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UU ministers share thoughts on Haiti, God
The Rev. Roger Butts, pastor of the High Plains Unitarian Universalist Church in Colorado Springs, Colo., weighs in on the Haiti-related question of "why bad things happen in a world supposedly created by a just God." (Colorado Springs Gazette - 1.31.10)
The Rev. Stefanie Etzbach-Dale, minister of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Verdugo Hills in La Crescenta, Calif., answered similar questions about the Haitian earthquake and God. (Valley Sun - 1.28.10)
Judge's ex-girlfriend guilty of stalking
Last week I pointed you to a Washington Post story reporting that D.C. Superior Court Magistrate Judge Janet Albert, a member of All Souls Unitarian Church in Washington, D.C., had accused her ex-girlfriend of stalking her. The accused, Taylar Nuevelle, also a member of the church, has now been found guilty of three counts of breaking and entering and burglary. (Washington Post - 1.26.10, 1.3.10)
Also in the media:
Tom Leonard, writing about JD Salinger for the Telegraph, mentions that the only event that the famously reclusive author still appeared to participate in regularly was a monthly turkey dinner at the local UU church. (Telegraph.co.uk - 1.28.10)
The Rev. Sydney Wilde and the Rev. Dennis Daniel, spouses and new coministers of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Chico, Calif., talk about the UU faith. (Enterprise-Record - 1.30.10)
The First Universalist Church in Rockland, Maine, celebrates its certification as a Green Sanctuary. (Bangor Daily News - 1.30.10)
The Unitarian Universalist Meeting House in Provincetown, Mass., hosts the third annual Universal Theatre winter theater festival. (Wicked Local Truro - 1.28.10)
The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Woodstock, Ill., officially installed the Rev. James Hobart as its interim minister at a special Service of Transition. (Northwest Herald - 1.31.10)
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