Comments on: These are the emerging congregations

By: Patrick McLaughlin

Patrick McLaughlin — Fri, 16 May 2008 07:47:13 +0000

Well, FWIW, I know that congregation calls itself UU and is being/has been actively supported by the ministers of at least three congregation that are its closest neighbors (Riverside, Chalice and Palomar)–and, come to think of it, I know that the District or UUA — I think the UUA, but could be wrong — provided a technology grant to get them some AV equipment. It’d be mighty ironic if people are actively skirting their own data capture for some reason….

By: Scott Wells

Scott Wells — Sat, 10 May 2008 13:54:57 +0000

@Steven. You’re right. It’s listed under its former name Epiphany Church. The organizing minister is Ron Robinson, who is also the executive director of the Unitarian Universalist Christian Fellowship.

@Patrick and Derek. I’m using the UUA directory online as the definition. There are a number of congregations — none particularly large I think — that have some relationship to a district, particularly in the Pacific district and in Maine. (Hilo, Hawaii and Orono, Maine come to mind.) They’re almost “independent affiliate congregations” and deserve their own data layer and map. So I’ll research your suggestions before finding the right map to put them in. They might also be “emerging emerging” congregations and the online data is old. Who knows.

@Patrick. What’s with the Pacific northwest indeed?! I would love to have a district data overlay. I suspect that’s really the question. . . .

@all. I think I may be making my point about (1) visualizations and (2) distributed work.

By: StevenR

StevenR — Sat, 10 May 2008 12:42:42 +0000

At least one of these congregations, Epiphany Church, Tulsa OK has a new name
Living Room - http://www.livingroomchurch.net/ and is right outside Tulsa. Assuming that I recalling it correctly

By: Derek

Derek — Sat, 10 May 2008 10:44:38 +0000

Scott - You can add another emerging congregation to your list. New Hope Congregation in New Hudson, Michigan. See http://www.newhopeuu.org/ . I believe they broke off the congregation in Brighton, Michigan following a congregational conflict. Brighton’s former minister is New Hope’s minister.

-Derek

By: Patrick McLaughlin

Patrick McLaughlin — Sat, 10 May 2008 07:47:06 +0000

Uh… here’s that URL:
http://tvuuc.netrootz.com/webpages/viewweb_page.asp?group=194&page=219

[Here’s another version of the same URL, through a forwarder: http://tinyurl.com/46k7dm — SW]

By: Patrick McLaughlin

Patrick McLaughlin — Sat, 10 May 2008 07:46:29 +0000

Here’s one that’s in CA that is, I think, still “emerging” (what’s the definition?).

What’s with the whole Pacific NW?

By: Scott Wells

Scott Wells — Sat, 10 May 2008 04:14:47 +0000

Ugh. That’s the second congregation in Summerville to fail. I’ve noted the disbandment and distinguished it by making the pushpin purple.

Thanks for checking that.

By: Derek

Derek — Sat, 10 May 2008 02:26:21 +0000

Scott - Your map/list included All Souls Parish in Summerville, SC. According to their webpage, they disbanded in January 2008. — Derek