To view this service, click here. —————————————————- On Sunday February 11, historian Jennifer Lavery returns to the pulpit to read a Valentine’s letter of appreciation for the Unitarians and Quakers from First Unitarian Church who bravely confronted the slave power in the 19th century. Jen’s letter will highlight The publication of an antislavery newspaper … Continue reading Justice and Equity: History Speaks
This video can be viewed by clicking HERE. Jennifer Lavery, co-writer of the First Unitarian’s 175th anniversary history, returns to the pulpit and the slide projector for the first of two sermons on the activist ministry of the Reverend John Healy Heywood and First Unitarian church members from 1840 to 1880. Rev. Heywood inspired … Continue reading Liberating Love: First Unitarian in Louisville 1840-1880
To view this service, click here. ————————————————– This sermon focuses the early years of First Unitarian Church, with a focus on James Freeman Clarke’s experiment in “western living” and his growing discomfort with slavery. James Freeman Clarke was a young Transcendentalist minister when he served First Unitarian in Louisville, 1833 to 1840. After returning to … Continue reading Heritage Service Two -1832-1840: Go West Young Man
To view this service, click here. ———————————————————- Knowing that liberty, justice, and opportunity for all are sometimes lacking in the United States, particularly in former slave states such as Kentucky, the Worship Ministry of our congregation was led to wonder about First Unitarian’s history in race relations and slave holding: “What is our congregation’s history … Continue reading Heritage Service One – 1630-1830: Our Puritan Roots
If you would like to view this service, please contact [email protected]. ===================================== Jen Lavery, M.Div., M.A. is a former member of our church from 1996-2005 and a former staff member, serving as church office administrator from 2001-2003. She taught in the Humanities Division at the University of Louisville for 23 years with specialties in Women’s … Continue reading Singing Out Love with Peter, Paul and Mary
