Summer Seminar 2007 Information

Mighty Messenger, Spring 2007

Fundamental Patterns of Reality -- Chris Halvorson

The Coming Scientific Validation of The Urantia Book -- Dr. Philip Calabrese

The History of Life -- Chris Halvorson

Psalms for Readers of The Urantia Book -- Rev. Meredith Sprunger

February 2007 Community Update Newsletter

Conception and Birth of an Ascender -- Chris Halvorson

Crouching Deity Hidden Supreme Part I: The Essence of Evolution, Consciousness, and Service: Becoming Cosmic Citizens -- Bob Debold

Crouching Deity, Hidden Supreme, Part II: The Supreme Kingdom: Cosmic Views for Heralding the New Dispensation -- Bob Debold

Audio version of The Urantia Book -- The online text now contains links to audio versions of each section of The Urantia Book as well as printer-friendly versions.

Etymology of Coined Words in The Urantia Book -- Notes for a work in progress by Chris Halvorson

December 2006 Community Update Newsletter

November 2006 Community Update Newsletter

Some Early Studies by Georgia Gecht from the 1960s
   School of Meanings and Values; Study Outline for 1968 - 69
   The Fact of Experience: A Study Outline
   Questions and Answers on Energy and Matter
   Questions and Answers on Urantia Book Cosmology
   Questions and Answers on Havona
   The Trinity: Its Purpose and Function
   Phenomena Surrounding the Creation of the Local Universe Mother Spirit
   Genesis and Generation of Deity, Trinity, and Triunity Realities
   The Cycle of Reality
   Questions and Answers on God the Supreme and God the Sevenfold
   Various Names Substituted for the Infinite Spirit
      and the Thought Adjuster
   Repercussions: A Study from The Urantia Book
   Suggested references to help new readers evaluate The Urantia Book

The Urantia Book Reader's Historical Archive

Mighty Messenger -- Spring 2006

New Topical Index for The Urantia Book

Bill Sadler talks, Oklahoma City Series (MP3)

Steve Dreier, IC05 Closing Plenary Talk on Personality (MP3)

IC05 Conference Presentations

The Challenges of Faith in the Quest for Cosmic Citizenship -- David Kantor

Test your knowledge of Part IV of The Urantia Book -- David Kantor

Psalms for Readers of The Urantia Book -- Meredith Sprunger

Fragment of 1947 study notes by Bill Sadler 

Personal notes for a 1958 talk in Oklahoma City -- Bill Sadler

Growth--Supreme, Ultimate, and Absolute -- Dan Massey, Eastern Regional Conference, 1977

Printable PDF Map of First Century Palestine

Mighty Messenger: Spring 2005  

Music for Meditation: Interstices in the Sea of Glass (MP3) -- David Kantor         

Ecumenic Pluralism: An Approach to Inter-religious Dialog -- Dr. Ted Peters

God, Man, and Supreme: Origin and Destiny -- A new book by Stuart R. Kerr, III

A Brief Summary of The Urantia Book -- Bill Sadler, 1955

Some early notes of historic value -- various sources

Christ Consciousness -- an essay by David Glass

A History of the Early Days, November 1952, author unknown

Memorial Service for a Forumite, 1959

Transcripts of Bill Sadler study group, Oklahoma City, July 23, 1960
            Part 1
          Part 2
          Part 3
          Part 4
          Part 5
          Part 6
          Part 7
          Part 8
          Part 9
          Part 10
          Part 11

MELCHIZEDEK IN THE BIBLE, THE QUMRAN TEXTS (11Q, 1965), AND
THE URANTIA BOOK (1955) -- By Rev. Dr. Ángel Francisco Sánchez-Escobar (University of Seville)

Simplification of the Foreword -- Audio version of Bill Sadler's booklet recorded by Larry Mason in MP3 format

Recent Additions to the History Archive:  Note: Some of these are fairly large files so wait for them to download. All are in PDF format.

1967 Letter from Harold Sherman to Dr. Sadler
1942 Letter from Harold Sherman to Dr. Sadler
Urantia Foundation and Urantia Brotherhood named as defendants in 1983 lawsuit
Internal memos expressing concern about "The Pelley Papers" authored by "Nostradamus"
1959 Memo to Societies about trademark usage
1959 Memo to Executive Committee about trademark restrictions
This is the Truth -- short note by Harold Sherman
1965 Memo on Library of Congress classification change
1974 Memo on concentric circle symbol
1955 Memo on selling books to strangers -- Bill Sadler, Jr.
1941 Solicitation Letter -- William S. Sadler, William Hales

         Documents of historic interest from the Urantia Brotherhood School

          1. Biology Exam
          2. Topical Studies Part II: Final Exam
          3. Anthropology Exam
          4. Geology Exam

          Certificates awarded by the Brotherhood School

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Grouping The Urantia Papers by Topic -- Bill Sadler, Jr.

The Case of the Missing Adjectives -- An aid for studying the fruits of the spirit

New Audio Collection -- The Music of Sandy Garrick -- MP3 format

"Urantia-Urontia" or "Unity not Uniformity Blues" -- Written by Sandy Garrick, sung by 11 year-old Jinjee at IC78 (MP3)

Executive Committee Newsletter, October 2004

The Urantia Book: A Challenge for Contemporary Christianity -- David Kantor

Synopsis of The Urantia Book -- Meredith Sprunger. This major work constitutes an abridged version of The Urantia Book.     

Revelation Dissemination in an Uncertain World -- David Kantor

The Sacred Cycle -- a beautiful multi-media Flash presentation by Troy Bishop

Getting to Know God the Supreme -- David Kantor

The Meredith J. Sprunger Archive -- A collection of Dr. Sprunger's writings

The Historical Roots of our Ecological Crisis -- A classic article likely to be of interest to readers of The Urantia Book from a back issue of Science magazine, by Dr. Lynn White, Jr.

Bill Sadler: The Soul of Joshua ben Joseph -- Audio, mp3

Bill Sadler: On the Adjuster and Adjuster Communion -- Audio, mp3

Transmission from a Reversion Director (Video -- Windows Media Player Format)

The Spiritual Teachings of The Urantia Book: A Synopsis -- Ken Glasziou

All back issues of The Herald

Algunas citas no Biblicas en El Libro de Urantia -- Bill Sadler, translated by Cordesaes, Bogotá, Colombia

Un breve resumen de El Libro de Urantia -- Bill Sadler, translated by Cordesaes, Bogotá, Colombia

Un exámen de la operación de los dos principales en relacion con el documento 106 -- Bill Sadler, translated by Cordesaes, Bogotá, Colombia

A Study of Sadler, "the Editor" by Dave Holt

Bill Sadler Conversations -- Upgraded audio archive

The Story of Everything -- a simplified version of The Urantia Book by Michelle Klimesh

The Herald -- Summer 2003 Issue

Summer Study Session '03: A Review and Perspective -- Lee Smith, Chair of the Fellowship Education Committee

A Trace of God -- SSS'03 Presentation by Steven Hecht

The Art of Marriage -- SSS'03 Presentation by Arlene Weimer, Buck Weimer, and Sara Blackstock

Science in The Urantia Book -- SSS'03 Presentation by Dan Massey

The Rise of Spiritual Technology -- Link to SSS'03 Presentation by Richard Omura

Literacy, Sacred Texts, and The Urantia Book -- SSS'03 presentation by David Kantor

Mighty Messenger, Spring 2003

Federal Appeals Court Decision in Michael Foundation Case

An Examination of the Operation of Two Principles in Paper 106 -- Bill Sadler

A Brief Summary of The Urantia Book -- Bill Sadler, 9/10/55

Some Non-Biblical Quotations in The Urantia Book -- Dr. William S. Sadler, 1/10/58

Was the Forum in direct contact with the revelators? -- Personal correspondence between Julia Fenderson and Marian Rowley

Notes of a Sunday School Teacher -- Bill Rocap

Spiritual Growth and Progress -- A study by Dave Holt based upon The Urantia Book, the Bible, and the work of Abraham Maslow

An Essay on Hope -- David Kantor
(En español, La Esperanza)

Notes from a class on The Supreme Being -- Bill Sadler, March 1956