SOUTH BAY UNITARIAN FELLOWSHIP
MEETINGS: 11:00 a.m. SUNDAYS at 2603 Mathews Avenue, Redondo Beach, CA
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March 2008 Newsletter
“Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of
responsibility for each other’s welfare, social justice can never be
attained.”
SUNDAY PROGRAMS
March 9 - WHAT'S NEXT IN THE RACE FOR PRESIDENT Voters in the key states of Texas and Ohio went to the polls on Tuesday, March 4. Primaries were also held in Vermont and Rhode Island. What do the results mean for the Democratic and Republican races for the nomination? John Simpson will lead the discussion and moderate.
March
16 - NUCLEAR ENERGY:
TIMELY ALTERNATIVE or TIME BOMB. Peter Landecker will lead this program based on a
recent panel discussion at the California Science Center. Click
here for more information. Nuclear fission reactors have long been
controversial. Yet considering the current concern over global climate change,
pollution, and energy shortages worldwide, is their role changing? What promise
does nuclear fusion hold? What is the current science and strategy on nuclear
waste containment? Is nuclear power an ecological time bomb, or could it be part
of our response to global climate change? Beth
Perkins will moderate.
March
23 - BRUNCH AND MEETING FOR ALL This meeting has been canceled! Today we were going to focus on the “fellowship” of SBUF and share
food in a casual setting. We had
originally planned to begin the brunch by 11:15 a.m. There
will be no formal service today. While
we are finishing our meal, there was supposed to have been a brief meeting. It was to have included a simple reading of the minutes and a report
from the treasurer. This was to
have been one of
three meetings each year that is required by our “by-laws.” Any
questions? Call Penny.
March
30 - OUR SPIRITUAL IMPERATIVE Rev. John Morehouse returns to explore the
third smooth stone of liberalism, the moral obligation to work towards justice.
John will also talk about the work of the Unitarian Universalist Service
Committee. Rev. John Morehouse is
currently the full time minister of Pacific Unitarian Church in Palos Verdes.
Rev. John will lead the program this morning.
Coming
up in April:
Jon
Dobrer returns on April 13th, a discussion of
“Fair Game –My Life As a Spy; My Betrayal By the Whitehouse” (about
Valerie Plame) on April 20th, and more from John Morehouse, April 27th.
VOLUNTEER SCHEDULE
Opener |
Date |
Refreshments |
|
Closer |
John S. |
March 2 |
Penny Hendricks |
|
Beth P. |
Bob J. |
March
9 |
Carol Simpson |
|
John S. |
Les B./Beth |
March
16 |
Eric La Scala |
|
? |
Miles T. |
March 23 |
POTLUCK |
|
Penny H. |
Penny/Chuck |
March 30 |
Peter Landecker |
|
Beth P. |
John S. |
April 6 |
Davis Miller |
|
Beth P. |
Bob J. |
April 13 |
Beth Perkins |
|
John S. |
OPENERS arrive at 10:30 a.m., unlock doors, cabinet, put out sign, start water, put on tablecloth, set up cups, coffee, etc. for the refreshments. Please display the fellowship candle on the circular table.
REFRESHMENTS need to arrive by 11:00 a.m. Please arrange a trade if you cannot attend or clean up on the day assigned. When you bring refreshments, it is your turn to be responsible for the clean up of the entire refreshment table including the coffee water and supplies. If you need help, just ask. By the way, thank you very much!!!
***************CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS*************
March
23 - MEET AND MUNCH --a
potluck brunch at Mathews Cottage and a very brief required General Meeting.
Please come and enjoy!!!
April
4 - BEACH CITIES SYMPHONY
Featuring Roberto Cani –
Violin Soloist. At the Marsee Auditorium at El Camino College.
Free admission and free parking. Please see http://www.beachcitiessymphony.org/index.htm#NextConcert
for more information.
April 6 - The SBUF board will meet after fellowship on Sunday at 12:30 p.m.
***************Communications Corner***************************
In
February, our fellowship lost a very dear member, Richard
Lynn Johnson. Rich was a
member of this group for as long as I can remember.
He will be missed in many places where he spent his energy and his
talents, but especially he is missed as an important part of the South Bay
Unitarian Fellowship.
It
was suggested by Bea Schwartz that those who want to, can make a donation (any
amount) to: Tree People. We will
send the donations as a group, dedicated to Richard’s life, a tree or clump of
trees will be planted. The check
can be made to Tree People, but mailed or given to John Simpson, the SBUF treasurer.
He has agreed to sending the donations.
There
were two very special memorial services held in Richard’s memory. The sharing was very much appreciated by Rich’s very
significant other, Lorna McClellan, and by his son, Eric Johnson and Richard’s
sister Mona.
The
following is a poem that was shared during the service at Mathews Cottage.
e.e.
cummings - i thank you God for most this amazing
i
thank You God for most this amazing
day:
for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and
a blue true dream of sky; and for everything
which
is natural which is infinite which is yes
(i
who have died am alive again today,
and
this is the sun's birthday; this is the birth
day
of life and love and wings: and of the gay
great
happening illimitably earth)
how
should tasting touching hearing seeing
breathing
any-lifted from the no
of
all nothing-human merely being
doubt
unimaginable You?
(now
the ears of my ears awake and
now
the eyes of my eyes are opened)
SBUF
Secretary
SBUF PROGRAMS
WE
ARE GLAD YOU ASKED!!!
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do I become a member of the South Bay Unitarian Fellowship??
Membership is open to all persons 15 years of age or older who
sign a membership card expressing agreement with the purpose of the Fellowship.
Members become eligible to vote and hold office three months after
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provide a helping hand and financial support when needed.
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