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UU NINTH GRADE TRIP
RESEARCH / UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISM Blue


This assignment will review UU history and will also introduce you to the UUA's website. This assignment is due by February 28. It MUST be mailed or e-mailed to Mitch before February 28. Mailed to 275 Main St, Broomfield CO 80020 or e-mailed to homework@uu9gt.org.

On the www, go to www.uua.org/info/origins.html, then find the answers to these questions.

1. What is the Greek definition of Heresy? Why have UUs always been heretics?



2. When did Christianity lose its element of choice and by what Creed?



3. Who wrote "On the Errors of the Trinity" and what happened to its author?



4. Which was the first denomination to ordain women and who was the first woman ordained?



5. When did the Unitarians and Universalists merge to become the UUA?



Go to www.uua.org/aboutuu/chalice.html

6. What was the early work of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (then known as the Unitarian Service Committee)?



Go to www.uua.org/aboutuua/principle.html (note the "a" in "aboutuua")

7. Name two of the seven principles that member congregations of the UUA covenant to affirm and promote.





8. UU living traditions draw from many sources. Which source do you think relates most meaningfully to the Navajo and Hopi religious traditions?



Go to www.uua.org/YRUU/governance/yruup.html

9. Name three goals of YRUU



Go to www.famousuus.com

10. Name four famous UUs in the Arts and Humanities, and four from American Politics.



11.Return to the UUA Main Page. Click on Congregations Near You: see if your church has a web page and if it does, check it out!



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