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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.
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The Origins of Our Church (part 1)
Our congregation was founded in 1827. In its early years it faced opposition from churches with a more traditional theology.
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Rev. Robert Cummins
From 1926 to 1933, Reverend Robert Cummins served as the minister of our church. He went on to become the head of the denomination, General Superintendent of the Universalist Church of America.
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Change of Adult Religious Lecture Topics over the Years
Beginning in 1965, our church participated in a city-wide series of group discussions of issues of the day.
