years of the 20th century, there existed an organization of women within our church known as the Service Circle.
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School Series on “Varieties of Liberal Religion,” 1958
The Broadwell School was an education center attached to our church for the purpose of providing both adult and child religious education. In 1958, the school offered a series of classes on the “Varieties of Liberal Religion.”
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A Look Back at Religious Education in 1937
Mike Roberts, Church Historian, shares a review of the planned Religious Education curriculum for the 1937-38 school year.
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The Origins of Our Church (part 4)
The religious climate of the 1820s to 1850s was hostile to Universalism. Hostility to other religious viewpoints is exemplified by Presbyterian minister Rev. Lyman Beecher.
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The Origins of Our Church (part 3)
William West and John Gurley were two ministers who had a significant impact on our congregation in the 1830s and 1840s. Rev. Gurley went on to become a U.S. congressman and was appointed by Lincoln to be governor of the Arizona Territory.
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The Origins of Our Church (part 2)
Rev. George Rogers was a minister of our congregation and later an itinerant preacher who had a great impact on Universalism 1830s and 1840s.
