George Freeman

Background

About George Freeman

I am currently the Presiding Chaplain of The Universal Life Church Monastery, and have formally built several successful large dance and music facilities. Throughout my life I have desired to be four things: a policeman, a soldier, a business developer and a minister, and I can now say that I have been all four. The rest of my life will be spent spreading the Monastery’s message of equality, understanding and peace through the celebration of life. I believe now, more than ever, is the ideal time for this message to be heard. The more connected we become, and the more we grow skeptical of closed-minded belief systems, the more people will begin to see that we are all one and that we were created by the same design intelligence or God. I am most notably recalled as the lead chaplain of The Seattle Monastery Church (1977-1985), which during its time was a controversial Seattle dance church. In part, this controversy stemmed around the fact that the cornerstone for our church was that of music and dance integrated into a religious celebration. Despite the fact that we were a church, a social fraternity, a shelter for the homeless, and had an open door policy to people from all walks of life, our membership to this day recounts these events as amongst the most spiritually uplifting moments of their lives. This fact is one of many that continue to confirm my belief that the language of God is music, and, as such, music can bring together black, white, rich, poor, young, old, gay or straight in a celebration of life regardless of these or any other social differences. We were, and still are, children of the same universe. Peace, George