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The Sunday Service Committee Needs Your Help! |
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As our minister does not preach during July and August, we rely on members of the congregation to present our summer Sunday services. Summer services are less formal than usual and may involve more congregational discussion. The Sunday Service Committee is looking for volunteers to present services on the following dates: July 4th, July 11th, July 18th, July 25th, August 1st, August 8th, August 15th, August 22nd & August 30th “Ethical Eating” is the 2008-12 Congregational Study Action Issue (CSAI). A CSAI is an invitation for congregations to take a topic of concern and learn about it, think about it, reflect on it and comment on it. A CSAI is not a statement or an answer—it is a question. The Sunday Service Committee would like to invite you to present a service on Ethical Eating during our summer session. There are multiple topics with a wealth of information available on the UUA website. Some of the suggested topics from www.uua.org include: GOING LOCAL— “Locavores center their diets on food grown within a 100-mile radius of where it is sold and consumed. “Eating local” keeps consumer dollars in the local community, which also strengthens relationships among neighbors. Eating local channels more money to farmers, as less money is spent on processing, transport, marketing, and intermediaries along vegetable’s typically 1500-mile supply chains.” FAIR TRADE—”The movement for Fair Trade recognizes that economic globalization perpetuates economic inequality, as well as systems of oppression such as racism, classism and colonialism. Proponents of Fair Trade seek to incorporate guarantees of both economic and social equity into systems of trade. “ CHOICES IN ANIMAL CONSUMPTION -“One of the most difficult issues in Ethical Eating involves the ethics of eating animal products, including meat, dairy products and eggs. Feelings around this issue tend to be strong, with some claiming that it is never ethical to consume animals and some claiming it certainly is. .” Other possible Sunday service topics include: MOUNTAINTOP EXPERIENCES—Internal or external events that have profoundly and fundamentally shifted one’s assumptions and perceptions. PATHS TO SPIRITUAL FREEDOM—What is spiritual freedom and how have folks achieved it to one degree or another? GARDENING AS A SPIRITUAL PRACTICE Gardening involves life and rebirth, strength and weakness, the circle of life. What can we learn about ourselves and life from gardening? How can digging in the earth change us? Don’t see anything that you want to lead? We’re open to your suggestions. We need to hear from you! Summer Sunday Services are participatory— Contact any member of the committee for help or more info! Donna Pereira, Irene Conley, Charlie Batcheldor, Jack Lander, Mary Lander, Christine Edelson & Mike Ingber.
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