The PSD 2007 Annual Conference was held April 13–15 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- The Banner Parade was accompanied by our talented retiring President on bagpipes!
Brian Leading the Banner Parade
- The Keynote Address, “Try a Little Tenderness,” was given by Rev. Dr. Laurel Hallman, Senior Minister at First Unitarian Church of Dallas, Texas — but formerly from Prairie Star District.
- The Judy Lecture, “Home Grown Religion,” was given by Dr. Bill Doherty, Professor of Family Social Science at the University of Minnesota. He is giving a version of the same talk to General Assembly in June.
Text for “Home Grown Religion”
will be posted after General Assembly
- Awards were presented at the Saturday Awards Luncheon, and the President’s Award at the Annual Business Meeting Saturday afternoon.
- The 2007 Annual Report, as presented at the meeting, is available online.
- The Treasurer’s Narrative Report presented at the meeting to accompany the Financial Report in the 2007 Annual Report is available online.
- The slate of nominees was approved.
- Saturday’s session concluded with music from Wild Rhubarb and a worship service presented by the youth attending the conference.
- We collected a total of $4,168.00 for the American Refugee Committee’s Darfur program.
- An impassioned appeal from district youth for money to help keep the youth conference at Icaghowan affordable raised about $1000. Read the Open Letter from Icaghowan.
Next year in Omaha!
Award Recipients: Lowell Hanson, R. Allen Hays,
Beverly Schmidt, Cheryll Wallace,
Cheri Cody, Doree Gamble |
Banner Parade | 
Lighting the Chalice |
Laurel Hallman | 
Bill Doherty |
President’s Award to the SCORE Board, accepted by Graham Kreicker | 
Outgoing Prez Brian Eslinger |
Incoming Prez Kathy Bowman | 
The Appeal for Icaghowan |
Drumming Workshop | 
Dancing |
Capturing it for posterity | 
Member of Wild Rhubarb |
