Carolyn Kendall has been a reader of The Urantia Book since before publication; and along with her parents, brother, and late husband, was a founding member of the First Urantia Society of Chicago. She and her husband Tom served in leadership roles in the Urantia Brotherhood/Fellowship and Urantia Foundation, and she is the mother of five and grandmother of seven. Carolyn has lived in the same house on the street “Salvington Place” for forty-eight years.
Barbara Newsom started reading The Urantia Book with her parents in a study group near Wichita, Kansas, in 1965, and has attended study groups ever since. In 1975, she moved to Chicago and joined First Urantia Society. Barbara has served on the Fellowship General Council, Executive Committee, and three standing committees. She also volunteers for Urantia Foundation, Urantia Association International, and The Urantia Book Historical Society