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  • MVUUC History Project

    The MVUUC History Project

    Researched and Written by Kathleen Reeves

     

    Picture of Kathleen Jacobson
    Kathleen Reeves
    Rev Oscar Clute, First Minister, circa 1888
    Rev Oscar Clute, First Minister, circa 1888

     

    The Monte Vista Unitarian Universalist Congregation has a long and rich history with origins in the late nineteenth century. It was founded in 1888 as The "First Unitarian Society of Pomona" and has served as a prominent beacon of liberal religion in the Pomona Valley almost continuously since that time.  One of our active and talented members, Kathleen Reeves, began the process of collecting and compiling our congregations history in 2010 as a "labor of love".  As a result, the "MVUUC History Project" was born  and published in a series of newsletter articles in 2012.  You can review those articles by clicking on the button, below.

    In reading about our Congregation's history one is reminded that, as we face the future, we are better prepared because we are standing on the shoulders of amazing past leaders.

    Ministers Through the Years

    Researched and Written by Kathleen Reeves

    Oscar Clute 1888-1889

    Edwin C.L. Browne 1889-1891

    Leslie W. Sprague and Lila Frost Sprague 1891-1893

    Ulysses G.B. Pierce 1893-1897

    David Heap (interim) 1897-1898

    Charles A. Livingston 1898-1900

    N.M. Jones 1900-1901

    Oscar Clute 1902

    H.W. Knickerbocker 1902

    Leo W. Fuller 1902-1903

    Missing information 1903-1916

    Francis Watry 1916-1928

    Miss Buillony 1935

    Earnest Whitesmith 1936

    Richard Borst 1939-1940

    Peter Samsom 1940-1943

    Nine years between churches
    Members continued meetings through women’s alliance

    New church on Monte Vista Ave in Montclair CA

    Pomona Valley Unitarian Fellowship 1952

    Lealand Stewart 1952-1952

    Fellowship granted Charter from AUA With official recognition became:
    Pomona Valley Unitarian Society

    Herring 1957-1961

    Walton Cole 1961-1966

    Ernie Howard 1966-1984

    Vernon Curry (interim) 1984-1986

    Ellen Livingston 1986-2005

    Sonja Montana (interim) 2005-2006

    Paul Sawyer (interim) 2006-2007

    Ann Schranz 2007-

    Student Ministers

    Dennis Daniel

    Linda Stowell 1988-1989

    Walter Mattingly 1994-1996

    Betty Stapleford 1996-1998

    Monica Cummings 1998-2000

    Tom Schmidt

    Beth Johnson 2001-2003