UU churchgoers, saving special baby unit, and more
For this week's coverage of the aftermath of the July 27 shooting at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church in Knoxville, see Tuesday's entry. —The editors
About Unitarian Universalism
"Faith and Values" columnist interviews area UU churchgoers and reports on their beliefs, history, values, and practices.
(Columbus Dispatch - OH 8.8.08)
Saving hospital's newborn unit
Members of the Unitarian congregation of Bury St. Edmonds, in Suffolk, England, have written to health authorities to express their support of a neonatal hospital unit whose future is in doubt. The Special Care Baby Unit at the West Suffolk hospital was chosen by the church as its local charity for the year. (East Anglian Daily Times - Ipswich, UK 8.12.08)
Sex education in Indian River County, Florida
In a letter to the editor a former County Commissioner writes to oppose local school board candidate Claudia Jimenez. Jimenez is the RE director at the UU Fellowship of Vero Beach and supports comprehensive sex education, rather than the district's current abstinence-only policy.
(Vero Beach Press-Journal - FL 8.13.08)
Fresh obstacle to church building project
A neighborhood association is suing the County's Board of Supervisors for its approval of the new building plans of the UU Fellowship of San Luis Obispo, Calif., in the latest round of animosity in an ongoing wrangle.
(San Luis Obispo Tribune - San Luis Obispo, CA 8.11.08)
Also in the news
Retired United Methodist minister Rev. Charles Moreland, a frequent speaker at the UU Fellowship of Clarksville, Tenn., and a former Army chaplain, reflects on the Veteran's Administration's protocol of religious symbols on GI's gravestones. (Clarksville Online - Clarksville, TN 8.10.08)
About Unitarian Universalism
"Faith and Values" columnist interviews area UU churchgoers and reports on their beliefs, history, values, and practices.
(Columbus Dispatch - OH 8.8.08)
Saving hospital's newborn unit
Members of the Unitarian congregation of Bury St. Edmonds, in Suffolk, England, have written to health authorities to express their support of a neonatal hospital unit whose future is in doubt. The Special Care Baby Unit at the West Suffolk hospital was chosen by the church as its local charity for the year. (East Anglian Daily Times - Ipswich, UK 8.12.08)
Sex education in Indian River County, Florida
In a letter to the editor a former County Commissioner writes to oppose local school board candidate Claudia Jimenez. Jimenez is the RE director at the UU Fellowship of Vero Beach and supports comprehensive sex education, rather than the district's current abstinence-only policy.
(Vero Beach Press-Journal - FL 8.13.08)
Fresh obstacle to church building project
A neighborhood association is suing the County's Board of Supervisors for its approval of the new building plans of the UU Fellowship of San Luis Obispo, Calif., in the latest round of animosity in an ongoing wrangle.
(San Luis Obispo Tribune - San Luis Obispo, CA 8.11.08)
Also in the news
Retired United Methodist minister Rev. Charles Moreland, a frequent speaker at the UU Fellowship of Clarksville, Tenn., and a former Army chaplain, reflects on the Veteran's Administration's protocol of religious symbols on GI's gravestones. (Clarksville Online - Clarksville, TN 8.10.08)
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