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Unity Church Ministers

Rob Eller-Isaacs
Janne Eller-Isaacs

Unity Church Ministerial Interns

Matt Alspaugh, Hallman Ministerial Intern (2007-2008)
Jacqueline Duhart, Community Ministerial Intern (2007-2008)
Teresa Schwartz, Hallman Ministerial Intern (2006-2007)
Justin Schroeder, Hallman Ministerial Intern (2006-2007)
Katie Lawson, Hallman Ministerial Intern (2005-2006)
Dottie Mathews, United Theological Seminary Intern (2004-2006)
Bill Neely, Hallman Ministerial Intern (2004-2005)

Pulpit Guests

Visiting Ministers and Guests
Unity Church Staff
Unity Church Members

Unity Church Ministers

Rob Eller-Isaacs

Know Your Place -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [February 10, 2008]
This Work Will Break Your Heart -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [January 27, 2008]
A Tolling of Bells -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [January 6, 2008]
Love, the Guest -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [December 2, 2007]
The Grace of the World -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [November 18, 2007]
Identity and Violence -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [November 4, 2007]
Shrink Wrap and Other Telling Terms -- Rob Eller-Isaacs[October 21, 2007]
Faith Above All Fear -- Rob Eller-Isaacs[September 16, 2007]
Promises to Keep -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [January 7, 2007]
Peace Here at Home -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [December 3, 2006]
Your Waves Washed Over Me -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [October 1, 2006]
Gravity and Grace -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [April 9, 2006]
Rising Tide -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [February 19, 2006]
Cosmic Consciousness -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [February 5, 2006]
Walk In Beauty -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [November 6, 2005]
What Shadows Know -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [October 30, 2005]
Why Me Lord? -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [October 23, 2005]
To Begin Again in Love -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [October 2, 2005]
The Rainbow Sign -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [September 11, 2005]
No Other Desire: The Theology of Kahlil Gibran -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [June 19, 2005]
No-Man's Land -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [May 29, 2005]
In Our Hands -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [April 24, 2005]
Choices We Make For Our Children -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [April 10, 2005]
Nation Building Here at Home -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [January 30, 2005]
Living By Heart -- Janne and Rob Eller-Isaacs [January 23, 2005]
Wondering Who To Call -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [December 12, 2004]
Bowing Before Brokenness -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [November 28, 2004]
Where To? What's Next? -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [November 7, 2004]
The Whiteness of the Whale -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [October 24, 2004]
Our Lengthened Shadows -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [October 10, 2004]
The Binding of Abraham -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [September 19, 2004]
The Gladness of This Rhythm: The Theology of Rabindranath Tagor-- Rob Eller-Isaacs [June 6, 2004]
Gone to Soldiers -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [May 30, 2004]
Men at Work -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [May 16, 2004]
...And Throw Away The Key -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [April 18, 2004]
Mary, the Mother of God -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [March 28, 2004]
Who Do They Say That I Am -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [March 14, 2004]
A Dream Deferred -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [February 22, 2004]
These Sheltering Walls -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [January 25, 2004]
Who is My Neighbor? -- Rob Eller-Isaacs [January 11, 2004]

Janne Eller-Isaacs

What is Faith -- Janne Eller-Isaacs [September 23, 2007]
Sabbath Moments -- Janne Eller-Isaacs [June 4, 2006]
Bringing Our Whole Selves Home -- Janne Eller-Isaacs [March 26, 2006]
The Uses of Suffering -- Janne Eller-Isaacs [March 19, 2006]
Better Angels -- Janne Eller-Isaacs [February 12, 2006]
The Ripening Years -- Janne Eller-Isaacs [January 29, 2006]
Yearning For Balance -- Janne Eller-Isaacs [November 13, 2005]
The Call -- Janne Eller-Isaacs [September 18, 2005]
You Can't Drown the Fire -- Janne Eller-Isaacs [February 27, 2005]
Living By Heart -- Janne and Rob Eller-Isaacs [January 23, 2005]
The Hope Freedom Creates (also known as "The Audacity of Hope") -- Janne Eller-Isaacs [October 31, 2004]
A Place at the Table -- Janne Eller-Isaacs [October 3, 2004]
To Infinity and Beyond -- Janne Eller-Isaacs [February 29, 2004]
When Love Goes Bad -- Janne Eller-Isaacs [February 15, 2004]

Unity Church Ministerial Interns

Matt Alspaugh, Hallman Ministerial Intern (2007-2008)

Slaughter of the Innocents -- Matt Alspaugh [December 30, 2007]
Joy in Integrity -- Matt Alspaugh [November 25, 2007]

Jacqueline Duhart, Community Ministerial Intern (2007-2008)

Sins of Privilege -- Jacqueline Duhart [October 28, 2007]

Teresa Schwartz, Hallman Ministerial Intern (2006-2007)

Life Wants to Live -- Teresa Schwartz [April 8, 2007]
Perils of Perfection -- Teresa Schwartz [March 4, 2007]
Deep Democracy -- Teresa Schwartz [January 21, 2007]
Reflection (Christmas Eve) -- Teresa Schwartz [December 24, 2006)]
Hand-In-Hand -- Teresa Schwartz [November 26, 2006)]

Justin Schroeder , Hallman Ministerial Intern (2006-2007)

Fools, Foolishness, and Folly -- Justin Schroeder [April 1, 2007]
Finding Security in an Insecure Age -- Justin Schroeder [March 18, 2007]
Created Identity -- Justin Schroeder [February 18, 2007]
Beloved Community -- Justin Schroeder [January 14, 2007]
Rachel's Weeping -- Justin Schroeder [December 31, 2006]
Are You On Philoxenia? -- Justin Schroeder [November 5, 2006]

Katie Lawson, Hallman Ministerial Intern (2005-2006)

Into the Wild -- Katie Lawson [March 12, 2006]
Finding Home -- Katie Lawson [January 22, 2006]
For Love of Zero -- Katie Lawson [January 1, 2006]
Hungering for Innocence -- Katie Lawson [November 27, 2005]

Dottie Matthews, United Theological Seminary Intern (2004-2006)

What Wondrous Love -- Dottie Mathews [April 2, 2006]
Manifest Destiny -- Dottie Mathews [February 26, 2006]
Embracing Christmas Together -- Dottie Mathews [December 25, 2005]

Bill Neely, Hallman Ministerial Intern (2004-2005)

Planting Peace -- Bill Neely [June 5, 2005]
Fences and Freedom -- Bill Neely [April 3, 2005]
The Difficult Embrace -- Bill Neely [February 6, 2005]
Repairing Our Roots -- Bill Neely [December 26, 2004]
Public Stands and Private Journeys -- Bill Neely [November 14, 2004]

Pulpit Guests

Visiting Ministers and Guests

How Faith Endures -- Rev. Rosemary Bray McNatt, Fourth Universalist, New York [October 14, 2007]
A Humble Vision -- Rev. Jen Crow, First Unitarian Church of Rochester, New York [January 28, 2007]
A Fool's Errand -- Rev. Diane Miller, First Unitarian Church of Providence, Rhode Island [March 5, 2006]
No One But Us -- Denny Davidoff [October 16, 2005]
beliefnet.com -- Rev. Lisa Friedman [July 3, 2005]
Jesus, Riding a Donkey, Speaks out on the Separation of Church and State -- Rev. David Keyes, Minister in Residence [March 13, 2005]
Are We Saved? -- Rev. Gary Smith, First Parish in Concord, Massachusetts [October 17, 2004]
Choose to Bless the World -- Rev. Rebecca Parker, Starr King School for the Ministry [September 26, 2004]
The Bible as a Liberal Library -- Rev. Mark Belletini, First UU Church of Columbus, Ohio [August 8, 2004]