Affiliations of Allen Avenue Unitarian Universalist Church Portland, Maine

The Allen Avenue Unitarian Universalist Church is affiliated with the following organizations:

Unitarian Universalist Association

Northern New England District

please note that the district has recently merged with the New Hampshire/Vermont District. The new website is under construction and will have a new address soon!

Notes from the larger UU community

A moderated forum about the 2009 UUA Presidential Elections

Next year at General Assembly we Unitarian Universalists will elect a new president for our association. Given that we have two excellent candidates, the reverends Dr. Laurel Hallman and Peter Morales, who bring different conceptions for the future of our religious movement, there will be a neutral online forum where their platforms can be discussed publicly in a civil manner. To that end we have created an open blog which uses the transcript of the first official candidate forum at GA 2008 with its mix of scripted remarks and unscripted answers to specific questions as a starting point. Other campaign documents will follow as they become available.

Since this will be neutral territory perhaps even the candidates themselves will chime in with clarifications or commentary. But most importantly, we hope for input from members of your congregation or fellowship!

Please visit this new moderated forum, and then post your opinions, or submit materials worth discussing. You will find an introduction and the opening speeches of the candidates (scroll down for the first post). The complete transcript and links to video are also available on the site:  http://uuapresidentialdebate2009.wordpress.com

Peace!