{"id":47121,"date":"2021-06-27T10:00:03","date_gmt":"2021-06-27T14:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/?p=47121"},"modified":"2022-05-27T13:54:14","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T17:54:14","slug":"reverend-paul-e-sinn-sth60","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/reverend-paul-e-sinn-sth60\/","title":{"rendered":"Reverend Paul E. Sinn, (STH’60)"},"content":{"rendered":"

This obituary is provided through the courtesy of Rosalee, Rev. Paul’s wife.<\/em><\/p>\n

With his family gathered around him, holding his hands, saying \u201cI Love You\u201d and supporting one another, Paul died peacefully on Sunday morning, June 6 in his 90th year.\u00a0 His body was given to Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston.<\/p>\n

A Service of Celebration and Remembrance will be held on Saturday, June 26, 2021, at The Church of the Pilgrimage, 8 Town Square, Plymouth, Massachusetts, at 11 a.m., followed by a collation.<\/p>\n

Paul is survived by his wife Rosalee, his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren:\u00a0 Paula Sinn; Timothy Sinn, Heather Sinn, Dan Massey, Rowan and Finn; Bethany (Sinn) and Nick Magnatta, Cecilia and Carter;\u00a0 Susan (Sinn) and Joe Dupuis; Travis and Kristy Dupuis, Lyla, Joey and Audrey Rose,\u00a0 Rachel Dupuis and Jared Clemenzi; Mark Sinn, Ashley and Adrianna, Jessica Sinn and Rob Norton.\u00a0 He is also survived by his brother Charles and his wife Sue of Bloomington, Indiana and many nephews and nieces;\u00a0 by his Ugandan \u201cdaughter\u201d Beatrice Biira, Philly Jjemba and their son Jordan;\u00a0 his Chinese \u201cdaughter\u201d Ning Pu and her husband Steve Hall and their children Maddie and Max . . . and by hundreds of people around the world who call Paul their American Dad or Uncle and by others who call him friend.<\/p>\n

Each member of the family held a special place in Paul\u2019s heart.\u00a0 His great joy was being with his grandchildren and great grandchildren.<\/p>\n

Paul began his journey on a farm in Bloomington, Indiana in 1930, as the youngest of seven children.\u00a0 Influenced by family and the church, Paul studied for the ministry at Phillips University and Phillips Seminary in Enid, Oklahoma.<\/p>\n

Paul met his wife Rosalee from Tulsa, Oklahoma, at Phillips.\u00a0 She was studying Religious Education.\u00a0 Following graduation Paul accepted a position as Youth Minister at Central Christian Church in Danville, Illinois.\u00a0 Paul and Rosalee were married March 6, 1954 and began their life together in Danville.\u00a0 They returned to Phillips in the fall of 1955 for Paul to begin his studies for a Masters of Divinity degree and for Rosalee to complete her Religious Education degree.<\/p>\n

Study in Pastoral Clinical Education in hospital settings in Boston, gestalt therapy and Intensive journal writing enriched Paul\u2019s understanding of life.\u00a0 He received his Masters in Sacred Theology from Boston University. Paul served churches in Pawnee Rock, Kansas, Davenport, Oklahoma, Danville, Illinois, New Ipswich, New Hampshire and Whitman, Massachusetts.\u00a0 From 1971 to 1996, he served as The Southeast Area Minister of the United Church of Christ in Massachusetts with an office at The Church of the Pilgrimage in Plymouth.<\/p>\n

Paul\u2019s approach to ministry was practical and inclusive.\u00a0 Pastoral Counseling was an important part of his ministry.\u00a0 He was also a student of and practiced energy healing.<\/p>\n

Following retirement Paul focused on writing a definitive book on his personal theology:\u00a0 \u201cSeasons of Life – Seasons of Faith.\u201d\u00a0 He was a remarkable poet and self-published a book of his poems: \u201cSeasons of Life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Paul was active in peace and justice issues in the United States, Zimbabwe and El Salvador. He was honored to be with his friend Zane Knoy at the March on Washington in 1963 and to be present when Martin Luther King gave his \u00a0 \u201cI Have a Dream\u201d speech.\u00a0 Traveling to 20 countries deepened Paul\u2019s appreciation of global diversity.<\/p>\n

Memorial Gifts may be made to the Southern Poverty Law Center,
\n400 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, AL 36104 or by calling 334-956-8408 . . .\u00a0 or to the charity of your choice.<\/p>\n

Cards can be sent to 45 Massasoit Avenue, Plymouth, MA 02360<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This obituary is provided through the courtesy of Rosalee, Rev. Paul’s wife. With his family gathered around him, holding his hands, saying \u201cI Love You\u201d and supporting one another, Paul died peacefully on Sunday morning, June 6 in his 90th year.\u00a0 His body was given to Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston. A Service […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13877,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[206],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47121"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13877"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47121"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47124,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47121\/revisions\/47124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}