About the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Kokomo

The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Kokomo is affiliated with the Unitarian Universalist Association of North America and is an ethical and liberal religious community dedicated to promoting the ongoing search for truth and to affirming the inherent worth of the individual.

We understand reality through human experience, enlightened reason, scientific method, and the democratic process, and we find the central source of power and goodness within the human heart, mind, and spirit. Individually and collectively, we assume responsibility for our future, our community, our children, and our interdependent world.

Our growth and actions as thoughful, compassionate, and ethical human beings advance our vision of a world of peace and love, dignity and equality, freedom and justice.

Our Covenant

Every Sunday, our congregation recites our covenant which goes:
Love is the spirit of this church, and service is its law. To dwell together in peace, to seek the truth in love, and to help one another.. this is our covenant.

Our History

Local Universalists
Our first knowledge of Universalists in this area is of a Universalist church in Galveston, Indiana. It was active from 1895 until 1945. The church building remains, but has been converted to apartments. The title "UNIVERSALIST 1895" is engraved in stone over the door. There were at least two other Universalist churches in the area, but little is known of them.

Local Unitarians:

Unitarians were first active in Kokomo in 1957. Various groups met off and on throughout the 1960s and early 1970s until the group formally incorporated in 1975. The Unitarians met at a variety of places including member's homes, the YMCA, a synagogue, a carriage house, and most recently in an old house owned by a historical society. In 2004, we purchased the current property at 800 S. Market Street.

The Unitarians and Universalists merged nationally in the early sixties, creating the Unitarian Universalist Association. The influence of Unitarian Universalistss throughout history has been far greater than would be expected from their small numbers. Five U.S. presidents, as well as numerous scientists, writers, preachers, educators and humanitarians are listed as famous Unitarian Universalists.

Galveston Universalist Church

The Galveston Universalist Church (red brick Building in photo) operated from 1895 to 1945.