The Redding Unitarian Fellowship celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 2008.
This Fellowship was founded in 1958 by three couples: Lois and Clark Hull, Betty and Fulton Doty, and Tillie and
Dick Smith. Betty Doty is still living and is
still a Unitarian, and as active as always in regional, Redding, and Shasta community activities.
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In 2009 we lost two
of our longtime members, Milton Nitsch and Fulton Doty. Milt had attended Fellowship for decades and Do was one of the
original founders.
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Some members move away, and in that regard we remember Judith, who recently moved to the state of
Washington.
We are mindful that some of our members are in fragile health, and
our thoughts and good wishes are with them, at all times.
We are reminded that life is finite and that we each live according to our own drumbeat.
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Our group has changed in size over time, growing and shrinking and growing again. Groups
have splintered off to go to a specific function, but the center holds. While our Fellowship is small in numbers, our
friendship and social support holds at the center. For many years, the group met in rooms we rented for Sunday
morning only. We have shared many spaces, never having the funds to purchase our own building.
In late 2008, we had the good fortune to be able to rent the space at 12508 Lake Blvd in Redding. We used this space
for more than one year, however as the ebb and flow of life goes on, we have needed to move again. Please
see the notice in the newsletter and directions to find us at right of this page. While our group seems in
in a state of change at the present time, we know that even as the life of the Fellowship ebbs and flows, it holds at the
center.
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[Throughout the Unitarian-Universalist religious history, we have been blessed with women and men whose compassion
and courage provide examples for all. In our meetings, we learn about heroines and heroes such as Dorothea Dix, Clara
Barton, Horace Mann, Henry Thoreau, and Ralph Waldo Emerson in our lifespan religious education classes. We offer, as a ground
rule for all our activities, the acceptance of one another and the valuing of our inherent worth and dignity as persons. We
commit ourselves to stand with one another through the joys and sorrows that affect every life. It is such encouragement that
can rekindle our spirits in important ways. (excerpted from The Unitarian Universalist Pocket Guide)]
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With each challenge we encounter we strive to become stronger in our faith. We provide
links to other sites that provide more detail on our church history or particular events in our past.
We invite
you to become a part of the church today and a piece of its history tomorrow.
