Join us as we celebrate 72 years of service to the Greater Jackson, MS area! This is a very special day. Our main presentation will be given by one of our members, Dr. Tom Kersen. The title of his talk will be: “The Hinge: The UU Church in Jackson as an Agent of Social Change.” … Continue reading The Hinge: The UU Jackson Church as a Agent of Social Change
Dr. Tom Kersen takes us back to the 1970s and the Jesus Freak movement. According to Kersen, the movement was “primarily a West Coast phenomena linked to Children of God which many people felt was a cult. Duane Pederson was a Greenville native and a JF organizer when he moved out to Hollywood. Two JF’rs … Continue reading The Jesus Freak Movement
In the lead up to celebrating our 71st Anniversary on September 7, 2022, Dr. Tom Kersen will present an overview of one of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Jackson lively ancestors. Renee Rosenfeld was a liminal person who lived on the edge for much of her life. Many of the hippies and others of the … Continue reading Renee Rosenfeld: A Brief Biography of a Jackson Unitarian
