Why first unitarian church

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Powered by. Badges Report an Issue Terms of Service. Path to Membership Leadership Library. The main reason I started coming to the city in the first place was to go to shows here, and then I experienced the city from that. Hollander has attended around shows at the venue, and said that the best part about it is how little he believes it has changed fundamentally, even as more than a decade has passed.

Some are optimistic about the future of the church as a music venue, while others reminiscence on the spot and its influence. Spraynard performed at the First Unitarian Church several times, and recently performed its reunion show at the spot this past May.

Kerri Ann Raimo can be reached kerriann. Expand your horizons this week, and check out some of these upcoming events in Philadelphia. According to Frey, at the turn of the century, the Unitarian beliefs began to shift.

Every human being is divine. We all have a spark of divinity within. The congregation now includes individuals with a wide array of beliefs and lifestyles.

At a Sunday service, a collection of atheists and theists gathered around to hear a sermon on the meaning of compassion. In addition to embracing different religious viewpoints, the church has long held progressive beliefs on homosexuality. Maybe more. And it kind of flows together nicely. Many members of the congregation, including Reverend Ama Kraba, are former Catholics. She began to feel alienated from some of the more exclusionary principles of Catholicism and sought out a religion that was rooted more in acceptance.

So I got very uncomfortable being in that faith system and I started to look for something else.