AtholUU E-Newsletter – July 20, 2016

WORSHIP SCHEDULE
   All worship services begin at 10:00 AM

July 24       “Where There Is Oxidation”  Rev. Marilyn Richards

Many years ago, I was standing in a church’s kitchen, and smelled something funny.  Walking into the corridor, I lost the scent.  Back in the kitchen, I smelled it again.  Wandering into the corridor a second time, I met the Fire Dept. intently searching.   A fireman explained: “Where there is Oxidation… there’s trouble.”   It got me to thinking about discernment and living our values while detecting trouble.

July 30       Rev. Richards preaching

Aug.  7        Steve Wills’  TED and Response

Aug. 14      Rev. Richards preaching

Aug. 21      Rev. Richards preaching

Aug. 28      Rev. Elizabeth Strong preaching

EVENTS

Board of Management Meeting will be Sunday, July 24, 2016 after coffee hour.

COMMUNITY NOTES

Many thanks to Rev. David Farrington for two wonderful sermons last Sunday.  His speech at the Peace Vigil was great.

Thanks to all, who helped create our last minute Peace Vigil, including but not limited to: Edith, Bette, Dave Smith, Steve Wills and the Starrett Memorial Methodist Church for ringing their bells.

IN CLOSING

from This Day In Unitarian Universalist History by Frank Schulman

July 20

1611
“Florian Crusius, a distinguished philosopher and theologian of Danzig, Poland, held a public Greek disputation for his students at the University of Konigsberg.  Greek was the language used for advanced scholars in the study of the New Testament.   The Socinians (Unitarians) regarded Crusius as the “prince of philosophers.”