http://huuweb.org/community-cafe Harrisonburg Unitarian Universalists - Announcements & Dialogue Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:28:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I remember well the Fourths when I was 10 to 12 years old in Pittsburgh, where I spent the summers with my father, my grandmother, and my father's sisters. My father and I would arise early and after breakfast walk probably half a mile to Grandview avenue, that fabulous street ... http://huuweb.org/community-cafe/fourth-of-july/ Letting Go by Tom Endress June 23, 2008 This talk is the second in a series of a talk I gave on December 2 of last year. That talk dealt with an intense experience I went through in May of 1958. That incident might be called many things, a spiritual awakening, ... http://huuweb.org/community-cafe/letting-go/ Summer Picnic and Celebration of Unitarian Universalism in the Shenandoah Valley When:Sunday Afternoon, July 13, 2008 beginning at 2:00 p.m. Where:Grand Caverns Regional Park in Grottoes, VA Shelter #2 What: Local Harvest Potluck (You're encouraged to bring a dish featuring locally grown foods. Non-alcoholic beverages will be provided.) Music by ... http://huuweb.org/community-cafe/summer-picnic/ The HUU Social Justice Committee will kick off a "Feeding the Community" food drive on Sunday, June 1. We encourage you to bring what you can on that and future "potluck Sundays" to help Patchwork Pantry in assisting those in need who live in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County. Items most ... http://huuweb.org/community-cafe/feeding-the-community/ Elizabeth L. Ihle 13 April 2008 Serendipity caused this sermon. Last fall my bird club book club was reading Annie Dillard's 1974 classic, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, her Pulitzer prizing-winning account of her time living in a home near Hollins College and observing the natural world around her. Simultaneously, ... http://huuweb.org/community-cafe/cabin-in-the-woods/ Seeking Our Center: A Vision for Service Presented by the Shared Ministry Task Force. April 6, 2008 READINGS: The first reading this morning, about the Fellowship movement within UUA, is taken from the most recent UU World magazine and a new book, The Fellowship Movement: A growth strategy and its legacy. The story of the ... http://huuweb.org/community-cafe/seeking-our-center/ EASTER SURPISES, 2008 by Rev. Bob Hughes March 23, 2008 For many years, as a Lutheran pastor, on Easter Sunday, the first words I would say were, "Christ has risen!" The congregation would answer in reply, "he is risen, indeed!" After nearly 25 years of Lutheran ministry I discovered Unitarian Universalism and eventually ... http://huuweb.org/community-cafe/easter-surprises/ March 16, 2008 by Liz Ross, JMU Campus Ministry As I sat on a plane writing this sermon, I struggled to think of where to start and how to begin. There are many different angles to cover and things to talk about when it occurred to me-there generally is no starting point ... http://huuweb.org/community-cafe/connections/ General Assembly (GA) is the annual meeting of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations. GA is held every year in June in a different city in the USA. Member congregations (and three associate member organizations) send delegates and conventioneers to participate in the plenary sessions, workshops, district gatherings, and ... http://huuweb.org/community-cafe/general-assembly/ Presented by the HUU Board of Trustees February 3, 2008 Story for all Ages John Godfrey Saxe's ( 1816-1887) version of the famous Indian legend It was six men of Indostan To learning much inclined, Who went to see the Elephant (Though all of them were blind), That each by observation Might satisfy his mind. The First approached the ... http://huuweb.org/community-cafe/lost-scrolls-of-huu/