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The MVUUC History Project<\/em><\/h1>\n
Researched and Written by Kathleen Reeves<\/em><\/h5>\n

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Kathleen Reeves<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n
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Rev Oscar Clute, First Minister, circa 1888<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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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.\u00a0 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”. \u00a0As a result, the “MVUUC History Project” was born \u00a0and published in a series of newsletter articles in 2012.\u00a0 You can review those articles by clicking on the button, below.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\tComplete 2012 MVUUC History Project\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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Ministers Through the Years<\/em><\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Researched and Written by Kathleen Reeves<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Oscar Clute 1888-1889<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edwin C.L. Browne 1889-1891<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leslie W. Sprague and Lila Frost Sprague 1891-1893<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ulysses G.B. Pierce 1893-1897<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David Heap (interim) 1897-1898<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charles A. Livingston 1898-1900<\/p>\n\n\n\n

N.M. Jones 1900-1901<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oscar Clute 1902<\/p>\n\n\n\n

H.W. Knickerbocker 1902<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leo W. Fuller 1902-1903<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Missing information 1903-1916<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Francis Watry 1916-1928<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miss Buillony 1935<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earnest Whitesmith 1936<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Richard Borst 1939-1940<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter Samsom 1940-1943<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nine years between churches<\/em><\/strong>
Members continued meetings through women\u2019s alliance<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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New church on Monte Vista Ave in Montclair CA<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Pomona Valley Unitarian Fellowship 1952<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lealand Stewart 1952-1952 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fellowship granted Charter from AUA With official recognition became:
Pomona Valley Unitarian Society<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Herring 1957-1961<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Walton Cole 1961-1966<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ernie Howard 1966-1984<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vernon Curry (interim) 1984-1986<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ellen Livingston 1986-2005<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sonja Montana (interim) 2005-2006<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul Sawyer (interim) 2006-2007<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ann Schranz 2007-<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Student Ministers<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dennis Daniel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Linda Stowell 1988-1989<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Walter Mattingly 1994-1996<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Betty Stapleford 1996-1998<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monica Cummings 1998-2000<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tom Schmidt<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beth Johnson 2001-2003<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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