Topic: History

The History and Memory of Holocaust Perpetrators

NOTE: Due to high Covid numbers, this service will now be Zoom only.

In observation of International Holocaust Memorial Day, Anna Peterson, Associate Professor of History at Luther College, will speak about how “ordinary” people participated in the murder of Jews and how this scholarship has … read more.

Celebrating UU Women in History

March is Women’s History Month. Let’s celebrate by exploring the lives of some of our Unitarian Universalist foremothers, many of whom have had a significant impact not only on our faith but on our world.

Service Leader: Karen Esterl

Community Ministry Sunday

Service Leader: Karen Esterl

Unitarian Universalists celebrate Community Ministry Sunday on the first Sunday in February. The date honors four naval chaplains of different faiths who worked together to save lives and sacrificed their own in 1943 as the SS Dorchester went down under Nazi fire. … read more.

How the Universalists and Unitarians Invented Christmas

Service Leader: Karen Esterl  Greeter: Harvey Benson

Did you know the early Pilgrims discouraged observing Christmas and that Universalists were among the first Christians in the United States to encourage celebrating it? Did you know that Unitarians were responsible for bring the Christmas tree tradition to … read more.