Edmonds Unitarian Universalist Church

History

The Edmonds Unitarian Universalist Church (EUUC) in Edmonds, Washington started in 1957 as the Sno-King Unitarian Fellowship (Sno-King is a reference to Snohomish County and King County). Until 1959, the group met alternate Sunday evenings, but in 1959 they rented Edmonds Masonic Temple to allow space for Sunday school. 1962–1966 the Sno-King Unitarian Fellowship started renting Edmonds High School. Deciding it was time for a real minister and church building, in 1966 the Fellowship purchased the land and building that is still in use today. The Reverend Robert Fulghum agreed to stay for a year to "help the church get its feet on the ground", he finally left in the spring of 1985. Stuart and Maybelle Chapman, the founding "father and mother"of the church, were ordained as lay ministers in 1969. All three ministers worked together until Stuart died in 1978, and then as a twosome until Fulghum's departure in 1985. Maybelle Chapman died in 2000.

Ministerial History

After the Reverend Robert Fulghum left in 1985, the Reverend Aron Gilmartin acted as Interim Minister for one year. The first full time minister was Reverend Davis Joyce (1986–1987). Starting in the summer of 1988, the Reverend Jaco B. ten Hove was the minister until 1999 when he left the congregation to minister with his wife. Reverend Elizabeth Kerman was minister in 1999 until Reverend Edward Brock took over later that year. In 2007, Rev. Brock resigned, and currently, Rev. Cecilia Kingman-Miller is acting as an interim minister.

ignificance

The Edmonds Unitarian Universalist Church is a part of the history of writer, Robert Fulghum, who was the first minister at the EUUC. The Reverend Robert Fulghum remains the minister emeritus and returns about once a year to give a very popular sermon.

External Links and Sources

http://www.euuc.org
Interview with a EUUC member
Profile of EUUC no-audition band: http://www.uuworld.org/news/articles/61393.shtml