| All Souls Unitarian Church Historical Chronology |
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Rev. Elmer E. Newbert arrived (served 1903-1905)
First Service held in Hebrew Temple
Preliminary organizational meeting with 13 present
Alabama Street site bought by Horace McKay
Last service at Hebrew Temple
Approved as a Unitarian Church by American Unitarian Association; 30 persons signified intention of joining
Sunday School organized
First board meeting
Women’s Alliance organized
Articles of Association recorded
The Covenant selected
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Unity Club (young people’s group) formed
First annual meeting
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Rev. Newbert resigned
Dr. Frank S.C. Wicks named minister (served 1905-1938)
Dr. Wicks installed
P.R. Pamphlet, “Progress,” published
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Bible and letter to Dr. Wicks received from Edward Everett Hale
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Building committee headed by Hugh McK Landon formed to plan a new building
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Dedication service of Alabama Street church
Trustees received T. C. Steele painting which now hangs in Backus Library
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Church weekly bulletin mentioned in Trustees’ records
Junior Alliance for girls organized
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Laymen’s League organized
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Dr. Wicks received D.D. degree from Meadville Theological Seminary
Sunday night “Get Acquainted Meetings” started
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Discussion group formed by Robert Tracy
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Wednesday evening discussion group formed
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Miss Edith E. Beane became first Director of Religious Education
More Light Guild (women’s evening group) organized
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Channing Club, a young people’s religious union group, organized
First meeting of men’s class sponsored by Laymen’s League
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Indianapolis Unitarian Bulletin appeared as mailable publication
Poetry Club organized
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First All Souls radio broadcast of evening church service
Miss Gladys Wheeler appointed D.R.E.
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Thomas Paine bust unveiled
Elizabethan Club (young women’s alliance) organized; named in honor of Elizabeth Goodnow Wicks
Mrs. Emma Abbott Allen appointed D.R.E.
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“A religious center with a civic circumference” first appeared on front page of church bulletin
Ralph Waldo Emerson bust unveiled
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Women’s Alliance renamed the Jessy Wallin Heywood Alliance
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Jocoseria Club founded
Church Council organized
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Church received bequest from Miss Frances Goodnow for memorial to Mrs. Elizabeth Goodnow Wicks
Elizabeth Goodnow Wicks Chapel dedicated
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Men’s Adult Class became the Discussion Group
Rental library started
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Bequest from J.H. Sennett became nucleus of Endowment Fund
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Birth Control League held organizational meeting at All Souls (later became Planned Parenthood)
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Sunday morning Adult Forum formed
Dr. E. Burdette Backus guest speaker at All Souls during Dr. Wicks’ illness
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Truman LaPierre Hayes became assistant minister; served one year
Rev. Hayes ordained
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Mrs. Fritz Schaefer became D.R.E.
Dr. Wicks resigned
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Triangle Club organized
Dr. Wicks preached last sermon as minister of All Souls
Congregation named Dr. Backus as minister
Trustees explored possibility of producing radio programs
Dr. Backus installed (served 1938-1954)
Mrs. E. Burdette Backus became Director of young people’s group
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The Pattern on the Mountain, Lenten manual by Dr. Backus published by A.U.A.
Second All Souls radio broadcast 10:30 A.M.
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Dr. Backus received D.D. degree from Meadville Theological School
Elizabeth Doeppers Opportunity Shop (fund raising project) started--continued until Jun 1964
Quest Club (young adult group) organized
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Miss Leone Patrick became D.R.E.
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Regular Sunday afternoon radio programs began on station WIRE
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Elizabeth Wright Tripp Memorial Fund established
Young Adult discussion group formed—later called Unitarian Forum
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Mrs. Ernest Jones became D.R.E.
Portrait of Dr. Wicks presented to church by Mr. Frank Shields
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Trustees by unanimous vote accepted Negroes into full church membership
Book of Dr. Backus’ radio sermons, If Thought Be Free, published
Mortgage burning ceremony, indicating that chapel addition debt had been liquidated
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Mrs. Wilma Johnson became D.R.E.
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Board of Trustees enlarged from nine to twelve members
Dr. Backus started Sunday morning Bible study; continued through spring 1951;
complete coverage of the Bible
Channing Club (young adults) formed; active more than 10 years
Literature table established
Dr. Backus’ second volume of radio sermons, The Sheep and the Goats, published
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R.E. Committee presented first of Spring Lecture series
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Dr. Wicks, 82 years old, presented last sermon
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John Hanly Morgan called to be assistant minister
A pamphlet, The Way Called Unitarian, published by Dr. Backus
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Rev. Morgan resigned
The beginning of the church choir
Mrs. Ernest Jones again became D.R.E.
Revised constitution adopted
Dr. Wicks died
Memorial service at All Souls for Dr. Wicks
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All Souls’ fiftieth anniversary celebration
Dr. Backus retired
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Jack Mendelsohn installed as minister (served 1954-1959)
Mrs. Fritz Shaefer again appointed D.R.E.
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Dr. Backus died at his California home
Congregation voted without dissent to proceed with fund drive for new church building
Memorial service for Dr. Backus at church
Indianapolis Memorial Society organized
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Congregation voted to buy “the house next door” for the overcrowded church school
Congregation chose 7.6 acre site on East 56th and Channing Road for the new church
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Mrs. Louise Brannon appointed D.R.E.
Channing Road Field Day at the new church site
Frontiers of Knowledge pulpit series started, Dr. Robert Risk, committee chairman
First Frontiers of Knowledge speaker, Dr. Herman J. Muller, I.U. Zoology prof. and Nobel Prize Winner
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Dorothy Huffman begins 35 years of service as church organist
Official names given to sections of the new church: Frank S.C. Wicks Educational Wing; E. Burdette Backus
Library; Mary S. Boyd Library of the old church became a library for young people
A cooperative preschool was offered facilities at the new church
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Final service at 1453 N. Alabama St. A procession led by Jack Mendelsohn carried historic relics and
symbols to the new church. First coffee hour at the new church
Congregation voted to approve the merger of the A.U.A. and the Universalist Church of America
New church dedicated
Jack Mendelsohn resigns to become minister of
Arlington Street Unitarian Church, Boston, Mass.
The Northeast Cooperative Preschool opens in our new building
Rev. John G. MacKinnon installed (served 1959-1969)
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Dinner discussion groups organized
Fund Raisers organized (became The Group)
Mendelsohn Club (young adults) organized
Memorial service for Mrs. F.S.C. Wicks (Katherine Gibson)
Congregation voted against merger of A.U.A. and Universalist Church of America reversing the
affirmative vote of April 1959
Board approved organization of a local chapter of Unitarian Fellowship for Social Justice
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A.U.A. and Universalist Church of America merged forming UUA— All Souls became member congregation
Book Review Group organized by Jessy Wallin Heywood Alliance
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Mrs. Marjorie Leaming appointed D.R.E.
The Southside Fellowship chartered by Unitarian Universalist Association; active only a short time
Board granted church member James R. Wentz a Pearl Mock scholarship to Meadville Theological
School
Holtkamp pipe organ installed
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U.U.F.S.J. gave overnight lodging and meals at the church to a busload of 41 delegates enroute to and from
the Freedom March in Washington, D.C.
Congregation approved joining proposed OVUUD
Laymen’s League held its last meeting
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Double sessions began on Sunday morning because of overcrowded church school
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Mrs. Robert J. Mekeel appointed interim D.R.E.
First Fine Arts Festival (Channing Fair)
Mrs. Jeanne Vogt appointed D.R.E.
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Foreign Policy Discussion Group approved by the Council and Board
James Wentz, Pearl Mock Scholarship recipient, ordained
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Church loaned $500 from Endowment Fund to a Montgomery, Alabama fellowship for their building program
First meeting of the Singles Club
U.U.F.S.J. joined HOME (Housing Opportunity Multiplied Ecumenically), a corporation formed to provide
low-cost housing
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Board voted to join HOME
UU State Legislative Conference held at All Souls
Book The MacKinnon Years published
All Souls began participation in I.I.C.H.E. (Indianapolis Interreligious Commission on Human Equality)
U.U. F.S.J. paid annual $85 assessment.
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John MacKinnon retired
Rev. Paul H. Beattie became minister
Rev. W. Alexander McEachern appointed D.R.E.
Paul Beattie installed (served 1969-1982)
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Junior Triangle Club became the Trapezoid Club
Couples Club organized
All Souls hosted Ohio Valley Fellowship of Liberal Religious Youth Spring Conference
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Circle Unitarian Universalist Fellowship formed
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Annual meeting of the Fellowship of Religious Humanists held at All Souls
The Chalice Children (a high school group) organized
Men’s luncheon group formed
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Began Sunday morning radio broadcasts by Paul Beattie
The Ohio Valley Unitarian Universalist Women’s Spring Conference held at All Souls
The Helen Heywood Lewis Endowment Fund for support of the Backus Library established by the
Heywood family
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All Souls member James W. Barnhart elected to the UUA board
The Touchstone, monthly church newsletter, first issued
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Single Sunday morning service resumed
F. Craig Coleman ordained
Paul Beattie began sabbatical for study and ministry at Meadville Theological School; John MacKinnon
became interim minister
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Mary Branson became interim D.R.E.
Mrs. Judy Barker appointed D.R.E.
First annual all-church retreat at McCormicks Creek State Park sponsored by Religious Education Comm.
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Radio programs discontinued
Mrs. Diane Neuhauser, Christian Theological Seminary student, became intern minister
The Marrieds organized
Paul Beattie elected president of Fellowship of Religious Humanists
75th Anniversary Committee formed; Mrs. Mary Branson became chairperson
The Group sponsored a blood draw— established All Souls as a Blood Club
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The John G. MacKinnon Scholarship Fund established by the Endowment Committee
At a special meeting the congregation voted to support the continued tenure of Paul Beattie as minister
First recognition service for 50 year and 25 year members
75th anniversary celebrated at a congregational dinner, Rev. Paul N. Carnes, UUA President, the featured
speaker
George Newton resigned after 18 years as Director of Music
Mary Branson appointed D.R.E.
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First meeting of UUI (Unitarian Universalist Church of Indianapolis)
A butternut wood sculpture by Adolfo Doddoli, commissioned by the Fine Arts Committee, unveiled in the
foyer
Last meeting of the More Light Guild
Extended Church School and Adult Meeting held on Sunday morning. The adult meeting became Adult
Forum.
First Thanksgiving Family Bread Service
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First Annual Chili Supper, sponsored by the Religious Education Department
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Our church and minister featured in the April issue of Indianapolis Magazine in an article by Jan Peterson
Paul Beattie announced his intention to resign from All Souls effective August 31, 1982
Mother’s Day Out Program began
Annual conference of Fellowship of Religious Humanists held at All Souls
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Reception for Paul and Lucinda Beattie on the day of his last sermon as minister of All Souls
The Trapezoid Room renamed the Beattie Room
Fred Campbell became interim minister—served two years
Flaming Chalice award presented by the Ohio Valley UU District to Alvaretta Stoddard, who started the
Ohio Valley District in the 1920s
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Memorial Service for Minister Emeritus John G. MacKinnon held at All Souls
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Congregation voted to call Rev. W. Edward Harris as its minister
Establishment of Memorial Garden approved by the Board
Rev. Shermie Shafer ordained
W. Edward Harris conducted his first service as new minister (served 1984-1992)
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Jun 19 First meeting of Women’s Evening Network
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Mary Branson resigned as D.R.E.
Mary Glaeser became intern minister and interim D.R.E.
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Mary Glaeser ordained
Marilyn Johnson became interim D.R.E.
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Richard Ruach became intern minister
Kathy Cody and Raymonde Howell became interim Co-Directors of Religious Education Program
John Morehouse became intern minister
The fire department was called to the church when the boiler went dry, overheated, and melted down
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At a special meeting the congregation voted to borrow up to $150,000 to rebuild the heating system
Housing Project Committee met for the first time—became Housing Helpers
A memorial service for former All Souls minister Paul Beattie was held at All Souls
Teresa Terrill became intern minister
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Nancy Renner Kennedy became D.R.E.
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All Souls Children introduce first Indiana Earth Day Celebration with a song
First Board of Trustees Retreat held at Benedictine Center
Vann Knight became intern minister
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Ed Harris announced his intention to resign effective August 31, 1992
All Souls youth began a tradition of signing the opening music for Indianapolis Earth Day
Vann Knight ordained
Ed Harris’ last sermon as minister of All Souls; Congregation designated him “Minister Emeritus”
Coffee Hour became “Family Social Hour”
Larry McGinty became interim minister
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Heating system indebtedness retired
Congregation named the Rev. Dr. Bruce Clear as minister
Community Outreach Committee organized
Dorothy Huffman resigned as organist after 35 years of service; Congregation designated her “Organist
Emerita”
Bruce Clear became minister of All Souls
All Souls Men’s Group formed
Flood relief gathered for people of Hale, Missouri
Dedication of stained glass sculpture in church foyer— memorial to Elizabeth Gordon Knowles
Bruce Clear installed—UUA President John Buehrens, speaker--(served 1993-present)
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The Sanctuary is renovated
Something For Everyone (supper and interactive discussion) initiated
First church walk for AIDS
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All Souls helps foster a new UU Fellowship in Danville, IN led by the Rev. W. Edward Harris
Formation of Young Adult Group—YAGS
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Jack Mendelsohn returns to All Souls pulpit for the first time in 37 years
The Unitarian Universalist General Assembly held for the first time in Indianapolis; Indianapolis
UU churches served on Steering Committee
The Reverend Larry McGinty died
Dr. Bruce Clear and Nancy Renner are married at church following the Sunday morning service
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The beginning of our association with our partner church in Sepsi St. George, Romania
Bruce and Nancy Clear begin tradition of summer open house
Danville U.U. Community Church of Hendricks County dedicates their new church home
Jesus Metropolitan Community Church begins renting our sanctuary for Sunday night services
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All Souls joins the Interfaith Alliance
The first annual Community Carnival
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The Centennial Celebration Capital Campaign Committee (5 C’s) is formed
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Mother’s Day Out Program renamed Parent’s Day Out
The Heartland UU District is formed from the Ohio Valley and Michigan Districts’ merger
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Adeline Lewis Berentes died. She was the granddaughter of Jessy Wallin Heywood, and hence the last
direct link to the original 13 members
Mother’s Day Youth Service began
All Souls holds two candlelight memorial services following the terrorist attacks
Partner Church Committee raised funds to send Bruce and Nancy Renner Clear to the dedication of the
Partner Church in Romania
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The Second Century Task Force is formed
The Jesus Metropolitan Community Church moves from All Souls to its own building
All Souls is prominently featured in the Community of Faith section in The Indianapolis Star
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Our 100th Anniversary birthday celebration held at the Murat theater downtown
A special Centennial Year Celebration featuring UUA Executive Vice President Kay Montgomery,
former minister Jack Mendelsohn, Minister Emeritus W. Edward Harris was held. Following a luncheon, the
congregation toured the Alabama Street church
The Jessy Wallin Heywood Alliance celebrates 100 continuous years as an All Souls organization
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Minister Emeritus Ed Harris publishes Miracle In Birmingham, about his involvement in the Civil Rights
Movement
Formation of the women's group, Search for the Goddess
William Elliott (author of A Place at the Table and Tying Rocks to Clouds) speaks at the Sunday service
Mayor Bart Petersen speaks at the Sunday service
Church youth raise $1,000 for the Crop Walk campaign
Jigme Norbu, nephew of the Dalai Lama, speaks at the church
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Church member Ken Kern is awarded the coveted Sagamore of the Wabash by the Governor
The Capital Campaign to restore and upgrade the building, with a goal of raising 1.25 million dollars,
is kicked off with a dinner/dance party at the Murat Theater
The board appoints a Building Renovation Committee to oversee the work on the building restoration
The Partner Church Committee raises funds to support college students for our partner church in
Sepsiszentgyorgyi, Romania
Mayor Bart Petersen speaks at a summer services program
Good Shepherd Missionary Baptist Church begins services at All Souls
To date, more than 1.1 million dollars has been raised for the building project
The Frontiers of Knowledge speakers program presents Pulitzer Prize winning science writer and scholar
Douglas Hofstadter
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The Small Groups program is launched, connecting members with common interests
The Capital Campaign reaches $485,000 in donations
The church begins the Welcoming Congregation process with the goal of being recognized by UUA as a
welcoming congregation for GLBT people
The church celebrates the 15th year our youth has opened Indianapolis Earth Day festivities
The Indianapolis Star features All Souls in its "Faith and Values" section
Ground-breaking ceremony for the building restoration is held after the Sunday service
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The Community Outreach Committee donates 700 books to school IPS-106
The Welcoming Congregation Committee continues our path to WC status with a program presented by
PFLAG (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays)
Tuskegee Airman and Congressional Gold Medal Winner Walter Palmer discusses his WWII flying experiences
with the Jessy Wallin Heywood Alliance
The congregation celebrates the completion of the renovation project
The Partner Church Committee raises $3000 for student scholarships and building renovations for our partner
church in Sepsi St. George, Romania
The Honorable Andy Jacobs, fomer U.S. Congressman, speaks at All Souls on Father's Day
The church Council appoints a task force charged with redesigning and refurbishing the landscape and grounds
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The Choir presents the Vivaldi Gloria
Noted author-scientist, Dr. Douglas Hofstadter, Professor of Cognitive Science and Computer Science at Indiana
University, presents the “Blurry Glow of Human Identity.”
The UUA designates All Souls as a “Welcoming Congregation”
The church enjoys the All Souls Service Auction, with auctioneer Dick Woolfsie
The Choir presents a “War and Peace” concert featuring Dona Nobis Pacem by Ralphy Vaughan Williams
The All Souls Green Task Force is authorized by the Board and Council to pursue Green Sanctuary accreditation
from the UUA
Rev. Elmer E. Newbert arrived (served 1903-1905)
First Service held in Hebrew Temple
Preliminary organizational meeting with 13 present
Alabama Street site bought by Horace McKay
Last service at Hebrew Temple
Approved as a Unitarian Church by American Unitarian Association; 30 persons signified intention of joining
Sunday School organized
First board meeting
Women’s Alliance organized
Articles of Association recorded
The Covenant selected
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Unity Club (young people’s group) formed
First annual meeting
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Rev. Newbert resigned
Dr. Frank S.C. Wicks named minister (served 1905-1938)
Dr. Wicks installed
P.R. Pamphlet, “Progress,” published
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Bible and letter to Dr. Wicks received from Edward Everett Hale
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Building committee headed by Hugh McK Landon formed to plan a new building
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Dedication service of Alabama Street church
Trustees received T. C. Steele painting which now hangs in Backus Library
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Church weekly bulletin mentioned in Trustees’ records
Junior Alliance for girls organized
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Laymen’s League organized
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Dr. Wicks received D.D. degree from Meadville Theological Seminary
Sunday night “Get Acquainted Meetings” started
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Discussion group formed by Robert Tracy
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Wednesday evening discussion group formed
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Miss Edith E. Beane became first Director of Religious Education
More Light Guild (women’s evening group) organized
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Channing Club, a young people’s religious union group, organized
First meeting of men’s class sponsored by Laymen’s League
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Indianapolis Unitarian Bulletin appeared as mailable publication
Poetry Club organized
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First All Souls radio broadcast of evening church service
Miss Gladys Wheeler appointed D.R.E.
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Thomas Paine bust unveiled
Elizabethan Club (young women’s alliance) organized; named in honor of Elizabeth Goodnow Wicks
Mrs. Emma Abbott Allen appointed D.R.E.
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“A religious center with a civic circumference” first appeared on front page of church bulletin
Ralph Waldo Emerson bust unveiled
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Women’s Alliance renamed the Jessy Wallin Heywood Alliance
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Jocoseria Club founded
Church Council organized
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Church received bequest from Miss Frances Goodnow for memorial to Mrs. Elizabeth Goodnow Wicks
Elizabeth Goodnow Wicks Chapel dedicated
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Men’s Adult Class became the Discussion Group
Rental library started
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Bequest from J.H. Sennett became nucleus of Endowment Fund
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Birth Control League held organizational meeting at All Souls (later became Planned Parenthood)
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Sunday morning Adult Forum formed
Dr. E. Burdette Backus guest speaker at All Souls during Dr. Wicks’ illness
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Truman LaPierre Hayes became assistant minister; served one year
Rev. Hayes ordained
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Mrs. Fritz Schaefer became D.R.E.
Dr. Wicks resigned
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Triangle Club organized
Dr. Wicks preached last sermon as minister of All Souls
Congregation named Dr. Backus as minister
Trustees explored possibility of producing radio programs
Dr. Backus installed (served 1938-1954)
Mrs. E. Burdette Backus became Director of young people’s group
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The Pattern on the Mountain, Lenten manual by Dr. Backus published by A.U.A.
Second All Souls radio broadcast 10:30 A.M.
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Dr. Backus received D.D. degree from Meadville Theological School
Elizabeth Doeppers Opportunity Shop (fund raising project) started--continued until Jun 1964
Quest Club (young adult group) organized
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Miss Leone Patrick became D.R.E.
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Regular Sunday afternoon radio programs began on station WIRE
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Elizabeth Wright Tripp Memorial Fund established
Young Adult discussion group formed—later called Unitarian Forum
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Mrs. Ernest Jones became D.R.E.
Portrait of Dr. Wicks presented to church by Mr. Frank Shields
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Trustees by unanimous vote accepted Negroes into full church membership
Book of Dr. Backus’ radio sermons, If Thought Be Free, published
Mortgage burning ceremony, indicating that chapel addition debt had been liquidated
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Mrs. Wilma Johnson became D.R.E.
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Board of Trustees enlarged from nine to twelve members
Dr. Backus started Sunday morning Bible study; continued through spring 1951;
complete coverage of the Bible
Channing Club (young adults) formed; active more than 10 years
Literature table established
Dr. Backus’ second volume of radio sermons, The Sheep and the Goats, published
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R.E. Committee presented first of Spring Lecture series
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Dr. Wicks, 82 years old, presented last sermon
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John Hanly Morgan called to be assistant minister
A pamphlet, The Way Called Unitarian, published by Dr. Backus
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Rev. Morgan resigned
The beginning of the church choir
Mrs. Ernest Jones again became D.R.E.
Revised constitution adopted
Dr. Wicks died
Memorial service at All Souls for Dr. Wicks
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All Souls’ fiftieth anniversary celebration
Dr. Backus retired
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Jack Mendelsohn installed as minister (served 1954-1959)
Mrs. Fritz Shaefer again appointed D.R.E.
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Dr. Backus died at his California home
Congregation voted without dissent to proceed with fund drive for new church building
Memorial service for Dr. Backus at church
Indianapolis Memorial Society organized
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Congregation voted to buy “the house next door” for the overcrowded church school
Congregation chose 7.6 acre site on East 56th and Channing Road for the new church
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Mrs. Louise Brannon appointed D.R.E.
Channing Road Field Day at the new church site
Frontiers of Knowledge pulpit series started, Dr. Robert Risk, committee chairman
First Frontiers of Knowledge speaker, Dr. Herman J. Muller, I.U. Zoology prof. and Nobel Prize Winner
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Dorothy Huffman begins 35 years of service as church organist
Official names given to sections of the new church: Frank S.C. Wicks Educational Wing; E. Burdette Backus
Library; Mary S. Boyd Library of the old church became a library for young people
A cooperative preschool was offered facilities at the new church
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Final service at 1453 N. Alabama St. A procession led by Jack Mendelsohn carried historic relics and
symbols to the new church. First coffee hour at the new church
Congregation voted to approve the merger of the A.U.A. and the Universalist Church of America
New church dedicated
Jack Mendelsohn resigns to become minister of
Arlington Street Unitarian Church, Boston, Mass.
The Northeast Cooperative Preschool opens in our new building
Rev. John G. MacKinnon installed (served 1959-1969)
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Dinner discussion groups organized
Fund Raisers organized (became The Group)
Mendelsohn Club (young adults) organized
Memorial service for Mrs. F.S.C. Wicks (Katherine Gibson)
Congregation voted against merger of A.U.A. and Universalist Church of America reversing the
affirmative vote of April 1959
Board approved organization of a local chapter of Unitarian Fellowship for Social Justice
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A.U.A. and Universalist Church of America merged forming UUA— All Souls became member congregation
Book Review Group organized by Jessy Wallin Heywood Alliance
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Mrs. Marjorie Leaming appointed D.R.E.
The Southside Fellowship chartered by Unitarian Universalist Association; active only a short time
Board granted church member James R. Wentz a Pearl Mock scholarship to Meadville Theological
School
Holtkamp pipe organ installed
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U.U.F.S.J. gave overnight lodging and meals at the church to a busload of 41 delegates enroute to and from
the Freedom March in Washington, D.C.
Congregation approved joining proposed OVUUD
Laymen’s League held its last meeting
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Double sessions began on Sunday morning because of overcrowded church school
*
Mrs. Robert J. Mekeel appointed interim D.R.E.
First Fine Arts Festival (Channing Fair)
Mrs. Jeanne Vogt appointed D.R.E.
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Foreign Policy Discussion Group approved by the Council and Board
James Wentz, Pearl Mock Scholarship recipient, ordained
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Church loaned $500 from Endowment Fund to a Montgomery, Alabama fellowship for their building program
First meeting of the Singles Club
U.U.F.S.J. joined HOME (Housing Opportunity Multiplied Ecumenically), a corporation formed to provide
low-cost housing
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Board voted to join HOME
UU State Legislative Conference held at All Souls
Book The MacKinnon Years published
All Souls began participation in I.I.C.H.E. (Indianapolis Interreligious Commission on Human Equality)
U.U. F.S.J. paid annual $85 assessment.
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John MacKinnon retired
Rev. Paul H. Beattie became minister
Rev. W. Alexander McEachern appointed D.R.E.
Paul Beattie installed (served 1969-1982)
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Junior Triangle Club became the Trapezoid Club
Couples Club organized
All Souls hosted Ohio Valley Fellowship of Liberal Religious Youth Spring Conference
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Circle Unitarian Universalist Fellowship formed
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Annual meeting of the Fellowship of Religious Humanists held at All Souls
The Chalice Children (a high school group) organized
Men’s luncheon group formed
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Began Sunday morning radio broadcasts by Paul Beattie
The Ohio Valley Unitarian Universalist Women’s Spring Conference held at All Souls
The Helen Heywood Lewis Endowment Fund for support of the Backus Library established by the
Heywood family
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All Souls member James W. Barnhart elected to the UUA board
The Touchstone, monthly church newsletter, first issued
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Single Sunday morning service resumed
F. Craig Coleman ordained
Paul Beattie began sabbatical for study and ministry at Meadville Theological School; John MacKinnon
became interim minister
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Mary Branson became interim D.R.E.
Mrs. Judy Barker appointed D.R.E.
First annual all-church retreat at McCormicks Creek State Park sponsored by Religious Education Comm.
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Radio programs discontinued
Mrs. Diane Neuhauser, Christian Theological Seminary student, became intern minister
The Marrieds organized
Paul Beattie elected president of Fellowship of Religious Humanists
75th Anniversary Committee formed; Mrs. Mary Branson became chairperson
The Group sponsored a blood draw— established All Souls as a Blood Club
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The John G. MacKinnon Scholarship Fund established by the Endowment Committee
At a special meeting the congregation voted to support the continued tenure of Paul Beattie as minister
First recognition service for 50 year and 25 year members
75th anniversary celebrated at a congregational dinner, Rev. Paul N. Carnes, UUA President, the featured
speaker
George Newton resigned after 18 years as Director of Music
Mary Branson appointed D.R.E.
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First meeting of UUI (Unitarian Universalist Church of Indianapolis)
A butternut wood sculpture by Adolfo Doddoli, commissioned by the Fine Arts Committee, unveiled in the
foyer
Last meeting of the More Light Guild
Extended Church School and Adult Meeting held on Sunday morning. The adult meeting became Adult
Forum.
First Thanksgiving Family Bread Service
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First Annual Chili Supper, sponsored by the Religious Education Department
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Our church and minister featured in the April issue of Indianapolis Magazine in an article by Jan Peterson
Paul Beattie announced his intention to resign from All Souls effective August 31, 1982
Mother’s Day Out Program began
Annual conference of Fellowship of Religious Humanists held at All Souls
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Reception for Paul and Lucinda Beattie on the day of his last sermon as minister of All Souls
The Trapezoid Room renamed the Beattie Room
Fred Campbell became interim minister—served two years
Flaming Chalice award presented by the Ohio Valley UU District to Alvaretta Stoddard, who started the
Ohio Valley District in the 1920s
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Memorial Service for Minister Emeritus John G. MacKinnon held at All Souls
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Congregation voted to call Rev. W. Edward Harris as its minister
Establishment of Memorial Garden approved by the Board
Rev. Shermie Shafer ordained
W. Edward Harris conducted his first service as new minister (served 1984-1992)
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Jun 19 First meeting of Women’s Evening Network
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Mary Branson resigned as D.R.E.
Mary Glaeser became intern minister and interim D.R.E.
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Mary Glaeser ordained
Marilyn Johnson became interim D.R.E.
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Richard Ruach became intern minister
Kathy Cody and Raymonde Howell became interim Co-Directors of Religious Education Program
John Morehouse became intern minister
The fire department was called to the church when the boiler went dry, overheated, and melted down
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At a special meeting the congregation voted to borrow up to $150,000 to rebuild the heating system
Housing Project Committee met for the first time—became Housing Helpers
A memorial service for former All Souls minister Paul Beattie was held at All Souls
Teresa Terrill became intern minister
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Nancy Renner Kennedy became D.R.E.
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All Souls Children introduce first Indiana Earth Day Celebration with a song
First Board of Trustees Retreat held at Benedictine Center
Vann Knight became intern minister
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Ed Harris announced his intention to resign effective August 31, 1992
All Souls youth began a tradition of signing the opening music for Indianapolis Earth Day
Vann Knight ordained
Ed Harris’ last sermon as minister of All Souls; Congregation designated him “Minister Emeritus”
Coffee Hour became “Family Social Hour”
Larry McGinty became interim minister
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Heating system indebtedness retired
Congregation named the Rev. Dr. Bruce Clear as minister
Community Outreach Committee organized
Dorothy Huffman resigned as organist after 35 years of service; Congregation designated her “Organist
Emerita”
Bruce Clear became minister of All Souls
All Souls Men’s Group formed
Flood relief gathered for people of Hale, Missouri
Dedication of stained glass sculpture in church foyer— memorial to Elizabeth Gordon Knowles
Bruce Clear installed—UUA President John Buehrens, speaker--(served 1993-present)
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The Sanctuary is renovated
Something For Everyone (supper and interactive discussion) initiated
First church walk for AIDS
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All Souls helps foster a new UU Fellowship in Danville, IN led by the Rev. W. Edward Harris
Formation of Young Adult Group—YAGS
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Jack Mendelsohn returns to All Souls pulpit for the first time in 37 years
The Unitarian Universalist General Assembly held for the first time in Indianapolis; Indianapolis
UU churches served on Steering Committee
The Reverend Larry McGinty died
Dr. Bruce Clear and Nancy Renner are married at church following the Sunday morning service
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The beginning of our association with our partner church in Sepsi St. George, Romania
Bruce and Nancy Clear begin tradition of summer open house
Danville U.U. Community Church of Hendricks County dedicates their new church home
Jesus Metropolitan Community Church begins renting our sanctuary for Sunday night services
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All Souls joins the Interfaith Alliance
The first annual Community Carnival
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The Centennial Celebration Capital Campaign Committee (5 C’s) is formed
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Mother’s Day Out Program renamed Parent’s Day Out
The Heartland UU District is formed from the Ohio Valley and Michigan Districts’ merger
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Adeline Lewis Berentes died. She was the granddaughter of Jessy Wallin Heywood, and hence the last
direct link to the original 13 members
Mother’s Day Youth Service began
All Souls holds two candlelight memorial services following the terrorist attacks
Partner Church Committee raised funds to send Bruce and Nancy Renner Clear to the dedication of the
Partner Church in Romania
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The Second Century Task Force is formed
The Jesus Metropolitan Community Church moves from All Souls to its own building
All Souls is prominently featured in the Community of Faith section in The Indianapolis Star
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Our 100th Anniversary birthday celebration held at the Murat theater downtown
A special Centennial Year Celebration featuring UUA Executive Vice President Kay Montgomery,
former minister Jack Mendelsohn, Minister Emeritus W. Edward Harris was held. Following a luncheon, the
congregation toured the Alabama Street church
The Jessy Wallin Heywood Alliance celebrates 100 continuous years as an All Souls organization
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Minister Emeritus Ed Harris publishes Miracle In Birmingham, about his involvement in the Civil Rights
Movement
Formation of the women's group, Search for the Goddess
William Elliott (author of A Place at the Table and Tying Rocks to Clouds) speaks at the Sunday service
Mayor Bart Petersen speaks at the Sunday service
Church youth raise $1,000 for the Crop Walk campaign
Jigme Norbu, nephew of the Dalai Lama, speaks at the church
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Church member Ken Kern is awarded the coveted Sagamore of the Wabash by the Governor
The Capital Campaign to restore and upgrade the building, with a goal of raising 1.25 million dollars,
is kicked off with a dinner/dance party at the Murat Theater
The board appoints a Building Renovation Committee to oversee the work on the building restoration
The Partner Church Committee raises funds to support college students for our partner church in
Sepsiszentgyorgyi, Romania
Mayor Bart Petersen speaks at a summer services program
Good Shepherd Missionary Baptist Church begins services at All Souls
To date, more than 1.1 million dollars has been raised for the building project
The Frontiers of Knowledge speakers program presents Pulitzer Prize winning science writer and scholar
Douglas Hofstadter
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The Small Groups program is launched, connecting members with common interests
The Capital Campaign reaches $485,000 in donations
The church begins the Welcoming Congregation process with the goal of being recognized by UUA as a
welcoming congregation for GLBT people
The church celebrates the 15th year our youth has opened Indianapolis Earth Day festivities
The Indianapolis Star features All Souls in its "Faith and Values" section
Ground-breaking ceremony for the building restoration is held after the Sunday service
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The Community Outreach Committee donates 700 books to school IPS-106
The Welcoming Congregation Committee continues our path to WC status with a program presented by
PFLAG (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays)
Tuskegee Airman and Congressional Gold Medal Winner Walter Palmer discusses his WWII flying experiences
with the Jessy Wallin Heywood Alliance
The congregation celebrates the completion of the renovation project
The Partner Church Committee raises $3000 for student scholarships and building renovations for our partner
church in Sepsi St. George, Romania
The Honorable Andy Jacobs, fomer U.S. Congressman, speaks at All Souls on Father's Day
The church Council appoints a task force charged with redesigning and refurbishing the landscape and grounds
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The Choir presents the Vivaldi Gloria
Noted author-scientist, Dr. Douglas Hofstadter, Professor of Cognitive Science and Computer Science at Indiana
University, presents the “Blurry Glow of Human Identity.”
The UUA designates All Souls as a “Welcoming Congregation”
The church enjoys the All Souls Service Auction, with auctioneer Dick Woolfsie
The Choir presents a “War and Peace” concert featuring Dona Nobis Pacem by Ralphy Vaughan Williams
The All Souls Green Task Force is authorized by the Board and Council to pursue Green Sanctuary accreditation
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