Boy in the Bands
Looked through the congregations marked “emerging” at UUA.org yesterday and noted a couple of newcomers since May 2011, the last time I made such a review. Note: some emerging congregations may have gone defunt, but I haven’t looked for these. And it can be hard to tell as directory listings can last longer than the congregations lived.
I’ve included websites where known.
Unitarian Fellowship of Marshalltown
District listing page: http://www.psduua.org/Congregations/IAMarshalltown
Marshalltown, IA 50158-2844
Church ID: 553236UUs in Covenant
Website: www.uucovenant.org
Greensboro, NC 27401-2188
Church ID: 550224Olean UU Community
Website: www.oleanuu.org
Olean, NY 14760-9701
Church ID: 536153not necessarily new; had been listed at the district site previously
Tree of Life: A UU Congregation
Website: www.tlcuu.org
Dayton, OH 45404-1549
Church ID: 556970Schuylkill UU’s
No site, but a hopeful sign
Cressona, PA 17929-1339
Church ID: 557747West Fork UU’s
Website: wfuu.wordpress.com/
Clarksburg, WV 26301-4041
Church ID: 554314I had written about this one before.
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Marshalltown is interesting. I believe the town has a defunct Universalist church building, owned by the public park system (maintained as a local history museum).
Tree of Life Congregation is being sponsored for UUA membership by the First Universalist Church of New Madison, OH. Some of Tree of Life’s core start-up members lived on Dayton’s north-side, had been visiting New Madison, and decided against the lengthy drive into the rural coutryside.
There is a new UU congregation in Kinston, NC (there was an Universalist Church in Kinston up to the 1970s or so).
http://www.gpuu.org/index.php