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The BeaconApril 2016 The BeaconApril 2016 1 First Unitarian Church of Baltimore HOPE, SOCIAL JUSTICE AND LIBERAL RELIGIOUS VALUES Corner Charles & Franklin Streets

Historical Perspectives #74 April Services 1 A Heritage to Hold in Fee: 2015/2016 THEME: A WHOLE PEOPLE ON A JOURNEY TOGETHER

The Historians of Services at 11 A.M. in our Historic Sanctuary

April 3 Rev. David Carl Olson First Unitarian UU Service Committee “Justice Sunday” BY CATHERINE EVANS “Liberal Religion’s Liberating Vision” Our church considers the meaning of resurrection—the expected To the Founders renewal of Spring, and the unexpected renovation of who we are And those who have followed after them, and who we dream we can become. Throughout our Unitarian Universalist Association, congregations are reminded of the Whose inspired vision, courage and devotion have work of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee—and re- created and preserved commit to a work of Justice-seeking and building. As we enact This heritage of Religious Freedom. the Rule and Realm of Universal Love, can we learn from con- temporary resurrection stories the ways that our relatedness can —Dedication of A Heritage to Hold in Fee set us free? (Soul-to-Soul spiritual reflection circle at 9:30 A.M.—Trust) Since its found- April 10 Rev. David Carl Olson ing, members of the First “Planting Seeds, Tending Blossoms” Unitarian have under- I hope that the seeds I plant in my garden will bear true. In time, stood the importance of I hope that they will produce beautiful blossoms that delight eye the Church to the individ- and nose (and occasionally tongue!). In a transformative system uals who worship here like a church, some of the “seeds” we plant produce unexpected seeking religious free- CATHERINE EVANS “fruit.” How do we learn from our experiments and how do we dom, to the City of Balti- change in order to grow? more and to the Unitarian--now the Unitarian Uni- (Soul-to-Soul spiritual reflection circle at 9:30 A.M.—Spiritual versalist--faith. Starting in 1817 and throughout the Experiences) succeeding generations, the clergy and lay leadership have collected and assembled manuscripts, cor- April 17 Diana Davies respondence, journals, minutes, contracts, prints, “Radiant and Humble—Compassion for Our photographs, and all types of paper materials, as Fellow Animals” well as artifacts of all descriptions, including oil On the Sunday before Earth Day, we gather to celebrate the in- lamps, communion sets, tapes, furniture, and so herent worth and dignity of all beings, including non-human forth. For animals. All are invited to bring a picture or memento (a collar almost a or squeaky toy, for example) of an animal who has blessed our INSIDE hundred lives, so that we can express our thanks for their simple being, and fifty and bless them, in turn. First Unitarian Church News years, the (Soul-to-Soul spiritual reflection circle at 9:30 A.M.—Addiction) Page Church Coffee Cabinet 2 April 24 Rev. David Carl Olson Eight Things I Learned 3 has had an appointed Annual Stewardship and Pledge Drive Commences Pete’s Patter: Futuring Fantasy 4 “We Are a Generous, Loving People” Tour of Greenmount Cemetery 5 Historian. Buddhist Sharon Salzburg says, “Loving-kindness and compas- April Special Services 5 For the sion are the basis for wise, powerful, sometimes gentle, and Treasurer’s Report 11 last sixty- sometimes fierce actions that can really make a difference—in Income and Expense Reports 12 five, it has our own lives and those of others.” Our church prepares for the Unity Weekend Events 14 had a fierce and gentle actions that will express our deep love for each space des- other and Baltimore. We seek to be powerful—able to enact a UU COMMUNITY NEWS ignated for liberating vision—and we seek to be wise. Roy Zimmerman Concert 15 (Soul-to-Soul spiritual reflection circle at 9:30 A.M.—Calling) (Continued on page 6)

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BY REV. DAVID CARL OLSON MINISTER

Dear congregation, dear community, We have shared a radiant hour when the truth has

“How are you?” someone asks, and I made us free, can only say, “Taking one step be- And the spirit’s gracious power dreamed of good fore the other.” Whether due to con- that yet shall be fusion of my heart-mind, sadness at Bright the path before us lies, joyful pilgrims now the passing of an aunt, elation at the we rise. call of a friend who is about to visit, Life calls us on. weariness in yet another too-long meeting, or simple wonder about We are a people—a whole/hale/healthy/holy peo- where I am and where I am heading, ple—on a journey together. Our hope is to stride forward REV. DAVID OLSON the consistent “How are you?” an- with a clear aim in sight. And then, together, to move— from there to here. One step at a time. swer I offer is that I am moving, just one step at a time, finding my way. Blessed on the way, with you, I remember being in a classroom at a church, many years ago, where someone had left slogans on the wall. Much love, “One Day at a Time,” read one of the posters; and “Let Go and Let God.” It would be a few years before I connected those slogans with the 12-Step method for dealing in a healthy and sometimes powerless/powerful way with addictions (to many substances and settings) that make our lives David Carl Olson, Minister unmanageable. A more manageable life would be found, The Kids Call Me “Rev” it taught, not through a giant leap of revolution, but by a persistent, day-by-day application of reaching in to one’s richest resources, and reaching out to groups and (Rev.) David Carl Olson [email protected] individual leaders and literature—and habits, like taking one step at a time. For many, this has proved to be a way First Unitarian Church of Baltimore (Universalist & Unitarian)

that led to a more serene life. cell/text: (410) 350-9339 (preferred) I take my life one step at a time, as I am able. And I study: (410) 685-2330

am comforted that this has been a source of strength for Minister’s Open Hours in the Study people in many times and places. Saturdays from 10:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. The late Rev. Dr. Forrest Church used to describe the (also a time for preparation and rehearsal for Sunday worship) way we are taking as one “from there to here.” This, of course, is exactly the opposite of what I normally think. I Mondays from 1:00 to 4:00 P.M. am here. I move, one pace at a time, toward there. Seems Wednesdays from 4:00 to 7:00 P.M. (also a time to prepare with Worship Associates) to be the way it is! But Church asks us to step with a deep knowledge Minister’s Other Hours that there is a there which will claim us, a completion of Tuesday is reserved for visitation. Please text or call me at (410) 350 lives full of incompletion, that is inevitably where we -9339 if you would like to be visited. will be. That place is where Universal love claims us, Thursday is a writing day at the library and in my home study. where Beloved Community is fully constructed, where serenity is fully achieved. Minister’s Self-Care (through Mid-May) Knowing where there is, we get to take steps here. My Sabbath is on Sundays after I finish responsibilities at the church, through Tuesday afternoon. During that time, I also And knowing where there is might allow us to take better prepare for a Tuesday morning seminar I am taking in New steps here, steps here that are coherent with there. Cap- York with Dr. Cornel West. turing that imagination, we move from there to here. Jason Shelton’s anthem, which our choir is preparing I am always “on call” for pastoral and other concerns. Do not hesitate to contact me if there is something you’d like to talk about or this month, says it this way: do. It is always a good idea to contact me in advance if you are coming to the church to see me. I am most accessible by text message at (410) 350-9339. Thank you!

April 2016 The Beacon 3 Eight Things I Learned At Leadership Training BY DIANA DAVIES MINISTERIAL INTERN

I recently returned from a week-long, interest is relational. intensive training program sponsored by Our self-interest is the core of our identity, Gamaliel (a community organizing leader- our needs, as well as our loves and pas- ship institution). Gamaliel was founded in sions. To be courageous is to know, de- 1986 to train clergy and community lead- clare, and act on our self-interest. ers to build political power, and unite peo- Any effective action begins with listening, ple across faiths and races. The work was with one on one conversations. Through grueling and tough, and I am still pro- these conversations, we initiate relation- cessing much of what happened there, but, ships, understand the other person’s self- for now, I’d like to share with you a few interest, and help the other person to gain of my most significant take-aways. I hope clarity about their own self-interest. some of these might be relevant to your Listen with curiosity. Listen with courage. own social justice work and might provide DIANA DAVIES Suspend judgement. some insights into your own role as a leader in this con- In our work, it’s important to remember that conflict gregation and in the larger community. and tension are not bad things. They are the source of We have so many myths around the word, “power,” creativity and generate new ways of being. Beautiful but power simply means the ability to act. music can only be played on a violin if there is tension When I become more powerful, it doesn’t mean that in the strings. others have less power. It’s not a zero-sum game. Of course, there were so many more things I learned Power does mean responsibility, and that’s the part at training, including how to plan and implement effec- that scares many of us. But in a world in which there is tive meetings; how to proposition others to serve, give, so much at stake, in which people are dying and injus- and lead; and how to build alliances and long-term strat- tice is done daily, what does it mean not to step into egies. These lessons about power, self-interest, listening, one’s own power, not to act? As Martin Luther King and tension, however, will stick with me for a long time. said, “Love without power is mere sentimentality.” May we all have the strength to live into our power, to Effective leaders are neither selfish nor selfless. act on our self-interest, and to walk into conflict instead They are self-interested. Selfishness is only about me. of away from it, all within the loving bonds of commu- Selflessness is about everyone except for me. Self- nity.

April Book Group

The Book Group will not meet Mission at its usual fourth Thursday in April

(the 28) as that conflicts with the First Unitarian Church of Baltimore Zoerheide Lecture, which several is the spiritual home members want to attend. It is re- scheduled for Thursday, April 14th, of a diverse and mutually supportive at 7:30 at the usual location. community of people The book will be Ta'Nehisi who strive to build Coates, Between the World and on our deep historical roots Me. Hailed by Toni Morrison as as a congregation “required reading,” a bold and per- to be a beacon of hope, social justice sonal literary exploration of Ameri- ca’s racial history by “the single and liberal religious values best writer on the subject of race in in Baltimore and in the world. the United States” (The New Y ork Observer). Contact Mike Franch at [email protected] for information. Everybody welcome.

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Religious Education Pete's Patter: Futuring Fantasy

BY PETE FONTNEAU INTERIM DIRECTOR OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Our Committee on This piece from Walter Bruggemann's The Pro- (Shared) Ministry is col- phetic Imagination came to mind while I was thinking lecting and soon will be about generosity after that information session. reducing and reporting on a Bicentennial Survey “The prophet engages in futuring fantasy. The which wants to find out prophet does not ask if the vision can be implemented, about the future of First for questions of implementation are of no consequence Unitarian Church of Balti- until the vision can be imagined. The imagination must more. The COM will be come before the implementation. Our culture is compe- looking at what works and tent to implement almost anything and to imagine almost what doesn't work quite so nothing. The same royal consciousness that makes it PETE FONTNEAU well; it will be looking at possible to implement anything and everything is the one how we might best change that shrinks imagination because imagination is a dan- from where we are today to meet the future. The data ger. Thus every totalitarian regime is frightened of the that the Survey yields may help plan the next three years artist. It is the vocation of the prophet to keep alive the of Bicentennial Celebration as well as provide guidance ministry of imagination, to keep on conjuring and pro- to many other programs: music, worship, and education posing futures alternative to the single one the king included. wants to urge as the only thinkable one.”

Our Mission Task Force is conducting data col- Are we working on an understanding of the mission/vision of First Unitarian Church of Baltimore? lection too. Its listening sessions are also trying to find out about the future of the church. Once the Mission Are we being artists and dreamers? Task Force arranges the mission, vision, objectives and Are we using our imagination? goals, there will be a framework, a pathway, a stairway or a ladder for a planning document for the direction and Are we willing to imagine bold steps into the fu- growth of the congregation. ture?

As Interim Director of Religious Education, I Will we be able to keep the ministry of imagination too have been collecting data in many venues and in alive? many ways all around the church system. I haven't got- ten my arms around the spreadsheets yet, but am begin- Will we be able to ning to see patterns and trends. I'm focusing on religious conjure up and education but not just traditional education for children propose futures and youth, for there is an expressed desire for substantial that are alternative adult programming and intergenerational connections in to that which has education. We're finding out about what and how and been urged as the when and where we want to have education opportuni- only thinkable ties. one?

In preparing for the annual Stewardship Canvass Yes! The prophetic and the development of a budget for fiscal year 2017, church is the home of your Board of Trustees is providing information sessions the futuring fantasy, on congregational finances. Doing this is another way to the pathway to the fu- engage in the future. Many members of the congrega- ture. Our task is not to tion are being generous with their time in thinking about ask 'why,' but 'why the future. not.'

April 2016 The Beacon 5 Tour of First Unitarian Gravesites in Green Mount Cemetery BY CATHERINE EVANS

On May 7, 2016, at 11 A.M., Catherine Evans will handouts for. However, last minute attendees are al- lead a walking tour of the 19th century Unitarians ways welcome! (ministers and laity) buried at Green Mount Cemetery, Enter the main entrance of Green Mount Cemetery including Enoch Pratt, Rev. George Washington Burnap at 1601 Greenmount Avenue (opposite Oliver Street) and Rev. Charles Richmond Weld, among others. The and park along the roads inside. (There will be a num- tour includes some newly-identified sites. Other Balti- ber of cars already parked there, but you’ll find parking more notables are also included on the tour. Back by if you fan out from the entrance.) We will gather inside popular demand, this tour was first offered in the fall of the gate before we set out on the walk. 2013. The tour last approximately 1 1/2 - 2 hours. Please contact Catherine at cathe- [email protected] if you plan to attend. This is important, so that we know whom to contact, in case there is a need to reschedule due to inclement weather. It also helps to know how many folks to prepare

BETSY SEXTON, JOE GARONZIK, SUE GARONZIK, GWYN DEGNER, AND ROBERTA VAN METER AT THE GREEN MOUNT CEMETERY TOUR IN MAY 2015.

SALLY WALL AND JUDI TENHUNEN AT EMMA MARBURG'S MONUMENT AND GRAVESITE.

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(Continued from page 1) visors and teachers in all the counties to use sanely pro- the safe-keeping and preservation of these collected mate- gressive methods. No State school official had a larger or rials and a Committee charged with their cataloguing and more devoted following.” Miss Simpson was a co-author preservation. Recording and preserving the Church’s his- of Adventures in Reading, a series of elementary school tory has truly been a shared endeavor, a means of rever- readers for grades 4, 5 and 6. She directed teachers’ ence, and an expression of commitment and spirituality. workshops at Johns Hopkins University and in the states The first designated Church Historian was Eliza- of Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Frostburg College beth Williams Burnap2, daughter of the Church’s second recognized and honored her work in teacher education by minister, George Washington Burnap3, and his wife, Nan- naming a dormitory on its campus, Simpson Hall.9 cy Williams4, daughter of one of the Church’s founding In addition to her teaching members, Amos Adams Wil- and administrative work and liams.5 Though her work had her archival work at First begun beforehand, Elizabeth Unitarian, I. Jewell Simpson Burnap was officially appoint- was a member of many state ed to this position by the and national professional Board in 1873 when she was organizations, the League of thirty-one years old. As Rebec- Women Voters, and the ca Funk tells us in A Heritage United Nations Association. to Hold in Fee, “Beginning In her retirement she trav- with the ministry of the Rever- eled to Africa, China, Eu- end Charles Richmond Weld rope, the Middle East, Rus- [1873], Miss Elizabeth com- sia, and South America. piled scrap books of the affairs of each administration until From 1951 forward, her death in 1928. These the archival work of assem- books have proved a rich AUTOGRAPHS OF REBECCA FUNK, CHURCH HISTORIAN, AND ELIS- bling scrapbooks of infor- source of historical data. Miss ABETH AMERY, CHAIR, HISTORICAL COMMITTEE, FROM A SIGNED mation, begun by Elizabeth Burnap presented to the COPY OF A HERITAGE TO HOLD IN FEE. Williams Burnap and car- Church a portrait of her father ried on by I. Jewell Simp- and one of her grandfather, [now in the Heritage Room].”6 son, was continued by Rebecca Funk, Mrs. W. F. Skill- In honor of her father and grandfather, she also gave the man, and Mrs. M. W. Goodwin. Also in that year, a grandfather clock in the Heritage Room, which had been a “Historical Committee”10 was appointed by the Board wedding gift to her grandfather, Amos Adams Williams. with Rebecca Funk as its chair. From 1951-55, in addi- Elizabeth Williams Burnap’s work established a tion to Rebecca Funk, Marion V. Bell, Henrietta Browne, pattern, which the historians of the Church have followed. Emma W. Cross, Louisa Doetsch, M. Katherine Pitman, From 1941-51, the work was carried out by Dr. Iona Jew- Beulah Putnam, and Isabel S. Waldman formed the com- ell Simpson.7 Not originally from Baltimore, I. Jewell mittee. Simpson was the first woman appointed to be Maryland’s Assistant State Superintendent of Schools, a position she In 1954, the Education wing was added to First held from 1927 until her retirement in 1942. She is Unitarian to increase the classroom space and create a new among the women profiled in the ground-breaking history office for the minister. What had been the minister’s of- of women in Maryland, Notable Maryland Women.8 The fice, a second-floor room on the southwest end of the essay on I. Jewell Simpson by Jean R. Moser describes Enoch Pratt Parish Hall, was designated the “Heritage her career and influence as follows: Room,” which was “…assigned to the Historical Commit- Her activities and the success she experienced in them tee to provide a place for storage and display of historical were described in the Annual Report of the State Depart- materials.”11 The designation of the Heritage Room gave ment of Education for 1942, which, upon her retirement, the congregation and the Historical Committee a place for devoted three pages to her career. “She won the confi- the display and safe-keeping of the collection. dence and enlisted the cooperation of all with whom she came into contact and was largely responsible for the The holdings of the archives of the Church are noteworthy progress made in Maryland elementary incredibly rich and varied. In addition to the aforemen- schools,” the report noted. “With her, supervision was a tioned scrapbooks, they contain early documents, such as creative activity…and she inspired and guided the super- the original constitution and by-laws of the Church (from

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April 2016 The Beacon 7 which our current one descends directly), journals of min- Heritage was Rebecca Funk, whose preliminary talk had isters, detailed hand-written minutes of all Board meetings inspired it. In the “Introduction” to Heritage, Elisabeth since 1817, correspondence from ministers and lay lead- Amery writes “It has been through her [Rebecca Funk’s] ers, contracts and bills relating to the building of the deep interest, her appreciation of the vision of the found- Church and subsequent renovations, pew-holder and ers and her willingness to devote much time and work to membership records, manuscripts of sermons, books and this ‘labor of love,’ that A Heritage to Hold in Fee has articles, framed portraits of ministers and lay leaders, pho- become a reality.”13 By the time of its publication in tographs, long-play phonograph records and tapes of ser- 1962, Rebecca Funk had been appointed Church Histori- mons, and many artifacts, including an. original oil lamps, china and silver sets, communion services, signage, Beginning with a chapter on posters and so forth. The collection “Highlight of the Baltimore Scene in has grown to the extent that some of 1817,” the structural core of A Herit- the materials must now be stored in age to Hold in Fee is the introductory the catacombs. talk that Rebecca Funk gave, the chapter title of which is the One summer in the 1950’s, “Overview of the First One-Hundred Rebecca Funk gave a talk to the con- Years.” It covers the founding, the gregation with an overview of the his- first Board, the building of the Church tory of the Church she had written. and some of its special features, the This talk became the catalyst for the commitment to music, some of the research, writing, and publication of a problems faced (including the acous- book on the history of the first one tics, finances, financial depressions, hundred years of the Church, entitled and the Civil War), and profiles of the A Heritage to Hold in Fee. The His- ministers of the first one hundred torical Committee was responsible for years. It also discusses the founding the work of compiling, writing and of a second Unitarian Church (that publishing it. In the late 1950’s and later rejoined First Church) and the early 60’s, the Committee comprised merger with the Second Universalist Elisabeth Amery, Chair, Rebecca Society. Eleven articles follow, each Funk, Emma W. Cross, and Margarita SIGNED HALF-TITLE PAGE WITH QUOTE FROM of which expand on topics pertinent to B. Haase. SOURCE POEM "THE HERITAGE" AND CHURCH the growth, character, and activities of EMBLEM DETAIL FROM THOMAS POPPLETON'S the Church in the first one hundred Though not originally from ICONIC PLAN OF THE CITY OF BALTIMORE AS years. These are “The Building and Baltimore, Elisabeth Amery12 became ENLARGED AND LAID OUT UNDER THE DIREC- the Architect”; “The Famous Balti- TION OF THE COMMISSIONERS APPOINTED BY deeply connected to her adopted THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND IN more Sermon”; “Unitarian Miscella- home. She came to Maryland after FEBRUARY 1818, THOMAS POPPLETON, 1823 ny—An Early Publication of the Bal- she was appointed Supervisor of (1852), LARGE MAP COLLECTION, MARYLAND timore Unitarian Book Society”; Fi- Home Economics Education in the HISTORICAL SOCIETY. nancial History of the Early Church”; State Superintendent of Education’s “Importance of Music from the Be- office, a position she held for twenty-seven years, until her ginning”; “Some Outstanding Unitarian Laymen of Balti- retirement in 1954. Her home was at 18 W. Hamilton more’s First Independent Church”; “Organizations for Street in a row house built by a sea captain about 1812, Community Service and Personal Development”; just a few steps down from the Hamilton entrance to the “Seventy-fifth Anniversary and Reconsecration”; “The Enoch Pratt Parish Hall. She enjoyed fine cooking and Universalist Church in Baltimore”; “First Constitution— dining (the old Marconi’s restaurant was a favorite), histo- Amendments and Revisions”; “Settlement of Mr. Sparks ry and historical furnishings, travel and religion. In addi- (1819)”. A number of photographs of drawings, docu- tion to being very active at First Unitarian, she was also ments, portraits, and artifacts illustrate the text. A bibliog- very involved in the community through serving as the raphy of original documents from the Heritage Room and Recording Secretary of the Mt. Vernon Area Neighbor- pertinent articles, periodicals, books, and pamphlets con- hood Council, a group which sought to preserve and pro- cludes the book. In a Foreword, Rev. Irving R. Murray tect Mt. Vernon. wrote, “These pages will rejoice your heart. You will be humbled by the self-sacrificing devotion of the founders The Historical Committee was responsible for of the Baltimore Unitarian movement. You will be proud compiling and publishing Heritage, assisted by I. Jewell of their great contributions to the community-at-large. Simpson who edited it, and Marion V. Bell, a member of Their fidelity, vision and courage will challenge you. Our the Church and chief reference librarian at the Enoch Pratt fathers called it an “Independent” church So it has been, Library, who advised on its bibliography. The author of for no religious society has cherished individual liberty

8 The Beacon April 2016 more. Yet we have hung together these many years, and shall maintain this free fellowship for centuries to The title, A Heritage to Hold in Fee, is somewhat come.”14 enigmatic – until one understands that it is derived from the poem “The Heritage” by James Russell Lowell.18 This The Historical Committee’s and author’s intention nine-stanza poem plays with the tension between the met- in writing A Heritage to Hold in Fee is clear from the out- aphoric inheritance of the rich man and the poor man and set: it both pays homage to the founders and those who with the ancient meaning in law of the phrase “to hold in followed and hopes to inspire current members to similar fee,” meaning to own something absolutely and uncondi- acts of reverence, social action, and stew- tionally. The first three stanzas fo- ardship. This two-fold emphasis on past cus on the rich man, and each ends and present is underscored in the first with the following couplet: “A her- two paragraphs of the Introduction by itage, it seems to me,/One scarce Committee Chair, Elisabeth Amery: would wish to hold in fee.” The The First Unitarian Church of second set of three stanzas is about Baltimore represents a spiritual and ma- the poor man’s inheritance, and terial heritage which is precious to the each of these ends with the follow- membership—the vision and fortitude of ing couplet: “A heritage, it seems the founders should give courage to the to me,/A king might wish to hold in present guardians. This magnificent fee.” Stanza seven describes the building represents architectural accom- positive use to which a rich man plishments in 1962 as it did in 1817 and may put his inheritance, concluding is a monument to careful planning, cou- with: “A heritage, it seems to me,/ rageous financing and artistic achieve- Worth being rich to hold in fee.” ment. Likewise, the eighth stanza depicts In order that members shall the positive use of a poor man’s know the authentic history of the first inheritance: “A heritage, it seems one hundred years and be able to study to me,/Worth being poor to hold in the important aspects of the trials and fee.” The final stanza equates the triumphs, the problems and plans from worth of both the rich and poor 1817 to 1917, this volume has been com- TITLE PAGE, A HERITAGE TO HOLD IN FEE. men, and ends with the couplet piled It is hoped that some of the vision from which the title of the history of of the founders, the dedication of members of the early the first one hundred years of our church is taken: “Both, Church to community service, and the solution of such heirs to some six feet of sod,/ Are equal in the earth at problems as the acoustics and the financial burdens made last;/Both, children of the same dear God,/Prove title to more difficult by wars, depressions and “panics” will be your heirship vast/By record of a well-filled past;/A herit- of interest to present and future Unitarians. This book is age, it seems to me,/Well worth a life to hold in fee.” The based on all the authentic history of the Church which the full text of the poem concludes this article.19 Historical Committee has found.15 A heritage well worth a life to hold in fee. That The motto of the volume underscores its dual em- heritage is our Church building itself. Paraphrasing the phasis. “…How little does it avail us to study history, if words of Elisabeth Amery, “this magnificent building rep- the past do[es] not help us to comprehend the dangers and resents architectural accomplishments in 2016 as it did in duties of the present; if from the sufferings of those who 1962 and as it did in 1817.” It is a monument to vision have gone before us, we do not learn how to suffer, and and careful planning; courageous financing and dedicated from their great and good deeds how to act nobly; if the development of the human heart, in different ages and The Enoch Pratt Free Library, Johns Hopkins countries, do[es] not give us a better knowledge of our- University Eisenhower Library, and other local selves?”16 The citation is from William Ellery Channing’s first Lecture on The Elevation of the Labouring Portion of university libraries have copies of A Heritage to the Community17 given at the Masonic Temple in Boston Hold in Fee, which can be borrowed. Used cop- in January, 1810. The lectures were given to the Mechan- ies are available for purchase on line. The Ar- ics Apprentices’ Library Association and were published chitectural and Historical Review Committee of in February of the same year by that group. The quote is the Church has plans to arrange for the repub- from the concluding paragraph of the lengthy lecture and lication of Heritage as part of the Church’s bi- seeks to underscore the importance both of studying the centennial celebrations (2017-2018). past through history and literature and of applying the lessons offered to living in the present.

April 2016 The Beacon 9 stewardship of resources; and to artistic achievement and 4Nancy Williams Burnap (1804-1876) Nancy Wil- service to the surrounding community. That heritage is liams was the daughter of Amos Adams Williams and also the aggregated efforts of thousands of people who, Nancy Williams, raised by her father and aunt, Susannah throughout two centuries, worshiped and found communi- Williams, after her mother’s death. She studied French, ty here, who worked for social justice under its auspices, Italian, Latin and Greek with Rev. Jared Sparks while he and who were empowered to pursue and express religious was minister at First Unitarian, during which time he lived freedom because of its presence. A heritage to own abso- in the Williams household. In turn, the second settled lutely and unconditionally, to hold in fee, mindful, so that minister, Rev. George Washington Burnap also lived with our church and all it stands for will be here for future gen- the family. After his ordination and installation, he and erations to find their spiritual home. Nancy were married. Nancy Williams Burnap was the ———————————————————— founder of the Church’s first women’s organization, the Ladies Charitable Society, in 1839. The Burnaps had 1A Heritage to Hold in Fee is the title of the history of three children, two of whom died in infancy. The surviv- the first one hundred years (1817-1917) of First Unitarian ing child was Elizabeth Williams Burnap. Church. “The First Independent Church of Baltimore” was 5Amos Adams Williams (1776-1861) Amos Adams the original name of our church, remaining its corporate Williams and his brothers, George, Nathaniel and Cum- name for ninety-five years. During Rev. Charles Weld’s berland, chartered the Savage Manufacturing Company, ministry (1873-98), the word “Christ’s” was inserted to located in what is now called Savage Mill, Maryland. read “The First Independent Christ’s Church,” a title nev- Amos Adams Williams had a leading role in the manage- er formally adopted but used informally with the consent ment of the enterprise. Their main product was cotton of the Trustees. This usage dropped when the congrega- duck, used for sailcloth and a wide variety of other uses. tion changed its name to “The First Unitarian Church of By 1829, Amos Williams had added properties to expand Baltimore” in 1912. Two decades later, when the Church the mill town to 980 acres. By this time, the site also had merged with the “Second Universalist Society in the City a grist mill, saw mill, machine shop, foundry, blacksmith of Baltimore” in 1935, the name became "The First Uni- shop, wheelwright shop, brick-making facility, farm, rent- tarian Church of Baltimore (Universalist and Unitarian),” al houses and a company store. The Williams family were the one we still use. First Unitarian Church of Baltimore is involved in a variety of other enterprises, especially in- the oldest “purpose-built” Unitarian Church in North cluding real estate. Amos and his brother George also had America, meaning that it is the oldest Unitarian church a license for a tobacco inspection building in downtown built by Unitarians for the purpose of being a Unitarian Baltimore. Amos Adams Williams married his cousin, church. Nancy Williams, in 1801. She died in 1804, leaving an 2Elizabeth Williams Burnap (1842-1928) was a infant daughter, Nancy. From this time, his sister, Susan- staunch and active member of First Unitarian throughout nah, managed his household on North Calvert Street and her life. She is interred with her parents, George Wash- helped to raise his daughter. ington and Nancy Williams Burnap, her grandfather Amos 6Rebecca Funk, A Heritage to Hold in Fee 1817- Adams Williams, and her great aunt, Susannah Williams 1917: First Unitarian Church of Baltimore (Universalist in Green Mount Cemetery. Amos Adams and Susannah and Unitarian) (Baltimore: Garamond Press, 1962), p. Williams were founding members of the Church; Susan- 69. nah was the only woman among fifty-five individuals to sign the agreement to underwrite the $2,000 salary of the 7Iona Jewell Simpson (1882-1969) was born in Hen- first minister, Jared Sparks. derson, North Carolina, the daughter of Dr. Shadrack 3George Washington Burnap (1802-1859) was the Simpson, president of Yadkin College in High Point, and second minister (1827-1859) of First Unitarian where he Ella Eugenia Gooch Simpson. After ten years as college presided for thirty-two years. As an early Unitarian min- president, Shadrack Simpson left to become professor of ister, he was called upon to defend his unorthodox views, Natural Sciences at Western Maryland College. His which he did ably in several series of expository lectures, daughter, Iona Jewell, majored in Biology and English later published in book form and circulated widely. He there, graduating in 1899. Iona did graduate work in edu- became so much a part of the City that he was asked to cation at Columbia and Johns Hopkins Universities. She serve in many important posts. He was chosen by George received an honorary doctorate of education in 1937 from Peabody to be the only clergyman on the first Board of Western Maryland College. She began her teaching ca- Trustees of the newly endowed Peabody Institute. He was reer in music in Westminster (1900-1908) and, from 1908 a founder of the Maryland Historical Society. Burnap was -1911, at the Rosewood State Training School, an institu- connected to many influential people of his time and was tion for people with developmental disabilities, in Owings a leader in promoting liberal religious thought. He was Mills. From 1912-1914, she edited The Democratic Ad- married to Nancy Williams Burnap (see footnote #4), vocate, the local paper in Westminster (1865-1972). In daughter of Church founder Amos Adams Williams (see 1914, she returned to the classroom as an elementary footnote #5). They were parents of Elizabeth Williams school teacher. In 1916, she was appointed the first wom- Burnap, the Church’s first historian. an superintendent of the Carroll County elementary

10 The Beacon April 2016 schools. She was an administrator for the Maryland State standard 8 ½ x 11 paper single-spaced. For the interested Department of Education from 1920-1942. She published reader, we give more of the text of the concluding para- and spoke widely on topics of education. Among her graph here. “…The subject of Duty belongs equally to all books are Arithmetic Goals: Suggestions for Testing and professions and all conditions. It were as wise to think of for Corrective Work (1922, 1925, 1930) and The Supervi- living without breath, or of seeing without light, as to ex- sion of Rural Schools (1932). clude moral and religious principle from the work of self- elevation. And I say this, because you are in danger of 8Winifred G. Helmes, Ph.D., ed., Notable Maryland mistaking mere knowledge for improvement. Knowledge Women: A Bicentennial Commission Publication fails of its best end, when it does not minister to a high (Cambridge, Maryland: Tidewater Publishes, 1977). virtue. I do not say, that we are never to think, read, or study, but for the express purpose of learning our duties. 9Jean R. Moser in “I. Jewell Simpson, 1882-1969: The mind must not be tied down by rigid rules. Curiosity, Educator and Administrator” in Notable Maryland Wom- amusement, natural tastes, may innocently direct reading en: A bicentennial Commission Publication by Winifred and study to a certain extent. Even in these cases, howev- G. Helmes (Cambridge, Maryland: Tidewater Publishes, er, we are bound to improve ourselves morally as well as 1977), p. 347. intellectually, by seeking truth and rejecting falsehood, and by watching against the taint which inheres in almost 10The Historical Committee is now called the all human productions. What avails intellectual without “Architectural and Historical Review Committee.” The moral power? How little does it avail us to study the out- Committee’s mission is also to make accessible the rich ward world, if its greatness inspire no reverence of its history of the Church through the preservation, arrange- Author, if its beneficence awaken no kindred love towards ment, and description of the Church’s surviving documen- our fellow creatures? How little does it avail us to study tary and artifact materials and to protect and preserve the history, if the past do not help us to comprehend the dan- architectural integrity of the church buildings and their gers and duties of the present; if from the sufferings of contents by reviewing and evaluating all proposed repairs, those who have gone before us, we do not learn how to renovations and improvements to the physical plant and suffer, and from their great and good deeds how to act recommending needed restoration/improvement projects. nobly; if the developement of the human heart, in different ages and countries, do not give us a better knowledge of 11Funk, p. 1. ourselves? How little does literature benefit us, if the sketches of life and character, the generous sentiments, the 12Elisabeth Amery (1889-1976) was born in St. Croix testimonies to disinterestedness and rectitude, with which Falls, Wisconsin, the daughter of Charles and Lillian it abounds, do not incite and guide us to wiser, purer, and Kersch Amery. She attended Carleton and Simmons Col- more graceful action? How little substantial good do we leges before graduating from the University of Wisconsin derive from poetry and the fine arts, if the beauty which in 1913. She taught Home Economics in South Dakota delights the imagination, do not warm and refine the heart, for four years then moved to Seattle, where she taught in and raise us to the love and admiration of what is fair, and the Home Economics Department of the University of perfect, and lofty, in character and life? Let our studies be Washington. She returned to Wisconsin for a time, teach- as wide as our condition will allow; but let this be their ing in the Department of Agriculture at the University of highest aim, to instruct us in our duty and happiness, in Wisconsin. While there she established an organization of the perfection of our nature, in the true use of life, in the Wisconsin homemakers and helped to develop the first 4H best direction of our powers. Then is the culture of intel- Clubs in the State. Amery went to Columbia University lect an unmixed good, when it is sacredly used to enlight- where she received a Master’s Degree. She was then ap- en the conscience, to feed the flame of generous senti- pointed supervisor of home economics teachers in Dela- ment, to perfect us in our common employments, to throw ware for four years, before accepting a similar position in a grace over our common actions, to make us sources of Maryland, serving for twenty-seven years until her retire- innocent cheerfulness and centres of holy influence, and to ment in 1954. give us courage, strength, stability, amidst the sudden changes and sore temptations and trials of life.” (The text 13Funk, p. 2. of the motto of A Heritage to Hold in Fee is rendered in italics here.) 14Funk, pp. viii-ix. 18James Russell Lowell (1819–1891) was the son of 15Funk, p. 1. Charles Russell Lowell (1782-1861), a Unitarian minister West Congregational (Unitarian) Church of Boston (1806- 16Funk, p. xi. 1861). James Russell Lowell was a poet, critic, editor, and diplomat. He graduated from Harvard College in 1838 and 17Lecture I is lengthy, comprising sixteen pages of subsequently earned a law degree from Harvard Law

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School, though he did not later practice law. He and his A hardy frame, a hardier spirit; first wife, fellow poet Maria White, were political activists. King of two hands, he does his part For a time he edited an abolitionist newspaper in Philadel- In every useful toil and art; phia. From 1854 to 1874, he was professor of languages at A heritage, it seems to me, Harvard. In 1857, he began to edit the Atlantic Monthly. A king might wish to hold in fee. In 1877, he was appointed ambassador to Spain and later to the Court of St. James (England). He published poetry and What doth the poor man's son inherit? essay collections throughout his literary career. Lowell Wishes o'erjoyed with humble things, believed that the poet played an important role as a prophet A rank adjudged by toil-won merit, and critic of society, using his writing toward the goal of Content that from employment springs, reform. He is also associated with the Fireside Poets, a A heart that in his labor sings; group of New England writers who, using conventional A heritage, it seems to me, forms and meters, were among the first American poets A king might wish to hold in fee. who rivaled the popularity of British poets. Wikipedia What doth the poor man's son inherit? A patience learned of being poor, 19 “The Heritage,” by James Russell Lowell Courage, if sorrow come, to bear it, A fellow-feeling that is sure The rich man's son inherits lands, To make the outcast bless his door; And piles of brick and stone, and gold, A heritage, it seems to me, And he inherits soft white hands, A king might wish to hold in fee. And tender flesh that fears the cold, O rich man's son! there is a toil Nor dares to wear a garment old; That with all others level stands: A heritage, it seems to me, Large charity doth never soil, One scarce would wish to hold in fee. But only whiten, soft white hands: This is the best crop from thy lands, The rich man's son inherits cares; A heritage, it seems to me, The bank may break, the factory burn, Worth being rich to hold in fee. A breath may burst his bubble shares, O poor man's son! scorn not thy state; And soft white hands could hardly earn There is worse weariness than thine, A living that would serve his turn; In merely being rich and great; A heritage, it seems to me, Toil only gives the soul to shine, One scarce would wish to hold in fee. And make rest fragrant and benign; A heritage, it seems to me, The rich man's son inherits wants, Worth being poor to hold in fee. His stomach craves for dainty fare; With sated heart, he hears the pants Both, heirs to some six feet of sod, Of toiling hinds with brown arms bare, Are equal in the earth at last; And wearies in his easy-chair; Both, children of the same dear God, A heritage, it seems to me, Prove title to your heirship vast One scarce would wish to hold in fee. By record of a well-filled past; A heritage, it seems to me, What doth the poor man's son inherit? Well worth a life to hold in fee. Stout muscles and a sinewy heart, Treasurer’s Report for February 2016

BY CLARE MILTON Contributions continue to run slightly ahead of budg- Independent of the Operating Fund, by the end of et, and of last year. Fundraising lags both the budget and February the congregation had contributed $15,806 to- last year, as does facility use income. Expenses are a bit ward improvements to the sound system, in addition to below budget. We are paying our RE Director consider- which $3,844 had been pledged but not yet paid, and ably less than was budgeted and warm weather has re- contributions were being made and pledged early in sulted in lower utility expenses than were planned for. March. These contributions are being matched by the The overall result is that our deficit to date is $18,540 bequest from Lilian Dailey. Another $5000 of contribu- whereas the budget anticipated a deficit of $37,251 at this tions will assure enormous improvements in intelligibil- point. ity in the Sanctuary.

12 The Beacon April 2016 Income Statement Year Year to YTD Budget Annual Prior Year to Date Date Budg- Difference Budget to Date INCOME CONTRIBUTION INCOME UNRESTRICTED Contributions-Identified $138,683.86 $127,000.00 $11,683.86 $190,500.00 $133,971.58 Contributions-Prior Yr Pl 325.00 0.00 325.00 0.00 2,434.00 Contributions-Loose Plate 3,603.16 3,000.00 603.16 4,500.00 2,802.98 Contributions-Misc 0.00 100.00 (100.00) 150.00 0.00 Subtotal Contribution Income 142,612.02 130,100.00 12,512.02 195,150.00 139,208.56

FUNDRAISING FUNDRAISING INCOME Fundraising Revenues 700.00 3,333.36 (2,633.36) 5,000.00 2,772.85 Bookstore Income 2,027.15 1,333.36 693.79 2,000.00 728.93 Flower Income 320.00 0.00 320.00 0.00 440.00 Cultural Series Income 0.00 400.00 (400.00) 600.00 1,157.03 Kitchen Revenues 75.00 83.36 (8.36) 125.00 0.00 Coffee Hour Revenues 219.98 200.00 19.98 300.00 252.96 Recycling Income 262.54 433.36 (170.82) 650.00 337.68 Amazon Revenue 506.13 466.64 39.49 700.00 509.20 Subtotal Fundraising Income 4,110.80 6,250.08 (2,139.28) 9,375.00 6,198.65

FACILITY USE INCOME Rental Income 1,826.00 2,000.00 (174.00) 3,000.00 2,355.75 Wedding Income 0.00 666.64 (666.64) 1,000.00 1,200.00 Subtotal Facility Use Income 1,826.00 2,666.64 (840.64) 4,000.00 3,555.75

FUNDRAISING EXPENSE Fundraising Event Expense 0.00 (1,166.64) 1,166.64 (1,750.00) (1,657.05) Bookstore Expense (1,048.60) (40.00) (1,008.60) (60.00) (430.00) Flower Expense (100.00) (166.64) 66.64 (250.00) (315.96) Kitchen Expense 0.00 (200.00) 200.00 (300.00) 0.00 Coffee Hour Expense (220.00) (733.36) 513.36 (1,100.00) (606.25) Subtotal Fundraising Ex- (1,368.60) (2,306.64) 938.04 (3,460.00) (3,009.26) Subtotal Fundraising 4,568.20 6,610.08 (2,041.88) 9,915.00 6,745.14

OTHER INCOME FUND CONTRIBUTION TO Endowment Income 31,347.28 31,347.36 (0.08) 47,021.00 30,026.64 Investment Acct Income 5,620.00 5,620.00 0.00 8,430.00 5,573.36 Investment Acct Other 1,378.00 0.00 1,378.00 0.00 0.00 Kinn Education 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 11,000.00 Kinn Homelessness 1,333.36 1,333.36 0.00 2,000.00 1,333.36 7 Principles 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,000.00 Subtotal Fund Contribution 39,678.64 38,300.72 1,377.92 57,451.00 48,933.36

GRANTS & MISC INCOME UUA Stipend Grant 3,000.00 0.00 3,000.00 0.00 0.00 Miscellaneous Income 1,016.00 0.00 1,016.00 0.00 0.00 Subtotal Grants & Misc In- 4,016.00 0.00 4,016.00 0.00 0.00 Subtotal Other Income 43,694.64 38,300.72 5,393.92 57,451.00 48,933.36

TOTAL INCOME 190,874.86 175,010.80 15,864.06 262,516.00 194,887.06 TOTAL EXPENSES 209,515.21 212,261.44 (2,746.23) 312,142.19 208,148.59 EXCESS INCOME\EXPENSES ($18,640.35) ($37,250.64) $18,610.29 ($49,626.19) ($13,261.53)

April 2016 The Beacon 13 Expense Statement

Year Year to YTD Budget Annual Prior Year

to Date Date Difference Budget to Date EXPENSES

PASTORAL STAFF

SENIOR PASTOR $69,702.18 $71,184.64 ($1,482.46) $106,777.00 $64,882.71

Subtotal Pastoral Staff $69,702.18 $71,184.64 ($1,482.46) $106,777.00 $64,882.71

ADMINISTRATION

OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR 24,290.20 22,685.84 1,604.36 34,028.84 23,065.55

OFFICE EXPENSES 5,721.64 5,856.00 (134.36) 8,784.00 6,429.25

COMPUTER EXPENSES 624.32 1,458.72 (834.40) 2,188.00 1,830.32

LEASED EQUIPMENT 1,413.64 1,666.72 (253.08) 2,500.00 4,336.09

Subtotal Administration 32,049.80 31,667.28 382.52 47,500.84 35,661.21

DENOMINATIONAL 12,144.00 10,853.36 1,290.64 16,280.00 11,373.00

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

RELIGOUS ED DIRECTOR 13,875.90 21,077.60 (7,201.70) 31,616.52 29,164.62

RELIGOUS ED EXPENSES 0.00 2,100.00 (2,100.00) 3,150.00 1,026.60

Subtotal Religious Education 13,875.90 23,177.60 (9,301.70) 34,766.52 30,191.22

MUSIC

MUSIC DIRECTOR 25,131.34 24,050.00 1,081.34 36,074.83 24,796.88

MUSIC EXPENSES 1,671.36 2,866.64 (1,195.28) 3,550.00 2,017.75

Subtotal Music 26,802.70 26,916.64 (113.94) 39,624.83 26,814.63

WORSHIP 666.05 1,521.28 (855.23) 2,282.00 641.69

BOARD & COMMITTEES 4,047.86 3,150.00 897.86 4,725.00 1,643.74

OUTREACH 1,760.87 2,102.00 (341.13) 3,153.00 1,546.71

FACILITIES 40,155.12 24,355.28 15,799.84 36,533.00 21,808.55

UTILITIES 8,310.73 17,333.36 (9,022.63) 20,500.00 13,585.13

TOTAL EXPENSES 209,515.21 212,261.44 (2,746.23) 312,142.19 208,148.59

14 The Beacon April 2016 UU Unity Weekend Events April 28-May 1

Thursday, April 28 Robert & Jean Zoerheide Lecture

Dr. Freeman Hrabowski III “Holding Fast to Dreams: Empowering Youth from the Civil Rights Crusade to STEM Achievement”

Dr. Freeman A. Hrabowski III is President of the University of Maryland Baltimore County, and a recognized leader and innovator in American higher education. He chairs the US. President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for African Americans. He has been named one of the “100 Most Influential People in the World” and one of the “10 Best College Presidents” by Time, and he is the recipient of a Top American Leaders Award from the Washington Post and the Harvard Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership. He and his wife, Jacqueline, live in Owings Mills, Maryland, and have a son, Eric.

Dr. Hrabowski will share from his recently published Beacon Press book, Holding Fast to Dreams. The lecture will be followed by a reception and book signing.

Friday, April 29 Concert by Magpie, Charlie King and George Mann

Saturday, April 30 Service Day at Dayspring Gardens

Sunday, May 1 (morning) Spring Fest

Sunday May 1 (afternoon) Union Service of UU congregations in the greater Baltimore region Featured preacher: Rev. Susan LaMar, minister of Channing Memorial Church, Ellicott City Special Services in Enoch Pratt Parish Hall April 3 at 5:30 P.M. Monday, April 18 at 6:30 P.M. “Odyssey: a quiet time of candlelight, meditation and Liberation Seder in honor of Passover personal story.” On the first Sunday of the month, a We celebrate the Jewish festival of Passover as a lib- circle is formed in the Parish Hall for a quiet service eral religious community. A simple meal will be pre- of spirituality and story, with a member of the com- pared and shared, and the traditional symbolic food munity sharing their spiritual journey, and a chance will be used to tell a story of a people on a journey for others to respond. Following the circle, a simple together. A suggested donation of $5-$15 will be tak- meal of soup and bread is shared. The Worship Asso- en to cover the costs of the meal. (No one will be ciates leadership meets immediately after. Anyone turned away for inability to donate.) Please call the interested in becoming part of the Worship Associ- office at (410) 685-2330 to reserve a place. ates Team is welcome to attend and stay for the meeting.

UU COMMUNITY NEWS April 2016 The Beacon 15 Baltimore Coalition of Reason presents ROY ZIMMERMAN: THIS MACHINE

"This Machine" is ninety minutes of Roy Zimmerman's hilarious, rhyme-intensive original songs. The title is a reference to Woody Guthrie and Pete See- ger to be sure, but also an acknowledgement that songwrit- ing does good work in the world. “Sometimes I think sat- ire is the most hopeful and heart- felt form of expression,” says Roy, “because in calling out the world's absurdities and laughing in their face, I'm affirming the real possibility of change.”

Roy’s songs have been heard on HBO and Showtime. He's shared stages with Bill Maher, Robin Williams, Ellen De- Generes, John Oliver, Kate Clin- ton and George Carlin. He's been profiled on NPR's "All First Unitarian Church of Baltimore is a founding member of the Things Considered," and he’s a Baltimore Coalition of Reason, a humanist organization that now featured blogger for the Huffing- includes the following members: ton Post.

Baltimore Atheist MeetUp Group First Unitarian Church of Balti- Baltimore Ethical Society more Baltimore Jewish Cultural Chavurah 514 N. Charles Street, Baltimore Baltimore Parenting Beyond Belief Tuesday, April 12, at 7:00 pm. Baltimore Secular Humanists Baltimore WASH Admission: $20 or pay what you Center for Inquiry Drinking Skeptically MeetUp Group can First Unitarian Church of Baltimore (some tickets are available from Frederick Douglass Humanist Society of Baltimore the Minister without charge) LGBTQ Humanist Council of Baltimore Secular Student Alliance, Towson University Secular Student Alliance, UMBC Sunday Assembly, Baltimore

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First Unitarian Church of Baltimore (Universalist and Unitarian)

Minister Rev. David Carl Olson

Ministers Emeriti Rev. Phyllis Hubbell, Rev. John Manwell

Affiliate Ministers Dr. Michael S. Franch, Rev. Harry Woosley, Jr., Rev. Susan Margarete Stine Donham

Endorsed Community Minister Rev. Dale Lantz

Ministerial Intern Diana Davies

Board of Trustees Doreion Colter, President Catherine Evans, Vice President Evelyn Bradley, Secretary Clare Milton, Treasurer Sharon Carter , Mike Cross-Barnett Laura Laing, Pat Montley Karla Peterson, Andrea de Uruiza Nancy West

Church Staff James Houston, Music Director Pete Fontneau, Interim Director of Religious Education Aubrey Reigh, Office Administrator

Church Office Hours: 10 AM - 3 PM Tues. - Fri.

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