GOING TO CHURCH IN SEATTLE
PLYMOUTH UCC
We attended Plymouth Congregational Church during the year we lived on the south side of Seattle, prior to buying our home in Montlake near the southeast corner of the University of Washington. After moving to Montlake we joined University Congregation Church located on the Northwest corner of the UW campus. University Church became our church home from 1961 until we left Seattle in 1971.
UNIVERSITY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
4515 16th Ave NE
Seattle , WA 98105-4201
DRESSED FOR CHURCH
Here we are, family of three in 1966, dressed for church.
MINISTER IN 1960s – DR. DALE TURNER
Dr. Dale Turner served 24 years (1958-1982) as senior minister of University Congregational Church in Seattle. He espoused a liberal Christian doctrine, wrote a religion column for The Seattle Times for 21 years, and was a popular luncheon and commencement speaker. Jan 4, 2005
Turner, the Rev. Dr. Dale (1917-2006) – HistoryLink.org
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University Congregational Church was the largest church Joan and I ever attended – 2,000 to 2500 members as I recall. Dale Turner seemed ever-present during weekday evening group activities, in addition to preaching on Sundays. He and Leone often hosted church members in their home. Dale seemed to know everyone by name. He frequently handed out printed cards to church members to remind them how to live their daily lives. I saved and shared a few of them for many decades.
BILL GATES – SERMON ON THE MOUNT
He demonstrated a staggering intellect as a kid
Gates plowed through the hefty World Book Encyclopedia set at age 8, but he left perhaps his biggest impression as an 11-year-old in his church confirmation class. Every year, Reverend Dale Turner challenged his pupils to memorize chapters 5-7 of the Book of Matthew – a.k.a. the Sermon on the Mount – and treated the successful ones to dinner atop the Space Needle. When Gates took his turn, Reverend Turner was stunned as the boy recited the approximately 2,000-word text with zero errors. While 31 of his classmates eventually got to chow down at the Space Needle Restaurant, Gates was the only one to deliver a flawless performance.