'O' magazine highlights UU sex-ed program, and more
OWL in Oprah magazine
Pick up the July issue of Oprah's O magazine (on shelves Monday) and you'll find that one of the articles featured on the cover is a great story all about OWL (Our Whole Lives) Sexuality Education for Adults. For those not familiar with it, OWL is a popular comprehensive sexuality-education program that the Unitarian Universalist Association published in collaboration with the United Church of Christ. (O - July 2009)
Humanitarian aid worker convicted on littering charge
On June 4, 27-year-old UU Walt Staton was convicted of littering by a federal court for leaving water jugs in Arizona's Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge—a crime that could result in up to a year in prison. Staton is part of the humanitarian aid group "No More Deaths," which offers supplies and aid to migrants trying to cross the desert. (Arizona Daily star - 6.4.09)
A fond farewell to Starr King statue
Not everyone was happy to see a statue of Ronald Reagan replace one of UU historical figure Thomas Starr King, which has stood in Washington's National Statuary Hall for 78 years. (OC Weekly - Santa Ana, CA 6.9.09)
A New York Times writer offered a farewell toast to the "worthy but obscure" Thomas Starr King in an opinion piece that recalls the accomplishments that first earned the Unitarian minister a place in the Statuary Hall. (New York Times - 6.5.09)
See also: Unitarian statue loses spot in U.S. Capitol (uuworld.org - 9.15.06 )
Also in the media:
Claire Barker writes about traveling as a volunteer with the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee to Guayaquil, Ecuador, where she is helping to ascertain what impact the city's private water and sanitation business is having on the Guayas River estuary. (Boston Globe - 6.3.09)
The Rev. Chris Buice, minister of the Tennessee Valley UU Church in Knoxville, reflects on how his congregation has changed and healed since the deadly shootings there one year ago. (The Wichita Eagle - Wichita, KS 6.7.09)
Read more about the Knoxville shootings. (uuworld.org)
The Deseret News reports that two major religious conventions are coming to Salt Lake City this month: the 48th annual UUA General Assembly and the 22nd International Conference of the Center for Studies on New Religions. (Deseret News - Salt Lake City, UT 6.5.09)
After seven years, the Rev. Meg Barnhouse (a uuworld.org columnist) is leaving the UU Church of Spartanburg, S.C., to serve as interim minister at the UU Congregation of Princeton, N.J. (Spartanburg Herald Journal - Spartanburg, SC 6.5.09)
The Rev. Erica Baron, consulting minister for the UU Fellowship of Bennington, Vt., writes about the blurry line between the sacred and secular aspects of our lives. (Bennington Banner - Bennington, VT 6.6.09)
Pick up the July issue of Oprah's O magazine (on shelves Monday) and you'll find that one of the articles featured on the cover is a great story all about OWL (Our Whole Lives) Sexuality Education for Adults. For those not familiar with it, OWL is a popular comprehensive sexuality-education program that the Unitarian Universalist Association published in collaboration with the United Church of Christ. (O - July 2009)
Humanitarian aid worker convicted on littering charge
On June 4, 27-year-old UU Walt Staton was convicted of littering by a federal court for leaving water jugs in Arizona's Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge—a crime that could result in up to a year in prison. Staton is part of the humanitarian aid group "No More Deaths," which offers supplies and aid to migrants trying to cross the desert. (Arizona Daily star - 6.4.09)
A fond farewell to Starr King statue
Not everyone was happy to see a statue of Ronald Reagan replace one of UU historical figure Thomas Starr King, which has stood in Washington's National Statuary Hall for 78 years. (OC Weekly - Santa Ana, CA 6.9.09)
A New York Times writer offered a farewell toast to the "worthy but obscure" Thomas Starr King in an opinion piece that recalls the accomplishments that first earned the Unitarian minister a place in the Statuary Hall. (New York Times - 6.5.09)
See also: Unitarian statue loses spot in U.S. Capitol (uuworld.org - 9.15.06 )
Also in the media:
Claire Barker writes about traveling as a volunteer with the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee to Guayaquil, Ecuador, where she is helping to ascertain what impact the city's private water and sanitation business is having on the Guayas River estuary. (Boston Globe - 6.3.09)
The Rev. Chris Buice, minister of the Tennessee Valley UU Church in Knoxville, reflects on how his congregation has changed and healed since the deadly shootings there one year ago. (The Wichita Eagle - Wichita, KS 6.7.09)
Read more about the Knoxville shootings. (uuworld.org)
The Deseret News reports that two major religious conventions are coming to Salt Lake City this month: the 48th annual UUA General Assembly and the 22nd International Conference of the Center for Studies on New Religions. (Deseret News - Salt Lake City, UT 6.5.09)
After seven years, the Rev. Meg Barnhouse (a uuworld.org columnist) is leaving the UU Church of Spartanburg, S.C., to serve as interim minister at the UU Congregation of Princeton, N.J. (Spartanburg Herald Journal - Spartanburg, SC 6.5.09)
The Rev. Erica Baron, consulting minister for the UU Fellowship of Bennington, Vt., writes about the blurry line between the sacred and secular aspects of our lives. (Bennington Banner - Bennington, VT 6.6.09)
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