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April Worship and Activity Schedule
Sunday, April 3, 2005
11 a.m. Worship: "Sustaining Outrage." Guest preacher - Tim Turnham, Director of Development of the Whitman-Walker Clinic and an ordained Baptist minister.
9 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Visit with church consultant Dan Hotchkiss. Everyone is welcome to participate.
Monday, April 4, 2005
7 p.m. Monthly Board of Trustees meeting. All are welcome to attend.
Friday-Saturday, April 8-9
Joseph Priestly District Annual Spring Conference
Sunday, April 10
11 a.m. Worship: Ben Van Dyne returns from his study abroad in Latin America to preach to us again.
12:30 p.m. Meeting to discuss heating and air conditioning renovations. All are welcome.
7 p.m. Speech and discussion: "Moral and Ethical Issues in the Israel/Palestine Conflict." Speaker - Israeli "new historian" Theodore Katz. Sponsored by the Jewish Voice for Peace.
Sunday, April 17
10:50 a.m. PLEASE NOTE EARLIER TIME! Joint worship service with All Souls Unitarian Church at All Souls (16th and Harvard Streets) "Glad and Generous Hearts," Rev. Morn preaching. In a description of the early Christian Church it is said, "Awe came upon everyone, because many wonders and signs were being done by the apostles." How might we in the 21st century church practice wonders and signs that inspire awe? Text: Acts 2:42-47
Wednesday, April 20
7 p.m. Monthly theology discussion.
Lisa Harris will lead a discussion of Marcus Borg's book Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time. All are welcome!
Friday-Sunday, April 22-24
Joseph Priestly District Women and Religion Annual Retreat
"Unraveling the Gender Knot," Lancaster, PA
Saturday, April 23
9 a.m.-4 p.m. Social Justice Pilgrimage sponsored by Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice
All Souls Unitarian Church, 16th and Harvard Streets
Sunday, April 24
11 a.m. Worship: "Passover Faith," Rev. Morn preaching. Passover is a story of struggle and a celebration of liberation. The hagaddah (the liturgy of the Passover seder) speaks of the participants in the events of the struggle in the first person. Perhaps this is because each of us inherits the struggle and the victory. Text: Exodus 15:1-21
12:30 p.m. Meeting sponsored by the Committee on Ministry for discussion of the congregational covenant currently under development.
Saturday, April 30
Cleanup/fixup day to make the church shine for the Open House.
More Future Events
Sunday, May 1 - Bring a Friend Sunday
11 a.m. Worship: "The Largest Thought the World Has Ever Known," Rev. Morn preaching. This quotation comes from Universalist minister Clarence Skinner as he describes Universalism. On this Neighborhood Open House Sunday, our service will provide an introduction to Universalist faith for old and new alike. Please invite a friend to join you at church this Sunday.
Noon-2 p.m. UNMC Neighborhood Open House -- Snacks, music, and church tours, including the Tower with its wonderful view of the neighborhood. All are welcome!
Friday-Sunday, May 6-8
Mayhem 2005: A Riotous Social Justice Journey!
The annual spring retreat of the JPD UU Young Adult Network focusing on faith-based social justice, at the midpoint of the Appalachian Trail at the Ironmaster's Mansion, Pine Grove Furnace State Park.
Saturday, May 14
8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Regional Unitarian Universalist Christian Fellowship Revival in Charlottesville
Sunday, May 15
UNMC Annual Congregational Meeting
Election of officers, approval of other budget, and other business of the congregation.
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