Category: 9. UUCD History

Notes on 200 Years and More

Notes on Two Hundred Years (and More)
by Douglas H. Parkhurst

More than a half-dozen church buildings in Danbury are local landmarks. Downtown examples include Lighthouse Ministries, West St. (constructed in the 1860s); St. James Episcopal, West St. (1860s and 70s); St. Peter Roman Catholic, Main St. … read more.

Notes on 200 Years and More

Notes on Two Hundred Years (and More)
by Douglas H. Parkhurst

The Rev. Harry Adams Hersey began his pastorate at First Universalist Church, now Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Danbury (UUCD), on March 1, 1930. He would turn sixty years old in April. By then a parish minister … read more.

Notes on 200 Years (and more)

Notes on Two Hundred Years (and More)
by Douglas H. Parkhurst

The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Danbury (UUCD) has for many years offered a program of worship services during the months of July and August. Such is not necessarily a part of the schedules of other Unitarian … read more.

Notes on 200 Years (and More)

Notes on Two Hundred Years (and More)
by Douglas H. Parkhurst

The Connecticut Universalist Convention was organized in New Haven on May 9, 1832, as the state-wide governing body of Universalist churches and societies. Within the next few years three regional associations were also established in the … read more.

Notes on 200 Years (and more)

Notes on Two Hundred Years (and More)
by Douglas H. Parkhurst

…Continued from April 2023

Task Force 2001 did substantial work during the first months of 1997. The committee was organized to articulate a vision and chart a five year course of action for the Unitarian Universalist Society … read more.

Notes on 200 Years (and More)

by Douglas H. Parkhurst

The formal process leading to the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Danbury’s (UUCD’s) move to its present location at 24 Clapboard Ridge Road began in 1996. It was in response to a growing sentiment among parishioners that the group pursue a vision and … read more.

Notes on 200 Years (and More) – March 2023

by Douglas H. Parkhurst 

An Every Member Canvass, sometimes known as a Stewardship Campaign, is and has been (as in many Unitarian Universalist churches) the primary fundraising activity of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Danbury (UUCD). This annual effort takes place in late winter/early spring. It … read more.

Notes on 200 Years (and More)

by Douglas H. Parkhurst 

This month’s article is adapted from the “Welcome” given by this writer at the bicentennial celebration service of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Danbury, Connecticut, (UUCD) on
Sunday morning, October 16, 2022.

We are here on a very special Sunday. Today we … read more.

200 Years and More – Our History

In 2022, UUCD Member, Doug Parkhurst wrote a series of articles, Notes on 200 Years (and More), in our monthly newsletters. To read – or print – a compilation of all these articles, commemorating our 200th anniversary please click here. If you have … read more.

Notes on 200 Years (and More) – Jan. 2023

by Douglas H. Parkhurst

During the past year it has been this writer’s pleasure and privilege to relate bits and pieces of the history of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Danbury (UUCD) on the occasion of the Congregation’s 200th Anniversary. Articles have appeared in each of … read more.