Unitarian Universalists in the Media

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Friday, July 18, 2008

Murder suspect arrested, FEMA trailer on tour, and more

by Rosalie Davis

Another arrest made in homicide at UU-affiliated housing
Police have arrested the sixth suspect wanted in connection with the June slaying of Roald "Rolly" Hanson, 62, in South Seattle. Both men and another suspect lived at a group home for the mentally ill owned by a housing group affiliated with the University Unitarian Church.
(Seattle Post Intelligencer - WA 7.16.08)

Post-Katrina/Rita FEMA trailer on tour
Trailer makes stop at Shelter Rock UU Congregation in Manhasset, Long Island, where it has been open to the public. A grass-roots organization touring the country uses the unhealthy emergency housing unit to raise awareness of abuse in New Orleans recovery efforts. (Newsday - Long Island, NY 7.13.08) Members of the UU Service Committee invited Derrick Evans, leader of the Gulf Coast Peoples' Movement for Full and Fair Recovery, to visit the church on his way to Boston. (Newsday - Long Island, NY 7.10.08)


1984 murder victim Charlie Howard remembered
Rev. Richard Forcier, now minister of First Church, Universalist, in Barre, Vt., led this year's annual tribute in Bangor, Me., to his former parishioner, who was targeted because he was gay.
(WABI - Bangor, ME - 7.13.08)

Ministers and congregations in the news
North Parish Church of Andover, Mass., congregation hosts cultural exchange visitors from Romanian Unitarian church.
(North Andover Citizen - MA 7.17.08)

Burlington, Vt., UU minister accompanies students from South Asia touring local churches. Affiliate minister Rev. Roddy Cleary and Elaine Bomford explain beliefs and history to visitors interested in religious pluralism.
(BurlingtonFreePress.com - VT 7.11.08)

Maryland UU church's indoor and outdoor mazes offer variety of spiritual benefits.
(Hagerstown Morning Herald - MD 7.14.08)

Countryside Church Unitarian Universalist is among Chicago's socially active suburban churches.
(Rolling Meadows Review - Chicago 7.10.08)

posted by Rosalie Davis at 11:51 AM

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