Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder

Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder
40°0′25″N 105°13′58″W / 40.00694°N 105.23278°W / 40.00694; -105.23278
Address	5001 Pennsylvania Ave, Boulder, CO
Country	United States
Denomination	Unitarian Universalist
Membership	240 adults
Website	uuchurchofboulder.org
History
Former name(s)	The Unitarian Fellowship of Boulder
Status	Church
Founded	1948 (1948)
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	David Rowland
Groundbreaking	June 16, 1963

The Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder is a Unitarian Universalist ("UU") church in Boulder, Colorado.

In 2017, congregation members voted to become a sanctuary church^[1] and from December 2017 to March 2022, undocumented immigrant Ingrid Encalada Latorre lived in sanctuary within the church building^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]} prior to being pardoned^[8][9] by Colorado Governor Jared Polis and granted a stay of removal in 2021.^[10][11] Encalada Latoree was one of more than 70 immigrants nationally who lived in sanctuary in churches during the Trump presidency.^[12]

On the 30th July 1948 the American Unitarian Association granted the first-ever "Fellowship Charter" to the Unitarian Fellowship of Boulder.^[13] Granting that charter kicked off a two-decade expansion of Unitarians -- the largest and most consequential period of growth in Unitarian history; a third of current-day congregations formed during the movement.^[14][15] The charter required no minister, but at least ten religiously liberal laypeople who expressed sympathy with the purposes of the American Unitarian Association, had bylaws, and made an ongoing financial commitment to the AUA.^[16]

In 2008, the UU Church of Boulder hired the first Developmental Minister in Unitarian Universalism.^[17] The Rev. Howell Lind served seven years in a capacity specifically aimed at changing and revitalizing the congregation -- a move unusual in the Unitarians' congregational polity.^[18]

• 1957-1962 - Thomas J. Maloney
• 1964-1969 - Philip Pennington
• 1971-1993 - Forrest Whitman^[19]
• 1995-2000 - Kurt Kuhwald
• 2000-2005 - Jacqueline A. Ziegler
• 2008-2015 - Howell Lind (developmental minister)
• 2015-2019 - Kelly Dignan^[20]
• 2021–present - David Schwartz

• Joseph A. Sewall (in the congregation's earlier form) ^[21][22]
• Mary Rippon (in the congregation's earlier form) ^[23]
• Josie Heath
• Rollie Heath
• Pete Palmer
• Len Ackland
• Wynn Bruce whose memorial service was hosted at the church

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  Looking north to the main entrance of the UU Church of Boulder in the Fall of 2024.
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  The gradeschool playground at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder, CO
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  A view of the chancel and front half of the sanctuary of the UU Church of Boulder
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  This 9:00am worship service in the round is being held in the Sky Room at the UU Church of Boulder

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