Church Universal and Triumphant

How does my church fit into the new west of the 1900's. An island set against the times. Recluses. Spiritual heretics that defied social conventions to form a community that withstood the test of time for a few years at least. The people are now scattered against the backdrop of Montana and have little outposts in Bozeman and Livingston. Their network is tightly but strongly stretched and the community still exists. It is not heard of anymore and the big stories of the CUT are a thing of the past. The buildings are starting to fall apart and the giant tents that use to house thousands of people are moth eaten from disuse. How can it come back or will it morph into something new and different? The research I plan on using is going to be interviews with the old Church members that I have previously shunned and looked down on. I'll find my parent's old friends and sit in their houses, filled with St. Germains and El Moryas and try to gain a sense of what I missed and the spark of the Church that kept these people alive and vibrant against a hard backdrop for 20+ years. The secondary research I plan on using will be old newspaper articles, books written by Mother, and interviews with Patricia Spadara, the main writer of the Church.