S.C. church featured on Lifetime series, and more
UU church featured on Lifetime show
Episode 5 of this season's Lifetime series Army Wives features the Unitarian Church in Charleston, S.C. In the scene, which starts at about 35:39, a soldier about to deploy to Iraq comes to the church to find out about getting her baby baptized. Episode 6 will also feature the church. The scenes were filmed in the church's sanctuary and members of the congregation were invited to be part of the filming. You can watch the episodes online. (mylifetime.com - 7.5.09)
Adult sex-ed in the media spotlight
Salon, inspired by the recent feature article in O magazine, writes about the UUA's OWL (Our Whole Lives) sexuality education curriculum for adults. (Salon - 7.9.09)
Website The Frisky also picked up the story, writing that "I knew Unitarians were cool beans, but I didn’t realize they were this cool." (The Frisky - Atlanta 7.8.09)
See also: Adventures in Adult Sex Education (O magazine - July 2009)
Hate-crime victim remembered
The UU Society of Bangor, Maine, marked the 25th anniversary of the local hate-crime murder of 23-year-old Charles O. Howard, a gay Unitarian. (Bangor Daily News - 7.7.09)
GA-related followup
Journalist Bill Maxwell writes about former UUA President William G. Sinkford's decision to keep the 2009 GA in Salt Lake City rather than boycotting the area after the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints's role in persuading California voters to reject same-sex marriage. (Scripps News - Washington, DC 7.6.09)
UUs at General Assembly gave nearly $30,000 to the Utah Pride Center, which supports the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community through a variety of programs. (Salt Lake Tribune - 7.2.09)
Rajan Zed, president of the Universal Society of Hinduism, welcomed the installation of the Rev. Peter Morales as the new UUA president. Morales was elected at this year's GA. (World Sentinel - Los Angeles, CA 7.6.09)
See also: Morales decisively wins UUA presidency (uuworld.org - 6.29.09)
StandardNet describes the UU faith and recaps the General Assembly and the "Standing on the Side of Love" campaign. (StandardNet - Ogden, Utah 7.4.09)
The Rev. Abhi Janamanchi, minister of the UU Church of Clearwater, Fla., and his wife, Lalitha, returned home from General Assembly to find that they had been robbed of $30,000 worth of jewelry. (Tampabay.com - St. Petersburg, FL 7.8.09)
Episode 5 of this season's Lifetime series Army Wives features the Unitarian Church in Charleston, S.C. In the scene, which starts at about 35:39, a soldier about to deploy to Iraq comes to the church to find out about getting her baby baptized. Episode 6 will also feature the church. The scenes were filmed in the church's sanctuary and members of the congregation were invited to be part of the filming. You can watch the episodes online. (mylifetime.com - 7.5.09)
Adult sex-ed in the media spotlight
Salon, inspired by the recent feature article in O magazine, writes about the UUA's OWL (Our Whole Lives) sexuality education curriculum for adults. (Salon - 7.9.09)
Website The Frisky also picked up the story, writing that "I knew Unitarians were cool beans, but I didn’t realize they were this cool." (The Frisky - Atlanta 7.8.09)
See also: Adventures in Adult Sex Education (O magazine - July 2009)
Hate-crime victim remembered
The UU Society of Bangor, Maine, marked the 25th anniversary of the local hate-crime murder of 23-year-old Charles O. Howard, a gay Unitarian. (Bangor Daily News - 7.7.09)
GA-related followup
Journalist Bill Maxwell writes about former UUA President William G. Sinkford's decision to keep the 2009 GA in Salt Lake City rather than boycotting the area after the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints's role in persuading California voters to reject same-sex marriage. (Scripps News - Washington, DC 7.6.09)
UUs at General Assembly gave nearly $30,000 to the Utah Pride Center, which supports the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community through a variety of programs. (Salt Lake Tribune - 7.2.09)
Rajan Zed, president of the Universal Society of Hinduism, welcomed the installation of the Rev. Peter Morales as the new UUA president. Morales was elected at this year's GA. (World Sentinel - Los Angeles, CA 7.6.09)
See also: Morales decisively wins UUA presidency (uuworld.org - 6.29.09)
StandardNet describes the UU faith and recaps the General Assembly and the "Standing on the Side of Love" campaign. (StandardNet - Ogden, Utah 7.4.09)
The Rev. Abhi Janamanchi, minister of the UU Church of Clearwater, Fla., and his wife, Lalitha, returned home from General Assembly to find that they had been robbed of $30,000 worth of jewelry. (Tampabay.com - St. Petersburg, FL 7.8.09)
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