Past General Assemblies and Archives

Past GAs

2006: St. Louis
2005: Fort Worth
2004: Long Beach
2003: Boston
2002: Quebec
2001: Cleveland
2000: Nashville
1999: Salt Lake City
1998: Rochester
Complete list of all General Assemblies

History of the Ware Lecture

In 1920, Harriet E. Ware of Milton, Massachusetts, bequeathed $5,000 to the American Unitarian Association for its unrestricted use. Two years later, on the evening of May 24, 1922, the first Ware lecture was given by the Rev. Frederick W. Norwood, pastor of the City Temple in London, England. The Lecture had been "established in honor of the distinguished services of three generations of the Ware family to the cause of Pure Christianity."

The lecture has been given every year at the former May Meetings of the AUA and since 1961 at the General Assembly. No lecture was scheduled for 1945 due to World War II, although Morris S. Lazaron delivered an address on May 23, 1945, in All Souls Church in Washington, D.C., which is referred to as a Ware lecture. There was no lecture in 1950 when the Unitarian celebrated their 125th anniversary.

Complete history of The Ware Lecture

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