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Since 1927
A Unitarian Universalist Ministers Study Group

Greenfield Group, a semi-annual gathering of Unitarian Universlaist Ministers, meets to discuss papers and common readings related to a chosen topic.

Saint: Leslie Pennington (founder)

SAINTS

Nat Lauriat (d)

Jim Adams (d)

Dick Fewkes

Charles Magistro

Duncan Howlett (d)

Leslie Pennington (d)

Frank Holmes (d)

Mary Harrington

Fred Gillis

Frank Hall

 Leslie Talbot Pennington was born in spiceland, Indiana to Quaker parents. It is likely that his time at Harvard Divinity School led him to Unitarianism. Recommending him to the AUA, Willard Learoyd Sperry, the Dean at HDS wrote: "There are few men whom I have ever watched entering the ministry with a confidence and consent such as I am giving Mr. Pennington. He is a man of transparent sincerity and integrity, of very great personal charm, and of real distinction of mind."

Pennington served congregations in Lincoln and Braintree, Massachusetts, Ithaca, New York, Chicago, Illinois, and his last call was at WestNewton, Massachusetts.

He served on the AUA Board (Chairing the Ministry and Fellowship committees), USC Board, and chaired the 1947 COmmission on Church Union - amongst many other groups.

He was a noted peace activist throughout his career and was a founder of the Greenfield Group.

Source: Dictionary of Unitarian and Universalist Biography, notes by Carl Seaburg

 

 

WHAT MAKES A PERSON A SAINT? The description is found in Article 2 of our Disciplines:

 All founding members of Greenfield Group are “saints” which confers upon them all the privileges but none of the obligations of membership. In addition, the Group may vote to confer the status of Saint upon any member who has been retired from the Group for a least one convocation. Sainthood is meant to reflect our high esteem for the retired member due to service in the Greenfield Group and the longevity of the membership of the retired member.

 

 

 

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