AtholUU E-Newsletter – July 13, 2016
Peace Vigil
This Sunday, July 17, 2016
12:00 – noon
First Church Unitarian’s front lawn
WORSHIP SCHEDULE
July 17
Given the recent Supreme Court decision thwarting President Obama’s efforts to give immigrants without papers — but with American-born children a break and the rhetoric of the presidential campaign, perhaps we would benefit from a look at the spiritual heritage which has guided American immigration policy since the nation’s founding. Towards this end I offer Abraham’s Tent — a reflection on how we receive and honor strangers
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EVENTS
Peace Vigil – Stand on the Side of Love – Stop the Violence in Our Country
Sunday, July 17, 2016
12:00 noon
First Church Unitarian’s front lawn
Board of Management Meeting will be Sunday, July 24, 2016.
From UUA President, concerning the Dallas shootings:
“On Thursday evening during a peaceful protest for Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, police officers were targeted, gunned down, and murdered in the streets of Dallas, Texas. These police officers were doing their job and keeping people safe. No one who opposes systemic racism in America can condone or excuse acts of violence like these murders of police officers. My heart aches for their families and loved ones.
This past week we have been shocked by news of interracial killings. In another violent time in our nation, Dr. Martin Luther King reminded us that, ‘Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.’ We must come together in mutual compassion and respect. We are all in this together.
As we come together, we must also recommit ourselves to addressing the deep divisions and injustices in our world that give rise to violence. Hatred and violence spring from fear, pain and anger. Let us first come together in peace to stop the killings. That, however, is just the beginning. We must build a world where violence and hatred cannot take root. Only love can guide us on that journey.”
IN CLOSING
We honor the maimed and the dead from the Dallas Shooting of the Police last week.
In honor of Elie Wiesel who died last Saturday, July 2, 2016,
The opposite of art is not ugliness, it’s indifference.
The opposite of faith is not heresy, it’s indifference.
And the opposite of life is not death, it’s indifference.”
–Eli Wiesel