November 1, 2026 10:30 am

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Next Sunday, guest speaker Rev. Paul Patterson will lead the service- P.I.L.F.E.R.S. 

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All are welcome to join, and stay for coffee hour afterward.

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A Pioneer in Restorative Justice and Victim's Awareness, Paul introduced the restorative justice program to the DeWitt Nelson Youth Correction Facility in California. He was listed in Marquis Who's Who in the West, 1998-1999. After Retiring from state servie, he taught high school English and ultimately retired as Principle of Waterford Junior High School in Waterford, California.​​

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Fascinated by social psychology, and while living in Germany, Paul studied the rise of fascism in Germany and the persecution of the Jewish people. His visit to the Dachau concentration camp cemented his lifelong resistance to authoritarianism.

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Paul holds degrees from Miami University of Ohio and the State University of New York at Albany, with additional certification from the Ohio State University. Ordained in 1992, he has served as the spiritual leader of two California Unity Churches- Sonora (10 years) and Modesto (8 years).

 

Today, Paul lives contentedly with his seven dogs in very rural northern Vermont.

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