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The Steps To Obtain a Free Ordination Online

April 10th, 2023

The process of becoming a minister may be simple in many ways, but this doesn’t mean it should be a duty that is pushed off until the last moment. Learn what the steps are for becoming an ordained minister online.

ULC Minister Training & Education 6 Comments

Coronavirus Cancelled My Wedding – Can I Get Married Online?

March 30th, 2020

Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, brides, grooms, and ministers alike are scrambling for alternative options. Can you bypass coronavirus restrictions by getting married online or performing weddings via the internet?

Weddings 21 Comments

Paul McCartney Marries Couple Onstage

August 29th, 2014

It was almost certainly the highlight of the young couple’s life. There was Paul McCartney, former member of the Beatles, smirking at them from the stage as they held up a sign asking him to marry them. With most big-name artists, such a request would have b

Celebrity Ministers 6 Comments

Texas’s Assault on Abortion and Reproductive Health Services

July 23rd, 2013

In a continuing effort to make abortion services harder to obtain, legislators in the U.S. state of Texas have filed a bill to ban abortion as early as six weeks after conception. To the chagrin of pro-choice activists, the proposed bill was also filed the sam

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Soap Star Performs a Wedding as ULC Minister

August 27th, 2012

soap opera star Colleen Zenk, known for her role as Barbara Ryan in As The World Turns, officiated the wedding for a pair soap opera fans in iconic Times Square in New York City.

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How ULC Ministers Can Fight the Obesity Epidemic

July 3rd, 2012

The obesity epidemic in the United States is something we've been following closely here on the ULC Monastery blog. Here's how you, as a ULC minister, can help fight it.

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Why Should Church and State Be Kept Separate?

November 16th, 2011

By now many of us are familiar with the right-wing argument that religion and government are inextricably intertwined, that the two have always mixed and can never be completely separated.

Science & Technology 1 Comment

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