UPCOMING SERVICES, 11 AM Click here for directions
Sunday, June 22, Angels. Join us for a service
about Unitarian Universalism and those creatures that can fly because they take themselves lightly!! The message is from a
sermon by the Rev. Earl K. Holt.
Sunday, June 29, Getting Serious About Unitarian Universalism. This
week’s service is about the promise of Unitarian Universalists and how we can answer that call.
Sunday,
July 6, Truth and Reconciliation in Mississippi. Rev. Susan Karlson
I recently took
a trip to Natchez and visited the African American Museum there. I listened spellbound for well over an hour to the glorious
moments won by African Americans and their many historic accomplishments in Mississippi . That was rounded out by the long
grueling story of racism in this state. I walked on the ground of the second largest slave auction block in this country.
How do we help to tell the whole story of racism and race relations in this state and our country? How do we act as advocates
for reconciliation, truth and justice?
First Sunday potluck follows the service.
Sunday, July 13,
One More Step, Rev. Susan Karlson
Unitarian Universalist Joyce Poley wrote the song, One More
Step in 1986 for the Unitarian Universalist Peace Network. On this Sunday, we’ll explore what "one more step"
means for this Fellowship almost three years after Katrina. What are the next steps in your evolution as a Unitarian Universalist
congregation? Where do you want to go in the years ahead?
We’ll hold a picnic in Bayou View Park right behind
the Fellowship after the service. (See "Upcoming Programs and Events" for more information)
Sunday,
July 20, Loose-Leaf Bible, Rev. Doak Mansfield
Sunday, July 27, To Be Announced
UPCOMING PROGRAMS AND EVENTS
Wonderful Wednesdays—June
18 and 25, the Fellowship will continue with its discussion of the Rev. Gary Kowalski’s book, Science and
the Search For God. Please give us a call at 228 868 1233 for more information.
July
2 and 9th, Susan will offer another program which will be decided by the people attending the Spirit of
Life sessions. She will keep you informed about the next course offerings.
July
Fellowship Picnic—July 13th Mark your calendar for our annual summer
picnic following the service on July 13 in the park adjacent to the Fellowship. We’ll have hot dogs, hamburgers, veggie
burgers, buns and drinks. Bring any other picnic foods you care to contribute to our having a fine Fellowship festivity! Look
for an invitation in the mail with more details about this summer celebration.
Interest Survey- Please
return the Interest Survey we mailed or contact us at (228) 868-1233 if you did not receive one and would like to give us
feedback about the future at GCUUF.
The Church of the Larger
Fellowship (CLF)
Visit the CLF home page and light the digital chalice. Here's this month's Global Chalice Lighting from the International council of Unitarian Universalists:
Our fellowship of freedom shares with the ancient Hebrews a sense of
covenant toward a land of promise. Our fellowship
shares with the
philosophers of Greece a continuing discussion towards truth. Our
fellowship cherishes the spirit
of Jesus, "Thou shalt love thy
neighbour as thyself." Our fellowship cherishes the Reformation
spirit,
"Everyone shall be a priest."
We keep the faith of Francis David of Transylvania, "You need not
think
alike to love alike." We keep the faith of English and American
prophets who struggled against the slavery of body
and brain. We seek
the tender compassion of sages in India who held in all things a
reverence for life. We seek
the serenity and balance found in the
meditation of China and Japan.
Conscious of sacrifices that are the price
of freedom, conscious of
the continuing threat to life and liberty, we commit ourselves in this
community as pilgrims
who seek, as persons who serve, as pioneers who
build.
-- Rev. Richard Boeke, British General Assembly of Unitarian
and Free
Christian Churches
Visit the ICUU site for the reading in German http://www.icuu.net/
Quest
Visit this month's Quest page for essays and sermons by Richard
Gilbert, Jane Rzepka, Gary
Smith and Clarke Dewey Wells - and find out
about the chap who designed the chalice as the emblem for our
movement.
Also extra religious education suggestions for the
summertime from Lynn Ungar, our Minister for Lifespan Learning.
http://clf.uua.org/quest/2008/06/index.htmlclf.uua.org/quest/2008/06/index.html
