More violence in Knoxville, Mexican mission trip, New Zealand renovation, and more
Adkisson indicted by grand jury in Knoxville church shootings
In Knox County, Tenn., a grand jury has indicted Jim David Adkisson on ten separate counts, including two first-degree murder charges, stemming from the July 27 church shooting at the Tennessee Valley UU Church; the FBI has also opened a civil rights probe. The 58-year old man is being held in jail on a $1 million bond. The Rev. Chris Buice, minister of the church, says indictment moves justice process forward. (Knoxville News Sentinel - Knoxville, TN 8.21.08) A trial has been scheduled to begin March 18, 2009. (Knoxville News Sentinel - Knoxville, TN 8.22.08)
More violence in Knoxville
A high school student shot and killed a classmate in Knoxville's Central High School on August 21. The Rev. Chris Buice was taking his daughter to the school when the shooting occurred. He offered reflections on responding to trauma in the August 22 Knoxville News Sentinel. (Knoxville News Sentinel - Knoxville, TN 8.21.08, 8.22.08)
Other Knoxville-related news
Op-eds and commentary pieces continue to reaffirm UU values and express sympathy for the TVUUC victims. Among this week's crop:
The Rev. Scott Sammler-Michael begins his tenure as the new minister at the Accotink UU Church in Burke, Va. (Burke Connection - McLean VA, 8.13.08)
Teenagers travel to a remote village in Mexico from First Unitarian Church of South Bend, Ind., on a service mission to repair the roof of a clinic there. The trip was organized by Global Citizens Network of St. Paul, Minn. (South Bend Tribune - South Bend IN, 8.20.08)
A member of the UU Church of Fresno, Calif., writes about joining other UUs in the state to collectively lower their carbon dioxide emissions by a million pounds by Earth Day, 2009. (Fresno Bee - Fresno CA, 8.16.08; sub req'd)
Youth at Abraham Lincoln UU congregation, in Springfield, Ill., raise awareness with a tent for Darfur. (The State Journal-Register - Springfield IL, 8.21.08)
The historic Auckland, New Zealand, Unitarian Church celebrates the completion of a $100,000 renovation project. (Auckland City Harbor News - Auckland NZ, 8.22.08)
Chris Walton contributed to this week's roundup.
In Knox County, Tenn., a grand jury has indicted Jim David Adkisson on ten separate counts, including two first-degree murder charges, stemming from the July 27 church shooting at the Tennessee Valley UU Church; the FBI has also opened a civil rights probe. The 58-year old man is being held in jail on a $1 million bond. The Rev. Chris Buice, minister of the church, says indictment moves justice process forward. (Knoxville News Sentinel - Knoxville, TN 8.21.08) A trial has been scheduled to begin March 18, 2009. (Knoxville News Sentinel - Knoxville, TN 8.22.08)
More violence in Knoxville
A high school student shot and killed a classmate in Knoxville's Central High School on August 21. The Rev. Chris Buice was taking his daughter to the school when the shooting occurred. He offered reflections on responding to trauma in the August 22 Knoxville News Sentinel. (Knoxville News Sentinel - Knoxville, TN 8.21.08, 8.22.08)
Other Knoxville-related news
- "Sheriff Proposes Training Parishioners as Deputies" (Religion News Service, Washington Post - 8.16.08)
- UUA and UU World coverage
Op-eds and commentary pieces continue to reaffirm UU values and express sympathy for the TVUUC victims. Among this week's crop:
- "Learn to greet hatred with love" (Erie Times-News - Erie PA, 8.16.08)
- "Tupelo Unitarian reflects upon shooting" (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal - Tupelo MS, 8.16.08)
- "Finding love and offering forgiveness" (Saugus Advertiser - Beverly MA, 8.20.08)
The Rev. Scott Sammler-Michael begins his tenure as the new minister at the Accotink UU Church in Burke, Va. (Burke Connection - McLean VA, 8.13.08)
Teenagers travel to a remote village in Mexico from First Unitarian Church of South Bend, Ind., on a service mission to repair the roof of a clinic there. The trip was organized by Global Citizens Network of St. Paul, Minn. (South Bend Tribune - South Bend IN, 8.20.08)
A member of the UU Church of Fresno, Calif., writes about joining other UUs in the state to collectively lower their carbon dioxide emissions by a million pounds by Earth Day, 2009. (Fresno Bee - Fresno CA, 8.16.08; sub req'd)
Youth at Abraham Lincoln UU congregation, in Springfield, Ill., raise awareness with a tent for Darfur. (The State Journal-Register - Springfield IL, 8.21.08)
The historic Auckland, New Zealand, Unitarian Church celebrates the completion of a $100,000 renovation project. (Auckland City Harbor News - Auckland NZ, 8.22.08)
Chris Walton contributed to this week's roundup.
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