Numbers, Numbers, Numbers
We have no creed but we do have this many guiding principles.
What is 7?
This is a punitive place UUs do not believe in.
What is hell?
This is the name of our database that tracks pledges and other donations.
What is Realm?
How many ordained ministers are on our staff team?
What is 3?
This is the name of our governing board.
This is the number of full-time staff at First Parish Arlington.
What is 4?
This is the name of our worship hymnal.
First Parish's annual operating budget is this amount.
What is 1 million dollars?
In the early 1700s, four ministerial candidates refused to take the position. Two main reasons were cited. Name one of them.
What is a low salary? or What is a reputation for being a difficult congregation?
This is the yearly gathering in May to review and decide the financial business of the congregation.
This is the number of different meetinghouses that have stood at our location.
What is 5?
This happened in 1961, an important milestone in our denomination.
What is the merge between Unitarians and Universalists to create the Unitarian Universalist Association?
What percentage of our budget comes from individual pledges?
Name which one of our current ministers had to act out the "Virgin Mary” during a game of charades in front of a Roman Catholic priest from the Philippines.
Who is Marta?
This is when the governing board meets every month.
What is the third Tuesday?
This is the percentage of people in our congregation who identify as non-theist.
What is 50%
This made it a heresy to dispute the trinity.
What is the Council of Nicea?
This is the number of households who pledged during the 2023 Stewardship campaign
Name which one of our current ministers went to school on farm and cattle ranch called Deep Springs College, where they learned to ride horses and drive cattle.
Who is Stevie?
These are the four officer positions on the governing board.
What is Chair, Vice Chair, Treasurer, and Clerk?
How many adult members do we have?
What is 450?
This poet wrote about letting the soft animal of your body love what is loves.
Who is Mary Oliver?
This was the average household pledge in the 2023 Stewardship campaign.
What is $2900 or $3000?
One of our current ministers technically doesn't have a high school diploma.
Who is Rev. Erica?
She is the current leader of the governing board.
Who is Anne Quaadgras?