Red Sox church appearance, Oprah redux, and more
Forrest Church on learning to thrive under pressure
The Rev. Forrest Church takes lessons learned during his fight with cancer about thriving in hard times and applies them to the current economic crisis. "Perhaps it's high time to lift our eyes up from the stock ticker and grim headlines and remember how fragile life is and how precious each chance we have to learn and grow must therefore be." (Business Week - 6.12.09)
See also: Love and death (UU World - Summer 2008)
Universalist spaceman visits Bedford church
Former Red Sox pitcher Bill "Spaceman" Lee, a Universalist, delivered a "Sermon on the Mound" to a standing-room-only crowd at the UU First Parish Church in Bedford, Mass. The appearance also earned a mention in the Boston Globe's celebrity news section. (Lowell Sun - Lowell, MA 6.15.09 / Boston Globe – 6.17.09)
Oprah magazine's OWL story now online
Last week I told you that the July issue of Oprah's O magazine has a great featured article all about OWL (Our Whole Lives) Sexuality Education for Adults. The story is now available to read online. (Oprah.com - July 2009)
UUs respond to Obama's executive order, mark marriage equality anniversary
The Rev. Louise Green, minister of social justice at All Souls Church in Washington, D.C., is quoted in a story about responses to President Obama's executive order, which gives some benefits to domestic partners in the civilian federal workforce. (USA Today - 6.17.09)
Nearly 50 people gathered at the First UU Society of San Francisco for a bittersweet one-year anniversary celebration of California's first legal same-sex marriages. (Bay Area Reporter - San Francisco, CA 6.18.09)
See also: Mixed emotions on Calif. gay marriage anniversary (KMPH Fox 26 - Fresno, CA 6.17.09)
Also in the media:
Five years after the mysterious murder of Sharon Snow, a member of the UU Church of Greensboro, N.C., her partner has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder. (Winston-Salem Journal - Winston-Salem, NC 6.14.09)
The Rev. Steve Aschmann, minister of the UU Congregation of Erie. Pa., explains why the UU belief in "justice, equity, and compassion in all human relations" led his congregation to call for a moratorium on capital punishment. (GoErie.com - Erie, PA 6.13.09)
The UU Church of Columbia, Mo., honored congregants's animal companions at its 10th annual pet blessing service. (Columbia Missourian - Columbia, MO 6.15.09)
The Rev. Forrest Church takes lessons learned during his fight with cancer about thriving in hard times and applies them to the current economic crisis. "Perhaps it's high time to lift our eyes up from the stock ticker and grim headlines and remember how fragile life is and how precious each chance we have to learn and grow must therefore be." (Business Week - 6.12.09)
See also: Love and death (UU World - Summer 2008)
Universalist spaceman visits Bedford church
Former Red Sox pitcher Bill "Spaceman" Lee, a Universalist, delivered a "Sermon on the Mound" to a standing-room-only crowd at the UU First Parish Church in Bedford, Mass. The appearance also earned a mention in the Boston Globe's celebrity news section. (Lowell Sun - Lowell, MA 6.15.09 / Boston Globe – 6.17.09)
Oprah magazine's OWL story now online
Last week I told you that the July issue of Oprah's O magazine has a great featured article all about OWL (Our Whole Lives) Sexuality Education for Adults. The story is now available to read online. (Oprah.com - July 2009)
UUs respond to Obama's executive order, mark marriage equality anniversary
The Rev. Louise Green, minister of social justice at All Souls Church in Washington, D.C., is quoted in a story about responses to President Obama's executive order, which gives some benefits to domestic partners in the civilian federal workforce. (USA Today - 6.17.09)
Nearly 50 people gathered at the First UU Society of San Francisco for a bittersweet one-year anniversary celebration of California's first legal same-sex marriages. (Bay Area Reporter - San Francisco, CA 6.18.09)
See also: Mixed emotions on Calif. gay marriage anniversary (KMPH Fox 26 - Fresno, CA 6.17.09)
Also in the media:
Five years after the mysterious murder of Sharon Snow, a member of the UU Church of Greensboro, N.C., her partner has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder. (Winston-Salem Journal - Winston-Salem, NC 6.14.09)
The Rev. Steve Aschmann, minister of the UU Congregation of Erie. Pa., explains why the UU belief in "justice, equity, and compassion in all human relations" led his congregation to call for a moratorium on capital punishment. (GoErie.com - Erie, PA 6.13.09)
The UU Church of Columbia, Mo., honored congregants's animal companions at its 10th annual pet blessing service. (Columbia Missourian - Columbia, MO 6.15.09)
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