History
The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Stanislaus County was founded on January 6, 1953, when a few former Unitarians and their friends, who were natural Unitarians, met at the Hotel Covell for the purpose of forming a Fellowship. That gathering proved to be encouraging and within three weeks the first speaker, Joe Bartlett, spoke on Unitarian History. Thirty people attended the services at the Odd Fellows Hall, which was to be the first of many meeting places. Music, flowers, meditation, talk back and coffee set a pattern which is still followed today. Later that year thirty-one men and women registered as Charter Members.
Their 15 minutes of fame came on Tuesday, June 13, 2006, when Carson Kressley said: "I was ordained by the Universalist Unitarian Church of Modesto, California!" on the "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" TV show and in the promotional blurbs leading up to the show. He meant the Universal Life Church, whose headquarters are in Modesto.
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