Quote from Maureen Killoran. Unitarian Universalist Church, Introducing Maureen Killoran, 1991, Box 2 Folder 6, Unitarian Universalist Church of Asheville Collection, Ramsey Library, University of North Carolina Asheville Special Collections, Asheville, NC.
Daniel M. Welsh
Began in 1955 and retired July 7 1963 a year after the congregation gained church status.1
Richard B. Gross
Reverend Gross and his family. The Asheville Times, July 5, 1963, Box 2 Folder 2, Unitarian Universalist Church of Asheville Collection, Ramsey Library, University of North Carolina Asheville Special Collections, Asheville, NC.
Reverend Welsh was succeeded by Reverend Gross.2 Reverend Richard B. Gross, his wife Gudrun Gross, and two children Wolfgang and Monica Gross moved to Asheville in early July of 1963 from Keene, New Hampshire, where he was the Minister of the Keene Unitarian Universalist Church.3 Reverend Gross was good friends, as were most members of the church, with Mrs. Lillian Lindsey, who headed the nursery. One memory that his wife had of Mrs. Lindsey was of a day in which the children of the nursery were particularly restless. A woman by the name of Freda Van Blaricom came to assist Mrs. Lindsey, to which Mrs. Lindsey responded that she could not help as she did not know how to help babies. This made Mrs. Blaricom laugh out-loud, as she was the mother of six children.4 Reverend Gross’s wife helped with the childcare programs on Sunday and was a German immigrant who survived both World Wars.5 Reverend Gross retired in 1967.6
Tracy M. Pullman
Reverend Pullman became Minister in 1968, and retired in 1974.7
William D. Hammond
The Unitarian Universalist Church called Hammond to serve September 1, 1974. Reverend Hammond was born in Michigan 1915. Reverend Hammond was the Minister of Unitarian Universalist Church in Wayzata Minnesota since 1970. From 1964 to 1970 he was the district executive of the Michigan/Ohio district, Unitarian Universalist Association. In 1950 he was the Minister of the Pointe Universalist Unitarian Church until 1964, in this time he also taught adult level classes on Popular Astronomy and General Semantics. In 1946-1950 he was Minister of the Peoples Liberal Church in Chicago. Reverend Hammond’s wife Nancy was from Akron, Ohio, and had worked her whole life.8 After nine years of being Minister, he retired August 31, 1983. Reverend Hammond helped improve the Asheville Unitarian Universalist Church in many ways through his proposals and encouragements. Reverend Hammond stated that this was one of his personally favorite congregations. Reverend Hammond was bestowed the title of Minister Emeritus.9
Click on the image for an excerpt from the sermon Jesus, What Manner of Man 
Reverend James Brewer
Reverend Brewer became Minister of the Asheville Unitarian Universalist Church in 1984, and retired in 1990.10
Click on the image for an excerpt from the sermon The Bible Tells Us What? 
Dr. William Houff
Photo of Dr. Houff. Photographer and date unknown, Box 2 Folder 5, Unitarian Universalist Church of Asheville Collection, Ramsey Library, University of North Carolina Asheville Special Collections, Asheville, NC.
Dr. Houff only served a year (May 11, 1990- June 23, 1991) at the church, during which he provided many fun sermons that lifted the congregation’s spirits.11
Click on the image for an excerpt from the sermon Two Days From the Brink 
Reverend Killoran. Unitarian Universalist Church, Introducing Maureen Killoran, 1991, Box 2 Folder 6, Unitarian Universalist Church of Asheville Collection, Ramsey Library, University of North Carolina Asheville Special Collections, Asheville, NC.
Maureen Killoran
Reverend Killoran was the first female Minister of the Unitarian Universalist Church in Asheville, who served from 1968-1974.12 Reverend Killoran originally came from Canada. She received her Masters in Divinity from the Toronto School of of Theology, University of Toronto, in 1986. Until she came to the Asheville Unitarian Universalist Church she ministered at the First Unitarian Society of Salem in Oregon.13 Through her influence and help, Asheville’s Unitarian Universalist Church became a social justice power in Western North Carolina.14
Click on the image for an excerpt from the sermon Speak of the Devil 
Mark Ward
Reverend Ward. Asheville Citizen Times, Former Journalist to Serve as Minister at Local Church, 2005, Box 2 Folder 7, Unitarian Universalist Church of Asheville Collection, Ramsey Library, University of North Carolina Asheville Special Collections, Asheville, NC.
Reverend Mark Ward was born in Wilmington, Delaware, and raised in Princeton, New Jersey. In 1976 he earned his Master’s degree in Philosophy from Bryn Mawr College, and in 1979 he earned his Master’s degree from the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. Mark Ward grew up as a Unitarian Universalist and has been involved in church life since we was young. He had been a supporter of same sex marriage long before becoming a Minister.15 Beginning February 6, 2005, Reverend Mark Ward has presided as head Minister of the Unitarian Universalist Church.14 Mark Ward was formerly a journalist of 25 years. He and his wife Debbie raised three daughters (Anna, Erica, and Meredith) around the Unitarian Universalist Church Tradition.16
1 Unitarian Universalist Church, June 7, 1963, Installation Service for The Reverend Richard R. Gross, Box 2 Folder 2, Unitarian Universalist Church of Asheville Collection, Ramsey Library, University of North Carolina Asheville Special Collections, Asheville, NC.
2 Unitarian Universalist Church, June 7, 1963, Installation Service for The Reverend Richard R. Gross, Box 2 Folder 2, Unitarian Universalist Church of Asheville Collection, Ramsey Library, University of North Carolina Asheville Special Collections, Asheville, NC.
3 The Asheville Times, July 5, 1963, Box 2 Folder 2, Unitarian Universalist Church of Asheville Collection, Ramsey Library, University of North Carolina Asheville Special Collections, Asheville, NC.
4 Richard B. Gross, Elizabethtown, PA, March 23, 1995, Box 2 Folder 2, Unitarian Universalist Church of Asheville Collection, Ramsey Library, University of North Carolina Asheville Special Collections, Asheville, NC.
5 Obituary of Gudrun Gross, April, 2009, Box 2 Folder 2, Unitarian Universalist Church of Asheville Collection, Ramsey Library, University of North Carolina Asheville Special Collections, Asheville, NC.
6 “Unitarian Universalist Church of Asheville Ministers,” Unitarian Universalist Church of Asheville, accessed March 3, 2017, http://uuasheville.org/uuca-ministers/.
7 “Unitarian Universalist Church of Asheville Ministers,” Unitarian Universalist Church of Asheville, accessed March 3, 2017, http://uuasheville.org/uuca-ministers/.
8 Unitarian Universalist Church, Introducing David Hammond, 1974, Box 2 Folder 3, Unitarian Universalist Church of Asheville Collection, Ramsey Library, University of North Carolina Asheville Special Collections, Asheville, NC.
9 Unitarian Universalist Church, Bill’s 9 Year Ministry, 1983, Box 2 Folder 3, Unitarian Universalist Church of Asheville Collection, Ramsey Library, University of North Carolina Asheville Special Collections, Asheville, NC.
10 “Unitarian Universalist Church of Asheville Ministers,” Unitarian Universalist Church of Asheville, accessed March 3, 2017, http://uuasheville.org/uuca-ministers/.
10 Unitarian Universalist Church, Resolution of Thanks to Dr. William Houff, June 23, 1991, Box 2 Folder 5, Unitarian Universalist Church of Asheville Collection, Ramsey Library, University of North Carolina Asheville Special Collections, Asheville, NC.
11 “Unitarian Universalist Church of Asheville Ministers,” Unitarian Universalist Church of Asheville, accessed March 3, 2017, http://uuasheville.org/uuca-ministers/.
12 Unitarian Universalist Church, Introducing Maureen Killoran, 1991, Box 2 Folder 6, Unitarian Universalist Church of Asheville Collection, Ramsey Library, University of North Carolina Asheville Special Collections, Asheville, NC.
13 Maureen Killoran, Minister’s Report, May, 2001, Box 2 Folder 6, Unitarian Universalist Church of Asheville Collection, Ramsey Library, University of North Carolina Asheville Special Collections, Asheville, NC.
14 Mark Ward, “Declaration of Reverend Mark Ward,” n.d., Unitarian Universalist Church of Asheville Archives, 1 Edwin Pl, Asheville, NC 28801.
15 Unitarian Universalist Church, Orientation of Mark Ward, February, 2005, Box 2 Folder 7, Unitarian Universalist Church of Asheville Collection, Ramsey Library, University of North Carolina Asheville Special Collections, Asheville, NC.
16 Asheville Citizen Times, Former Journalist to Serve as Minister at Local Church, 2005, Box 2 Folder 7, Unitarian Universalist Church of Asheville Collection, Ramsey Library, University of North Carolina Asheville Special Collections, Asheville, NC.
