“From the Archives” History Articles

  • Coffee Hour!

    Coffee Hour!

    Our history archives have elaborate directions for how to make the coffee and other refreshments for Sunday services 50 to 80 years ago.

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  • Spring 1998

    Spring 1998

    The focus of the congregation in 1998 was getting ready to search for a new minister. This article has many names from that time.

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  • The Unfulfilled Dream

    The Unfulfilled Dream

    Rev. David Bumbaugh, who was present at the merger of the Universalists and Unitarians, grieves the loss of opportunity of restating Universalist convictions in contemporary language.

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  • Those Who Have Served, Part 9

    Those Who Have Served, Part 9

    Our congregation’s ministers, 1989 through the present (2023): Rev. Elinor Artman and Rev. Bill Gupton.

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  • Those Who Have Served, Part 8

    Those Who Have Served, Part 8

    Our congregation’s ministers, 1974 through 1988: Rev. Doak Mansfield and Rev. Laine Hawxhurst.

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  • Those Who Have Served, Part 7

    Those Who Have Served, Part 7

    Our congregation’s ministers, 1952 through 1973: Rev. Albert Q. Perry, Rev. Raymond John Baughan, Rev. Karl Albert Bach, and Rev. Brian R. Tansey.

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  • Those Who Have Served, Part 6

    Those Who Have Served, Part 6

    Our congregation’s ministers, 1933 through 1951: Rev. Carl Harold Olson, Rev. Ralph Pierre Boyd, Rev. Kenneth Revilo Hutchinson, Rev. George H Thornburn, and Rev. Jack T. Akin.

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  • Those Who Have Served, Part 5

    Those Who Have Served, Part 5

    Our congregation’s ministers from 1898 through 1932: Rev. Harry Blackford, Rev. Samuel Gilbert Ayers, Rev. Anthony Bevis Beresford, Rev. Harold Guy Don Scott, Rev. John Edwin Price, and Rev. Robert Cummins.

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  • Those Who Have Served, Part 4

    Those Who Have Served, Part 4

    Our congregation’s ministers from 1882 through 1898: Rev. William Henry Ryder, Rev. Elmer Pember, Rev. Robert Watson Whitney, Rev. Harry Lee Canfield, and Rev. Ulysses Sumner Milburn.

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  • Those Who Have Served, Part 3

    Those Who Have Served, Part 3

    Our congregation’s ministers from 1864 through 1880: Rev. Gerherdus Langdon Demarest, Rev. Everett Levi Rexford, Rev. Willard Spaulding, Rev. John Greenleaf Adams, Rev. James Murray Mailey, Rev. James H. Hartley, and Rev. Sumner Ellis.

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