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Clements to leave the UUSC
Charlie Clements is leaving his position as president of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee to accept a position as executive director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. (Cambridge Chronicle - 1.25.10)
Unitarian Universalism and humanism
Doug Muder (a uuworld.org columnist) writes about Unitarian Universalism's long and intricate relationship with humanism. (The New Humanism - 1.28.10)
Also in the media:
NPR's "Fresh Air" features an interview with Charles Darwin's great-great grandson Randal Keynes, including a brief discussion of Darwin's Unitarianism. You can listen to the interview or read a transcript. (WBUR - 1.21.10)
The Washington Post reports that D.C. Superior Court Magistrate Judge Janet Albert, a member of All Souls Unitarian Church in Washington, D.C., has accused her ex-girlfriend of stalking her. The former couple met at a retreat sponsored by their church. (Washington Post - 1.26.10)
St. John's Unitarian Universalist Church in Cincinnati, Ohio, held a concert for 13-year-old children's choir member Esme Kenney, who was killed in March 2009. The concert marked Kenney's birthday and raised money for a glass sculpture to be created in her memory. (Cincinnati.com - 1.24.10)
Jennifer Harvilak, who attends the Cedarhurst Unitarian Universalist Church in Finksburg, Md., describes what it means to be pagan. (Carroll County Times - 1.24.10)
A Food for Thought Fundraiser at the Unitarian Fellowship Hall in Nanaimo, British Columbia, raised nearly $400, which was used to buy tickets for 400 meals at the Salvation Army. (Nanaimo Daily News - 1.26.10)
Members of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Pueblo, Colo., have compiled a cookbook to raise funds to buy textbooks for students in Malawi, Africa. (Pueblo Chieftain - 1.27.10)
The Rev. Tom Capo, minister of the Peoples Church Unitarian Universalist in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, participated in an interfaith prayer service for Haiti. (KCRG - 1.23.10)
The Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church in Bethesda, Md., decided not to allow T-Mobile to install a cell phone tower on its property after more than 30 church neighbors expressed concerns about potential health risks and damage to property values. (Business Gazette - 1.27.10)
Charlie Clements is leaving his position as president of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee to accept a position as executive director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. (Cambridge Chronicle - 1.25.10)
Unitarian Universalism and humanism
Doug Muder (a uuworld.org columnist) writes about Unitarian Universalism's long and intricate relationship with humanism. (The New Humanism - 1.28.10)
Also in the media:
NPR's "Fresh Air" features an interview with Charles Darwin's great-great grandson Randal Keynes, including a brief discussion of Darwin's Unitarianism. You can listen to the interview or read a transcript. (WBUR - 1.21.10)
The Washington Post reports that D.C. Superior Court Magistrate Judge Janet Albert, a member of All Souls Unitarian Church in Washington, D.C., has accused her ex-girlfriend of stalking her. The former couple met at a retreat sponsored by their church. (Washington Post - 1.26.10)
St. John's Unitarian Universalist Church in Cincinnati, Ohio, held a concert for 13-year-old children's choir member Esme Kenney, who was killed in March 2009. The concert marked Kenney's birthday and raised money for a glass sculpture to be created in her memory. (Cincinnati.com - 1.24.10)
Jennifer Harvilak, who attends the Cedarhurst Unitarian Universalist Church in Finksburg, Md., describes what it means to be pagan. (Carroll County Times - 1.24.10)
A Food for Thought Fundraiser at the Unitarian Fellowship Hall in Nanaimo, British Columbia, raised nearly $400, which was used to buy tickets for 400 meals at the Salvation Army. (Nanaimo Daily News - 1.26.10)
Members of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Pueblo, Colo., have compiled a cookbook to raise funds to buy textbooks for students in Malawi, Africa. (Pueblo Chieftain - 1.27.10)
The Rev. Tom Capo, minister of the Peoples Church Unitarian Universalist in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, participated in an interfaith prayer service for Haiti. (KCRG - 1.23.10)
The Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church in Bethesda, Md., decided not to allow T-Mobile to install a cell phone tower on its property after more than 30 church neighbors expressed concerns about potential health risks and damage to property values. (Business Gazette - 1.27.10)
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