Thanks to all who attended the 2023 Universalist Convocation. This page has been retained as a sample.
Please plan to join us on May 19 – 21, 2023 for the Universalist Convocation that will be held at the Unitarian Universalists of Mt. Airy congregation in Philadelphia, PA
Theme
Telling Our Stories. . . 200 Years of Universalist History
Below is the program for the Universalist Convocation.
Friday, May 19
| Time | Event |
| 3:00 – 6:00 pm | Check-in (Additional check-in on Saturday morning) |
| 5:30 – 6:30 | Reception with the speakers Social Time / Wine, Soda, Snacks |
| 6:30 | Dinner on your own |
Saturday, May 20
| Time | Event |
| 8:30 – 9:15 am | Check-in Social Time Coffee/Tea, Muffins |
| 9:30 – 9:45 | Welcome comments; President Universalist Convocation, Minister of UUs of Mt. Airy |
| 9:45 – 10:45 | Workshop 1: UUs of Mt. Airy History: Restoration’s First 200 Years and Beyond |
| 10:45 – 11:00 | Break |
| 11:00 – 12:15 | Keynote Workshop 2: Dr. Dan McKanan, From Moral Injury to Reparations: What’s Love Got to Do with it?. Dan is the Ralph Waldo Emerson Unitarian Universalist Senior Lecturer at Harvard Divinity School. |
| 12:15 – 1:15 | Lunch provided on-site (included in registration) |
| 1:15 – 1:30 | Group Photo |
| 1:30 – 2:45 | Workshop 3: Conversations with authors: Kathy Baxter and Reggie Harris.
Kathy Baxter, author and UUs of Mt Airy member wrote “In the Shadow of the Hanging Tree,” a memoir reading and discussion. Reggie Harris will read and discuss a memoir about his life as a Black man and musician in the US. Facilitated by UUs of Mt. Airy member Linda Hansell, co-author of Reggie’s memoir.
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| 2:45 – 3:00 | Break |
| 3:00 – 3:40 | Universalist Convocation Business Meeting (all are invited to attend) |
| 3:40 – 4:00 | David Damico, Editor of the Universalist Herald. The Oldest Continuously Published Liberal Religious Periodical in North America |
| 4:00 – 5:00 | Film: Neighbor Ladies. Documentary |
| 5:00 – 6:00 | Social Time / Wine, Soda, and Snacks in Fellowship Hall |
| 6:00 | Bicentennial Birthday Dinner (on-site). Tickets are separate from Registration. Buy in advance or at the door. |
| 7:30 | Reggie Harris Folk Factory Concert. Included with Bicentennial Birthday Dinner. |
Sunday, May 21
| Time | Event |
| 10:00 – 11:00 am | Welcome. Coffee/Tea and snacks |
| 11:00 – 12:15 | Worship Service, Rev. McKinley Sims. Music: Reggie Harris |
| 12:15 – 1:00 | Coffee Hour provided by members of UUs of Mt. Airy Bicentennial Celebration cake. All are welcomed. |
