Conference Lectures

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The two major address at the PSD Annual Conference are the Keynote Address and the Judy Lecture. As time goes on we are attempting to collect the text of those addresses and post them here on the PSD Website.

The Arthur Markley Judy Foundation was established in 1923 by the Iowa Unitarian Association (one of the predecessors of the Prairie Star District) to ensure one or more speakers of repute at each annual conference, presenting topics along religious, philosophic, and scientific lines. The Rev. Arthur Markley Judy was minister of First Unitarian Church in Davenport, Iowa, from 1881 to 1907. His leadership extended throughout the entire Unitarian movement in Iowa through the agency of the Iowa Unitarian Association, which he served as secretary from 1885 to 1892 and president from 1896 to 1906. Prairie Star District has continued the tradition and offers the Arthur M. Judy Lecture at each annual conference.

2007

• Keynote Address by Rev. Dr. Laurel E. Hallman
  Try a Little Tenderness
• Judy Lecture by Dr. Bill Doherty
  Home Grown Religion (a version to appear in Spring 2008)

2005

• Keynote Address by Rev. Michael A. Schuler
  Diversity in the UU Pew: Possibility or Pipe Dream?
• Judy Lecture by Rev. Rosemary Bray McNatt
  Liberal Religion: A Date with History

2004

• Keynote Address by Rev. Peter Morales
  Making Room in Our Hearts

2001

• Judy Lecture by Rev. William R. Murry
  Growing Vital and Faithful Congregations