Homily delivered at this worship for all ages service by Rev. Emily Gage, Minister of Faith Development, on Sunday, October 30, 2011.
Sermon delivered by Rev. Bill Haney on October 23, 2011. Rev. Haney is the interim minister at the Green Valley UU Congregation near Tucson, Arizona. Prior to his call to ministry he was an architect. Bill attended Oklahoma University, studying under the architect Bruce Goff after having a private interview with Frank lloyd Wright to see if he would want to study at Taliesin. After a fulfilling vocation, he attended Starr King School for Ministry when he met and married Loretta Williams. He served the Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia, Missouri for 21 years prior to his current position. Bill can be contacted at whaney@uuma.org.
Sermon delivered by Rev. Mark Morrison-Reed on October 16, 2011. Mark Morrison-Reed grew up in Chicago where his family attended the First Unitarian Society and he sang in the Chicago Children's Choir. He co-ministered with his wife Donna for 26 years in Rochester N.Y. and Toronto, Ontario. While serving the latter congregation he was also president of the Canadian Unitarian Council. He's currently an affiliated faculty member at the Meadville Lombard Theological School. A historian of the African American experience in UUism, his new book, Darkening the Doorways: Black Trailblazers and Missed Opportunities in Unitarian Universalism, was published in April of this year.
Rev. Morrison-Reed can be contacted at markmr4@excite.com.
Reflections given by members of the Dream Act Action Team (Kathy Clark, Janet Holden, Shirley Lundin, Kris Mazza, Juan Ramirez) and sermon delivered by Rev. Alan Taylor on October 9, 2011.
Sermon delivered by Rev. Alan Taylor on October 2, 2011.