The Book of Revelation & the Invention of Rapture Theology
Posted by Rev Roger
Posted on July 17, 2025
Sunday, Aug. 10, 12:00 noon, Fahs Classroom.
Forum after church with Rev. Roger & Prof. John Watkins, University of Minnesota.
“The end is near!” has been heard for generations in many churches and popular culture like the bestselling but bad Left Behind novels. Like much ideology of white Christian nationalism, “rapture” thinking is not Biblical. Come find out who invented it in the 1800s and how it spread from Ireland to the US! Our speaker, John Watkins, is visiting his college friend Rev. Roger and UUSS this weekend. (He last presented on Apocalyptic Diplomacy for Rev. Roger’s Tuesday Night Forum at UUSS.)
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More Adult Enrichment Updates
9/1/24
By Judy Lane
Cancelled: Molly Stuart’s “End of Life Planning” series that was to run Tuesdays, Sept. 3,10,17. Stay tuned, though, for her new presentation, “Using Mortality to Enrich Life”, beginning Sept. 24. Info and signups at Sunday Connections table and . Remember also, if you have questions about alternate burial possibilities like “green burial”, Molly offers a Zoom discussion on Tuesday, Sept. 10, at 10:00 a.m. Go to to get the Zoom link.




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