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Let Us Give Thanks
Thanksgiving expressions through the years at our congregation.
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Take a Hike!
A number of prominent congregation members are buried at Spring Grove Cemetery.
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Pandemic 1918
The Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918-19 had similarities to the COVID-19 pandemic that started in 2020.
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Judith Sargent Stevens Murray
Judith Sargent Murray, second wife of Rev. John Murray, had an extraordinary life and played a key role in the early spread of Universalism.
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John Murray, the Father of Universalism in America (Part 4)
In Rev. John Murray’s later life, he moved to a pastorate in Boston and did much to spread Universalism.
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John Murray, the Father of Universalism in America (Part 3): Revolution Abounds
Rev. John Murray and his ideas of Universalism came under attack during and after the American Revolution.
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John Murray, the Father of Universalism in America (Part 2)
Rev. John Murray comes to the New Jersey colony, reluctantly preaches a sermon in the church built by John Potter, and becomes the founder of Universalism in America.
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John Murray, the Father of Universalism in America (Part 1)
In John Murray’s early adult life, tragedy, financial woes, and verbal attacks on him for his Universalist views led him to leave England in 1770 to set sale for America.
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The Sermon at John Potter’s Church
Whereas for centuries the Christian faith had preached judgement by God and eternal punishment for the damned, John Murray preached his first sermon in America proclaiming that a loving God would eventually grant salvation to everyone.
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Sabbatical Then and Now — What’s Up Doc?
Guest speakers, gatherings and a food drive occupied the congregation during Rev. Bill Gupton’s sabbatical in 2015.
