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First Unitarian Church of Chicago
5650 S. Woodlawn Ave.
Chicago, IL 60637

Phone: (773) 324-4100
Fax: (773) 324-1136
Sunday Services: 10:00 a.m.
Sunday First Forums: 11:30 a.m.
Office Hours: Monday through Friday (10:00 a.m. through 4:00 p.m.)

Office@FirstUChicago.org
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First Unitarian Church of Chicago

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The Dharma of Barbarous Beauty

December 7, 2016
https://firstuchicago.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Sermon_Belcher_November27_2016.mp3

“The Dharma of Barbarous Beauty” from First Unitarian Church of Chicago Sermons by Rev. Emmy Lou Belcher. Released: 2017. Genre: Speech.

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First Unitarian Church of Chicago
5650 S. Woodlawn Ave.
Chicago, IL 60637

Phone: (773) 324-4100
Fax: (773) 324-1136
Sunday Services: 10:00 a.m.
Sunday First Forums: 11:30 a.m.
Office Hours: Monday through Friday (10:00 a.m. through 4:00 p.m.)

Office@FirstUChicago.org

Meet Our Senior Minister:

Rev. David H. Messner is a born and bred Unitarian, an ardent humanist with an abiding faith in God, and a believer in resurgent possibility, especially when all seems lost.

He knows that church, done right together, can be the key to a life well-lived.


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