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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.
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The Broadwell Legacy to Religious Education
Church historian Mike Roberts writes about the Broadwell School, which was associated with our church on Essex Place and provided religious education.
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Two Appeals in 1948
Church historian Mike Roberts writes about appeals for church funding and for charity support in 1948.
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Salem Acres Community Church Belief System, 1978
Our predecessor church devoted the back page of its Orders of Service to a description of its belief system. The description varied slightly each week. This is the one distributed for the service of May 14, 1978.
