UUSC gives thanks to the Honor Congregations of 2008

Membership Awards These awards recognize congregations whose members support human rights and social justice through exemplary levels of UUSC membership.

Spirit of Vision of Wisconsin Loveland Portland Keene Erie Woodruff Pueblo The First Parish Manchester Indiana Justice Banner Justice Banner Creating Connecticut in Portland Milford Philadelphia Societies Societies Danbury Waterville Peterborough UU Church of the Justice Banner Tamworth Restoration Honors Honors Madison Maryland Societies Manchester Camp Springs New Jersey Pittsburgh congregations in congregations New Haven Churchville Absecon Allegheny UU Church which 100 percent in which 50 to Honors New London Columbia Branchburg UU Church of the of congregants are 74 percent of congregations Stamford Cumberland Montclair South Hills UUSC members. congregants are in which 25 to Westport Hagerstown Morristown Smithton Lutherville State College UUSC members. 49 percent of Delaware Orange Florida congregants are Wilmington Plainfield Cocoa Andover Ridgewood Rhode Island Alaska UUSC members. Florida UU Congregation Juneau Bradenton Athol New Mexico Providence of Cocoa Arizona Alabama Deland Attleboro Albuquerque Church of the Mediator Vero Beach Sierra Vista Auburn Gainesville Billerica Albuquerque UU South Carolina UU Fellowship of Tucson Fairhope Lecanto Danvers Fellowship Port Royal Vero Beach Inc. UU Congregation Alaska Miami Duxbury First Unitarian Church Bluffton Hawaii of NW Tucson Anchorage Jacksonville Eastham Las Cruces Tennessee Kea’au Arkansas Fairbanks Buckman Bridge Gardner Rio Rancho Cookeville UU Fellowship of Puna Hot Springs Village Arizona UU Society Groton Silver City Memphis Maryland California Chandler Pensacola Hingham New York Peter Cooper UU Great Mills Auburn Glendale Plantation First Parish in Hingham Albany Fellowship UU Fellowship of Berkeley Green Valley Rockledge Old Ship Church Big Flats Nashville Southern Maryland Fullerton Prescott Sarasota Second Parish UU Bridgehampton Greater Nashville in Hingham Grass Valley Prescott UU Fellowship Tampa Canandaigua UU Congregation Hudson Beacon of San Rafael Granite Peak UU Tarpon Springs Central Square Texas Kingston Visalia Congregation Venice Flushing Amarillo Justice Banner Littleton Colorado Surprise West Melbourne Fredonia Denton Melrose Societies Greeley Yuma Georgia Hastings-on-Hudson Houston Middleboro Jamesport Unitarian Fellowship Honors Connecticut Arkansas Atlanta Newton Jamestown of Houston Brooklyn Eureka Springs First Existentialist congregations North Andover Kingston Kerrville Meriden Fayetteville Congregation of Atlanta in which 75 to North Easton Manhasset UU Church of the Norwich California Brunswick Norwell Mohegan Lake Hill Country 99 percent of Storrs Anaheim UU of Coastal Georgia Marietta First Parish Church Oneonta Longview congregants are Florida Aptos Emerson UU Queensbury Midland Brooksville Bakersfield UUSC members. Petersham Syracuse San Antonio Bayside Congregation Lakeland Pittsfield Community UU Church Alaska Canoga Park Sandy Springs May Memorial Illinois Quincy Tyler Seward Carmel Statesboro UU Society DeKalb Rockport Williamsville Victoria Arkansas Chico Valdosta Indiana Sherborn Waco Jonesboro Costa Mesa Hawaii North Carolina Columbus Stow Vermont California Fremont Honolulu Black Mountain Massachusetts Sudbury Bennington Redondo Beach Grass Valley Idaho Brevard Bridgewater Swampscott Brattleboro Whittier Hayward Boise Hillsborough Medfield Watertown Morehead City Chester Florida La Crescenta Coeur D’ Alene Plymouth West Roxbury Middlebury North Palm Beach Laguna Beach Pocatello North Dakota Weymouth Westwood Norwich Port Charlotte Livermore Kimberly Bismarck Missouri Michigan Rutland Los Angeles Illinois Fargo New Jersey Rolla Ann Arbor South Strafford Los Gatos Alton Ohio Newton First UU Congregation Springfield New Jersey Napa Carbondale Berea New York Brighton Paramus North Hills Deerfield Cincinnati Virgin Islands Muttontown Detroit New Mexico Newhall Palatine First Unitarian Church Frederiksted Oregon Farmington Hills Los Alamos Palo Alto Springfield Dayton Virginia West Linn Houghton New York Pasadena Sycamore Delaware Glen Allen Pennsylvania Marquette Hamburg Throop UU Church Indiana Fairlawn Harrisonburg Athens Mount Pleasant North Carolina Petaluma Danville Findlay Lynchburg Muskegon Texas Franklin Rancho Mirage Evansville Lewis Center Williamsburg Brownsville Portage Ohio Rancho Palos Verdes Hobart New Madison Washington New Braunfels Rochester Athens Sacramento Iowa Oberlin Bellingham San Marcos Troy Bellaire UU Community Church Cedar Falls Toledo Blaine Washington Minnesota Oklahoma San Francisco Cedar Rapids Warren Kirkland Ellensburg Bloomington Tulsa San Jacinto Clinton Wooster Marysville Brainerd Friday Harbor San Luis Obispo Davenport Oklahoma Richland Church of Restoration UU Fridley Wisconsin San Mateo Iowa City Lawton Tacoma Oregon Hanska Milwaukee Studio City Mason City Oregon Vashon Astoria Mahtomedi Unitarian Fellowship Sunnyvale Ashland Woodinville Pennsylvania Kentucky Wayzata of Milwaukee Ventura Bowling Green Bend West Virginia Stroudsburg Missouri FRANCE (Paris) Vista Louisville Florence Beckley West Chester Ellisville UU Fellowship of Paris Walnut Creek Thomas Jefferson North Bend Wisconsin Texas Jefferson City Colorado Unitarian Church Portland Appleton Abilene Montana Boulder Maine First Unitarian Church Eau Claire Austin Kalispell UU Church of Boulder Bangor Wy’east UU Congregation Kenosha UU Fellowship of Austin Missoula Lufkin Colorado Springs Brunswick Roseburg Madison Nevada Virginia All Souls UU Church Castine Pennsylvania Prairie UU Society Denver Reno Marshfield Blacksburg Dexter Beach Lake First Unitarian Society New Hampshire Bethlehem Rice Lake Washington Kennebunk Lafayette Andover Collegeville Ripon Hoquiam Norway Durham Devon Congregational Corporate-Giving Awards These awards recognize congregations who demonstrate their strong commitment to justice and human rights through institutional giving.

Helen Fogg Kentucky Wooster Bowling Green Oklahoma Chalice Society Louisville Oklahoma City Honors congregations for their Thomas Jefferson Unitarian Church Oregon generous line-item contribution of Maine Hillsboro a gift from their annual budget of Castine Newport at least $25 per church member. Maryland Pennsylvania Bethesda York We celebrate these UU Maryland River Road UU Congregation South Carolina Great Mills Cedar Lane UU Church Clemson congregations for their exceptional Massachussets Camp Springs Tennessee levels of UUSC membership and Berlin Cumberland Cookeville Eastham Massachusetts Nashville support during our 2008 fiscal Westwood Amherst First UU Church of Nashville New York Belmont Oak Ridge year. The generosity of these Manhasset Boston Tullahoma Community Church of Boston Texas Duxbury congregations and their members James Luther Adams Award El Paso Framingham Houston enables UUSC to continue its Honors congregations for their Harvard Unitarian Fellowship of Houston generous line-item contribution of Hingham Emerson Unitarian Church work advancing human rights a gift from their annual budget of Old Ship Church First Parish in Hingham Plano Kingston at least $1 per church member. San Antonio and social justice in the United Littleton First UU Church of San Antonio Needham Arizona Virginia States and around the world. Prescott Norwell Burke Granite Peak UU Congregation First Parish Church Fredericksburg Reading Surprise Washington Sterling Arkansas Bellingham Watertown Fayetteville Edmonds For more information on how your Wayland Hot Springs Village Marysville Wellesley Hills congregation can play a critical role California Seattle Weston Escondido University Unitarian Church Michigan in supporting the work of UUSC, Fresno Spokane Ann Arbor Fullerton Wisconsin Ann Arbor Unitarian Fellowship contact Rachel Jordan at 800-766- Modesto Madison Montclair Flint 5236 or [email protected], Midland First Unitarian Society Palo Alto Milwaukee Minnesota Redondo Beach First Unitarian Society of Milwaukee or visit our website at www.uusc.org. San Francisco Mankato Sister Bay Saint Cloud San Jacinto FRANCE (Paris) Willmar San Luis Obispo UU Fellowship of Paris Membership awards are calculated by comparing the number of San Mateo Winona UUSC memberships during the fiscal year with the church size Studio City Nevada as reported by the UUA for that fiscal year. These lists cover Reno Guest At Ventura the period July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2008. The compilers have Colorado New Hampshire Your Table Golden Milford carefully reviewed the names that are included. However, errors Grand Junction New Jersey Special and omissions may have occurred. If your congregation has Loveland Titusville Recognition been omitted, misspelled, or listed incorrectly, please accept Pagosa Springs New York Honors congregations whose our apologies and bring the mistake to our attention. Contact Connecticut Fredonia members gave a total of Volunteer Services, UUSC, 689 Massachusetts Avenue, Hamden Huntington $5,000 or more to UUSC Cambridge, MA 02139-3302, e-mail volunteerservices@uusc. Hartford New York org, or call 800-766-5236. Westport Community Church of New York through Guest at Your Table. Unitarian Church of All Souls Florida Colorado Oneonta Boca Raton Golden Clearwater Rochester Florida Gainesville First Unitarian Church Vero Beach Naples Schenectady Georgia Plantation Syracuse Atlanta Sarasota May Memorial UU Society Tampa North Carolina UU Congregation of Atlanta Vero Beach Durham Minnesota Mahtomedi Illinois Eno River UU Fellowship Alton Raleigh Wisconsin Palatine UU Fellowship of Raleigh Appleton Milwaukee Iowa North Dakota First Unitarian Society of Milwaukee Davenport Bismark Des Moines Ohio Kansas Berea Lawrence Cincinnati Manhattan First Unitarian Church Columbus Lewis Center UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SERVICE COMMITTEE www.uusc.org