EPISODE · Nov 19, 2018 · 23 MIN
Jim Jones and the Nature of Cult
from Sermons-First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco · host First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco
Jim Jones and the Nature of Cult (November 18, 2018) Forty years ago on November 18th, 1978, news spread around the world, but reverberated especially in the San Francisco Bay Area about the People's Temple, which had been located right in the heart of the Filmore, but relocated to Jonestown, Guyana, when over 900 residents took their lives. It raised the question about what happened there, and what are the signs and dangers of cults. We will honor the lost and reflect together on Sunday. Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister Rev. Alyson Jacks, Associate Minister Shari Halliday-Quan, Ministerial Intern Dennis Adams, Worship Associate Reiko Oda Lane, Organist and Hand-Bell Choir Director Dr. Mark Sumner, Music Director Christopher Rodriguez, Trustee Linda Harris, UUSC Chair Jonathan Silk, Podcasting, OOS, Sound
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Jim Jones and the Nature of Cult (November 18, 2018) Forty years ago on November 18th, 1978, news spread around the world, but reverberated especially in the San Francisco Bay Area about the People's Temple, which had been located right in the heart of the Filmore, but relocated to Jonestown, Guyana, when over 900 residents took their lives. It raised the question about what happened there, and what are the signs and dangers of cults. We will honor the lost and reflect together on Sunday. Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister Rev. Alyson Jacks, Associate Minister Shari Halliday-Quan, Ministerial Intern Dennis Adams, Worship Associate Reiko Oda Lane, Organist and Hand-Bell Choir Director Dr. Mark Sumner, Music Director Christopher Rodriguez, Trustee Linda Harris, UUSC Chair Jonathan Silk, Podcasting, OOS, Sound
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