We invite those interested to join us for our second Sunday of Advent Service on December 7, 2003 honoring Clara Barton and other women in service. The theme of the service is hope and the expectation of peace and the order of service — still very close to that of 1867 — will feature hymns and anthems of the period. We extend a special invitation to attend to those in the reenactor
community who are interested in the medical and nursing services, in their
uniforms and period dress if they so desire.
Please contact Robert A. Mosher at with any questions.
The Universalist General Convention, today part of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), has a longstanding relationship with Clara Barton. In 1905, Clara Barton wrote to a correspondent, "Your belief that I am a Universalist is as correct as your greater belief that you are one yourself, a belief in which all who are privileged to possess it rejoice.... My father was a leader in the building of the church in which Hosea Ballow preached his first dedication sermon. Your historic records will show that the old Huguenot town of Oxford, Mass. erected one of, if not the first Universalist Church in America. In this town I was born; in this church I was reared."
In recognition of this bond, the Universalist National Memorial Church has for many years included a service in memory of Clara Barton in its annual calendar. Please join us on December 7, 2003 at 11:00 am at the corner of 16th St NW and S St NW in Washington DC.
Posted by Kimberly Durham Bates at November 18, 2003 07:31 AM