Service: America the Beautiful with Rev Paul Johnson

Name: Service: America the Beautiful with Rev Paul Johnson
Start: 2024-07-07T11:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-07-07T12:15:00-04:00
Location: Unitarian Universalist Church of Brevard - West Melbourne, FL

Schedule

Sun Jul 07 2024 at 11:00 am to 12:15 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Unitarian Universalist Church of Brevard - West Melbourne, FL | West Melbourne, FL

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Service: America the Beautiful with Rev Paul Johnson
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July 7, 2024 Rev. Dr. Paul S Johnson “America the Beautiful”
In the summer of 1893 Wellesley English professor Katharine Lee Bates traveled from Massachusetts to Colorado Springs to teach a summer school course on Chaucer. Out of that trip came her poem “America the Beautiful” which came to be what I like to consider our “national hymn.” It celebrates our nation’s natural beauty and beautiful democratic ideals. All in all, it is a fascinating story about a fascinating character. It is a fitting and inspiring subject for our extended July Fourth weekend. I look forward to seeing you.
From the Minister
The will be my final visit with you as your quarter-time minister. It has been a pleasure to be with you for these past three years. I appreciate the opportunity and wish you well in the future.
Rev. Paul

Rev. Dr. Paul S. Johnson holds the Doctor of Ministry and Doctor of Divinity degrees from Meadville/Lombard Theological School in Chicago and has served UU congregations in MN, MD, VA, NJ, NY and FL. After leaving his last settled ministry at the Shelter Rock UU Congregation on Long Island, he served as developmental minister at the Treasure Coast UU Congregation in Stuart, FL. He has served his denomination as president of the Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association, as a member of the UUA's Commission on Social Witness, and as a board member of Meadville/Lombard. His wife, Carol, is retired from a thirty-three year career as a clinical social worker with the Department of Veterans Affairs. Their daughter Kristin works for an advertising firm in Manhattan and their son David is an architect in Venice, CA.