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H O N O R C O HONOR CONGREGATIONS OF 2007* MEMBERSHIP AWARDS CONGREGATIONAL CORPORATE GIVING AWARDS These awards recognize congregations California Brunswick North Andover Central Square Pittsburgh Oregon Anaheim Marietta North Easton East Aurora First Unitarian Church These gifts institutionalize a congrega- Bend that encourage their members to support Aptos Emerson UU Norton Fredonia UU Church of the tion’s deep commitment to justice and Hillsboro Bakersfield Congregation Petersham Flushing South Hills Oregon City human rights and social justice by joining Bayside Sandy Springs Pittsfield Hamburg Smithton human rights through the work of UUSC. Tennessee Canoga Park Valdosta Quincy Hastings-on-Hudson State College Cookeville UUSC with an annual membership gift. Carmel Hawaii Rockport Jamesport Stroudsburg Tullahoma Chico Honolulu Sherborn Jamestown Rhode Island Santa Barbara Sharon Fremont Stow Kingston HELEN FOGG Texas Idaho Providence Studio City Sherborn Austin New Jersey Grass Valley Swampscott Manhasset SPIRIT OF VISION OF Kimberly Religious Society of CHALICE Sudbury Paramus Hayward Watertown Muttontown Colorado First UU Church Pocatello Bell Street Chapel Swampscott College Station JUSTICE JUSTICE Pomona La Crescenta West Roxbury Pomona SOCIETY Golden South Carolina Watertown Fort Worth Wayne Laguna Beach Illinois Queensbury Lafayette BANNER BANNER Michigan Beaufort Wayland Ohio Livermore Carbondale Stony Brook Honors congrega- Connecticut Westside UU Church Ann Arbor Hilton Head Island Wellesley Hills Houston SOCIETIES SOCIETIES Athens Los Angeles Deerfield Syracuse tions for their Hamden Ann Arbor Unitarian Newberry Weston Dayton Los Gatos Springfield May Memorial generous line-item Westport Bay Area UU Church Honors those con- Honors those con- Fellowship Michigan Plano Delaware Napa Indiana Brighton UU Society Tennessee contribution of Delaware We celebrate these UU congregations gregations in which gregations in which Cookville Ann Arbor Community UU Church Warren North Hills Columbus Detroit Williamsville a gift from their Wilmington 100 percent of the 50 to 74 percent Clarksville Ann Arbor Unitarian Virginia Oregon Palo Alto Evansville East Lansing North Carolina annual budget of Florida Petaluma Memphis Fellowship Burke for their exceptional levels of mem- membership are of the membership West Linn Iowa Farmington Hills Brevard Boca Raton Rancho Mirage Peter Cooper UU at least $25 per Flint Fredericksburg UUSC members. are UUSC members. Cedar Falls Houghton Franklin Clearwater Pennsylvania Sacramento Fellowship church member. Minnesota Cedar Rapids Marquette Greenville Gainesville Washington Florida Alaska West Chester Nashville Mankato bership and support during UUSC’s UU Community Church Clinton Midland Morehead City Connecticut Lakeland Bellevue Cocoa Juneau Texas San Diego Greater Nashville Saint Cloud Davenport Mount Pleasant New Bern New Britain Plantation Bellingham Vero Beach Seward Abilene UU Congregation Winona First UU Church Iowa City Muskegon Wilmington Sarasota Blaine Amarillo Massachusetts 2007 fiscal year. The generosity Georgia Arizona San Francisco Mason City Portage Texas Missouri Edmonds North Dakota Berlin Venice Atlanta Prescott Austin San Jacinto Rochester Galveston St. Louis Seattle Kentucky Bismarck Eastham Vero Beach UU Fellowship San Luis Obispo Troy Houston First Existentialist Prescott UU Bowling Green Fargo First Unitarian Church University Unitarian of these congregations and their Longview San Mateo Unitarian Fellowship Sterling Georgia Congregation Fellowship Louisville Minnesota Montana Church Lufkin Santa Paula Ohio Midland Westwood Athens Hawaii Tucson Fridley Billings Shoreline New Braunfels Studio City Thomas Jefferson Bellaire San Antonio Ellijay Kea’au UU Congregation Hanska New York Woodinville members enables UUSC to continue Tyler Ventura Unitarian Church Berea Manhasset Nevada of NW Tucson Mahtomedi Community UU Church Illinois Wisconsin Texas Victoria Vista Maine Cincinnati San Juan Alton Las Vegas Arkansas Saint Cloud VIRGIN ISLANDS Madison Brownsville Walnut Creek Bangor First Unitarian Church Chicago Reno Washington Underwood Vermont Christiansted its work advancing human rights Hot Springs Village Brunswick St. John’s Unitarian Prairie UU Society FRANCE Bellingham Colorado Wayzata Bennington Third Unitarian Church New Hampshire Milwaukee California Dexter Church Paris Marysville Boulder Burlington Deerfield Milford Auburn Edgecomb Missouri Cleveland Heights First Unitarian Society and social justice in the United Wisconsin Unitarian Universalist Chester JAMES De Kalb New Jersey Woodruff Berkeley Kennebunk Ellisville Fairlawn Oak Park Rice Lake Church of Boulder Middlebury Lincroft BEACON OF Fullerton Portland Rolla Lewis Center LUTHER MEXICO Denver Norwich Rockford Orange Rancho Palos Verdes Woodruff New Madison San Miguel de Allende States and around the world. First Unitarian Society The First Parish UU Nevada South Strafford ADAMS Indiana Princeton JUSTICE Redondo Beach North Olmsted Glenwood Springs Allen Avenue Reno West Brattleboro Bloomington San Rafael Oberlin AWARD New York BANNER CREATING Lafayette UU Church New Hampshire GUEST AT Visalia Sanford Toledo Virginia Iowa New York Littleton Andover For more information on how your congregation SOCIETIES Whittier JUSTICE Waterville Wooster Blacksburg Honors congrega- Davenport Community Church Loveland Durham YOUR TABLE Colorado West Paris Youngstown Glen Allen tions for their Kansas of New York UU can play a critical role in supporting the work of This new award BANNER Pueblo Keene Harrisonburg Unitarian Church SPECIAL Greeley Maryland Oklahoma generous line-item Manhattan honors those con- Connecticut Manchester Lynchburg of All Souls SOCIETIES Camp Springs Edmond contribution of UUSC, contact Rachel Jordan at 800-766-5236 gregations in which Connecticut Danbury Peterborough Williamsburg Kentucky Oneonta RECOGNITION Churchville Lawton a gift from their Louisville 75 to 99 percent Brooklyn Honors those con- Madison Plymouth Rochester Columbia Norman Washington First Unitarian Church Through Guest or [email protected], or visit our New Haven Manchester Tamworth annual budget First Unitarian Church of the membership gregations in which Norman UU Fellowship Bainbridge Island at Your Table, Storrs Meriden Cumberland New Jersey of at least $1 per Thomas Jefferson Watertown are UUSC members. 25 to 49 percent Lutherville Oklahoma City Blaine website at www.uusc.org. Florida New London Bayville church member. Unitarian Church the members of the membership Tulsa Des Moines North Carolina of each of these Arkansas Deland Stamford Massachusetts Branchburg Freeland Maine Durham are UUSC members. Andover Church of the Alaska Castine Jonesboro Lakeland Westport Montclair Hoquiam Eno River UU congregations Athol Restoration, UU Anchorage California North Palm Beach Alabama Delaware Morristown Lacey Maryland Fellowship contributed a Attleboro Orange Oregon Sunnyvale Pensacola Auburn Wilmington Port Townsend Arizona Bethesda Greenville total of $5,000 Billerica Ashland Illinois Huntsville Plainfield Richland Green Valley Cedar Lane UU Church Hillsborough Connecticut Florida Boston Astoria or more to Ridgewood Tacoma Surprise Camp Springs Raleigh *Membership awards are calculated by comparing the number of UUSC Norwich Alton Tuscaloosa Belleview Corvallis UUSC’s work De Kalb Arlington Street Church New Mexico Vashon Arkansas Columbia memberships during the fiscal year with the church size as reported by Alaska Bradenton Bridgewater North Bend Ohio for justice. Florida Albuquerque Woodinville Fayetteville Cumberland the UUA for that fiscal year. These lists cover the period July 1, 2006- Maine Anchorage Jacksonville Brookline Portland Berea Port Charlotte Albuquerque UU Hot Springs Village Salisbury Castine Fairbanks Buckman Bridge Canton First Unitarian Church Wisconsin Cincinnati Arizona June 30, 2007. The compilers have carefully reviewed the names that New Jersey Fellowship Massachusetts Chandler Maryland Arizona UU Society Danvers Wy’east UU Appleton California First Unitarian Church are included. However, errors and omissions may have occurred. If your Newton First Unitarian Church Boston Great Mills Chandler Miami Duxbury Congregation Eau Claire Berkeley St. John’s Unitarian California congregation has been omitted, misspelled, or listed incorrectly, please Las Cruces Community Church Pennsylvania Flagstaff New Smyrna Beach Eastham Roseburg Kenosha Escondido Church Sunnyvale accept our apologies and bring the mistake to our attention. Contact Athens Massachusetts Plantation Los Alamos La Crosse Fresno First Church Columbus Foxborough Glendale Fitchburg Pennsylvania Minnesota Rockledge Rio Rancho Madison La Crescenta Cambridge Lewis Center Volunteer Services, UUSC, 689 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA Texas Medfield Green Valley Hingham Beach Lake Mahtomedi Sarasota Silver City First Unitarian Society Long Beach Duxbury Wooster 02139-3302, e-mail volunteer [email protected], or call 800-766-5236. San Marcos Plymouth Prescott First Parish in Hingham Bethlehem Tampa New York Prairie UU Society Montclair Groton Yellow Springs Texas Westwood Granite Peak UU Old Ship Church Collegeville Washington Tarpon Springs Albany Marshfield Palo Alto Littleton Houston Congregation Kingston Devon Oklahoma Friday Harbor Weymouth Venice Bellport Ripon Nantucket Emerson UU Church Sierra Vista Littleton Erie Redondo Beach Oklahoma City UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SERVICE COMMITTEE Wisconsin Missouri West Melbourne Big Flats North Andover
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