Seeing the Dalai Lama, UU in Florida school board race, paper ballots, and more
Minister makes pilgrimage to see the Dalai Lama, in Wisconsin
The Rev. Ed Hardy, a practicing Buddhist and minister of the First Parish UU Church in Bridgewater, Mass., reflects on his own beliefs, and his enlightening visit to Tibet's exiled spiritual leader. (Norwich Bulletin - Norwich, CT 8.28.08)
Indian River UU still in school board race
Claudia Jimenez, RE director of the UU Fellowship of Vero Beach, Fla., received the most votes in a recent county school board election, enough to stay on the ballot in a run-off contest in the general election. (TCPalm - FL 8.26.08)
UU activists promote paper balloting
As Californians approach casting paper ballots in November election, a small group in Napa Valley discusses problems of electronic voting systems in presidential elections. (Napa Valley Register - CA 8.27.08)
West Coast coverage of last month's church shooting in Knoxville
A story in the national news department of a publication that serves the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community follows developments in the lethal July 27 shooting at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, up to last week's indictment of Jim David Adkisson. (Gay and Lesbian Times - San Diego 8.28.08)
Other congregations and ministers in the news
The Rev. Deborah Mero of the Unitarian Fellowship of West Chester, Pa., is one of the women featured in a story about being a female member of the clergy. (Chester DailyLocal.com - PA 8.24.08)
UUs in Rockton, Ill., are planning a fall open house at their new sanctuary, an old schoolhouse. (Rockford Register Star - IL 8.26.08)
A local nursery school, a longtime tenant of the UU Church of Rockville, Md., has been displaced by church growth and faces difficulty in finding a new space. (Business Gazette - Gaithersburg, MD 8.27.08)
A columnist sympathetic to the church writes that the adversarial neighbor of the UU Fellowship of San Luis Obispo County, Calif., apparently moved away last year. (The congregation has plans to build a new church in Edna Valley.) (San Luis Obispo Tribune - CA 8.28.08)
Also in the news
A majority of shareholders at Valero Energy supported a "say on pay" proposal; the resolution was submitted by the UUA. (RiskMetrics - Rockville, MD 8.25.08)
The Rev. Ed Hardy, a practicing Buddhist and minister of the First Parish UU Church in Bridgewater, Mass., reflects on his own beliefs, and his enlightening visit to Tibet's exiled spiritual leader. (Norwich Bulletin - Norwich, CT 8.28.08)
Indian River UU still in school board race
Claudia Jimenez, RE director of the UU Fellowship of Vero Beach, Fla., received the most votes in a recent county school board election, enough to stay on the ballot in a run-off contest in the general election. (TCPalm - FL 8.26.08)
UU activists promote paper balloting
As Californians approach casting paper ballots in November election, a small group in Napa Valley discusses problems of electronic voting systems in presidential elections. (Napa Valley Register - CA 8.27.08)
West Coast coverage of last month's church shooting in Knoxville
A story in the national news department of a publication that serves the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community follows developments in the lethal July 27 shooting at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, up to last week's indictment of Jim David Adkisson. (Gay and Lesbian Times - San Diego 8.28.08)
Other congregations and ministers in the news
The Rev. Deborah Mero of the Unitarian Fellowship of West Chester, Pa., is one of the women featured in a story about being a female member of the clergy. (Chester DailyLocal.com - PA 8.24.08)
UUs in Rockton, Ill., are planning a fall open house at their new sanctuary, an old schoolhouse. (Rockford Register Star - IL 8.26.08)
A local nursery school, a longtime tenant of the UU Church of Rockville, Md., has been displaced by church growth and faces difficulty in finding a new space. (Business Gazette - Gaithersburg, MD 8.27.08)
A columnist sympathetic to the church writes that the adversarial neighbor of the UU Fellowship of San Luis Obispo County, Calif., apparently moved away last year. (The congregation has plans to build a new church in Edna Valley.) (San Luis Obispo Tribune - CA 8.28.08)
Also in the news
A majority of shareholders at Valero Energy supported a "say on pay" proposal; the resolution was submitted by the UUA. (RiskMetrics - Rockville, MD 8.25.08)
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