According to the York Daily Record/Sunday News, the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Susquehanna Valley will be holding their fourth annual Spring Gala Saturday, April 19, 2008 at the Front Street Station in Northumberland, PA.
The event will feature live music, live and silent auctions, food and a cash bar.
Proceeds will benefit programs and outreach of the congregation.
Tickets are $20, children are free, contact information for the UUCSV is available both through their website as well as the original news article.
Friday, April 11, 2008
Spring Gala and Silent Auction
One Man Play About Clarence Darrow
The Unitarian Universalist Society of Iowa City is helping to arrange a performance of "Clarence Darrow: The Search for Justice" by Gary Anderson according to the Iowa City Press-Citizen.
"We are celebrating a historic event, and he is such an historic figure," said Mark Yuskis, of the Unitarian Universalist Society, which is helping arrange the event. "I heard about performances that he gives all across the country, and I just wanted to bring him to Iowa City sometime."
The play is in conjunction with the 100-year anniversary of the Unitarian Universalist Society's building, 10 S. Gilbert St.
"He is a good fit with our support of social justice issues," Yuskis said.
The play will take place at the University of Iowa, Boyd Law Building, Leavitt Auditorium on Friday, April 11 at 7:30 pm. Sphere: Related Content
White Plains Church to Host Immigration Panel
The Community Unitarian Church of White Plains (NY) will be hosting a panel discussion entitled "Borders, Immigrants, Sanctuaries and Unitarian Universalists". The event will take place Sunday, April 13 at CUC, 468 Rosedale Ave., White Plains, NY 10605(directions).
Speakers will include Debbie Almontaser (founder and former Principal of the Khalil Gibran International Academy, the first Arabic Language High School in the U.S.), members of the First Unitarian Congregational Society of Brooklyn, members of CUC and others. Visit CUC's website and contact Al Shehadi, co-chairman of the action for social concerns committee, if you need more info.
Hat tip to Greenwich Post.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Pastor Reproves Press & Sun-Bulletin Coverage
In a post in the Viewpoints section on the (Binghamton, NY) Press & Sun-Bulletin's website, pressconnects.com, Rev. Douglas Taylor reproved the papers coverage of the vigil that the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Binghamton held to mark the fifth anniversary of the Iraq "War."
Instead of hearing about the countless Iraqi deaths, I read about motorists who are inconvenienced. Instead of hearing about the overwhelming number of Americans gathering peacefully to call for an end to this war, I read about a minor outburst between a few college kids and a few police officers.
Read the entire post.
Quietly protesting will not do the job. Rev. Taylor is showing the way. Sphere: Related Content
"Broadway Show" to be presented in Westchester
The First Unitarian Society of Westchester (NY) will be presenting “Give My Regards to Broadway!”, a cabaret style event, on Sunday April 20, 2008, according to Westchester.com.
The Society's website describes it as "a salute to Broadway featuring many of our talented FUSW members and friends." Donations will go to the First Unitarian Society’s flood-repair program. Sounds like an enjoyable evening.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
ACLU to hold screening of "Soldiers in the Army of God" at UU Church
According to the Northwest Florida Daily News, the ACLU in Pensacola, in conjuction with local religious and women's rights organizations, will be screening a film on women's reproductive rights entitled "Soldiers in the Army of God" on April 24 at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Pensacola.
A description of the film from the HBO (it was originally the second film in a series aired on HBO) website:
Many of the most extreme members of the anti-abortion movement reveal themselves to HBO cameras for the first time in this disturbing verite documentary. The film focuses primarily on "soldiers" in the Army of God, a pro-life group bonded together by the Internet, by organized rallies, and by a common belief that abortions must be stopped at all costs.
In addition to intimate footage of Army members at their homes, in their cars and at gatherings, the film includes harrowing footage of high-profile crimes targeted at abortion clinics, most notably the 1993 murder of two abortion-clinic workers in Pensacola, Florida. The documentary also features an exclusive death-row interview with the man who committed these murders: Paul Hill, who has become a hero and martyr to many Army of God zealots.
Sounds as if the film gives a rather unsettling view from the side of the pro-life extremists and what their motivations are. It's always good to understand what it is that motivates the other side. Obviously, given that the film covers the 1993 murder of two abortion-clinic workers in Pensacola, the film will strike home for many in that area on that point as well. Sphere: Related Content
Monday, April 7, 2008
Annual Empty Bowls Event in Marietta, Ohio
From the Parkersburg News and Sentinal:
Potters from all over the Marietta area contributed their artwork to a good
cause on Saturday morning.It was part of Empty Bowls, a nationwide program where local potters are asked to donate their work to programs which feed the hungry.
According to Caroline Putnam, who coordinated the event this year, the First Unitarian Universalist Church started an Empty Bowls event in Marietta eight years ago.
“An unknown young woman, a potter, approached the service committee of the Unitarian Church and suggested this program,” she said. “She gave them some information from the Internet and then she disappeared.”
Over the years, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church and the First Congregational Church in Marietta became part of the effort. This year’s event was held at First Congregational.
For $10, participants could get one of the 250 bowls provided by local potters and eat a lunch made up of food and soup donated by local restaurants. For $5 they could just eat lunch.
“Everything is donated,” Putnam said.
The only thing an organization is required to do when it participates in Empty Bowls is donate the money it raises to a group which feeds the hungry.
Sounds like a great event! Perhaps it will give others some ideas! Sphere: Related Content
The Oneonta Community Health Center to Open July 1
Two members of the Unitarian Universalist Society of Oneonta, Grace Smith and Dr. Benjamin Friedell, have been instrumental in helping Oneonta's free health-care clinic develop into the, soon to open, Oneonta Community Health Center. Read the article at The Daily Star. The clinic started as a social outreach project of the UUSO and has now developed beyond it's original scope. Great story.
BTW, make sure to check out the UUSO's web site. They have a picture of their absolutely gorgeous facility on their homepage.
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