Churches rally to combat climate change, photo exhibit displays LGBT families, and more
'350' movement
Many UU churches will be participating in the "350" movement on Saturday, in advance of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, to be held in December in Copenhagen.
The Unitarian Universalist Church in Meridian, Conn., will plant 350 daffodils. (Record-Journal - CT 10.21.09)
Members of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Peninsula, Va., have spent the last month studying ways to reduce their carbon footprint, and will have displays showing current energy usage and ways to reduce it. (Daily Press - VA 10.22.09)
The Unitarian Universalist Area Church in Sherborn, Mass., will ring the church bells 350 times, starting at 3:50 p.m. (Dover-Sherborn Press - MA 10.21.09)
Photo exhibit promotes LGBT equality
The Unitarian Universalist Church of Anaheim, Calif., is displaying a photo exhibit that depicts families with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender members in a positive light. The exhibit, "Love Makes A Family," is presented by Family Diversity Projects, a nonprofit organization that seeks to dispel prejudices. (The Daily Titan - CA 9.18.09)
A number of religious congregations in Maine, including the First Universalist Church in Castine, participated in a rally Sunday to show support for same-sex marriage and oppose Question 1, which would repeal a law allowing same-sex marriage in the state. (Bangor Daily News - ME 9.18.09)
Also in the media:
First Parish in Bedford, Mass., is putting on its third annual Halloween celebration, including a haunted house that is expected to attract more than 1,000 visitors this month. (The Boston Globe - 10.18.09)
The Unitarian Universalist Church in Burlington, Iowa, hosted a discussion on health care reform on Sunday. It was the third of four such discussions the church is hosting. (The Hawk Eye - IA 10.19.09)
In a project sponsored by the Unitarian Church and the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, both in Iowa City, fifth-graders from a local school planted a tree in order to learn how it grows. (Iowa City Press Citizen - IA 10.22.09)
The Rev. Tess Baumberger, minister of the Unity Church in North Easton, Mass., talks about the good that can come from performing a funeral or memorial service. (Easton Journal – MA 10.23.09)
Two ministers, one a Unitarian from Columbia Heights in Washington, D.C., debunk certain myths about the marriage equality debate. (Washington Post - 10.16.09)
Many UU churches will be participating in the "350" movement on Saturday, in advance of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, to be held in December in Copenhagen.
The Unitarian Universalist Church in Meridian, Conn., will plant 350 daffodils. (Record-Journal - CT 10.21.09)
Members of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Peninsula, Va., have spent the last month studying ways to reduce their carbon footprint, and will have displays showing current energy usage and ways to reduce it. (Daily Press - VA 10.22.09)
The Unitarian Universalist Area Church in Sherborn, Mass., will ring the church bells 350 times, starting at 3:50 p.m. (Dover-Sherborn Press - MA 10.21.09)
Photo exhibit promotes LGBT equality
The Unitarian Universalist Church of Anaheim, Calif., is displaying a photo exhibit that depicts families with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender members in a positive light. The exhibit, "Love Makes A Family," is presented by Family Diversity Projects, a nonprofit organization that seeks to dispel prejudices. (The Daily Titan - CA 9.18.09)
A number of religious congregations in Maine, including the First Universalist Church in Castine, participated in a rally Sunday to show support for same-sex marriage and oppose Question 1, which would repeal a law allowing same-sex marriage in the state. (Bangor Daily News - ME 9.18.09)
Also in the media:
First Parish in Bedford, Mass., is putting on its third annual Halloween celebration, including a haunted house that is expected to attract more than 1,000 visitors this month. (The Boston Globe - 10.18.09)
The Unitarian Universalist Church in Burlington, Iowa, hosted a discussion on health care reform on Sunday. It was the third of four such discussions the church is hosting. (The Hawk Eye - IA 10.19.09)
In a project sponsored by the Unitarian Church and the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, both in Iowa City, fifth-graders from a local school planted a tree in order to learn how it grows. (Iowa City Press Citizen - IA 10.22.09)
The Rev. Tess Baumberger, minister of the Unity Church in North Easton, Mass., talks about the good that can come from performing a funeral or memorial service. (Easton Journal – MA 10.23.09)
Two ministers, one a Unitarian from Columbia Heights in Washington, D.C., debunk certain myths about the marriage equality debate. (Washington Post - 10.16.09)
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