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A sad development in funding scandal, and other news
Fiscal agent kills himself after funds loss
Steven E. Clapp, the head of Christian Community Inc., was found dead on May 15 in what has now been ruled a suicide. Clapp and his nonprofit were recently in the news following the disappearance of funds belonging to the Rev. Debra Haffner’s Religious Institute and other organizations for which Christian Community Inc. served as fiscal agent. (Journal Gazette – 5.18.12, uuworld.org – 3.5.12)
For more back story:
Reverend who lost money has criminal past (Journal Gazette – 4.1.12)
Question: Where’s our cash? (Journal Gazette – 3.18.12)
UUs continue push for marriage equality
Susan Caldwell, a member of the UU Church of Shreveport, La., is interviewed in a news segment about local reactions to President Obama’s endorsement of same-sex marriage. (KTBS – 5.13.12)
Three members of the Olympic UU Fellowship in Port Angeles, Wash., are mentioned in an article about protesters asking people not to sign a petition that would help overturn recent state legislation supporting same-sex marriage. (Peninsula Daily – 5.13.12)
About 100 people gathered for a rally at the All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church in Colorado Springs, Colo., to support a proposed civil union bill. (KRDO – 5.12.12)
UUs raise thousands for charity, call for corporate accountability, and more
The Rev. Scott Alexander, minister of the UU Fellowship of Vero Beach, Fla., has raised almost $50,000 on his cross-country bicycle journey, the Ride to Beat Hunger. To coincide with the final part of his journey, about 350 volunteers will prepare 100,000 meal packages for the hungry. (TCPalm – 5.16.12)
See also: Pedaling for hope (uuworld.org – 3.19.12)
The annual rummage sale at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton, N.J., raised more than $24,000 that will benefit area nonprofits. (The Princeton Packet – 5.14.12)
The Unitarian Universalist Association is leading a group of Chevron Corp. shareholders who want the Securities and Exchange Commission to determine whether the company is violating disclosure obligations relating to an environmental case in Ecuador. (International Business Times – 5.14.12)
The Rev. Dr. Stanley Sears, minister of the UU Society of Auburn, N.Y., writes that Unitarian Universalism offers “real-world religion.“(Auburn Citizen – 5.12.12)
An immigrant who took refuge in the First Unitarian Church of Ottawa, Canada, for 18 months to avoid deportation has opened his own restaurant. (CBC.ca – 5.15.12)
The Rev. Jeff Liebmann, minister of the UU Fellowship of Midland, Mich., participated in an Occupy the Tri protest. (Midland Daily News – 5.13.12)
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