AtholUU E-Newsletter – July 27, 2016

WORSHIP SCHEDULE
   All worship services begin at 10:00 AM

July 31       “The Give and Take of Lughnasadh”     Rev. Marilyn Richards

First Fruits festivals, like Lughnasadh (Pagan) or Shavuot (Hebrew) or Lammas (Christian) are about the give and take that makes our societies function.  From the story of Stone Soup to the 10 Commandments, we celebrate the arriving abundance and the cooperation necessary to make it last the whole year through.

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 Saturday, August 20, 2016 at 10:00 AM.

Please mark your calendar — Fall Fair is Saturday, September 17, 2016

Advanced notice of great PBS Documentary about the Sharps:
DEFYING THE NAZIS: THE SHARPS’ WAR, a new documentary co-directed by Ken Burns and Artemis Joukowsky about a little-known but important mission by an American minister and his wife to rescue refugees and dissidents in Europe before and after the start of World War II, will air on September 20 at 9 pm (check local listings) on PBS.  A trailer for DEFYING THE NAZIS is available at http://www.defyingthenazis.org/

IN CLOSING

from This Day In Unitarian Universalist History by Frank Schulman

July 27

1906
Alice Harrison was born.  She become director of you activities for the Universalist Church of America in 1946, and later became the Director of Junior High Dept of the Unitarian Universalist Association after the merger in 1961.  She produced program materials and lead dozens of conferences.  She was ordained in 1968 and received a Doctor of Divinity degree in 1981 at the age of 75.   Alice Harrison died on June 13, 1989.