This page ncludes the sermons associated with the 50th Anniversary of PBUUC and the 20th Anniversary of Rev. Barbara Wells ten Hove's ordination.
The following four services were in celebration of the 50th anniversary of PBUUC's first service on October 17, 1954. Orders of Service and scripts for the entire service are included, in addition to the sermon itself.
The Liberal Church in a Fundamentalist World, by Rev. William Sinkford, President of the Unitarian Universalist Association (November 7, 2004) Note: Rev. Sinkford's sermon will be added later after being transcribed from audiotape
Wrestling Less with Angels Than with Prophets, by Jaco ten Hove (October 31, 2004)
Founders Day Service (October 24, 2004)
The Art and Spirit of Paint Branch (October 17, 2004)
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Our co-minister Barbara Wells ten Hove was ordained as a Unitarian Universalist minister on October 27, 1985. PBUUC celebrated her journey through the two services below and a visit to PBUUC from two of her mentors at Meadville-Lombard Theological School, the UU seminary located at the University of Chicago.
Part 2: 21st Century Religious Leadership, by Jaco B. ten Hove, co-minister, with guest ministers from Chicago: Revs. Neil Gerdes and John Tolley (October 30, 2005)
Part 1: A Living Web - 20 Years of Ministry, by Barbara W. ten Hove, co-minister (October 23, 2005)
Paint Branch Unitarian Universalist Church was founded on October 17, 1954, in College Park. We celebrate this founding in a worship service each October. The 50th Anniversary in 2004 was exceptional in that we had a month of celebrations; other Founders' Day sermons are listed below.
Trusting the Voyage: Images of Quest and Hope, by the Rev. Richard W. Kelley (October 22, 2006)
Time is Personified in Us by Jaco B. ten Hove (October 19, 2003)
A Pecan Tree Legacy: Faith in the Future by Rev. Richard Kelley, PBUUC minister emeritus (October 20, 2002)
Legacies of Prophetic Leadership by Barbara Wells and Jaco B. ten Hove (October 22, 2000)
Historical Visions: On the Occasion of Paint Branch UU Church's 45th Anniversary by Jaco B. ten Hove (October 17, 1999)
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