Stewardship Sermon Award
The Stewardship Sermon Award was established in 1984 and is given annually
for the sermon judged most effective in exploring and promoting financial support
of our Unitarian Universalist faith. It is sponsored jointly by the Annual Program
Fund (APF), the Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association (UUMA) and the
Liberal Religious Educators Association (LREDA).
Download the flyer for The Stewardship Sermon Award  .
To be eligible for the 2007 Award:
- Sermon must have been delivered before a Unitarian Universalist congregation
between January 1, 2006, and February 11, 2007.
- Sermon should explore and promote financial support of Unitarian Universalism
and should directly address money as it relates to affirming our Unitarian
Universalist faith, vision and future.
- Sermon text must be received by the Annual Program Fund Office
no later than February 14, 2007, in order to be considered.
Who is eligible?
All Unitarian Universalist professional religious leaders as well as those
studying for professional religious leadership (in at least their second year).
The person whose sermon is selected will be invited to deliver the sermon during a worship service at the 2007 General Assembly, where a plaque and $1,000 cash award will be presented.
The sermon will be put on the
UUA, UUMA and LREDA web sites and printed for distribution.
Submission format:
Sermons are judged through a blind process by a panel of UU professional
religious and lay leaders. A single cover page should include the sermon title,
author’s name, congregational affiliation, mailing address, telephone
number, email address and where and when the sermon was delivered. As much
identifying information as possible should be removed from the body of the
sermon, and only the sermon title should be included at the top of the first
page.
Entries may be submitted electronically as a Word attachment to apf@uua.org  ,
or a hard copy may be mailed to:
Annual Program Fund
c/o Melissa Ferris, APF Assistant
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
25 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02108
Submission terms and conditions:
By submitting your sermon for consideration, you are (a) agreeing to grant to the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), the Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association (UUMA) and the Liberal Religious Educators Association (LREDA), a non-exclusive, three year, royalty-free license, to publish your sermon in any and all publications and websites of the UUA, UUMA and LREDA, and their affiliate organizations; (b) representing and warranting to UUA, UUMA and the LREDA that your submission is an original work of yours and to the best of your knowledge, does not copy or otherwise infringe anyone else's work. The license referred to above includes the right to edit your work for space saving considerations. Attribution will be made each time your work is published. As the copyright owner, you have the right to use the sermon as you see fit at any time.
Read nine award-winning sermons:
2006 - Cecilia Kingman Miller, District Special Consultant, Wy'east UU Congregation, Portland, OR
2005 - Naomi King, Ministerial Intern, Horizon
UU Church, Carrollton, TX
2004 - Bonnie McClish Dlott, Student at Starr King
School for the Ministry; Member of Mt. Diablo UU Church Walnut Creek, CA
2003 - Rev. Dr. Patrick T. O’Neill, First
Unitarian Church, Wilmington DE
2002 - Dr. Gary Blaine, First Unitarian Church of
Toledo, Ohio
2001 - The Rev. Victoria Safford, White Bear UU
Church of Mahtomedi, Minnesota
2000 - The Rev. Gary Kowalski, The First UU Society
of Burlington, Vermont
1999 - The Rev. David R. Weissbard, UU Church of
Rockport, Illinois
1998 - The Rev. Amanda L. Aikman, Evergreen UU Fellowship
of Marysville, Washington
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