University Presbyterian Church (Seattle)

The University Presbyterian Church in Seattle, Washington, United States is a Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) congregation with 3,418 members.[1][2] The current senior pastor is George Hinman.[3]

This building that now serves as the chapel of University Presbyterian Church was originally designed by Ellsworth Storey and was completed in 1916 as the first purpose-built home of University Unitarian Church.

The church was founded in 1908.[4][5] The church had a large membership increase during the 1980s, when it was led by pastor Bruce Larson; Larson subsequently became co-pastor of the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California.[6][7][8] In 2001, the average weekly attendance was 5,000;[5] it is now 3,875.[9]

Earl Palmer was senior pastor for 15 years, following Bruce Larson and preceding George Hinman. [10] Palmer retired to form Earl Palmer Ministries where he continues teaching ministering, and mentoring. [11] Palmer's articles, videos, and sermons can be heard and downloaded from his web site, including episodes from the Kindlings Muse, Earl's lectures on C. S. Lewis, and hundreds of sermons reaching back to the ’70s. [12]

The current organ was completed in 1999. The Reuter Organ, Opus 2196, was built in Lawrence Kansas. [13] [14] The organ committee, their consultant, Joseph Adam, and organist JoAnn Stremler helped collaborate on the new organ’s design with Reuter’s regional representative, David R. Salmen. [15] Senior Pastor Dr. Earl F. Palmer said of the organ: "In this house of worship we call University Presbyterian Church, that gift of great and tender sound is ours. Tears still well up in my eyes when I hear its subtlety and grandeur." [15]

University Presbyterian Church provides ministries for "the mentally ill, homeless, teens living on the streets, and those who are in prison."[16] The congregation was a pioneer in the practice of sending short-term mission teams overseas.[17]

References
  1. "www.pcusa.org/media/uploads/research/pdfs/2012-cs-table6.pdf" (PDF). Retrieved Aug 16, 2019.
  2. www.upc.org/NewHere/UPCandAffiliations.aspx, archived 2016-04-01
  3. www.upc.org/NewHere/ChurchLeadership.aspx, archived 2016-04-01
  4. About University Presbyterian Church Seattle, archived 2016-04-01
  5. Telford, Tom (2001). Today's All-Star Missions Churches: Strategies to Help Your Church Get Into the Game. Baker Books. p. 110.
  6. "Shelters of the Lord". The Economist. March 24, 1990. Archived from the original on June 11, 2014. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
  7. Tu, Janet I. (December 17, 2008). "Bruce Larson preached, lived life with gusto". Seattle Times. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
  8. Iwasaki, John (December 17, 2008). "Bruce Larson, 1925-2008: Pastor hailed as 'thinker and visionary'; A beacon at University Presbyterian". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
  9. "Account Suspended". en.isuspan.com. Retrieved Aug 16, 2019.
  10. "University Presbyterian senior pastor retiring". The Seattle Times. November 22, 2006. Retrieved 2017-08-03.
  11. "Home". Earl Palmer Ministries. Retrieved Aug 16, 2019.
  12. "Media". Dec 28, 2017. Retrieved Aug 16, 2019.
  13. "Reuter Organ Opus List" (PDF). The Reuter Organ Company. August 3, 2017. Retrieved 2017-08-03.
  14. "Reuter Organ Opus 2096 information". The Reuter Organ Company. 2000. Retrieved 2017-08-03.
  15. "University Presbyterian, Seattle, WA | Salmen Organs". Retrieved Aug 16, 2019.
  16. Soden, Dale E. (2004). "Contesting the Soul of an Unlikely Land: Mainline Protestants. Catholics, and Reform and Conservative Jews in the Pacific Northwest". Religion and Public Life in the Pacific Northwest: The None Zone. Rowman Altamira. p. 69.
  17. Hunter, George G. (2010). The Apostolic Congregation: Church Growth Reconceived for a New Generation. Abingdon Press. p. 61.


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